2015–16 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup
# 2015–16 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup

The 2015–16 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for short track speed skating. The season began on 30 October 2015 in Canada and ended on 14 February 2016. The World Cup was organised by the ISU who also ran world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating. Toronto hosted a world cup competition for the first time ever.

## Calendar

### Men

**Montreal 30 October – 1 November 2015**

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 November 2015 | Maurice Richard Arena | 500m | Wu Dajing | Charle Cournoyer | Park Se-yeong |
| 31 October 2015 1 November 2015 | Maurice Richard Arena | 1000m (1) 1000m (2) | Han Tianyu Charles Hamelin | Shi Jingnan Samuel Girard | Artem Kozlov Semen Elistratov |
| 31 October 2015 | Maurice Richard Arena | 1500m | Kwak Yoon-Gy | Sjinkie Knegt | Xu Fu |
| 1 November 2015 | Maurice Richard Arena | 5000m relay | China Shi Jingnan Chen Guang Han Tianyu Xu Fu | Netherlands Freek van der Wart Daan Breeuwsma Sjinkie Knegt Leon Bloemhof | Hungary Csaba Burján Viktor Knoch Sándor Liu Shaolin Shaoang Liu |

**Toronto 6–8 November 2015**

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 November 2015 7 November 2015 | MasterCard Centre | 500m (1) 500m (2) | Samuel Girard Charles Hamelin | Alexander Fathoullin Sándor Liu Shaolin | Sébastien Lepape Viktor Knoch |
| 6 November 2015 | MasterCard Centre | 1000m | Charle Cournoyer | Seo Yi-ra | Kwak Yoon-Gy |
| 6 November 2015 | MasterCard Centre | 1500m | Kwak Yoon-Gy | Sjinkie Knegt | Francois Hamelin |
| 6 November 2015 | MasterCard Centre | 5000m relay | Canada Charle Cournoyer Samuel Girard Charles Hamelin Patrick Duffy | South Korea Park Se-yeong Park Ji-won Kwak Yoon-gy Seo Yi-ra | China Shi Jingnan Wu Dajing Chen Guang Han Tianyu |

**Nagoya 4–6 December 2015**

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 December 2015 | Nippon Gaishi Arena | 500m | Charles Hamelin Francois Hamelin | Kwak Yoon-gy Artem Kozlov | Francois Hamelin Chen Guang |
| 5 December 2015 | Nippon Gaishi Arena | 1000m | Semen Elistratov | Sándor Liu Shaolin | Freek van der Wart |
| 5 December 2015 | Nippon Gaishi Arena | 1500m | Sjinkie Knegt | Semen Elistratov | Park Ji-won |
| 6 December 2015 | Nippon Gaishi Arena | 5000m relay | Netherlands Freek van der Wart Daan Breeuwsma Sjinkie Knegt Dennis Visser | China Shi Jingnan Chen Guang Han Tianyu Ma Wei | Canada Charle Cournoyer Patrick Duffy Charles Hamelin François Hamelin |

**Shanghai 11–13 December 2015**

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 December 2015 | Oriental Sports Center | 500m | Wu Dajing | Sjinkie Knegt | Samuel Girard |
| 12 December 2015 | Oriental Sports Center | 1000m | Kwak Yoon-gy | Charle Cournoyer | Semen Elistratov |
| 12 December 2015 13 December 2015 | Oriental Sports Center | 1500m (1) 1500m (2) | Charles Hamelin Ren Ziwei | Sjinkie Knegt Park Ji-won | Park Se-yeong Kwak Yoon-gy |
| 13 December 2015 | Oriental Sports Center | 5000m relay | Hungary Csaba Burján Viktor Knoch Shaoang Liu Sándor Liu Shaolin | Italy Andrea Cassinelli Tommaso Dotti Nicola Rodigari Yuri Confortola | Canada Patrick Duffy Samuel Girard Charles Hamelin Charle Cournoyer |

