Luge World Cup 2007/08

The World Cup season 2007/08 in luge started on 16 November 2007 in the US Lake Placid and ended on 17 February 2008, with a double World Cup event in Latvian Sigulda .

It was the last season for Olympic champion Silke Kraushaar-Pielach .

World Cup results

date	place	discipline	winner	Second	Third
November 16-17, 2007	Lake Placid	Women	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach	Natalie Geisenberger	Anke Wischnewski
		Men - single seaters	Armin Zöggeler	David Möller	Jan Eichhorn
		Men - two-seater	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
		Mixed relay	United States Erin Hamlin Tony Benshoof Christian Niccum Dan Joye	Austria Nina Reithmayer Daniel Pfister Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Germany Silke Kraushaar-Pielach Felix Loch Patric Leitner Alexander Resch
November 24th to 25th, 2007	Calgary	Women	Tatjana Huefner	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach	Natalie Geisenberger
		Men - single seaters	David Möller	Jan Eichhorn	Armin Zöggeler
		Men - two-seater	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich
December 8th to 9th, 2007	Winterberg	Women	Tatjana Huefner	Anke Wischnewski	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach
		Men - single seaters	David Möller	Armin Zöggeler	Stefan Höhener
		Men - two-seater	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch
		Mixed relay	Austria Nina Reithmayer Daniel Pfister Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl	Germany Silke Kraushaar-Pielach David Möller Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Latvia Maija Tiruma Guntis Rēķis Juris Šics Andris Šics
December 15-16, 2007	Igls	Women	Tatjana Huefner	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach	Natalie Geisenberger
		Men - single seaters	Armin Zöggeler	David Möller	Daniel Pfister
		Men - two-seater	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich
5th to 6th January 2008	Koenigssee	Women	Tatjana Huefner	Natalie Geisenberger	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach
		Men - single seaters	Albert Demchenko	Armin Zöggeler	David Möller
		Men - two-seater	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber
		Mixed relay	Germany Silke Kraushaar-Pielach David Möller Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Canada Regan Listener Jeff Christie Chris Moffat Mike Moffat	United States Julia Clukey Tony Benshoof Christian Niccum Dan Joye
February 2-3, 2008	Altenberg	Women	Tatjana Huefner	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach	Natalie Geisenberger
		Men - single seaters	Armin Zöggeler	David Möller	Albert Demchenko
		Men - two-seater	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt
February 14-17, 2008	Sigulda	Women	Tatjana Huefner	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach	Maija Tīruma
		Men - single seaters	Armin Zöggeler	Albert Demchenko	Daniel Pfister
		Men - two-seater	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger
		Women	Tatjana Huefner	Anna Orlova	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach
		Men - single seaters	Albert Demchenko	Armin Zöggeler	David Möller
		Men - two-seater	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich
		Mixed relay	Germany Tatjana Hüfner David Möller André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Austria Nina Reithmayer Daniel Pfister Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Latvia Anna Orlova Guntis Rēķis Juris Šics Andris Šics

