# 2013–14 Luge World Cup

The 2013–14 Luge World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for luge organised by the FIL. The season started on 16 November 2013 in Lillehammer, Norway and ended on 26 January 2014 in Sigulda, Latvia. After the World Cup, the athletes moved for two weeks to Sochi for the Luge event in the XXII Olympic Winter Games.
The defending individual World Champions were Felix Loch and Natalie Geisenberger, both from Germany. Athletes from Germany dominated the 2012–13 World Cup season, as they were also the defending World Champions in Men's Double (Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt) and Team relay.

## Calendar

Below is the schedule for the 2013/14 season.
| Venue | Date | Details |
| Lillehammer | 16–17 November 2013 | no Team relay |
| Innsbruck | 23–24 November 2013 | |
| Winterberg | 30 November–1 December 2013 | |
| Whistler | 6–7 December 2013 | |
| Park City | 13–14 December 2013 | |
| Königssee | 4–5 January 2014 | |
| Oberhof | 11–12 January 2014 | no Team relay |
| Altenberg | 18–19 January 2014 | |
| Sigulda | 25–26 January 2014 | no Team relay |

## Results
### Men's singles

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Lillehammer | Dominik Fischnaller Italy | 1:38.346 49.172 / 49.174 | David Möller Germany | 1:38.492 49.243 / 49.249 | Felix Loch Germany | 1:38.497 49.260 / 49.237 |
| Innsbruck | Felix Loch Germany | 1:40.878 50.495 / 50.383 | David Möller Germany | 1:41.052 50.569 / 50.483 | Dominik Fischnaller Italy | 1:41.102 50.630 / 50.472 |
| Winterberg^ | Chris Eibler Germany | 52.938 | Armin Zöggeler Italy | 52.982 | David Möller Germany | 52.994 |
| Whistler | Felix Loch Germany | 1:36.686 48.258 / 48.428 | Chris Mazdzer United States | 1:36.978 48.457 / 48.521 | Dominik Fischnaller Italy | 1:36.981 48.475 / 48.506 |
| Park City | Armin Zöggeler Italy | 1:30.599 45.292 / 45.307 | Chris Mazdzer United States | 1:30.839 45.530 / 45.309 | Wolfgang Kindl Austria | 1:30.923 45.590 / 45.333 |
| Königssee | Felix Loch Germany | 1:38.266 48.982 / 49.284 | Armin Zöggeler Italy | 1:39.129 49.403 / 49.726 | Gregory Carigiet Switzerland | 1:39.203 49.453 / 49.750 |
| Oberhof | Felix Loch Germany | 1:26.957 43.510 / 43.447 | Andi Langenhan Germany | 1:27.152 43.620 / 43.532 | Julian von Schleinitz Germany | 1:27.523 43.771 / 43.752 |
| Altenberg | Felix Loch Germany | 1:48.921 54.626 / 54.295 | Albert Demtschenko Russia | 1:49.223 54.435 / 54.788 | Andi Langenhan Germany | 1:49.479 54.693 / 54.786 |
| Sigulda | Armin Zöggeler Italy | 1:35.913 47.969 / 47.944 | Johannes Ludwig Germany | 1:36.019 47.988 / 48.031 | Dominik Fischnaller Italy | 1:36.226 48.073 / 48.153 |
^ Race shortened to one run due to snowfall.

### Doubles

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Lillehammer | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 1:35.490 47.655 / 47.835 | Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany | 1:35.509 47.787 / 47.722 | Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Austria | 1:35.612 47.769 / 47.843 |
| Innsbruck | Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany | 1:21.016 40.422 / 40.594 | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 1:21.099 40.515 / 40.584 | Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria | 1:21.299 40.650 / 40.649 |
| Winterberg | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 1:27.491 43.708 / 43.783 | Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy | 1:28.040 44.071 / 43.969 | Ludwig Rieder Patrick Rastner Italy | 1:28.097 44.099 / 43.998 |
| Winterberg | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 1:27.491 43.708 / 43.783 | Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy | 1:28.040 44.071 / 43.969 | Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria | 1:28.097 44.105 / 43.992 |
| Whistler | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 1:13.087 36.522 / 36.565 | Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany | 1:13.171 36.608 / 36.563 | Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria | 1:13.351 36.675 / 36.676 |
| Park City | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 1:27.326 43.517 / 43.809 | Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Austria | 1:27.488 43.780 / 43.708 | Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany | 1:27.547 43.746 / 43.801 |
| Königssee | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 1:39.956 49.995 / 50.001 | Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany | 1:40.253 50.083 / 50.170 | Tristan Walker Justin Snith Canada | 1:40.709 50.359 / 50.350 |
| Oberhof | Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany | 1:23.212 41.509 / 41.703 | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 1:23.591 41.781 / 41.810 | Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin Russia | 1:23.609 41.686 / 41.923 |
| Altenberg | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 1:23.789 41.853 / 41.936 | Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany | 1:24.006 42.104 / 41.904 | Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria | 1:24.121 42.116 / 42.005 |
| Sigulda | Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy | 1:23.388 41.696 / 41.692 | Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin Russia | 1:23.434 41.697 / 41.737 | Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Austria | 1:23.467 41.775 / 41.692 |

### Women's singles

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Lillehammer | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1.35.847 47.964 / 47.883 | Tatiana Ivanova Russia | 1.36.031 47.968 / 48.063 | Alex Gough Canada | 1.36.233 48.121 / 48.112 |
| Innsbruck | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:20.135 40.128 / 40.007 | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | 1:20.167 40.144 / 40.023 | Anke Wischnewski Germany | 1:20.311 40.187 / 40.124 |
| Winterberg | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:53.457 56.998 / 56.459 | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | 1:53.897 57.265 / 56.632 | Anke Wischnewski Germany | 1:54.101 57.407 / 56.694 |
| Whistler | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:13.412 36.720 / 36.692 | Alex Gough Canada | 1:13.545 36.765 / 36.780 | Anke Wischnewski Germany | 1:13.622 36.832 / 36.790 |
| Park City | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:27.628 43.826 / 43.802 | Anke Wischnewski Germany | 1:27.821 43.974 / 43.847 | Alex Gough Canada | 1:27.88 43.980 / 43.909 |
| Königssee | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:40.591 50.389 / 50.202 | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | 1:40.696 50.281 / 50.415 | Alex Gough Canada | 1:40.922 50.463 / 50.459 |
| Oberhof | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | 1:23.925 41.995 / 41.930 | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:23.941 41.998 / 41.943 | Dajana Eitberger Germany | 1:24.316 42.038 / 42.278 |
| Altenberg | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:46.332 52.895 / 53.437 | Alex Gough Canada | 1:47.006 53.559 / 53.447 | Kimberley McRae Canada | 1:47.030 53.441 / 53.589 |
| Sigulda | Kate Hansen United States | 1:23.976 42.089 / 41.887 | Alex Gough Canada | 1:24.052 42.014 / 42.038 | Natalia Khoreva Russia | 1:24.155 42.176 / 41.979 |

### Team relay

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Innsbruck | Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany | 2:11.798 42.378/44.622/44.798 | Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith Canada | 2:12.172 42.703/44.602/44.867 | Sandra Gasparini Dominik Fischnaller Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy | 2:12.266 42.775/44.643/44.848 |
| Winterberg | Sandra Gasparini Dominik Fischnaller Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy | 2:25.874 47.699/49.027/49.148 | Kate Hansen Tucker West Christian Niccum Jayson Terdiman United States | 2:26.380 47.914/49.113/49.353 | Nina Reithmayer Daniel Pfister Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria | 2:27.041 47.810/49.095/50.136 |
| Whistler | Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 2:03.791 39.918/41.932/41.941 | Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith Canada | 2:04.202 39.971/42.084/42.147 | Nina Reithmayer Reinhard Egger Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Austria | 2:04.686 40.318/42.150/42.218 |
| Park City | Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 2:18.546 | Kate Hansen Chris Mazdzer Matthew Mortensen Preston Griffall United States | 2:19.128 | Nina Reithmayer Wolfgang Kindl Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Austria | 2:19.183 |
| Königssee | Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 2:42.781 | Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith Canada | 2:44.499 | Sandra Gasparini Dominik Fischnaller Ludwig Rieder Patrick Rastner Italy | 2:44.681 |
| Altenberg | Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demtschenko Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin Russia | 2:25.570 | Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith Canada | 2:26.191 | Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 2:26.303 |

