Mikaela Shiffrin won her fourth overall World Cup title in history.
The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup was the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January 1967, and the 2021–22 season marked the 56th consecutive year for the FISWorld Cup.[1]
Alexis Pinturault and Petra Vlhová were the defending overall champions, but first-time overall winner Marco Odermatt won the 2022 men's championship with three races to go and Mikaela Shiffrin won the 2022 women's championship for her fourth overall title with two races to go.
For the first time in the history of the World Cup, either for men or for women, Beaver Creek is hosting four speed events four days in a row, with two downhills and two super giant slaloms. Ultimately, though, one of those races was cancelled by bad weather.
For the first time in almost four years (28 January 2018, Lenzerheide) Mikaela Shiffrin didn't finish her second run (SL in Kranjska Gora). With her 47th slalom victory on 11 January in Schladming, Shiffrin set a new all-time record for victories in any single discipline in the history of the World Cup, surpassing Ingemar Stenmark and his 46 wins in the giant slalom.
Austrian skier Johannes Strolz became the 300th different race winner in men's World Cup history by taking his first career win (SL) at Adelboden.
An oddity occurred when Lucas Braathen won the slalom in Wengen after being in 29th place after the first run.
Dave Ryding, after winning the slalom in Kitzbühel, became the first British skier ever to win a World Cup event and at 35 years old, the oldest first-time World Cup winner.
On 1 March 2022, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIS decided to exclude athletes from Russia and Belarus from FIS competitions, with an immediate effect.[2]
Map of world cup hosts
All 31 locations hosting world cup events for men (19), for women (21) and shared (10) in this season.
^ abcTo award an event World Cup trophy at least two (2) events must be held in the current season.
^Men's super-G from Beaver Creek originally scheduled for December 5, 2021 was rescheduled to December 2, 2021 due to program change with additional downhill.
^Men's downhill from Lake Louise originally scheduled for December 5, 2021 was rescheduled to Beaver Creek.
^Men's super-G from Lake Louise originally scheduled for November 28, 2021 was rescheduled on December 30, 2021 to Bormio.
^Men's slalom from Zagreb originally scheduled for January 5, 2022 was rescheduled on January 6, 2022
^Men's super-G from Bormio originally scheduled for December 30, 2021 was rescheduled on January 13, 2022 to Wengen.
^Men's downhill from Lake Louise originally scheduled for 5 December 2021 was moved to Kvitfjell on 4 March 2022.
^Corviglia full downhill course in St. Moritz with "Free Fall", new start constructed by Bernhard Russi specially for W. Championships 2003, has the steepest incline in World Cup circuit with 45 degrees (100%). Super-G course has max. incline at 61%, due to lower start.
^Women's cancelled giant slalom from Killington, was rescheduled on December 22, 2021 to Courchevel.
^ abWomen's cancelled slalom and giant slalom from Maribor originally scheduled on January 8 and 9, 2022 respectively, will be replaced on the same date in Kranjska Gora.