Overall standings in the women's singles

rank	Surname	country	LPL	CAL	WIN	IGL	CAN	OLD	SIG	SIG	Points
01.	Tatjana Huefner	Germany	10	01	01	01	01	01	01	01	736
02.	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach	Germany	01	02	03	02	03	02	02	03	650
03.	Natalie Geisenberger	Germany	02	03	08th	03	02	03	10	04th	518
04th	Anke Wischnewski	Germany	03	04th	02	04th	04th	05	07th	08th	478
05.	Nina Reithmayer	Austria	08th	07th	07th	07th	08th	04th	06th	06th	382
06th	Natalia Jakuschenko	Ukraine	13	11	05	06th	05	06th	04th	07th	380
07th	Erin Hamlin	United States	05	06th	06th	05	05	12	22nd	10	347
08th.	Maija Tiruma	Latvia	15th	13	09	09	17th	10	03	05	319
09.	Veronika Halder	Austria	17th	05	13	10	14th	08th	08th	09	296
09.	Anna Orlova	Latvia	dnf	-	04th	11	25th	07th	05	02	296
11.	Martina Kocher	Switzerland	06th	08th	10	12	12	09	12	15th	289
12.	Julia Clukey	United States	04th	10	15th	08th	07th	18th	24	11	284
13.	Lilia Ludan	Ukraine	09	14th	14th	13	13	11	09	12	260
14th	Alexandra Rodionova	Russia	16	12	12	17th	11	13	11	13	241
15th	Megan Sweeney	United States	07th	19th	21st	16	10	14th	20th	18th	221
16.	Ashley Walden	United States	20th	16	11	14th	dnf	16	13	14th	192
17th	Sandra Gasparini	Italy	21st	20th	16	19th	16	16	19th	20th	181
18th	Madoka Harada	Japan	11	18th	20th	32	dnf	21st	15th	16	158
19th	Veronika Sabolová	Slovakia	23	21st	23	20th	19th	22nd	21st	22nd	157
20th	Regan Listener	Canada	12	09	19th	18th	09	-	-	-	155
21st	Jana Šišajová	Slovakia	25th	26th	26th	23	18th	20th	17th	21st	151
22nd	Natalia Khoreva	Russia	27	dnf	26th	22nd	20th	19th	14th	17th	143
23.	Raluca Strămăturaru	Romania	28	25th	28	25th	26th	17th	16	23	139
24.	Ksenia Tschiplakowa	Russia	19th	22nd	22nd	21st	15th	-	26th	26th	136
25th	Tatiana Newsorova	Russia	22nd	27	-	33	28	23	18th	19th	116
26th	Sarah Podorieszach	Italy	14th	17th	17th	15th	dnf	-	-	-	102
27.	Hannah Campbell-Pegg	Australia	30th	24	34	29	-	25th	27	27	90
28.	Meaghan Simister	Canada	18th	15th	18th	35	dnf	dns	-	-	78
29	Mihaela Chiraş	Romania	-	-	29	27	-	26th	23	24	76
30th	Michaela Kammerer	Italy	24	23	24	26th	-	-	-	-	67
31.	Mariola Ziętek	Poland	-	-	32	30th	30th	-	25th	25th	63
32.	Petra Kaprasová	Czech Republic	26th	-	30th	28	29	-	-	-	51
33.	Michelle Despain Hoeger	Argentina	29	28	31	36	-	-	-	-	39
34.	Veronika Stefanakova	Slovakia	-	-	25th	31	-	-	-	-	26th
34.	Karina Pavlovica	Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	28	26th
36.	Megija Adamsone	Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	29	24
37.	Sara Zöschg	Belgium	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	17th
38.	Kalojana Todorova	Bulgaria	-	-	33	34	-	-	-	-	15th
39.	Isabell Kägi	Switzerland	-	-	-	-	27	-	-	-	14th

