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 season marks the 53rd consecutive year for the FIS World Cup.
This season began in October 2018 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2019 at the finals in Soldeu, Andorra. The biennial World Championships interrupted the tour in early February in Åre, Sweden. During the season, the most successful female skier of all time, four-time overall World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn of the United States, retired after the World Championships, at which she won a bronze medal in downhill. Also, two-time overall champion Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway retired at the same meet, at which he won a silver medal in downhill.
Marcel Hirscher of Austria won his eighth straight men's overall championship, an all-time record, and moved in third place in overall wins (68) behind only Ingemar Stenmark (86) and Vonn (82). Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States won her third straight women's overall championship and moved into 5th place on the overall win list (60). After the season, Hirscher also retired.
Men
Calendar + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, AC – Alpine Combined, CE – City Event (Parallel), PG – Parallel Giant Slalom # Event Date Venue Type Winner Second Third Details 28 October 2018 SöldenGS cnx heavy snowfall and excessive high winds; rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 19 December1709118 November 2018 LeviSL 479 Marcel Hirscher Henrik Kristoffersen André Myhrer1710224 November 2018 Lake LouiseDH 480 Max Franz Christof Innerhofer Dominik Paris1711325 November 2018 SG 205 Kjetil Jansrud Vincent Kriechmayr Mauro Caviezel 1712430 November 2018 Beaver CreekDH 481 Beat Feuz Mauro Caviezel Aksel Lund Svindal171351 December 2018 SG 206 Max Franz Mauro Caviezel Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Dominik Paris Aksel Lund Svindal171462 December 2018 GS 405 Stefan Luitz Marcel Hirscher Thomas Tumler171578 December 2018 Val d'IsèreGS 406 Marcel Hirscher Henrik Kristoffersen Matts Olsson 9 December 2018 SL cnx heavy snowfall and strong wind; rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 20 December1716814 December 2018 Val Gardena/GrödenSG 207 Aksel Lund Svindal Christof Innerhofer Kjetil Jansrud1717915 December 2018 DH 482 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Max Franz Beat Feuz17181016 December 2018 Alta BadiaGS 407 Marcel Hirscher Thomas Fanara Alexis Pinturault17191117 December 2018 Marcel Hirscher Thibaut Favrot Alexis Pinturault17201219 December 2018 Saalbach-HinterglemmGS 408 Žan Kranjec Loïc Meillard Mathieu Faivre17211320 December 2018 SL 480 Marcel Hirscher Loïc Meillard Henrik Kristoffersen17221422 December 2018 Madonna di CampiglioSL 481 Daniel Yule Marco Schwarz Michael Matt17231528 December 2018 BormioDH 483 Dominik Paris Christof Innerhofer Beat Feuz17241629 December 2018 SG 208 Dominik Paris Matthias Mayer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde1725171 January 2019 Oslo Marco Schwarz Dave Ryding Ramon Zenhäusern1726186 January 2019 ZagrebSL 482 Marcel Hirscher Alexis Pinturault Manuel Feller17271912 January 2019 AdelbodenGS 409 Marcel Hirscher Henrik Kristoffersen Thomas Fanara17282013 January 2019 SL 483 Marcel Hirscher Clément Noël Henrik Kristoffersen17292118 January 2019 WengenAC 130 Marco Schwarz Victor Muffat-Jeandet Alexis Pinturault17302219 January 2019 DH 484 Vincent Kriechmayr Beat Feuz Aleksander Aamodt Kilde17312320 January 2019 SL 484 Clément Noël Manuel Feller Marcel Hirscher17322425 January 2019 KitzbühelDH 485 Dominik Paris Beat Feuz Otmar Striedinger17332526 January 2019 SL 485 Clément Noël Marcel Hirscher Alexis Pinturault173426≥27 January 2019 SG 209 Josef Ferstl Johan Clarey Dominik Paris 17352729 January 2019 SchladmingSL 486 Marcel Hirscher Alexis Pinturault Daniel Yule 2 February 2019 Garmisch-PartenkirchenDH cnx