2006–07 Four Hills Tournament

The 2006–07 Four Hills Tournament was a series of ski jumping competitions held in the traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria. The tournament was part of the 2006–07 Ski Jumping World Cup and points scored in each of the four competitions also counted towards the World Cup rankings. Before the tournament started on 28 December 2006 the World Cup leader was Simon Ammann.

Norwegian Anders Jacobsen won the tournament, after finishing on the podium in both hills in Austria and never finishing worse than fifth on any of the four hills. He thus became the first debutant since Toni Nieminen in 1991–92 to win the tournament.[1] Gregor Schlierenzauer, who turned 17 on the day of the final event in Bischofshofen, won the first and last event, but finished over 15 points behind after 11th place in Innsbruck.

Tournament review

Results are listed for the top 15 skiers, as well as skiers among the top six in the overall World Cup before the tournament, former overall World Cup winners, former Four Hills Tournament winners, former world record holders, and former World or Olympic champions.

Oberstdorf, 30 December 2006

Austrian junior world champion and newcomer Gregor Schlierenzauer, who with his 16 years of age was one of the key factors and surprises of the pre season also excelled in the first day of the Four Hills Tournament. His first jump of the day (135.5 metres) was the furthest jump in competition, with only World Cup leader Simon Ammann and Martin Koch able to finish 0.5 metres short. While Andreas Küttel set a new record for the day in the second jump when he reached a distance of 136.5 metres Schlierenzauer again showed his skills and his capability of keeping his nerves in control when he jumped 142.0 metres, just 1.5 metres short to equalise the hill record set by Sigurd Pettersen in 2003. Switzerland's Andreas Küttel claimed the second position, but trailed by 9.5 points, while Adam Małysz of Poland finished in third position, 6.2 points behind Küttel. The win was Schlierenzauer's third win in five World Cup meetings. 2005–06 shared winners Janne Ahonen and Jakub Janda only finished in seventh and 21st position respectively, while Olympic champion Thomas Morgenstern just reached a top 10 ranking. With his win Schlierenzauer not only took the lead in the Four Hills Tournament, but he also overtook Ammann to lead the overall World Cup.

Pos. Oberstdorf Jump 1 Jump 2 Points Pos. Total Points
1. Gregor Schlierenzauer135.5142.0296.01. Gregor Schlierenzauer296.0
2. Andreas Küttel133.5136.5286.52. Andreas Küttel286.5
3. Adam Małysz132.0134.0280.33. Adam Małysz280.3
4. Anders Jacobsen131.5135.0279.74. Anders Jacobsen279.7
5. Simon Ammann135.0133.0276.95. Simon Ammann276.9
6. Arttu Lappi131.0135.0276.36. Arttu Lappi276.3
7. Janne Ahonen132.5131.0274.87. Janne Ahonen274.8
8. Martin Koch135.0129.5270.68. Martin Koch286.5
9. Anders Bardal130.0129.5267.19. Anders Bardal267.1
10. Thomas Morgenstern130.5128.5265.210. Thomas Morgenstern265.2
11. Andreas Kofler128.5125.0255.311. Andreas Kofler255.3
12. Jörg Ritzerfeld129.5124.5254.712. Jörg Ritzerfeld254.7
13. Martin Höllwarth127.5125.5254.413. Martin Höllwarth254.4
14. Wolfgang Loitzl126.5124.5251.814. Wolfgang Loitzl251.8
15. Michael Uhrmann128.5122.5249.315. Michael Uhrmann249.3
16. Roar Ljøkelsøy128.0121.0246.216. Roar Ljøkelsøy246.2
17. Harri Olli126.5122.0243.317. Harri Olli243.3
18. Martin Schmitt126.0122.0241.418. Martin Schmitt241.4
19. Matti Hautamäki126.5120.0239.719. Matti Hautamäki239.7
20. Denis Kornilov125.0120.0236.520. Denis Kornilov236.5
21. Jakub Janda121.5123.5235.021. Jakub Janda235.0
23. Dmitry Vassiliev123.0120.5232.823. Dmitry Vassiliev232.8
24. Andreas Widhölzl123.5119.5232.424. Andreas Widhölzl232.4
25. Veli-Matti Lindström125.0118.0231.925. Veli-Matti Lindström231.9
28. Bjørn Einar Romøren122.0118.0227.028. Bjørn Einar Romøren227.0
29. Kamil Stoch123.5116.5226.029. Kamil Stoch226.0
30. Roman Koudelka120.0116.0215.830. Roman Koudelka215.8
31. Rok Benkovič121.5DNQ115.231. Rok Benkovič115.2
45. Takanobu Okabe112.0DNQ96.649. Takanobu Okabe96.6

