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Short Summary FIS Council Meeting 7th June 2015, Varna (BUL)
Dear Mr. President, Dear Ski friends,
In accordance with art. 32.2 of the FIS Statutes we have pleasure in sending you the Short Summary of the most important decisions from the FIS Council Meeting, 7th June 2015 in Varna (BUL).
1. Members present
The following Council Members were present at the meeting in Varna, Bulgaria on 7th June 2015:
President Gian Franco Kasper, Vice-Presidents Sung-Won Lee, Dexter Paine and Sverre Seeberg, Members Mats Årjes, Andrey Bokarev, Dean Gosper, Alfons Hörmann, Roman Kumpost, Aki Murasato, Flavio Roda, Eduardo Roldan, Peter Schroecksnadel, Patrick Smith, Martti Uusitalo, Michel Vion, Athletes Commission Member Mike Janyk and Secretary General Sarah Lewis.
Excused: Vice-President Janez Kocijancic
2. Minutes from the Council Meeting in Oberhofen (SUI), November 2014
The minutes from the Council Meeting in Oberhofen (SUI) on 18th November 2014 were approved.
3. The FIS World Championships
3.1 Report on the 2015 FIS World Championships
The Council received reports from the respective Council Members and
expressed its sincere thanks to the Organising Committees and the National Ski Associations for the organisation of the respective FIS World Championships which successfully took place last winter:
FIS Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard World Championships 2015, Kreischberg/Murau (AUT), 16th to 25th January: Council Member Peter Schröcksnadel
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015, Vail/Beaver Creek (USA), 3rd to 15th February: Vice-President Dexter Paine
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015, Falun (SWE), 18th February to 1st March: Council Member Mats Årjes 3.2 Report on future FIS World Championships
The Council Members and representatives on behalf of the respective National Ski Associations reported on the following upcoming events and provided written reports from the Organising Committees:
FIS Skiflying World Championships 2016, Kulm/Bad Mitterndorf (AUT), 15th - 17th January: Council Member Peter Schröcksnadel
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017, St. Moritz (SUI), 6th - 19th February: President Gian Franco Kasper
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017, Lahti (FIN), 22nd February - 5th March: Council Member Martti Uusitalo
FIS Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard World Championships 2017, Sierra Nevada (SPA), 5th - 19th March: Council Member Eduardo Roldan
FIS Skiflying World Championships 2018, Oberstdorf (GER), 18th - 21st January, Council Member Alfons Hörmann
FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships 2019, Park City (USA): 1st - 10th February: Vice-President Dexter Paine
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019, Åre (SWE): 5th - 17th February 2019: Council Member Mats Årjes
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019, Seefeld (AUT): 19th February - 3rd March 2019: Council Member Peter Schröcksnadel
The Council acknowledged the reports and that all the various preparations appear to be going according to schedule and approved the following competition programmes for the FIS World Ski Championships in 2017 with the Nordic Events in Lahti (FIN) and Alpine Events in St. Moritz (SUI).
The programme for the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships 2017, Sierra Nevada (SPA), 5th - 19th March will be submitted at the next Council Meeting in November 2015.
Programme FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Lahti (FIN), 22nd February - 5th March 2017
Date Cross-Country Ski Jumping Nordic Combined Wednesday, 22nd February Qualification Ladies 5 km C Men 10 km C Opening Ceremony Thursday, 23rd February
Ladies & Men Sprint F Qualification Final Ladies HS 100 Qualification Friday, 24th February Men HS 100 Qualification Ladies HS 100 Final Individual Gundersen HS 100 10 km Saturday, 25th February Ladies’ Skiathlon (7.5 km C + 7.5 km F) Men’s Skiathlon (15 km C + 15 km F) Men HS 100 Final Sunday, 26th February
Ladies’ + Men’s Team Sprint C
Qualification Final
Mixed Team HS 100 Team HS 100 Team 4 x 5 km Monday, 27th February Reserve Day Tuesday, 28th February Interval Start Ladies’ 10 km C Wednesday, 1st March Interval Start Men’s 15 km C HS 130 Men Qualification Individual Gundersen HS 130 10 km Thursday, 2nd March Ladies’ Relay 4x5 km C + F HS 130 Men Final Friday, 3rd March Men’s Relay
4x10 km C + F Team Sprint HS 130 2 x 7.5 km Saturday, 4th March Ladies’ 30 km F Mass Start Team Men HS 130 Sunday, 5th March Men 50 km F Mass Start Closing Ceremony
Programme FIS Alpine World Ski Championships St. Moritz (SUI), 6th - 19th February 2017
Date Men Ladies
Monday, 6th February Opening Ceremony
Tuesday, 7th February Super-G
Wed, 8th February Super-G DH Training
Thursday, 9th February DH Training DH Training Friday, 10th February DH Training Alpine Combined Saturday, 11th February Downhill DH Training Sunday, 12th February DH Training Downhill Monday, 13th February Alpine Combined
Tuesday, 14th February Nations Team Event
Wednesday, 15th February Qualification GS
Thursday, 16th February Qualification GS Giant Slalom Friday, 17th February Giant Slalom Qualification SL Saturday, 18th February Qualification SL Slalom
Sunday, 19th February Slalom
Closing Ceremonies
3.3 Candidates for future FIS World Championships
The Council acknowledged receipt of the following applications for future FIS World Championships, all of which were submitted by 1st May 2015 according to the regulations, with the registration fee and guarantee for training days.
Presentations to the FIS Council during the FIS Congress week in Cancun (MEX) will take place on Tuesday 7th June 2016 in accordance with the procedures established, with the election by the Council taking place on Thursday 9th June 2016. 2020 Skiflying Planica, SLO 2021 Nordic Events Oberstdorf, GER Planica, SLO Trondheim, NOR Alpine Events
Freestyle Skiing/Snowboard Events
At the time of completing the Comments on the Agenda, no candidacies had been submitted. The Council therefore decided to set a new deadline of 1st October 2015 for Freestyle Skiing/Snowboard applications.
3.4 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships - Qualification and 2nd run starters
On proposal of the Alpine Committee in Barcelona 2014, the Council approved adaptations to the Rules for the Qualification System for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.
In Varna, the Council approved the proposal of Alpine Committee to withdraw the above-mentioned proposal and instead introduce qualification races in giant slalom and slalom for ladies in St. Moritz 2017, in addition to the men, in order to limit the number of athletes starting in the final race to 100.
In Vail the qualification races were very successful and were really embraced by the Organising Committee. They served as own World Championships for the Developing Nations and created positive outcomes for the athletes and National Ski Associations.
The discussion in regard to the number of athletes starting in the 2nd run with 60 athletes as is presently the case at the World Championships since 2011, or 30 as in World Cup, is a separate discussion to the qualification for the
Championships and the quotas. Any change to the current model of the top 60 participating in the 2nd run would have to be decided by the FIS Congress.
4. The FIS Junior World Championships
4.1 Reports FIS Junior World Championships 2015
The Council Members from the respective National Ski Associations and/or representatives reported on the following concluded events:
FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2015, Almaty (KAZ): 1st to 8th February: Council Member Andrey Bokarev and Council Representative Roman Kumpost
FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships 2015, Hafjell (NOR), 6th to 13th March: Vice-President Sverre Seeberg
FIS Snowboard Junior World Championships 2015, Yabuli (CHN), 9th to 16th March: Vice-President Sung-Won Lee on behalf of the Chinese Ski Association.
FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships 2015, Valmalenco (ITA), 22nd March to 2nd April: Council Member Flavio Roda
The Council acknowledged the reports on each of the Championships and thanked the Organising Committees and their National Ski Associations for excellent events.
4.2 Future FIS Junior World Championships
The Council Members from and on behalf of the respective National Ski Associations reported on the following upcoming events:
FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships 2016 in Sochi (RUS), 24th February - 5th March: Council Member Andrey Bokarev
FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2016 in Rasnov (ROU), 22nd - 28th February: Secretary General Sarah Lewis on behalf of the Romanian Ski Association
On proposal of the Romanian Ski Association, supported by the Ski
Jumping Committee, the Council approved the inclusion of the Ski Jumping mixed team competition to the programme in exchange for the ladies team competition.
FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships 2017 in Åre (SWE): Council Member Mats Årjes
FIS Snowboard Junior World Championships 2017 in Klinovec (CZE): Council Member Roman Kumpost
4.3 Candidates for future FIS Junior World Championships The Council appointed the following new Organisers:
- Park City (USA) as Organiser of the FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships and U23 CC in 2017
- Dizin (IRA) as Organiser of the FIS Grass Ski Junior World Championships 2016
- Les Contamines (FRA) as Organiser of the FIS Telemark Junior World Championships, 29th January - 2nd February 2016
- Val di Fassa (ITA) and Davos (SUI) as Organiser of the FIS Alpine Junior World Championships in 2018 and 2019. Both candidates will undergo an inspection by the FIS Coordinators during summer 2015, since the downhill courses are not yet completed and thereafter a decision will be taken which Organiser will be in 2018 and 2019.
5. The International Olympic Committee / Olympic Winter Games
FIS President Gian Franco Kasper reported on the activities of the International Olympic Committee. He informed about the IOC decisions relating to Olympic Agenda 2020 that are of concern to FIS, namely Reducing the Costs for the Olympic Games, the Bidding Process and especially changing from a Sport to an Event based
programme.
The IOC Executive Board will decide about the programme for the Olympic
Programme for 2018 at its’ meeting on 8th June 2015. The IOC has notified FIS it is positive for the inclusion of the Alpine Skiing nations team event and it would also like to add Freestyle and Snowboard big air following the success of slopestyle in Sochi 2014. However in view of the Olympic Agenda 2022 decision to have a maximum
number of events of 100 on the programme of the Winter Games, it may decide to remove the Snowboard parallel giant slalom to make way for big air (the Snowboard parallel slalom was added specifically for Sochi 2014 on request of the host nation). The Council expressed its’ opinion that the removal of events less than three years before the Games is far too late. Whilst the inclusion of new events is welcomed, Snowboard parallel is the basis of the sport in many nations. Furthermore, the Council gave FIS President Gian Franco Kasper the authority to address this serious concern to the leadership of the IOC.
The Council agreed that it is necessary for each of the disciplines and events to look carefully at the formats, presentation and participation for each of the events in order that they are attractive not only for the afficianados of the sport, but newcomers. The IOC has already made steps to implement a number of Recommendations that were part approved as part of Olympic Agenda 2020 in December 2014 as follows: - The introduction of an Invitation Phase in the bidding process as from 15 January
2015. (Recommendation 1)
- The Evaluation Commission for the Olympic Winter Games 2022 is assessing key opportunities and risks. (Recommendation 2)
- Measures to reduce the costs of bidding already applied to the 2022 bidding process. (Recommendation 3)
- Savings of USD 1 billion in the Tokyo revised budget with three venue changes making the Olympic Games in Tokyo more sustainable and more feasible. (Recommendation 4)
- The procedures for the proposal of the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 concerning the addition of one or several events have been established and the timeline has been set for 15 September 2015.
(Recommendation 10)
- The role of the International Sports Federations for the delivery of the Olympic competitions has been enhanced already for the Olympic Games from 2016 on. (Recommendation 13)
- The IOC has already included non-discrimination on sexual orientation in the 6th Fundamental Principle of Olympism. (Recommendation 14)
- The IOC has set a special fund of USD 20 million with regard to better protection of the clean athletes. Three projects supporting innovative research have already been approved for funding out of the USD 10 million portion created for this purpose. Twelve governments have promised to contribute an additional USD 5.9 million. A prevention programme for the fight against match fixing and related corruption is under way in cooperation with INTERPOL and financed out of the other USD 10 million portion by the IOC. (Recommendation 16)
- Organisation of the International Forum for Sports Integrity (IFSI) on 13 April 2015 with the participation of governments, INTERPOL, Europol, EU Council of
Europe, UN agencies, sports betting entities, Olympic stakeholders and others. (Recommendation 16)
Switzerland with a funding capital of CHF 1 million. Hiring of key management positions on the channel is underway. (Recommendation 19)
- The IOC has started close cooperation with NGOs. Meetings have been taken place and contacts have been made with different organisations including: The International Trade Union Confederation, Transparency International, Human Rights Watch, The Committee to Protect Journalists (Recommendation 20) - Meetings have been held with UNESCO and a new UNESCO charter on Physical
Education and Physical Activity and Sport is under way stressing the importance of physical activity in sport and education. (Recommendation 22)
- A summit with the TOP Partners has been held in order to integrate them into “Olympism in Action” programmes and the Olympic Channel. (Recommendation 33). Furthermore the meeting advanced the engagement of the TOP partners with the National Olympic Committees. (Recommendation 35)
- The first IOC “Olympism in Action” Congress will take place in 2017 in Lima, Peru. (Recommendation 39)
- The IOC is addressing the issues of good governance, transparency and compliance by having all the regulations and positions in place with a Chief Internal Audit Officer, an Audit Committee separated from the Finance
Commission and appointing the position of Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer. (Recommendation 31)
- In addition the Ethics Commission has reviewed its Code of Ethics according to the Olympic Agenda 2020 (Recommendation 32) and communicated the indemnity policy for IOC Members. (Recommendation 29)
Other decisions taken by the IOC Executive Board since December 2014 have included:
- The Organising Committee for the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014 generated an operational surplus of RUB 3.25 billion (approximately USD 50 million) from the staging of the Games.
In total, the IOC contributed USD 833 million to support the Sochi Games, an increase of USD 83 million over previous estimates. The IOC had already decided to transfer its 20 per cent share of this total (RUB 650 million/USD10 million) to the Russian Olympic Committee for use in the development of sport, the Olympic Channel and an Olympic Museum in Russia.
- Changes to Rule 40 and Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter, both of which will be presented to the next IOC Session this July in Kuala Lumpur for final approval. For the application of Rule 40, the IOC would allow generic (non-Olympic) advertising during the period of the Games. The change to Rule 50 would
increase the maximum size of a manufacturer’s identification while respecting the clean field of play to prevent conspicuous advertising.
- In its commitment to strengthen the support to athletes, a mourning place within the Olympic Village will be established during the period of the Games in order to allow athletes to gather and pay tribute to people who passed away. It was also decided to devote a moment during the Closing Ceremony to remember the ones who died in the context of the Games.
- Provisional recognition was granted to the International Olympic Collectors Association (AICO) with the aim of encouraging philately, numismatics and the collection of quality Olympic memorabilia linked to the historical and cultural aspects of the Olympic Movement. It is expected that this recognition by the IOC will help to drive the international expansion of the organisation.
5.1 Youth Olympic Winter Games 2016 in Lillehammer
The fourth IOC Coordination Commission for the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer (NOR) 2016 took place on 27th and 28th April 2015.
On proposal of the Lillehammer Youth Olympic Organising Committee (LYOCOG) the IOC has confirmed that the halfpipe events will be held at the existing venue in Oslo to reduce costs in line with Olympic Agenda 2020 and reinforce the legacy of a venue built two years ago. This facility was already used for the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in 2013.
Last season, the 2015 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships in Hafjell successfully served as a main preparation event for the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer.
In agreement with LYOCOG, by 30th June 2015 FIS will communicate the allocated quota places earned during the FIS Junior World Championships in 2015 to the NOCs/NSAs and open the online system for registration of
participation interest for NOCs/NSAs who have not been allocated quota places through the first level of qualification.
On 11th January 2016, the YOG quota allocation lists and YOG FIS points lists will be published and communicated to the NOCs/NSAs. For further details please see the link on the FIS Website: http://www.fis-ski.com/inside-fis/document-library/olympics/
Candidates Winter Youth Olympic Games 2020
There are two candidates for the Winter Youth Olympic Games 2022, Lausanne (SUI) and Rasnov (ROU). The IOC Evaluation Commission has reviewed both applications during the past winter season and the election of the host city will take place during the IOC Session at the end of July 2015.
5.2 Olympic Winter Games 2018 in Pyeongchang
The 4th IOC Coordination Commission for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 took place from 17th - 19th March 2015.
In February 2015, the IOC Executive Board and Organisers of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 (POCOG) established an Integration
Working Group to speed up decision-making processes and improve integration between all stakeholders. The working group involves experts from the IOC Olympic Games management, the leadership of PyeongChang 2018, the International Federations, the Korean Government Minister of Culture and the President of the Province of Gangwon. FIS President Gian Franco Kasper is representing the International Sports Federations in the Integration Working Group.
Construction work is progressing in both venues, Jeongsong (Alpine speed events) and Phoenix Park (Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard).
Additionally the appointment of experts to work for the Organising Committee is being resolved, which is essential in the short-term for the FIS World Cup events in 2016, as well as the technical and operational preparations for the Games in 2018.
5.3 Candidates for the Olympic Winter Games in 2022
There are two Candidate Cities for the Olympic Winter Games in 2022: Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Beijing (China). During February and March, the IOC
Evaluation Commission undertook its’ site inspections of both candidates: - Almaty’s legacy plans centre on providing the conditions to enable the city
to become a sports, tourism and convention hub in Central Asia.
- Beijing is seeking to provide an extended legacy for venues built for the Olympic Games 2008. It wants to create a winter sports centre for China and use the Winter Games to act as a catalyst for the further development of the tourism and winter sports industry.
On recommendation of the IOC Evaluation Commission, Almaty adapted some of the venues, notably for Alpine Skiing and Freestyle Skiing-Snowboard. These changes were carried out in agreement with the FIS experts.
The report of the IOC Evaluation Commission was published in early June and the Candidate Cities will present their plans to the IOC Members and
International Winter Sports Federations in Lausanne on 9th and 10th June. The election of the Host City will take place on 31st July 2015 in Kuala Lumpa (MAL).
6. AIOWF
The General Assembly of the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF) took place in Sochi (RUS) on 21st April 2015 in conjunction with the SportAccord Convention. The following day, the annual meeting between AIOWF and ASOIF (the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations) was organised to exchange information on matters of common interest.
The main items discussed included updating the AIOWF Statutes, reports from PyeongChang 2018, WADA and the IOC Sports Department, the Olympic Channel, as well as reports from the AIOWF members participating in various Commissions. The annual meeting with AIOWF and the IOC Executive Board will take place in Lausanne on 10th June 2015.
7. SportAccord
The 48th SportAccord General Assembly took place from 19th - 23rd April 2015 in Sochi (RUS) during the SportAccord Convention “World Sport and Business Summit”. It still included the General Assemblies of AIOWF, ASOIF (Association of Summer Olympic International Federations), ARIFS (Association of Recognised International Federations, alongside a conference and exhibition.
On the first day, the General Assembly of SportAccord began with the SportAccord President Marius Vizer accusing the IOC of trying to block projects he has tried to introduce including the SportAccord strategy in its mission to identify and organise Conventions and multi-sport games, while claiming that Agenda 2020 had brought hardly any benefit to sport. He accused the IOC of lacking transparency and the IOC system as being expired, outdated, wrong and unfair.
Thereafter there was a strong reaction from many International Sport Federations and the Associations of the Summer and Winter Federations, suspending relations to SportAccord and some even withdrawing from the organisation. The Organiser of the SportAccord Combat Games also stepped back. The situation escalated to the extent that Marius Vizer resigned his position as President of SportAccord on 31st May 2015. In accordance with the SportAccord statutes, the Senior Vice President who is FIS President Gian Franco Kasper assumes responsibility. On 8th June, a SportAccord Council Meeting will take place and the process for organisation of an Extraordinary General Assembly to elect a new President will be decided. FIS President Gian Franco Kasper informed that he will not stand as a candidate.
8. Financial Matters
8.1 Report of the Finance Commission
FIS Treasurer and Chairman of the Finance Commission, Sverre Seeberg reported on the financial matters of the International Ski Federation, including the status of the accounts.
The annual external audit of the 2014 accounts took place during the first week in March 2015, and the internal audit by the elected auditors Stane Valant (SLO) and Elio Grigoletto (ITA) together with a representative of the
professional auditors took place on 8th May. The internal audit was carried out for the first time on an annual basis.
Chairman of the Finance Commission, Sverre Seeberg reported that there were no surprises in the 2014 accounts. The budget is for the two-year 2014-2015 period and therefore the figures for one year are 50% of the total and not specific to when the income is received in either year. The FIS World
Championships are booked in the year of the event, which means 2015 for the majority of the income (Ski Flying World Championships took place in 2014). The outcome of the income and expenditure is in line with previous years with modest savings. There was a gain on the financial side of CHF 4 million, but this was before 15th January 2015.
In the first 3 months of 2015, FIS made a loss on the securities mainly due to exchange rate situation when the Swiss National Bank decided to remove the fixed exchange rate of 1.20 between the Swiss Franc and Euro on 15th January. In addition FIS received $3.2 million less revenue from the IOC for the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi 2014 which was in fact CHF 7 million less due to the difference in the exchange rate between the US$ and the Swiss Franc compared to the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver 2010.
The income from the IOC will decrease in future due to the Olympic Agenda 2020 where the IOC is directly investing in projects for the benefit of sport, such as the Olympic TV Channel.
8.2 Requests for financial support from the Technical Committees
The Council approved proposals for financial support from the Committees for technical courses and activities for Cross-Country, Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, Alpine Skiing, Freestyle Skiing, Snowboard, Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding joint activities, Speed Skiing and Telemark.
Injury Collection Database and University of Innsbruck Research Partner The FIS Injury Surveillance System (ISS) Steering Committee requested the installation of an online system for the collection of injury data, especially in connection with injury status.
Based on the feedback of the Legal Committee, the Council decided to table the proposal until the protocol is established and to clarify the following issues in detail: owner of the system vs licensing, reporting structure, accessibility and responsibilities of the different users of the system (athlete, doctor, NSA, research partners and FIS). Furthermore, the Council Members agreed that a system must accommodate the collection of injury data from all FIS disciplines, notably Ski Jumping, Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard. The different available systems on the market need to be evaluated before a decision is taken.
The Council acknowledged the work undertaken by the University of Innsbruck with injury statistics for Alpine Skiing in Austria and will consider its request to be appointed a research partner for establishing international statistics in Alpine Skiing after a system is in place.
Investigation of the need for new specifications of competition helmets The Working Group Alpine Equipment together with the FIS ISS Steering Committee submitted a project proposal from the research centres of KTH Stockholm (SWE) and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (CAN) on investigating how to best specify the test regulations for ski competition
helmets.
The Council tabled the proposal requesting EUR 60'000 over a period of three years due to the fact the research should be undertaken by the helmet
manufacturers in the context of their certification, as well as potential liability issues for FIS.
8.3 Financial Support for the National Ski Associations
FIS President Gian Franco Kasper summarised the background to the financial support paid to National Ski Associations in the past. Originally the Organiser received 60% of television income for the FIS World Championships (Alpine and Nordic) and 40% went to FIS. As total amounts from the rights increased, it was agreed to use 10% from the FIS share to support the National Ski
Associations with their expenses to attend the Championships. When the level of income for the LOC generated by the television and
marketing rights increased significantly in the late 1990s, the obligations were therefore adapted so the LOC had to the cover accommodation for the qualified athletes. Consequently, the costs for participation at the FIS Alpine and Nordic World Championships decreased dramatically for the National Ski Associations.
The current system involves paying shares per athlete participating at the FIS Alpine and Nordic World Championships, but it has shown that this is not necessarily a reflection of a National Ski Association’s activity within FIS. On proposal of the Finance Commission the FIS Council agreed to come up with a system that takes the activity of the NSA in organising competitions, as well as having active athletes into consideration. The principles of the system need to be defined and transparent and comprise the following elements: - Basic Share
- Active registered athletes male and female in each FIS discipline (on the Olympic programme)
- Participants at the FIS Alpine and Nordic World Ski Championships - The organisation of FIS calendar events in each FIS discipline
On proposal of FIS President Gian Franco Kasper, the Council decided to prepare a proposal for the Congress for the Council Meeting in the autumn to include in the Congress book and communicate to all National Ski Association. 8.4 Report on the FIS Development Programme
The FIS Development Programme (FDP) Working Group met during the FIS Calendar Conference on Saturday 6th June in Varna. The end of season report was sent in April 2015 to the FDP Working Group together with the 2014 accounts and preliminary draft budget for 2015.
