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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. Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer 135.5 142.0 296.0 1. Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer 296.0
2. Switzerland Andreas Küttel 133.5 136.5 286.5 2. Switzerland Andreas Küttel 286.5
3. Poland Adam Małysz 132.0 134.0 280.3 3. Poland Adam Małysz 280.3
4. Norway Anders Jacobsen 131.5 135.0 279.7 4. Norway Anders Jacobsen 279.7
5. Switzerland Simon Ammann 135.0 133.0 276.9 5. Switzerland Simon Ammann 276.9
6. Finland Arttu Lappi 131.0 135.0 276.3 6. Finland Arttu Lappi 276.3
7. Finland Janne Ahonen 132.5 131.0 274.8 7. Finland Janne Ahonen 274.8
8. Austria Martin Koch 135.0 129.5 270.6 8. Austria Martin Koch 286.5
9. Norway Anders Bardal 130.0 129.5 267.1 9. Norway Anders Bardal 267.1
10. Austria Thomas Morgenstern 130.5 128.5 265.2 10. Austria Thomas Morgenstern 265.2
11. Austria Andreas Kofler 128.5 125.0 255.3 11. Austria Andreas Kofler 255.3
12. Germany Jörg Ritzerfeld 129.5 124.5 254.7 12. Germany Jörg Ritzerfeld 254.7
13. Austria Martin Höllwarth 127.5 125.5 254.4 13. Austria Martin Höllwarth 254.4
14. Austria Wolfgang Loitzl 126.5 124.5 251.8 14. Austria Wolfgang Loitzl 251.8
15. Germany Michael Uhrmann 128.5 122.5 249.3 15. Germany Michael Uhrmann 249.3
16. Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy 128.0 121.0 246.2 16. Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy 246.2
17. Finland Harri Olli 126.5 122.0 243.3 17. Finland Harri Olli 243.3
18. Germany Martin Schmitt 126.0 122.0 241.4 18. Germany Martin Schmitt 241.4
19. Finland Matti Hautamäki 126.5 120.0 239.7 19. Finland Matti Hautamäki 239.7
20. Russia Denis Kornilov 125.0 120.0 236.5 20. Russia Denis Kornilov 236.5
21. Czech Republic Jakub Janda 121.5 123.5 235.0 21. Czech Republic Jakub Janda 235.0
23. Russia Dmitry Vassiliev 123.0 120.5 232.8 23. Russia Dmitry Vassiliev 232.8
24. Austria Andreas Widhölzl 123.5 119.5 232.4 24. Austria Andreas Widhölzl 232.4
25. Finland Veli-Matti Lindström 125.0 118.0 231.9 25. Finland Veli-Matti Lindström 231.9
28. Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren 122.0 118.0 227.0 28. Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren 227.0
29. Poland Kamil Stoch 123.5 116.5 226.0 29. Poland Kamil Stoch 226.0
30. Czech Republic Roman Koudelka 120.0 116.0 215.8 30. Czech Republic Roman Koudelka 215.8
31. Slovenia Rok Benkovič 121.5 DNQ 115.2 31. Slovenia Rok Benkovič 115.2
45. Japan Takanobu Okabe 112.0 DNQ 96.6 49. Japan Takanobu Okabe 96.6

