Nordic Tournament 1999

The 1999 Nordic Tournament was the third edition of the ski jumping competition and was held from March 6 to March 14, 1999, in Lahti, Trondheim, Falun and Oslo. The tournament formed part of the 1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup and consisted of four individual competitions.[1]

Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai won the overall tournament with 608.8 points, ahead of compatriot Kazuyoshi Funaki and Germany's Sven Hannawald.[2]

Competition format

The Nordic Tournament was contested over four consecutive World Cup competitions in Finland, Sweden and Norway. In 1999, the tour began with a normal hill competition at Salpausselkä in Lahti before continuing with large hill events at Granåsen in Trondheim, Lugnet in Falun and Holmenkollbakken in Oslo.[3]

The competition was integrated into the World Cup calendar, with the four events also counting as individual World Cup competitions.[1]

Results

Results of the 1999 Nordic Tournament
Date Place Hill Hill size Winner Second Third Ref.
March 6, 1999 Finland Lahti Salpausselkä K-90 (night) NH Japan Kazuyoshi Funaki Austria Reinhard Schwarzenberger Germany Sven Hannawald [4]
March 9, 1999 Norway Trondheim Granåsen K-120 (night) LH Japan Noriaki Kasai Austria Stefan Horngacher Japan Masahiko Harada [5]
March 11, 1999 Sweden Falun Lugnet K-115 (night) LH Germany Martin Schmitt Japan Hideharu Miyahira Japan Masahiko Harada [6]
March 14, 1999 Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken K-115 LH Japan Noriaki Kasai Germany Martin Schmitt Japan Kazuyoshi Funaki [7]

Kasai won two of the four competitions, in Trondheim and Oslo. Funaki won the opening event in Lahti, while Schmitt won the Falun competition.[3]

Overall standings

Kasai finished first in the overall standings with 608.8 points. Funaki was runner-up with 600.6 points, while Hannawald finished third with 591.7 points.[2]

Final overall standings
Pos. Ski jumper Country Points
1 Noriaki Kasai Japan 608.8
2 Kazuyoshi Funaki Japan 600.6
3 Sven Hannawald Germany 591.7
4 Masahiko Harada Japan 583.7
5 Janne Ahonen Finland 577.7
6 Hideharu Miyahira Japan 564.8
7 Reinhard Schwarzenberger Austria 550.9
8 Stefan Horngacher Austria 545.7
9 Wolfgang Loitzl Austria 537.6
10 Jakub Sucháček Czech Republic 533.0

Performance of the winner

Kasai's overall victory came despite not winning the opening normal hill competition in Lahti. He finished fifth there before winning the large hill event in Trondheim. After Schmitt won in Falun, Kasai returned to the top step of the podium in Oslo to secure the tournament title.[3][8]

Funaki, the winner in Lahti, finished second overall. His results included a victory in Lahti, a third-place finish in Oslo and additional high placements throughout the four-event series.[8]

Schmitt, who won in Falun and finished second in Oslo, placed fifth in the tournament's individual events combined but was not among the top three in the final Nordic Tournament standings.[3]

Relation to the 1998–99 World Cup

The four Nordic Tournament competitions were also rounds of the 1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. They were held as World Cup events at Lahti on March 6, Trondheim on March 9, Falun on March 11 and Oslo on March 14.[1]

The tournament therefore formed an important multi-event sequence within the World Cup season, with competitors carrying their performances across four venues in four cities. The 1999 edition was followed by the fourth edition in 2000, won by Sven Hannawald.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "1998/99 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup". International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Retrieved August 21, 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Nordic Tournament 1999". Wikipedia. Retrieved August 21, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup". Wikipedia. Retrieved August 21, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Men's Normal Hill – Lahti, FIN". International Ski Federation. March 6, 1999. Retrieved August 21, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Men's Large Hill – Trondheim, NOR". International Ski Federation. March 9, 1999. Retrieved August 21, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Men's Large Hill – Falun, SWE". International Ski Federation. March 11, 1999. Retrieved August 21, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Men's Large Hill – Oslo, NOR". International Ski Federation. March 14, 1999. Retrieved August 21, 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Kazuyoshi Funaki – 1998/1999 results". The-Sports.org. Retrieved August 21, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Nordic Tournament". Wikipedia. Retrieved August 21, 2026.
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