To the INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION - Members of the FIS Council Blochstrasse 2 - National Ski Associations 3653 Oberhofen/Thunersee - Committee Chairmen Switzerland Tel +41 33 244 61 61 Fax +41 33 244 61 71 Oberhofen, 9th June 2015 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). Short Summary FIS Council Meeting, Varna (BUL) June 2015 - 2 - 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 Qualification February Ladies 5 km C Men 10 km C Opening Ceremony Thursday, 23rd Ladies & Men Sprint F Ladies HS 100 February Qualification Qualification Final Friday, 24th Men HS 100 Individual Gundersen February Qualification HS 100 Ladies HS 100 10 km Final Saturday, 25th Ladies’ Skiathlon Men HS 100 February (7.5 km C + 7.5 km F) Final Men’s Skiathlon (15 km C + 15 km F) Sunday, 26th Ladies’ + Men’s Team Mixed Team HS 100 Team HS 100 February Sprint C Team 4 x 5 km Qualification Final Monday, 27th Reserve Day February Tuesday, 28th Interval Start February Ladies’ 10 km C Wednesday, 1st Interval Start HS 130 Men Individual Gundersen March Men’s 15 km C Qualification HS 130 10 km Thursday, 2nd Ladies’ Relay HS 130 Men March 4x5 km C + F Final Friday, 3rd March Men’s Relay Team Sprint 4x10 km C + F HS 130 2 x 7.5 km Saturday, 4th Ladies’ 30 km F Team Men HS 130 March Mass Start Sunday, 5th Men 50 km F March Mass Start Closing Ceremony Short Summary FIS Council Meeting, Varna (BUL) June 2015 - 3 - 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 Cortina d’Ampezzo, ITA Short Summary FIS Council Meeting, Varna (BUL) June 2015 - 4 - 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. Short Summary FIS Council Meeting, Varna (BUL) June 2015 - 5 - 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.