2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's Grand World Cup

The women's Grand World Cup of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was the season overall competition, for which all individual races and distances over the entire season counted, with points awarded to the top five competitors of each race.[1]

Heather Richardson of the United States successfully defended her title from the previous season.

Rules

All races and distances that were competed individually, including the mass start, counted.[1]

Points system

In order to determine an overall World Cup winner, a special points system was used, awarding points for the top five skaters in each individual event.[1]

Points table for Grand World Cup

Rank	World Cup 1–6	World Cup 7
1	100	150
2	80	120
3	70	106
4	60	90
5	50	76

Note: half points were awarded in distances that were skated twice in the same competition.

Prize money

The Grand World Cup winner was awarded $20000.[1]

Standings

Standings as of 22 March 2015 (end of the season).[2]

				Obihiro						Seoul						Berlin						Heerenveen (1)						Hamar			Heerenveen (2)				Erfurt
#	Name	Nat.	Total	500	500	1000	1500	3000	MS	500	500	1000	1500	5000	MS	500	500	1000	1500	3000	MS	500	500	1000	1500	3000	MS	1500	3000	MS	500	500	1000	1000	500	500	1000	1500	3000	MS	Total
1	Heather Richardson		1195													40	40	80	80			25	50	100	100			100			50		50		75	75	120	120		90	1195
2	Martina Sáblíková		1096					80						80	100					70	50				50	100	60		100									106	150	150	1096
3	Brittany Bowe		1045														30	100	60			30	40	80	80			80			35		40	50	60	60	150	150			1045
4	Ireen Wüst		855			80	100	100					80						100	100				60	60	80			70				25								855
5	Marrit Leenstra		796			100	80					80	100					60	70						70									40			106	90			796
6	Ivanie Blondin		610						100			50		70	70						80					60	100			80											610
7	Lee Sang-hwa		540	50	50	50				40	50					50	50	50				50	35								25	40									540
8	Nao Kodaira		503	40	40					50	40	60				30	35					40	30								40				45	53					503
9	Marije Joling		480				50	50											50	80								70	60										120		480
10	Li Qishi		425			70						100	50					70						70									35	30							425
11	Irene Schouten		420						70						80						100						70			100											420
12	Karolína Erbanová		364								35	70												50								30	30	35		38	76				364
13	Claudia Pechstein		340											100												50	50			50									90		340
14	Nana Takagi		260						80												60																			120	260
15	Yekaterina Aydova		238							25																						25			53	45	90				238
16	Carlijn Achtereekte		226																							70			80										76		226
	Diane Valkenburg		226					60						60																									106		226
18	Jorien Voorhuis		220					70						50						50									50												220
19	Judith Hesse		200	30						35						25						35	25									50									200
20	Ida Njåtun		196				60						60																									76			196
21	Olga Graf		130										70							60																					130
	Yuliya Skokova		130				70																					60													130
23	Miho Takagi		120						60																					60											120
24	Margot Boer		115	25	30											35	25																								115
25	Rixt Meijer		110						50						60																										110
26	Francesca Lollobrigida		106																																					106	106
27	Kim Bo-reum		80																								80														80
28	Bente Kraus		76																																					76	76
29	Thijsje Oenema		73																													35			38						73
30	Mariska Huisman		70																											70											70
	Yun Ye-jin		70																		70																				70
32	Vanessa Bittner		65		35																										30										65
33	Floor van den Brandt		60							30	30																														60
	Olga Fatkulina		60	35							25																														60
	Zhang Hong		60			60																																			60
36	Jelena Peeters		50												50																										50
	Linda de Vries		50																									50													50
38	Laurine van Riessen		25																															25							25
	Maki Tsuji		25		25																																				25
#	Name	Nat.	Total	500	500	1000	1500	3000	MS	500	500	1000	1500	5000	MS	500	500	1000	1500	3000	MS	500	500	1000	1500	3000	MS	1500	3000	MS	500	500	1000	1000	500	500	1000	1500	3000	MS	Total
				Obihiro						Seoul						Berlin						Heerenveen (1)						Hamar			Heerenveen (2)				Erfurt

References

1. "International Skating Union – Communication No. 1889" (PDF). International Skating Union. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
2. "Grand World Cup 2014-2015 – Overall Standings Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 5 October 2015.