2007–08 Luge World Cup Explained

The 2007–08 Luge World Cup was a multi race series over a season for luge. The season started on 16 November 2007 and ended on 17 February 2008. The World Cup is organised by the FIL.

Calendar

Date	Place	Disc.	Winner	Second	Third
November 16–17, 2007	Lake Placid	Men's	Armin Zöggeler		Jan Eichhorn
		Doubles	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger		Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
		Women's	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach		Anke Wischnewski
		Team Relay	Erin Hamlin Tony Benshoof Christian Niccum Dan Joye	Nina Reithmayer Daniel Pfister Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach Felix Loch Patric Leitner Alexander Resch
November 24–25, 2007		Men's	David Möller		Armin Zöggeler
		Doubles	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich
		Women's	Tatjana Hüfner		Natalie Geisenberger
December 8–9, 2007		Men's	David Möller		Stefan Höhener
		Doubles	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber		Patric Leitner Alexander Resch
		Women's	Tatjana Hüfner		Silke Kraushaar-Pielach
		Team Relay	Nina Reithmayer Daniel Pfister Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl		Maija Tīruma Guntis Rēķis Andris Šics Juris Šics
December 15–16, 2007		Men's	Armin Zöggeler		Daniel Pfister
		Doubles	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch		André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich
		Women's	Tatjana Hüfner		Natalie Geisenberger
January 5–6, 2008		Men's	Albert Demtschenko		David Möller
		Doubles	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch		Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber
		Women's	Tatjana Hüfner		Silke Kraushaar-Pielach
		Team Relay			Julia Clukey Tony Benshoof Christian Niccum Dan Joye
January 12–13, 2008	Cesana Pariol	FIL European Luge Championships 2008
January 25–27, 2008	Oberhof	FIL World Luge Championships 2008
February 2–3, 2008		Men's	Armin Zöggeler		Albert Demtschenko
		Doubles	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch		Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt
		Women's	Tatjana Hüfner		Natalie Geisenberger
February 14–15, 2008		Men's	Armin Zöggeler		Daniel Pfister
		Doubles	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich		Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger
		Women's	Tatjana Hüfner		Maija Tīruma
February 16-February 17, 2008	Sigulda	Men's	Albert Demtschenko		David Möller
		Doubles	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber		André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich
		Women's	Tatjana Hüfner		Silke Kraushaar-Pielach
		Team Relay			Anna Orlova Guntis Rēķis Andris Šics Juris Šics

Standings

Men's singles

Pos.	Luger	LAK	CAL	WIN	IGL	KÖN	ALT	SIG	SIG	Points
1.		1	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	725
2.		2	1	1	2	3	2	4	3	655
3.		20	4	DNF	23	1	3	2	1	454
4.		3	2	6	6	5	5	12	7	443
5.		4	7	4	3	6	15	3	6	432
6.	Felix Loch	5	10	8	12	4		7	15	297
7.	Martin Abentung	11	23	9	8	9	7	11	10	288
8.	Andi Langenhan	6		5	10	12	6	9	21	282
9.	Stefan Höhener	13	22	3	4	7	24	21	27	276
10.	Tony Benshoof	7	15	10	9	16	10	8	16	275
11.	Johannes Ludwig	8	11	7	19		4	17	19	250
12.	Guntis Rēķis	23	24	11	18	23	17	6	5	239
13.	Bengt Walden	9	17	16	11	19	8	15	20	233
14.	David Mair	17	26	18	26	15	11	10	8	215
15.	Wilfried Huber	16	13	14	16	25	12	14	13	214
16.	Christian Eigentler	18	18	30	14	14	14	13	12	203
17.	Viktor Kneib	10	8	17	5	8				199
18.	Mārtiņš Rubenis	DNF	5	DNF	15			5	4	196
19.	Wolfgang Kindl	14	32	12	7	27		19	9	190
20.	Jeff Christie	22	6	13	17	11	13			187
21.	Patrick Schwienbacher	15	16	19	20	24	16	18	14	184
23.	Samuel Edney	26	12	31	24	17	28			109
24.	Gregory Carigiet	19	21	28	13	20				106
36.	Reinhold Rainer	12	9							71-->

Men's doubles

Pos.	Luger	LAK	CAL	WIN	IGL	KÖN	ALT	SIG	SIG	Points
1.	Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch	2	1	3	1	1	1	6	6	655
2.		6	2	1	2	3	4	2	1	635
3.		1	12	7	5	5	2	3	2	528
4.		4	3	4	3	4	10	1	3	526
5.	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt	7	4	5	9	2	3	4	5	470
6.	Gerhard Plankensteiner / Oswald Haselrieder	3	8	8	6	6	5	5	4	424
7.	Markus Schiegl / Tobias Schiegl	9	5	2	4	12	7	8	7	405
8.	Christian Niccum / Dan Joye	5	7	6	8	7	8	7	8	369
9.	Peter Penz / Georg Fischler	16	6	10	7	8	6	11	18	306
10.		14	11	9	12	9	14	14	12	260
11.		8	14	14	10		11	12	9	239
12.	Andris Šics / Juris Šics	12	9	11	23	DNF	21	9	10	218
13.	Michail Kuzmich / Stanislav Mikheev	10	15	13	15	10	15	DNF	11	214
14.	Chris Moffat / Mike Moffat	11	10	12	13	11	9			205
15.	Vladislav Yuzhakov / Vladimir Makhnutin	13	DNF	18	14	16	13	10	13	202
16.	Andriy Kis / Yuriy Hayduk	18	22	20	21	17	17	13	14	188
17.	Hans Peter Fischnaller / Klaus Kofler	15	13	15	11	15	12			174
18.	Marcin Piekarski / Grzegorz Piekarski	23	20	22	25	23	19	20	17	162
19.	Cosmin Chetroiu / Ionut Taran	20	19	23	22	19	22	20	21	157
20.	Ján Harnis / Branislav Regec	25	17	17	18	13		DNF	16	142
21.	Oleg Zherbetskyy / Roman Yazvinskyy	24	23	24	24	22	23	23	24	140
22.	Takahisa Oguchi / Masaki Toshiro	17	18		20		16	19	20	135
24.	Grant Albrecht / Eric Pothier	19	15	16	17					97
26.	Pavel Kuzmich / Boris Kuryschkin	21	21							40-->

Women's singles

Pos.	Luger	LAK	CAL	WIN	IGL	KÖN	ALT	SIG	SIG	Points
1.	Tatjana Hüfner	10	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	736
2.	Silke Kraushaar-Pielach	1	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	650
3.	Natalie Geisenberger	2	3	8	3	2	3	10	4	518
4.	Anke Wischnewski	3	4	2	4	4	5	7	8	478
5.	Nina Reithmayer	8	7	7	7	8	4	6	6	382
6.	Natalia Yakushenko	13	11	5	6	5	6	4	7	380
7.	Erin Hamlin	5	6	6	5	6	12	22	10	347
8.	Maija Tīruma	15	13	9	9	17	10	3	5	319
9.	Anna Orlova	dnf		4	11	25	7	5	2	296
9.	Veronika Halder	17	5	13	10	14	8	8	9	296
11.	Martina Kocher	6	8	10	12	12	9	12	15	289
12.	Julia Clukey	4	10	15	8	7	18	24	11	284
13.	Liliya Ludan	9	14	14	13	13	11	9	12	260
14.	Alexandra Rodionova	16	12	12	17	11	13	11	13	241
15.	Megan Sweeney	7	19	21	16	10	14	20	18	221
16.	Ashley Walden	20	16	11	14	dnf	15	13	14	192
17.	Sandra Gasparini	21	20	16	19	16	16	19	20	181
18.	Madoka Harada	11	18	20	32	dnf	21	15	16	158
19.	Veronika Sabolova	23	21	23	20	19	22	21	22	157
20.	Regan Lauscher	12	9	19	18	9				155
21.	Jana Sisajova	25	26	26	23	18	20	17	21	151
24.	Ksenia Tsyplakova	19	22	22	21	15		26	26	136
26.	Sarah Podorieszach	14	17	17	15	dnf				102
28.	Meaghan Simister	18	15	18	35	dnf	dns			78-->

Team Relay

Pos.	Team	LAK	WIN	KÖN	SIG	Points
1.		3	2	1	1	355
2.		1	5	3	5	280
3.		2	1	dsq	2	270
4.		8	3	5	3	237
5.		5	4	4	4	235
6.		6	6	2		185
7.		9	7	7	6	181
8.		11	8	8	8	160
9.			9	9	7	124
10.		4	dnf	6	dsq	110
11.		10	10	dnf		72
12.		7	dnf		dsq	46