FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015

43rd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

Host city	Vail / Beaver Creek, Colorado, U.S.
Nations participating	68
Athletes participating	~700
Events	11
Opening ceremony	February 2, 2015
Closing ceremony	February 15, 2015
Main venue	Beaver Creek
Website	vailbeavercreek2015.com
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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015
Super combined		men		women
Downhill		men		women
Giant slalom		men		women
Slalom		men		women
Super-G		men		women
Team		mixed

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 were the 43rd FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, held February 2–15 in the United States at Vail / Beaver Creek, Colorado.

Athletes from over 70 nations were expected, with a worldwide television audience of an estimated 1 billion and an onsite media and broadcast entourage of approximately 1,500. Competition began on Tuesday, February 3 and concluded on Sunday, February 15, covering 13 days and two weekends. There were five men’s and five women’s individual races, along with the nation’s team event, featuring a parallel giant slalom format. The team event was run at Vail and the other ten competitions at Beaver Creek, on or near the Birds of Prey course.

These were the third world championships for Vail / Beaver Creek, which previously hosted in 1989 and 1999. All the events in 1989 were held at Vail, and 1999 had events at both resorts, seven at Vail and three at Beaver Creek. Also in Colorado, Aspen hosted in 1950, which were the first championships held outside of Europe, the first to include the giant slalom event, and the first alpine world ski championships outside the Olympics since 1939.

All three finalists for 2015 had attempted to host the 2013 championships, which were awarded in 2008 to Austria.

The winner was selected at the FIS Congress in Antalya, Turkey, on June 3, 2010.
Vail/Beaver Creek won in the first round with 8 votes to Cortina's 4 and St. Moritz's 3.

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