Council Member Alfons Hoermann, Chairman of the FIS Development Programme Working Group reported that during the winter season training camps took place for Alpine Skiing in Austria, the Nordic disciplines in Val di Fiemme and Freestyle Ski and Snowboard in Kreischberg (AUT) immediately after the World Championships.
The FIS Development Programme 2014 was carried out in accordance with the budget. The FDP Working Group submitted the programme of activities
planned for 2015 to the Council, including training camps for Alpine Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, joint Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard, Leader’s Seminar, SES European competitions and activities, a South America training camp, Asian junior competitions and training camp. The Leaders Seminar will take place in Vilnius (LTU) from 11th - 13th September 2015. The FIS Development Programme Working Group will meet next time during the FIS Technical Committee Meetings in Zurich in October 2015. 8.4.1 FIS Solidarity Applications
A number of applications to FIS Solidarity were submitted. The support is primarily focused on activities supporting the education of coaches in their own nation through sending an expert to a national or regional group course to educate coaches, or to arrange a coach workshop locally.
On proposal of the FIS Finance Commission, the Council decided to support projects and requests for assistance that conform with the criteria for FIS Solidarity applications from the National Ski Associations of Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Marocco, Ukraine and Argentina.
Chairman of the Marc Hodler Foundation Janez Kocijancic provided a report that the accounts are in line with the budget and projects are on track. The 2014 accounts of the Marc Hodler Foundation were audited by Wistag in early March. During the last annual meeting the Marc Hodler Foundation Board of Trustees in November 2014, it agreed on updated goals of the Foundation in order that the objectives defined in the statutes to undertake initiatives are met. These have now been published on the FIS Website together with an application form. The next meeting of the patronage board will take place in conjunction with the FIS Council Meeting in November 2015.
8.6 FIS Marketing AG
The Council acknowledged the report submitted by Christian Pirzer, CEO of FIS Marketing AG and the status of various projects since the FIS Council Meeting in November 2014 in Oberhofen.
Vice President Sverre Seeberg, and board member of FIS Marketing AG reported that the 13th supervisory board meeting of the company took place in mid-May. The 2014/2015 season went according to plan and FIS Marketing AG is expected to end the business year with a profit of EUR 1.5m as forecast. Christian Pirzer had made presentations to the Technical Committees in Varna with information about the television viewing figures. The research shows declining interest in some markets and he stated from a marketing perspective that it is essential for the disciplines to consider the presentation and formats of their events so that they appeal not only to the afficianados but also new followers.
8.7 FIS Travel Service AG
The Council acknowledged the report from President Gian Franco Kasper in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of FIS Travel Service. The general assembly of FIS Travel Service took place on 5th May 2015. Last season’s business mainly revolved around the FIS World Cup circuits and FIS World
Championships 2015 in Vail/Beaver Creek and Falun.
The FIS Calender Conference in Varna (BUL) has seen more than 760 persons registered at the International Hotel Casino & Tower Suites and nearby Hotel Admiral and Arabella in Varna.
9. Marketing, Public Relations and Special Projects
At the Meeting in Varna, the Council acknowledged the new sponsor and partner contracts. The following report shows the latest status per end April 2015: FIS World Cup Title / Presenting Sponsors
Nordic Disciplines presenting sponsor “Viessmann” signed to 2017/2018 Cross-Country World Cup
Sponsors:
“Helvetia” signed to 2016/2017 with revised package under negotiation Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup
Sponsor: “Audi” signed to 2017/2018 Ladies Ski Jumping World Cup Sponsor: “OMV” signed to 2016/2017 Nordic Combined World Cup
Sponsor: “Audi” signed to 2017/2018 Alpine Ski World Cup title sponsor “Audi” signed to 2017/2018
Freestyle Ski Cross World Cup title sponsor
“Audi” signed to 2015/2016, extension until 2018 under negotiation Freestyle Skiing World Cup: open
Snowboard World Cup: open FIS partners
FIS official cars
"Audi" signed to 2017/2018 FIS clothing partners
“Halti” signed to 2017/2018 for Alpine, FIS Council and FIS (non-technical staff) “adidas” signed to 2017/2018 for Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined
“adidas” signed to 2017/2018 for Cross-Country (except Tour de Ski) “Tenson” agreed to 2015/2016 for Freestyle Skiing/Snowboard Logistic Partner
“Conceptum” signed to 2015 FIS World Cup trophies/medals "Joska" signed to 2015/2016 Cableways
"Doppelmayr/Garaventa" signed to 2015/2016
Video walls FIS Alpine Ski World Cup and FIS Freestyle Ski Cross “Faber Audiovisuals” signed to 2016/2017
Snowmaking Service
"Sufag" signed to 2017/2018 Temporary infrastructure “Nüssli” signed to 2015/2016 Telecommunications
“Tele Comm Sportservice” has been taken over by Riedel. Extension of the agreement is under negotiation with Riedel
Service Provider course preparation Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard “Prinoth” agreed to 2015/2016
“Kässbohrer” signed to 2015/2016
Service Provider halfpipe grinder Snowboard “Zaugg” under negotiation
Snowboard Materials “Liski” signed to 2015/2016
Data and timing sponsors and service providers of FIS World Cups Data Sponsor Ski Jumping men and Nordic Combined
“Konica Minolta” signed to 2015/2016, prolongation under negotiation Timing Sponsor Cross-Country
“Polar” signed to 2017/2018
Data Sponsor Ski Jumping Ladies: under negotiation
Data and timing service Cross-Country, Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined “ST Sportservice/Swiss Timing” under negotiation to 2017/2018
Data and timing partner and service/sponsor Alpine World Cup “Longines” with service by “Swiss Timing” signed to 2021/2022 Data and timing service FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup “Global-Sportservice” agreed to 2015/2016
Data and timing service FIS Snowboard World Cup ”Swiss Timing” agreed to 2015/2016 under negotiation 9.1 “Bring Children to the Snow”
The Council approved the latest update report on the activities of the Bring Children to the Snow Campaign:
Bring Children to the Snow - General
The winter 2014/2015 has seen the largest-ever growth in the Bring Children to the Snow campaign. 645 World Snow Day events and 485 SnowKidz events took place.
The first phase of the Audi partnership is now complete. Over 186,000 items of equipment were distributed to Organisers in 32 countries. New activities are being planned for next season.
To date a total of 2,838 Bring Children to the Snow events have taken place with over 1.8 million participants.
The global children’s lift ticket report will be updated every three years as changes in prices will be more evident over the course of three years vs. annually.
This summer, Bring Children to the Snow will focus on the following areas: - Establishing a partnership with a company representing the retailers of
the snow sports industry
- Continued work with the European Sporting Goods Federation to provide a clear offer to Organisers from the ski equipment
manufacturers
- New information package with best practices for National Ski Associations to start Bring Children to the Snow programmes
World Snow Day
The 4th edition of World Snow Day took place on 19th January. 645 events in 45 countries provided over 591,000 children with a chance to explore, enjoy and experience snow sports.
Highlights included The Apen Bakke where free lift passes were offered all over Norway for World Snow Day, a coordinated World Snow Day by the Chinese Ski Association with 15 locations throughout the country, World Snow Day throughout Russia, Canada-wide World Snow Day with 36 events, Latvia World Snow Day with 113 locations, World Snow Day in Sweden with 22 locations, Austrian school initiative with 127 participating resorts, World Snow Day in Peru plus many more.
The European Broadcasting Union and Infront Sports and Media agreed to three year partnerships for World Snow Day to promote the campaign.
This summer World Snow Day will focus on:
- Implementation of the first World Snow Day Awards
- Creation of two new event cases studies to demonstrate best practices for Organisers
- Launching of the World Snow Day registration for 2016
- Establishment of a long term partnership agreement with Eurosport FIS SnowKidz
The 2014/2015 has seen the largest growth in SnowKidz events. In total 458 events were staged, bringing the total to 919 events. SnowKidz is on target to exceed 1000 events by the end of 2015.
The first FIS SnowKidz annual report was released and summarises the numbers from the past six years.
SnowKidz will stage events in the southern hemisphere this summer. Events in Chile, Peru, South Africa and New Zealand have all confirmed their participation.
The summer months will also see work on:
- Opening of the nomination period for the SnowKidz Award 2016 to be presented at the FIS Congress
- Development of 1 - 2 new Cookbooks showcasing Organisers’ best practices
- Developing media partners for SnowKidz as per World Snow Day 9.2 Internet domain: “dot” .SKI
The application for the top level internet domain name (TLD) for .SKI by Starting Dot as a community designation, supported by FIS and the IOC was successful and is available for applications from the priority groups: FIS, National Ski Associations, FIS-registered athletes, Organisers, members of the National Ski Area Associations, Ski Industry.
The priority registration for the above groups will be for a period of 60 days. Details were communicated in Varna at the PR and Advertising Committees and during the Organiser Seminar and will be included in the FIS Newsflash shortly.
9.3 Media audiences
Dedicated World Championship pages were added to the FIS website that allowed for news specific to each of the three World Championships to be profiled. In addition, live streaming was provided.
FIS Website Figures Page Views Visitors Visits Season 2013-14 49,516,592 12,882,805 9,357,977 Season 2014-15 106,631,380 36,175,193 28,184,166 The FIS Social Media channels continued to see rapid growth across all
disciplines with some channels gaining double the followers in just one season. FIS continues to focus its Social Media efforts on the ‘Big Four’: Facebook, Twitter, You Tube and Instagram. Across all disciplines most growth was seen on the FIS Facebook and You Tube channels.
FIS Social Media October 2014 April 2015 Growth FIS Disciplines Combined
Facebook Likes 173,729 196,484 16.23%
Twitter Followers 55,775 76,466 33.68%
You Tube Views 4,741,383 6,360,748 26.14% Instagram Followers 21,432 78,057 268.73%
10. Anti-Doping
The Council acknowledged the report of the Chairman of the FIS Doping Panel, Patrick Smith. The focus of the FIS out-of-competition activities follows the best practice model encouraged by WADA using an intelligent testing programme.
At the FIS World Championships, the doping control programmes were extensive and in Falun at the Nordic Events, it was the most comprehensive anti-doping programme at a winter sports event outside of the Olympic Winter Games. The samples from Falun 2015 will be stored long-term. A comprehensive out-of-competition programme before the Championships was organised by FIS.
In the framework of the FIS Anti-Doping campaign “Clean As Snow”, FIS together with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) conducted a Legacy Outreach for athletes and team officials in Falun during the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. The outreach team interacted with athletes, coaches and support personnel, provided them with useful information on all anti-doping matters and asked to show their support for a doping free sport by signing a Clean Sport pledge.
FIS Out-of-Competition Tests Season 2014/2015
Urine ESAs (urine) Blood tests
Blood passport Cross-Country 274 204 202 662 Nordic Combined 49 33 33 137 Ski Jumping 63 30 24 24 Alpine Skiing 122 60 57 117 Freestyle 9 Snowboard 12 Total 529 327 316 940
FIS In-Competition Tests Season 2014/2015
Urine EPO Blood
Cross-Country 193 132 24 Blood
Nordic Combined 44 34 9 passport
Ski Jumping 57 tests are
Alpine Skiing 134 22 not made
Freestyle 80 In-
Snowboard 90 Competition
Total 598 166 55
10.1 Doping cases
There are presently no new international FIS doping cases to report. The Council acknowledged the following national doping cases:
Name Nat Disc. Event tested
Substance/
Method Sanction
LALLUKKA, Juha FIN CC
07.09.2011 – OOC hGH CAS decision November 2014: 2 years until 28.03.2015 (incl prov suspension period 27.10.11 - 19.06.13)
MASHKIN, Nikita RUS CC 11.04.2014 CG
2 years (starting 22.04.2014)
KALININA, Arina RUS CC 10.04.2014 trimetazedine
2 years (starting 22.04.2014)
GAVRILOV, Yuriy RUS CC 09.09.2014 trimetazedine
3 months (starting 23.09.2014)
SHALYGINA, Kseniya KAZ CC 23.12.2014 - IC carphedone
2 years (starting 12.01.15)
ZAKIROV, Ilnaz RUS CC 24.11.2014 trimetazedine
8 months (starting 08.12.2014) 10.2 WADA
The spring meeting of the WADA Foundation Board took place on 13 May 2015 at the WADA Headquarters in Montreal. The main issues of the meeting were as
- As part of the 2015 Compliance Activities Plan, the recently-formed independent Compliance Review Committee updated the Foundation Board on progress made by signatories in Code and Standards implementation. FIS through its adoption of the FIS Anti-Doping Rules 2015, as well as anti-doping activities has been approved as Code-compliant.
- Under the WADA-IOC Special Research Fund, WADA has received matching funds of USD 1,587,975 to date. Of the IOC and government commitment to potential USD 12 million fund, USD 1 million will be dedicated to social science research.
- A new ADAMS (Anti-Doping Administration & Management System) shall be launched by WADA at the end of 2016. FIS, as an active member, has been included in a dedicated working group of IFs and NADOs to develop the new ADAMS through Sarah Fussek, FIS Anti-Doping Coordinator.
- In 2015, WADA introduced the Legacy Outreach Programme in order to provide additional and direct support to IFs in developing and delivering anti-doping athlete awareness programmes. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun, Sweden, WADA and FIS launched the first ever Legacy Outreach entitled ‘Clean as Snow’.
11. Appointment of jury members
The Council made a number of new appointments (in bold type) for the FIS World Championships and other major events. The following list also includes appointments made previously:
2015 FIS Rollerski World Championships, Val di Fiemme (ITA)
Technical Delegate Guy Magand, FRA
TD Assistant Georg Zipfel, GER
2015 FIS Grass Ski World Championships, Tambre (ITA)
Technical Delegate Dieter Posch, AUT
2015 FIS Grass Ski Junior World Championships, Stitna nad Vlari (CZE)
Technical Delegate Sandor Ladislav, SVK
2016 Ski Flying World Championshps 2016 Kulm/Bad Mitterndorf (AUT) Ski Jumping
Technical Delegate Eero Kuusinen, FIN
TD Assistant Thomas Klauser, GER
Chief Distance Measurer Peter Chudy, SVK
(replacing Octavian Munteanu, ROU)
Judges Wolfgang Reissner, AUT
Odette Bouvard, FRA Joachim Lesser, GER Marek Pilch, POL David Amstein, SUI
2016 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships, Sochi (RUS) Technical Delegate Ladies Konstantin Nieberle, GER Technical Delegate Men Peter May, AUS
Medical Supervisor Toni Wicker, AUT
2016 FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships and U 23 CC WSC, Rasnov (ROU) Cross-Country Skiing
Technical Delegate Bruno Heinzer, SUI
TD-Assistant Zofia Kielpinska, POL
Jury Member Jakub Tejchman, CZE
Medical Supervisor Stanislaw Szymanik (POL)
Ski Jumping
Technical Delegate Ivo Greger, CZE
TD Assistant Per Elias Kalfoss, NOR
Chief Distance Measurer Hans Elvsween, NOR
Judges Andrei Balasz, ROU
Petra Nordman, FIN Michael Lorenz, GER Giambattista Carli, ITA Eduard Suboch, RUS Nordic Combined
Technical Delegate John Heilig (CAN)
TD-Assistant Vladimir Frak (SVK)
2016 Youth Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer (NOR) Cross-Country Skiing
Technical Delegate Georg Zipfel, GER
(replacing Emil Hecico, ROU)
TD Assistant Mathias Berglund, SWE
Ski Jumping
Technical Delegate Jani Hyvärinen, FIN
TD Assistant Michael Lais, GER
Chief Distance Measurer Teppo Nieminen, FIN (replacing Peter Chudy, SVK)
Judges Espelid Kjersti Haugen, NOR
Jan Baier, CZE
Christian Keller, GER
Nordic Combined
Technical Delegate Andrea Roggia, ITA
TD Assistant Nurmela Tapio, FIN
Medical Supervisor Hubert Hörterer, GER
Alpine Skiing
Technical Delegate Ladies Jill Firstbrook, USA Technical Delegate Men Josef Zingerle, ITA
Jury Mark Berry, GBR
Jean-Louis Galinier, FRA Claes Johansson, SWE Freestyle Skiing
Head judge Peter Arneson, USA
Scoring Judges Oliver Usterud, NOR
Philippe Belanger, CAN Adam Frisell, SWE Ruslan Akhtyamov, RUS Ivan Ivanov, BUL
Snowboard
Headjudge Ales Silec, SLO
Scoring Judges Kevin Higgins, CAN
Stefan Munz, GER Klara Suchanova, CZE Ruslan Akhtyamov, RUS Ivan Ivanov, BUL
Adam Frisell, SWE Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard
Technical Delegate Cross Events Jim Sidorchuck, CAN TD Assistant Cross Events Werner Steiner, AUT Technical Delegate Pipe and Slope Tino Mincev, BUL TD Assistant Pipe and Slope Matevz Stanovnik, SLO
Jury Janne Kuusela, FIN
2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, St. Moritz (SUI) Technical Delegate Ladies Edi Dreschl, AUT Technical Delegate Men Joe Galinier, FRA
Jury Ladies tbc, SWE
Assia Illieva, BUL Olga Krizova, CZE
Jury Men tbc, GER
Juli Selma, SPA Karl Guenzel, USA
2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Lahti (FIN) Cross-Country Skiing
Technical Delegate Uros Ponikvar, SLO
TD Assistant Enzo Macor, ITA
(replacing Alan Serrano, USA)
Jury Members Guri Hetland, NOR
Jakub Teichman, CZE Ski Jumping
Technical Delegate Geir S. Loeng, NOR
TD Assistant Saso Komovec, SLO
Chief Distance Measurer Stanislav Slavik, CZE
Judges P. Karjalainen/T. Nieminen, FIN
Chr. Kathol / Stefan Wolf, AUT
Yutaka Minemura / Keizo Masaki, JPN Kazmierz Bafia / Lech Pochwala, POL Bojan Jost / Slato Suzic, SLO
Marc Levasseur / Steve Sydow, USA Nordic Combined
Technical Delegate Günter Csar (AUT)
TD-Assistant Andrea Roggia (ITA)
2017 FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships and U 23 CC WSC
Technical Delegate Riikka Rakic, SUI
TD Assistant Karl-Heinz Lickert, GER
Jury Member Emil Hecico, ROU
2017 Winter Universiade, Almaty (KAZ) Cross-Country Skiing
Technical Delegate Marco Lustrek, SLO
TD Assistant Sylvi Ofstad, NOR
Ski Jumping
Technical Delegate Jan Jelensky, SVK
TD Assistant Franck Salvi, FRA
Chief Distance Measurer Fritz Pollhammer, AUT
Judges Nikolay Korobov, KAZ
Marion Vettori, AUT Ivo Greger, CZE
Nordic Combined
Technical Delegate Jyri Pelkonen, FIN
TD Assistant Sergey Zhukov, RUS
Alpine Skiing
Technical Delegate Ladies Thomas Pool, SUI Technical Delegate Men Iouri Gouriev, RUS 2018 Olympic Winter Games Pyeongchang (KOR)
Cross-Country Skiing
Technical Delegate Jussi Prykäri, FIN
TD Assistant Anna Rosa, ITA
Jury Members Tomas Jons, SWE
Marko Lustrek, SLO Nordic Combined
Technical Delegate John Heilig, CAN
TD Assistant Marco Zarucchi, SUI
Alpine Skiing
Technical Delegate Ladies SWE
Technical Delegate Men SUI
Jury Ladies ITA
SLO USA
Jury Men CAN
JPN GBR 2017 EYOF, Sarajevo/East Sarajevo (BIH) Cross-Country Skiing
Technical Delegate Marco Mapelli, ITA
TD Assistant Laurence Roux, FRA
2019 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Seefeld (AUT) Cross-Country Skiing
Technical Delegate Annmari Viljanmaa, FIN
11.1Key technical officials in World Championships Organising Committees
The Council approved the following proposals of the Organising Committees for their key technical officials:
2016 Ski Flying World Championshps 2016 Kulm/Bad Mitterndorf (AUT)
President of OC Peter Schröcksnadel
Secretary General Klaus Leistner
Chief of Competition Harald Haim
Chief of the Hill Lambert Grill
2016 Youth Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer (NOR) Nordic Events
Coordinator Eiliv Furuli
Cross-Country
Sport Manager Cato Andre Granseth
Chief of Competition Erland Husom
(replacing Cato Andre Granseth) Ass. Chief of Competition Oliver Bræin Furuli
Race Secretary Åsne Strand Ødegård
(replacing Jan Olav Andersen)
Chief of Course Fritz Andersen
Ski Jumping
Sport Manager Kristian Brenden
Chief of Competition Robert Selbekk Hansen (replacing Kristian Brenden)
Race Secretary Stein Haagensen
(replacing Monica Engen)
Chief of Hill Bjørn Einar Hagemoen
Nordic Combined
Sport Manager / Chief of Competition Jørn Olav Bekkelund Ass. Chief of Competition Ola Kokslien
Chief of Hill Bjørn Einar Hagemoen
Chief of Course Fritz Andersen
Race Secretary Cross Country Åsne Strand Ødegård Race Secretary Ski Jumping Stein Haagensen Alpine Skiing
Chief of Competition Rolle Johanson
Chief Race Secretary Bjorn Hettervik
Chief of Course Sven Ullrich
Chief of Course equipment Osten Tande Coordinator Start & Finish, support Omega Tor Hauan Freestyle Ski & Snowboard
Race Secretary Bjørn Hettervik
Chief of Competition Cross Asbjørn Skorpen Chief of Competition Pipe Magnus Sandnes Chief of Competition Slope Espen Berg-Johnsen
Chief of Courses tbc in autumn 2015
2016 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships, Sochi (RUS) Chief of Competition Speed Mikael Mamonov Chief of Competition Tech. Mikael Mamonov
Chief of Course Tech. Nikolay Selivanov
2016 FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships and U 23 CC WSC, Rasnov (ROU) Cross-Country
Chief of Competition Emil Hecico
Ass. Chief Of Competition Nicoleta Ibu
Race Secretary Rodica Zlatea
Chief of Course Gyula Kiss
Chief of Stadium Eftimie Pop
Ski Jumping
Chief of Competition Paul Ganzenhuber Ass. Chief of Competition Florin Spulber
Race Secretary Adriana Nica
Chief of Hill Liviu Chisca
Nordic Combined
Chief of Competition Constantin Arghiropol Ass. Chief of Competition Adrian Rosu
Race Secretary Sabine Meinl
Chief of Hill Liviu Chisca
Chief of Course Florin Ercus
2017 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, St. Moritz (SUI) Chief of Competition Speed Wim Rossel Chief of Competition Tech. Toni Steiner
Race Secretary Angela Nussbaum
Chief of Course Speed Pascal Hasler
Chief of Course Tech. Corrado Crameri
12. FIS World Cup
12.1 Calendars 2015/2016 and future
The FIS World Cup Calendars for the 2015/2016 season were approved by the Council at its Meeting in Oberhofen in November. Based on the experiences of the past season, some small modifications were reviewed by the Technical Committees and thereafter the Council approved the final versions in Varna, as well as calendar drafts until 2018/19 (please see following pages).
In the FIS Alpine World Cup calendar for the upcoming season, there is an increased number of alpine combined competitions with four scheduled for ladies and three for the men, therefore a FIS World Cup globe will be awarded. The Council agreed that in the FIS Alpine World Cup men’s calendar the downhill race in Santa Caterina (ITA) could be included as an exception for a second year, whilst the situation with Bormio is still unresolved.
FIS CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 2015/2016
Date Day Site Nation Ladies Men Remarks
Period I
3-Days Tour
27.11. Fri Ruka FIN Sprint C Sprint C
28.11. Sat Ruka FIN 5 km F 10 km F
29.11. Sun Ruka FIN 10 km C 15 km C Pursuit
05.12. 06.12. 12.12. Sat Sun Sat Lillehammer Lillehammer Davos NOR NOR SUI Skiathlon Relay Sprint F Skiathlon Relay Sprint F
13.12. Sun Davos SUI 15 km F 30 km F
19.12. Sat Toblach ITA Sprint F Sprint F
20.12. Sun Toblach ITA 10 km C 15 km C
Period II
Tour de Ski
01.01. Fri Lenzerheide SUI Sprint F Sprint F
02.01. Sat Lenzerheide SUI 15 km C 30 km C Mass Start
03.01. Sun Lenzerheide SUI 5 km F 10 km F Pursuit
05.01. Tue Oberstdorf GER Skiathlon (5/5) Skiathlon (10/10)
06.01. Wed Oberstdorf GER Sprint C Sprint C
08.01. Fri Toblach ITA 5 km F 10 km F
09.01. Sat Val di Fiemme ITA 10 km C 15 km C Mass Start
10.01. Sun Val di Fiemme ITA 9 km F 9 km F Pursuit
16.01. Sat Planica SLO Sprint F Sprint F
17.01. Sun Planica SLO Team Sprint F Team Sprint F
23.01. Sat Nove Mesto CZE 10 km F 15 km F
24.01 Sun Nove Mesto CZE Relay Relay
Period III
03.02. Wed Drammen NOR Sprint C Sprint C
06.02. Sun Oslo NOR 50 km C Mass Start
07.02. Sun Oslo NOR 30 km C Mass Start
11.02. Wed Stockholm SWE Sprint C Sprint C
13.02. Sat Falun SWE 5 km C 10 km C
14.02. Sun Falun SWE 10 km F 15 km F Mass Start
20.02. Sat Lahti FIN Sprint F Sprint F
21.02. Sun Lahti FIN Skiathlon Skiathlon
Period IV
Ski Tour Canada 2016
01.03. Tue Gatineau CAN Sprint F Sprint F
02.03. Wed Montreal CAN 13.2 km C 22 km C Mass Start
04.03. Fri Québec CAN Sprint F Sprint F
05.03. Sat Québec CAN 10 km F 15 km F Pursuit
08.03. Tue Canmore CAN Sprint C Sprint C
09.03. Wed Canmore CAN Skiathlon Skiathlon
11.03. Fri Lake Louise CAN 10 km F 20 km F
FIS CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 2016/2017
Date Day Site Nation Ladies Men Remarks
Period I
26.11. Sat Ruka FIN Sprint F Sprint F
27.11. Sun Ruka FIN 10 km C 15 km C
3-Days Tour
02.12. Fri Lillehammer NOR Sprint C Sprint C
03.12. Sat Lillehammer NOR 5 km C 10 km C
04.12. Sun Lillehammer NOR 10 km F 15 km F
10.12. Sat Davos SUI Sprint F Sprint F
11.12. Sun Davos SUI 15 km F 30 km F
17.12. Sat La Clusaz FRA Skiathlon Skiathlon
18.12. Sun La Clusaz FRA Relay Relay
Period II
Tour de Ski
31.12. Sat Val Mustair SUI Sprint F Sprint F 01.01. Sun Val Mustair SUI 5 km C 10 km C 03.01. Tue Oberstdorf GER Skiathlon Skiathlon
04.01. Wed Oberstdorf GER 10 km F 15 km F Pursuit
06.01. Fri Toblach ITA Sprint F Sprint F
07.01. Sat Val di Fiemme ITA 10 km C 15 km C Mass Start
08.01. Sun Val di Fiemme ITA 9 km F 9 km F Pursuit
14.01. Sat Toblach ITA Sprint F Sprint F
15.01. Sun Toblach ITA Team Sprint F Team Sprint F
21.01. Sat TBC*** SWE 10 km C 15 km C
22.01. Sun TBC*** SWE Relay Relay
28.01. Sat Falun SWE Sprint F Sprint F
29.01. Sun Falun SWE 15 km F 30 km F Mass Start
03.02. Fri PyeongChang KOR Sprint C Sprint C 04.02. Sat PyeongChang KOR Skiathlon Skiathlon 05.02. Sun PyeongChang KOR Team Sprint F Team Sprint F Period III
18.02. Sat Otepää EST Sprint F Sprint F
19.02. Sun Otepää EST 10 km C 15 km C
Period IV
08.03. Wed Drammen NOR Sprint C Sprint C
11.03. Sat Oslo NOR 50 km C Mass Start
12.03. Sun Oslo NOR 30 km C Mass Start
World Cup Final
16.03. Thu Tuymen** RUS 3 km F 5 km F Prologue
17.03. Fri Tuymen** RUS Sprint C Sprint C
18.03. Sat Tuymen** RUS 10 km C 15 km C Mass Start
19.03. Sun Tuymen** RUS 10 km F 15 km F Pursuit
Italics = to be confirmed
** Requirements on the TV production and FIS inspection *** To be confirmed by the NSA
FIS CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 2017/2018
Date Day Site Nation Ladies Men Remarks
Period I
Ruka Triple
24.11. Fri Ruka FIN
25.11. Sat Ruka FIN
26.11. Sun Ruka FIN
02.12. Sat Lillehammer NOR
03.12. Sun Lillehammer NOR
09.12. Sat Davos SUI
10.12. Sun Davos SUI
16.12. Sat Toblach ITA
17.12. Sun Toblach ITA
Period II
Tour de Ski
30.12. Sat Lenzerheide SUI
31.12. Sun Lenzerheide SUI
01.01. Mon Lenzerheide SUI
03.01. Tue Oberstdorf GER
04.01. Wed Oberstdorf GER
06.01. Sat Val di Fiemme ITA
07.01. Sun Val di Fiemme ITA
13.01. Sat Planica SLO
14.01. Sun Planica SLO
20.01. Sat Nove Mesto CZE
21.01. Sun Nove Mesto CZE
27.01. Sat Seefeld AUT
28.01 Sun Seefeld AUT
Period III 03.03. 04.03. Sat Sun Lahti Lahti FIN FIN 07.03. 10.03. 11.03. Wed Sat Sun Drammen Oslo Oslo NOR NOR NOR
World Cup Final
14.03. Wed Stockholm* SWE
16.03. Fri Falun SWE
17.03. Sat Falun SWE
18.03. Sun Falun SWE
Italics = to be confirmed
* Course improvements and homologation
FIS CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP 2018/2019
Date Day Site Nation Ladies Men Remarks
Period I
24.11. Sat Ruka FIN
25.11. Sun Ruka FIN
3-Days Tour
30.11. Fri Lillehammer NOR 01.12. Sat Lillehammer NOR 02.12. Sun Lillehammer NOR
08.12. Sat Davos SUI
09.12. Sun Davos SUI
15.12. Sat La Clusaz FRA 16.12. Sun La Clusaz FRA Period II
Tour de Ski
29.12. Sat Toblach ITA
30.12. Sun Toblach ITA
01.01. Tue Val Mustair SUI
02.01. Wed Oberstdorf GER
03.01. Thu Oberstdorf GER
05.01. Sat Val di Fiemme ITA 06.01. Sun Val di Fiemme ITA
12.01. Sat TBC Sprint weekend
13.01. Sun TBC
19.01. Sat TBC SWE
20.01. Sun TBC SWE
26.01. Sat. Falun SWE
27.01. Sun. Falun SWE
Period III
02.02. Sat Otepää EST
03.02. Sun Otepää EST
16.02. Sat Toblach ITA 17.02. Sun Toblach ITA Period IV
09.03. Sat Lahti FIN
10.03. Sun Lahti FIN
13.03. Wed Drammen NOR
16.03. Sat Oslo NOR
17.03. Sun Oslo NOR
World Cup Final
21.03. Thu Tuymen** RUS
22.03. Fri Tuymen** RUS
23.03. Sat Tuymen** RUS
24.03. Sun Tuymen** RUS Italics = to be confirmed
** Confirmation after FIS inspection
FIS SKI JUMPING GRAND PRIX 2015
Date Day Men Ladies
I. Period Site Hill Site Hill
