# Planai (ski course)

Planai is a World Cup ski course, located on the same name mountain and ski resort in Schladming, Styria, Austria, opened in 1973.
Since 1997 it is regular host of the night slalom, the highest attended in the circuit with 50,000 people each year.
Course hosted two World Championships in 1982 and 2013 and World Cup season final in 2012.

## History

Opened in 1973 with dowhnill event and Franz Klammer as the winner. Until the end of the decade and through the eighties, all disciplines were regularly held on this course.
In 1982, they organized Alpine World Ski Championships for the first time, with all men's events and only giant slalom event for women held on this course.
In 1988, they replaced originally scheduled Les Menuires (W) and Val Thorens (M) as season opening in the last minute due to weather conditions.
In 1990, they organized last World Cup weekend with downhill, slalom and combined events, before 7 years long break and entering new era.
In 1997, they organized first slalom under floodlight. Since then this became the most visited and most spectacular slalom in the world.
In 2013, they organized 2nd Alpine World Ski Championships, completely renovated the finish area with recognizable arc of steel.

## World Championships
### Men's events

| Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1982 | GS | 3 February 1982 | Steve Mahre | Ingemar Stenmark | Boris Strel |
| 1982 | KB | (SL) 1 February 1982 (DH) 5 February 1982 | Michel Vion | Peter Lüscher | Anton Steiner |
| 1982 | DH | 6 February 1982 | Harti Weirather | Conradin Cathomen | Erwin Resch |
| 1982 | SL | 7 February 1982 | Ingemar Stenmark | Bojan Križaj | Bengt Fjällberg |
| 2013 | SG | 6 February 2013 | Ted Ligety | Gauthier de Tessières | Aksel Lund Svindal |
| 2013 | DH | 9 February 2013 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Dominik Paris | David Poisson |
| 2013 | SC | 11 February 2013 | Ted Ligety | Ivica Kostelić | Romed Baumann |
| 2013 | GS | 15 February 2013 | Ted Ligety | Marcel Hirscher | Manfred Mölgg |
| 2013 | SL | 17 February 2013 | Marcel Hirscher | Felix Neureuther | Mario Matt |

### Women's events

| Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1982 | GS | 2 February 1982 | Erika Hess | Christin Cooper | Ursula Konzett |
| 2013 | GS | 14 February 2013 | Tessa Worley | Tina Maze | Anna Fenninger |

### Team event

| Event | Type | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2013 | TE | 12 February 2013 | AustriaNicole Hosp Michaela Kirchgasser Carmen Thalmann Marcel Hirscher Marcel Mathis Philipp Schörghofer | SwedenNathalie Eklund Frida Hansdotter Maria Pietilä Holmner Jens Byggmark Mattias Hargin André Myhrer | GermanyLena Dürr Maria Höfl-Riesch Veronique Hronek Fritz Dopfer Stefan Luitz Felix Neureuther |