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. Switzerland Andreas Küttel 125.5 135.9 1. Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer 425.4
2. Finland Matti Hautamäki 125.0 133.0 2. Switzerland Andreas Küttel 422.4
3. Japan Noriaki Kasai 128.0 132.9 3. Norway Anders Jacobsen 407.8
4. Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer 123.0 129.4 4. Finland Arttu Lappi 404.4
5. Norway Anders Jacobsen 122.0 128.1 5. Poland Adam Małysz 404.2
5. Finland Arttu Lappi 122.0 128.1 6. Switzerland Simon Ammann 394.9
5. Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren 122.0 128.1 7. Finland Janne Ahonen 393.2
8. Germany Martin Schmitt 122.0 127.6 8. Austria Thomas Morgenstern 389.9
9. Austria Andreas Kofler 120.5 124.9 9. Norway Anders Bardal 383.8
9. Germany Michael Uhrmann 120.5 124.9 10. Austria Andreas Kofler 380.2
11. Austria Thomas Morgenstern 124.0 124.7 11. Austria Martin Koch 377.2
12. Poland Adam Małysz 120.5 123.9 12. Germany Michael Uhrmann 374.2
13. Czech Republic Jakub Janda 120.0 123.5 13. Finland Matti Hautamäki 372.7
14. Russia Dmitry Vassiliev 121.5 122.2 14. Germany Martin Schmitt 369.0
15. Czech Republic Roman Koudelka 118.5 119.8 15. Germany Jörg Ritzerfeld 367.6
16. Switzerland Simon Ammann 117.5 118.5 17. Czech Republic Jakub Janda 358.5
17. Finland Janne Ahonen 118.0 118.4 18. Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy 356.0
20. Norway Anders Bardal 116.5 116.7 19. Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren 355.1
23. Germany Jörg Ritzerfeld 115.5 112.9 20. Russia Dmitry Vassiliev 355.0
27. Austria Martin Koch 112.0 106.6 24. Austria Andreas Widhölzl 346.2
31. Austria Andreas Widhölzl 116.0 113.8 29. Czech Republic Roman Koudelka 335.6
33. Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy 113.5 109.8 34. Slovenia Rok Benkovič 215.8
41. Slovenia Rok Benkovič 109.5 100.2 43. Japan Takanobu Okabe 172.9
49. Japan Takanobu Okabe 98.5 76.3 44. Japan Noriaki Kasai 132.9

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. Norway Anders Jacobsen 129.0 128.5 265.0 1. Norway Anders Jacobsen 672.8
2. Austria Thomas Morgenstern 128.5 129.5 263.9 2. Finland Arttu Lappi 662.1
3. Switzerland Simon Ammann 125.5 132.0 261.5 3. Switzerland Simon Ammann 656.4
4. Finland Arttu Lappi 125.5 128.5 257.7 3. Switzerland Andreas Küttel 656.4
5. Finland Janne Ahonen 125.5 126.0 257.2 5. Poland Adam Małysz 654.1
6. Poland Adam Małysz 124.0 126.5 249.9 6. Austria Thomas Morgenstern 653.8
7. Switzerland Andreas Küttel 122.0 120.5 234.0 7. Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer 652.7
8. Austria Martin Höllwarth 123.0 118.5 231.2 8. Finland Janne Ahonen 644.4
9. Austria Manuel Fettner 123.5 118.0 230.7 9. Germany Michael Uhrmann 603.9
10. Germany Michael Uhrmann 115.5 126.0 229.7 10. Austria Andreas Kofler 600.2
11. Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer 122.0 119.0 227.3 11. Austria Martin Höllwarth 596.3
12. Russia Dmitry Vassiliev 122.0 117.0 224.7 12. Norway Anders Bardal 592.5
13. Austria Andreas Kofler 121.0 114.0 220.0 13. Austria Martin Koch 590.5
14. Austria Wolfgang Loitzl 115.0 120.0 219.0 14. Germany Martin Schmitt 584.1
15. Poland Kamil Stoch 120.0 115.5 217.9 15. Russia Dmitry Vassiliev 579.7
17. Germany Martin Schmitt 121.0 113.5 215.1 16. Germany Jörg Ritzerfeld 575.5
18. Austria Martin Koch 119.0 114.5 213.3 17. Austria Wolfgang Loitzl 572.8
19. Czech Republic Jakub Janda 119.5 113.5 212.9 18. Czech Republic Jakub Janda 571.4
20. Russia Denis Kornilov 118.5 113.5 212.1 19. Finland Harri Olli 566.3
21. Finland Harri Olli 116.5 116.0 211.5 20. Finland Matti Hautamäki 565.0
23. Austria Andreas Widhölzl 120.0 111.0 209.3 21. Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy 563.5
24. Finland Veli-Matti Lindström 118.5 113.0 209.2 22. Russia Denis Kornilov 561.2
25. Norway Anders Bardal 118.5 113.0 208.7 23. Poland Kamil Stoch 559.6
26. Germany Jörg Ritzerfeld 115.5 115.0 207.9 24. Austria Andreas Widhölzl 555.5
27. Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy 119.0 111.0 207.5 25. Finland Veli-Matti Lindström 449.5
28. Japan Noriaki Kasai 117.0 109.5 202.2 26. Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren 458.6
29. Finland Matti Hautamäki 116.5 109.5 192.3 31. Japan Noriaki Kasai 335.1
33. Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren 115.0 DNQ 103.5 41. Austria Manuel Fettner 230.7
DNS Slovenia Rok Benkovič 43. Slovenia Rok Benkovič 215.8
DNS Japan Takanobu Okabe 50. Japan Takanobu Okabe 172.9

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. Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer 139.5 141.0 291.9 1. Norway Anders Jacobsen 961.9
2. Norway Anders Jacobsen 137.5 142.0 289.1 2. Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer 944.7
3. Switzerland Simon Ammann 135.0 137.5 275.5 3. Switzerland Simon Ammann 931.9
4. Russia Dmitry Vassiliev 133.5 136.0 269.1 4. Austria Thomas Morgenstern 916.2
5. Austria Thomas Morgenstern 133.0 132.5 262.4 5. Switzerland Andreas Küttel 910.4
6. Austria Arthur Pauli 132.0 131.0 254.9 6. Finland Arttu Lappi 908.3
7. Switzerland Andreas Küttel 130.5 132.0 254.0 7. Poland Adam Małysz 906.5
8. Poland Adam Małysz 129.5 133.5 252.4 8. Finland Janne Ahonen 890.7
9. Poland Kamil Stoch 126.5 124.5 251.3 9. Germany Michael Uhrmann 852.0
10. Germany Michael Uhrmann 127.0 132.5 248.1 10. Russia Dmitry Vassiliev 848.8
11. Finland Janne Ahonen 128.0 132.5 246.3 11. Austria Martin Koch 832.5
12. Finland Arttu Lappi 131.0 128.0 246.2 12. Austria Andreas Kofler 828.6
13. Norway Tom Hilde 127.5 129.5 243.1 13. Austria Martin Höllwarth 824.7
14. Austria Martin Koch 126.0 131.5 240.8 14. Germany Martin Schmitt 819.9
15. Austria Mario Innauer 128.5 127.5 240.8 15. Poland Kamil Stoch 810.9
16. Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy 125.5 128.5 237.2 17. Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy 800.7
18. Germany Martin Schmitt 129.0 126.5 235.8 18. Czech Republic Jakub Janda 791.8
22. Austria Martin Höllwarth 125.5 125.0 228.4 20. Finland Matti Hautamäki 788.9
24. Austria Andreas Widhölzl 124.0 124.0 224.9 22. Austria Andreas Widhölzl 780.4
25. Finland Matti Hautamäki 124.0 124.0 223.9 31. Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren 458.6
27. Czech Republic Jakub Janda 123.5 122.0 220.4 34. Japan Noriaki Kasai 435.8
40. Norway Lars Bystøl 121.0 DNQ 104.3 50. Japan Takanobu Okabe 264.1
42. Japan Noriaki Kasai 119.0 DNQ 100.7 51. Slovenia Rok Benkovič 215.8
49. Japan Takanobu Okabe 114.0 DNQ 91.2 58. Norway Lars Bystøl 104.3

See also

References

Further references and notes

  1. ^ Arne Scheie, NRK telecast from the Bischofshofen event, 7 January 2007.
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