Luge at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The qualification process for the five luge events at the 2026 Winter Olympics is based on performance of competitors at five designated events. Results at these events determine the Olympic Qualification ranking list that is used for quota allocation to National Olympic Committees (NOC).[1]

Qualification rules

Maximum quota places per event

There will be five luge events at the 2026 Winter Olympics: singles and doubles for both men and women, and a relay event. A maximum of 106 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum 59 men and 47 women may qualify with the following event specific maximums in place.[1]

Maximum quota places per event
Men Women
singles 25 25
doubles 17 11
relay 11

In men's and women's singles events the top fifteen NOCs first qualify one athlete. Then, NOCs second best athletes are ranked and the best seven of those qualify. Finally, NOCs third best ranked athletes are compared, and the best three of those qualify. In men's doubles the top fourteen qualify one pair, three of those NOCs qualify a second pair. In women's doubles the top eleven ranked NOCs qualify one pair. If an event quota is not filled through this method then the next NOC who has not received a quota is eligible. If there is still quotas remaining then the next ranked athletes will be used respecting the NOC maximum of three per individual event and two per doubles event.[1]

Neutral athletes

On 31 October 2025, the CAS ruled that Russian athletes who satisfied the IOC's rules for neutral status should be allowed to qualify to the Olympics. However, the ruling carried nothing binding that required the FIL to include neutrals in their competitions.[2]

Olympic Qualification ranking events

The following five stages of the 2025–26 Luge World Cup and one Olympic test event, count towards the Olympic Qualification ranking list.[3] Originally 'stage 1' was to have been at Innsbruck on 4–7 December 2025, but track reconstruction forced changes to the world cup schedule and the FIL chose to include the Olympic test event rather than have two out of five qualifying races in Winterberg.[4]

Quota allocation

Provisional allocations according to the FIL as of January 11th, 2026.[5][6][7][8]

Current summary

Nations Men's Men's Doubles Women's Women's Doubles Relay Athletes
 Argentina 1 1
 Australia 1 1
 Austria 3 2 3 1 12
 Canada 1 2 1 6
 China 1[a] 1 1 1 6
 Czech Republic 1 1
 Germany 3 2 3 1 12
 Individual Neutral Athletes 1 1 2
 Italy 3 2 2 1 11
 Japan 1 1
 Latvia 2 2 2 1 10
 Poland 1 1 1 1 6
 Romania 2 1 1 1 7
 Slovakia 1 1 1 5
 South Korea 1 1
 Sweden 1 1 2
 Switzerland 1 1
 Ukraine 2 2 2 1 10
 United States 2 2 3 1 11
Total: 19 NOCs 25 17 25 11 9 106

