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 Schlierenzauer135.5142.0296.01.Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer296.0
2.Switzerland Andreas Küttel133.5136.5286.52.Switzerland Andreas Küttel286.5
3.Poland Adam Małysz132.0134.0280.33.Poland Adam Małysz280.3
4.Norway Anders Jacobsen131.5135.0279.74.Norway Anders Jacobsen279.7
5.Switzerland Simon Ammann135.0133.0276.95.Switzerland Simon Ammann276.9
6.Finland Arttu Lappi131.0135.0276.36.Finland Arttu Lappi276.3
7.Finland Janne Ahonen132.5131.0274.87.Finland Janne Ahonen274.8
8.Austria Martin Koch135.0129.5270.68.Austria Martin Koch286.5
9.Norway Anders Bardal130.0129.5267.19.Norway Anders Bardal267.1
10.Austria Thomas Morgenstern130.5128.5265.210.Austria Thomas Morgenstern265.2
11.Austria Andreas Kofler128.5125.0255.311.Austria Andreas Kofler255.3
12.Germany Jörg Ritzerfeld129.5124.5254.712.Germany Jörg Ritzerfeld254.7
13.Austria Martin Höllwarth127.5125.5254.413.Austria Martin Höllwarth254.4
14.Austria Wolfgang Loitzl126.5124.5251.814.Austria Wolfgang Loitzl251.8
15.Germany Michael Uhrmann128.5122.5249.315.Germany Michael Uhrmann249.3
16.Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy128.0121.0246.216.Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy246.2
17.Finland Harri Olli126.5122.0243.317.Finland Harri Olli243.3
18.Germany Martin Schmitt126.0122.0241.418.Germany Martin Schmitt241.4
19.Finland Matti Hautamäki126.5120.0239.719.Finland Matti Hautamäki239.7
20.Russia Denis Kornilov125.0120.0236.520.Russia Denis Kornilov236.5
21.Czech Republic Jakub Janda121.5123.5235.021.Czech Republic Jakub Janda235.0
23.Russia Dmitry Vassiliev123.0120.5232.823.Russia Dmitry Vassiliev232.8
24.Austria Andreas Widhölzl123.5119.5232.424.Austria Andreas Widhölzl232.4
25.Finland Veli-Matti Lindström125.0118.0231.925.Finland Veli-Matti Lindström231.9
28.Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren122.0118.0227.028.Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren227.0
29.Poland Kamil Stoch123.5116.5226.029.Poland Kamil Stoch226.0
30.Czech Republic Roman Koudelka120.0116.0215.830.Czech Republic Roman Koudelka215.8
31.Slovenia Rok Benkovič121.5DNQ115.231.Slovenia Rok Benkovič115.2
45.Japan Takanobu Okabe112.0DNQ96.649.Japan 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.Switzerland Andreas Küttel125.5135.91.Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer425.4
2.Finland Matti Hautamäki125.0133.02.Switzerland Andreas Küttel422.4
3.Japan Noriaki Kasai128.0132.93.Norway Anders Jacobsen407.8
4.Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer123.0129.44.Finland Arttu Lappi404.4
5.Norway Anders Jacobsen122.0128.15.Poland Adam Małysz404.2
5.Finland Arttu Lappi122.0128.16.Switzerland Simon Ammann394.9
5.Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren122.0128.17.Finland Janne Ahonen393.2
8.Germany Martin Schmitt122.0127.68.Austria Thomas Morgenstern389.9
9.Austria Andreas Kofler120.5124.99.Norway Anders Bardal383.8
9.Germany Michael Uhrmann120.5124.910.Austria Andreas Kofler380.2
11.Austria Thomas Morgenstern124.0124.711.Austria Martin Koch377.2
12.Poland Adam Małysz120.5123.912.Germany Michael Uhrmann374.2
13.Czech Republic Jakub Janda120.0123.513.Finland Matti Hautamäki372.7
14.Russia Dmitry Vassiliev121.5122.214.Germany Martin Schmitt369.0
15.Czech Republic Roman Koudelka118.5119.815.Germany Jörg Ritzerfeld367.6
16.Switzerland Simon Ammann117.5118.517.Czech Republic Jakub Janda358.5
17.Finland Janne Ahonen118.0118.418.Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy356.0
20.Norway Anders Bardal116.5116.719.Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren355.1
23.Germany Jörg Ritzerfeld115.5112.920.Russia Dmitry Vassiliev355.0
27.Austria Martin Koch112.0106.624.Austria Andreas Widhölzl346.2
31.Austria Andreas Widhölzl116.0113.829.Czech Republic Roman Koudelka335.6
33.Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy113.5109.834.Slovenia Rok Benkovič215.8
41.Slovenia Rok Benkovič109.5100.243.Japan Takanobu Okabe172.9
49.Japan Takanobu Okabe98.576.344.Japan 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.Norway Anders Jacobsen129.0128.5265.01.Norway Anders Jacobsen672.8
