2023 Canoe Slalom World Cup Explained

The 2023 Canoe Slalom World Cup was the highest level season-long series of competitions across six canoe slalom disciplines organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 36th edition and featured five stops (or races) in five different venues.

Canoeists competed for the title of the overall world cup champion in each of the six disciplines (3 for men and 3 for women), which was determined by the total number of points obtained from the five races.

Calendar

The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Augsburg, Germany (1–4 June) and concluded with the World Cup Final in Vaires-sur-Marne, France (5-8 October).^[1]

Label	Venue	Date
World Cup Race 1	Augsburg	1–4 June
World Cup Race 2	Prague	8–11 June
World Cup Race 3	Tacen	15–18 June
World Cup Race 4	La Seu	31 August – 3 September
World Cup Final	Vaires-sur-Marne	5–8 October

Standings

The winner of each race was awarded 60 points (with double points awarded for the World Cup Final). Points for lower places differed from one category to another. Every participant was guaranteed at least 2 points for participation and 5 points for qualifying for the semifinal.^[2]

C1 men

Pos	GER	CZE	SLO	ESP	FRA	Points
1	9	16	1	2	4	270
2	2	2	8	5	8	268
3	17	4	30	1	1	257
4	7	1	3	29	9	229
5	3	9	12	24	5	222
6	15	8	5	8	10	216
7		5		6	3	186
8	4	26		7	6	183
9	11	13		3	11	176
10	5	6		14	15	171

C1 women

Pos	GER	CZE	SLO	ESP	FRA	Points
1	1	1	10	1	1	334
2	7	5		3	5	222
3	13	13	2	8	11	217
4	3	8	1	15	28	194
5	8	6		19	6	188
6	19	11	15	12	10	183
7		4		9	3	182
8	28	24	4	17	7	178
9		3		25	2	175
10	2	9		21	16	167

K1 men

Pos	GER	CZE	SLO	ESP	FRA	Points
1	11	2	2	3	2	304
2	1	3	6	7	9	271
3	5	1	1	38	7	252
4	19	6	14	9	2	248
5	10	5		5	1	244
6	4	8	10	11	6	240
7	2	21	9	2	16	231
8	3	9	4	17	11	229
9	6	7	30	12	17	187
10	9	33	5	15	15	184

K1 women

Pos	GER	CZE	SLO	ESP	FRA	Points
1	26	1	1	2	1	308
2	1	12	3	5	4	277
3	4	7	4	13	3	262
4	2	14		3	10	202
5	7	9		8	7	194
6	18	16	5	16	12	185
7		5	13		2	184
8		6	23	14	5	178
9	16	26	2	12	22	168
10	10	18		1	20	165

Kayak cross men

Pos	GER	CZE	SLO	ESP	FRA	Points
1	3	35	1	2	13	189
2	61	7		9	1	171
3	5	12	8	12	6	161
4		48	26	5	2	156
5	8	2		1	22	148
6	14	3		34	5	141
7			2	3	10	139
8	34	1		4	14	125
9	26	11	14	33	4	120
10	19	8	6		8	114

Kayak cross women

Pos	GER	CZE	SLO	ESP	FRA	Points
1	25	1		2	2	229
2		9	7	6	1	204
3		5	3	18	3	194
4	1	3		7	14	158
5	5	35	1		8	152
6	26	26	5	13	5	139
7	6	16	14	5	9	127
8	35	34	13	10	4	122
9	2	25	4		21	112
10	10	2		8	18	105

Points

World Cup points were awarded based on the results of each race at each event as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
C1 M	60	55	50	46	44	42	40	38	36	34
C1 W	60	55	50	46	44	42	40	38	36	34
K1 M	60	55	50	44	43	42	41	40	39	38
K1 W	60	55	50	46	44	42	40	38	36	34
Kayak cross	60	55	50	45	40	35	30	25	19	17

Results

World Cup Race 1

1–4 June in Augsburg, Germany

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men^[3]		98.25		101.33		101.44
C1 women^[4]		105.04		111.55		112.10
K1 men^[5]		90.71		93.69		93.74
K1 women^[6]		101.66		105.95		106.14
Kayak cross men^[7]
Kayak cross women^[8]

