Rio de Janeiro / Brazil (pps) The artificial tracks in Altenberg, Sigulda, Igls and Winterberg will be the venues of the Challenge Cup in the 2004/2005 season. The team competitions will be organised in Lake Placid, Oberhof, Königssee and Torino; Calgary will host the first relay competition.
The test for this new format will take place on December 12, 2004. This decision was taken by the Executive Committee of the International Luge Federation, FIL, at their meeting prior to the 52nd Congress (June 11-12, 2004).