2004–05 Four Hills Tournament

Ski jumping competition Four Hills Tournament 2004-05 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Ski jumping pictogram.svg Schattenbergschanze, Große Olympiaschanze, Bergiselschanze, Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze Germany, Austria 2004 12 28 y – 2005 1 6 y 93 20 FIN Janne Ahonen AUT Martin Höllwarth AUT Thomas Morgenstern 2003–04 2005–06 thumb|Finishing almost 50 points ahead of runners-up Martin Höllwarth, the third out of Janne Ahonen's five Four Hills victories was the most distinct.|319x319px The 53rd edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament was held in the traditional venues: Oberstorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany, and Innsbruck and Bischofshofen in Austria. The Four Hills tournament counts as part of the World Cup season. Before the competition in Oberstorf, eight out of twenty-eight events were already held. Janne Ahonen had won seven of them, and placed second in the only one he did not. This early-season dominance of the Finnish athlete, who had already won the Four Hills tournament twice before, made him the favourite for the title, and Ahonen did not disappoint. He won the first three events, though he failed to become the second ski jumper after Sven Hannawald to win all four events of the tournament when runners-up Martin Höllwarth snatched the victory at the final event in Bischofshofen. Format At each of the four events, a qualification round would be held. The 50 best jumpers would qualify for the competition. The fifteen athletes leading the World Cup at the time would qualify automatically. In case of an omitted qualification or a result that would normally result in elimination, they would instead qualify as 50th. Unlike the procedure at normal World Cup events, the 50 qualified athletes would be paired up for the first round of the final event, with the winner qualifying for the second round. The rounds start with the duel between #26 and #25 from the qualification round, followed by #27 vs #24, up to #50 vs #1. The five best duel losers, so-called 'Lucky Losers' also qualify for the second round. For the tournament ranking, the total points earned from each jump are added together. The World Cup points collected during the four events are disregarded in this ranking. World Cup Standings The standings at the time of the tournament, after seven out of twenty-two events, were as follows:FIS "e.on ruhrgas" FIS World Cup Ski-Jumping 2004/2005 World Cup Standings 2004 http://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2005/JP/3135/2005JP3135WC.pdf Rank Name Points 1. FIN Janne Ahonen 780 2. CZE Jakub Janda 448 3. AUT Martin Höllwarth 397 4. NOR Roar Ljøkelsøy 379 5. AUT Thomas Morgenstern 328 6. FIN Matti Hautamäki 323 7. AUT Andreas Widhölzl 298 8. POL Adam Małysz 277 9. JPN Noriaki Kasai 228 10. GER Alexander Herr 218 Participating nations and athletes The number of athletes a nation was allowed to nominate was dependent on previous results. In addition, a "national group" from the host nation is added to each event. The defending champion was Sigurd Pettersen. Six other competitors had also previously won the Four Hills tournament: Andreas Goldberger in 1992-93 and 1994–95, Janne Ahonen in 1998-99 and 2002–03, Primož Peterka in 1996-97, Kazuyoshi Funaki in 1997-98, Andreas Widhölzl in 1999-00 and Adam Małysz in 2000-01. The following athletes were nominated: Nation Starting Spots Number of Athletes Athletes 8 + 8 16 Alexander Herr, Georg Spaeth, Michael Uhrmann, Jörg Ritzerfeld, Michael Neumayer, Stephan Hocke, Maximilian Mechler, Martin SchmittNational Group: Andreas Wank, Christian Bruder, Ferdinand Bader, Stefan Pieper, Kai Bracht, Julian Musiol, Mark Krauspenhaar, Hans Petrat 8 + 8 16 Martin Höllwarth, Thomas Morgenstern, Andreas Widhölzl, Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Goldberger, Florian Liegl, Andreas Kofler, Balthasar Schneiderbr />National Group: Stefan Kaiser, Reinhard Schwarzenberger, Martin Koch, Roland Müller, Mathias Hafele, Stefan Thurnbichler, Manuel Fettner, Christian Nagiller 2 2 Maksim