2026 Women's Slalom World Cup
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The women's slalom in the 2026 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup is scheduled to consist of ten events, including the final.[1] According to the initial schedule released on 12 June 2025, the slalom season will begin with the traditional "reindeer" opening race in Levi, Finland on 15 November 2025.[2] After a race in Gurgl, Austria, the third slalom will take place in the United States during the first World Cup visit to Copper Mountain (Colorado) for the women since 1999, after which the remainder of the races will be held in Europe, including a return to the slopes of Czechia's Špindlerův Mlýn on 25 January 2026 for the first time in three years.[2]
The season will be interrupted for the quadrennial 2026 Winter Olympics in three regions in Italy -- Milan, the Stelvio Pass, and Cortina d'Ampezzo—during 6–22 February 2026.[3] The Alpine slalom for women is scheduled to take place on the Col Drusciè course at Cortina d'Ampezzo, which is the traditional slalom course there.[4] The championship in women's slalom is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, 18 February.
Season summary
[edit]Due to injuries to their most prominent challengers, last season came down to a battle between Zrinka Ljutić of Croatia, now 21, and 2021 discipline champion Katharina Liensberger of Austria, now 28, which went to Ljutić. However, two 30-year-olds--two-time discipline champion Petra Vlhová of Slovakia (who missed all of last season with an injury suffered in January 2024) and eight-time discipline champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States (who missed much of last season with a serious puncture wound (but still won four races in her limited appearances, giving her an all-time record of 101 World Cup wins)--are expected to return at full strength, which definitely creates uncertainty about the season's outcome.
Finals
[edit]The World Cup finals in the discipline are scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 24 March 2026 on the Olympialøypa course at Hafjell, near Lillehammer, Norway.[5] Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup slalom discipline and the winner of the 2026 FIS Junior World Championships in the discipline, plus any skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, will be eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 will earn World Cup points.
Standings
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Legend
[edit]- Winner (100 points)
- 2nd place (80 points)
- 3rd place (60 points)
- DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2
- DNF1 = Did not finish run 1
- DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1
- DNF2 = Did not finish run 2
- DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2
- DNS2 = Did not start run 2
- Did not start (DNS)
- Not eligible for finals (NE)
- Race canceled (x)
- FIS non-World Cup race (Olympics)
- R# = Rescheduled (make-up) race
- Updated on 2 July 2025, pre-season.[6]
See also
[edit]- 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings
- 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall
- 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's downhill
- 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G
- 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom
- World Cup scoring system
References
[edit]- ^ "FIS CALENDAR & RESULTS - World Cup Women SL". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Audi FIS Ski Women's World Cup 2025/26 Initial Schedule" (PDF). fis-ski.com. 12 June 1015. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Winter Olympic Games: Milano Cortina 2026". Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Milano Cortina 2026: Bormio". Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "FIS Alpine Meeting: Focus on Athlete Safety and Season Outlook". fis-ski.com. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ "Official FIS women's season standings". FIS. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
