2018–19 Luge World Cup

2018–19 Luge World Cup
Winners
Men's singles	Semen Pavlichenko
Men's sprint	Roman Repilov
Doubles	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken
Doubles sprint	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken
Women's singles	Natalie Geisenberger
Women's sprint	Natalie Geisenberger
Team relay	Germany
Competitions
Venues	9/9
	← 2017/18 2019/20 →

The 2018–19 Luge World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for Luge, organised by the FIL. The season started on 24 November 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria, and finished 24 February 2019 in Sochi, Russia..

Calendar

Venue	Date	Details
Innsbruck	24–25 November	Sprint
Whistler (Vancouver)	30 November–1 December	Team Relay
Calgary	7–8 December	Team Relay
Lake Placid	15–16 December	Sprint/FIL America-Pacific Championships
Königssee	5–6 January	Team Relay. Men's race shortened to one run due to heavy snowfall.
Sigulda	12–13 January	Team Relay
Winterberg	25–27 January	World Championships (Doesn't count toward to the World Cup standings)
Altenberg	2–3 February	Team Relay/FIL Asian Championships. Due to heavy snowfall, women's race shortened to one run and team relay cancelled but rescheduled to Sochi.
Oberhof	9–10 February	Team Relay/FIL European Championships
Sochi	23–24 February	Sprint and Team Relay

Results

Men's singles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Innsbruck	Johannes Ludwig	1:40.294 (50.193 / 50.101)	Dominik Fischnaller	1:40.392 (50.275 / 50.117)	Wolfgang Kindl	1:40.438 (50.421 / 50.017)
Innsbruck (Sprint)	Wolfgang Kindl	32.560	Aleksandr Gorbatcevich	32.590	Felix Loch	32.661
Whistler (Vancouver)	Wolfgang Kindl	1:39.774 (49.837 / 49.937)	Felix Loch	1:39.873 (49.906 / 49.967)	Reinhard Egger	1:39.901 (49.886 / 50.015)
Calgary	Wolfgang Kindl	1:29.249 (44.644 / 44.605)	Roman Repilov	1:29.315 (44.670 / 44.645)	David Gleirscher	1:29.370 (44.699 / 44.671)
Lake Placid	Roman Repilov	1:43.048 (51.520 / 51.528)	Johannes Ludwig	1:43.219 (51.578 / 51.641)	Reinhard Egger	1:43.275 (51.605 / 51.670)
Lake Placid (Sprint)	Roman Repilov	32.554	Semen Pavlichenko	32.588	Johannes Ludwig	32.667
Königssee	Reinhard Egger	50.084	Dominik Fischnaller	50.104	Sebastian Bley	50.192
Sigulda	Semen Pavlichenko	1:36.074 (48.122 / 47.952)	Aleksandr Gorbatcevich	1:36.262 (48.153 / 48.109)	David Gleirscher	1:36.338 (48.262 / 48.076)
Altenberg	Felix Loch	1:48.669 (54.329 / 54.340)	Reinhard Egger	1:48.673 (54.272 / 54.401)	Johannes Ludwig	1:48.780 (54.354 / 54.426)
Oberhof	Semen Pavlichenko	1:26.203 (43.231 / 42.972)	Roman Repilov	1:26.247 (43.188 / 43.059)	Kristers Aparjods	1:26.384 (43.290 / 43.094)
Sochi	Semen Pavlichenko	1:43.867 (52.023 / 51.844)	Roman Repilov	1:44.301 (52.198 / 52.103)	Dominik Fischnaller	1:44.327 (52.143 / 52.184)
Sochi (Sprint)	Semen Pavlichenko	35.566	Roman Repilov	35.584	Maksim Aravin	35.615

