FIS Cross-Country Far East Cup

The FIS Cross-Country Far East Cup is a series of cross-country skiing events arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The Cup is one of the nine FIS Cross-Country Continental Cups, a series of second-level cross-country skiing competitions ranked below the Cross-Country World Cup. The Far East is open for competitors from all nations, but eight main countries are associated to the Far East Cup, these are; China, Iran, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan.

Far East Cup
GenreCross-country skiing
Date(s)Northern wintertime season
BeginsNovember
EndsMarch
Location(s)China
Iran
Japan
Mongolia
South Korea
Chinese Taipei
Uzbekistan
Inaugurated2004 (2004)
Organised byInternational Ski Federation

The Far East Cup has been held annually since the 2004–05 season.

World Cup qualification

In the end of certain periods, the overall leaders for both genders receive a place in the World Cup in the following period. The overall winners of the season receive a place in the World Cup in the beginning of the following season.

Overall winners

Men
Season Winner Second Third
2006–07 Masaaki Kōzu Tomio Kanamaru Tadashi Yamamuro
2007–08 Shohei Honda Tomio Kanamaru Masakazu Aoki
2008–09 Tomio Kanamaru Shunsuke Komamura Keishin Yoshida
2009–10 Nobu Naruse Keishin Yoshida Byung-joo Park
2010–11 Akira Lenting Kouhei Shimizu Masaya Kimura
2011–12 Hiroyuki Miyazawa Nobu Naruse Akira Lenting
2012–13 Nobu Naruse (2) Keishin Yoshida Akira Lenting
2013–14 Kouhei Shimizu Nobuhito Kashiwabara Akira Lenting
2014–15 Kaichi Naruse Nobuhito Kashiwabara Takatsugu Uda
2015–16 Akira Lenting (2) Takanori Ebina Hiroyuki Miyazawa
2016–17[1] Nobuhito Kashiwabara Akira Lenting Hikari Fujinoki
2017–18[2] Hiroyuki Miyazawa (2) Naoto Baba Keishin Yoshida
2018–19 Hikari Fujinoki Nobuhito Kashiwabara Tomoki Sato
2019–20 Hikari Fujinoki (2) Kim Min-woo Lee Geon-yong
2020–21 Kim Eun-ho Lee Geon-yong Lee Jin-bok

Women
Season Winner Second Third
2006–07 Madoka Natsumi Chizuru Soneta Masako Ishida
2007–08 Sumiko Yokoyama Chisa Ōbayashi Sumiko Ishigaki
2008–09 Chisa Ōbayashi Lee Chae-won Chie Maruyama
2009–10 Lee Chae-won Risa Abe Chisa Ōbayashi
2010–11 Michiko Kashiwabara Maria Boumpa Yuki Kobayashi
2011–12 Yuki Kobayashi Nobuko Fukuda Michiko Kashiwabara
2012–13 Naoko Omori Chisa Ōbayashi Yuki Kobayashi
2013–14 Yuki Kobayashi (2) Chisa Ōbayashi Yukari Tanaka
2014–15 Yuki Kobayashi (3) Lee Chae-won Sumika Ishigaki
2015–16 Yuki Kobayashi (4) Chisa Ōbayashi Sumika Ishigaki
2016–17[1] Lee Chae-won (2) Masako Ishida Yuki Kobayashi
2017–18[2] Miki Kodama Yuki Kobayashi Masako Ishida
2018–19 Yukari Tanaka Miki Kodama Kozue Takizawa
2019–20 Lee Chae-won (3) Lee Eui-jin Je Sang-mi
2020–21 Lee Chae-won (4) Han Da-som
Lee Eui-jin		 N/A

References
  1. "FIS Cross-Country Far East Cup Overall 2016-17". fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. "FIS Cross-Country Far East Cup Overall 2017-18". fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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