1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup

1998–99 World Cup
Winners
Overall	Martin Schmitt
Ski Jumping (NH, LH)	Janne Ahonen
Ski Flying	Martin Schmitt
Four Hills Tournament	Janne Ahonen
Nordic Tournament	Noriaki Kasai
Nations Cup	Japan
Competitions
Venues	19
Individual	29
Team	1
Cancelled	2
← 1997–98 1999–00 →

The 1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 20th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 9th official World Cup season in ski flying. It began in Lillehammer, Norway on 28 November 1998 and finished in Planica, Slovenia on 21 March 1999 The individual World Cup was won by Martin Schmitt and Nations Cup by Japan.

Lower competitive circuits this season included the Grand Prix and Continental Cup.

Map of world cup hosts

All 19 locations which have been hosting world cup events for men this season. Oberstdorf hosted world cup events on large hill for two different times.

1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup (Europe)

Sapporo

1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup (Asia)

Four Hills Tournament Nordic Tournament

Calendar

Men

NH – normal hill / LH – large hill / FH – flying hill
Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
434	1	28 November 1998	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night)	LH ₂₅₉	Martin Schmitt	Janne Ahonen	Sven Hannawald	Martin Schmitt	^[1]
435	2	29 November 1998	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night)	LH ₂₆₀	Martin Schmitt	Janne Ahonen	Kazuyoshi Funaki		^[2]
436	3	5 December 1998	Chamonix	Le Mont K95	NH ₁₃₅	Martin Schmitt	Janne Ahonen	Kazuyoshi Funaki		^[3]
437	4	6 December 1998	Chamonix	Le Mont K95	NH ₁₃₆	Janne Ahonen	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Martin Schmitt		^[4]
438	5	8 December 1998	Predazzo	Trampolino dal Ben K120 (night)	LH ₂₆₁	Martin Schmitt	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Noriaki Kasai		^[5]
439	6	12 December 1998	Oberhof	Hans-Renner-Schanze K120	LH ₂₆₂	Andreas Widhölzl	Martin Schmitt	Sven Hannawald		^[6]
440	7	19 December 1998	Harrachov	Čerťák K120	LH ₂₆₃	Janne Ahonen	Ronny Hornschuh	Kazuyoshi Funaki		^[7]
441	8	20 December 1998	Harrachov	Čerťák K120	LH ₂₆₄	Janne Ahonen	Noriaki Kasai	Andreas Widhölzl	Janne Ahonen	^[8]

442	9	30 December 1998	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze K115	LH ₂₆₅	Martin Schmitt	Andreas Goldberger	Noriaki Kasai	Janne Ahonen	^[9]
443	10	1 January 1999	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze K115	LH ₂₆₆	Martin Schmitt	Janne Ahonen	Noriaki Kasai	Martin Schmitt	^[10]
444	11	3 January 1999	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K110	LH ₂₆₇	Noriaki Kasai	Janne Ahonen	Hideharu Miyahira	Janne Ahonen	^[11]
445	12	6 January 1999	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH ₂₆₈	Andreas Widhölzl	Janne Ahonen	Hideharu Miyahira	Janne Ahonen	^[12]
47th Four Hills Tournament Overall (30 December 1998 – 6 January 1999)						Janne Ahonen	Noriaki Kasai	Hideharu Miyahira

