Narvik in Norway Awarded 2029 Ski World Championships

5th June 2024

Last modified on June 7th, 2024

Val Gardena in Italy will host the Championship two years later. The 2029 Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships heads to Zhangjiakou in China, but the proposed FIS Games for 2018 suffers a setback.

The announcements come from The International Ski & Snowboard Federation in Reykjavik, Iceland ahead of the 55th International Ski Congress.

In the first round of voting, the Norwegian resort of Narvik received 11 votes, with eight going to Val Gardena in Italy and one to Soldeu in Andorra.

The second round, which decided the hosts of 2031, had 14 votes for Val Gardena and 6 for Soldeu.

The International Ski & Snowboard Federation also announced that the proposed awarding the hosting of the FIS Games 2028 has been postponed.

FIS has been in discussions with Swiss-Ski and the candidate resort Engadine/St. Moritz.

“We have been having very constructive discussions and making clear progress, but we are talking about a huge endeavor, which we want to ensure is a flagship event for snow sports,” said the FIS President, Johan Eliasch.

“This summer we expect to iron out all the open questions and reach a conclusion.”

See here for earlier PlanetSKI articles on the FIS Games:

Narvik 🇳🇴 gets 2029 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.
Narvik has been named as the host of the 2029 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships following the FIS council elections and award ceremony in Reykjavik.#fisalpine #Narvik2029 #FisAlpineWorldSkiChampionships pic.twitter.com/X5HTbTNOi5
— FIS Alpine (@fisalpine) June 4, 2024

Narvik has been celebrating its success.

“This is a monumental day for Norwegian skiing,” said the president of the Norwegian Ski Federation, Tove Moe Dyrhaug.

“The FIS World Championships is one of the world’s largest sporting events, viewed by millions globally.

“Norway has long been recognized as a top alpine nation, and now we can finally host the Alpine World Championships at home.”

Narvik sits inside the Arctic Circle and is one of PlanetSKI’s favourite resorts in Scandinavia.

Narvik, Norway. Image © PlanetSKI

See here for our full reports from PlanetSKI editor, James Cove, to see what Narvik is like and why you might want to add it to your bucket-list:

Narvik, Norway. Image © PlanetSKI

Narvik, Norway.

Narvik, Norway. Image c/o Norway – Home of Skiing.

Here is a full list of the competitions awarded:

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2029: Narvik (NOR)
FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships 2029: Zhangjiakou (CHN)
FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2028: Planica (SLO)
FIS Para Alpine World Ski Championships 2027: Tignes (FRA)
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2031: Val Gardena (ITA)

The candidature of Lahti (FIN) to host the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2029 did not meet some of the requirements to be formally appointed and will now have 30 days to submit its case to the FIS Council.