## World Cup
### Men

| No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| 162 | DH | 1973/74 | 22 December 1973 | Franz Klammer | Roland Collombin | Bernhard Russi |
| 210 | DH | 1975/76 | 20 December 1975 | Dave Irwin | Klaus Eberhard | Herbert Plank |
| 211 | SL | 1975/76 | 21 December 1975 | Hansi Hinterseer | Ingemar Stenmark | Piero Gros |
| 285 | GS | 1978/79 | 9 December 1978 | Ingemar Stenmark | Peter Lüscher | Leonardo David |
| 286 | DH | 1978/79 | 10 December 1978 | Ken Read | Dave Murray | Vladimir Makeev |
| 287 | KB | 1978/79 | 10 December 1978 | Peter Lüscher | Leonhard Stock | Andreas Wenzel |
| | DH | 1979/80 | 22 December 1979 | cancelled after 28 skiers due to poor visibility | cancelled after 28 skiers due to poor visibility | cancelled after 28 skiers due to poor visibility |
| 368 | GS | 1980/81 | 2 February 1981 | Ingemar Stenmark | Hans Enn | Jean-Luc Fournier |
| | DH | 1980/81 | 7 February 1981 | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled |
| 499 | GS | 1984/85 | 8 January 1985 | Thomas Bürgler | Marc Girardelli | Martin Hangl |
| 534 | DH | 1985/86 | 31 December 1985 | Peter Wirnsberger | Peter Müller | Erwin Resch |
| 621 | DH | 1987/88 | 29 January 1988 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Franz Heinzer | Peter Durr |
| 622 | GS | 1987/88 | 30 January 1988 | Rudolf Nierlich | Hubert Strolz | Helmut Mayer |
| 633 | SG | 1988/89 | 27 November 1988 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Franck Piccard | Leonhard Stock |
| 676 | DH | 1989/90 | 11 January 1990 | Franck Piccard | Kristian Ghedina | Daniel Mahrer |
| 677 | SL | 1989/90 | 12 January 1990 | Armin Bittner | Michael Tritscher | Konrad Ladstätter Tetsuya Okabe |
| 678 | KB | 1989/90 | 12 January 1990 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Paul Accola | Günther Mader |
| 921 | SL | 1996/97 | 30 January 1997 | Alberto Tomba | Thomas Stangassinger | Sébastien Amiez |
| 948 | SL | 1997/98 | 8 January 1998 | Alberto Tomba | Thomas Sykora | Hans Petter Buraas |
| 949 | SG | 1997/98 | 10 January 1998 | Hermann Maier | Stephan Eberharter | Luca Cattaneo |
| 950 | SG | 1997/98 | 11 January 1998 | Hermann Maier | Andreas Schifferer | Stephan Eberharter |
| 985 | SL | 1998/99 | 7 January 1999 | Benjamin Raich | Pierrick Bourgeat | Kjetil André Aamodt |
| 986 | SG | 1998/99 | 9 January 1999 | Hermann Maier | Rainer Salzgeber | Hans Knauß |
| 1039 | SL | 1999/00 | 9 March 2000 | Mario Matt | Kjetil André Aamodt | Thomas Stangassinger |
| 1066 | SL | 2000/01 | 23 January 2001 | Benjamin Raich | Hans Petter Buraas | Mitja Kunc |
| 1102 | SL | 2001/02 | 22 January 2002 | Bode Miller | Jean-Pierre Vidal | Ivica Kostelić |
| 1140 | SL | 2002/03 | 28 January 2003 | Kalle Palander | Benjamin Raich | Hans Petter Buraas |
| 1174 | SL | 2003/04 | 27 January 2004 | Benjamin Raich | Manfred Mölgg | Kalle Palander |
| 1213 | SL | 2004/05 | 25 January 2005 | Manfred Pranger | Benjamin Raich | André Myhrer |
| 1250 | SL | 2005/06 | 24 January 2006 | Kalle Palander | Akira Sasaki | Benjamin Raich |
| 1285 | SL | 2006/07 | 30 January 2007 | Benjamin Raich | Jens Byggmark | Mario Matt |
| 1322 | SL | 2007/08 | 22 January 2008 | Mario Matt | Jean-Baptiste Grange | Manfred Mölgg |
| 1362 | SL | 2008/09 | 27 January 2009 | Reinfried Herbst | Manfred Pranger | Ivica Kostelić |
| 1398 | SL | 2009/10 | 26 January 2010 | Reinfried Herbst | Silvan Zurbriggen | Manfred Pranger |
| 1430 | SL | 2010/11 | 25 January 2011 | Jean-Baptiste Grange | André Myhrer | Mattias Hargin |
| 1466 | SL | 2011/12 | 24 January 2012 | Marcel Hirscher | Stefano Gross | Mario Matt |
| 1484 | DH | 2011/12 | 14 March 2012 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Beat Feuz | Hannes Reichelt |
| 1485 | SG | 2011/12 | 15 March 2012 | Christof Innerhofer | Alexis Pinturault | Marcel Hirscher |
| 1486 | GS | 2011/12 | 17 March 2012 | Marcel Hirscher | Hannes Reichelt | Marcel Mathis |
| 1545 | SL | 2013/14 | 28 January 2014 | Henrik Kristoffersen | Marcel Hirscher | Felix Neureuther |
| 1580 | SL | 2014/15 | 27 January 2015 | Alexander Khoroshilov | Stefano Gross | Felix Neureuther |
| 1616 | SL | 2015/16 | 26 January 2016 | Henrik Kristoffersen | Marcel Hirscher | Aleksandr Khoroshilov |
| 1659 | SL | 2016/17 | 24 January 2017 | Henrik Kristoffersen | Marcel Hirscher | Aleksandr Khoroshilov |
| 1698 | SL | 2017/18 | 23 January 2018 | Marcel Hirscher | Henrik Kristoffersen | Daniel Yule |
| 1735 | SL | 2018/19 | 29 January 2019 | Marcel Hirscher | Alexis Pinturault | Daniel Yule |
| 1771 | SL | 2019/20 | 28 January 2020 | Henrik Kristoffersen | Alexis Pinturault | Daniel Yule |
| 1805 | SL | 2020/21 | 26 January 2021 | Marco Schwarz | Clément Noël | Alexis Pinturault |
| 1842 | SL | 2021/22 | 25 January 2022 | Linus Strasser | Atle Lie McGrath | Manuel Feller |
| 1878 | SL | 2022/23 | 24 January 2023 | Clément Noël | Ramon Zenhäusern | Lucas Braathen |
| 1879 | GS | 2022/23 | 25 January 2023 | Loïc Meillard | Gino Caviezel | Marco Schwarz |
| 1912 | GS | 2023/24 | 24 January 2024 | Marco Odermatt | Manuel Feller | Žan Kranjec |
| 1913 | SL | 2023/24 | 25 January 2024 | Linus Straßer | Timon Haugan | Clément Noël |
| 1951 | GS | 2024/25 | 28 January 2025 | Alexander Steen Olsen | Henrik Kristoffersen | Marco Odermatt |
| 1952 | SL | 2024/25 | 29 January 2025 | Timon Haugan | Manuel Feller | Fabio Gstrein |

### Women

| No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| 584 | SG | 1988–89 | 26 November 1988 | Carole Merle | Ulrike Maier | Regine Mösenlechner Anita Wachter |
| 1387 | GS | 2011–12 | 18 March 2012 | Viktoria Rebensburg | Anna Fenninger | Federica Brignone |
| 1717 | SL | 2021–22 | 11 January 2022 | Mikaela Shiffrin | Petra Vlhová | Lena Dürr |

### Alpine team event

| No. | Type | Season | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| 6 | TE | 2011–12 | 16 March 2012 | AustriaEva-Maria Brem Michaela Kirchgasser Stephanie Köhle Max Franz Marcel Mathis Philipp Schörghofer | SwitzerlandLara Gut Wendy Holdener Markus Vogel Ralph Weber Silvan Zurbriggen | SwedenTherese Borssén Frida Hansdotter Anna Swenn-Larsson Axel Bäck Mattias Hargin André Myhrer |
Not in original calendar. It replaced women's GS from Les Menuires (1988), men's GS from Val Thorens (1988) and SL from Flachau (2022).

## Club5+

In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.
Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre.