2025–26 Bobsleigh World Cup

2025–26 Bobsleigh World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Combined Johannes Lochner Laura Nolte
Monobob Laura Nolte
Two Johannes Lochner Laura Nolte
Four Johannes Lochner
Competition
Edition 42nd 33rd
Locations 7 7
Cancelled
Rescheduled

The 2025–26 Bobsleigh World Cup (official: BMW IBSF Bobsleigh World Cup) is a multi-race series over a season of bobsleigh, organised by International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).[1]

The season will start on 22 November 2025 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy and will conclude on 18 January 2026 in Altenberg, Germany.[2]

The highlight of the season are the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, whose results were not included in the World Cup standings.

Schedule

No Location Date Two-Man Four-Man Monobob Two-Woman Details
1 Cortina d'Ampezzo 22–23 November 2025
2 Innsbruck 29–30 November 2025
3 Lillehammer 13–14 December 2025 ●●
4 Sigulda 20–21 December 2025 ●●
5 Winterberg 3–4 January 2026
6    St. Moritz 10–11 January 2026 also European Championships
7 Altenberg 17–18 January 2026
OG Cortina d'Ampezzo 15–22 February 2026 2026 Winter Olympics (not included in the World Cup)

Men's calendar & standings

Two-man

No. Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time R.
1 22 Nov 2025 Cortina d'Ampezzo  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
1:51.15
(55.50 / 55.65)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
1:51.49
(55.73 / 55.76)
 Germany
Adam Ammour
Alexander Schaller
1:51.75
(55.89 / 55.86)
[3]
2 29 Nov 2025 Innsbruck  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Georg Fleischhauer
1:45.08
(52.64 / 52.44)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schaller
1:45.13
(52.67 / 52.46)
 Germany
Adam Ammour
Tim Becker
1:45.89
(53.07 / 52.82)
[4]
3 20 Dec 2025 Sigulda  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
1:38.97
(49.34 / 49.63)
 Germany
Johannes Lochner
Thorsten Margis
1:39.20
(49.49 / 49.71)
 Germany
Adam Ammour
Benedikt Hertel
1:39.39
(49.52 / 49.87)
[5]
4 21 Dec 2025
5 3 Jan 2026 Winterberg
6 10 Jan 2026    St. Moritz
7 17 Jan 2026 Altenberg
Overall

Overall leaders

Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Johannes Lochner 22 November 2025 – present Cortina d'Ampezzo Innsbruck 2

Standings

Rank[6] Racer Points COR IGL SIG1 SIG2 WIN STM ALT
1 Johannes Lochner 660 1 1 2
2 Francesco Friedrich 645 2 2 1
3 Adam Ammour 600 3 3 3
4 Frank Del Duca 560 5 4 5
5 Kim Jin-su 528 4 4 10
6    Michael Vogt 472 9 12 4
7 Markus Treichl 472 10 9 6
8 Jēkabs Kalenda 448 13 8 7
9 Patrick Baumgartner 424 7 16 8
10 Brad Hall 392 6 17 12

Four-man

No. Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time R.
1 23 Nov 2025 Cortina d'Ampezzo  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Thorsten Margis
Jörn Wenzel
Georg Fleischhauer
1:49.73
(54.75 / 54.98)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Matthias Sommer
Alexander Schüller
Felix Straub
1:49.95
(54.93 / 55.02)
 South Korea
Kim Jin-su
Kim Sun-wook
Kim Hyeong-geun
Lee Geon-u
1:50.34
(55.14 / 55.20)
[7]
2 30 Nov 2025 Innsbruck  Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Tim Becker
Alexander Schüller
Felix Straub
1:43.68
(51.67 / 52.01)
 Germany
Johannes Lochner
Thorsten Margis
Jörn Wenzel
Georg Fleischhauer
1:43.96
(52.04 / 51.92)
 Italy
Patrick Baumgartner
Eric Fantazzini
Robert Mircea
Lorenzo Bilotti
1:44.15
(52.00 / 52.15)
[8]
3 13 Dec 2025 Lillehammer  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Thorsten Margis
Jörn Wenzel
Georg Fleischhauer
1:39.88
(49.81 / 50.07)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Matthias Sommer
Alexander Schüller
Felix Straub
1:40.02
(49.77 / 50.25)
 Germany
Adam Ammour
Issam Ammour
Joshua Tasche
Alexander Schaller
1:40.04
(49.89 / 50.15)
[9]
4 14 Dec 2025  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Thorsten Margis
Oliver Peschk
Georg Fleischhauer
1:40.01
(49.80 / 50.21)
 Germany
Adam Ammour
Issam Ammour
Joshua Tasche
Costa Laurenz
1:40.27
(50.08 / 50.19)
 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schaller
Alexander Schüller
Felix Straub
1:40.29
(50.02 / 50.27)
[10]
5 4 Jan 2026 Winterberg
6 11 Jan 2026    St. Moritz
7 18 Jan 2026 Altenberg
Overall

Overall leaders

Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Johannes Lochner 23 November 2025 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1
Francesco Friedrich 30 November 2025 Innsbruck 1
Johannes Lochner 13 December 2025 – present Lillehammer 2

Standings

Rank[11] Racer Points COR IGL LIL1 LIL2 WIN STM ALT
1 Johannes Lochner 885 1 2 1 1
2 Francesco Friedrich 845 2 1 2 3
3 Adam Ammour 786 5 4 3 2
4 Patrick Baumgartner 744 8 3 4 4
5 Brad Hall 680 6 10 6 5
6 Michael Vogt 664 10 6 5 8
7 Kim Jin-su 656 3 7 6 14
8 Markus Treichl 640 4 5 14 9
9 Kristopher Horn 608 7 8 15 6
10 Cédric Follador 568 9 9 8 15

