The 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour was a series of four short track speed skating events, organised by the International Skating Union (ISU). It was the second edition of the ISU Short Track World Tour. It started on 9 October 2025 and ended on 30 November 2025. Performance at the 2025–26 World Tour determined qualification for short track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Events calendar ISU communication 2717 designated the following events as World Tour Competitions:
Event City Date 1 Montreal 9–12 October 20252 Montreal 16–19 October 20253 Gdańsk 20–23 November 20254 Dordrecht 27–30 November 2025
Format Each event consists of a qualifying session and a main session. The qualifying session is held on the first two days and the morning of the third day. The main session is held on the third and fourth days. World Tour Points are awarded for performance in the main session only.
The qualifying session may consist of preliminaries, heats and quarterfinals, depending on the number of registered competitors per distance. The main session may consist of a repechage, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals. Event formatQualifying sessionMain sessionDay 3Day 4Men500 m, , , 1000 m, , , 1500 m, , 5000 m relayWomen500 m, , , 1000 m, , , 1500 m, , 3000 m relay, Mixed2000 m relay
Entry rules
Maximum number of competitors Each ISU member country may register up to a maximum of 6 men and 6 women per event. Each ISU member determines its own selection procedure. For team USA, national qualifiers are held from 11-14 September 2025. Team Canada is selected based on performance in the previous season. A maximum of three competitors per country can participate in any individual distance.
Qualifying times All competitors must have achieved a qualifying time over 500 meters at an official ISU event after July 1st, 2023. Competitors must achieve a time of 45.04 seconds (men) or 47.21 seconds (women) if they are their country´s sole representative. Competitors from ISU member countries that register more than one competitor per category must meet a qualifying time of 43.46 seconds (men) or 45.56 seconds (women). +Qualifying times in seconds over 500 meterISU members with only one competitor ISU members with more than one competitormen45.0443.46women47.2145.56
Points and classifications Skaters and teams score points per distance in each of the four events.
World Tour rankings The World Tour ranking per distance is established by the sum of the best three scores of each competitor. An overall individual ranking is established by the best nine scores of each skater across all individual distances.The winner is awarded the Crystal Globe for best short-track speed skater of the World Tour. An overall World Team Classification is computed by adding all individual results from all categories plus three times the score in each team event. The winning team is awarded the Crystal Globe for best short-track team of the World Tour.
Special Olympic Qualification Classifications The Olympic Qualification Classification uses the points awarded for the World Ranking. In each race, the highest placed skater of a country earns points for the first olympic quota place of that country. The country´s second placed skater earns points for the second quota place of that country and the country´s third placed skater earns points for the third quota place of that country. The best three of four results count to determine quota place allocation for the 2026 Winter Olympics. +World Tour PointsWorld Ranking and Olympic Classification pointsPlacePointsPlacePointsPlacePointsPlacePoints1100110,00025269492128028,50026242501937037,22527218511846046,14128196521755055,22029177531664464,43730159541574073,77131143551483683,20632129561393292,7253311657121028102,3163410458111124111,969359459101220121,67336846091318131,42237766181416141,20938686271514151,02839626361612168744055645171017743415065418818631424566319619536434067220520456443668 and above1214214104533223223694629232233324727241242994824
