It was held between 18 and 21 January 2018 in Oberstdorf, Germany and for the sixth time on this location.

There was total prize money of 142,000 swiss francs (72,000 for individual and 70,000 for team event).

[1] Peter Prevc was the defending individual champion and Norway (Anders Fannemel, Johann André Forfang, Daniel-André Tande and Kenneth Gangnes) was defending the team title.

Daniel-André Tande became the new individual world champion and Norway (Robert Johansson, Andreas Stjernen, Johann André Forfang and Daniel-André Tande) took the team title.

All previous ski flying world championships held in Oberstdorf: