FIL European Luge Championships 2008

• Practice dates for the events took place January 7-11 with event draws taking place on the 11th.
• Opening ceremonies took place at 6 PM CET (17:00 UTC) on January 10.
• To avoid direct sunlight, the events were conducted in the early morning both days.

80 competitors from 15 nations competed at these championships. This included ten relay teams which took place on the 13th.

January 13, 2008 at 8 AM CET (07:00 UTC)

This was Zöggeler's second European championship in this event and fifth straight medal at the championships.

January 12, 2008 at 9 AM CET (08:00 UTC)

Geisenberger won her first ever championship. The event was delayed one hour to heavy snowfall in the area. Hadler is the first non-German to medal in this event at the Winter Olympic, world, or European level since fellow Austrian Angelika Neuner won a bronze at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

January 12, 2008 at 3 PM CET (14:00 UTC)

The tie for the bronze was the first in a Winter Olympic, world championship, or European championship event since they started timing luge in the 1/1000ths of a second following the tie between Italy and East Germany in the men's doubles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Oberstolz and Gruber won their first ever title, ending Leitner and Resch's four-time championships reign in this event.

January 13, 2008 at 12 PM CET (11:00 UTC)

For the first time since the event debuted at the 1988 championships, Germany did not medal, finishing fourth.

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• [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/european-champions-ships-at-cesana-pariol.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=3ad2866f7f Latvia wins mixed team relay.]
• [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/european-champion-ships-at-cesana-pariol.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=cf9df8cabc Zöggeler win men's singles event]
• [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/-2efbc980d2.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=3f4f3d1e95 Oberstolz and Gruber wins men's doubles event]
• [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/-5884c9e238.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=f928b18f8a Geisenberger wins women's singles European championships]
• [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/due-to-heavy-snowfall.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=b339bc1751 FIL-Luge news on snowfall delaying the women's singles event.]
• [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/41st-fil-luge-european-championships-in-cesana-pariol.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=b0231da770 FIL European Luge Championships 2008 preview] - Accessed January 8, 2008.
• [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/schedule-of-the-41st-fil-luge-european-championship-in-cesana-pariol.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=f9bc7b0e45 FIL European Luge Championships 2008 detailed schedule released] - Accessed January 10, 2008.
• [http://www.sportresult.com/federations/Fil/Eventdocs/EM-Cesana.pdf FIL European Luge Championships 2008 program]{{dead link|date=August 2024}} {{in lang|en|de}} - Accessed January 7, 2008.
• [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/jubilee-congress-awards-2011-world-championships-to-cesana-pariol.html?tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1180648800&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=2591999&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=157&cHash=47822f0b23 FIL awards FIL World Luge Championships 2011 to Cesana, Italy (lists 2008 European championships that the venue will also host).]
• [http://www.fil-luge.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/Kalender/2007-2008_Kalender_KB.pdf FIL artificial track schedule for 2007-08, including the European championships at Cesana.]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20061115212512/http://sports123.com/lug/me-d.html Men's doubles European champions]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20061115212520/http://sports123.com/lug/me-s.html Men's singles European champions]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926221808/http://sports123.com/lug/xe-t.html Mixed teams European champions]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20061115212455/http://sports123.com/lug/we-s.html Women's singles European champions]

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