The Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating series kicks off on Friday in Calgary (CAN). The World Cup series consists of six events that will take place in five different countries across North America, Asia and Europe held from October 2012 to February 2013 in which the world’s best short track skaters from over 20 countries will compete for World Cup titles and prize money.

At each competition the Men’s and Ladies’ races will be held over 500m, 1000m and 1500m and the Ladies’ 3000m Relay and Men’s 5000m Relay. Single Distance medals at each event and an Overall title per distance are up for grabs. The Overall title is determined by the skater who earns the most total points in each distance after all six events.

The series starts off with the first two events taking place in Canada. The skaters first head off to Calgary and the following weekend they will travel east to Montreal. The second leg of the series moves over to Asia starting in Nagoya (JPN) and the final Short Track event in 2012 will be competed in Shanghai (CHN).  The Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track series picks up again in Europe in February in Sochi (RUS) which will also be the Short Track Speed Skating test event for the Olympic Winter Games 2014. The action will then move to Germany where the final Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track event will take place in Dresden.

The Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track series 2012/13 will be available as a live stream here. The following countries will be geo-blocked due to television right restrictions: Canada, China, Japan (except for World Cups in Calgary and Montreal) and Republic of Korea. 

Live results and other information on the Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track series 2012/13 are available here.

Dates, distances and schedule

World Cup

Individual Distances for Ladies and Men

Relay

Day 1

Day 2

October 19-21 Calgary (CAN)

1000 m, 1500 m

500 m, 1000 m

3000 m for Ladies,

5000 m for Men

October 26-28, Montreal (CAN)

500 m, 1500 m

500 m, 1000 m

3000 m for Ladies,

5000 m for Men

November 30-December 2, Nagoya (JPN)

1000 m, 1500 m

500 m, 1500 m

3000 m for Ladies,

5000 m for Men

December 7-9, Shanghai (CHN)

1000 m, 1500 m

500 m, 1000 m

3000 m for Ladies,

5000 m for Men

February 1-3, Sochi (RUS)

500 m, 1500 m

500 m, 1000 m

3000 m for Ladies,

5000 m for Men

February 8-10, Dresden (GER)

1000 m, 1500 m

500 m, 1500 m

3000 m for Ladies,

5000 m for Men

 Points scoring

Each skater is awarded points based on his/her rank for each of the above Distance Classifications:

Rank

Points

 

Rank

Points

 

Rank

Points

1

1000

 

16

35

 

31

14

2

800

 

17

28

 

32

13

3

640

 

18

27

 

33

12

4

512

 

19

26

 

34

11

5

410

 

20

25

 

35

10

6

328

 

21

24

 

36

9

7

262

 

22

23

 

37

8

8

210

 

23

22

 

38

7

9

168

 

24

21

 

39

6

10

134

 

25

20

 

40

5

11

107

 

26

19

 

41

4