Men

Singles
Sleds qualified Countries Athletes total Nation
3 3 9  Austria
 Germany
 Italy
2 4 8  Latvia
 Ukraine
 United States
 Romania
1 8 8  Australia
 Slovakia
 Czech Republic
 Sweden
 Poland
 Japan
 Individual Neutral Athletes
 China[a]
25 15 25
Pos. Racer Cortina d'Ampezzo Park City Lake Placid Sigulda Winterberg Total
1 Jonas Müller 100 100 60 85 100 445
2 Felix Loch 60 46 100 100 85 391
3 Max Langenhan 55 85 85 70 55 350
4 Nico Gleirscher 50 42 50 60 70 272
5 Kristers Aparjods 85 30 55 46 42 258
6 Wolfgang Kindl 70 34 70 10 60 244
7 David Gleirscher 46 10 36 55 46 193
8 Gints Bērziņš 42 36 28 50 34 190
9 Jonathan Gustafson 28 55 42 24 39 188
10 David Nößler 39 50 32 34 30 185
11 Timon Grancagnolo 36 39 26 39 36 176
12 Dominik Fischnaller 0 60 46 10 50 166
13 Leon Felderer 34 70 10 32 18 164
14 Alex Gufler 32 32 20 30 20 134
15 Alexander Ferlazzo 21 22 34 26 25 128
16 Anton Dukach 30 19 22 25 23 119
17 Kaspars Rinks 18 10 17 42 28 115
18 Andriy Mandziy 24 1 30 23 32 110
19 Matthew Greiner 25 23 15 10 26 99
20 Tucker West 20 2 39 14 21 96
21 Jozef Ninis 26 10 18 36 0 90
22 Ondřej Hyman 15 26 16 17 13 87
23 Hunter Harris 23 17 19 15 9 83
24 Svante Kohala 17 21 13 22 8 81
25 Valentin Crețu 1 15 21 21 22 80
26 Mateusz Sochowicz 6 23 28 19 76
27 Seiya Kobayashi 7 28 6 16 17 74
28 Eduard Craciun 14 20 8 18 14 74
29 Marian Skupek 9 18 10 20 16 73
30 Pavel Repilov 16 24 24 64
31 Mirza Nikolajev 13 9 7 10 15 54
32 Leon Haselrieder 19 19 12 50
33 Matvei Perestoronin 12 25 11 48
34 Lukas Peccei 25 13 38
35 Cole Zajanski 24 9 33
36 Rasmus Moberg 10 3 14 6 33
37 Theo Downey 22 10 32
38 Bao Zhenyu[a] 8 6 4 6 5 29
39 Kim Ji-min 4 16 1 2 23
40 Arkadiusz Trojga 5 5 8 4 22
41 Dylan Morse 1 7 1 4 8 21
42 Li Jing 8 3 5 1 17
43 Jakub Veprovsky 2 10 1 2 1 16
44 Walter Vikström 3 5 3 1 12
45 Aleksandr Gorbatsevich 11 11
46 Nikola Boban 1 4 2 1 3 11
47 Jānis Gruzdulis-Borovojs 9 9
48 Bruno Mick 7 7
48 Luka Mtchedliani 1 1 1 3
49 Stefan Doktor 1 1
  1. ^ a b c Prioritized quota place to complete team relay.
Doubles
Sleds qualified Countries Athletes total Nation
2 6[a] 24  Austria
 Latvia
 Germany
 Italy
 United States
 Ukraine
1 5 10  Poland
 Slovakia
 Romania
 China
 Canada
17 11 34
  1. ^ only eleven NOCs are ranked so three more would be elevated to qualifying two sleds each to fulfill quota.
Pos. Racer Cortina d'Ampezzo Park City Lake Placid Sigulda Winterberg Total
1 Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt 70 46 50 85 100 351
2 Marcus Mueller / Ansel Haugsjaa 85 36 100 39 36 296
3 Thomas Steu / Wolfgang Kindl 60 55 46 46 85 292
4 Mārtiņš Bots / Roberts Plūme 36 50 85 70 42 283
5 Ivan Nagler / Fabian Malleier 46 70 55 50 60 281
6 Juri Gatt / Riccardo Schöpf 50 60 42 42 70 264
7 Eduards Ševics-Mikeļševics / Lūkass Krasts 39 42 34 100 46 261
8 Toni Eggert / Florian Müller 34 100 60 25 39 258
9 Yannick Müller / Armin Frauscher 42 30 70 60 55 257
10 Hannes Orlamünder / Paul Gubitz 100 34 28 16 50 228
11 Emanuel Rieder / Simon Kainzwaldner 55 39 30 55 34 213
12 Zachary Di Gregorio / Sean Hollander 20 85 39 36 32 212
13 Wojciech Chmielewski / Michał Gancarczyk 28 26 25 30 30 139
14 Dana Kellogg / Frank Ike 32 32 36 22 16 138
15 Christián Bosman / Bruno Mick 30 23 26 34 16 129
16 Ihor Hoi / Nazarii Kachmar 22 21 24 24 25 116
17 Danyil Martsinovskyi / Bohdan Babura 18 24 20 26 26 114
18 Marian Gîtlan / Darius Șerban 21 22 23 21 23 110
19 Maksym Panchuk / Andrii Muts 17 20 22 23 21 103
20 Tudor Ştefan Handaric / Sebastian Motzca 23 25 21 22 91
21 Jubayi Saikeyi / Hou Shuo 24 19 20 24 87
22 Tomáš Vaverčák / Matej Zmij 26 28 32 86
23 Philipp Brunner / Manuel Weissensteiner 25 32 28 85
24 Edvards Marts Markitāns / Roberts Lazdāns 28 28
25 Devin Wardrope / Cole Zajanski 19 19

