2017–18 Luge World Cup

2017–18 Luge World Cup

Winners
Men's singles Men's sprint	Felix Loch Wolfgang Kindl
Doubles	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken
Doubles' sprint	Andris Šics / Juris Šics
Women's singles	Natalie Geisenberger
Women's sprint	Natalie Geisenberger
Team relay	Germany
Competitions
Venues	9

The 2017–18 Luge World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for Luge, organised by the FIL. The season started on 18 November 2017 in Innsbruck, Austria, and ended on 27 January 2018 in Sigulda, Latvia.

Calendar

Venue	Date	Details
Innsbruck	18–19 November	Team Relay
Winterberg	25–26 November	Sprint
Altenberg	2–3 December	Team Relay
Calgary	8–9 December	Team Relay
Lake Placid	15–16 December	Sprint
Königssee	6–7 January	Team Relay
Oberhof	13–14 January	Team Relay
Lillehammer	20–21 January	Sprint
Sigulda	27–28 January	Sprint, Team Relay

Results

Men's singles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Innsbruck	Semen Pavlichenko	1:41.771 (50.949 / 50.822)	Wolfgang Kindl	1:41.827 (50.953 / 50.874)	Felix Loch	1:41.841 (50.979 / 50.862)
Winterberg	Kevin Fischnaller	1:45.528 (52.428 / 53.100)	Felix Loch	1:45.595 (52.806 / 52.789)	Stepan Fedorov	1:45.645 (52.746 / 52.899)
Winterberg (Sprint)	Felix Loch	36.644	Semen Pavlichenko	36.762	Nico Gleirscher	36.790
Altenberg	Felix Loch	1:48.116 (54.016 / 54.100)	Roman Repilov	1:48.242 (54.157 / 54.085)	Andi Langenhan	1:48.398 (54.227 / 54.171)
Calgary	Felix Loch	1:28.752 (44.274 / 44.478)	Samuel Edney	1:29.138 (44.523 / 44.615)	Roman Repilov	1:29.205 (44.478 / 44.727)
Lake Placid	Roman Repilov	1:41.874 (50.999 / 50.875)	Semen Pavlichenko	1:41.938 (50.941 / 50.997)	Tucker West	1:42.132 (50.904 / 51.228)
Lake Placid (Sprint)	Wolfgang Kindl	32.441	Johannes Ludwig	32.655	Taylor Cloy Morris	32.665
Königssee	Wolfgang Kindl	1:39.035 (49.440 / 49.595)	Armin Frauscher	1:39.064 (49.458 / 49.606)	Johannes Ludwig	1:39.154 (49.515 / 49.639)
Oberhof	Felix Loch	1:25.591 (42.714 / 42.877)	Semen Pavlichenko	1:25.858 (42.944 / 42.914)	Andi Langenhan	1:25.886 (42.922 / 42.964)
Lillehammer	Dominik Fischnaller	1:38.590 (49.204 / 49.386)	Roman Repilov	1:38.686 (49.419 / 49.267)	Wolfgang Kindl	1:38.722 (49.282 / 49.440)
Lillehammer (Sprint)	Semen Pavlichenko	31.943	Wolfgang Kindl	32.020	Dominik Fischnaller	32.042
Sigulda	Semen Pavlichenko	1:36.758 (48.271 / 48.487)	Felix Loch	1:36.769 (48.405 / 48.364)	Roman Repilov	1:36.870 (48.410 / 48.460)
Sigulda (Sprint)	Roman Repilov	27.839	Jozef Ninis	27.911	Felix Loch	27.977

