Are, Sweden  - Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway clinched the overall World Cup title on Saturday when his Austrian Benjamin Raich of Austria crashed out in the season-ending slalom race.

The Austrian Raich trailed had cut the deficit on Svindal to two points with a giant slalom win on Friday. But he then straddled a gate around 35 seconds into the slalom.

Svindal won the World Cup for the second time, his first title being in 2007.

The title capped a remarkable comeback this season as Svindal had missed most of the 2008 campaign after sustaining severe injuries in a crash during downhill training in Beaver Creek, Colorado.

He won three season World Cup races, including the Beaver Creek downhill and super-g and apart from the overall World Cup also lifted the super-g discipline trophy. Svindal also won the super-combined world title last month in Val d'Isere, France. (dpa)