The three-time Olympic champion posted jumps of 132 and 133 metres to finish behind Austria's winner Stefan Kraft and Norway's second-placed Halvor Egner Granerud.
Poland's Kamil Stoch in action during the men's Ski-Jumping FIS World Cup in Klingenthal, Germany, on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Photo: EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK
This was the 80th individual World Cup podium spot for Stoch in his career.
The second-highest placed Pole, Piotr Żyła, finished 17th.
Two other Poles, Paweł Wąsek and Aleksander Zniszczoł, finished 30th and 37th respectively.
The 2021/2022 ski-jumping World Cup features 35 competitions, including seven team events, in various countries.
The schedule includes the prestigious Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria, the Raw Air event in Norway, the Ski Flying World Championships in Vikersund, Norway in mid-March, and the season-ending Ski Flying World Cup Finals in Planica, Slovenia.
In February, the world's top ski jumpers will head to China to compete in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Polish ski jumpers finished runners-up last World Cup season as a team.
Meanwhile, Poland's Stoch finished third in the overall World Cup standings on an individual basis.
Norway’s Granerud won the Crystal Globe as champion of the 2020/2021 season.
Czech Michal Doležal in 2019 took over as the head coach of the Polish men’s ski-jumping team to replace Austrian Stefan Horngacher.
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Source: TVP, PAP