Most of the national teams will spend the last days before the first World Cups in Scandinavia and the competition schedule is fully packed for the last weekend before the FIS Cross-Country World Cup opener.
Saariselkä (FIN) will host classic sprints and free technique distance competitions this weekend. Gällivare (SWE) where the Czech and Canadian national teams are holding their final training camps is hosting classic sprint and distance competitions this weekend. Bruskvallarna (SWE) is where the Swedish national team traditionally holds a three-day competition. The Norwegian national opening is the last weekend before the World Cup opener and takes place in Beitostølen. Also in Russia the Cross-Country season is in a full swing and continues in Syktyvkar from 21st – 25th November.