Ski Jumping World Cup opens in Lillehammer on 20 November

The 2026/27 Ski Jumping World Cup starts in Lillehammer. From Friday 20 to Sunday 22 November 2026, both women and men compete there. Polish ski jumping is in the middle of a generational change: according to the Polish Ski Association (PZN), Kacper Tomasiak, Paweł Wąsek and Klemens Joniak are expected to form the core of the men’s team, while Anna Twardosz finished the Summer Grand Prix second in the overall standings.

The opener in Lillehammer

The FIS calendar lists a team event and qualifying on Friday 20 November, and one individual competition each for women and men on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November. After that the paths split: the men go to Ruka and the women to Hinzenbach, both weekends falling on 28 and 29 November. Everyone meets again in Wisła.

PZN has not yet announced the squad for Lillehammer (as of 9 November 2026). Coach Maciej Maciusiak said in October that it could look slightly different from the six who jumped in the Summer Grand Prix final in Klingenthal: Tomasiak, Wąsek, Joniak, Maciej Kot, Jakub Wolny and Dawid Kubacki.

Men: three leaders

Tomasiak is 19 and, according to PZN, won three Olympic medals last winter. In October he won the Polish Championships on plastic matting in Zakopane and took a second gold in the duo event, together with Jakub Wolny. Wąsek, an Olympic silver medallist in the duo event, won the whole Summer Grand Prix series two years ago. In Klingenthal Joniak stood on the podium for the first time in his career.

PZN notes that this change began a year ago. Kamil Stoch has already ended his career.

Women: Twardosz and the returns

Anna Twardosz is 25, jumps for AZS AWF Katowice and in October won her fourth Polish title in a row on plastic matting. In the Summer Grand Prix she won two competitions in Rasnov, which PZN calls historic victories for Polish women’s ski jumping, and finished the series second in the overall standings.

Female jumpers are also coming back after breaks. Pola Bełtowska is jumping again after an injury, but the date of her return to competition is not known, and assistant coach Stefan Hula says there is no pressure for her to start in Lillehammer. Coach Marcin Bachleda took Natalia Słowik to Klingenthal; she returned to ski jumping after a break of many months.

Wisła and Zakopane: two Polish weekends

The first Polish stop is Wisła, from 4 to 6 December, at the Adam Małysz hill. According to FIS, the women compete there on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 December, and the men on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December. PZN gives the times: women on Friday at 15:45 and on Saturday at 12:45, men on Saturday at 16:00 and on Sunday at 15:40.

The organisers assume the competitions will be held on snow. FIS has, however, allowed a hybrid variant, meaning ice inrun tracks and plastic matting on the landing slope, and the organisers are to inform World Cup director Sandro Pertile of the system they choose eight days before the event. For Zakopane, the FIS calendar for 15 to 17 January 2027 lists men’s qualifying, a team event and an individual competition.

What next

Our assessment: the summer results show form, but only Lillehammer will test it. PZN itself notes that before Klingenthal the teams had no chance to measure themselves against their rivals in optimal line-ups, and Tomasiak admitted that only there would he test himself against foreign competition.

More on the series itself: World Cup calendar and prize money, and rules and scoring.

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