IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

Alexandr Alyabyev of Russia. 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships at La Molina in Spain. Day 2 of competition. Super-G final.

The IPC Alpine skiing World Championship, along with the Winter Paralympic Games, are the most prestigious level of international competition in Paralympic alpine skiing. First held in 1974, the World Championships have been held every four years (even-numbered non-Paralympic years) from 198? to 2004; beginning in 2009, they have been held every other year, in odd-numbered years.

The change from holding the World Championships every four years to every two was originally set to happen in 2007. The 2007 edition was slated for Klosters, Switzerland, but organizers withdrew their bid in early 2006, citing a lack of funding. The IPC initially attempted to find a replacement host for the 2007 Championships but in April decided to cancel the event entirely.

Hosts

Year	Place	Country	Event	Notes
1972	Courchevel	France	World Winter Games	not an official World Championships
1974	Le Grand-Bornand	France	Skiing World Championships	1st, featured alpine (downhill) and Nordic (cross-country) skiing,^[1]^[2] held by the International Sports Organisation for Disabled (ISOD)^[3]^[4]
1978		[[\|]]		^[5]
1982		[[\|]]		^[3]^[6][2]
1986	Sälen	Sweden	1986 World Disabled Ski Championships	^[4] 3rd [3]
1990	Winter Park, Colorado	USA	1990 Disabled Alpine World Championships	^[4]^[7]
1996	Lech	Austria	1996 Disabled Alpine World Championships	^[4]
2000	Anzère	Switzerland	2000 World Ski Championships for Disabled	6th^[8] first time the world championships for alpine and Nordic skiing were held at the same time and hosted by the same Organizing Committee, 23 nations, 500+ athletes [4] ^[9]^[10]^[11]
2004	Wildschönau	Austria	2004 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
~~2007~~	Klosters	Switzerland	Cancelled
2009	High1 Resort, Jeongseon (Pyeongchang)	South Korea	2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
2011	Sestriere	Italy	2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships
2013	La Molina	Spain	2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships	^[12]
2015	Panorama Mountain Village	Canada	2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships	^[13]