Luge World Cup 2020/21

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Luge World Cup 2020/21

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Individual competitions 9 9
← 2019/20
2021/22 →

The 2020/21 Luge World Cup is to be held in nine World Cup races in six countries. It is the 43rd edition of the Luge World Cup since it was first held in 1977/78 .

Defending champion

In the 2019/20 season , Julia Taubitz (classic discipline and sprint, women's singles), Roman Repilow (classic discipline and sprint, men's singles), Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken (classic discipline, doubles), Andris Šics / Juris Šics (sprint, doubles) as well as Italy and Russia (team relay) tied for points as overall World Cup winners of the respective disciplines.

  • Taubitz

  • Repilow

  • Eggert / Benecken

  • Šics / Šics

  • Italy: Vötter, Fischnaller, Nagler, Malleier (Oberhof)

  • Russia: Yuschakow, Repilow, Prokhorow, Iwanowa (Innsbruck-Igls)

Appointment calendar

At the end of June 2020, the world association Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course announced that the World Cup should start with the parallel staging of the Sprint and Team Relay World Cup, in addition to the classic discipline, on the Igls bobsleigh and sledge artificial ice rink . Overall, it is planned that sprint competitions will be held at four World Cup stations (Innsbruck-Igls, Winterberg , Lake Placid and Pyeongchang ) and team relay competitions at six World Cup stations (Innsbruck-Igls, Altenberg , Oberhof , Sigulda , Königssee and Yanqing ). As part of the Luge World Championships in Whistler in 2021 , both disciplines are planned to be held, as is traditionally the case.

date place discipline First place Second place third place
November 28-29, 2020 AustriaAustria Innsbruck-Igls Women
Men
Two-seater
Women (sprint)
Men (sprint)
Two-seater (sprint)
Team relay
December 5th to 6th, 2020 GermanyGermany Altenberg Women
Men
Two-seater
Team relay
December 12-13, 2020 GermanyGermany Oberhof Women
Men
Two-seater
Team relay
December 19-20, 2020 GermanyGermany Winterberg Women
Men
Two-seater
Women (sprint)
Men (sprint)
Two-seater (sprint)
January 9-10, 2021 LatviaLatvia Sigulda
at the same time EM 2021 		Women
Men
Two-seater
Team relay
January 16-17, 2021 GermanyGermany Koenigssee Women
Men
Two-seater
Team relay
January 22-23, 2021 United StatesUnited States Lake Placid Women
Men
Two-seater
Women (sprint)
Men (sprint)
Two-seater (sprint)
February 4 to 6, 2021: Luge World Championships 2021 in WhistlerCanadaCanada 
February 20-21, 2021 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yanqing Women
Men
Two-seater
Team relay
February 29 to March 1, 2020 Korea SouthSouth Korea Pyeongchang Women
Men
Two-seater
Women (sprint)
Men (sprint)
Two-seater (sprint)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Harder: Nine Viessmann World Cups on three continents and the World Cup in Whistler as the highlight. In: fil-luge.org. Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course , December 18, 2019, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Harder: Four BMW Sprint World Cups and six team relays. In: fil-luge.org. Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course , June 24, 2020, accessed on July 12, 2020 .