For men, the title holders from the previous season were Severin Freund in overall, Peter Prevc in ski flying, and Germany in the nations cup.

For ladies, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz was defending the overall title and Austria the nations cup.

Almaty and the country of Kazakhstan hosted ski jumping World Cup events for the first time in history.

[1] All 24 locations hosting world cup events for men (21) and ladies (10) in this season.

The Prevc brothers finished on the podium again in Sapporo, where they were joined by Robert Kranjec.

A total of 111,000 people (2,500 / 20,500 / 22,500 / 32,500 / 33,000) has gathered at hill test and four days of competitions at the season final in Planica.

Since the last two events of the season were cancelled due to lack of snow, the award ceremony took place in Planica, together with men's.