Canoe Slalom World Cup | |
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![]() Thierry Humeau at the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Augsburg, 1990 | |
Status | active |
Genre | Canoe slalom |
Frequency | Annual |
Location(s) | mostly Europe |
Inaugurated | 1988 |
Previous event | 2024 Canoe Slalom World Cup |
Next event | 2026 Canoe Slalom World Cup |
Organised by | International Canoe Federation (ICF) |
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The ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup is an annual season-long series of top level races in canoe slalom held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. It has been held since 1988 in four canoe and kayak disciplines for men and women. The four original disciplines were men's single canoe (C1), men's double canoe (C2), men's kayak (K1) and women's kayak. A women's single canoe discipline (C1) was added to the world cup in 2010. The men's C2 event was removed from the world cup series in 2018 and it was replaced by the mixed C2 event. The mixed C2 event only lasted for one season, however. 2018 was also the first time that world cup points were awarded for the kayak cross (called extreme K1 at the time). Kayak cross individual (a kayak cross time trial event) was introduced as a separate discipline in 2025. The time trial is simultaneously used as a qualification run for the kayak cross knockout phase.
The world cup is a series of individual races usually taking place during the summer months of June, July and August. The athlete (or boat) that accumulates the highest number of points from all world cup races in the given discipline becomes the overall world cup champion. The scoring system as well as the number of world cup races have changed multiple times over the years. Currently the winner of a world cup race gets 60 points (120 points in the World Cup Final). The points for lower positions vary by discipline.
World Cup races take place mostly in Europe, with the most common stops in Augsburg, Prague, Tacen and La Seu d'Urgell. On rare occasions there were World Cup events on other continents with Penrith being the most visited venue outside of Europe. In the early years the races were sometimes held on natural courses, but only artificial courses have been used in recent years.
Season | Kayak cross men | Kayak cross individual men | Kayak cross women | Kayak cross individual women |
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2018 | ![]() | – | ![]() | – |
2019 | ![]() | – | ![]() | – |
2020 | Not declared | – | Not declared | – |
2021 | ![]() | – | ![]() | – |
2022 | ![]() | – | ![]() | – |
2023 | ![]() | – | ![]() | – |
2024 | ![]() | – | ![]() | – |
2025 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Showing paddlers who have won at least 2 World Cup titles.
Rank | Name | Period | C1 | K1 | Kayak cross | C2 | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1996–2017 | – | – | – | 10 | 10 |
![]() | 1996–2017 | – | – | – | 10 | 10 | |
3 | ![]() | 1983–1997 | – | – | – | 6 | 6 |
![]() | 1977–1997 | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | |
5 | ![]() | 1994–active | 5 | – | – | – | 5 |
6 | ![]() | 2005–active | – | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
![]() | 2002–active | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | |
8 | ![]() | 1975–1995 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
![]() | 1977–1993 | - | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
![]() | 1986–1997 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | |
![]() | 1988–2004 | - | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
![]() | 1990–2004 | - | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
![]() | 1998–2018 | - | – | – | 3 | 3 | |
![]() | 1998–2018 | - | – | – | 3 | 3 | |
![]() | 1999–active | - | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
![]() | 1998–2023 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | |
![]() | 2008–active | - | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
18 | ![]() | 1987–2005 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
![]() | 1990–2004 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
![]() | 1989–2000 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 1989–2000 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 1994–2012 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
![]() | 2001–2014 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
![]() | 1997–2009 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
![]() | 2001–2008 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
![]() | 1994–2017 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
![]() | 2004–2019 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
![]() | 2003–2018 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 2003–2018 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 2005–active | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
![]() | 2009–active | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | |
![]() | 2016–active | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
Rank | Name | Period | C1 | K1 | Kayak cross | C2 mixed | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2008–active | 7 | 5 | – | – | 12 |
2 | ![]() | 1988–2019 | – | 6 | – | – | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 1999–2021 | – | 4 | – | – | 4 |
![]() | 2011–active | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | |
![]() | 2008–active | – | 3 | 1 | – | 4 | |
6 | ![]() | 1979–1996 | – | 3 | – | – | 3 |
![]() | 1988–1997 | – | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
![]() | 2013–active | 2 | – | – | 1 | 3 | |
9 | ![]() | 1988–2017 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
![]() | 2006–2019 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | |
![]() | 2002–2024 | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
![]() | 2010–active | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Showing top ten male and female paddlers by race victories. Statistics are missing all races from 1988 and some races from 1989.
Rank | Name | Period | C1 | K1 | Kayak cross | C2 | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1996–2017 | – | – | – | 30 | 30 |
![]() | 1996–2017 | – | – | – | 30 | 30 | |
3 | ![]() | 1994–active | 20 | – | – | – | 20 |
4 | ![]() | 1983–1997 | – | – | – | 19 | 19 |
![]() | 1977–1997 | – | – | – | 19 | 19 | |
6 | ![]() | 1994–2012 | 18 | – | – | – | 18 |
7 | ![]() | 1999–active | - | 13 | – | – | 13 |
8 | ![]() | 1989–2000 | – | – | – | 11 | 11 |
![]() | 1989–2000 | – | – | – | 11 | 11 | |
![]() | 1990–2004 | - | 11 | – | – | 11 | |
![]() | 1988–2004 | - | 11 | – | – | 11 |
Rank | Name | Period | C1 | K1 | Kayak cross | Kayak cross individual | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2008–active | 35 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 55 |
2 | ![]() | 1988–2017 | – | 19 | – | – | 19 |
3 | ![]() | 1988–2019 | – | 14 | – | – | 14 |
4 | ![]() | 2008–active | – | 12 | 1 | – | 13 |
5 | ![]() | 2010–active | 7 | 1 | 3 | – | 11 |
6 | ![]() | 1988–1997 | – | 10 | – | – | 10 |
7 | ![]() | 1999–2021 | – | 9 | – | – | 9 |
8 | ![]() | 1992–2008 | – | 8 | – | – | 8 |
![]() | 2000–active | – | 8 | – | – | 8 | |
![]() | 2011–active | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 8 |
Showing top ten paddlers by medal record per discipline (at least 2 wins required). Statistics are missing all races from 1988 and some races from 1989.
C1 men
| K1 men
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Kayak cross men
| C2 men
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C1 women
| K1 women
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Kayak cross women
| Kayak cross individual women
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Nation | C1 men | C1 women | C2 men | C2 mixed | K1 men | K1 women | KX men | KX women | KXI men | KXI women | Total | |
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1 | ![]() | 12 | 14 | 10 | 36 | |||||||
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 25 | |||
3 | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | |||||
![]() | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 23 | ||||||
5 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | |||
6 | ![]() | 2 | 9 | 6 | 17 | |||||||
7 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||
8 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
9 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
10 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
11 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
12 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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46 unique venues have held a Canoe Slalom World Cup between 1989 and 2019. This includes those that have held the World Championships or Continental Championships which counted towards world cup points (2005–2010 and 2018). As of 2008, a world cup has been held on every inhabited continent.
Venue | Events held |
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