ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings

The ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings are the performance-based rankings of canoe slalom athletes competing in the official International Canoe Federation (ICF) Ranking Series of events. It is used to determine the starting order for qualification at international events, most notably World Cups and World Championships, across all current Olympic disciplines, with athletes starting in the reverse order of their ICF Canoe Slalom Ranking.[1] The rankings are updated quarterly but were frozen from December 2019 to September 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Ranking method

Rankings are determined by an athlete's average score across their 5 best results in the 2 year period directly beforehand. The athlete with the lowest average score will be ranked number 1 in their respective Canoe Slalom (C1M, C1W, K1M, K1W, C2M or C2Mx). An athlete who has competed in less than 5 ICF events will be ranked below all athletes who have completed five or more events, regardless of their average score.[2]

ICF points are calculated for each stage of competition (Heats, Semi finals and Finals), with an athlete's lowest score across the three stages contributing towards their average. The earlier stages are offset by 20 and 10 points respectively so that qualifying first in the heats stage or winning the semi-final are not equivalent to winning the final.[2]

Additionally, scores are offset by a "quality factor" added to an athlete's score at a given event in order to accommodate for the varying levels of competition across the ICF Ranking Series of events. World Cups, World Championships and the Olympic Games are prescribed a quality factor of zero, whilst less competitive events may be prescribed a quality factor of over 100. The lowest quality factor outside of the major events is typically the Australian Open, which is prescribed a quality factor of approximately 2 (varying year to year).[2]

Within these rules, an athlete may achieve an average score of 0 if they win five of the 12 races that hold a quality factor of zero across a 2 year period (5 World Cups and a World Championships or Olympic Games each year).

Current rankings

Below are the current ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings, correct as of the end of 2023 season.[3] Movement is shown relative to the rankings from the previous quarter. A † denotes the current Olympic champion, the reigning world champion is shown in bold and the overall world cup winner is in italics.

Canoe men

# Athlete Average Score Movement
1  Luka Božič (SLO) 0.40 Increase 1
2  Benjamin Savšek (SLO) † 0.42 Decrease 1
3  Nicolas Gestin (FRA) 1.11 Increase 3
4  Sideris Tasiadis (GER) 1.37 Steady
5  Miquel Travé (ESP) 2.23 Increase 2
6  Matej Beňuš (SVK) 3.37 Increase 2
7  Raffaello Ivaldi (ITA) 3.50 Increase 6
8  Denis Gargaud Chanut (FRA) 3.55 Decrease 5
9  Franz Anton (GER) 4.13 Increase 1
10  Adam Burgess (GBR) 4.31 Increase 2
11  Ryan Westley (GBR) 4.61 Steady
12  Alexander Slafkovský (SVK) 4.75 Decrease 7
13  Václav Chaloupka (CZE) 5.38 Decrease 4
14  Marko Mirgorodský (SVK) 6.22 Steady
15  Lukáš Rohan (CZE) 7.01 Steady
16  Paolo Ceccon (ITA) 7.97 Increase 4
17  Jiří Prskavec (CZE) 8.98 Increase 13
18  Vojtěch Heger (CZE) 9.57 Decrease 2
19  Mewen Debliquy (FRA) 10.57 Steady
20  Liam Jegou (IRL) 11.52 Increase 1

Kayak men

# Athlete Average Score Movement
1  Jiří Prskavec (CZE) † 0.14 Steady
2  Vít Přindiš (CZE) 0.94 Steady
3  Peter Kauzer (SLO) 1.08 Steady
4  Giovanni De Gennaro (ITA) 1.15 Steady
5  Joseph Clarke (GBR) 1.76 Increase 1
6  Martin Dougoud (SUI) 2.67 Increase 1
7  Titouan Castryck (FRA) 4.11 Increase 6
8  Felix Oschmautz (AUT) 6.19 Steady
9  Hannes Aigner (GER) 6.36 Steady
10  Miquel Travé (ESP) 6.39 Increase 1
11  Martin Srabotnik (SLO) 7.11 Decrease 1
12  Jakub Grigar (SVK) 7.33 Steady
13  Ondřej Tunka (CZE) 8.79 Increase 1
14  Mario Leitner (AUT) 8.95 Increase 2
15  Malo Quéméneur (FRA) 9.14 Steady
16  Lucien Delfour (AUS) 9.35 Increase 1
17  Boris Neveu (FRA) 9.86 Decrease 12
18  Jonny Dickson (GBR) 10.50 Increase 19
19  Timothy Anderson (AUS) 10.74 Increase 9
20  Finn Butcher (NZL) 10.99 Increase 1

