# 2009–10 Luge World Cup

The 2009–10 Luge World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for luge. The season started 17 November 2009 in Calgary, Canada and ended 31 January 2010 in Cesana, Italy. The World Cup was organised by the FIL and sponsored by Viessmann. This cup served as qualifiers up to 31 December 2009 (last qualifier at Lillehammer, Norway) for the 2010 Winter Olympics luge events in Vancouver.

## Calendar

| Venue | Date |
| Calgary | 20–21 November 2009 |
| Innsbruck | 28–29 November 2009 |
| Altenberg | 5–6 December 2009 |
| Lillehammer | 12–13 December 2009 |
| Königssee | 2–3 January 2010 |
| Winterberg | 9–10 January 2010 |
| Oberhof | 16–17 January 2010 |
| Cesana | 30–31 January 2010 |

## Results
### Men's singles

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Calgary | Armin Zöggeler Italy | 1:30.068 45.046/45.022 | David Möller Germany | 1:30.124 45.014/45.110 | Albert Demtschenko Russia | 1:30.166 45.044/45.122 |
| Innsbruck | Armin Zöggeler Italy | 1:37.988 48.775/49.213 | Wilfried Huber Italy | 1:38.085 48.957/49.128 | Viktor Kneib Russia | 1:38.091 49.179/48.912 |
| Altenberg | Felix Loch Germany | 1:48.911 54.515/54.396 | Armin Zöggeler Italy | 1:48.969 54.495/54.474 | Albert Demtschenko Russia | 1:49.049 54.572/54.477 |
| Lillehammer | Albert Demtschenko Russia | 1:40.356 50.191/50.165 | Armin Zöggeler Italy | 1:40.406 50.183/50.223 | Felix Loch Germany | 1:40.674 50.396/50.278 |
| Königssee | Albert Demtschenko Russia | 1:34.176 47.127/47.049 | Armin Zöggeler Italy | 1:34.549 47.350/47.199 | David Möller Germany | 1:34.640 47.360/47.280 |
| Winterberg | Armin Zöggeler Italy | 1:47.601 53.890/53.711 | Albert Demtschenko Russia | 1:47.621 53.667/53.954 | David Möller Germany | 1:47.652 54.008/53.644 |
| Oberhof | Andi Langenhan Germany | 1:31.383 45.777/45.606 | Johannes Ludwig Germany | 1:31.466 45.825/45.641 | Jan-Armin Eichhorn Germany | 1:31.477 45.704/45.773 |
| Cesana | Armin Zöggeler Italy | 1:43.115 51.611/51.504 | Felix Loch Germany | 1:43.434 51.786/51.648 | Johannes Ludwig Germany | 1:43.493 51.758/51.735 |

### Doubles

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Calgary | Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Germany | 1:27.855 44.095/43.760 | André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich Germany | 1:27.886 43.926/43.960 | Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy | 1:28.059 44.046/44.013 |
| Innsbruck | Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Germany | 1:18.631 39.278/39.353 | André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich Germany | 1:18.732 39.380/39.352 | Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Austria | 1:18.737 39.344/39.393 |
| Altenberg | André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich Germany | 1:24.460 42.240/42.220 | Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria | 1:24.479 42.215/42.264 | Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy | 1:24.565 42.245/42.320 |
| Lillehammer | Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Austria | 1:36.829 48.409/48.420 | Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy | 1:36.917 48.470/48.447 | Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder Italy | 1:37.053 48.474/48.579 |
| Königssee | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 1:34.496 47.362/47.134 | André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich Germany | 1:34.584 47.382/47.202 | Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Austria | 1:34.590 47.309/47.281 |
| Winterberg | Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy | 1:28.597 44.323/44.274 | Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder Italy | 1:28.805 44.432/44.373 | Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Germany | 1:28.990 44.447/44.543 |
| Oberhof | André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich Germany | 1:25.567 42.717/42.850 | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 1:25.633 42.781/42.852 | Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Germany | 1:26.001 43.028/42.973 |
| Cesana | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany | 1:32.982 46.407/46.575 | Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy | 1:32.991 46.293/46.698 | Patric Leitner Alexander Resch Germany | 1:33.011 46.430/46.581 |

