Short Track World Cup 2007/08

World Cup 2007/08
	Men's	Ladies
winner
500 meter world cup	Sung Si-bak	Wang Meng
1000 meter world cup	Ahn Hyun-soo	Jin Sun-yu
1500 meter world cup	Lee Ho-suk	Jin Sun-yu
Relay World Cup	South Korea	People's Republic of China
Nations ranking	South Korea	People's Republic of China South Korea
Competitions
Venues	6th	6th
Individual competitions	24	24
Team competitions	6th	6th
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The 2007/08 Short Track World Cup ran from October 19, 2007 to February 10, 2008 and was held in six countries. The highlights of the season were the European Short Track Championships 2008 in Ventspils , the 2008 Short Track World Championships in Gangneung and the 2008 Short Track Team World Championships in Harbin .

Of the total of 60 races of the season, 54 victories went to the two dominant nations, South Korea (37 victories) and China (17 victories), which were also all discipline World Cup winners. A Canadian won four times and an American won once. Bulgarian Evgenia Radanova celebrated the only triumph for a European country .

Venues

The venues were spread over three continents, on each of which two World Cups took place: Harbin and Kobe in Asia; Heerenveen and Turin in Europe; Québec and Salt Lake City in North America. While Turin, Québec and Turin made their debut as venues, Harbin organized a World Cup for the second time, Heerenveen for the third time and Salt Lake City for the fourth time.

Harbin Kobe Heerenveen Turin Quebec City Salt Lake City

Venues for the 2007/08 season

Women

World Cup overview

date	place	discipline	Winner	Second	third
October 19-21, 2007	Harbin	500 m	Wang Meng	Jung Eun-ju	Jin Sun-yu
		1000 m	Wang Meng	Jung Eun-ju	Jin Sun-yu
		1500 m	Cho Ha-ri	Shin Sae-bom	Zhou Yang
		1500 m	Jin Sun-yu	Yang Shin-young	Liu Qiuhong
		3000 m relay	People's Republic of China Wang Meng Fu Tianyu Liu Qiuhong Zhou Yang	South Korea Jung Eun-ju Park Seung-hi Shin Sae-bom Yang Shin-young	Canada Amanda Overland Jessica Gregg Kalyna Roberge Tania Vicent
		team	South Korea	People's Republic of China	Canada
October 26-28, 2007	Kobe	500 m	Wang Meng	Shin Sae-bom	Zhao Nannan
		1000 m	Park Seung-hi	Wang Meng	Cho Ha-ri
		1000 m	Jin Sun-yu	Yang Shin-young	Amanda Overland
		1500 m	Jin Sun-yu	Jung Eun-ju	Yang Shin-young
		3000 m relay	People's Republic of China Wang Meng Fu Tianyu Liu Qiuhong Zhou Yang	Italy Arianna Fontana Cecilia Maffei Katia Zini Marta Capurso	Japan Biba Sakurai Ayuko Itō Mika Ozawa Yuka Kamino
		team	South Korea	People's Republic of China	Canada
November 23-25, 2007	Heerenveen	500 m	Liu Qiuhong	Zhao Nannan	Fu Tianyu
		500 m	Wang Meng	Park Seung-hi	Fu Tianyu
		1000 m	Jin Sun-yu	Wang Meng	Zhou Yang
		1500 m	Jung Eun-ju	Jin Sun-yu	Zhou Yang
		3000 m relay	People's Republic of China Wang Meng Fu Tianyu Liu Qiuhong Zhou Yang	Italy Arianna Fontana Cecilia Maffei Katia Zini Marta Capurso	Russia Ekaterina Belove Valery Potjomkina Olga Maskaikina Nina Yevteeva
		team	People's Republic of China	South Korea	Italy
November 30th to December 2nd, 2007	Turin	500 m	Wang Meng	Fu Tianyu	Kalyna Roberge
		1000 m	Yang Shin-young	Jin Sun-yu	Katherine Reutter
		1500 m	Shin Sae-bom	Kalyna Roberge	Park Seung-hi
		1500 m	Jung Eun-ju	Yang Shin-young	Zhou Yang
		3000 m relay	People's Republic of China Wang Meng Fu Tianyu Liu Qiuhong Zhou Yang	Italy Arianna Fontana Cecilia Maffei Katia Zini Marta Capurso	United States Kimberly Derrick Lana Gehring Carly Wilson Katherine Reutter
		team	South Korea	People's Republic of China	Canada
January 18 to January 20, 2008 European Short Track Championships 2008 in Ventspils
February 1st to 3rd, 2008	Quebec	500 m	Wang Meng	Kalyna Roberge	Zhao Nannan
		1000 m	Kalyna Roberge	Evgenia Radanova	Park Seung-hi
		1000 m	Zhou Yang	Jin Sun-yu	Liu Qiuhong
		1500 m	Jin Sun-yu	Yang Shin-young	Allison Baver
		3000 m relay	People's Republic of China Wang Meng Meng Xiaoxue Liu Qiuhong Zhou Yang	Canada Amanda Overland Jessica Gregg Kalyna Roberge Tania Vicent	Bulgaria Evgenija Radanowa Marina Georgiewa-Nikolowa Daniela Ivanova Gergana Patsowa
		team	People's Republic of China	South Korea	Canada
February 8-10, 2008	Salt Lake City	500 m	Wang Meng	Zhao Nannan	Tatiana Borodulina
		500 m	Evgenia Radanova	Fu Tianyu	Liu Qiuhong
		1000 m	Wang Meng	Katherine Reutter	Yang Shin-young
		1500 m	Zhou Yang	Katherine Reutter	Allison Baver
		3000 m relay	South Korea Jung Eun-ju Park Seung-hi Shin Sae-bom Yang Shin-young	People's Republic of China Wang Meng Meng Xiaoxue Liu Qiuhong Fu Tianyu	United States Kimberly Derrick Allison Baver Carly Wilson Katherine Reutter
		team	People's Republic of China	South Korea	United States
March 7th to March 9th 2008 Short Track World Championships 2008 in Gangneung
15th and 16th March 2008 Short Track Team World Championships 2008 in Harbin

