2006-2007 жылғы Альпілік шаңғы спорты әлем кубогы маусымы

The 41st World Cup season was scheduled to begin on 28 October 2006, but cancellation of the opening races in Sölden delayed the season's start by two weeks. A very poor snowpack in the Alps, along with stormy weather in January, caused numerous races to be moved and rescheduled throughout the winter. The schedule included a mid season break during the first 3 weeks of February for the World Championships in Åre, Sweden. The season concluded on 18 March 2007, at the World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

The top two finishers from last season, Benjamin Raich of Austria and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, at the top of the standings for most of the season. With consistent podium performances in the speed races, which won him the Cup title in downhill, Didier Cuche of Switzerland finished a solid third overall. The 2005 overall champion and last year's third place finisher, American Bode Miller, won four speed events but struggled in the technical events, keeping him from the top spots in the overall standings throughout the season. Before the final four individual races of the season, these four athletes still had a mathematical chance to win the overall World Cup title. The strongest newcomer was Jens Byggmark of Sweden, who won the first two races of his career on consecutive days in late January to vault temporarily into the top ranks in the slalom standings. Also in slalom, Mario Matt of Austria came back to win three races in 2007, regaining his top form from the 2000 and 2001 seasons. Matt ultimately lost the slalom title to Raich by just 5 points. The early season on the women's side was led by Marlies Schild of Austria, who won six slaloms and a super combined, clinching both of these Cups early. But the biggest story of the season's first half was the resurgence of Austria's Renate Götschl, who was coming off a difficult 2006 season which saw her drop to 19th in the overall standings, her worst finish since 1994. She rebounded to dominate the speed events, winning four races in Super G and three in downhill, securing the trophies in both of these events. American Julia Mancuso, 2006 Olympic gold medalist, had a very strong season, scoring the first four World Cup wins of her career. Nicole Hosp of Austria had a solid season with several podium positions, but few victories. Lindsey Kildow of the US celebrated three victories before she had to drop out after the World Championships due to a knee injury. Entering the World Cup Finals, four women – Hosp, Götschl, Mancuso, and Schild – were within a 102 point range, and each of them had a realistic chance of winning the overall World Cup title. At the World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, both the men's and women's overall titles came down to the technical events. On the men's side, the race came down to Raich and Svindal. Going into the technical events, Raich looked unbeatable but a DNF for him in GS meant that Svindal would have an opportunity to clinch the title on the final day in slalom, his weakest event. Svindal needed only to finish in the top fifteen and score points in order to win the title, and he achieved it in hair raising fashion – by finishing 15th. Marlies Schild seemed a sure bet for the women's overall title after uncharacteristically strong performances in the speed events. But she skied disastrously in the slalom, the event that she had dominated all season long, and failed to score any points. That meant she needed both a strong performance in the GS and a weak one from her lone remaining rival, Nicole Hosp. But Hosp won the race while Schild managed just sixth place, ensuring the Cup title (and the GS globe) for Hosp.

+ Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, SC – Super combinedRace (Race event in total)Season (Season event)DatePlaceType (Discipline event in total)WinnerSecondThird 28 October 2006   Sölden GS cnx  cancelled1182 1 11 November 2006   Levi SL 347  Marlies Schild Nicole Hosp Kathrin Zettel1183 2 25 November 2006   Aspen GS 311  Kathrin Zettel Tanja Poutiainen Michaela Kirchgasser1184 3 26 November 2006   SL 348  Marlies Schild Nicole Hosp Therese Borssén1185 4 1 December 2006   Lake Louise DH 304  Maria Riesch Lindsey Kildow Nadia Fanchini 1186 5 2 December 2006   DH 305  Lindsey Kildow Renate Götschl Anja Pärson1187 6 3 December 2006   SG 144  Renate Götschl Lindsey Kildow Kelly VanderBeek 9 December 2006   St. Moritz DH cnx  replaced in Val d'Isère on 20 December 200610 December 2006   SC cnx  replaced in Reiteralm on 15 December 20061188 7 15 December 2006   Reiteralm SC 076  Marlies Schild Michaela Kirchgasser Kathrin Zettel1189 8 16 December 2006   SG 145  Renate Götschl Nicole Hosp Martina Schild 16 December 2006   Val d'Isère DH cnx  replaced in Val d'Isère on 19 December 200617 December 2006   SG cnx  replaced in Reiteralm on 16 December 20061190 9 19 December 2006   DH 306  Julia Mancuso Renate Götschl Lindsey Kildow 19 December 2006   Megève SL cnx  replaced in Val d'Isère on 21 December 20061191 10 20 December 2006   Val d'Isère DH 307  Lindsey Kildow Julia Mancuso Anja Pärson1192 11 21 December 2006   SL 349  Marlies Schild Annemarie Gerg Therese Borssén1193 12 28 December 2006   Semmering GS 312  Kathrin Zettel Nicole Hosp Marlies Schild1194 13 29 December 2006   SL 350  Therese Borssén Kathrin Zettel Marlies Schild1195 14 4 January 2007   Zagreb SL 351  Marlies Schild Ana Jelušić Šárka Záhrobská 6 January 2006   Maribor GS cnx  replaced in Kranjska Gora on 6 January 20077 January 2006   SL cnx  replaced in Kranjska Gora on 7 January 20071196 15 6 January 2007   Kranjska Gora GS 313  Nicole Hosp Nicole Gius Tanja Poutiainen1197 16 7 January 2007   SL 352  Marlies Schild Šárka Záhrobská Veronika Zuzulová 12 January 2007   Altenmarkt Zauchensee DH cnx  replaced in Altenmarkt Zauchensee on 13 January 200713 January 2007   SC cnx  replaced in Altenmarkt Zauchensee on 14 January 20071198 17 13 January 2007   DH 308  Renate Götschl Dominique Gisin Julia Mancuso1199 18 14 January 2007   SC 077  Julia Mancuso Lindsey Kildow Marlies Schild 14 January 2007   SG cnx  replaced in San Sicario on 26 January 20071200 19 19 January 2007   Cortina d'Ampezzo SG 146  Julia Mancuso Nicole Hosp Renate Götschl1201 20 20 January 2007   DH 309  Renate Götschl Julia Mancuso Marie Marchand Arvier1202 21 21 January 2007   GS 314  Karen Putzer Julia Mancuso Denise Karbon 1203 22 26 January 2007   San Sicario SG 147  Renate Götschl Lindsey Kildow Christine Sponring1204 23 27 January 2007   DH 310  Renate Götschl Elisabeth Görgl Maria Holaus 1205 24 28 January 2007   SG 146  Lindsey Kildow Renate Götschl Christine Sponring2007 World Championships (2–18 February)1206 25 24 February 2007   Sierra Nevada GS 315  Michaela Kirchgasser Nicole Hosp Tanja Poutiainen1207 26 25 February 2007   SL 353  Marlies Schild Tanja Poutiainen Veronika Zuzulová1208 27 2 March 2007   Tarvisio SC 078  Nicole Hosp Julia Mancuso Marlies Schild1209 28 3 March 2007   DH 311  Julia Mancuso Renate Götschl Emily Brydon1210 29 4 March 2007   SG 149  Renate Götschl Nicole Hosp Julia Mancuso1211 30 10 March 2007   Zwiesel GS 316  Tanja Poutiainen Nicole Hosp Michaela Kirchgasser1212 31 11 March 2007   SL 354  Marlies Schild Anna Ottosson Šárka Záhrobská 1213 32 14 March 2007   Lenzerheide DH 312  Renate Götschl Marlies Schild Marie Marchand Arvier1214 33 15 March 2007   SG 150  Anja Pärson Andrea Fischbacher Marlies Schild1215 34 17 March 2007   SL 355  Nicole Hosp Anja Pärson Veronika Zuzulová1216 35 18 March 2007   GS 317  Nicole Hosp Kathrin Hölzl Michaela Kirchgasser