SCHONACH, Germany — Germany won the four-man team competition of the Nordic combined World Cup event Saturday.

Georg Hettich, Eric Frenzel, Bjoern Kircheisen and Tino Edelmann finished 16.9 seconds ahead of Norway in the 20-kilometer relay. Austria was third.

Germany also won the ski jump portion of the combined event, ahead of Austria and Finland.

The U.S. team of Todd Lodwick, Bill Demong, Johnny Spillane and Brett Camerota finished sixth overall, moving up in the relay after finishing eighth in the jumping.

"It wasn't the best day for us today. We thought we were going to have an exciting race, but the jumping kind of let us down," U.S. Nordic combined coach Chris Gilbertson said.

Germany was missing reigning world champion Ronny Ackermann, while teammates Sebastian Haseney and Johannes Rydzek were sidelined with an illness.

"The race was of the best kind, just like the weather," said Hermann Weinbach, the Germany coach. "I am surprised that the team won in its reduced form."