FIS Cross-Country Balkan Cup

FIS Cross-Country Balkan Cup
Genre	Cross-country skiing
Date(s)	Northern wintertime season
Begins	January
Ends	March
Location(s)	Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Greece Montenegro Moldova North Macedonia Romania Serbia Turkey
Inaugurated	2005 (2005)
Organised by	International Ski Federation

The FIS Cross-Country Balkan Cup is a series of cross-country skiing events arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS). It is one of the nine FIS Cross-Country Continental Cups, a second-level competition ranked below the World Cup. The Balkan Cup is open for competitors from all nations, but are mainly a competition for skiers from eleven nations; Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Turkey.

The Balkan Cup has been held since the 2005–06 season and has been a part of the Cross-Country Continental Cup since then.

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
2005–06	Veselin Tzinzov (1)	Alexis Gkounko	Faith Yuksel
2006–07	Paul Constantin Pepene (1)	Sabahattin Oğlago	Izzet Kizilarslan
2007–08	Veselin Tzinzov (2)	Paul Constantin Pepene	Sabahattin Oğlago
2009	Paul Constantin Pepene (2)	Petrică Hogiu	Faith Yuksel
2009–10	Paul Constantin Pepene (3)	Ivan Burgov	Darko Damjanovski
2011	Veselin Tzinzov (3)	Ivan Burgov	Mladen Plakalović
2012	Paul Constantin Pepene (4)	Veselin Tzinzov	Petrică Hogiu
2013	Veselin Tzinzov (3)	Edi Dadić	Andrej Burić
2014	Andrey Gridin	Edi Dadić	Milanko Petrović
2015	Paul Constantin Pepene (5)	Veselin Tzinzov	Petrică Hogiu
2016	Veselin Tzinzov (4)	Mladen Plakalović	Damir Rastič
2017	Veselin Tzinzov (5)	Damir Rastič	Edi Dadić
2018	Nikolay Vijaczev (2)	Martin Penchev	Yordan Chuchuganov
2019	Strahinja Erić	Edi Dadić	Stefan Anić
2020	Petrică Hogiu	Strahinja Erić	Ömer Ayçiçek
2021	Paul Constantin Pepene (6)	Strahinja Erić	Petrică Hogiu

Women

Season	Winner	Second	Third
2005–06	Antoniya Grigorova (1)	Ljunosłava Djulgerova	Katerina Taoula
2006–07	Kelime Çetinkaya (1)	Mónika György	Raluca Farkas
2007–08	Kelime Çetinkaya (2)	Mónika György	Antoniya Grigorova
2009	Kelime Çetinkaya (3)	Mónika György	Ionela Gabriela Leanca
2009–10	Antoniya Grigorova (2)	Teodora Malcheva	Mónika György
2011	Teodora Malcheva (1)	Maria Boumpa	Kamelia Ileva
2012	Antoniya Grigorova (3)	Mónika György	Katalin Ferencz
2013	Teodora Malcheva (2)	Vedrana Malec	Antoniya Grigorova
2014	Antoniya Grigorova (4)	Teodora Malcheva	Vedrana Malec
2015	Tanja Karišik	Timea Sara	Vedrana Malec
2016	Vedrana Malec (1)	Zozan Malkoç	Ayşe Saydam
2017	Vedrana Malec (2)	Sanja Kusmuk	Maria Danu
2018	Nansi Okoro	Anja Ilić	Maria Danu
2019	Vedrana Malec (3)	Sanja Kusmuk	Anja Ilić
2020	Vedrana Malec (4)	Maida Drndić	Anja Ilić
2021	Tena Hadžić	Tímea Lőrincz	Anja Ilić

External links

• Balkan Cup 2019–20 Calendar at the International Ski Federation