The duels of the German ski jumpers at New Year’s jumping

Nine out of ten German ski jumpers have qualified for the New Year’s competition at the 73rd Four Hills Tournament. Only Adrian Tittel didn’t make it in 52nd place.

This Wednesday (2 p.m./ARD and Eurosport) the best 50 athletes will compete in knockout duels as usual on the Great Olympic Ski Jump in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Who jumps against whom? An overview (The number in brackets indicates the placement in the qualification):

Karl Geiger (7/Oberstdorf) – Zigar Jela (44/Slovenia)

Pius Paschke (9/Kiefersfelden) – Tate Frantz (42/USA)

Andreas Wellinger (12/Ruhpolding) – Roman Koudelka (39/Czech Republic)

Philipp Raimund (17/Oberstdorf) – Kevin Bickner (34/USA)

Markus Eisenbichler (27/Siegsdorf) – Artti Aigro (24/Estland)

Felix Hoffmann (28/Goldlauter) – Aleksander Zniszczol (23/Poland)

Stephan Leyhe (29/Willingen) – Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal (22/Norway)

Constantin Schmid (40/Oberaudorf) – Stefan Kraft (11/Austria)

Luca Roth (49/Meßstetten) – Daniel Tschofenig (2/Austria)