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1 January 2007

In windy and rainy conditions, the New Year's Day ski jumping (Neujahrsskispringen) was cancelled after one jump. Noriaki Kasai, who failed to qualify for the event in Oberstdorf, finished third here after having the longest jump, but without a Telemark landing he was docked style points and finished third. Andreas Küttel won the event, and is now three points behind Schlierenzauer in the overall standings. Following Małysz' 12th place and Ammann's 16th place, Jacobsen advanced to third in the overall standings and second in the World Cup standings despite not having finished on the podium thus far in the Four Hills.

Pos. Garmisch-Partenkirchen Jump 1 Points Pos. Total Points
1. Andreas Küttel125.5135.91. Gregor Schlierenzauer425.4
2. Matti Hautamäki125.0133.02. Andreas Küttel422.4
3. Noriaki Kasai128.0132.93. Anders Jacobsen407.8
4. Gregor Schlierenzauer123.0129.44. Arttu Lappi404.4
5. Anders Jacobsen122.0128.15. Adam Małysz404.2
5. Arttu Lappi122.0128.16. Simon Ammann394.9
5. Bjørn Einar Romøren122.0128.17. Janne Ahonen393.2
8. Martin Schmitt122.0127.68. Thomas Morgenstern389.9
9. Andreas Kofler120.5124.99. Anders Bardal383.8
9. Michael Uhrmann120.5124.910. Andreas Kofler380.2
11. Thomas Morgenstern124.0124.711. Martin Koch377.2
12. Adam Małysz120.5123.912. Michael Uhrmann374.2
13. Jakub Janda120.0123.513. Matti Hautamäki372.7
14. Dmitry Vassiliev121.5122.214. Martin Schmitt369.0
15. Roman Koudelka118.5119.815. Jörg Ritzerfeld367.6
16. Simon Ammann117.5118.517. Jakub Janda358.5
17. Janne Ahonen118.0118.418. Roar Ljøkelsøy356.0
20. Anders Bardal116.5116.719. Bjørn Einar Romøren355.1
23. Jörg Ritzerfeld115.5112.920. Dmitry Vassiliev355.0
27. Martin Koch112.0106.624. Andreas Widhölzl346.2
31. Andreas Widhölzl116.0113.829. Roman Koudelka335.6
33. Roar Ljøkelsøy113.5109.834. Rok Benkovič215.8
41. Rok Benkovič109.5100.243. Takanobu Okabe172.9
49. Takanobu Okabe98.576.344. Noriaki Kasai132.9

Innsbruck, 4 January 2007

With neither Küttel nor Schlierenzauer able to make it past 123 metres in either leap, they lost plenty of points to winner Jacobsen, who won his second World Cup event of his career. He gained 38 points on Schlierenzauer, and went from third place to a ten-point lead, ahead of Finland's Lappi who finished fourth in the race. Schlierenzauer fell six places in the overall Four Hills standings, but remained within 20 points, or 11 metres, of Jacobsen.

Norway called up Olympic champion and last year's Innsbruck winner, Lars Bystøl, to represent them in the Innsbruck event. However, Bystøl failed to qualify.

Pos. Innsbruck Jump 1 Jump 2 Points Pos. Total Points
1. Anders Jacobsen129.0128.5265.01. Anders Jacobsen672.8
2. Thomas Morgenstern128.5129.5263.92. Arttu Lappi662.1
3. Simon Ammann125.5132.0261.53. Simon Ammann656.4
4. Arttu Lappi125.5128.5257.73. Andreas Küttel656.4
5. Janne Ahonen125.5126.0257.25. Adam Małysz654.1
6. Adam Małysz124.0126.5249.96. Thomas Morgenstern653.8
7. Andreas Küttel122.0120.5234.07. Gregor Schlierenzauer652.7
8. Martin Höllwarth123.0118.5231.28. Janne Ahonen644.4
9. Manuel Fettner123.5118.0230.79. Michael Uhrmann603.9
10. Michael Uhrmann115.5126.0229.710. Andreas Kofler600.2
11. Gregor Schlierenzauer122.0119.0227.311. Martin Höllwarth596.3
12. Dmitry Vassiliev122.0117.0224.712. Anders Bardal592.5
13. Andreas Kofler121.0114.0220.013. Martin Koch590.5
14. Wolfgang Loitzl115.0120.0219.014. Martin Schmitt584.1
15. Kamil Stoch120.0115.5217.915. Dmitry Vassiliev579.7
17. Martin Schmitt121.0113.5215.116. Jörg Ritzerfeld575.5
18. Martin Koch119.0114.5213.317. Wolfgang Loitzl572.8
19. Jakub Janda119.5113.5212.918. Jakub Janda571.4
20. Denis Kornilov118.5113.5212.119. Harri Olli566.3
21. Harri Olli116.5116.0211.520. Matti Hautamäki565.0
23. Andreas Widhölzl120.0111.0209.321. Roar Ljøkelsøy563.5
24. Veli-Matti Lindström118.5113.0209.222. Denis Kornilov561.2
25. Anders Bardal118.5113.0208.723. Kamil Stoch559.6
26. Jörg Ritzerfeld115.5115.0207.924. Andreas Widhölzl555.5
27. Roar Ljøkelsøy119.0111.0207.525. Veli-Matti Lindström449.5
28. Noriaki Kasai117.0109.5202.226. Bjørn Einar Romøren458.6
29. Matti Hautamäki116.5109.5192.331. Noriaki Kasai335.1
33. Bjørn Einar Romøren115.0DNQ103.541. Manuel Fettner230.7
DNS Rok Benkovič43. Rok Benkovič215.8
DNS Takanobu Okabe50. Takanobu Okabe172.9

Bischofshofen, 7 January 2007

Gregor Schlierenzauer took his fourth World Cup win on his seventeenth birthday, but it wasn't enough to beat Jacobsen in the overall standings; despite having won two events to Jacobsen's one, Schlierenzauer had to be content with second place overall in the Four Hills tournament.

Pos. Innsbruck Jump 1 Jump 2 Points Pos. Total Points
1. Gregor Schlierenzauer139.5141.0291.91. Anders Jacobsen961.9
2. Anders Jacobsen137.5142.0289.12. Gregor Schlierenzauer944.7
3. Simon Ammann135.0137.5275.53. Simon Ammann931.9
4. Dmitry Vassiliev133.5136.0269.14. Thomas Morgenstern916.2
5. Thomas Morgenstern133.0132.5262.45. Andreas Küttel910.4
6. Arthur Pauli132.0131.0254.96. Arttu Lappi908.3
7. Andreas Küttel130.5132.0254.07. Adam Małysz906.5
8. Adam Małysz129.5133.5252.48. Janne Ahonen890.7
9. Kamil Stoch126.5124.5251.39. Michael Uhrmann852.0
10. Michael Uhrmann127.0132.5248.110. Dmitry Vassiliev848.8
11. Janne Ahonen128.0132.5246.311. Martin Koch832.5
12. Arttu Lappi131.0128.0246.212. Andreas Kofler828.6
13. Tom Hilde127.5129.5243.113. Martin Höllwarth824.7
14. Martin Koch126.0131.5240.814. Martin Schmitt819.9
15. Mario Innauer128.5127.5240.815. Kamil Stoch810.9
16. Roar Ljøkelsøy125.5128.5237.217. Roar Ljøkelsøy800.7
18. Martin Schmitt129.0126.5235.818. Jakub Janda791.8
22. Martin Höllwarth125.5125.0228.420. Matti Hautamäki788.9
24. Andreas Widhölzl124.0124.0224.922. Andreas Widhölzl780.4
25. Matti Hautamäki124.0124.0223.931. Bjørn Einar Romøren458.6
27. Jakub Janda123.5122.0220.434. Noriaki Kasai435.8
40. Lars Bystøl121.0DNQ104.350. Takanobu Okabe264.1
42. Noriaki Kasai119.0DNQ100.751. Rok Benkovič215.8
49. Takanobu Okabe114.0DNQ91.258. Lars Bystøl104.3

See also

References

Further references and notes
  1. Arne Scheie, NRK telecast from the Bischofshofen event, 7 January 2007.
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