Besides medals and prestige the athletes can also win a good amount of prize money in Falun. A total of CHF 870 600,- is awarded in the three disciplines, ski jumping, cross country skiing and nordic combined.

The FIS Development Programme Nordic Winter Training Camp 2015 for Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined was successfully held in Val di Fiemme (ITA) from 11th to 18th January 2015.

Members of the Lahti 2017 and Seefeld 2019 Organising Committees, the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Organising Committee as well as numerous representatives from FIS Nordic World Cup Organisers are currently visiting Falun (SWE) during the 2015 Championships to view the installations and to develop an understanding of the infrastructure, organisation and quality necessary to deliver such a large event.

The 10th FIS Telemark World Championships opened in Steamboat Springs (USA) on 23rd February in spectacular style with an impressive team walk through to the main square at the foot of Mt. Werner.

Two years ago Johan Olsson of Sweden stunned the Cross-Country World with his solo attack and ultimate 50 km win in Val di Fiemme 2013

The biggest week of the 2014/15 FIS Freestyle season gets started with halfpipe competition coming from Utah's Park City resort, with qualifiers taking place on Wednesday followed by finals on Friday.

For Austrian Andreas Kofler the World Championships in Falun are over already before the events on the large hill.

Asahikawa, a World Cup host back in 1999 and 2001, will host two races for the alpine snowboarders. Besides the season's final parallel giant slalom also the third parallel slalom will take place on February 28th and March 1st. Both events will be organised in the single run format.

After various unsuccessful bids in the past years, Oberstdorf now wants to apply for hosting Nordic Ski World Championships again in 2021.

The German mixed team took the title at the World Championships in Falun. Katharina Althaus, World Champion Carina Vogt, Richard Freitag and Severin Freund came in ahead of Norway and the defending champions of Japan. The teams of Austria and Slovenia came in fourth and fifth.