Overall standings in the men's singles

rank	Surname	country	LPL	CAL	WIN	IGL	CAN	OLD	SIG	SIG	Points
01.	Armin Zöggeler	Italy	01	03	02	01	02	01	01	02	725
02.	David Möller	Germany	02	01	01	02	03	02	04th	03	655
03.	Albert Demchenko	Russia	20th	04th	dnf	23	01	03	02	01	454
04th	Jan Eichhorn	Germany	03	02	06th	06th	05	05	12	07th	443
05.	Daniel Pfister	Austria	04th	07th	04th	03	06th	15th	03	06th	432
06th	Felix Hole	Germany	05	10	08th	12	04th	-	07th	15th	297
07th	Martin adventure	Austria	11	23	09	08th	09	07th	11	10	288
08th.	Andi Langenhan	Germany	06th	-	05	10	12	06th	09	21st	282
09.	Stefan Höhener	Switzerland	13	22nd	03	04th	07th	24	21st	27	276
10.	Tony Benshoof	United States	7th	15th	10	09	16	10	08th	16	275
11.	Johannes Ludwig	Germany	08th	11	07th	19th	-	04th	17th	19th	250
12.	Guntis Rēķis	Latvia	23	24	11	18th	23	17th	06th	05	239
13.	Bengt Walden	United States	09	17th	16	11	19th	08th	15th	20th	233
14th	David Mair	Italy	17th	26th	18th	26th	15th	11	10	08th	215
15th	Wilfried Huber	Italy	16	13	14th	16	25th	12	14th	13	214
16.	Christian Eigenler	Austria	18th	18th	30th	14th	14th	14th	13	12	203
17th	Viktor Kneib	Russia	10	08th	17th	05	08th	-	-	-	199
18th	Mārtiņš Rubenis	Latvia	dnf	05	dnf	15th	-	-	05	04th	196
19th	Wolfgang Kindl	Austria	14th	32	12	07th	27	-	19th	09	190
20th	Jeff Christie	Canada	22nd	06th	13	17th	11	13	-	-	187
21st	Patrick Schwienbacher	Italy	15th	16	22nd	20th	24	16	18th	14th	184
22nd	Jozef Ninis	Slovakia	24	30th	21st	22nd	18th	18th	16	11	172
23.	Samuel Edney	Canada	26th	12	31	24	17th	28	-	-	109
24.	Gregory Carigiet	Switzerland	19th	21st	28	13	20th	-	-	-	106
25th	Thomas Girod	France	34	27	25th	21st	dnf	23	25th	28	101
26th	Shigeaki Ushijima	Japan	dnf	25th	26th	30th	-	19th	22nd	24	100
27.	Adam Rosen	United Kingdom	32	20th	27	25th	21st	-	31	29	99
28.	Jakub Hyman	Czech Republic	30th	-	32	31	28	22nd	24	22nd	93
29	Manuel Pfister	Austria	21st	-	15th	26th	13	-	-	-	91
30th	Ian Cockerline	Canada	35	14th	19th	43	22nd	29	-	-	85
31.	Maciej Kurowski	Poland	38	29	36	36	34	20th	27	26th	78
32.	Ondřej Hyman	Czech Republic	33	-	34	32	dnf	21st	23	23	75
32.	Robert Eschrich	Germany	-	-	-	-	10	09	-	-	75
34.	Inārs Kivlenieks	Latvia	-	-	20th	34	26th	dnf	20th	32	73
35.	Maxim Andrianov	Russia	dnf	31	24	37	29	-	28	25th	72
36.	Reinhold Rainer	Italy	12	09	-	-	-	-	-	-	71
37.	Eugene Radu	Romania	31	34	35	40	33	25th	30th	31	64
38.	Matt McMurray	Canada	-	19th	23	29	-	-	-	-	52
39.	Stepan Fyodorov	Russia	-	-	33	33	dnf	dnf	29	18th	49
40.	Christopher Mazdzer	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	26th	17th	39
40.	Georgi Talipov	Russia	28	33	29	35	-	-	-	-	39
42.	Chih-hung Ma	Chinese Taipei	-	-	43	-	-	27	32	30th	35
43.	Semyon Pavlichenko	Russia	27	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	27
44.	Peter Iliev	Bulgaria	-	-	40	41	37	26th	-	-	21st
45.	Joe Mortensen	United States	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17th
46.	Johan Rousseau	France	-	-	-	28	-	-	-	-	13
47.	Domen Pociecha	Slovenia	36	35	37	39	-	-	-	-	12
47.	Robbie Huerbin	United States	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
49.	Zintis Saicans	Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	-	008th
50.	Ivan Papukciev	Bulgaria	-	-	44	-	35	-	-	-	7th
50.	Janis Plums	Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	-	7th
50.	Grega Hacin	Slovenia	43	37	41	44	-	-	-	-	7th
50.	Werner Hoeger	Venezuela	-	36	42	45	-	-	-	-	7th
54.	Radeck Riha	Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	36	dns	-	-	5
55.	Lukáš Brož	Czech Republic	-	-	45	38	-	-	-	-	4th
56.	Bogdan Macovei	Moldova	-	-	39	42	-	-	-	-	2
57.	Chiu-Bin Lee	Chinese Taipei	-	-	46	-	-	-	-	-	1
57.	William Lorentzen	Norway	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
57.	Jo Alexander Koppang	Norway	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
57.	Jozef Kuchar	Slovakia	-	-	38	-	-	-	-	-	1
57.	Tonnes Stang Rolfsen	Norway	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
57.	Thor Haug Norbech	Norway	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
57.	Isaac Underwood	United States	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Overall stand in the men's two-seater