Women's singles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Innsbruck	Natalie Geisenberger	1:19.619 (39.769 / 39.850)	Julia Taubitz	1:19.885 (39.745 / 39.910)	Tatjana Hüfner	1:19.885 (39.892 / 39.993)
Innsbruck (Sprint)	Natalie Geisenberger	29.887	Julia Taubitz	29.909	Dajana Eitberger	29.944
Whistler (Vancouver)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:16.904 (38.510 / 38.394)	Julia Taubitz	1:17.195 (38.601 / 38.594)	Emily Sweeney	1:17.321 (38.616 / 38.705)
Calgary	Julia Taubitz	1:33.408 (46.675 / 46.733)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:33.512 (46.763 / 46.749)	Kimberley McRae	1:33.885 (46.829 / 47.056)
Lake Placid	Dajana Eitberger	1:27.674 (43.789 / 43.885)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:27.705 (43.801 / 43.904)	Julia Taubitz	1:27.929 (43.852 / 44.077)
Lake Placid (Sprint)	Natalie Geisenberger	37.667	Summer Britcher	37.745	Julia Taubitz	37.753
Königssee	Julia Taubitz	1:44.971 (52.566 / 52.405)	Summer Britcher	1:45.391 (52.676 / 52.715)	Hannah Prock	1:45.586 (52.544 / 53.042)
Sigulda	Tatiana Ivanova	1:24.336 (42.272 / 42.064)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:24.464 (42.337 / 42.127)	Summer Britcher	1:24.686 (42.427 / 42.259)
Altenberg	Sandra Robatscher	53.932	Natalie Geisenberger	54.022	Victoria Demchenko	54.178
Oberhof	Natalie Geisenberger	1:22.810 (41.365 / 41.445)	Tatjana Hüfner	1:23.033 (41.462 / 41.571)	Dajana Eitberger	1:23.127 (41.455 / 41.672)
Sochi	Natalie Geisenberger	1:40.374 (50.163 / 50.211)	Victoria Demchenko	1:40.527 (50.232 / 50.295)	Dajana Eitberger	1:40.703 (50.316 / 50.387)
Sochi (Sprint)	Victoria Demchenko	31.505	Dajana Eitberger	31.609	Natalie Geisenberger	31.642

Doubles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Innsbruck	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller Austria	1:19.476 (39.793 / 39.683)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:19.656 (39.796 / 39.860)	Vladislav Yuzhakov Yuri Prokhorov Russia	1:19.758 (39.826 / 39.932)
Innsbruck (Sprint)	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller Austria	29.916	Vladislav Yuzhakov Yuri Prokhorov Russia	29.975	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	30.002
Whistler (Vancouver)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:16.691 (38.386 / 38.305)	Robin Johannes Geueke David Gamm Germany	1:16.710 (38.403 / 38.307)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:16.720 (38.428 / 38.292)
Calgary	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:27.489 (43.769 / 43.720)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:27.580 (43.785 / 43.795)	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller Austria	1:27.761 (43.828 / 43.933)
Lake Placid	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:27.492 (43.864 / 43.628)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:27.812 (43.950 / 43.862)	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller Austria	1:28.032 (44.077 / 43.955)
Lake Placid (Sprint)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	37.471	Chris Mazdzer Jayson Terdiman United States	37.669	Tristan Walker Justin Snith Canada	37.701
Königssee	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:41.851 (50.693 / 51.158)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:42.157 (51.006 / 51.151)	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller Austria	1:42.683 (51.237 / 51.446)
Sigulda	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:24.119 (42.059 / 42.060)	Oskars Gudramovičs Pēteris Kalniņš Latvia	1:24.498 (42.220 / 42.278)	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	1:24.588 (42.284 / 42.304)
Altenberg	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller Austria	1:23.463 (41.508 / 41.955)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:23.506 (41.547 / 41.959)	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	1:23.849 (41.722 / 42.127)
Oberhof	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:21.951 (40.963 / 40.988)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:22.151 (41.154 / 40.997)	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	1:22.274 (41.159 / 41.115)
Sochi	Alexander Denisyev Vladislav Antonov Russia	1:39.814 (49.997 / 49.817)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:39.867 (49.890 / 49.977)	Vsevolod Kashkin Konstantin Korshunov Russia	1:40.007 (49.879 / 50.128)
Sochi (Sprint)	Alexander Denisyev Vladislav Antonov Russia	31.450	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	31.461	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	31.524