**Dresden 5–7 February 2016**

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 February 2016 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 500m | Charles Hamelin | Semen Elistratov | Dmitry Migunov |
| 7 February 2016 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 1000m | Charles Hamelin | Semen Elistratov | Charle Cournoyer |
| 7 February 2016 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 1500m (1) 1500m (2) | Park Ji-won Seo Yi-ra | Park Se-yeong Alexander Fathoullin | Sjinkie Knegt Kwak Yoon-gy |
| 7 February 2016 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 5000m relay | Russia | Canada | United States |

**Dordrecht 12–14 February 2016**

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 February 2016 | Sportboulevard Dordrecht | 500m | Dmitry Migunov | Paul Stanley | Kwak Yoon-Gy |
| 14 February 2016 | Sportboulevard Dordrecht | 1000m (1) 1000m (2) | Park Se-yeong Charle Cournoyer | Sándor Liu Shaolin Park Ji-won | Kim Chun Koon Semen Elistratov |
| 14 February 2016 | Sportboulevard Dordrecht | 1500m | Vladislav Bykanov | Kwak Yoon-Gy | Lee Jung-Su |
| 14 February 2016 | Sportboulevard Dordrecht | 5000m relay | Russia | Netherlands | Canada |

### Women

**Montreal 30 October – 1 November 2015**

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 November 2015 | Maurice Richard Arena | 500m | Marianne St-Gelais | Natalia Maliszewska | Sofia Prosvirnova |
| 31 October 2015 1 November 2015 | Maurice Richard Arena | 1000m (1) 1000m (2) | Choi Min-jeong Shim Suk-hee | Marianne St-Gelais Choi Min-jeong | Fan Kexin Tao Jiaying |
| 31 October 2015 | Maurice Richard Arena | 1500m | Shim Suk-hee | Kim Boutin | Anna Seidel |
| 1 November 2015 | Maurice Richard Arena | 3000m relay | South Korea Choi Min-jeong Kim A-lang Lee Eun-byul Shim Suk-hee | Canada Jamie MacDonald Valérie Maltais Marianne St-Gelais Kasandra Bradette | Russia Emina Malagich Sofia Prosvirnova Ekaterina Strelkova Ekaterina Konstantinova |

**Toronto 6–8 November 2015**

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 November 2015 7 November 2015 | MasterCard Centre | 500m (1) 500m (2) | Elise Christie Choi Min-jeong | Lara van Ruijven Marianne St-Gelais | Fan Kexin Han Yutong |
| 6 November 2015 | MasterCard Centre | 1000m | Shim Suk-hee | Elise Christie | Valérie Maltais |
| 6 November 2015 | MasterCard Centre | 1500m | Choi Min-jeong | Shim Suk-hee | Marianne St-Gelais |
| 6 November 2015 | MasterCard Centre | 3000m relay | South Korea Shim Suk-hee Choi Min-jeong Kim A-lang Noh Do-hee | China Fan Kexin Zang Yize Tao Jiaying Han Yutong | Russia Tatiana Borodulina Ekaterina Konstantinova Sofia Prosvirnova Emina Malagich |

**Nagoya 4–6 December 2015**

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 December 2015 | Nippon Gaishi Arena | 500m (1) 500m (2) | Fan Kexin Fan Kexin | Elise Christie Anna Seidel | Marianne St-Gelais Audrey Phaneuf |
| 5 December 2015 | Nippon Gaishi Arena | 1000m | Choi Min-jeong | Marianne St-Gelais | Kim A-lang |
| 5 December 2015 | Nippon Gaishi Arena | 1500m | Choi Min-jeong | Shim Suk-hee | Noh Do-hee |
| 6 December 2015 | Nippon Gaishi Arena | 3000m relay | South Korea Shim Suk-hee Choi Min-jeong Kim A-lang Noh Do-hee | China Fan Kexin Zang Yize Yin Qi Tao Jiaying | Canada Audrey Phaneuf Kasandra Bradette Valérie Maltais Marianne St-Gelais |

