Luge World Cup

The Luge World Cup (current official sponsor name : Viessmann World Cup ) is an annual luge competition series on artificial track during the winter . The races are organized by the FIL . The overall World Cup winner has been determined since the 1977/1978 season. Following the example of the Tour de France , the leaders in the overall World Cup wear a yellow jersey.

Currently, the World Cup season usually includes eight stations. As part of the World Cup, the single-seaters for men and women, the doubles-seaters and alternating sprint races in the three racing classes or the relay competition are held.

In non-Olympic winters, the Luge World Championships are the highlight of the luge season, but both competitions are not part of the World Cup.

World Cup points system

Current system

A point system for the individual races determines the overall World Cup ranking. For this purpose, the points achieved by an athlete in the individual races of the season are added. The allocation of points in the respective races is based on the FIL point system. In the current point system, the winner of a race receives 100 World Cup points, the second 85 and the third 70 points. The 39th place receives two World Cup points. From the 40th place onwards, each additional luge competitor who is rated receives one point. This distribution of points also applies to team competitions.

Distribution of points

Distribution of points

placement	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40+
Points	100	85	70	60	55	50	46	42	39	36	34	32	30th	28	26th	25th	24	23	22nd	21st	20th	19th	18th	17th	16	15th	14th	13	12	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Previous system

At the beginning of the World Cup competitions there was a somewhat different rating system. Above all, there were different rating systems between the male and female single-seaters and the double-seaters.

Single seater men

placement	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th
Points	30th	27	24	22nd	21st	20th	19th	18th	17th	16	15th	14th	13	12	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Single seater women

placement	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12
Points	15th	12	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Two-seater

placement	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	12	10	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Statistics of the World Cup locations

So far, the 310 World Cup races have been held on 23 tracks in 15 countries (GDR and FRG are counted as one country here). (Status: after the 2019/20 season )

places

space	place	First run	Last event	Events
01.	Koenigssee	1977	2020	39
02.	Igls	1977	2019	38
03.	Oberhof	1983	2020	32
04th	Winterberg	1979	2020	29
05.	Altenberg	1987	2020	28
06th	Sigulda	1989	2020	26th
07th	Calgary	1987	2018	22nd
08th.	Lake Placid	1982	2019	18th
09.	Lillehammer	1993	2020	10
10.	Hammar Beach	1978	1989	8th
	Imst	1978	1987	8th
	Park City	2001	2016	8th
	Sarajevo	1983	1991	8th
14th	St. Moritz	1986	2012	7th
15th	Whistler	2009	2019	6th
16.	Cesana Pariol	2005	2010	5
17th	Nagano	1997	2006	4th
	Sochi	2013	2019	4th
19th	La Plagne	1993	2000	3
	Olang	1981	1986	3
21st	Paramonowo	2011	2012	2
22nd	Pyeongchang	2017	2017	1
	Tatranská Lomnica	1982	1982	1

countries

space	country	Lanes	Events	total
01.	Germany	4th	Königssee 39	128
			Oberhof 32
			Winterberg 29
			Altenberg 28
02.	Austria	2	Igls 38	46
			Imst 8
03.	Canada	2	Calgary 22	28
			Whistler 6
04th	Latvia	1	Sigulda 26	26th
	United States	2	Lake Placid 18	26th
			Park City 8
06th	Norway	1	Lillehammer 10	10
07th	Italy	2	Cesana Pariol 5	8th
			Olang 3
	Yugoslavia	1	Sarajevo 8	8th
	Sweden	1	Hammar Beach 8	8th
10.	Switzerland	1	St. Moritz 7	7th
11.	Russia	2	Sochi 4	6th
			Paramonowo 2
12.	Japan	1	Nagano 4	4th
13.	France	1	La Plagne 3	3
14th	South Korea	1	Pyeongchang 1	1
	Czechoslovakia	1	Tatranská Lomnica 1	1

See also

• List of world cup winners in luge
• List of Olympic champions in luge
• Luge World Championships