World Cup stand women

500 m rank Surname Points 1  Wang Meng 6000 2  Fu Tianyu 4192 3  Zhao Nannan 3904 4th  Park Seung-hi 2732 5  Kalyna Roberge 2540 6th  Shin Sae-bom 2136 7th  Evgenia Radanova 2096 8th  Liu Qiuhong 1640	1000 m rank Surname Points 1  Jin Sun-yu 4502 2  Wang Meng 4322 3  Yang Shin-young 3772 4th  Zhou Yang 3074 5  Katherine Reutter 2315 6th  Jung Eun-ju 2050 7th  Evgenia Radanova 1788 8th  Park Seung-hi 1640	1500 m rank Surname Points 1  Jin Sun-yu 4172 2  Jung Eun-ju 3882 3  Zhou Yang 3658 4th  Yang Shin-young 3315 5  Liu Qiuhong 1993 6th  Katherine Reutter 1904 7th  Shin Sae-bom 1800 8th  Mika Ozawa 1580	3000 m relay rank team Points 1  People's Republic of China 4000 2  South Korea 2824 3  Italy 2610 4th  Canada 2362 5  United States 2002 6th  Japan 1870 7th  Russia 1640 8th  Bulgaria 1280
team rank team Points 1  People's Republic of China 5400  South Korea 5400 3  Canada 3584 4th  United States 2618 5  Japan 2234 6th  Bulgaria 1720 7th  Italy 1640 8th  Russia 1337

Men

World Cup overview

date	place	discipline	winner	Second	third
October 19-21, 2007	Harbin	500 m	François-Louis Tremblay	Sung Si-bak	Alex Boisvert-Lacroix
		1000 m	Ahn Hyun-soo	Lee Ho-suk	François-Louis Tremblay
		1500 m	Sung Si-bak	Lee Seung-hun	Charles Hamelin
		1500 m	Ahn Hyun-soo	Lee Ho-suk	Song Kyung-taek
		5000 m relay	South Korea Ahn Hyun-soo Song Kyung-taek Lee Ho-suk Lee Seung-hoon	Canada Charles Hamelin Steve Robillard Marc-André Monette François-Louis Tremblay	Italy Roberto Serra Claudio Rinaldi Nicola Rodigari Yuri Confortola
		team	South Korea	Canada	United States
October 26-28, 2007	Kobe	500 m	Sung Si-bak	François-Louis Tremblay	Kwak Yoon-gy
		1000 m	Sung Si-bak	Kwak Yoon-gy	Charles Hamelin
		1000 m	Ahn Hyun-soo	Song Kyung-taek	Charles Hamelin
		1500 m	Ahn Hyun-soo	Lee Ho-suk	Song Kyung-taek
		5000 m relay	South Korea Ahn Hyun-soo Song Kyung-taek Lee Ho-suk Lee Seung-hoon	Canada Charles Hamelin Steve Robillard Marc-André Monette François-Louis Tremblay	People's Republic of China Sui Bao Ku Liu Xiao Liang Wei Jiguang Song Weilong
		team	South Korea	Canada	People's Republic of China
November 23-25, 2007	Heerenveen	500 m	Sung Si-bak	Charles Hamelin	Satoru Terao
		500 m	Sung Si-bak	François-Louis Tremblay	Kwak Yoon-gy
		1000 m	Ahn Hyun-soo	Lee Ho-suk	Charles Hamelin
		1500 m	Lee Ho-suk	Song Kyung-taek	Ahn Hyun-soo
		5000 m relay	South Korea Sung Si-bak Song Kyung-taek Lee Ho-suk Ahn Hyun-soo	People's Republic of China Sui Bao Ku Liu Xiao Liang Wei Jiguang Li Ye	Japan Satoshi Sakashita Satoru Terao Takahiro Fujimoto Shinichi Tagami
		team	South Korea	Canada	People's Republic of China
November 30th to December 2nd, 2007	Turin	500 m	François-Louis Tremblay	Sung Si-bak	JP Kepka
		1000 m	Song Kyung-taek	Ahn Hyun-soo	Jordan Malone
		1500 m	Sung Si-bak	Charles Hamelin	Yuri Confortola
		1500 m	Ahn Hyun-soo	Lee Ho-suk	Jordan Malone
		5000 m relay	South Korea Lee Seung-hoon Song Kyung-taek Lee Ho-suk Ahn Hyun-soo	Canada Charles Hamelin Steve Robillard Marc-André Monette François-Louis Tremblay	Italy Roberto Serra Claudio Rinaldi Nicola Rodigari Yuri Confortola
		team	South Korea	Canada	United States
January 18 to January 20, 2008 European Short Track Championships 2008 in Ventspils
February 1st to 3rd, 2008	Quebec	500 m	Kwak Yoon-gy	Charles Hamelin	Jon Eley
		1000 m	Sung Si-bak	Li Ye	Guillaume Bastille
		1000 m	Zhang Zhiqiang	Marc-André Monette	Guillaume Bastille
		1500 m	Lee Ho-suk	Lee Seung-hun	Charles Hamelin
		5000 m relay	South Korea Lee Seung-hoon Kwak Yoon-gy Lee Ho-suk Sung Si-bak	United States Apolo Anton Ohno Jeff Simon Jordan Malone Charles Leveille	Canada Charles Hamelin François Hamelin Marc-André Monette Jean-François Monette
		team	South Korea	Canada	People's Republic of China
February 8-10, 2008	Salt Lake City	500 m	Charles Hamelin	Sung Si-bak	Satoru Terao
		500 m	Sung Si-bak	Kwak Yoon-gy	François Hamelin
		1000 m	Apolo Anton Ohno	Lee Seung-hun	Lee Ho-suk
		1500 m	Lee Seung-hun	Lee Ho-suk	Apolo Anton Ohno
		5000 m relay	South Korea Lee Seung-hoon Kwak Yoon-gy Lee Ho-suk Sung Si-bak	People's Republic of China Sui Bao Ku Han Jialiang Song Weilong Li Ye	United Kingdom Jon Eley Paul Worth Paul Stanley Tom Iveson
		team	South Korea	United States	Canada
March 7th to March 9th 2008 Short Track World Championships 2008 in Gangneung
15th and 16th March 2008 Short Track Team World Championships 2008 in Harbin

World Cup standings men

500 m rank Surname Points 1  Sung Si-bak 5600 2  Kwak Yoon-gy 4104 3  François-Louis Tremblay 3600 4th  Charles Hamelin 3440 5  Satoru Terao 2497 6th  JP Kepka 1501 7th  Jon Eley 1438 8th  Alex Boisvert-Lacroix 1217	1000 m rank Surname Points 1  Ahn Hyun-soo 3800 2  Lee Ho-suk 3592 3  Song Kyung-taek 2824 4th  Charles Hamelin 2432 5  Sung Si-bak 2000 6th  Jordan Malone 1873 7th  Sui Bao Ku 1786 8th  François-Louis Tremblay 1562	1500 m rank Surname Points 1  Lee Ho-suk 5200 2  Ahn Hyun-soo 3640 3  Lee Seung-hun 2810 4th  Song Kyung-taek 2342 5  Jordan Malone 2231 6th  Yuri Confortola 2213 7th  Charles Hamelin 2080 8th  Sung Si-bak 2000	5000 m relay rank team Points 1  South Korea 4000 2  Canada 3040 3  People's Republic of China 2752 4th  United States 2132 5  Italy 2120 6th  United Kingdom 1706 7th  Russia 1562 8th  Japan 1398
team rank team Points 1  People's Republic of China 6000 2  Canada 4640 3  United States 3514 4th  People's Republic of China 3252 5  Japan 2132 6th  United Kingdom 1706 7th  Italy 1614 8th  Russia 1270

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