Chiesa in Valmalenco, Leysin set to host 2022 Junior World Championships

The newly elected FIS Council held its first meeting online on Tuesday, 22nd June, where it was announced that Chiesa in Valmalenco (ITA) and Leysin (SUI) would be the hosts of the 2022 Junior World Championships for Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski.

Valmalenco will play host to moguls, aerials, cross events for both ski and snowboard, and alpine snowboard competitions, while Leysin will be the venue for the Park & Pipe events of halfpipe, slopestyle and big air for both snowboarding and freeskiing.

Valmalenco is the most experienced host in FIS Freestyle Junior World Championships history, having hosted the event six times - most recently in 2019. While this will be just the second time that FIS Snowboard Junior World Championships action will take Chiesa's slopes, Valmalenco also has a long history of hosting World Cup competitions, dating back to 2008.

Leysin, meanwhile, has proven itself a worthy venue by first hosting JWC halfpipe competition back in 2019, and then following that up with an excellent showing as the venue for halfpipe, slopestyle and big air events at the 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games.

Full schedules for both events will be finalized in the near future.