446	13	9 January 1999	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH ₂₆₉	Janne Ahonen	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Noriaki Kasai Martin Schmitt	Janne Ahonen	^[13]
447	14	10 January 1999	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH ₂₇₀	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Andreas Widhölzl	Noriaki Kasai		^[14]
448	15	16 January 1999	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K116	LH ₂₇₁	Stefan Horngacher	Janne Ahonen	Tommy Ingebrigtsen		^[15]
449	16	17 January 1999	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K116	LH ₂₇₂	Janne Ahonen	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Stefan Horngacher		^[16]
450	17	23 January 1999	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K120	LH ₂₇₃	Martin Schmitt	Hideharu Miyahira	Dieter Thoma		^[17]
451	18	24 January 1999	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K120	LH ₂₇₄	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Martin Schmitt	Hideharu Miyahira		^[18]
452	19	29 January 1999	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K120	LH ₂₇₅	Noriaki Kasai	Martin Schmitt	Kazuyoshi Funaki		^[19]
453	20	31 January 1999	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K120	LH ₂₇₆	Noriaki Kasai	Andreas Widhölzl	Kazuyoshi Funaki		^[20]
		6 February 1999	Harrachov	Čerťák K185	FH _cnx	rescheduled to Planica
		7 February 1999	Harrachov	Čerťák K185	FH _cnx	postponed to large hill
454	21	7 February 1999	Harrachov	Čerťák K120	LH ₂₇₇	Janne Ahonen	Lasse Ottesen	Jakub Sucháček	Janne Ahonen	^[21]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999
455	22	4 March 1999	Kuopio	Puijo K120 (night)	LH ₂₇₈	Martin Schmitt	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Noriaki Kasai	Janne Ahonen	^[22]

456	23	6 March 1999	Lahti	Salpausselkä K90 (night)	NH ₁₃₇	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Reinhard Schwarzenberger	Sven Hannawald	Janne Ahonen	^[23]
457	24	9 March 1999	Trondheim	Granåsen K120 (night)	LH ₂₇₉	Noriaki Kasai	Stefan Horngacher	Masahiko Harada		^[24]
458	25	11 March 1999	Falun	Lugnet K115 (night)	LH ₂₈₀	Martin Schmitt	Hideharu Miyahira	Masahiko Harada		^[25]
459	26	14 March 1999	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken K115	LH ₂₈₁	Noriaki Kasai	Martin Schmitt	Kazuyoshi Funaki		^[26]
3rd Nordic Tournament Overall (6–14 March 1999)						Noriaki Kasai	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Sven Hannawald

460	27	19 March 1999	Planica	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	FH ₀₄₂	Martin Schmitt	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Christof Duffner	Janne Ahonen	^[27]
461	28	20 March 1999	Planica	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	FH ₀₄₃	Hideharu Miyahira	Martin Schmitt	Noriaki Kasai	Martin Schmitt	^[28]
462	29	21 March 1999	Planica	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	FH ₀₄₄	Noriaki Kasai	Hideharu Miyahira	Martin Schmitt	Martin Schmitt	^[29]

Men's team

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
13	1	30 January 1999	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K120	LH ₀₁₃	Japan Kazuyoshi Funaki Noriaki Kasai Hideharu Miyahira Kazuya Yoshioka	Austria Reinhard Schwarzenberger Wolfgang Loitzl Stefan Horngacher Andreas Widhölzl	Germany Sven Hannawald Hansjörg Jäkle Martin Schmitt Dieter Thoma	Japan	^[30]

Standings

Overall

Rank	after 29 events	Points
1	Martin Schmitt	1753
2	Janne Ahonen	1695
3	Noriaki Kasai	1603
4	Kazuyoshi Funaki	1589
5	Hideharu Miyahira	934
6	Sven Hannawald	896
7	Andreas Widhölzl	833
8	Stefan Horngacher	813
9	Masahiko Harada	720
10	Dieter Thoma	555

Ski Jumping (JP) Cup

Rank	after 26 events	Points
1	Janne Ahonen	1589
2	Martin Schmitt	1513
3	Kazuyoshi Funaki	1423
4	Noriaki Kasai	1388
5	Sven Hannawald	806
6	Andreas Widhölzl	801
7	Stefan Horngacher	763
8	Hideharu Miyahira	755
9	Masahiko Harada	627
10	Dieter Thoma	537

Ski Flying

Rank	after 3 events	Points
1	Martin Schmitt	240
2	Noriaki Kasai	210
3	Hideharu Miyahira	180
4	Kazuyoshi Funaki	166
5	Christof Duffner	116
6	Janne Ahonen	106
7	Kristian Brenden	99
8	Masahiko Harada	93
9	Sven Hannawald	90
10	Olav Magne Dønnem	72

Nations Cup

Rank	after 30 events	Points
1	Japan	6201
2	Germany	4394
3	Austria	3586
4	Norway	2494
5	Finland	2457
6	Slovenia	598
7	Czech Republic	547
8	France	500
9	Switzerland	291
10	Italy	199