Men
Results StageDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird1111 October Montréal (Maurice Richard Arena)1500m Rim Jong-un Hwang Dae-heon Sun Long2500m William Dandjinou Pietro Sighel Steven Dubois312 October1000m Pietro Sighel Rim Jong-un Liu Shaoang45000m relay South Korea China Italy2118 October Montréal (Maurice Richard Arena)1500m William Dandjinou Shogo Miyata Steven Dubois2500m William Dandjinou Liu Shaoang Sun Long319 October1000m William Dandjinou Steven Dubois Hwang Dae-heon45000m relay Canada Netherlands Italy3122 November Gdansk (Hala Olivia)1500m William Dandjinou Thomas Nadalini Pietro Sighel2500m William Dandjinou Lin Xiaojun Steven Dubois323 November1000m Jens van 't Wout Pietro Sighel Steven Dubois45000m relay South Korea China Italy4129 November Dordrecht (Sportboulevard)1500m William Dandjinou Félix Roussel Sun Long2500m Andrew Heo William Dandjinou Félix Pigeon330 November1000m Rim Jong-un Liu Shaoang Pietro Sighel45000m relay Netherlands China Italy
Standings
Overall Rankafter 16 of 16 eventsPoints 1 William Dandjinou876 2 Pietro Sighel664 3 Steven Dubois590 4 Sun Long510 5 Liu Shaoang460
500m Rankafter 4 of 4 events Points 1 William Dandjinou300 2 Pietro Sighel 190 3 Steven Dubois184 4 Liu Shaoang152 5 Sun Long146
1000m Rankafter 4 of 4 events Points 1 Pietro Sighel300 2 Steven Dubois244 3 Liu Shaoang 232 4 Rim Jong-un224 5 William Dandjinou186
1500m Rankafter 4 of 4 eventsPoints 1 William Dandjinou300 2 Thomas Nadalini200 3 Shogo Miyata190 4 Sun Long180 5 Felix Roussel164
5000m Relay Rankafter 4 of 4 eventsPoints 1 250 2 240 3 240 4 210 5 210
Women
Results StageDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird1111 October Montréal (Maurice Richard Arena)1500m Courtney Sarault Kim Gil-li Corinne Stoddard2500m Xandra Velzeboer Kim Boutin Corinne Stoddard312 October1000m Courtney Sarault Kim Gil-li Corinne Stoddard43000m relay South Korea Netherlands Canada2118 October Montréal (Maurice Richard Arena)1500m Choi Min-jeong Corinne Stoddard Kristen Santos-Griswold2500m Xandra Velzeboer Courtney Sarault Kristen Santos-Griswold319 October1000m Courtney Sarault Choi Min-jeong Xandra Velzeboer43000m relay Canada South Korea Japan3122 November Gdansk (Hala Olivia)1500m Kim Gil-li Choi Min-jeong Courtney Sarault2500m Xandra Velzeboer Corinne Stoddard Choi Min-jeong323 November1000m Hanne Desmet Courtney Sarault Corinne Stoddard43000m relay Netherlands United States Japan4129 November Dordrecht (Sportboulevard)1500m Kim Gil-li Courtney Sarault Choi Min-jeong2500m Courtney Sarault Corinne Stoddard Florence Brunelle330 November1000m Courtney Sarault Corinne Stoddard Hanne Desmet43000m relay Netherlands Italy United States
Standings
Overall Rankafter 16 of 16 events Points 1 Courtney Sarault980 2 Corinne Stoddard830 3 Xandra Velzeboer708 4 Choi Min-jeong650 5 Kim Gil-li546
500m Rankafter 4 of 4 eventsPoints 1 Xandra Velzeboer300 2 Courtney Sarault240 3 Corinne Stoddard230 4 Michelle Velzeboer154 5 Kristen Santos-Griswold 154
1000m Rankafter 4 of 4 events Points 1 Courtney Sarault300 2 Hanne Desmet 230 3 Corinne Stoddard220 4 Xandra Velzeboer180 5 Choi Min-jeong152
1500m Rankafter 4 of 4 eventsPoints 1 Kim Gil-li280 2 Courtney Sarault250 3 Choi Min-jeong250 4 Corinne Stoddard210 5 Elisa Confortola 142
3000m Relay Rankafter 4 of 4 eventsPoints 1 280 2 240 3 220 4 200 5 200
Mixed
Results StageDatePlaceWinnerSecondThird111 October Montréal (Maurice Richard Arena)218 October Montréal (Maurice Richard Arena)322 November Gdansk (Hala Olivia)430 November Dordrecht (Sportboulevard)
Standings
Overall teams Rankafter 36 of 36 eventsPoints 1 5656 2 4807 3 4682 4 4099 5 3769
2000m Mixed Team Relay Rankafter 4 of 4 eventsPoints 1 260 2 250 3 240 4 210 5 164
Podium table by nation Table showing the World Tour podium places per country after 36 of 36 medal races.
References
External links ISU Communication 2717