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Are You Ready for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Saalbach 2025?

Writer's picture: Raúl RevueltaRaúl Revuelta
Zwölferkogel. Saalbach Hinterglemm.
Zwölferkogel. Saalbach Alpine Ski World Cup 2020. Picture: © saalbach.com, Daniel Roos

The 48th Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach kicks off today, February 4th, with an event showcasing top-level sports performance and spectacular show elements. For the first time in the history of the World Championships, the Opening Ceremony will be combined with a race: the Team Parallel.


The World Championships will be held in Saalbach from February 4th to 16th, 2025. After the Olympic Winter Games, this is the most important event in the world of skiing. The Alpine World Ski Championships bring together in one place the best skiers in all disciplines, male and female, for two weeks.


After 34 years since the iconic “Sun World Championships” in 1991, the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are returning to Saalbach. It will be the 10th time Austria hosts the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, counting those held alongside the Olympic Winter Games.



Opening Ceremony / Team Parallel

Tuesday, February 4. 15:00 - 17:50 CET 

Location: Course "Schneekristall" at the Zwölferkogel in Hinterglemm

Start: 1165 m.

Finish: 1060 m.


During the breaks of Team Parallel, the Opening Ceremony will immerse spectators more deeply in the world of skiing. Under the theme "Welcome to #skiverrückt," the story follows two ski-obsessed children who dream of becoming ski racers.


Thursday, February 6. 11:30 CET Super-G Women


Friday, February 7. 11:30 CET Super-G Men


Saturday, February 8. 11:30 CET Downhill Women


Sunday, February 9. 11:30 CET Downhill Men


Tuesday, February 11. 1 run 10:00 / 2 run 13:15 CET Team Combined Women


Wednesday, February 12. 1 run 10:00 / 2 run 13:15 CET Team Combined Men


Thursday, February 13. 1 run 9:45 / 2run 13:15 CET Giant Slalom Women


Friday, February 14. 1 run 9:45 / 2run 13:15 CET Giant Slalom Men


Saturday, February. 15. run 9:45 / 2run 13:15 CET Slalom Women


Sunday, February 16. 1 run 9:45 / 2run 13:15 CET Slalom Men



Saalbach-Hinterglemm is one of the regular venues for the Alpine Skiing World Cup. The ski resort premiered at the World Cup on December 19, 1972, celebrating a Women's Downhill event won by Austrian skier Annemarie Moser-Pröll.

From January 22nd to February 3rd, 1991 Saalbach Hinterglemm hosted the 31st Alpine World Ski Championships.

On October 3rd, 2020, the FIS Council elected Saalbach Hinterglemm to host the 2025 Alpine World Ski Championships.

"Much like with our Nordic World Championships (in Trondheim, Norway), with Saalbach and Austria, we are going to the heartland of Alpine Skiing. Every time FIS has staged the FIS Alpine World Ski Championship in Austria, it is a special occasion with massive crowds and a very professional organization. There is not a doubt in my mind Saalbach will live up to this strong tradition," said former FIS President Gian Franco Kasper.



Concept: One mountain – all competitions


The Zwölferkogel in Hinterglemm will be the venue for all disciplines, providing optimal conditions for the athletes and the entire production team. The central location, with only one finish area, facilitates the coordination between sports and visitors. The already existing infrastructure is used in the best possible way. As far as the sports facilities are concerned, they have already been tested in various races following their adaptation, including the Alpine Ski World Cup Finals in 2024. The reconstruction of the Zwölferkogel lift, which started immediately after the end of the season in March 2019, gives the finish area a new character and offers considerable advantages for the sport in the future.


Zwölferkogel, Saalbach Hinterglemm.
Zwölferkogel, Saalbach Hinterglemm. Picture: © saalbach.com, Christian Wöckinger

The Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn


Three ski resorts, and 1 Ski Area cover two Austrian states: Salzburg and Tirol.

The Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn, with its 270 kilometers of slopes, 70 ski lifts, and more than 60 mountain huts, is one of the largest ski areas in Austria.

With the addition of Fieberbrunn, in the neighboring region of Tyrol, the Skicircus has become a true mecca for freeride with miles of ski routes in the stunning scenery of the Kitzbühel Alps.

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