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The 2018 FIL European Luge Championships took place under the auspices of the International Luge Federation at Sigulda, Latvia from 27 to 28 January 2018. This was the fourth time Sigulda hosted the event. [1]
Four events were held. [2]
| Date | Time | Events |
|---|---|---|
| 27 January | 09:40 | Doubles first run |
| 11:00 | Doubles second run | |
| 12:20 | Women first run | |
| 13:40 | Women second run | |
| 28 January | 09:15 | Men first run |
| 10:50 | Men second run | |
| 14:50 | Team relay |
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Men's singles [3] | Semen Pavlichenko  Russia | 1:36.758 | Felix Loch  Germany | 1:36.769 | Roman Repilov Russia | 1:36.870 |
| Women's singles [4] | Tatiana Ivanova Russia | 1:23.989 | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:24.076 | Sandra Robatscher  Italy | 1:24.360 |
| Doubles [5] | Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken Germany | 1:23.364 | Andris Šics/Juris Šics  Latvia | 1:23.419 | Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt Germany | 1:23.590 |
| Team relay [6] | Russia Tatiana Ivanova Semen Pavlichenko Alexander Denisyev/Vladislav Antonov | 2:13.428 | Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken | 2:13.579 | Latvia Kendija Aparjode Inārs Kivlenieks Andris Šics/Juris Šics | 2:13.607 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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