rank	Surname	country	LPL	CAL	WIN	IGL	CAN	OLD	SIG	SIG	Points
1.	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Germany	02	01	03	01	01	01	06th	06th	655
2.	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Italy	06th	02	01	02	03	04th	02	01	535
03.	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Austria	01	12	07th	05	05	02	03	02	528
04th	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	Germany	04th	03	04th	03	04th	10	01	03	526
05.	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Germany	07th	04th	05	09	02	03	04th	05	470
06th	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder	Italy	03	08th	08th	06th	06th	05	05	04th	424
07th	Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl	Austria	09	05	02	04th	12	07th	08th	07th	405
08th.	Christian Niccum Dan Joye	United States	05	07th	06th	08th	07th	08th	07th	08th	369
09.	Peter Penz Georg Fischler	Austria	16	06th	10	07th	08th	06th	11	18th	305
10.	Mark Grimmette Brian Martin	United States	14th	11	09	12	09	14th	14th	12	260
11.	Matt Mortensen Preston Griffall	United States	08th	14th	14th	10	-	11	12	09	239
12.	Juris Šics Andris Šics	Latvia	12	09	11	23	-	21st	09	10	218
13.	Michail Kuzmitsch Stanislav Mikheev	Russia	10	15th	13	15th	10	15th	dnf	11	214
14th	Chris Moffat Mike Moffat	Canada	11	10	12	13	11	09	-	-	205
15th	Vladislav Yushakov Vladimir Machnutin	Russia	13	dnf	18th	14th	16	13	10	13	202
16.	Andrij Kis Jurij Haiduk	Ukraine	18th	22nd	20th	21st	17th	17th	13	14th	188
17th	Hans Peter Fischnaller Klaus Kofler	Italy	15th	13	15th	11	15th	12	-	-	174
18th	Grzegorz Piekarski Marcin Piekarski	Poland	20th	19th	22nd	25th	23	19th	20th	17th	162
19th	Cosmin Chetroiu Ionuț Țăran	Romania	23	20th	23	22nd	19th	22nd	20th	21st	157
20th	Ján Harniš Branislav Regec	Slovakia	25th	17th	17th	18th	13	-	dnf	16	142
21st	Oleg Tscherebetskii Roman Jazwinskii	Ukraine	24	23	24	24	22nd	23	23	24	140
22nd	Takahisa Oguchi Masaki Toshiro	Japan	17th	18th	-	20th	-	16	19th	20th	135
23.	Antonín Brož Lukáš Brož	Czech Republic	22nd	-	21st	19th	-	20th	15th	15th	134
24.	Grant Albrecht Eric Pothier	Canada	19th	15th	16	17th	-	-	-	-	97
24.	Ivan Newmerzhizky Vladimir Prokhorov	Russia	-	-	19th	16	14th	dnf	dnf	19th	97
26th	Pavel Kuzmich Boris Kuryschkin	Russia	21st	21st	-	-	-	-	-	-	39
27.	Maciej Kurowski Adam Wanielista	Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	23	37
28.	Luboš Jíra Matěj Kvíčala	Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	20th	-	-	-	21st
29	Taras Senkiv Roman Zaharkiv	Ukraine	-	-	-	-	21st	-	-	-	20th

Team competition

rank	country	LPL	WIN	CAN	SIG	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	1	355
2.	United States	1	5	3	5	280
3.	Austria	2	1	dsq	2	270
4th	Latvia	8th	3	5	3	237
5.	Russia	5	4th	4th	4th	235
6th	Canada	6th	6th	2	-	185
7th	Slovakia	9	7th	7th	6th	181
8th.	Romania	8th	11	8th	8th	160
9.	Poland	-	9	9	7th	124
10.	Italy	4th	-	6th	dsq	110
11.	Czech Republic	10	10	dnf	-	72
12.	Japan	7th	dnf	-	dsq	46

Nations ratings

rank	country	Men	Women	Double	Overall rating
1.	Germany	655	736	655	2046
2.	Italy	725	181	635	1541
3.	Austria	432	382	528	1342
4th	United States	275	347	369	991
5.	Russia	454	241	214	909
6th	Latvia	239	319	218	776
7th	Ukraine		380	188	568
8th.	Switzerland	276	289		565
9.	Canada	187	155	205	547
10.	Slovakia	172	157	142	471
11.	Japan	100	158	135	393
12.	Romania	64	139	157	360
13.	Poland	78	63	162	303
14th	Czech Republic	93			278
15th	France	101			101
16.	United Kingdom	99			99
17th	Australia		90		90
18th	Argentina		39		39
19th	Bulgaria	21st	15th		36
20th	Chinese Taipei	35			35
21st	Belgium		17th		17th
22nd	Slovenia	12			12
23.	Venezuela	7th			7th
24.	Moldova	2			2
25th	Norway	1			1

Web links

• Results on the website of the International Luge Federation