The 2008âÂÂ09 Four Hills Tournament was held at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria.
The tournament was won by Austria's Wolfgang Loitzl, who previously had not won a single World Cup event in his career. Loitzl won the last three competitions at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen to claim the overall victory, and became the first Austrian to win the Four Hills since Andreas Widhölzl in 1999âÂÂ2000. The opening event at Oberstdorf was won by Switzerland' s Simon Ammann, the overall World Cup leader at the time of the competition. Ammann also finished second overall in the Four Hills. Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer finished third overall, while Martin Schmitt of Germany and Dimitry Vassiliev of Russia rounded out the top five.
HS137 Schattenbergschanze, Germany<br /> <small>29 December 2008</small>
HS140 GroÃÂe Olympiaschanze, Germany<br /> <small>1 January 2009</small>
HS130 Bergiselschanze, Austria<br /> <small>4 January 2009</small>
HS140 Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Austria<br /> <small>6 January 2009</small>