Men's combined standings

Rank after 6 events[12] Points
1 Johannes Lochner 1335
2 Francesco Friedrich 1265
3 Adam Ammour 1186
4 Kim Jin-su 1040
5 Patrick Baumgartner 1008
6 Brad Hall 944
7 Michael Vogt 944
8 Markus Treichl 936
9 Kristopher Horn 912
10 Romain Heinrich 808

Women's calendar & standings

Monobob

No. Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time R.
1 22 Nov 2025 Cortina d'Ampezzo Laura Nolte 1:59.47
(59.80 / 59.67)
Kaysha Love 1:59.62
(59.74 / 59.88)
Breeana Walker 1:59.63
(59.85 / 59.78)
[13]
2 29 Nov 2025 Innsbruck Kaysha Love 1:52.02
(56.05 / 55.97)
Laura Nolte 1:52.19
(56.14 / 56.05)
Lisa Buckwitz 1:52.33
(56.22 / 56.11)
[14]
3 13 Dec 2025 Lillehammer Breeana Walker 1:47.88
(53.86 / 54.02)
Katrin Beierl 1:48.32
(54.14 / 54.18)
Laura Nolte 1:48.36
(54.11 / 54.25)
[15]
4 20 Dec 2025 Sigulda Breeana Walker 1:46.48
(53.12 / 53.36)
Laura Nolte 1:46.59
(53.13 / 53.46)
Katrin Beierl 1:46.62
(53.05 / 53.57)
[16]
5 3 Jan 2026 Winterberg
6 10 Jan 2026    St. Moritz
7 17 Jan 2026 Altenberg
Overall

Overall leaders

Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Laura Nolte 22 November 2025 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1
Laura Nolte
Kaysha Love
29 November 2025 Innsbruck 1
Laura Nolte 13 December 2025 – present Lillehammer 1

Standings

Rank[17] Racer Points COR IGL LIL SIG WIN STM ALT
1 Laura Nolte 845 1 2 3 2
2 Breeana Walker 842 3 4 1 1
3 Lisa Buckwitz 760 5 3 5 4
4    Melanie Hasler 704 7 7 4 6
5 Kaysha Love 691 2 1 14 10
6 Kaillie Humphries 688 4 9 7 6
7 Katrin Beierl 658 12 13 2 3
8 Melissa Lotholz 616 6 5 6 18
9 Margot Boch 576 8 12 11 9
8 Cynthia Appiah 552 13 14 8 8

Two-woman

No. Date Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time R.
1 23 Nov 2025 Cortina d'Ampezzo  Germany
Laura Nolte
Deborah Levi
1:54.23
(56.98 / 57.25)
 United States
Kaysha Love
Azaria Hill
1:55.00
(57.52 / 57.48)
 United States
Kaillie Humphries
Sylvia Hoffman
1:55.02
(57.49 / 57.53)
[18]
2 30 Nov 2025 Innsbruck  Germany
Laura Nolte
Deborah Levi
1:47.51
(53.78 / 53.73)
 United States
Kaysha Love
Sylvia Hoffman
1:47.92
(54.12 / 53.80)
 Germany
Kim Kalicki
Leonie Fiebig
1:48.03
(54.07 / 53.96)
[19]
3 14 Dec 2025 Lillehammer  Germany
Laura Nolte
Deborah Levi
1:43.49
(51.72 / 51.77)
 Germany
Kim Kalicki
Talea Prepens
1:44.05
(51.98 / 52.07)
 Germany
Lisa Buckwitz
Kira Lipperheide/
Neele Schuten
1:44.11
(52.01 / 52.10)
[20]
4 21 Dec 2025 Sigulda
5 4 Jan 2026 Winterberg
6 11 Jan 2026    St. Moritz
7 18 Jan 2026 Altenberg
Overall

Overall leaders

Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Laura Nolte 23 November 2025 – present Cortina d'Ampezzo Lillehammer 3

Standings

Rank[21] Racer Points COR IGL LIL SIG WIN STM ALT
1 Laura Nolte 675 1 1 1
2 Kaysha Love 612 2 2 4
3 Kim Kalicki 602 4 3 2
4 Kaillie Humphries 576 3 4 5
5 Lisa Buckwitz 552 7 5 3
6 Katrin Beierl 520 5 7 7
7 Elana Meyers Taylor 504 6 6 9
8 Melanie Hasler 472 8 9 8
9 Inola Blatty 432 11 8 11
10 Debora Annen 424 12 13 6

Women's combined standings

Rank after 6 events[22] Points
1 Laura Nolte 1310
2 Kaysha Love 1159
3 Lisa Buckwitz 1120
4 Kaillie Humphries 1088
5 Melanie Hasler 1000
6 Katrin Beierl 978
7 Melissa Lotholz 944
8 Kim Kalicki 914
9 Breeana Walker 905
10 Elana Meyers Taylor 866

Podium table by nation

Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany1110930
2 Australia2013
3 United States1315
4 Austria0112
5 Italy0011
 South Korea0011
Totals (6 entries)14141442

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2025–26 Bobsleigh World Cup for men and women.

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2-Man, 4-Man, Monobob, 2-Woman 225 210 200 192 184 176 168 160 152 144 136 128 120 112 104 96 88 80 74 68

See also

References

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