It was the 27th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women.

The season began on 27 October 2007 with 800m sprint races for women in Düsseldorf, won by Natalia Matveeva of Russia, who took her first World Cup victory.

The season concluded with World Cup Finals, a mini-tour held in Bormio, Italy.

Both men's and women's events tend to be held at the same resorts over a 2 or 3 day period.

The table shows the number of points won in the 2007–08 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women.