2022 Canoe Slalom World Cup Explained

The 2022 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in six canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 35th edition.

Russia and Belarus were excluded from participation due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[1]

Calendar

The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Prague, Czech Republic (10–12 June) and closed with the World Cup Final in La Seu, Spain (2–4 September).^[2]

Label	Venue	Date
World Cup Race 1	Prague	10–12 June
World Cup Race 2	Kraków	17–19 June
World Cup Race 3	Tacen	24–26 June
World Cup Race 4	Pau	26–28 August
World Cup Final	La Seu	2–4 September

Standings

The winner of each race was awarded 60 points (with double points awarded for the World Cup Final). Points for lower places differed from one category to another. Every participant was guaranteed at least 2 points for participation and 5 points for qualifying into the semifinal.^[3]

C1 men Pos Athlete CZE POL SLO FRA ESP Points 1 2 1 15 4 1 309 2 1 11 2 2 3 302 3 9 4 11 8 7 232 4 20 3 9 9 10 213 5 6 2 3 3 30 207 6 24 16 5 2 198 7 25 9 7 14 8 196 8 8 17 17 6 14 190 9 14 7 20 5 180 10 28 6 4 1 28 175 11 17 32 10 30 4 159 12 7 23 6 27 20 158 13 12 27 14 33 6 157 13 27 5 13 9 157 15 26 22 12 26 11 142 16 5 11 12 138 17 36 15 18 22 13 136 18 11 12 7 25 133 19 18 14 29 15 117 19 3 18 30 25 27 117

C1 women Pos Athlete CZE POL SLO FRA ESP Points 1 1 18 11 10 3 251 2 10 1 1 9 21 234 3 2 30 3 8 6 232 4 8 2 5 4 229 5 5 1 2 214 6 24 5 12 3 10 210 7 7 4 4 8 208 8 3 3 29 12 14 196 9 20 19 10 7 9 193 10 21 6 1 184 11 6 24 6 17 17 179 12 22 15 4 23 11 178 13 16 13 18 5 170 14 26 9 15 16 16 158 15 4 2 15 157 16 18 14 14 25 20 144 17 16 40 13 7 139 17 14 9 19 18 139 19 11 17 21 21 24 136 20 9 11 30 12 135

K1 men Pos Athlete CZE POL SLO FRA ESP Points 1 4 3 1 5 1 317 2 14 1 11 18 3 252 3 1 8 4 40 7 231 4 3 7 19 2 20 222 5 22 5 15 7 8 217 6 2 20 9 37 4 215 7 34 30 2 33 2 203 8 7 26 8 11 16 192 9 16 4 14 6 188 10 31 2 16 35 9 186 11 12 40 10 10 13 178 12 30 14 21 9 11 177 13 35 18 13 22 10 168 14 21 27 12 15 22 151 15 23 8 5 148 16 18 22 4 19 146 17 9 39 40 20 12 141 18 13 10 3 35 140 19 39 25 28 6 23 129 20 6 13 3 124

K1 women Pos Athlete CZE POL SLO FRA ESP Points 1 1 1 1 1 11 304 2 4 24 2 16 9 217 3 5 2 16 3 23 214 4 3 6 27 2 213 5 8 18 12 8 7 212 6 7 30 4 1 211 7 13 7 3 14 17 201 8 15 13 15 3 186 8 11 4 14 12 19 186 10 12 16 26 26 4 176 11 50 15 8 5 12 174 12 22 14 13 6 22 164 13 26 20 18 5 149 14 53 21 7 17 15 146 15 35 19 5 7 24 144 16 16 9 31 34 8 143 16 18 10 10 18 143 18 6 8 9 22 32 139 19 23 25 6 39 20 124 20 9 6 120

Extreme slalom men Pos Athlete CZE POL SLO FRA ESP Points 1 12 4 1 178 2 18 14 2 34 4 160 3 25 19 5 3 148 4 13 54 10 2 140 5 7 43 19 9 5 135 6 9 16 1 7 28 122 7 2 3 27 20 40 117 8 3 57 21 3 26 114 9 4 14 9 92 9 10 2 25 42 15 92

Extreme slalom women Pos Athlete CZE POL SLO FRA ESP Points 1 3 26 7 1 204 2 1 4 4 43 8 202 3 11 6 2 4 195 4 44 5 9 2 171 5 4 2 7 10 26 155 6 5 33 11 36 5 139 7 35 8 1 5 17 135 8 34 17 26 3 110 9 14 1 19 18 12 103 10 6 2 41 48 96

Points

• World Cup points were awarded based on the results of each race at each event as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
C1 M	60	55	50	46	44	42	40	38	36	34
C1 W	60	55	50	46	44	42	40	38	36	34
K1 M	60	55	50	44	43	42	41	40	39	38
K1 W	60	55	50	46	44	42	40	38	36	34
Extreme slalom	60	55	50	45	40	35	30	25	19	17

Results

World Cup Race 1

10–12 June in Prague, Czech Republic.

