Host city Kreischberg Nations participating 40 | Country Austria Events 24 | |
Opening ceremony January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15) Closing ceremony January 25, 2015 (2015-01-25) | ||
The 2015 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships were held in Kreischberg, Austria from January 15–25, 2015. Qualification for the women's aerials event began a day before the opening ceremony. Freestyle skiers competed in six disciplines: moguls, dual moguls, ski cross, slopestyle, halfpipe and aerials. Snowboarders competed in six disciplines: halfpipe, slopestyle, parallel slalom, parallel giant slalom, big air and snowboard cross. Kreischberg was awarded the event in 2010. The FIS (International Ski Federation) decided to merge the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships with the FIS Snowboarding World Championships starting with these championships.
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Participating countries
A total of 40 countries entered athletes.
Broadcasting
For the first time ever the championships were available for live viewing on YouTube for free of charge, in countries where broadcasting agreements were not in place.