The 2026 Canoe Slalom World Cup was the highest level season-long series of competitions across eight canoe slalom disciplines organized by Paddle Worldwide (previously known as the International Canoe Federation). It was the 39th edition and featured five stops (or races) in five different venues.
Canoeists competed for the title of the overall world cup champion in each of the eight disciplines (4 for men and 4 for women), which were determined by the total number of points obtained from the five races.
Calendar The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Tacen, Slovenia (29-31 May) and concluded with the World Cup Final in La Seu, Spain (10-13 September).
Label Venue Date NoteWorld Cup Race 1 Tacen 29-31 MayWorld Cup Race 2 Prague 5-7 JuneWorld Cup Race 3 Augsburg 12-14 JuneWorld Cup Race 4 Vaires-sur-Marne 3-5 September Olympic qualification stage 2World Cup Final La Seu 10-13 September Olympic qualification stage 3
Standings The winner of each race was awarded 60 points (with double points awarded for the World Cup Final). Points for lower places differed for kayak cross.
C1 men
PosAthleteSLOCZEGERFRAESPPoints 1 1 4 7 2 2 311 2 5 1 59 5 3 250 3 16 5 62 4 1 239 4 20 3 2 23 6 231 5 2 6 1 20 203 6 8 20 14 20 7 193 7 10 22 12 8 10 192 8 14 17 3 18 13 190 9 3 9 20 19 16 187 10 6 54 5 3 21 182 C1 women
PosAthleteSLOCZEGERFRAESPPoints 1 2 4 11 2 20 234 2 1 1 11 7 232 3 1 7 37 22 3 223 4 4 43 10 17 2 218 5 8 12 7 21 9 203 6 8 40 7 1 200 7 6 14 41 1 12 195 8 10 9 13 4 192 9 13 3 5 13 184 10 10 49 13 14 5 183 10 11 2 3 6 32 183
K1 men
PosAthleteSLOCZEGERFRAESPPoints 1 1 3 3 11 2 302 2 6 18 2 1 3 282 3 3 1 1 78 4 264 4 26 6 12 2 1 261 5 5 2 10 4 19 227 6 14 4 6 8 22 197 7 2 9 16 58 10 188 8 10 14 26 55 5 166 9 12 10 4 3 78 165 10 7 17 23 39 9 159 10 11 37 14 6 16 159 K1 women
PosAthleteSLOCZEGERFRAESPPoints 1 2 1 16 1 1 322 2 7 9 2 18 2 266 3 3 6 5 29 6 227 4 38 2 3 3 14 215 5 13 7 8 5 196 6 14 14 10 10 13 126 7 1 44 8 9 20 182 8 5 4 12 6 28 181 9 15 12 24 21 7 178 10 36 3 13 7 16 176
Kayak cross men
PosAthleteSLOCZEGERFRAESPPoints 1 6 7 9 5 3 224 2 3 14 1 1 25 187 3 10 13 13 6 4 164 4 9 3 34 3 9 159 5 10 17 13 1 152 6 2 8 26 2 62 143 7 19 12 27 17 2 135 8 4 18 2 9 57 127 9 1 4 11 60 43 126 10 20 3 14 8 113 Kayak cross women
PosAthleteSLOCZEGERFRAESPPoints 1 25 1 9 1 4 233 2 4 8 5 1 230 2 3 4 2 5 230 4 1 6 3 7 9 213 5 7 4 2 4 10 209 6 21 10 1 14 2 200 7 26 2 5 6 13 156 8 8 5 30 9 7 148 9 30 25 6 3 12 119 10 2 23 49 22 8 115
Kayak cross individual men
PosAthleteSLOCZEGERFRAESPPoints 1 4 2 10 1 1 315 2 1 7 12 5 6 259 3 23 1 2 2 244 4 9 1 3 15 16 228 5 2 4 34 7 8 219 6 8 8 18 9 13 197 6 22 10 5 4 17 197 8 10 27 17 12 7 182 9 9 52 8 3 176 10 3 15 7 14 56 151 Kayak cross individual women
PosAthleteSLOCZEGERFRAESPPoints 1 14 3 27 2 1 265 2 27 5 2 8 2 258 3 2 16 13 7 3 252 4 18 6 12 1 6 242 5 5 8 10 17 4 234 6 9 11 3 6 10 228 7 4 1 5 11 24 216 8 2 1 15 9 215 9 1 4 4 5 29 210 10 28 25 8 10 5 184
Points
World Cup points were awarded based on the results of each race at each event as follows:
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33+ Slalom and KX individual 60 55 50 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 2 2 2 Kayak cross 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2
Results
World Cup Race 1 29-31 May in Tacen, Slovenia
Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men 77.85 80.60 80.90C1 women 84.27 84.97 85.87K1 men 72.71 75.11 75.62K1 women 81.61 81.74 83.85Kayak cross menKayak cross womenKayak cross individual men 50.95 51.94 52.08Kayak cross individual women 56.06 58.79 59.16
World Cup Race 2 5-7 June in Prague, Czechia
Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men 107.84 108.64 109.20C1 women 121.01 121.28 123.02K1 men 98.10 99.87 101.76K1 women 108.84 111.30 112.75Kayak cross menKayak cross womenKayak cross individual men 63.56 63.67 64.08Kayak cross individual women 67.72 67.79 68.70
World Cup Race 3 12-14 June in Augsburg, Germany
Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men 97.51 97.58 99.16C1 women 107.93 110.27 110.28K1 men 88.81 90.77 90.96K1 women 98.68 99.83 101.34Kayak cross menKayak cross womenKayak cross individual men 65.05 65.09 65.56Kayak cross individual women 69.70 69.72 69.80
World Cup Race 4 3-5 September in Vaires-sur-Marne, France
This was the second of 9 stages in the qualification for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men 94.94 95.10 97.01C1 women 111.85 113.59 114.48K1 men 87.95 90.52 90.67K1 women 102.88 103.61 105.20Kayak cross menKayak cross womenKayak cross individual men 55.33 55.66 55.87Kayak cross individual women 60.38 60.58 60.98
World Cup Final 10-13 September in La Seu, Spain
A different progression system was used for the World Cup Final. In classic slalom event, top 30 from a single qualification run qualified for the semifinal and then top 12 from the semifinal advanced to the final. In kayak cross, the knockout phase featured a repechage round for those eliminated in round 1. Double points were awarded for each race.
This was the third of 9 stages in the qualification for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Event Gold Score Silver Score Bronze ScoreC1 men 89.08 89.43 91.14C1 women 103.85 104.55 104.64K1 men 81.80 82.79 84.16K1 women 93.77 94.49 96.44Kayak cross menKayak cross womenKayak cross individual men 45.91 46.43 46.86Kayak cross individual women 50.24 50.76 51.60
References
External links International Canoe Federation