Since 1953, Oberstdorf has been the prelude to the Four Hills Tournament – and so again this year, at the 74th edition.
The Oberstdorf kick-off competition will take place on Monday, December 29, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. The day before, on Sunday (28 December), the qualification is scheduled.
Here you can find all the information about the Four Hills Tournament Oberstdorf 2025 opening jump: Schedule and program with broadcast on TV and stream, the hill as well as the favorites including betting odds for the tournament opener.
Oberstdorf 2025: Schedule & TV broadcast
Four Hills Tournament Schedule: When is ski jumping in Oberstdorf 2025?
As has been customary for four decades, the Four Hills Tournament 2025/26 will also kick off in Oberstdorf on the Schattenberg ski jump.
The Four Hills Tournament Oberstdorf 2025 schedule looks like this: On December 28, there will be the official training at 2:00 p.m. and the qualification will be held from 4:30 p.m.
The tournament opening competition in Oberstdorf will take place on December 29 from 4:30 p.m. Before that, however, a trial round is scheduled at 15:00.
Oberstdorf 2025 Broadcast: Who will show the opening jumping tournament on TV and stream?
The Four Hills Tournament is of course included in the winter sports live TV program, as is the tournament opening jump in Oberstdorf.
The Four Hills Tournament Start 2025 in Oberstdorf will be broadcast live on ARD. The live broadcast of the Oberstdorf tour kick-off on Das Erste will start on Monday, December 29 on Das Erste at 3:50 p.m.
Lea Wagner moderates and conducts interviews. Tom Bartels is the commentator and Sven Hannawald is an expert in the Oberstdorf TV broadcast of the ARD.
In addition to the TV broadcast, a live stream of the Oberstdorf opening competition 2025 will also be offered in the ARD media library and via sportschau.de.
A Four Hills Tournament Oberstdorf 2025 broadcast can also be found on Eurosport. The sports channel will not only show the opening jump on December 29 live, but also the qualification the day before.
Since Eurosport is also included in the sports streamer DAZN, there is also an Obersdorf 2025 live stream directly on the platform of the paid sports streaming service.
In Austria, the Four Hills Tournament will be broadcast in its entirety on the public broadcaster ORF, which means that the Oberstdorf ski jumping can be seen live on TV and via stream at ORF ON.
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4 Hills Tournament Oberstdorf 2025: The Hill
The large Schattenberg ski jump in the World Cup Ski Jumping Arena in Oberstdorf is one of the most important ski jumping hills in the world. It lies on the eastern outskirts of Oberstdorf and below the Schattenberg.
Since 1953, the opening competition of the Four Hills Tournament has been held here.
From April to October 2011, the old 100-meter ski jump was converted into the new 106-meter hill. As of December 1, 2017, the entire facility – which also includes an HS106 normal hill, three smaller plastic ski jumps and a grandstand system – will bear the official name Audi Arena Oberstdorf due to a partnership with Audi.
The Schattenberg Ski Jump – Facts & Figures:
- Tower height: 45 meters
- K-point: 120.0 meters
- Hillsize: 137.0 meters
- Inrun length: 105.5 meters
- Take-off speed: approx. 92 km/h
- Hill record: 143.5 meters – Sigurd Petterson (NOR/2003)
- Last German winner: Andreas Wellinger, 2023
- Last Austrian winner: Stefan Kraft, 2024
Who will win the tour opener in Oberstdorf?
The list of favorites for the Four Hills Tournament Oberstdorf 2025 opening competition is long and extensive – and yet two Slovenians stand out so far in this still short season.
Domen Prevc has won five individual competitions so far this winter – two each in Wisla and Klingenthal and one in Engelberg. For the start of the tour in Oberstdorf, he is therefore a very hot tip – also in the Oberstdorf betting odds of the sports betting providers.
But his compatriot Anze Lanisek also comes to the Schattenberg ski jump with self-confidence. He is third in the overall World Cup and has recorded two victories so far this season.
A hot candidate for victory will also be the Japanese and three-time tour winner Ryoyu Kobayashi. He is second in the World Cup and was the only one to break the Prevc dominance in Engelberg.
Stefan Kraft won the tour opener in Oberstdorf last year and has had a good season so far. However, the Austrians are currently far away from the dominance of last season – this applies not only to the reigning tour winner Daniel Tschofenig, but also to Jan Hörl.
What are the German chances for a home victory at the Oberstdorf 2025 Four Hills Tournament start?
Philipp Raimund has had a very good season so far and is also the best DSV eagle in the overall World Cup. So far, it has been rather disappointing for Pius Paschke, Andreas Wellinger and Karl Geiger.
The Oberstdorf winners since 2015:
- 2024: Stefan Kraft (AUT)
- 2023: Andreas Wellinger (GER)
- 2022: Halvor Egner Granerud (NOR)
- 2021: Ryōyū Kobayashi (JAP)
- 2020: Karl Geiger (GER)
- 2019: Ryōyū Kobayashi (JAP)
- 2018: Ryōyū Kobayashi (JAP)
- 2017: Kamil Stoch (POL)
- 2016: Stefan Kraft (AUT)
- 2015: Severin Freund (GER)
