Tehvandi Sports Center () is a complex of sports facilities in

Otepää Parish Otepää Parish () is a rural municipality (Estonia), rural municipality in Valga County, southern Estonia. It includes the town of Otepää, which is referred to as the "winter capital" of Estonia. The parish was formed in 2017 by merging of t ...

, Estonia. It includes

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...

(athletics and football), ski stadium, ski jumping hill K90 and biathlon shooting ranges.

History

It has been a site for

FIS Cross-Country World Cup The FIS Cross-Country World Cup is an annual cross-country skiing competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1981. The competition was arranged unofficially between 1973 and 1981, although it received provisional recogn ...

15 times, first held in

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and most recently in the 2018–19 season. In 2011, it held the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships. It was scheduled to become a site for the Nordic combined World Cup event in the 2017–18 season, but was cancelled due to lack of snow and warm temperatures. It successfully hosted the event in the next season. In 2018, it held the

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. In March 2022, it hosted the

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event for the first time. 2027

Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The original team event, Team (time), was held for the last time in 1965, to be replaced in 1966 by the team event, Relay (4 × 7.5 km) ...

will be held in Otepää.

Gallery

Tehvandi-Suusastaadion-2011-jaanuar.jpg, Tehvandi ski stadium in 2011 Tehvandi suusastaadion May 2013.jpg, Tehvandi stadium in May 2013 Tehvandi suusastaadion katsomo May 2013.jpg, Tehvandi stadium in May 2013 Tehvandi Staadion.jpg, Tehvandi stadium in June 2019

References

External links

* {{Official website Sports venues in Estonia Otepää Parish Ski areas and resorts in Estonia