Overview
- Austria’s Jan Hörl and Stephan Embacher won the Zakopane Super‑Team comfortably ahead of Slovenia and Poland, while Germany’s Karl Geiger and Pius Paschke finished sixth with a large points deficit.
- Germany traveled with a three‑man squad as Philipp Raimund recovered from illness and Felix Hoffmann protected a knee issue, exposing limited depth against a field already missing several top international stars.
- Andreas Wellinger was not selected for the Super‑Team after qualifying behind Geiger, leaving Germany without its recent form leaders for the two‑man event.
- Karl Geiger still lacks the DSV Olympic standard of a top‑8 finish or two top‑15s, making the upcoming World Cups, including Sapporo, critical for his nomination chances.
- FIS disqualified Italy’s Francesco Cecon in Zakopane for alleged suit manipulation, as stricter equipment controls continued to prompt enforcement actions.