2016–17 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
| 2016–17 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Discipline | Men | Women | |
| Overall | Stefan Kraft | Sara Takanashi | |
| Nations Cup | Poland | Japan | |
| Ski flying | Stefan Kraft | — | |
| Stage events | |||
| Raw Air | Stefan Kraft | — | |
| Four Hills Tournament | Kamil Stoch | — | |
| Competition | |||
| Edition | 38th | 6th | |
| Locations | 18 | 10 | |
| Individual | 26 | 19 | |
| Team | 6 | — | |
| Cancelled | 1 | 0 | |
| Rescheduled | 3 | 0 | |
The 2016–17 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 38th World Cup season in ski jumping for men, the 20th official World Cup season in ski flying and the 6th World Cup season for women.
Season began on 26 November 2016 in Kuusamo, Finland and ended on 26 March 2017 in Planica, Slovenia. And women's on 2 December 2016 in Lillehammer and ended on 12 March 2017 in Oslo.
The season calendar was officially confirmed two months later at the congress in Cancún, Mexico. After a 4-year absence, FIS Team Tour was almost certain to return in the WC calendar, but cancelled in the last moment when Klingenthal had to replace Titisee early in season.
First edition of the Raw Air was held in this season in Norway between 10 and 19 March on four different hills (Oslo, Lillehammer, Trondheim, and Vikersund). The competition lasted for ten consecutive days with a total of 16 rounds in overall standings: 8 rounds from four individual events, 4 rounds from two team events and all 4 qualifications rounds. With record high prize money of €100,000 in total for top 3 in overall: €60,000 for the title, €30,000 (second) and €10,000 (third place).
Invention by Slovenian manufacturer, with LED lights illuminated inrun track, was first time presented to the public at the International Ski Federation fall meeting this season in Zürich. It premiered in December at Engelberg, since they equipped their completely new inrun track with it.
This season had a total of four different ski brands suppliers. The two new ski manufactures premiered and replaced the two brands that stopped the production: Verivox replaced Fluege.de and Slovenian company Slatnar instead of Elan. And also Fischer and Sport 2000 were present.
26 men's individual events on 18 different venues in 9 countries and 19 women's individual events on 10 different venues in 8 countries had been organised on two different continents (Europe and Asia). There were also 6 men's team events.
South Korea (Pyeongchang) hosted World Cup for the first time, all as a preparation event for the next year Winter Olympics there.