fog, rain and heavy snowfall, rescheduled to Kvitfjell on 1 March3 February 2019 GS cnx fog, rain and heavy snowfallWorld Championships (5–17 February)17362819 February 2019 Stockholm Ramon Zenhäusern André Myhrer Marco Schwarz17372922 February 2019 BanskoAC 131 Alexis Pinturault Marcel Hirscher Štefan Hadalin 23 February 2019 SG cnx heavy snowfall17383024 February 2019 GS 410 Henrik Kristoffersen Marcel Hirscher Thomas Fanara 1 March 2019 KvitfjellDH cnx heavy snowfall1739312 March 2019 DH 486 Dominik Paris Beat Feuz Matthias Mayer1740323 March 2019 SG 210 Dominik Paris Kjetil Jansrud Beat Feuz1741339 March 2019 Kranjska GoraGS 411 Henrik Kristoffersen Rasmus Windingstad Marco Odermatt17423410 March 2019 SL 487 Ramon Zenhäusern Henrik Kristoffersen Marcel Hirscher17433513 March 2019 SoldeuDH 487 Dominik Paris Kjetil Jansrud Otmar Striedinger17443614 March 2019 SG 211 Dominik Paris Mauro Caviezel Vincent Kriechmayr17453716 March 2019 GS 412 Alexis Pinturault Marco Odermatt Žan Kranjec17463817 March 2019 SL 488 Clément Noël Manuel Feller Daniel Yule
Rankings
Overall Rankafter all 38 racesPoints 1 Marcel Hirscher 1546 2 Alexis Pinturault 1145 3 Henrik Kristoffersen 1047 4 Dominik Paris 950 5 Vincent Kriechmayr 739
Downhill Rankafter all 8 racesPoints 1 Beat Feuz 540 2 Dominik Paris 520 3 Vincent Kriechmayr 339 4 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde 284 5 Mauro Caviezel 282
Super G Rankafter all 7 racesPoints 1 Dominik Paris 430 2 Vincent Kriechmayr 346 3 Mauro Caviezel 324 4 Kjetil Jansrud 316 5 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde 299
Giant Slalom/Parallel Giant Slalom Rankafter all 9 races Points 1 Marcel Hirscher 680 2 Henrik Kristoffersen 516 3 Alexis Pinturault 469 4 Žan Kranjec 344 5 Loic Meillard 313
Slalom/Parallel Slalom Rankafter all 12 racesPoints 1 Marcel Hirscher 786 2 Clément Noël 551 3 Daniel Yule 551 4 Ramon Zenhäusern 521 5 Henrik Kristoffersen 516
Combined Rankafter all 2 racesPoints 1 Alexis Pinturault 160 2 Marco Schwarz 100 3 Mauro Caviezel 90 4 Riccardo Tonetti 82 5 Marcel Hirscher 80 Victor Muffat-Jeandet 80
Women Prior to the start of the season, 4-time overall World Cup champion (and 20-time crystal globe winner) Lindsey Vonn of the United States announced her retirement effective as of the end of the season. Due to lingering injuries, she moved her retirement date up to the World Championships in February.
In December, Mikaela Shiffrin became the eighth athlete (four men, four women) to win at least 50 World Cup races across all disciplines, as well as the youngest (at age 23) to do so. Shiffrin ended the season with 17 race victories (3 Super Gs, 4 giant slaloms, 8 slaloms, and 2 parallel slaloms/city events), breaking Vreni Schneider's 30-year-old record of 14 wins in a (much shorter) season, which was set in the 1988-89 season. Shiffrin also won four crystal globes for the season, tying the women's record held by Vonn and Tina Maze.
On 6 March 2019, former slalom season champion (and Olympic gold medalist) Frida Hansdotter announced her retirement from alpine skiing following the 2018–2019 season.
Calendar + Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, AC – Alpine Combined, CE – City Event (Parallel), PS – Parallel slalom (qualification run) # Event Date Venue Type Winner Second Third Details1602127 October 2018 SöldenGS 405 Tessa Worley Federica Brignone Mikaela Shiffrin 1603217 November 2018 LeviSL 455 Mikaela Shiffrin Petra Vlhová Bernadette Schild 1604324 November 2018 KillingtonGS 406 Federica Brignone Ragnhild Mowinckel Stephanie Brunner1605425 November 2018 SL 456 Mikaela Shiffrin Petra Vlhová Frida Hansdotter1606530 November 2018 Lake LouiseDH 402 Nicole Schmidhofer Michelle Gisin Kira Weidle160761 December 2018 DH 403 Nicole Schmidhofer Cornelia Hütter Michelle Gisin160872 December 2018 SG 227 Mikaela Shiffrin Ragnhild Mowinckel Viktoria Rebensburg160988 December 2018 St. MoritzSG 228 