This was the fourth time these championships were hosted either in the Czech Republic or in Czechoslovakia, having done so at Janské Lázně (1925) and Vysoké Tatry (in both 1935 and 1970).

Women's ski jumping and Men's Nordic combined 10 km mass start events debuted at these championships, both won by Americans Lindsey Van and Todd Lodwick, respectively.

Norway won the most medals with twelve and most golds with five, all in the men's cross-country skiing events, including three from Petter Northug.

Kikkan Randall became the first American woman to medal in cross country skiing at the world championships with her silver in the individual sprint.

[14] Czech cross country skier and six-time Winter Olympic medalist Kateřina Neumannová was originally an honorary vice president of the organizing committee.

She also served as a World Cup organizer for the second of the Tour de Ski events that took place in Prague on 30 December 2007.

This delegation included Liberec Mayor Jiří Kittner, Organizing Committee Secretary Marek Rejman, Czech Ski Association President Lukáš Sobotka, and its General Secretary Norbert Pelc, and all four confirmed the work toward the sites used for the championships were proceeding as planned with test events that occurred in February 2008. Financing issues for the event were also clarified.

Among the participants were FIS, the EBU, and marketing partner APF, whom focused on lessons learned from the test events held in February 2008.

Coordination group members were pleased in what transpired during the February 2008 test events, including an athletes' village that was constructed at the local university.

The main concern of Neumannová's was the weather given the problems with the test events in February and the need for snow making equipment.

Free public transportation in Liberec and tram transfers from the neighboring town of Jablonec nad Nisou were organized.

450 pre-competition blood tests were conducted with the top four finishers plus two randomly selected athletes of each event, totalling 120 for the championships.

Included in this delegation were Milan Jirasek, FIS Council Member and Chair of the Czech Olympic Committee, and Neumannová.

CT expected to produce over 60 hours of international coverage with a total of 54 TV cameras connected to 60 kilometres (37 mi) of cables.

[28] FIS President Kaspar hoped that the women's ski jumping event did well enough for inclusion in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Organizing Committee chair Kumpošt stated that both venues would be completed by fall 2007 in order to ensure FIS certification.

[14] Snowfall that started on 17 November 2008 made it possible to produce man-made snow for the event, according to Vesec cross country skiing venue manager Robert Heczko.

At the fall 2007 meeting in Zürich during the week of 24 September 2007, it was announced that Vesec had completed paving the courses for roller skiing and in-line skating, finalization of bridges, access roads, and permanent facilities; and installing snow-making equipment.

[42] Team sprint winners on the 17th were both from Norway with the ladies going to Marit Bjørgen and Astrid Jacobsen[43] and the men going to Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Simen Østensen[44] Snow was lacking at the cross-country course as of 16 December 2008, but organizers were ready for expected cold temperatures from Christmas 2008 onward to prepare the courses for the championships.

[45] Tracks were groomed, widen, and maintained in preparation of the Slavic Cup (Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia) events that took place the weekend of 17–18 January 2009.

At the fall 2007 meeting in Zürich during the week of 24 September 2007, it was announced by the Organizing Committee that construction was proceeding according to schedule, with completion in mid-December 2007.

[46] The lift to the ski jump that was not working during the FIS World Cup B Nordic combined event in January was fixed.

[48] An Alpen Cup competition took place on the weekend of 20–21 December 2008 to have final test procedures and infrastructure for the championships.

[21] The third plan proposed two large parking places in the Giant Mountains with natural snow collected for use in the Vesec area.

[21] Neumannová assured everyone "that the entire team is working very hard in order to deliver a successful FIS Nordic World Ski Championships."

This included accreditation for the athletes, location of the organizing committee support staff, an international media centre, and individual race offices.

In that same event, Kikkan Randall became the first American woman to medal in cross country skiing at the world championships with her silver.

[68][69] Both Loitzl and Schlierenzauer, World Cup leaders prior to the championships, joined Switzerland's Simon Ammann in the podium of the individual normal hill event.

[68] Ammann's teammate Andreas Küttel won gold in the individual large hill event in which only one jump was performed to unstable weather conditions.

Besides the 2009, 2011, and 2013 organizing committees in attendance, other attendees included the Norwegian Ski Federation, the European Broadcasting Union television, FIS, and the APF marketing partners.