31.07. Fri Wisla, POL HS 134/Team/night 01.08. 02.08. Sat Sun Wisla, POL Zakopane, POL HS 134/night HS 134/night 07.08. 08.08. Fri Sat Hinterzarten, GER Hinterzarten, GER HS 108/Team/night HS 108/night 14.08. 15.08. Fri Sat Courchevel, FRA Einsiedeln, SUI HS 132/night HS 117/night Courchevel, FRA HS 96
29.08. Sat Hakuba, JPN HS 131/night
30.08. Sun Hakuba, JPN HS 131
II. Period
12.09. Sun Almaty, KAZ HS 140/night Almaty, KAZ HS 106
13.09. Sun Almaty, KAZ HS 140/night Almaty, KAZ HS 106
20.09. Sun Hinzenbach, AUT HS 94
26.09. Sat Chaikovsky, RUS HS 140/night Chaikovsky, RUS HS 106 27.09. Sun Chaikovsky, RUS HS 140/night Chaikovsky, RUS HS 106 FIS Ski Flying World Championships, Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf (AUT), 14.-17.01.2016
Youth Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer (NOR), 12.-21.02.2016
FIS SKI JUMPING WORLD CUP 2015/201
LADIES
Date Day Site Nation Hill Event Remarks
December
04.12. Fri Lillehammer NOR HS 100 Individual/night Opening
12.12. Sat Nizhny Tagil RUS HS 100 Individual
13.12. Sun Nizhny Tagil RUS HS 100 Individual
January
16.01. Sat Sapporo JPN HS 100 Individual
17.01. Sun Sapporo JPN HS 100 Individual
22.01. Fri Zao JPN HS 100 Individual
23.01. Sat Zao JPN HS 100 Individual
30.01. Sat Oberstdorf GER NH 106 Individual
31.01. Sun Oberstdorf GER NH 106 Individual
February
04.02. Thu Oslo NOR HS 134 Individual
06.02. Sat Hinzenbach AUT HS 94 Individual
07.02. Sun Hinzenbach AUT HS 94 Individual
13.02. Sat Ljubno SLO HS 95 Individual
14.02. Sun Ljubno SLO HS 95 Individual
19.02. Fri Lahti FIN HS 100 Individual
27.02. Sat Almaty KAZ HS 106 Individual
28.02. Sun Almaty KAZ HS 106 Individual
March
05.03. Sat Rasnov ROU HS 100 Individual
06.03. Sat Rasnov ROU HS 100 Individual Final
FIS Ski Flying World Championships, Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf (AUT), 14.-17.01.2016 Youth Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer (NOR), 12.-21.02.2016
FIS SKI JUMPING WORLD CUP 2015/2016
MEN
Date Day Site Nation Hill Event Remarks
III. Period
21.11. Sat Klingenthal GER HS 140 Team/night Opening
22.11. Sun Klingenthal GER HS 140 Individual
27.11. Fri Ruka FIN HS 142 Individual/night
28.11. Sat Ruka FIN HS 142 Individual/night
05.12. Sat Lillehammer NOR HS 138 Individual/night 06.12. Sun Lillehammer NOR HS 138 Individual 12.12. Sat Nizhny Tagil RUS HS 134 Individual/night 13.12. Sun Nizhny Tagil RUS HS 134 Individual/night 19.12. Sat Engelberg SUI HS 137 Individual
20.12. Sun Engelberg SUI HS 137 Individual
IV. Period
29.12. Tue Oberstdorf GER HS 137 Individual/night Four Hills Tourna-
ment 01.01. Fri Garm.-Partenkirchen GER HS 140 Individual
03.01. Sun Innsbruck AUT HS 130 Individual
06.01. Wed Bischofshofen AUT HS 140 Individual/night
09.01. Sat Willingen GER HS 145 Team/night
10.01. Sun Willingen GER HS 145 Individual
V. Period
23.01. Sat Zakopane POL HS 134 Team/night
24.01. Sun Zakopane POL HS 134 Individual
30.01. Sat Sapporo JPN HS 134 Individual/night
31.01. Sun Sapporo JPN HS 134 Individual
VI. Period
06.02. Sat Oslo NOR HS 134 Team/night
07.02. Sun Oslo NOR HS 134 Individual
10.02. Wed Trondheim NOR HS 138 Individual/night 13.02. Sat Vikersund NOR HS 225 Ski Flying/Indiv/night 14.02. Sun Vikersund NOR HS 225 Ski Flying/Individual
20.02. Sat Lahti FIN HS 130 Team/night
21.02. Sun Lahti FIN HS 130 Individual
23.02. Tue Kuopio FIN HS 127 Individual/night 27.02. Sat Almaty KAZ HS 140 Individual/night 28.02. Sun Almaty KAZ HS 140 Individual/night VII. Period
04.03. Fri Wisla POL HS 134 Individual/night 05.03. Sat Wisla POL HS 134 Individual/night 12.03. Sat Titisee-Neustadt GER HS 142 Individual 13.03. Sun Titisee-Neustadt GER HS 142 Individual 18.03. Fri Planica SLO FH 225 Ski Flying/Individual 19.03. Sat Planica SLO FH 225 Ski Flying/Team
20.03. Sun Planica SLO FH 225 Ski Flying/Individual Final FIS Ski Flying World Championships, Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf (AUT), 14.-17.01.2016
Youth Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer (NOR), 12.-21.02.2016
FIS NORDIC COMBINED GRAND PRIX 2015
Date Day Site Nation Hill Distance Event
29.08. Sat Oberwiesenthal GER HS 106 2x7.5 km Team Sprint 30.08. Sun Oberwiesenthal GER HS 106 10 km Ind Gund
02.09.. Wed TBC HS 10 km Ind Gund
04.09. Fri Oberstdorf GER HS 137 10 km Ind Gund
05.09. Sat Oberstdorf GER HS 137 15 km Ind Gund
09.10. Fri Sochi RUS HS 140 10 km Ind Gund
10.10. Sat Sochi RUS HS 140 10 km Ind Gund
FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, Rasnov (ROU) Youth Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer (NOR), 12.-21.02.2016
FIS NORDIC COMBINED WORLD CUP 2015/2016
Date Day Site Nation Hill Event Remarks
I. Period
28.11. Sat Ruka FIN HS 142 Ind Gund Opening
29.11. Sun Ruka FIN HS 142 Ind Gund
05.12. Sat Lillehammer NOR HS 138 Team
06.12. Sun Lillehammer NOR HS 138 Ind Gund
19.12. Sat Ramsau am Dachstein AUT HS 96 Ind Gund 20.12. Sun Ramsau am Dachstein AUT HS 96 Ind Gund II. Period
02.01. Sat Klingenthal GER HS 140 Ind Gund
03.01. Sun Klingenthal GER HS 140 Ind Gund
09.01. Sat Schonach GER HS 106 Team 50th
10.01. Sun Schonach GER HS 106 Ind Gund Anniversary
16.01. Sat Chaux-Neuve FRA HS 118 Ind Gund
17.01. Sun Chaux-Neuve FRA HS 118 Ind Gund
29.01 Fri Seefeld AUT HS 109 Ind Gund 5 km Nordic 30.01. Sat Seefeld AUT HS 109 Ind Gund 10 km Combined 31.01. Sun Seefeld AUT HS 109 Ind Gund 15 km Triple III. Period
06.02. Sat Oslo NOR HS 134 Ind Gund
10.02. Wed Trondheim NOR HS 138 Ind Gund
13.02 Sat TBC HS
14.02 Sun TBC HS
19.02. Fri Lahti FIN HS 130 Ind Gund
20.02. Sat Lahti FIN HS 130 Team Sprint
23.02 Tue Kuopio FIN HS 127 Ind Gund
IV. Period
26.02 Fri Val di Fiemme ITA HS 134 Team Sp
27.02 Sat Val di Fiemme ITA HS 134 Ind Gund
28.02. Sun Val di Fiemme ITA HS 134 Ind Gund 15km Finale FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, Rasnov (ROU)