Women's singles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Innsbruck	Natalie Geisenberger	1:20.488 (40.277 / 40.211)	Dajana Eitberger	1:20.661 (40.439 / 40.222)	Tatjana Hüfner	1:20.664 (40.474 / 40.190)
Winterberg	Natalie Geisenberger	1:53.484 (56.979 / 56.505)	Tatjana Hüfner	1:53.832 (57.190 / 56.642)	Summer Britcher	1:53.893 (57.147 / 56.746)
Winterberg (Sprint)	Emily Sweeney	39.598	Summer Britcher	39.642	Natalie Geisenberger	39.678
Altenberg	Natalie Geisenberger	1:44.241 (52.205 / 52.036)	Tatjana Hüfner	1:44.398 (52.207 / 52.191)	Dajana Eitberger	1:44.733 (52.348 / 52.385)
Calgary	Tatjana Hüfner	1:33.442 (46.731 / 46.711)	Alex Gough	1:33.557 (46.769 / 46.788)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:33.603 (46.728 / 46.875)
Lake Placid	Natalie Geisenberger	1:28.211 (44.064 / 44.147)	Alex Gough	1:28.315 (44.138 / 44.177)	Kimberley McRae	1:28.352 (44.232 / 44.120)
Lake Placid (Sprint)	Dajana Eitberger	37.780	Alex Gough	37.823	Natalie Geisenberger	37.829
Königssee	Natalie Geisenberger	1:41.397 (50.729 / 50.668)	Dajana Eitberger	1:41.500 (50.786 / 50.714)	Jessica Tiebel	1:41.707 (50.961 / 50.746)
Oberhof	Dajana Eitberger	1:22.213 (41.127 / 41.086)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:22.260 (41.186 / 41.074)	Tatjana Hüfner	1:22.546 (41.303 / 41.243)
Lillehammer	Summer Britcher	1:35.266 (47.672 / 47.594)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:35.299 (47.666 / 47.633)	Julia Taubitz	1:35.529 (47.726 / 47.803)
Lillehammer (Sprint)	Summer Britcher	29.925	Victoria Demchenko	29.927	Natalie Geisenberger	29.948
Sigulda	Tatiana Ivanova	1:23.989 (42.047 / 41.942)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:24.076 (42.064 / 42.012)	Sandra Robatscher	1:24.360 (42.172 / 42.188)
Sigulda (Sprint)	Tatiana Ivanova	30.998	Natalie Geisenberger	31.003	Kendija Aparjode	31.111

Doubles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Innsbruck	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:19.843 (39.934 / 39.909)	Ludwig Rieder Patrick Rastner Italy	1:20.021 (39.967 / 40.054)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:20.258 (40.015 / 40.243)
Winterberg	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:27.340 (43.609 / 43.731)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:27.577 (43.830 / 43.747)	Robin Johannes Geueke David Gamm Germany	1:27.769 (43.866 / 43.903)
Winterberg (Sprint)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	31.622	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	31.649	Robin Johannes Geueke David Gamm Germany	31.667
Altenberg	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:23.539 (41.730 / 41.809)	Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria	1:23.808 (41.817 / 41.991)	Robin Johannes Geueke David Gamm Germany	1:23.991 (42.047 / 41.944)
Calgary	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:26.875 (43.421 / 43.454)	Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria	1:27.018 (43.466 / 43.552)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:27.111 (43.581 / 43.530)
Lake Placid	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:26.806 (43.372 / 43.434)	Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria	1:27.440 (43.794 / 43.646)	Tristan Walker Justin Snith Canada	1:27.683 (43.810 / 43.873)
Lake Placid (Sprint)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	37.533	Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria	37.787	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	37.838
Königssee	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:39.961 (49.935 / 50.026)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:40.095 (50.081 / 50.014)	Robin Johannes Geueke David Gamm Germany	1:40.431 (50.140 / 50.291)
Oberhof	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:21.535 (40.774 / 40.761)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:21.542 (40.719 / 40.823)	Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria	1:22.033 (41.041 / 40.992)
Lillehammer	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:34.586 (47.283 / 47.303)	Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria	1:34.716 (47.374 / 47.342)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:35.101 (47.487 / 47.614)
Lillehammer (Sprint)	Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria	29.910	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	29.970	Matthew Mortensen Jayson Terdiman United States	30.050
Sigulda	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:23.364 (41.660 / 41.704)	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	1:23.419 (41.716 / 41.703)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:23.590 (41.740 / 41.850)
Sigulda (Sprint)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	30.886	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	30.973	Oskars Gudramovičs Pēteris Kalniņš Latvia	31.080

Team relay

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Innsbruck	Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:10.667 (41.978 / 1:26.235)	Canada Alex Gough Mitchel Malyk Tristan Walker/Justin Snith	2:11.025 (42.001 / 1:26.406)	Russia Ekaterina Baturina Semen Pavlichenko Alexander Denisyev/Vladislav Antonov	2:11.044 (42.327 / 1:26.409)
Altenberg	Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:22.644 (46.625 / 1:34.602)	Austria Miriam Kastlunger Wolfgang Kindl Peter Penz/Georg Fischler	2:22.957 (46.868 / 1:34.845)	Italy Sandra Robatscher Emanuel Rieder Ivan Nagler/Fabian Malleier	2:23.115 (46.653 / 1:34.587)
Calgary	Germany Tatjana Hüfner Felix Loch Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:21.146 (45.882 / 1:33.250)	Canada Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker/Justin Snith	2:21.187 (45.889 / 1:33.397)	Austria Miriam Kastlunger Wolfgang Kindl Peter Penz/Georg Fischler	2:21.589 (46.326 / 1:33.925)
Königssee	Italy Andrea Vötter Dominik Fischnaller Ivan Nagler/Fabian Malleier	2:43.233 (53.315 / 1:47.870)	United States Summer Britcher Tucker West Matt Mortensen/Jayson Terdiman	2:43.434 (53.170 / 1:47.891)	Austria Birgit Platzer Wolfgang Kindl Peter Penz/Georg Fischler	2:43.595 (53.581 / 1:48.555)
Oberhof	Germany Dajana Eitberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:20.952 (45.448 / 1:33.146)	Latvia Elīza Cauce Artūrs Dārznieks Andris Šics/Juris Šics	2:21.656 (45.869 / 1:33.671)	Austria Hannah Prock Reinhard Egger Peter Penz/Georg Fischler	2:21.709 (45.970 / 1:33.664)
Sigulda	Russia Tatiana Ivanova Semen Pavlichenko Alexander Denisyev/Vladislav Antonov	2:13.428 (43.358 / 1:28.041)	Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:13.579 (43.318 / 1:28.470)	Latvia Kendija Aparjode Inārs Kivlenieks Andris Šics/Juris Šics	2:13.607 (43.597 / 1:28.507)