### Women's singles

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Calgary | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | 1:33.691 46.824/46.867 | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:33.858 46.903/46.955 | Anke Wischnewski Germany | 1:34.024 46.981/47.043 |
| Innsbruck | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:19.229 39.569/39.660 | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | 1:19.282 39.638/39.644 | Anke Wischnewski Germany | 1:19.289 39.663/39.626 |
| Altenberg | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | 1:47.555 53.815/53.740 | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:47.744 53.904/53.840 | Anke Wischnewski Germany | 1:47.994 54.066/53.928 |
| Lillehammer | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | 1:37.579 48.856/48.723 | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:37.595 48.848/48.747 | Erin Hamlin United States | 1:37.616 48.791/48.825 |
| Königssee | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | 1:35.324 47.787/47.537 | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:35.550 47.896/47.654 | Steffi Sieger Germany | 1:35.867 47.992/47.875 |
| Winterberg | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:53.179 56.714/56.465 | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | 1:53.189 56.792/56.397 | Erin Hamlin United States | 1:53.329 56.777/56.552 |
| Oberhof | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | 1:25.936 42.920/43.016 | Anke Wischnewski Germany | 1:26.203 43.158/43.045 | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:26.322 43.071/43.251 |
| Cesana | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:33.811 46.817/46.994 | Tatjana Hüfner Germany | 1:33.873 46.887/46.986 | Erin Hamlin United States | 1:33.925 46.884/47.041 |

### Team relay

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Innsbruck | Canada Samuel Edney Alex Gough Chris Moffat / Mike Moffat | 2:10.864 41.253 / 44.769 / 44.842 | Austria Reinhard Egger Nina Reithmayer Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger | 2:11.868 41.631 / 45.109 / 45.128 | Latvia Guntis Rēķis Maija Tīruma Andris Šics / Juris Šics | 2:12.094 41.725 / 45.466 / 44.903 |
| Altenberg | Germany Felix Loch Tatjana Hüfner Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt | 2:25.742 47.258 / 49.257 / 49.227 | United States Tony Benshoof Erin Hamlin Christian Niccum / Dan Joye | 2:26.680 47.402 / 49.426 / 49.852 | Canada Samuel Edney Alex Gough Chris Moffat / Mike Moffat | 2:26.941 47.371 / 49.935 / 49.635 |
| Königssee | Germany Felix Loch Tatjana Hüfner Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt | 2:38.302 53.260 / 51.424 / 53.618 | Austria Daniel Pfister Nina Reithmayer Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger | 2:38.951 53.713 / 51.683 / 53.555 | Canada Samuel Edney Alex Gough Chris Moffat / Mike Moffat | 2:39.077 53.439 / 51.350 / 54.288 |
| Winterberg | Germany Johannes Ludwig Tatjana Hüfner Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt | 2:25.827 49.253 / 47.598 / 48.976 | Austria Wolfgang Kindl Nina Reithmayer Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger | 2:26.392 49.357 / 47.845 / 49.190 | United States Bengt Walden Erin Hamlin Mark Grimmette / Brian Martin | 2:26.663 49.280 / 47.776 / 49.607 |
| Oberhof | Germany David Möller Tatjana Hüfner Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch | 2:29.779 50.245 / 48.891 / 50.643 | Austria Daniel Pfister Nina Reithmayer Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger | 2:30.258 50.545 / 49.337 / 50.376 | Italy Armin Zöggeler Sandra Gasparini Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber | 2:30.684 50.369 / 49.973 / 50.342 |

## Standings
### Men's singles

| Pos. | Luger | CAL | IGL | ALT | LIL | KON | WIN | OBE | CES | Points |
| 1. | Armin Zöggeler (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 705 |
| 2. | Albert Demtschenko (RUS) | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 534 |
| 3. | Felix Loch (GER) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 484 |
| 4. | David Möller (GER) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 462 |
| 5. | Reinhold Rainer (ITA) | 15 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 372 |
| 6. | Johannes Ludwig (GER) | 19 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 366 |
| 7. | Jan-Armin Eichhorn (GER) | 11 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 347 |
| 8. | Andi Langenhan (GER) | 16 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 340 |
| 9. | Tony Benshoof (USA) | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 310 |
| 10. | Viktor Kneib (RUS) | 8 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | dsq | 16 | 10 | 309 |
| 11. | David Mair (ITA) | 21 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 286 |
| 12. | Daniel Pfister (AUT) | 18 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 279 |
| 13. | Wilfried Huber (ITA) | 20 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 261 |
| 14. | Wolfgang Kindl (AUT) | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 259 |
| 15. | Samuel Edney (CAN) | 5 | 18 | 8 | – | 15 | 24 | 51 | 7 | 210 |
| 16. | Stefan Höhener (SUI) | 24 | 25 | 37 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 192 |
| 17. | Manuel Pfister (AUT) | 25 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 20 | dnf | 188 |
| 18. | Reinhard Egger (AUT) | 7 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 186 |
| 19. | Bengt Walden (USA) | 10 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 17 | 164 |
| 19. | Gregory Carigiet (SUI) | 17 | 23 | 42 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 164 |