World Cup Race 2

8–11 June in Prague, Czech Republic

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men^[9]		97.65		101.26		102.90
C1 women^[10]		109.13		110.57		111.02
K1 men^[11]		89.67		90.55		90.82
K1 women^[12]		98.95		103.58		104.90
Kayak cross men^[13]
Kayak cross women^[14]

World Cup Race 3

15–18 June in Tacen, Slovenia. The third world cup was skipped by many of the top European paddlers in favor of preparation for the European Games in Kraków, which would also serve as the European qualifier for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men^[15]		90.29		91.43		93.14
C1 women^[16]		101.97		105.27		108.00
K1 men^[17]		85.02		89.46		90.05
K1 women^[18]		96.22		98.91		98.92
Kayak cross men^[19]
Kayak cross women^[20]

World Cup Race 4

31 August – 3 September in La Seu, Spain

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men^[21]		96.52		97.53		97.63
C1 women^[22]		107.09		107.17		109.02
K1 men^[23]		89.36		90.44		90.90
K1 women^[24]		99.36		99.42		100.23
Kayak cross men^[25]
Kayak cross women^[26]

World Cup Final

5–8 October in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. This was the first major international competition on the new course built for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The competition format mimicked that which would be used at the Olympics, i.e. different from regular World Cup events. With the number of participants that meant top 24 boats progressing to the semifinals from the heats (best of 2 runs) and then top 12 to the finals in the classic slalom events. The kayak cross events included repechage rounds.

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men^[27]		95.50		96.18		96.83
C1 women^[28]		106.04		110.08		111.97
K1 men^[29]		89.20		91.78	-
K1 women^[30]		100.78		102.37		102.73
Kayak cross men^[31]
Kayak cross women^[32]

External links

International Canoe Federation

Notes and References

Web site: ICF Events Calendar . CanoeICF.com . 8 April 2023.
Web site: CANOE SLALOM 2023 – RULES APPENDICES . CanoeICF.com . 8 April 2023.
Web site: C1M official result list – World Cup Race 1 . 3 June 2023.
Web site: C1W official result list – World Cup Race 1 . 3 June 2023.
Web site: K1M official result list – World Cup Race 1 . 2 June 2023.
Web site: K1W official result list – World Cup Race 1 . 2 June 2023.
Web site: KXM official result list – World Cup Race 1 . 4 June 2023.
Web site: KXW official result list – World Cup Race 1 . 4 June 2023.
Web site: C1M official result list – World Cup Race 2 . 10 June 2023.
Web site: C1W official result list – World Cup Race 2 . 10 June 2023.
Web site: K1M official result list – World Cup Race 2 . 9 June 2023.
Web site: K1W official result list – World Cup Race 2 . 9 June 2023.
Web site: KXM official result list – World Cup Race 2 . 11 June 2023.
Web site: KXW official result list – World Cup Race 2 . 11 June 2023.
Web site: C1M official result list – World Cup Race 3 . 16 June 2023.
Web site: C1W official result list – World Cup Race 3 . 16 June 2023.
Web site: K1M official result list – World Cup Race 3 . 17 June 2023.
Web site: K1W official result list – World Cup Race 3 . 17 June 2023.
Web site: KXM official result list – World Cup Race 3 . 18 June 2023.
Web site: KXW official result list – World Cup Race 3 . 18 June 2023.
Web site: C1M official result list – World Cup Race 4 . 1 September 2023.
Web site: C1W official result list – World Cup Race 4 . 1 September 2023.
Web site: K1M official result list – World Cup Race 4 . 2 September 2023.
Web site: K1W official result list – World Cup Race 4 . 2 September 2023.
Web site: KXM official result list – World Cup Race 4 . 3 September 2023.
Web site: KXW official result list – World Cup Race 4 . 3 September 2023.
Web site: C1M official result list – World Cup Final . 6 October 2023.
Web site: C1W official result list – World Cup Final . 7 October 2023.
Web site: K1M official result list – World Cup Final . 7 October 2023.
Web site: K1W official result list – World Cup Final . 6 October 2023.
Web site: KXM official result list – World Cup Final . 8 October 2023.
Web site: KXW official result list – World Cup Final . 8 October 2023.