Canoe women

# Athlete Average Score Movement
1  Jessica Fox (AUS) † 0.25 Steady
2  Mallory Franklin (GBR) 2.35 Increase 2
3  Gabriela Satková (CZE) 2.78 Increase 2
4  Elena Lilik (GER) 3.77 Decrease 2
5  Andrea Herzog (GER) 4.47 Decrease 2
6  Kimberley Woods (GBR) 5.24 Increase 1
7  Tereza Fišerová (CZE) 6.22 Decrease 1
8  Marjorie Delassus (FRA) 6.24 Steady
9  Zuzana Paňková (SVK) 8.16 Increase 1
10  Mònica Dòria Vilarrubla (AND) 8.77 Decrease 1
11  Evy Leibfarth (USA) 10.11 Increase 1
12  Klaudia Zwolińska (POL) 10.29 Increase 1
13  Viktoriia Us (UKR) 11.14 Decrease 2
14  Martina Satková (CZE) 12.12 Increase 1
15  Marta Bertoncelli (ITA) 12.40 Increase 1
16  Eva Alina Hočevar (SLO) 12.89 Increase 2
17  Elena Borghi (ITA) 13.27 Increase 3
18  Noemie Fox (AUS) 13.64 Increase 1
19  Angèle Hug (FRA) 13.74 Decrease 2
20  Ana Sátila (BRA) 14.30 Decrease 6

Kayak women

# Athlete Average Score Movement
1  Jessica Fox (AUS) 0.00 Steady
2  Ricarda Funk (GER) † 2.01 Steady
3  Elena Lilik (GER) 2.30 Steady
4  Stefanie Horn (ITA) 3.80 Steady
5  Camille Prigent (FRA) 4.92 Increase 1
6  Klaudia Zwolińska (POL) 5.01 Increase 4
7  Mallory Franklin (GBR) 5.98 Steady
8  Eliška Mintálová (SVK) 6.87 Steady
9  Eva Terčelj (SLO) 7.23 Decrease 4
10  Tereza Fišerová (CZE) 7.87 Increase 1
11  Mònica Dòria Vilarrubla (AND) 9.72 Increase 5
12  Maialen Chourraut (ESP) 11.39 Decrease 3
13  Corinna Kuhnle (AUT) 11.51 Increase 4
14  Viktoriia Us (UKR) 11.58 Steady
15  Luuka Jones (NZL) 11.95 Decrease 3
16  Martina Wegman (NED) 12.40 Increase 7
17  Ana Sátila (BRA) 12.94 Decrease 2
18  Eva Alina Hočevar (SLO) 13.34 Increase 4
19  Kimberley Woods (GBR) 13.40 Decrease 6
20  Evy Leibfarth (USA) 13.46 Increase 1