Team relay

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Whistler (Vancouver)	Russia Tatiana Ivanova Semen Pavlichenko Vsevolod Kashkin/Konstantin Korshunov	2:04.124 (40.158 / 1:21.952)	Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:04.214 (40.046 / 1:22.015)	Canada Kyla Marie Graham Reid Watts Tristan Walker/Justin Snith	2:04.413 (40.249 / 1:22.297)
Calgary	Germany Julia Taubitz Felix Loch Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt	2:21.550 (46.046 / 1:33.785)	United States Summer Britcher Tucker West Chris Mazdzer/Jayson Terdiman	2:21.819 (46.131 / 1:33.764)	Austria Birgit Platzer Wolfgang Kindl Thomas Steu/Lorenz Koller	2:21.920 (46.336 / 1:34.025)
Königssee	Germany Julia Taubitz Sebastian Bley Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:47.982 (54.824 / 1:51.393)	Austria Hannah Prock Reinhard Egger Thomas Steu/Lorenz Koller	2:48.182 (55.087 / 1:51.392)	United States Summer Britcher Tucker West Chris Mazdzer/Jayson Terdiman	2:48.487 (55.200 / 1:51.608)
Sigulda	Latvia Kendija Aparjode Kristers Aparjods Oskars Gudramovičs/Pēteris Kalniņš	2:13.213 (43.361 / 1:28.071)	Russia Tatiana Ivanova Semen Pavlichenko Vladislav Yuzhakov/Yuri Prokhorov	2:13.369 (43.376 / 1:27.928)	Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:13.606 (43.360 / 1:28.393)
Altenberg	cancelled due to continued snowfall but rescheduled to Sochi
Oberhof	Italy Andrea Vötter Dominik Fischnaller Ivan Nagler/Fabian Malleier	2:22.827 (46.219 / 1:34.335)	Germany Natalie Geisenberger Johannes Ludwig Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt	2:22.943 (46.112 / 1:34.501)	Latvia Elīza Cauce Inārs Kivlenieks Andris Šics/Juris Šics	2:23.256 (46.537 / 1:34.805)
Sochi	Russia Victoria Demchenko Semen Pavlichenko Alexander Denisyev/Vladislav Antonov	2:45.272 (53.817 / 1:48.991)	Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:45.344 (53.764 / 1:49.525)	Latvia Kendija Aparjode Kristers Aparjods Andris Šics/Juris Šics	2:45.399 (53.895 / 1:49.514)

Standings

Men's singles

Pos.	Luger	Points
1.	Semen Pavlichenko (RUS)	788
2.	Roman Repilov (RUS)	718
3.	Felix Loch (GER)*	685
4.	Johannes Ludwig (GER)	666
5.	Dominik Fischnaller (ITA)	623
6.	Reinhard Egger (AUT)	596
7.	Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)	579
8.	David Gleirscher (AUT)	526
9.	Chris René Eißler (GER)	432
10.	Kevin Fischnaller (ITA)	402

Final standings after 12 events
(*Champion 2018)

Men's singles Sprint

Pos.	Luger	Agg. time
1.	Roman Repilov (RUS)	1:40.877
2.	Semen Pavlichenko (RUS)	1:40.886
3.	Felix Loch (GER)	1:41.126
4.	Johannes Ludwig (GER)	1:41.169
5.	Dominik Fischnaller (ITA)	1:41.225
6.	Kevin Fischnaller (ITA)	1:41.622
7.	Chris René Eißler (GER)	1:41.657
8.	Max Langenhan (GER)	1:41.806