Anisimov, Petr Chaadaev 2 3 Tian Zhandong, Li Yang (Oberstorf and Innsbruck only), Wang Jianxun (Bischofshofen only) 4 5 Jakub Janda, Jan Mazoch, Jan Matura, Michal Doležal (until Garmisch-Partenkirchen), Antonin Hajek (Innsbruck onward) 2 2 Jaan Jüris, Jens Salumäe 5 5 Janne Ahonen, Matti Hautamäki, Tami Kiuru, Veli-Matti Lindström, Risto Jussilainen 3 3 David Lazzaroni, Emmanuel Chedal (Garmisch-Partenkirchen onward), Nicolas Dessum (Garmisch-Partenkirchen onward) 6 6 Noriaki Kasai, Daiki Itō, Hideharu Miyahira, Kazuyoshi Funaki, Akira Higashi, Kazuya Yoshioka 2 2 Asan Tahtahunov, Radik Zhaparov 1 1 Boy van Baarle (Innsbruck onward) 8 8 Roar Ljøkelsøy, Lars Bystøl, Bjørn Einar Romøren, Henning Stensrud, Sigurd Pettersen, Tommy Ingebrigtsen, Daniel Forfang, Morten Solem 3 4 Adam Małysz, Robert Mateja, Krystian Długopolski (until Innsbruck), Stefan Hula (Bischofshofen only) 2 3 Dimitry Vassiliev, Ildar Fatchullin (until Garmisch-Partenkirchen), Dimitry Ipatov (Innsbruck onward) 1 1 Martin Mesík 5 6 Jernej Damjan, Rok Benkovič, Peter Žonta, Primož Peterka, Robert Kranjec (until Innsbruck), Bine Zupan (only Bischofshofen) 2 2 Kang Chil-ku (Innsbruck onward), Kim Hyun-ki (Innsbruck onward) 2 2 Johan Erikson, Isak Grimholm (Innsbruck onward) 4 4 Simon Ammann, Michael Möllinger, Andreas Küttel, Marco Steinauer (Oberstorf only) 2 2 Clint Jones, Alan Alborn Results Oberstorf GER Schattenbergschanze, Oberstorf 28-29 December 2004 Defending champion Sigurd Pettersen was not among the fifteen pre-qualified jumpers, and only placed 63rd in the qualification round. Thus, he failed to qualify. In the final event, Roar Ljøkelsøy's jump over 140.0 meters catapulted him from 18th place after the first round onto 2nd place overall. Qualification winner: FIN Janne Ahonen Rank Name Points1FIN Janne Ahonen268.42NOR Roar Ljøkelsøy258.83POL Adam Małysz253.84JPN Daiki Itō247.55AUT Martin Höllwarth245.76FIN Matti Hautamäki244.77SLO Jernej Damjan243.18GER Michael Uhrmann242.79CZE Jakub Janda242.010RUS Dmitri Vassiliev239.9 Garmisch-Partenkirchen GER Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 31 December 2004 - 1 January 2005 Qualification winner: FIN Janne Ahonen Rank Name Points1FIN Janne Ahonen260.12AUT Thomas Morgenstern254.13GER Georg Spaeth247.24AUT Martin Höllwarth243.05GER Michael Uhrmann236.66CZE Jakub Janda233.17NOR Roar Ljøkelsøy232.6POL Adam Małysz232.69AUT Andreas Widhölzl229.510JPN Daiki Itō228.1 Innsbruck AUT Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 02-3 January 2005 Qualification winner: FIN Janne Ahonen Rank Name Points1FIN Janne Ahonen243.82POL Adam Małysz236.83CZE Jakub Janda232.54AUT Thomas Morgenstern229.05AUT Martin Höllwarth228.56AUT Andreas Widhölzl227.37GER Martin Schmitt223.78GER Michael Uhrmann220.39JPN Akira Higashi219.910NOR Tommy Ingebrigtsen218.5 Bischofshofen AUT Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 05-6 January 2005 Qualification winner: AUT Martin Höllwarth Rank Name Points1AUT Martin Höllwarth277.02FIN Janne Ahonen271.03JPN Daiki Itō269.54CZE Jakub Janda265.25AUT Thomas Morgenstern263.96NOR Roar Ljøkelsøy262.77POL Adam Małysz262.18GER Georg Spaeth256.39NOR Sigurd Pettersen252.110JPN Noriaki Kasai245.9 Final ranking Rank Name Oberstorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points1FIN Janne Ahonen1st1st1st2nd1043.32AUT Martin Höllwarth5th4th5th1st994.23AUT Thomas Morgenstern11th2nd4th5th985.84POL Adam Małysz3rd7th2nd7th985.35CZE Jakub Janda9th6th3rd4th972.86NOR Roar Ljøkelsøy2nd7th13th6th969.77JPN Daiki Itō4th10th11th3rd962.78GER Michael Uhrmann8th5th8th13th939.09GER Georg Spaeth21st3rd17th8th928.510FIN Matti Hautamäki6th11th19th12th922.2 After failing to qualify in Oberstorf, the defending Four Hills champion, Sigurd Pettersen, ultimately ranked 22nd overall (678.1 points). References External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site Category:Four Hills Tournament Fis Ski Jumping World Cup, 2004-05 Fis Ski Jumping World Cup, 2004-05 Four Hills Tournament, 2004-05 Four Hills Tournament, 2004-05 Four Hills Tournament, 2004-05 Four Hills Tournament, 2004-05 Four Hills Tournament Four Hills Tournament