Overview
- Slovenia's Domen Prevc won the Oberstdorf qualifier with 139.5 m and retains favorite status, with titleholder Daniel Tschofenig third and Ryoyu Kobayashi seventh.
- Philipp Raimund flew 132.5 m for second and enters the opener with momentum after a strong season of multiple World Cup podiums.
- Karl Geiger placed 53rd with 106.5 m, called the jump a "clean flop," and said he will continue at Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
- Six of nine Germans advanced to the main event: Raimund, Felix Hoffmann, Pius Paschke, Andreas Wellinger, Constantin Schmid and Luca Roth.
- The first competition starts today at 16:30 local time with broadcast on ARD and Eurosport, as the four-stop Tournee shifts next to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, then Innsbruck and Bischofshofen.