Final standings after 3 events

Only 8 lugers competed on all events

Women's singles

Pos.	Luger	Points
1.	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)*	1052
2.	Julia Taubitz (GER)	793
3.	Summer Britcher (USA)	637
4.	Dajana Eitberger (GER)	631
5.	Tatiana Ivanova (RUS)	592
6.	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)	572
7.	Andrea Vötter (ITA)	546
8.	Elīza Cauce (LAT)	441
9.	Victoria Demchenko (RUS)	420
10.	Kendija Aparjode (LAT)	419

Final standings after 12 events
(*Champion 2018)

Women's singles Sprint

Pos.	Luger	Agg. time
1.	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)*	1:39.196
2.	Dajana Eitberger (GER)	1:39.337
3.	Summer Britcher (USA)	1:39.755
4.	Julia Taubitz (GER)	1:40.065
5.	Andrea Vötter (ITA)	1:40.096
6.	Tatiana Ivanova (RUS)	1:40.125
7.	Ekaterina Baturina (RUS)	1:40.311
8.	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)	1:40.595

Final standings after 3 events
(*Champion 2018)

Only 8 lugers competed on all events

Doubles

Pos.	Team	Points
1.	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken (GER)*	1050
2.	Thomas Steu / Lorenz Koller (AUT)	817
3.	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt (GER)	790
4.	Andris Šics / Juris Šics (LAT)	731
5.	Vladislav Yuzhakov / Yuri Prokhorov (RUS)	562
6.	Robin Johannes Geueke / David Gamm (GER)	517
7.	Kristens Putins / Imants Marcinkēvičs (LAT)	482
8.	Chris Mazdzer / Jayson Terdiman (USA)	459
9.	Vsevolod Kashkin / Konstantin Korshunov (RUS)	443
10.	Tristan Walker / Justin Snith (CAN)	412

Final standings after 12 events
(*Champion 2018)

Doubles Sprint

Pos.	Team	Agg. time
1.	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken (GER)	1:39.033
2.	Thomas Steu / Lorenz Koller (AUT)	1:39.226
3.	Andris Šics / Juris Šics (LAT)*	1:39.245
4.	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt (GER)	1:39.590
5.	Vladislav Yuzhakov / Yuri Prokhorov (RUS)	1:39.932
6.	Robin Johannes Geueke / David Gamm (GER)	1:40.964
7.	Wojclech Jerzy Chmielewski / Jakub Kowalewski (POL)	1:40.703
8.	Kristens Putins / Imants Marcinkēvičs (LAT)	1:50.854

Final standings after 3 events
(*Champion 2018)

Only 8 double sleds competed on all events

Team Relay

Pos.	Team	Points
1.	Germany*	525
2.	Russia	455
3.	Latvia	410
4.	Austria	316
5.	United States	315
6.	Italy	308
7.	Canada	216
8.	Ukraine	203
9.	Poland	165
10.	Slovakia	46

Final standings after 6 events
(*Champion 2018)

Medal table

References

External links

FIL streaming service

v t e 2018–19 World Cup seasons in winter sports
« 2017–18 2019–20 »
Skiing sports (FIS)	Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Continental Cup Freestyle skiing Nordic combined Continental Cup Ski jumping Ski flying Grand Prix Continental Cup FIS Cup FIS Race Alpen Cup Snowboarding
Skating sports (ISU)	Figure skating ISU Grand Prix ISU Challenger Series ISU Junior Grand Prix Short track Speed skating
Sliding sports (FIL, IBSF)	Bobsleigh North American Cup Luge Skeleton
Others (IBU, WCF)	Biathlon IBU Cup Curling World Cup

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	20	22	15	57
2	Russia	12	10	4	26
3	Austria	7	2	10	19
4	Italy	2	2	1	5
5	Latvia	1	2	6	9
6	United States	0	4	3	7
7	Canada	0	0	3	3
Totals (7 entries)		42	42	42	126