The 18th World Cup season began in December 1983 in Kranjska Gora, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia), and concluded in March 1984 in Oslo, Norway.

The debate over amateur and professional status of world-class skiers came to a head this year over the issue of the Olympic eligibility of the holders of FIS Class B licenses, which were approved in 1981 to permit skiers to accept sponsorship money directly instead of through their national ski federations or Olympic committees.

[1][2][3] After protests by some of the other top skiers (including twin brothers Phil and Steve Mahre), the International Ski Federation (FIS) ruled in the summer of 1983 that the two holders of such licenses, Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden and Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein, would be ineligible to compete in the Olympics unless they surrendered those licenses and transferred the money received under them to the appropriate national ski or Olympic committees.

[1][2][4] Although Wenzel was willing to transfer her money as requested, Stenmark, who had moved his tax residence to Monaco and had received an amount estimated at over $5 million in payments during those three years, was not, because repatriating the money to Sweden would subject him to millions of dollars in Swedish income tax.

[6] see complete table In men's overall World Cup 1983/84 the best five downhills, best five giant slaloms/Super-G, best five slaloms and best three combined count.

see complete table In men's giant slalom and super-G World Cup 1983/84 the best 5 results count.

see complete table In women's overall World Cup 1983/84 the best four downhills, best four giant slaloms/Super-G, best four slaloms and best three combined count.

see complete table In women's giant slalom and super-G World Cup 1983/84 the best 5 results count.