Women

Singles
Sleds qualified Countries Athletes total Nation
3 3 9  Austria
 Germany
 United States
2 4 8  Italy
 Latvia
 Canada
 Ukraine
1 8 8  Switzerland
 Individual Neutral Athletes
 China
 South Korea
 Poland
 Sweden
 Argentina
 Romania
25 15 25
Pos. Racer Cortina d'Ampezzo Park City Lake Placid Sigulda Winterberg Total
1 Julia Taubitz 85 42 100 70 85 382
2 Summer Britcher 30 100 70 100 55 355
3 Lisa Schulte 70 39 55 85 60 309
4 Ashley Farquharson 60 70 85 55 10 280
5 Verena Hofer 50 85 36 34 70 275
6 Hannah Prock 32 55 30 46 100 263
7 Merle Fräbel 100 50 50 60 260
8 Dorothea Schwarz 36 60 46 39 32 213
9 Anna Berreiter 42 34 42 42 50 210
10 Natalie Maag 55 46 34 26 42 203
11 Elīna Bota 39 24 39 50 46 198
12 Sandra Robatscher 46 22 32 36 34 170
13 Kendija Aparjode 34 36 24 30 39 163
14 Emily Fischnaller 20 30 60 10 23 143
15 Embyr-Lee Susko 28 28 28 20 26 130
16 Barbara Allmaier 21 32 22 23 25 123
17 Nina Zöggeler 24 25 26 22 19 116
18 Trinity Ellis 26 23 23 19 22 113
19 Caitlin Nash 23 26 21 15 21 106
20 Zane Kaluma 9 20 19 32 17 97
21 Yulianna Tunytska 17 21 15 18 12 83
22 Alexandra Oberstolz 25 25 30 80
23 Daria Olesik 22 20 36 78
24 Olena Smaha 8 17 16 17 20 78
25 Anka Jänicke 15 10 24 24 73
26 Margita Sirsniņa 19 10 13 28 70
27 Emma Erickson 5 19 25 18 67
28 Wang Peixuan 14 9 7 21 16 67
29 Jung Hye-sun 13 16 10 12 13 64
30 Klaudia Domaradzka 12 18 16 14 60
31 Tove Kohala 17 10 18 10 55
32 Verónica María Ravenna 2 15 17 13 8 55
33 Hu Huilan 10 8 8 14 15 55
34 Ioana-Corina Buzatoiu 7 13 14 10 7 51
35 Elsa Desmond 3 14 9 7 5 38
36 Kaia Hatton 1 7 12 8 6 34
37 Shin Yu-bin 6 10 6 9 31
38 Melina Fischer 28 28
39 Emma Seer 5 5 9 4 23
40 Sofiia Mazur 16 16
41 Kseniia Shamova 11 11
42 Tehya Baylis 6 6
43 Anna Shkret 4 4
Doubles
Sleds qualified Countries Athletes total Nation
1 11 22  Germany
 Austria
 United States
 Italy
 Latvia
 Ukraine
 Poland
 Canada
 Romania
 Slovakia
 China
11 11 22
Pos. Racer Cortina d'Ampezzo Park City Lake Placid Sigulda Winterberg Total
1 Dajana Eitberger / Magdalena Matschina 100 100 85 85 70 440
1 Selina Egle / Lara Michaela Kipp 70 85 100 100 85 440
3 Chevonne Forgan / Sophia Kirkby 55 55 70 55 55 290
4 Andrea Vötter / Marion Oberhofer 85 60 50 70 16 281
5 Jessica Degenhardt / Cheyenne Rosenthal 36 70 60 100 266
6 Maya Chan / Sophia Gordon 36 39 55 50 50 230
7 Marta Robežniece / Kitija Bogdanova 50 16 46 60 46 218
8 Anda Upīte / Madara Pavlova 46 46 42 42 42 218
9 Elisa Marie Storch / Pauline Patz 60 30 36 28 60 214
10 Olena Stetskiv / Oleksandra Mokh 30 36 32 46 32 186
11 Nikola Domowicz / Dominika Piwkowska 32 34 39 39 28 172
12 Beattie Podulsky / Kailey Allan 26 50 34 39 149
13 Nadia Falkensteiner / Annalena Huber 39 42 0 16 36 133
14 Raluca Stramaturaru / Mihaela-Carmen Manolescu 28 32 0 36 30 126
15 Viktoria Praxova / Desana Spitzova 24 34 25 83
16 Lena Riedl / Anna Lerch 42 34 76
17 Gulijienaiti Adikeyoumou / Zhao Jiaying 0 16 32 26 74
18 Amanda Ogorodņikova / Selīna Zvilna 30 30
19 Natasha Khytrenko / Anna Shkret 25 25

Next eligible NOC per event

If a country rejects a quota spot, then additional quotas become available. A country can be eligible for one quota spot per event in the reallocation process.

Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Great Britain
 Finland
 Croatia
 Georgia 		 Romania  Ireland
 Great Britain
 Estonia 		 Germany
 United States
 Latvia
 Italy

References

  1. ^ a b c "How team Canada can qualify for Milano Cortina 2026". Olympics.ca. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Russian athletes get legal win ahead of Olympics in luge appeal case". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXV Olympic Winter Games, Milano Cortina 2026" (PDF). FIL luge.com. 13 November 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Olympic Test Event in Cortina upgraded: First qualifying race for Milano Cortina 2026 confirmed – World Cup opener moved to Winterberg". fil-luge.org. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Overall Ranking Men´s Singles" (PDF). FIL luge.com. 11 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Overall Ranking Men´s Doubles" (PDF). FIL luge.com. 11 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Overall Ranking Women´s Singles" (PDF). FIL luge.com. 11 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Overall Ranking Women´s Doubles" (PDF). FIL luge.com. 11 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
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