2016–17 ISU Speed Skating World Cup explained

Event:ISU Speed Skating World Cup
Dates:11 November 2016 – 11 March 2017
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The 2016–17 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2016–2017, was a series of international speed skating competitions that ran the entire season. The season started on 11 November 2016 in Harbin, China, and ended with the final on 11 March 2017 in Stavanger, Norway.[1]

In total, six competition weekends were held at six different locations, 18 cups were contested (nine for men, and nine for women), and 88 races took place. Additionally, there were two Grand World Cups, one for men and one for women, in which all individual races, regardless of distance, counted.

The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU).

Calendar

The detailed schedule for the season.[1]

CityVenueDate
1align=left Harbinalign=left Heilongjiang Indoor Rinkalign=right 2m, 2wm, wm, wbgcolor=pink wbgcolor=lightblue mm, wm, w
2align=left Naganoalign=left M-Wavealign=right m, wm, wm, wbgcolor=pink wbgcolor=lightblue mm, wm, wm, w
3align=left Astanaalign=left Alau Ice Palacealign=right 2m, 2wm, wm, wbgcolor=pink wbgcolor=lightblue mm, wm, w
4align=left Heerenveenalign=left Thialfalign=right m, wm, wm, wbgcolor=pink wbgcolor=lightblue mm, wm, wm, w
align=left Heerenveenalign=left Thialfalign=right 2017 European Speed Skating Championships<-- -bgcolor=#faecc8align=left Xxxxalign=left Xxxxalign=right 2017 Asian Single Distance Speed Skating Championships -->
5align=left Berlinalign=left Sportforum Hohenschönhausenalign=right 2m, 2w2m, 2wm, wbgcolor=pink wbgcolor=lightblue m
align=left Gangneungalign=left Gangneung Ovalalign=right 2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
align=left Calgaryalign=left Olympic Ovalalign=right 2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
align=left Hamaralign=left align=right 2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
6align=left TBDalign=left TBDalign=right 2m, 2wm, wm, wbgcolor=pink wbgcolor=lightblue mm, wm, wm, w
align=left colspan=4 Total5w1m

Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres were contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres were contested as one cup, as indicated by the color coding.[1]

In addition, there were two combination cups, the allround combination and the sprint combination. For the allround combination, the distances were 1500 + 5000 metres for men, and 1500 + 3000 metres for women. For the sprint combination, the distances were 500 + 1000 metres, both for men and women. These cups were contested only in World Cup 5, in Berlin, Germany.

Entry rules

Qualification criteria

In order to qualify, skaters had to achieve the following results in ISU events, international competitions or national championships between 1 July 2015 and the entry deadline for the competition concerned.[1]

Men
DistanceTime required Time required
500 m36.2036.60
1000 m1:11.901:12.80
1500 m1:51.001:52.50
3000 m——
5000 m6:48.006:52.00
10000 m13:40.00 13:50.00
Women
DistanceTime required Time required
500 m40.0040.50
1000 m1:20.001:21.00
1500 m2:03.002:05.00
3000 m4:24.004:28.00
5000 m7:25.00 7:32.00
10000 m——

in the Olympic Oval, Calgary, the Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City, or the Xinjiang Ice Sports Center, Ürümqi

in other ice rinks

or 6:35.00 on 5000 m

or 6:40.00 on 5000 m

or 4:15.00 on 3000 m

or 4:20.00 on 3000 m

For the mass start and team pursuit events, skaters who had achieved any one of the above results were qualified. However, every ISU member nation was allowed to enter a maximum of one skater per gender who had not achieved any of these results, provided that they had achieved a 1500 m result of 1:57.50 (men) or 2:10.00 (women).[1]

Nation quotas

Every ISU member nation was allowed to enter at least one competitor for each distance, subject to the qualification criteria above. Additionally, countries placed among the top 40 in the final 2015–16 World Cup were allowed an additional entry per top 40 (though 5 riders in the top 40 were required to have the full quotum of 5). The maximum quota was 5 skaters. A member nation organizing a World Cup competition was granted the maximum quota in all events. Member nations not mentioned were allowed to enter a maximum of one skater for each distance.[1]

For the mass start event, a member nation was allowed to enter a maximum of two skaters, all subject to the qualifying criteria above. For the team pursuit and team sprint events, a member nation was allowed to enter one team only per category (men/women).[1]

The World Cup competitions 1–4 served as qualifying events for the 2017 European Championships and 2017 World Single Distance Championships. World Cup 5 served as a qualifying event for the 2017 World Allround Championships and 2017 World Sprint Championships. Results from World Cups 1–5 defined the seeding for the Single Distance Championships. World Cup 5 had extended entry quotas due to its status as qualifying event; each ISU member nation got one more quota place than its highest quota of either of the two distances in the competition, however, the maximum quota was still 5 places.[1]

Competition format

Seeding of skaters

If the number of entered skaters exceeded a certain limit, skaters competed in two separate divisions, A and B.[1] In the first competition, the composition of skaters in the respective division was determined by the ranking of the skaters in the respective distance category from the 2015–16 World Cup and the seeding submitted by the respective team leaders before the draw. For each country and distance category, the number of skaters in the ranking top of the previous year decided the number of places available in Division A, but the team leader's seeding decided which skater goes into which division.

In the following competitions, the current World Cup ranking was used, with special considerations to top-placed skaters in Division B of the previous competition. A skater was also under certain conditions allowed to apply for a wild card for Division A, but only the first time the skater participated in a distance category, and not in the first and last competitions of the season.[1] In the last competition for the season, there was no Division B.

