Tickets for the 2024 Luge World Championships in Altenberg in Germany are now on sale ©FIL

Tickets for the 52nd Luge World Championships are now on sale with just under 300 days to go before competition starts in the German resort of Altenberg.

The International Luge Federation (FIL) flagship event is due to take place at the SachsenEnergie-Eiskanal from January 22 to 28, next year, with tickets be available for the training days and Championship races.

This will be the 17th time - and third time in four years - that the World Championships have been held in Germany since the event was launched in 1955.

But this will be only the third time that Altenberg, whose track is ocated in Saxony in eastern Germany, near the border with the Czech Republic, has hosted the event following 1996 and 2012. 


Excitement in building in Altenberg for the 52nd Luge World Championships ©FIL
Excitement in building in Altenberg for the 52nd Luge World Championships ©FIL

Luge fans can choose between different ticket categories.


The three-day ticket, including all World Championship race days, costs €40 (£35/$44), with a reduced rate €25 (£22/$27) for those eligible.

One-day tickets for the World Championships races on January 26, 27 and 28, 2028 cost €15 (£13/$16.50), reduced €10 (£9/$11)

Fan tickets - with a minimum purchase of 10 tickets - are available for €10 per person.

On training days from January 22 to 25, 2024, admission is €8 (£7/$8.75)

Children under the age of 12 are admitted free when accompanied by an adult.

All tickets purchased in advance are also valid as tickets for the Luge World Championships 2024 on all means of public transport on the day of the event, except special means of transport.

An exclusive VIP package includes access to the VIP area with a panoramic view of the finish area, regional buffet catering, free choice of drinks and live broadcasting of the races on large flat screens.

In addition the ticket commands a VIP parking space at the main entrance - one VIP parking space for every two VIP tickets booked – and there is a shuttle service to the VIP area and exclusive guided tours of the event site.


The track at Altenberg was finished in 1986 and this will be the third time it has hosted the FIL World Championships, but the first since 2012 ©FIL
The track at Altenberg was finished in 1986 and this will be the third time it has hosted the FIL World Championships, but the first since 2012 ©FIL


The track at Altenberg was constructed under the order of then-Stasi Minister Erich Mielke, with work completed in 1986. 

Refurbishment of the track for the 2012 World Luge Championships cost €1.4 million, which included modernizing the electronics and refrigeration system and renovation of the women's and junior start houses.

Host nation Germany will again be expected to dominate the event.

At this year's Championships in Oberhof, they won a total of 16 medals, including eight of the nine gold medals. 

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