Top 2025 sports events in Czechia you can’t miss

BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon: The white trail leads to Czechia

The modernised Vysočina Arena in Nové Město na Moravě, with a capacity of just under thirty thousand spectators, will host the world´s best biathlon athletes from March 6 to 9. Fans can look forward to leading biathlon stars - J. T. Bø from Norway, the French Émilien Jacquelin, Lisa Theresa Hauser from Austria and more. Despite the high demand for tickets, some are still available. Plus, between races you can explore interesting places in Vysočina or the nearby city of Brno.

Our tip:
Get inspired and take part in the Jizera 50, a legendary Czech cross-country ski race that welcomes both amateur athletes and professionals.

From Cross-Country Skiing to Mountain Biking

Cross-country skiers in Nové Město na Moravě will give way to mountain bikers. From 23 to 25 May, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, part of the prestigious UCI Mountain Bike Series, will take place here.
 

Changing of the Guard in Ice Hockey and Floorball: This Year Belongs to Women!

Following last year’s successful Ice Hockey World Championship held in Prague and Ostrava, which featured NHL stars such as Pastrňák, McDavid, and Bedard alongside Matthews, Czechia will, for the first time in history, host the top echelon of women’s ice hockey. The 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship will take place from 9 April in České Budějovice in South Bohemia.

You can enjoy women’s floorball at its highest level during the Women’s Floorball World Championship, which will be hosted by the cities of Brno and Ostrava from 6 December. If all goes as planned, the world’s top players, including Sweden’s Maja Viström, Finland’s Veera Kauppi, and Poland’s Dominika Buczek, will take part.
 

Ostrava: The Mecca of Czech Athletics Targets Stars

The metropolis of North Moravia will welcome top athletes twice. The first event, the Czech Indoor Gala, part of the elite World Athletics Indoor Tour, kicks off on 4 February. Highlights include Ethiopian runner Tsige Duguma, a silver medallist from the Paris Olympics, and German sports star Alica Schmidt.

The city will be also holding the prestigious Golden Spike - an athletics competition, which is part of the World Athletics Continental Tour - Gold, on 24 June. Sprinter Usain Bolt from Jamaica or pole vaulter Armand Duplantis from Sweden have competed in this event in the past, and this year, top competitors from the Olympics and World Championships will return to compete.
 

ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup Prague

June, traditionally full of sports events, will also feature the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup (26 to 29 June) for instance. Like the phenomenal Australian Jessica Fox, you can also enjoy wandering through the romantic, narrow streets of Prague Old Town when you’re not watching the sports events.
 

To Brno for MotoGP and Fantastic Basketball
 

In 2025, the prestigious MotoGP World Championship returns to the Czech Republic, an event that annually attracts a quarter of a million fans from around the globe. It kicks off on 18 July at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno. If they remain injury-free, you’ll have the chance to admire the skills of Italian Francesco Bagnaia from the Ducati Lenovo Team or the Spanish racer Marc Márquez, renowned for his daring riding style.


Brno also appeals to basketball fans. From 18 June, the city will host EuroBasket Women. Whether Europe’s best players, such as Belgium’s Emma Meesseman and France’s Marine Johannès, will compete in the Czech Republic will be revealed after the draw in March.

Autumn Brings Battles of Dancers and Anglers

The world’s top dancers—more than 100 pairs from 40 countries—will gather in Brno on 17 October for the 2025 World Championship in Latin Dance. This pinnacle event for dancers will be held in the Czech Republic for the first time, promising an extraordinary experience.

Parkour enthusiasts will surely be captivated by the Global Champions Prague Playoffs, the world’s largest show jumping event, starting on 20 November. It will feature big names, world champions, and Olympic medallists. Among them, we are likely to see Jessica Springsteen from the USA, one of the world’s top riders and daughter of the legendary Bruce Springsteen.

Learn how to catch the golden carp at Stairs2Hell, the European Carp Fishing Championship, taking place from 4 to 11 October 2025 at Nové Mlýny. Around 300 competitors from all over the world are expected, with famous angler and renowned influencer Jakub Vágner serving as ambassador.
 

Our autumn tip:

Experience Velká pardubická. The most famous, the most difficult and the oldest steeplechase in continental Europe takes place in Czechia at the beginning of October every year. It is a true festival not only for steeplechase fans; it is a phenomenon that makes every Czech proud.

Major sports events in Czechia to look forward in 2025