2.Austria Thomas Morgenstern128.5129.5263.92.Finland Arttu Lappi662.1
3.Switzerland Simon Ammann125.5132.0261.53.Switzerland Simon Ammann656.4
4.Finland Arttu Lappi125.5128.5257.73.Switzerland Andreas Küttel656.4
5.Finland Janne Ahonen125.5126.0257.25.Poland Adam Małysz654.1
6.Poland Adam Małysz124.0126.5249.96.Austria Thomas Morgenstern653.8
7.Switzerland Andreas Küttel122.0120.5234.07.Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer652.7
8.Austria Martin Höllwarth123.0118.5231.28.Finland Janne Ahonen644.4
9.Austria Manuel Fettner123.5118.0230.79.Germany Michael Uhrmann603.9
10.Germany Michael Uhrmann115.5126.0229.710.Austria Andreas Kofler600.2
11.Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer122.0119.0227.311.Austria Martin Höllwarth596.3
12.Russia Dmitry Vassiliev122.0117.0224.712.Norway Anders Bardal592.5
13.Austria Andreas Kofler121.0114.0220.013.Austria Martin Koch590.5
14.Austria Wolfgang Loitzl115.0120.0219.014.Germany Martin Schmitt584.1
15.Poland Kamil Stoch120.0115.5217.915.Russia Dmitry Vassiliev579.7
17.Germany Martin Schmitt121.0113.5215.116.Germany Jörg Ritzerfeld575.5
18.Austria Martin Koch119.0114.5213.317.Austria Wolfgang Loitzl572.8
19.Czech Republic Jakub Janda119.5113.5212.918.Czech Republic Jakub Janda571.4
20.Russia Denis Kornilov118.5113.5212.119.Finland Harri Olli566.3
21.Finland Harri Olli116.5116.0211.520.Finland Matti Hautamäki565.0
23.Austria Andreas Widhölzl120.0111.0209.321.Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy563.5
24.Finland Veli-Matti Lindström118.5113.0209.222.Russia Denis Kornilov561.2
25.Norway Anders Bardal118.5113.0208.723.Poland Kamil Stoch559.6
26.Germany Jörg Ritzerfeld115.5115.0207.924.Austria Andreas Widhölzl555.5
27.Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy119.0111.0207.525.Finland Veli-Matti Lindström449.5
28.Japan Noriaki Kasai117.0109.5202.226.Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren458.6
29.Finland Matti Hautamäki116.5109.5192.331.Japan Noriaki Kasai335.1
33.Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren115.0DNQ103.541.Austria Manuel Fettner230.7
DNSSlovenia Rok Benkovič43.Slovenia Rok Benkovič215.8
DNSJapan Takanobu Okabe50.Japan 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.Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer139.5141.0291.91.Norway Anders Jacobsen961.9
2.Norway Anders Jacobsen137.5142.0289.12.Austria Gregor Schlierenzauer944.7
3.Switzerland Simon Ammann135.0137.5275.53.Switzerland Simon Ammann931.9
4.Russia Dmitry Vassiliev133.5136.0269.14.Austria Thomas Morgenstern916.2
5.Austria Thomas Morgenstern133.0132.5262.45.Switzerland Andreas Küttel910.4
6.Austria Arthur Pauli132.0131.0254.96.Finland Arttu Lappi908.3
7.Switzerland Andreas Küttel130.5132.0254.07.Poland Adam Małysz906.5
8.Poland Adam Małysz129.5133.5252.48.Finland Janne Ahonen890.7
9.Poland Kamil Stoch126.5124.5251.39.Germany Michael Uhrmann852.0
10.Germany Michael Uhrmann127.0132.5248.110.Russia Dmitry Vassiliev848.8
11.Finland Janne Ahonen128.0132.5246.311.Austria Martin Koch832.5
12.Finland Arttu Lappi131.0128.0246.212.Austria Andreas Kofler828.6
13.Norway Tom Hilde127.5129.5243.113.Austria Martin Höllwarth824.7
14.Austria Martin Koch126.0131.5240.814.Germany Martin Schmitt819.9
15.Austria Mario Innauer128.5127.5240.815.Poland Kamil Stoch810.9
16.Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy125.5128.5237.217.Norway Roar Ljøkelsøy800.7
18.Germany Martin Schmitt129.0126.5235.818.Czech Republic Jakub Janda791.8
22.Austria Martin Höllwarth125.5125.0228.420.Finland Matti Hautamäki788.9
24.Austria Andreas Widhölzl124.0124.0224.922.Austria Andreas Widhölzl780.4
25.Finland Matti Hautamäki124.0124.0223.931.Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren458.6
27.Czech Republic Jakub Janda123.5122.0220.434.Japan Noriaki Kasai435.8
40.Norway Lars Bystøl121.0DNQ104.350.Japan Takanobu Okabe264.1
42.Japan Noriaki Kasai119.0DNQ100.751.Slovenia Rok Benkovič215.8
49.Japan Takanobu Okabe114.0DNQ91.258.Norway 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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