### Doubles

| Pos. | Lugers | CAL | IGL | ALT | LIL | KON | WIN | OBE | CES | Points |
| 1. | André Florschütz / Torsten Wustlich (GER) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 592 |
| 2. | Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch (GER) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 570 |
| 3. | Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber (ITA) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 547 |
| 4. | Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt (GER) | 11 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 526 |
| 5. | Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger (AUT) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 519 |
| 6. | Gerhard Plankensteiner / Oswald Haselrieder (ITA) | – | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | dnf | 336 |
| 7. | Andris Šics / Juris Šics (LAT) | 7 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 329 |
| 8. | Christian Niccum / Dan Joye (USA) | dsq | 12 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 317 |
| 9. | Markus Schiegl / Tobias Schiegl (AUT) | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | dnf | 312 |
| 10. | Mark Grimmette / Brian Martin (USA) | 8 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 295 |
| 11. | Peter Penz / Georg Fischler (AUT) | 6 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 7 | dnf | 10 | – | 293 |
| 12. | Hans Peter Fischnaller / Patrick Schwienbacher (ITA) | 15 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 279 |
| 13. | Pavel Kuzmich / Boris Kuryschkin (RUS) | 23 | 16 | 12 | 17 | – | 13 | 16 | 9 | 193 |
| 14. | Vladislav Yuzhakov / Vladimir Makhnutin (RUS) | 12 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 12 | - | 183 |
| 15. | Chris Moffat / Mike Moffat (CAN) | 10 | 11 | 14 | – | 14 | 21 | 11 | – | 180 |
| 16. | Mikhail Kuzmich / Stanislav Mikheev (RUS) | 16 | – | 17 | – | 16 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 174 |
| 17. | Jan Harnis / Branislav Regec (SVK) | 9 | 10 | 18 | 14 | dsq | 22 | 14 | – | 173 |
| 18. | Andriy Kis / Yuriy Hayduk (UKR) | 18 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 21 | – | 162 |
| 19. | Lubos Jira / Matej Kvicala (CZE) | 21 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 18 | – | 146 |
| 20. | Antonín Brož / Lukáš Brož (CZE) | 24 | 31 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 17 | – | 138 |

### Women's singles

| Pos. | Luger | CAL | IGL | ALT | LIL | KON | WIN | OBE | CES | Points |
| 1. | Tatjana Hüfner (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 755 |
| 2. | Natalie Geisenberger (GER) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 710 |
| 3. | Anke Wischnewski (GER) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 509 |
| 4. | Erin Hamlin (USA) | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 447 |
| 5. | Nina Reithmayer (AUT) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 383 |
| 6. | Corinna Martini (GER) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 368 |
| 7. | Alex Gough (CAN) | 6 | 4 | 12 | – | 12 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 316 |
| 8. | Veronika Halder (AUT) | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 304 |
| 9. | Alexandra Rodionova (RUS) | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 298 |
| 10. | Natalya Yakuchenko (UKR) | 20 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 4 | – | 265 |
| 11. | Martina Kocher (SUI) | 13 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 253 |
| 12. | Maija Tīruma (LAT) | 12 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | dnf | 17 | 14 | 235 |
| 13. | Julia Clukey (USA) | 11 | 12 | – | 19 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 222 |
| 14. | Megan Sweeney (USA) | 29 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 211 |
| 15. | Regan Lauscher (CAN) | 10 | 15 | 14 | – | 11 | 14 | 9 | – | 191 |
| 16. | Tatiana Ivanova (RUS) | 18 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 26 | dnf | 10 | 20 | 188 |
| 17. | Ewelina Staszulonek (POL) | 14 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 12 | dnf | – | 171 |
| 18. | Sandra Gasparini (ITA) | 21 | 51 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 18 | – | 167 |
| 19. | Natalia Khoreva (RUS) | 19 | 18 | dnf | 24 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 163 |
| 20. | Meaghan Simister (CAN) | 17 | 14 | 10 | – | 25 | 17 | 19 | – | 150 |
| 30. | Steffi Sieger (GER) | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 70 |

### Team relay

| Pos. | Team | IGL | ALT | KON | WIN | OBE | Points |
| 1. | Germany | DSQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 400 |
| 2. | Austria | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 395 |
| 3. | Canada | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 341 |
| 4. | Latvia | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 310 |
| 5. | United States | 4 | 2 | DSQ | 3 | 5 | 270 |
| 6. | Russia | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 247 |
| 7. | Slovakia | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 223 |
| 8. | Ukraine | 5 | 10 | DNF | 7 | – | 137 |
| 9. | Romania | 8 | 9 | – | 8 | – | 123 |
| 10. | Italy | DNF | 6 | DNF | DSQ | 3 | 120 |
| 11. | Czech Republic | – | 11 | 7 | DSQ | 9 | 119 |
| 12. | Poland | DSQ | – | – | – | – | 0 |