Number of competitors in Division A
World Cup 1–5
number of entries		World Cup 6
Distanceup to 2021 to 2425 to 2829 or more
500 m
1000 m
1500 m		allallall2020
5000 m men
3000 m women		all12161616
10000 m men
5000 m women		12121212—
Mass startallall162020

Points system

Points tables

World Cup points for all competitions, except the last, were awarded in both divisions, using two sets of tables, A1/B1 and A2/B2. Tables A1 and B1 were used when the number of competitors in Division A exceeded 16, while tables A2 and B2 were used when that number was between 12 and 16. However, if table B1 was used for Division B in the first race in an event that is raced twice in the same competition, it was used also in the second race, regardless of the number of competitors in Division A.[1]

For the last competition, since there was no Division B, points were awarded using table A3.[1]

Mass start ranking

The mass start races were over 20 laps for men and 15 laps for women. There were three intermediate sprints, at 5, 10 and 15 laps for men, and at 4, 8 and 12 laps for women. Race points were awarded to the four first skaters at the intermediate sprints, and to the six first skaters at the final sprint.[1] The accumulated points a skater collected during a race decided the final ranking. For skaters who were tied in race points, including those who had failed to collect any, their finishing order broke the tie.

Points table for mass start! Rank! Intermediate sprints! Final sprint (finish)
1531
2315
3210
415
5—3
61

Grand World Cup

In order to determine an overall World Cup winner, one for men and one for women, a special points system was used, awarding points for the top five skaters in each individual event.[1]

Points table for Grand World Cup
RankWorld Cup 1–5World Cup 6
11015
2812
3710,5
469
557,5

Note: half points were awarded in distances that were skated twice in the same competition.

Prize money

Prize money for each competition
RankIndividual eventsMass startTeam pursuit
1$1500$750$2100
2$1000$500$1500
3$800$400$1200

Note: half amounts were awarded in distances that were skated twice in the same competition.

Prize money for final ranking
RankIndividual eventsMass startTeam pursuit
1$15000$5000$5000
2$10000$3000$3000
3$7000$2500$2500
4$5000$2000$2000
5$4000$1500$1500
6$3500——
7$3000
8$2500
9$2000
10$1500

Additionally, the Grand World Cup winner of each category (men/women) was awarded $20000.[1]

World records

World records going into the 2016–17 season.

Men

DistanceTimeHolder(s)Nat.DateVenueReference
500 m33.98align=left Pavel Kulizhnikovalign=right 20 November 2015align=left Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City[2]
1000 m1:06.42align=left Shani Davisalign=right 7 March 2009align=left Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City[3]
1500 m1:41.04align=left Shani Davisalign=right 11 December 2009align=left Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City[4]
5000 m6:03.32align=left Sven Krameralign=right 17 November 2007align=left Olympic Oval, Calgary[5]
10000 m12:36.30align=left Ted-Jan Bloemenalign=right 21 November 2015align=left Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City[6]
Team pursuit
(8 laps)		3:35.60align=left Koen Verweij
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer		align=right 16 November 2013align=left Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City[7]

Women

DistanceTimeHolder(s)Nat.DateVenueReference
500 m36.36align=left Lee Sang-hwaalign=right 16 November 2013align=left Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City[8]
1000 m1:12.18align=left Brittany Bowealign=right 22 November 2015align=left Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City[9]
1500 m1:50.85align=left Heather Richardson-Bergsmaalign=right 21 November 2015align=left Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City[10]
3000 m3:53.34align=left Cindy Klassenalign=right 18 March 2006align=left Olympic Oval, Calgary[11]
5000 m6:42.66align=left Martina Sáblíkováalign=right 18 February 2011align=left Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City[12]
Team pursuit
(6 laps)		2:55.79align=left Kristina Groves
Christine Nesbitt
Brittany Schussler		align=right 6 December 2009align=left Olympic Oval, Calgary[13]

Men's standings

500 m

See main article: article.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 585
2 557
3 541

1000 m

See main article: article.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 550
2 440
3 394

1500 m

See main article: article.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 455
2 430
3 345

5000 and 10000 m

See main article: article.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 480
2 413
3 338

Mass start

See main article: article.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 412
2 280
3 270

Team pursuit

See main article: article.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 430
2 390
3 374

Team sprint

See main article: article.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 300
2 260
3 234

Grand World Cup

See main article: article.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 930
2 700
3 507

Women's standings

500 m

See main article: article and 2016–17 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 900
2 585
3 527

1000 m

See main article: article and 2016–17 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 650
2 476
3 451

1500 m

See main article: article and 2016–17 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 480
2 460
3 430

3000 and 5000 m

See main article: article and 2016–17 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 630
2 395
3 360

Mass start

See main article: article.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 460
2 364
3 344

Team pursuit

See main article: article.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 430
2 430
3 384

Team sprint

See main article: article.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 320
2 290
3 160

Grand World Cup

See main article: article.

width=30 Rankwidth=170 Namewidth=25 Points
1 1217
2 960
3 864

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: International Skating Union – Communication No. 1958 . International Skating Union . 3 August 2015 . 14 October 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072318/http://static.isu.org/media/213658/1958-world-cup-ss-2015-16.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Evolution of the world record 500 meters Men . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Men . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2015.
  4. Web site: Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Men . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2015.
  5. Web site: Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Men . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2015.
  6. Web site: Evolution of the world record 10,000 meters Men . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2016.
  7. Web site: Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Men . www.speedskatingstats.com . 28 November 2015.
  8. Web site: Evolution of the world record 500 meters Women . www.speedskatingstats.com . 28 November 2015.
  9. Web site: Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Women . www.speedskatingstats.com . 28 November 2015.
  10. Web site: Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Women . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2016.
  11. Web site: Evolution of the world record 3000 meters Women . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2015.
  12. Web site: Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Women . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2015.
  13. Web site: Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Women . www.speedskatingstats.com . 30 September 2015.

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