Standings

Men's singles

Pos.	Luger	Points
1.	Felix Loch (GER)	923
2.	Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)	838
3.	Roman Repilov (RUS)*	774
4.	Semen Pavlichenko (RUS)	773
5.	Johannes Ludwig (GER)	655
6.	Andi Langenhan (GER)	480
7.	Dominik Fischnaller (ITA)	477
8.	Ralf Palik (GER)	469
9.	Kevin Fischnaller (ITA)	466
10.	Tucker West (USA)	453

• Final standings after 13 events
• (*Champion 2017)

Men's singles Sprint

Pos.	Luger	Agg. time
1.	Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)	2:09.308
2.	Felix Loch (GER)	2:09.829
	Johannes Ludwig (GER)	2:09.829
4.	Kevin Fischnaller (ITA)	2:10.187
5.	Stepan Fedorov (RUS)	2:10.385
6.	Semen Pavlichenko (RUS)	2:10.525
7.	Tucker West (USA)	2:11.345

• Final standings after 4 events

Only 7 lugers competed on all events

Women's singles

Pos.	Luger	Points
1.	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)*	1120
2.	Dajana Eitberger (GER)	754
3.	Summer Britcher (USA)	726
4.	Alex Gough (CAN)	697
5.	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)	695
6.	Tatiana Ivanova (RUS)	635
7.	Erin Hamlin (USA)	539
8.	Julia Taubitz (GER)	473
9.	Sandra Robatscher (ITA)	464
10.	Kimberley McRae (CAN)	451

• Final standings after 13 events
• (*Champion 2017)

Women's singles Sprint

Pos.	Luger	Agg. time
1.	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)*	2:18.458
2.	Summer Britcher (USA)	2:18.801
3.	Tatiana Ivanova (RUS)	2:19.003
4.	Alex Gough (CAN)	2:19.107
5.	Sandra Robatscher (ITA)	2:20.320
6.	Erin Hamlin (USA)	2:20.615

• Final standings after 4 events
• (*Champion 2017)

Only 6 lugers competed on all events

Doubles

Pos.	Team	Points
1.	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken (GER)*	1170
2.	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt (GER)	911
3.	Peter Penz / Georg Fischler (AUT)	836
4.	Andris Šics / Juris Šics (LAT)	719
5.	Matt Mortensen / Jayson Terdiman (USA)	588
6.	Robin Johannes Geueke / David Gamm (GER)	524
7.	Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner (ITA)	523
8.	Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov (RUS)	507
9.	Tristan Walker / Justin Snith (CAN)	504
10.	Oskars Gudramovičs / Pēteris Kalniņš (LAT)	456

• Final standings after 13 events
• (*Champion 2017)

Doubles Sprint

Pos.	Team	Agg. time
1.	Andris Šics / Juris Šics (LAT)	2:10.603
2.	Matt Mortensen / Jayson Terdiman (USA)	2:10.810
3.	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt (GER)	2:11.036
4.	Tristan Walker / Justin Snith (CAN)	2:11.630
5.	Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner (ITA)	2:11.927

• Final standings after 4 events

Only 5 double sleds competed on all events

Team Relay

Pos.	Team	Points
1.	Germany*	485
2.	Austria	400
3.	Canada	381
4.	Latvia	370
5.	Russia	367
6.	United States	350
7.	Italy	326
8.	Poland	219
9.	Romania	196
10.	Slovakia	191

• Final standings after 6 events
• (*Champion 2017)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	28	17	22	67
2	Russia	8	6	4	18
3	Austria	3	9	6	18
4	United States	3	2	4	9
5	Italy	3	1	3	7
6	Canada	0	6	2	8
7	Latvia	0	3	4	7
8	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 entries)		45	45	45	135

External links

• FIL streaming service