2008–09 Luge World Cup Explained

Competition:	2008–09 Luge World Cup
Competition1:	Men's singles
Competition2:	Doubles
Competition3:	Women's singles
Venues:	9
Following:	2009/10

The 2008–09 Luge World Cup was a multi race competition over a season for luge. The season started on 29 November 2008 and ended on 21 February 2009. The World Cup was organised by the FIL and sponsored by Viessmann. These cups served as qualifiers for the 2010 Winter Olympics luge events in Vancouver.

Calendar

Place	Date	Disc.	Winner	Second	Third
	November 29, 2008	Doubles	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder		Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl
	November 30, 2008	Men's
		Women's
Sigulda	December 6, 2008	Women's
		Doubles	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber		Peter Penz Georg Fischler
	December 7, 2008	Men's
Winterberg	December 13, 2008	Men's
		Doubles	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber		Patric Leitner Alexander Resch
	December 14, 2008	Women's
Königssee	January 3, 2009	Doubles	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch
		Women's
	January 4, 2009	Men's
Cesana	January 10, 2009	Women's
		Doubles	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber
	January 11, 2009	Men's
Oberhof	January 17, 2009	Doubles	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich
		Men's
	January 18, 2009	Women's
	January 24, 2009	Doubles	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber
		Women's
	January 25, 2009	Men's
Lake Placid	February 6–8, 2009	FIL World Luge Championships 2009
Calgary	February 13, 2009	Women's
	February 14, 2009	Men's
		Doubles	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber		Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder
Whistler	February 20, 2009	Women's
		Doubles	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich
	February 21, 2009	Men's

Standings

Men's singles

Pos.	Luger	IGL	SIG	WIN	KÖN	CES	OBE	ALT	CAL	WHI	Points
1.	Armin Zöggeler	3	2	1	1	1	7	1	1	2	786
2.		2	3	2	2	4	3	3	11	1	659
3.		4	6	4	5	6	1	5	13	7	506
4.	Felix Loch				3	2	2	2	2	3	480
5.	Andi Langenhan	1	13	5	8	14	8	7	5	5	453
6.		7	7	6	4	3	5	4	4	dnf	447
7.	Albert Demtschenko	dnf	1	24	6	5	4	8	3	26	409
8.	Johannes Ludwig	11	9	3	19	13	6	6	23	4	373
9.	Viktor Kneib	5	5	8	dsq	7	11	14	8	6	352
10.	Martin Abentung	8	10	13	13	17	14	10	14	8	296
11.	Wolfgang Kindl	6	12	9	14	9	15	28	22	9	285
12.	Bengt Walden	21	15	19	7	16	9	15	7	18	273
13.	Reinhold Rainer	10	dnf	11	16	8	10	18	12	10	264
14.	Stefan Höhener	9	21	10	10	10	18	11	19	25	262
15.	David Mair	17	18	17	9	12	24	9	16	11	257
16.	Wilfried Huber	12	17	20	11	11	21	12	14	16	250
17.	Guntis Rēķis	23	4	7	23	18	16	20	30		222
18.	Manuel Pfister	19	27	16	17	15	20	19	9	15	219
19.	Jeff Christie	14	16	18	12	dnf	13	16	17	13	217
20.	Inārs Kivlenieks	16	11	12	18	19	22	25	25	17	211

Doubles

Pos.	Lugers	IGL	SIG	WIN	KÖN	CES	OBE	ALT	CAL	WHI	Points
1.		4	1	1	4	1	4	1	1	5	735
2.		5	9	3	1	6	2	2	4	2	629
3.		2	2	6	3	4	6	3	6	3	590
4.		6	5	4	2	5	1	5	10	16	521
5.		1	4	17	6	2	5		3	4	504
6.		7	3	19	5	9	9	6	2	8	448
7.		3	7	2	7	8	7	7	5	dnf	436
8.		11	6	7	8	10	8	10	9	7	371
9.		9	11	9		3	11	8	11	6	342
10.							3	4	7	1	276
11.		13	12	13	11	15	10	15	17	11	272
12.		26	18	11	12	14	14	13	16	13	245
13.		12	10	5	9				8	10	240
14.		10	dnf	18	14	12	16	12	13	15	232
15.		16	14	23	18	18	15	14	19	12	225
16.		18	13	12	19	13	21	22	24	14	221
17.					10	11	12	9	12	9	212
18.		15	17	15	17	19	13	16	20		198
19.		8	8	8		7					172
20.		22		10	13		17	11	18		166

Women's singles

Pos.	Luger	IGL	SIG	WIN	KÖN	CES	OBE	ALT	CAL	WHI	Points
1.		1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	855
2.		2	4	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	785
3.		3	3	3	3	8	3	3	4	3	592
4.		6	5	6	4	3	6	6	5	6	490
5.		8	2	5	7	4	4	5	8	9	484
6.		4	11	8	11	9	24	8	7	5	369
7.		10	6	11	10	10	14	19	3	8	354
8.		39	15	7	9	7	15	10	6	7	317
9.		7	18	14	6		8	7	21	12	287
10.		9	7	9	23	12	12	24	10	24	276
11.		23	17	10	8	11	9	15	13	20	270
12.		5	10		5	6				4	256
13.		15	15	13	25	14	10	20	18	10	242
14.		dns			17	5	7	9	9	11	237
15.		16	12	16	27	13	18	17	15	15	225
16.		14	13	25	13	18	13	16	24	16	224
17.		21	8	26	20	21	11	12		19	206
18.		13	21	17	15		17	14	17	14	204
19.				4			5	4	14		203
20.		11	dnf	20	16	17	26	11	25	17	193

References

• FIL-Luge.org December 19, 2008 on number of athletes allowed to participate for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. - accessed December 19, 2008.