Intercontinental Skeleton Cup 2007/08

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The Skeleton Intercontinental Cup was held for the first time in the 2007/08 season. He should act as a link between the World Cup and the regional racing series European Cup and America's Cup .

The starting places in the Intercontinental Cup were allocated through national quotas. For the men, the USA, Germany, Great Britain and Canada were allowed to nominate three each, Japan, Austria, Russia, Latvia, Italy and New Zealand two and all other nations one starter. In the women's category, the USA, Germany, Great Britain and Canada were also allowed to send three starters into the race, with two starting positions planned for Australia, Russia, Switzerland and Japan. All other nations were entitled to a starting place.

Men

Events

date place winner Second Third
December 2, 2007 ItalyItaly Cesana GermanyGermany Sebastian Haupt CanadaCanada Jeff Pain United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chris Type
December 9, 2007 GermanyGermany Koenigssee GermanyGermany Sebastian Haupt GermanyGermany Sandro Stielicke CanadaCanada Keith Loach
December 15, 2007 GermanyGermany Winterberg GermanyGermany Sandro Stielicke CanadaCanada Jeff Pain United KingdomUnited Kingdom Andy Wood
January 12, 2008 United StatesUnited States Park City CanadaCanada Jeff Pain CanadaCanada Kelly Forbes United StatesUnited States Matthew Antoine
January 18, 2008 CanadaCanada Calgary CanadaCanada Jeff Pain GermanyGermany Michi Halilovic United KingdomUnited Kingdom Andy Wood
January 21, 2008 United StatesUnited States Lake Placid United StatesUnited States Matthew Antoine GermanyGermany Michi Halilovic GermanyGermany Sandro Stielicke

Men's individual ranking

space athlete country Points
1 Matthew Antoine United StatesUnited States United States 730
2 Jeff Pain CanadaCanada Canada 675
3 Andy Wood United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 630
4th David Lingmann GermanyGermany Germany 625
5 Sandro Stielicke GermanyGermany Germany 580
6th Kelly Forbes CanadaCanada Canada 570
7th Chris Type United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 525
8th Kyle Tress United StatesUnited States United States 525
9 Hiroyuki Bamba JapanJapan Japan 510
10 Iain Roberts New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 460

Women

Events

date place Winner Second third
December 2, 2007 ItalyItaly Cesana CanadaCanada Lindsay Alcock GermanyGermany Monique Riekewald GermanyGermany Julia Eichhorn
December 9, 2007 GermanyGermany Koenigssee GermanyGermany Monique Riekewald CanadaCanada Lindsay Alcock GermanyGermany Julia Eichhorn
December 15, 2007 GermanyGermany Winterberg GermanyGermany Julia Eichhorn CanadaCanada Lindsay Alcock CanadaCanada Sarah Reid
January 12, 2008 United StatesUnited States Park City CanadaCanada Lindsay Alcock GermanyGermany Katharina Heinz GermanyGermany Julia Eichhorn
January 18, 2008 CanadaCanada Calgary CanadaCanada Lindsay Alcock United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shelley Rudman GermanyGermany Katharina Heinz
January 21, 2008 United StatesUnited States Lake Placid CanadaCanada Amy Gough GermanyGermany Julia Eichhorn CanadaCanada Lindsay Alcock

Individual women ranking

space athlete country Points
1 Lindsay Alcock CanadaCanada Canada 845
2 Julia Eichhorn GermanyGermany Germany 775
3 Amy Gough CanadaCanada Canada 710
4th Katharina Heinz GermanyGermany Germany 685
5 Sarah Reid CanadaCanada Canada 675
6th Keslie Ann Tomlinson United StatesUnited States United States 585
7th Donna Creighton United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 585
8th Samantha Backwell United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 520
9 Anna Shevtsova RussiaRussia Russia 500
10 Rebecca Sorensen United StatesUnited States United States 495

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