**Shanghai 11–13 December 2015**

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 December 2015 | Oriental Sports Center | 500m | Fan Kexin | Marianne St-Gelais | Qu Chunyu |
| 12 December 2015 | Oriental Sports Center | 1000m | Valérie Maltais | Suzanne Schulting | Shim Suk-hee |
| 12 December 2015 13 December 2015 | Oriental Sports Center | 1500m (1) 1500m (2) | Choi Min-jeong Shim Suk-hee | Tao Jiaying Valérie Maltais | Charlotte Gilmartin Kim A-lang |
| 13 December 2015 | Oriental Sports Center | 3000m relay | South Korea Noh Do-hee Choi Min-jeong Kim A-lang Shim Suk-hee | Canada Audrey Phaneuf Kasandra Bradette Valérie Maltais Marianne St-Gelais | Netherlands Suzanne Schulting Rianne de Vries Yara van Kerkhof Lara van Ruijven |

**Dresden 5–7 February 2016**

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 February 2016 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 500m | Marianne St-Gelais | Elise Christie | Lara van Ruijven |
| 7 February 2016 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 1000m | Marianne St-Gelais | Tao Jiaying | Petra Jaszapati |
| 7 February 2016 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 1500m (1) 1500m (2) | Elise Christie Choi Min-jeong | Choi Min-jeong Noh Do-hee | Kim Alang Kim Alang |
| 7 February 2016 | EnergieVerbund Arena | 5000m relay | Italy | Hungary | Japan |

**Dordrecht 12–14 February 2016**

| Date | Place | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 February 2016 | Sportboulevard Dordrecht | 500m | Elise Christie | Choi Min-jeong | Marianne St-Gelais |
| 14 February 2016 | Sportboulevard Dordrecht | 1000m (1) 1000m (2) | Elise Christie Noh Do-hee | Choi Min-jeong Valérie Maltais | Jamie Macdonald Tao Jiaying |
| 14 February 2016 | Sportboulevard Dordrecht | 1500m | Marianne St-Gelais | Guo Yihan | Suzanne Schulting |
| 14 February 2016 | Sportboulevard Dordrecht | 5000m relay | Italy | Russia | France |

## World Cup standings

| Men's 500 metres Final standings after 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Dmitry Migunov (RUS)31810 2. Charles Hamelin (CAN)30342 3. Samuel Girard (CAN)25616 4. Wu Dajing (CHN)23280 5. François Hamelin (CAN)20100 | Women's 500 metres Final standings after 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Marianne St-Gelais (CAN)48800 2. Elise Christie (GBR)45216 3. Fan Kexin (CHN)43198 4. Lara van Ruijven (NED)24138 5. Choi Min-jeong (KOR)23120 |
| - | - |
| Men's 1000 metres Final standings after 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Semen Elistratov (RUS)37200 2. Charle Cournoyer (CAN)34599 3. Charles Hamelin (CAN)25120 4. Sándor Liu Shaolin (HUN)17678 5. Kwak Yoon-Gy (KOR)16415 | Women's 1000 metres Final standings after 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Choi Min-jeong (KOR)36000 2. Valérie Maltais (CAN)29019 3. Shim Suk-hee (KOR)26400 4. Marianne St-Gelais (CAN)26000 5. Tao Jiaying (CHN)25970 |
| Men's 1500 metres Final standings after 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Kwak Yoon-gy (KOR)45920 2. Sjinkie Knegt (NED)43677 3. Park Ji-won (KOR)30593 4. François Hamelin (CAN)17311 5. Charles Hamelin (CAN)13457 | Women's 1500 metres Final standings after 8 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Choi Min-jeong (KOR)48000 2. Shim Suk-hee (KOR)36000 3. Noh Do-hee (KOR)23020 4. Valérie Maltais (CAN)21900 5. Marianne St-Gelais (CAN)19677 |
| Men's 5000 metre relay Final standings after 6 events Pos Athlete Points 1. Canada30800 2. Netherlands30096 3. China29520 4. Russia27373 5. Hungary25616 | Women's 3000 metre relay Final standings after 6 events Pos Athlete Points 1. South Korea40000 2. Canada27520 3. China26240 4. Russia25920 5. Italy25242 |
| Men's overall Final standings after 6 events Pos Athlete Points 1 Canada52400 2 South Korea43920 3 Russia34893 4 China32493 5 Netherlands27452 | Women's overall Final standings after 6 events Pos Athlete Points 1 South Korea54400 2 Canada47200 3 China44900 4 Netherlands24830 5 Russia21912 |
