2007–08 Luge World Cup
# 2007–08 Luge World Cup

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

## Standings

### Men's singles

| Pos. | Luger | LAK | CAL | WIN | IGL | KÖN | ALT | SIG | SIG | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Armin Zöggeler | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 725 |
| 2. | David Möller | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 655 |
| 3. | Albert Demtschenko | 20 | 4 | DNF | 23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 454 |
| 4. | Jan Eichhorn | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 443 |
| 5. | Daniel Pfister | 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 |

### 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. | Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 635 |
| 3. | Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 528 |
| 4. | André Florschütz / Torsten Wustlich | 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. | Mark Grimmette / Brian Martin | 14 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 260 |
| 11. | Matt Mortensen / Preston Griffall | 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 |

### 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 |

### Team Relay

| Pos. | Team | LAK | WIN | KÖN | SIG | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 355 |
| 2. | United States | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 280 |
| 3. | Austria | 2 | 1 | dsq | 2 | 270 |
| 4. | Latvia | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 237 |
| 5. | Russia | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 235 |
| 6. | Canada | 6 | 6 | 2 | | 185 |
| 7. | Slovakia | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 181 |
| 8. | Romania | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 160 |
| 9. | Poland | | 9 | 9 | 7 | 124 |
| 10. | Italy | 4 | dnf | 6 | dsq | 110 |
| 11. | Czech Republic | 10 | 10 | dnf | | 72 |
| 12. | Japan | 7 | dnf | | dsq | 46 |
