At the third edition of the annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria, Hemmo Silvennoinen became the first ski jumper to win the tournament without winning any of the single events.

The winner of the inaugural tournament, Sepp Bradl did compete and ended up fourth overall, in spite of disappointing results on the German hills (15th and 12th).

Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 30 December 1954[1] Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 01 January 1955[2] Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 06 January 1954[3] After two consecutive victories, Aulis Kallakorpi only finished twentieth in Innsbruck, falling back in the overall ranking.

Winner Ruste, similarly, was missing a competitive result from Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Thus, Hemmo Silvennoinen took the overall lead, only 1.5 points ahead of Eino Kirjonen.