Mikaela Shiffrin Lara Gut-Behrami Tina Weirather161099 December 2018 Mikaela Shiffrin Petra Vlhová Wendy Holdener 14 December 2018 Val d'IsèreAC cnx warm weather and lack of snow15 December 2018 DH cnx warm weather and lack of snow; rescheduled in Val Gardena on 18 December16 December 2018 SG cnx warm weather and lack of snow; rescheduled in Val Gardena on 19 December16111018 December 2018 Val Gardena/GrödenDH 404 Ilka Štuhec Nicol Delago Ramona Siebenhofer16121119 December 2018 SG 229 Ilka Štuhec Nicole Schmidhofer Tina Weirather 16131221 December 2018 CourchevelGS 407 Mikaela Shiffrin Viktoria Rebensburg Tessa Worley16141322 December 2018 SL 457 Mikaela Shiffrin Petra Vlhová Frida Hansdotter16151428 December 2018 SemmeringGS 408 Petra Vlhová Viktoria Rebensburg Tessa Worley16161529 December 2018 SL 458 Mikaela Shiffrin Petra Vlhová Wendy Holdener1617161 January 2019 Oslo Petra Vlhová Mikaela Shiffrin Wendy Holdener1618175 January 2019 ZagrebSL 459 Mikaela Shiffrin Petra Vlhová Wendy Holdener1619188 January 2019 FlachauSL 460 Petra Vlhová Mikaela Shiffrin Katharina Liensberger 12 January 2019 St. AntonDH cnx heavy snowfall with over three metres of snow; rescheduled in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 18 January13 January 2019 SG cnx heavy snowfall with over three metres of snow16201915 January 2019 KronplatzGS 409 Mikaela Shiffrin Tessa Worley Marta Bassino16212018 January 2019 Cortina d'AmpezzoDH 405 Ramona Siebenhofer Ilka Štuhec Stephanie Venier16222119 January 2019 DH 406 Ramona Siebenhofer Nicole Schmidhofer Ilka Štuhec16232220 January 2019 SG 230 Mikaela Shiffrin Tina Weirather Tamara Tippler16242326 January 2019 Garmisch-PartenkirchenSG 231 Nicole Schmidhofer Sofia Goggia Lara Gut-Behrami16252427 January 2019 DH 407 Stephanie Venier Sofia Goggia Kira Weidle1626251 February 2019 MariborGS 410 Mikaela Shiffrin Petra Vlhová Ragnhild Mowinckel1627262 February 2019 SL 461 Mikaela Shiffrin Anna Swenn-Larsson Wendy HoldenerWorld Championships (5–17 February)16282719 February 2019 Stockholm Mikaela Shiffrin Christina Geiger Anna Swenn-Larsson16292823 February 2019 Crans-MontanaDH 408 Sofia Goggia Nicole Schmidhofer Corinne Suter16302924 February 2019 AC 104 Federica Brignone Roni Remme Wendy Holdener 1 March 2019 Rosa KhutorDH cnx heavy snowfall2 March 2019 SG cnx 3 March 2019 SG cnx 1631308 March 2019 Špindlerův MlýnGS 411 Petra Vlhová Viktoria Rebensburg Mikaela Shiffrin1632319 March 2019 SL 462 Mikaela Shiffrin Wendy Holdener Petra Vlhová16333213 March 2019 SoldeuDH 409 Mirjam Puchner Viktoria Rebensburg Corinne Suter16343314 March 2019 SG 232 Viktoria Rebensburg Tamara Tippler Federica Brignone16353416 March 2019 SL 463 Mikaela Shiffrin Wendy Holdener Petra Vlhová16363517 March 2019 GS 412 Mikaela Shiffrin Alice Robinson Petra Vlhová
Rankings
Overall Rankafter all 35 racesPoints 1 Mikaela Shiffrin 2204 2 Petra Vlhová 1355 3 Wendy Holdener 1079 4 Viktoria Rebensburg 814 5 Nicole Schmidhofer 771
Downhill Rankafter all 8 racesPoints 1 Nicole Schmidhofer 468 2 Stephanie Venier 372 3 Ramona Siebenhofer 354 4 Ilka Štuhec 343 5 Kira Weidle 307
Super G Rankafter all 6 racesPoints 1 Mikaela Shiffrin 350 2 Nicole Schmidhofer 303 3 Tina Weirather 268 4 Viktoria Rebensburg 257 5 Ragnhild Mowinckel 247
Giant Slalom Rankafter all 8 races Points 1 Mikaela Shiffrin 615 2 Petra Vlhová 478 3 Tessa Worley 460 4 Viktoria Rebensburg 380 5 Federica Brignone 360
Slalom/Parallel Slalom Rankafter all 12 racesPoints 1 Mikaela Shiffrin 1160 2 Petra Vlhová 877 3 Wendy Holdener 681 4 Anna Swenn-Larsson 486 5 Frida Hansdotter 479
Combined Rankafter all 1 racePoints 1 Federica Brignone 100 2 Roni Remme 80 3 Wendy Holdener 60 4 Rahel Kopp 50 5 Patrizia Dorsch 45
Alpine team event
Calendar + Event Key: PG – Parallel Giant Slalom # Event Date Venue Type Winner Second Third Details14115 March 2019 Soldeu * reserve skiers
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