Year-end No. 1 ranked athletes

Canoe

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Season C1 men C1 women C2 men C2 mixed
2007  Michal Martikán (SVK) (0) -  Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) (0) -
2008  Michal Martikán (SVK) (0) -  Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) (0) -
2009  Tony Estanguet (FRA) (0)  Rosalyn Lawrence (AUS) (5.26)  Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) (0) -
2010  Tony Estanguet (FRA) (0)  Cen Nanqin (CHN) (0)  Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) (0) -
2011  Denis Gargaud Chanut (FRA) (0.89)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0)  Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) (0) -
2012  David Florence (GBR) (0.02)  Rosalyn Lawrence (AUS) (0)  Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) (0) -
2013  David Florence (GBR) (0.75)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0)  Pierre Labarelle/Nicolas Peschier (FRA) (0.72) -
2014  David Florence (GBR) (0.99)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0)  Gauthier Klauss/Matthieu Péché (FRA) (0.44) -
2015  Benjamin Savšek (SLO) (1.36)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0)  Gauthier Klauss/Matthieu Péché (FRA) (0.53) -
2016  Matej Beňuš (SVK) (1.09)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0)  Gauthier Klauss/Matthieu Péché (FRA) (1.02) -
2017  Alexander Slafkovský (SVK) (0.59)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0)  Ladislav Škantár/Peter Škantár (SVK) (0.02)  Tereza Fišerová/Jakub Jáně (CZE) (5.06)
2018[a]  Sideris Tasiadis (GER) (0)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0)  Robert Behling/Thomas Becker (GER) (0.82)  Tereza Fišerová/Jakub Jáně (CZE) (0.89)
2019[b]  Sideris Tasiadis (GER) (0.56)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0)  Filip Brzeziński/ Andrzej Brzeziński (POL) (20.68)  Tereza Fišerová/Jakub Jáně (CZE) (0.89)
2020[c]  Sideris Tasiadis (GER) (0.56)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0)  Filip Brzeziński/ Andrzej Brzeziński (POL) (20.68)  Tereza Fišerová/Jakub Jáně (CZE) (0.89)
2021  Alexander Slafkovský (SVK) (0.51)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0) -  Tereza Fišerová/Jakub Jáně (CZE) (0.89)
2022  Benjamin Savšek (SLO) (0.46)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0.05) -  Étienne Daille/Carole Bouzidi (FRA) (78.82)
2023  Luka Božič (SLO) (0.40)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0.25) - -

Kayak

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Season K1 men K1 women Kayak cross men Kayak cross women
2007  Alexander Grimm (GER) (0.48)  Jennifer Bongardt (GER) (0) - -
2008  Erik Pfannmöller (GER) (0.27)  Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE) (0) - -
2009  Peter Kauzer (SLO) (0)  Elena Kaliská (SVK) (0.15) - -
2010  Daniele Molmenti (ITA) (0)  Jana Dukátová (SVK) (0.64) - -
2011  Daniele Molmenti (ITA) (0)  Jana Dukátová (SVK) (0.05) - -
2012  Étienne Daille (FRA) (0)  Jana Dukátová (SVK) (0) - -
2013  Étienne Daille (FRA) (0.14)  Émilie Fer (FRA) (0.43) - -
2014  Sebastian Schubert (GER) (1.28)  Corinna Kuhnle (AUT) (1.90) - -
2015  Boris Neveu (FRA) (0.21)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (1.32) - -
2016  Jiří Prskavec (CZE) (0.86)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0.89) - -
2017  Vít Přindiš (CZE) (0.01)  Ricarda Funk (GER) (0) - -
2018  Vít Přindiš (CZE) (1.02)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0) - -
2019  Jiří Prskavec (CZE) (0.68)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0) - -
2020[c]  Jiří Prskavec (CZE) (0.68)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0) - -
2021  Jiří Prskavec (CZE) (0.36)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0)  Mario Leitner (AUT) (165)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (175)
2022  Vít Přindiš (CZE) (0)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0)  Joseph Clarke (GBR) (320)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (325)
2023  Jiří Prskavec (CZE) (0.14)  Jessica Fox (AUS) (0)  Joseph Clarke (GBR) (342)  Kimberley Woods (GBR) (338)

Notes
a Following the 2018 Season, C2M events were dropped from the schedule of all major events due to their Olympic status being removed. Despite this, the ICF continued to calculate the C2M world rankings for two more years.
b Following the 2019 Season, C2X events were dropped from the schedule of all major events. Despite this, the ICF continued to calculate the C2X world rankings until the third quarter of 2023.
c The 2020 ICF World Rankings were frozen due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with all rankings maintained from the 2019 Season.

References

  1. ^ "ICF Canoe Slalom Competition Rules 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  2. ^ a b c d "ICF Ranking Competition Handbook 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  3. ^ a b c "ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings". Retrieved 26 November 2023.
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