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men[4]		97.75		98.71		99.88
C1 women[5]		111.80		112.80		113.35
K1 men[6]		95.54		96.49		97.28
K1 women[7]		103.91		104.80		105.33
Extreme slalom men[8]
Extreme slalom women[9]

World Cup Race 2

17–19 June in Kraków, Poland.

The German team had to withdraw after the heats due to two positive COVID-19 tests within their team.^[10]

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men[11]		93.14		93.18		93.49
C1 women[12]		103.31		104.48		107.83
K1 men[13]		84.94		85.10		85.46
K1 women[14]		91.29		93.87		94.26
Extreme slalom men[15]
Extreme slalom women[16]

World Cup Race 3

24–26 June in Tacen, Slovenia.

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men[17]		86.27		86.44		86.83
C1 women[18]		96.52		98.27		101.51
K1 men[19]		79.79		81.16		84.61
K1 women[20]		94.24		97.02		97.58
Extreme slalom men[21]
Extreme slalom women[22]

World Cup Race 4

26–28 August in Pau, France.

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men[23]		103.73		103.81		105.19
C1 women[24]		113.54		117.94		118.43
K1 men[25]		97.94		98.55		98.64
K1 women[26]		108.20		110.00		110.63
Extreme slalom men[27]
Extreme slalom women[28]

World Cup Final

2–4 September in La Seu, Spain.

Event	align=center bgcolor="gold"	Gold	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="silver"	Silver	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score	align=center bgcolor="CC9966"	Bronze	align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"	Score
C1 men[29]		93.37		93.46		94.50
C1 women[30]		103.25		103.31		106.15
K1 men[31]		87.07		87.28		87.44
K1 women[32]		92.32		96.21		96.89
Extreme slalom men[33]
Extreme slalom women[34]

External links

• International Canoe Federation

Notes and References

1. Web site: ICF suspends Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials . CanoeICF.com . 28 July 2022.
2. Web site: CANOE SLALOM 2O22 – ICF RANKING COMPETITION HANDBOOK. CanoeICF.com . 2 May 2022.
3. Web site: CANOE SLALOM 2022 – RULES APPENDICES . CanoeICF.com . 2 May 2022.
4. Web site: C1M official result list – World Cup Race 1 . 12 June 2022.
5. Web site: C1W official result list – World Cup Race 1 . 12 June 2022.
6. Web site: K1M official result list – World Cup Race 1 . 11 June 2022.
7. Web site: K1W official result list – World Cup Race 1 . 11 June 2022.
8. Web site: XKM official result list – World Cup Race 1 . 12 June 2022.
9. Web site: XKW official result list – World Cup Race 1 . 12 June 2022.
10. Web site: Fox continues Krakow hot run while Prindis shows resilience . CanoeICF.com . 19 June 2022.
11. Web site: C1M official result list – World Cup Race 2 . 19 June 2022.
12. Web site: C1W official result list – World Cup Race 2 . 19 June 2022.
13. Web site: K1M official result list – World Cup Race 2 . 18 June 2022.
14. Web site: K1W official result list – World Cup Race 2 . 18 June 2022.
15. Web site: XKM official result list – World Cup Race 2 . 19 June 2022.
16. Web site: XKW official result list – World Cup Race 2 . 19 June 2022.
17. Web site: C1M official result list – World Cup Race 3 . 26 June 2022.
18. Web site: C1W official result list – World Cup Race 3 . 26 June 2022.
19. Web site: K1M official result list – World Cup Race 3 . 25 June 2022.
20. Web site: K1W official result list – World Cup Race 3 . 25 June 2022.
21. Web site: XKM official result list – World Cup Race 3 . 26 June 2022.
22. Web site: XKW official result list – World Cup Race 3 . 26 June 2022.
23. Web site: C1M official result list – World Cup Race 4 . 28 August 2022.
24. Web site: C1W official result list – World Cup Race 4 . 28 August 2022.
25. Web site: K1M official result list – World Cup Race 4 . 27 August 2022.
26. Web site: K1W official result list – World Cup Race 4 . 27 August 2022.
27. Web site: XKM official result list – World Cup Race 4 . 28 August 2022.
28. Web site: XKW official result list – World Cup Race 4 . 28 August 2022.
29. Web site: C1M official result list – World Cup Final . 4 September 2022.
30. Web site: C1W official result list – World Cup Final . 4 September 2022.
31. Web site: K1M official result list – World Cup Final . 3 September 2022.
32. Web site: K1W official result list – World Cup Final . 3 September 2022.
33. Web site: XKM official result list – World Cup Final . 4 September 2022.
34. Web site: XKW official result list – World Cup Final . 4 September 2022.