## Standings
### Men's singles

Luge Men FIL Ranking 2013/14 :
| Pos. | Luger | LIL | IGL | WIN | WHI | PKC | KON | OBE | ALT | SIG | Points |
| 1. | Felix Loch (GER) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 685 |
| 2. | Armin Zöggeler (ITA) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 595 |
| 3. | Dominik Fischnaller (ITA) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 534 |
| 4. | David Möller (GER) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | — | 515 |
| 5. | Chris Mazdzer (USA) | 14 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 412 |
| 6. | Andi Langenhan (GER) | 13 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | — | 381 |
| 7. | Samuel Edney (CAN) | 20 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 375 |
| 8. | Wolfgang Kindl (AUT) | 5 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 339 |
| 9. | Reinhard Egger (AUT) | 29 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 315 |
| 10. | Gregory Carigiet (SUI) | 11 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 304 |
| 11. | Daniel Pfister (AUT) | 6 | 7 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 9 | dnf | 12 | 15 | 284 |
| 12. | Johannes Ludwig (GER) | 24 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 26 | — | 8 | 2 | 281 |
| 13. | Mārtiņš Rubenis (LAT) | 8 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 13 | — | 8 | 17 | 4 | 268 |
| 14. | Albert Demchenko (RUS) | 7 | 10 | 30 | — | — | dnf | 4 | 2 | dns | 253 |
| 15. | Thor Haug Norbech (NOR) | 25 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 7 | — | 24 | 10 | 9 | 239 |
| 16. | Alexandr Peretjagin (RUS) | 10 | 21 | 7 | — | — | 12 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 227 |
| 17. | Inars Kivlenieks (LAT) | 18 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 16 | 205 |
| 18. | Emanuel Rieder (ITA) | 19 | 13 | 8 | — | — | 13 | — | 22 | 28 | 192 |
| 19. | Kristaps Mauriņš (LAT) | 12 | 31 | 9 | 20 | — | dnf | 11 | 19 | 20 | 189 |
| 20. | Chris Eibler (GER) | — | — | 1 | 15 | 24 | 17 | — | — | 23 | 185 |

### Men's Doubles

Luge Doubles FIL Ranking 2013/14 :
| Pos. | Luger | LIL | IGL | WIN | WHI | PKC | KON | OBE | ALT | SIG | Points |
| 1. | Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 770 |
| 2. | Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken (GER) | 2 | 1 | dnf | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 630 |
| 3. | Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber (ITA) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 548 |
| 4. | Peter Penz / Georg Fischler (AUT) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 544 |
| 5. | Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner (ITA) | 11 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 452 |
| 6. | Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger (AUT) | 3 | 5 | — | 5 | 2 | dnf | 14 | 5 | 3 | 438 |
| 7. | Tristan Walker / Justin Snith (CAN) | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 407 |
| 8. | Vladislav Yuzhakov / Vladimir Makhnutin (RUS) | 5 | 9 | 7 | — | — | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 391 |
| 9. | Andris Šics / Juris Šics (LAT) | 12 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 326 |
| 10. | Matthew Mortensen / Preston Griffall (USA) | 13 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 9 | dnf | 11 | 16 | 13 | 267 |
| 11. | Alexandr Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov (RUS) | 7 | 16 | 8 | — | — | 12 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 262 |
| 12. | Lukáš Brož / Antonín Brož (CZE) | 14 | 17 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 251 |
| 13. | Christian Niccum / Jayson Terdiman (USA) | 22 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 11 | — | 9 | 11 | 14 | 239 |
| 14. | Oskars Gudramovičs / Pēteris Kalniņš (LAT) | 20 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 13 | dnf | — | 18 | 9 | 226 |
| 15. | Andrey Bogdanov / Andrey Medvedev (RUS) | 15 | 8 | 21 | — | — | 8 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 216 |
| 16. | Marek Solcansky / Karol Stuchlak (SVK) | 18 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 18 | 17 | — | 17 | 17 | 206 |
| 16. | Marian Zemanik / Jozef Petrulak (SVK) | 16 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | — | 12 | 206 |
| 18. | Hans Peter Fischnaller / Patrick Schwienbacher (ITA) | 10 | 11 | 9 | — | — | 11 | 18 | 12 | — | 198 |
| 19. | Patryk Poreba / Karol Mikrut (POL) | 21 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 16 | — | 22 | 184 |
| 20. | Matěj Kvíčala / Jaromir Kudera (CZE) | — | — | dnf | 17 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 183 |

