The calendar was accepted and confirmed by the FIS Council during the 50th FIS Congress in Mexican city Cancún. 

The season is set to start in Finnish ski resort Rukatunturi with men’s and women’s sprint classics taking place on November 26 and a men’s 10 kilometre classic and a women’s 15km classic being held on November 27.

Other highlights include the "three-days tour" in Norwegian town Lillehammer from December 2 to December 4, and the FIS Tour de Ski, which starts in Val Müstair in Switzerland on December 31 and ends in Val di Fiemme in Italy on January 8.

The World Cup Final is due to take place from March 16 to 19 in Tyumen in Russia shortly after the completion of the 2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in Finland, scheduled for February 21 to March 5.

The full calendar can be accessed by clicking here.

The Technical Committees discussed a number of proposals with several others related to the World Cup also approved by the FIS Council.

A reduction of the start quota for World Cup competitions has been made with the maximum number of athletes per nation being reduced from 22 to 15 - for the FIS Tour de Ski it is 10.

Each nation has the right to two entries for team events - relay and team sprint.

In team sprint, the best four teams from each semi-final directly qualify for the final.

The remaining seven teams will qualify according to their times in the semi-final.

The new sprint heat selection system which was tested throughout last season has also been given the green light and will be used at future World Cups, World Ski Championships and Winter Olympic Games.