The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the largest international alpine skiing competition held annually. It is considered the premier alpine ski racing competition along with the Winter Olympics and the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.
The World Cup was promoted in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors Honore Bonnet from France and Bob Beattie from the USA. The new competition was soon backed by International Ski Federation president Marc Hodler during the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 at Portillo, Chile, and became an official FIS event in 1967.
The inaugural World Cup race, a Slalom, was held on January 5, 1967, in Berchtesgaden (Germany).
The 2023-2024 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup will be the 58th World Cup season in Alpine Skiing for both Men and Women. The season kicks off on October 28, 2023, in Sölden (Austria), and will conclude on March 24, 2024, at the Finals in Saalbach (Austria).
The FIS Council Spring Meeting held in Zurich on Wednesday, 24th May, approved the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Calendar for the upcoming 2023-2024 season.
The Council confirmed there are three Candidates for the 2029 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Soldeu (AND), Val Gardena (ITA), and Narvik (NOR).
Some returns, some new venues and, of course, the Classics will be on the Ski Circus next winter. In a season with no Winter Olympics or Alpine Ski World Championships, the weeks in February remain open, and therefore, It was considered to give the opportunity to organizers that do not always manage to be included in the calendar.
The traditional season opener in Sölden (Austria) has been delayed by a week and as a consequence also the World Cup Finals in Saalbach Hinterglemm (Austria) will last for two weeks. The technical events will be held in the first week and the speed events in the second week.
The Speed Opening in Zermatt-Cervinia (Switzerland-Italy) has also been pushed back to the end of November. Men will race on November 11th and 12th, and the Women on the 18th and 19th, 2023. The event had been scheduled to debut last season but had to be canceled.
The 2023-2024 Alpine Ski World Cup will consist of 90 events in four disciplines (Slalom, Downhill, Giant Slalom, and Super-G).
On the Women's side a balanced calendar with 23 Speed and 22 Tech events: 12 Downhills and 11 events in Super-G, Giant Slalom, and Slalom.
The women's World Cup revisits some ski resorts on the calendar that were missing last season, such as Val D'Isere (France) and Garmisch Partenkirchen (Germany) with speed disciplines, and return to Jasna (Slovakia) and Val Di Fassa (Italy), which had been missing for a few years.
The venue for the 2022-2023 season Finals, Soldeu El Tarter (Andorra), will host a Women's Giant Slalom and a Slalom on February 10th and 11th of next year.
The Men's World Cup is a little more unbalanced with 21 Speed and 24 Tech events: 13 Downhill races, 8 Super-G, 11 Giant Slalom, and 13 Slalom will be on next season's calendar. The Men's calendar features a schedule of great classics with the return of Bansko (Bulgary) and Kvitjell (Norway) and the inclusion of Gurgl (Austria), which will host a World Cup race for the first time.
In autumn 2023, Ötztal will become the center of the Alpine Ski World Cup twice within a few weeks. At the end of October, once again, the Rettenbach Glacier in Sölden will host the season kick-off with two Giant Slalom events. And in mid-November, on 18 November, the slope of Kirchenkar in Hochgurgl will host the first Men's Slalom of the 2023-2024 winter season.
The Ski World Cup will return to Garmisch-Partenkirchen next season with both Men's and Women's races. As the organizing committee has announced, the ski resort will host two Super-G races on January 27th and 28th, 2024. After a two-year break, a women's Downhill and Super-G are scheduled on February 3rd and 4th, 2024.
Also, after a successful trial run during the Noraam Cup, Mont Tremblant (Canada) replaces Lake Louise in the women's calendar.
Following the proposal submitted last season by the athletes' commission and after a successful trial run during the Junior World Championships in St. Anton am Arlberg (Austria), it was decided at the FIS Council Spring Meeting held in Zurich in May to give the Team Alpine Combined its first chance during the next World Cup season. It consists of a Downhill or Super-G run and a Slalom run competed by nations who will field their best athletes in the individual disciplines. The first two events were planned to be held in Kitzbühel (Austria) and Crans Montana.
But during the World Cup sub-committee meeting held in Zurich in September, the format of the Team Combined was discussed at length. The committee’s recommendation to the FIS Council is not to include the Team Combined on the 2023-24 World Cup calendar to allow more time to analyze and work on detailed rules to improve the product while respecting Fair Play. The Team Combined is still planned to be a part of the program of future major events such as the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.
This is the calendar for the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2023-2024 Sölden (AUT)
October 28th Giant Slalom / Women October 29th Giant Slalom / Men (Canceled)
Zermatt-Cervinia (SUI-ITA)
November 11th Downhill / Men (Canceled)
November 12th Downhill / Men (Canceled)
Levi (FIN)
November 11th Slalom / Women
November 12th Slalom / Women
Zermatt-Cervinia (SUI-ITA)
November 18th Downhill / Women (Canceled)
November 19th Downhill / Women (canceled)
Gurgl (AUT)
November 18th Slalom / Men
Lake Louise (CAN) (Canceled)
November 25th Downhill / Men
November 26th Super-G / Men
On July 17 FIS confirmed that the men's Audi FIS Ski World Cup races planned in Lake Louise (CAN) scheduled on 25-26 November 2023 have been removed from the Audi FIS Ski World Cup calendar 2023-2024. There is currently no replacement planned.
Killington (USA)
November 25th Giant Slalom / Women
November 26th Slalom / Women
Beaver Creek (USA)
December 1st Downhill / Men (Canceled) December 2nd Downhill / Men (Canceled)
December 3rd Super-G / Men (Canceled)
Tremblant (CAN)
December 2nd Giant Slalom / Women
December 3rd Giant Slalom / Women
St. Moritz (SUI)
December 8th Super-G / Women December 9th Downhill / Women December 10th Super-G / Women (Canceled)
Val d'Isere (FRA)
December 9th Giant Slalom / Men
December 10th Slalom / Men (Canceled)
Val Gardena / Groeden (ITA) December 14th Downhill / Men (replaces Zermatt-Cervinia)
December 15th Super-G / Men December 16th Downhill / Men
Val d'Isere (FRA)
December 16th Downhill / Women
December 17th Super-G / Women
Alta Badia (ITA) December 17th Giant Slalom / Men December 18th Giant Slalom / Men
Courchevel (FRA)
December 21st Slalom / Women (Night Event)
Madonna di Campiglio (ITA) December 22nd Slalom / Men (Night Event)
Bormio (ITA)
December 28th Downhill / Men
December 29th Super-G / Men
Lienz (AUT)
December 28th Giant Slalom/ Women
December 29th Slalom / Women
Kranjska Gora (SLO)
January 6th Giant Slalom / Women
January 7th Slalom / Women
Adelboden (SUI)
January 6th Giant Slalom / Men
January 7th Slalom / Men
Wengen (SUI)
January 11th Downhill / Men (replaces Beaver Creek)
January 12th Super-G / Men
January 13th Downhill / Men
January 14th Slalom / Men
Zauchensee (AUT) January 13th Downhill / Women
January 14th Super-G / Women
Flachau (AUT)
January 16th Slalom / Women (Night Event)
Kitzbühel (AUT)
January 19th Downhill / Men
January 20th Downhill / Men
January 21st Slalom / Men
Jasna (SVK)
January 20th Giant Slalom / Women
January 21st Slalom / Women
Schladming (AUT)
January 23rd Giant Slalom / Men
January 24th Slalom / Men (Night Event)
Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA) January 26th Downhill / Women
January 27th Downhill / Women
January 28th Super-G / Women
Garmisch Partenkirchen (GER)
January 27th Super-G / Men
January 28th Super-G / Men
Kronplatz (ITA)
January 30th Giant Slalom / Women
Garmisch Partenkirchen (GER)
February 3rd Downhill / Women
February 4th Super-G / Women
Chamonix (FRA)
February 2nd Downhill / Men
February 3rd Downhill / Men
February 4th Slalom / Men
Bansko (BUL)
February 10th Giant Slalom / Men
February 11th Slalom / Men
Soldeu (AD) February 10th Giant Slalom / Women
February 11th Slalom / Women
Crans Montana (SUI)
February 16th Downhill / Women
February 17th Downhill / Women
February 18th Super-G / Women
Kvitfjell (NOR)
February 17th Downhill / Men
February 18th Super-G / Men
Vald di Fassa (ITA) February 24th Super-G / Women
February 25th Super-G / Women
Palisades Tahoe (USA)
February 24th Giant Slalom / Men
February 25th Slalom / Men
Kvitfjell (NOR)
March 2nd Downhill / Women
March 3rd Super-G / Women
Aspen (USA)
March 1st Giant Slalom / Men (replaces Sölden)
March 2nd Giant Slalom / Men
March 3rd Slalom / Men
Are (SWE) March 9th Giant Slalom / Women March 10th Slalom / Women
Kranjska Gora (SLO)
March 9th Giant Slalom / Men
March 10th Slalom / Men
Saalbach (AUT) WC FINALS 2024
From 16 to 24 March, the Finals of the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2023-2024 will take place on the Zwölferkogel in Saalbach Hinterglemm, the venue for the 2025 Alpine World Ski Championships.
March 16th Giant Slalom / Men
March 16th Slalom / Women
March 17th Giant Slalom / Women March 17th Slalom / Men March 22nd Super-G / Women & Men
March 23rd Downhill / Women
March 24th Downhill / Men
The 48th Alpine World Ski Championships Saalbach 2025 will take place from February 4 to 16. It will be the second time that this Austrian town has hosted this event. 34 years after Saalbach hosted the World Championships in 1991, the Salzburg ski resort will once again host the best skiers in the world.
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