Four ski jumps, two countries, one golden eagle: Am The 74th starts on December 28, 2025. Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf with the qualification. The final round takes place on January 6, 2026 in Bischofshofen instead of.
Unlike the other World Cup competitions, two athletes compete against each other in the knockout system in the first round. The duels determine the jumpers in qualification. The winner is automatically in the second round, the losing team must hope to end up among the five best losers, also known as lucky losers.
When will the athletes jump and where will fans watch the tour on television? You can find answers in our schedule.
Four Hills Tournament 2025/26: Start in Oberstdorf
The start is traditionally Oberstdorf with the Schattenbergschanze. This year, Domen Prevc gave the competition no chance. Thanks to two incredible jumps, he was already around 20 points ahead after the first jump Daniel Tschofenig (Austria). Felix Hoffmann (Germany) benefited from the disqualification of Timi Zajc (Slovenia) and made it to the podium.
- December 28, 2025: Qualification – Winner: Domen Prevc (Slovenia)
- December 29, 2025: Competition – Winner: Domen Prevc (Slovenia)
Built and modernized: 1946 and 2003
Audience capacity: 27,000
K-point and Hillsize: 120 meters and 137 meters
Hill record: 143.5 meters by Sigurd Pettersen (Norway) on December 29, 2003
Intermediate standings of the overall tour ranking after the first competition
- 1. Domen Prevc (SLO), 316.7 points
- 2. Daniel Tschofenig (AUT), 299.2 points
- 3. Felix Hoffmann (GER), 297.3 points
New Year’s jumping 2026 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
On New Year’s Day we continue on the Great Olympic Ski Jump in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where the idea for the tour came about in 1949. Michael Hayböck set a new hill record here in 2025 with 145 meters. Daniel Tschofenig won ahead of the Swiss Gregor Deschwanden.
- December 31, 2025, 4 p.m.: Qualification, ZDF and Eurosport
- January 1, 2026, 2 p.m.: 1st round, ZDF and Eurosport
Built and modernized: 1936 and 2007
Audience capacity: 25,000
K-point and hillsize: 125 meters and 142 meters
Hill record: 145.0 meters by Michael Hayböck (Austria) on January 1st, 2025
:Ski jumping calendar: All competitions at a glance
It’s starting again in the ski jumping circus. All men’s and women’s competitions for the 2025/26 World Cup season can be found in our calendar.
Four Hills Tournament 2025/26 in Innsbruck
The third stop is Innsbruck, where the jumpers have to survive on the treacherous Bergiselschanze. This is the only one of the four jumps where the athletes have to climb uphill after landing. In 2025, as in Oberstdorf, Stefan Kraft, Jan Hörl and Daniel Tschofenig were on the podium.
- January 3, 2026, 2:30 p.m.: QualificationZDF and Eurosport
- January 4th, 2026, 1:30 p.m.: 1st round, ZDF and Eurosport
Built and modernized: 1927 and 2001
Audience capacity: 22,500
K-point and Hillsize: 120 meters and 128 meters
Hill record: 138.0 meters by Michael Hayböck (Austria) on January 4th, 2015
Four Hills Tournament final at the Epiphany competition in Bischofshofen
The grand finale will take place on Epiphany in Bischofshofen on the Paul-Außerleitner-Schanze. So far, three jumpers have achieved their Grand Slam here, i.e. victories on all four hills during one tour: Sven Hannawald (2002), Kamil Stoch (2018) and Ryoyu Kobayashi (2019). Last season, Daniel Tschofenig won the day and won the overall ranking by one point ahead of Jan Hörl.
- January 5, 2026, 4:30 p.m.: Qualification, ARD and Eurosport
- January 6, 2026, 4:30 p.m.: 1st round, ARD and Eurosport
Built and modernized: 1941 and 2003
Audience capacity: 26,000
K-point and hillsize: 125 meters and 142 meters
Hill record: 145.0 meters by Dawid Kubacki (Poland) on January 6th, 2019
Favorites at the Four Hills Tournament 2025/26
Actually, last year’s winner automatically belongs on the favorites list. Not so with the Four Hills Tournament: Only Janne Ahonen (2005/06), Gregor Schlierenzauer (2012/13) and Kamil Stoch (2017/18) have won the tournament twice in a row in the past 35 years.
Tschofenig celebrated a victory this winter, but as of shortly before the Four Hills Tournament he is not in the top five in the overall World Cup. Instead, Domen Prevc (Slovenia) won five competitions in a row – two victories each in Wisla and Klingenthal and one in Engelberg. The Japanese Kobayashi, who has found his ease again this season (three wins, one second place), prevented the sixth victory in a row. Prevc’s compatriot Anze Lanisek has also been on the podium four times. Old master Stefan Kraft, tour winner in 2014/15, missed two World Cup stages due to the birth of his daughter at the beginning of December and did not continue his strong performances in Engelberg (14th and 19th).
German hopes on the tour
Philipp Raimund, winner of the Summer Grand Prix, is the most stable this winter. With three third places and one second place, he is in fourth place in the overall World Cup. In Engelberg he narrowly missed the podium twice, finishing fourth. Well-known names like Karl Geiger and Andreas Wellinger are currently struggling to qualify for the first round. Pius Paschke jumps solidly between places 5 and 15 this winter. Felix Hoffmann could be a big surprise. At the last competition before the Four Hills Tournament he came second and third. Previously he was usually the second best German behind Raimund.
Tour winner since 2015
- 2015: Stefan Kraft (Austria)
- 2016: Peter Prevc (Slovenia)
- 2017: Kamil Stoch (Polen)
- 2018: Kamil Stoch (Polen)
- 2019: Ryoyu Kobayashi (Japan)
- 2020: Dawid Kubacki (Poland)
- 2021: Kamil Stoch (Polen)
- 2022: Ryoyu Kobayashi (Japan)
- 2023: Halvor Egner Granerud (Norway)
- 2024: Ryoyu Kobayashi (Japan)
- 2025: Daniel Tschofenig (Austria)
