2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour

The 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour was a series of four short track speed skating events, organised by the International Skating Union (ISU). It was the second edition of the ISU Short Track World Tour. It started on 9 October 2025 and ended on 30 November 2025. Performance at the 2025–26 World Tour determined qualification for short track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

ISU communication 2717 designated the following events as World Tour Competitions:

Each event consists of a qualifying session and a main session. The qualifying session is held on the first two days and the morning of the third day. The main session is held on the third and fourth days. World Tour Points are awarded for performance in the main session only.

The qualifying session may consist of preliminaries, heats and quarterfinals, depending on the number of registered competitors per distance. The main session may consist of a repechage, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.

Each ISU member country may register up to a maximum of 6 men and 6 women per event. Each ISU member determines its own selection procedure. For team USA, national qualifiers are held from 11-14 September 2025.^[3] Team Canada is selected based on performance in the previous season.^[4] A maximum of three competitors per country can participate in any individual distance.

All competitors must have achieved a qualifying time over 500 meters at an official ISU event after July 1st, 2023. Competitors must achieve a time of 45.04 seconds (men) or 47.21 seconds (women) if they are their country´s sole representative. Competitors from ISU member countries that register more than one competitor per category must meet a qualifying time of 43.46 seconds (men) or 45.56 seconds (women).

Skaters and teams score points per distance in each of the four events.

The World Tour ranking per distance is established by the sum of the best three scores of each competitor. An overall individual ranking is established by the best nine scores of each skater across all individual distances.The winner is awarded the Crystal Globe for best short-track speed skater of the World Tour. An overall World Team Classification is computed by adding all individual results from all categories plus three times the score in each team event. The winning team is awarded the Crystal Globe for best short-track team of the World Tour.

The Olympic Qualification Classification uses the points awarded for the World Ranking. In each race, the highest placed skater of a country earns points for the first olympic quota place of that country. The country´s second placed skater earns points for the second quota place of that country and the country´s third placed skater earns points for the third quota place of that country. The best three of four results count to determine quota place allocation for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Table showing the World Tour podium places per country after 36 of 36 medal races.

• ISU Communication 2717