Ramsau hosted the only women's Nordic Combined World Cup event las season ©Getty Images

Ten women's legs have been approved on this season's Nordic Combined World Cup calendar - a tenfold increase on last season, when the International Ski Federation (FIS) added women's competition to the circuit for the first time.

The women's World Cup series is set to visit six countries in 2021-2022, culminating in finals in Schonach in Germany.

Norwegian town Lillehammer is due to stage back-to-back legs to open the season on December 3 and 4.

That was also the case last season, only for the Lillehammer legs to be cancelled in light of the coronavirus crisis.

Ramsau in Austria was the only resort to stage a women's Nordic Combined World Cup last season, and returns to the schedule.

Norway locked out the podium as an individual women's Nordic combined event appeared for the first time at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in February ©Getty Images
Norway locked out the podium as an individual women's Nordic combined event appeared for the first time at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in February ©Getty Images

Otepaa in Estonia, Val Di Fiemme in Italy and Planica in Slovenia are also due to hold women's World Cup legs.

History is due to be made in Val Di Fiemme with a first-ever mixed team event, as well as the first women's mass-start contest.

The FIS has hailed the World Cup schedule as a significant step towards gender equality in the discipline.

Only men's Nordic combined events will be held at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, but FIS Nordic combined race director Lasse Ottesen claimed in April that he expects a women's event to be included at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in February featured a women's individual Nordic combined event for the first time.