Four Hills Tournament

Rank	after 4 events	Points
1	Janne Ahonen	960.6
2	Noriaki Kasai	953.0
3	Hideharu Miyahira	916.8
4	Martin Schmitt	915.6
5	Kazuyoshi Funaki	905.0
6	Kazuya Yoshioka	897.5
7	Stefan Horngacher	890.7
8	Masahiko Harada	882.1
9	Andreas Goldberger	871.3
10	Dieter Thoma	850.2

Nordic Tournament

Rank	after 4 events	Points
1	Noriaki Kasai	608.8
2	Kazuyoshi Funaki	600.6
3	Sven Hannawald	591.7
4	Masahiko Harada	583.7
5	Janne Ahonen	577.7
6	Hideharu Miyahira	564.8
7	Reinhard Schwarzenberger	550.9
8	Stefan Horngacher	545.7
9	Wolfgang Loitzl	537.6
10	Jakub Sucháček	533.0

References

^ "K120: Lillehammer". International Ski Federation. 28 November 1998.
^ "K120: Lillehammer". International Ski Federation. 29 November 1998.
^ "K90: Chamonix". International Ski Federation. 5 December 1998.
^ "K90: Chamonix". International Ski Federation. 6 December 1998.
^ "K120: Predazzo". International Ski Federation. 8 December 1998.
^ "K120: Oberhof". International Ski Federation. 12 December 1998.
^ "K120: Harrachov". International Ski Federation. 19 December 1998.
^ "K120: Harrachov". International Ski Federation. 20 December 1998.
^ "K115: Oberstdorf". International Ski Federation. 30 December 1998.
^ "K115: Garmisch-Partenkirchen". International Ski Federation. 1 January 1999.
^ "K110: Innsbruck". International Ski Federation. 3 January 1999.
^ "K120: Bischofshofen". International Ski Federation. 6 Jan 1999.
^ "K120: Engelberg". International Ski Federation. 9 January 1999.
^ "K120: Engelberg". International Ski Federation. 10 January 1999.
^ "K116: Zakopane". International Ski Federation. 16 January 1999.
^ "K116: Zakopane". International Ski Federation. 17 January 1999.
^ "K120: Sapporo". International Ski Federation. 23 January 1999.
^ "K120: Sapporo". International Ski Federation. 23 January 1999.
^ "K120: Willingen". International Ski Federation. 29 January 1999.
^ "K120: Willingen". International Ski Federation. 31 January 1999.
^ "K120: Harrachov". International Ski Federation. 7 February 1999.
^ "K120: Kuopio". International Ski Federation. 4 March 1999.
^ "K90: Lahti". International Ski Federation. 6 March 1999.
^ "K120: Trondheim". International Ski Federation. 9 March 1999.
^ "K115: Falun". International Ski Federation. 11 March 1999.
^ "K115: Oslo, NOR". International Ski Federation. 15 March 1998.
^ "K185: Planica". International Ski Federation. 19 March 1999.
^ "K185: Planica". International Ski Federation. 20 March 1999.
^ "K185: Planica". International Ski Federation. 21 March 1999.
^ "Team K120: Willingen". International Ski Federation. 30 January 1999.

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v t e FIS Ski Flying World Cup seasons
Seasons	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Winners	Stephan Zünd (1991) Werner Rathmayr (1992) Jaroslav Sakala (1993) Jaroslav Sakala (1994) Andreas Goldberger (1995) Andreas Goldberger (1996) Primož Peterka (1997) Sven Hannawald (1998) Martin Schmitt (1999) Sven Hannawald (2000) Martin Schmitt (2001) Gregor Schlierenzauer (2009) Robert Kranjec (2010) Gregor Schlierenzauer (2011) Robert Kranjec (2012) Gregor Schlierenzauer (2013) Peter Prevc (2014) Peter Prevc (2015) Peter Prevc (2016) Stefan Kraft (2017) Andreas Stjernen (2018) Ryōyū Kobayashi (2019) Stefan Kraft (2020) Karl Geiger (2021) Žiga Jelar (2022) Stefan Kraft (2023) Daniel Huber (2024)
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