### Women's singles

Luge Women FIL Ranking 2013/14 :
| Pos. | Luger | LIL | IGL | WIN | WHI | PKC | KON | OBE | ALT | SIG | Points |
| 1. | Natalie Geisenberger (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 785 |
| 2. | Alex Gough (CAN) | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 626 |
| 3. | Tatjana Hüfner (GER) | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 551 |
| 4. | Anke Wischnewski (GER) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | — | 493 |
| 5. | Dajana Eitberger (GER) | 47 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 432 |
| 6. | Erin Hamlin (USA) | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 415 |
| 7. | Kate Hansen (USA) | 12 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 384 |
| 8. | Tatiana Ivanova (RUS) | 2 | 11 | 5 | — | — | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 355 |
| 9. | Kimberley McRae (CAN) | 18 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 349 |
| 10. | Sandra Gasparini (ITA) | 6 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 312 |
| 11. | Natalia Khoreva (RUS) | 10 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 302 |
| 12. | Martina Kocher (SUI) | 16 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 287 |
| 13. | Alexandra Rodionova (RUS) | 20 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 15 | dnf | 8 | 13 | 9 | 274 |
| 14. | Summer Britcher (USA) | dnf | 8 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 249 |
| 15. | Elīza Tīruma (LAT) | 4 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 23 | dsq | — | 25 | 11 | 230 |
| 16. | Ekaterina Baturina (RUS) | 11 | 20 | 17 | — | — | 9 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 227 |
| 17. | Arianne Jones (CAN) | 21 | 19 | 16 | 14 | dsq | 12 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 226 |
| 18. | Nina Reithmayer (AUT) | 5 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 11 | dnf | — | — | — | 225 |
| 19. | Miriam Kastlunger (AUT) | 15 | 15 | 20 | dnf | 13 | 17 | 11 | 27 | 15 | 217 |
| 20. | Birgit Platzer (AUT) | 42 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 14 | dnf | 18 | 16 | 18 | 197 |

### Team relay

Luge Team relay FIL Ranking 2013/14 :
| Pos. | Team | IGL | WIN | WHI | PKC | KON | ALT | Points |
| 1. | Germany | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 509 |
| 2. | Canada | 2 | dsq | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 400 |
| 3. | United States | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 395 |
| 4. | Italy | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | dsq | 350 |
| 5. | Latvia | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 316 |
| 6. | Austria | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | dsq | 9 | 304 |
| 7. | Russia | dsq | dnf | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 256 |
| 8. | Slovakia | 7 | dnf | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 231 |
| 9. | Czech Republic | 9 | 7 | dnf | 9 | 8 | 7 | 212 |
| 10. | Poland | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | dns | 208 |
| 11. | Romania | 10 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | dnf | 195 |
| 12. | South Korea | 13 | 8 | 11 | 13 | — | 8 | 178 |
| 13. | Ukraine | 11 | dnf | dsq | 12 | — | — | 66 |
| 14. | Kazakhstan | 12 | dnf | — | dsq | — | — | 32 |