FIL race calendar artificial track 2022/23 published

Berchtesgaden (FIL) Six months before the start of the 2022/2023 season, the International Luge Federation, FIL, publishes its luge calendar for the artificial track.

Nine EBERSPÄCHER Luge World Cups in seven countries and on two continents are planned. The highlight of the winter will be the 51st FIL World Championships from 27 to 29 January 2023 in Oberhof, Thuringia.

Luge elite starts with double World Cup in Innsbruck
Innsbruck in Tyrol will welcome the international luge elite for the season's opening double World Cup in calendar weeks 47 and 48 (November 25-27 and December 2-4). Afterwards, the world's best lugers will travel to North America. 

Park City (USA) back on the calendar for the first time since 2016
Whistler, Canada (08 - 10 December) and then Park City, USA (15 - 17 December 2022) will host the EBERSPÄCHER World Cups number three and four. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting travel restrictions, no World Cup races could be held in North America in the past two winters. The 2010 Olympic track in Whistler was last a World Cup track in 2019, while the 2002 Salt Lake City artificial track hosted the last luge World Cup in 2016.

54th FIL European Championships in Norway
Immediately after the Christmas break, the lugers will head to the fifth World Cup stop in Sigulda, Latvia (06. - 08. 01. 2023) and from there on to Norway. The 6th EBERSPÄCHER World Cup will be held from 13 to 15 January 2023 on the 1994 Olympic track in Hunderfossen near Lillehammer. In the so-called race-in-race mode, Lillehammer will also see the 54th FIL European Luge Championships.

Season’s highlight 51st FIL World Championships in Oberhof
The luge squad will travel to Germany for the first time this season. After an international training week, the luge track in Oberhof will see the 51st FIL World Championships from 27 to 29 January 2023. 
After the World Championships, they will stay in Germany for another two weeks: Altenberg in Saxony will be the stop of the 7th EBERSPÄCHER World Cup from 03 to 05 February and Winterberg in Sauerland will follow from 10 to 12 February 2023.

World Cup final for the 3rd time in St. Moritz
For the third time in a row, the final of the EBERSPÄCHER World Cup will again be held in 2023 in the Swiss winter sports resort of St. Moritz (17 - 19 February 2023), on the only natural ice track in the calendar. 

01 EBERSPÄCHER World Cup INNSBRUCK (AUT), 25 - 27 NOVEMBER with Sprint
02TH EBERSPÄCHER World Cup INNSBRUCK (AUT), 02 - 04 DECEMBER with Team-relay
03TH EBERSPÄCHER World Cup WHISTLER (CAN), 09th - 11th DECEMBER with Team-relay
04th EBERSPÄCHER World Cup PARK CITY (USA), 15 - 17 DECEMBER with BMW Sprint
05th EBERSPÄCHER World Cup SIGULDA (LAT), 06 - 08 JANUARY with Team-relay
06th EBERSPÄCHER World Cup & 54th FIL EM LILLEHAMMER (NOR), 13. - 15.01. with Team-relay
51st World Championships 2023 OBERHOF (GER), 27th - 29th JANUARY
07TH EBERSPÄCHER World Cup ALTENBERG (GER), 03 - 05 FEBRUARY with Team-relay
08TH EBERSPÄCHER World Cup WINTERBERG (GER), 10 - 12 FEBRUARY with BMW Sprint
09. EBERSPÄCHER World Cup ST. MORITZ (SUI), 17 - 19 FEBURUARY with Team-relay

Racing calendar of the International Luge Federation as a PDF (fil-luge.org)