ISU Challenger Series
The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Each event consists of at least three disciplines out of four (men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing), and is required to take place between August 1 and December 15.
The ISU Challenger Series Synchronized Skating is a separate competition series in the discipline of synchronized skating.
History
The ISU Council decided to create the series at its February 2014 meeting.[1] Eleven competitions were selected in June 2014.[2] The Triglav Trophy dropped out by October 10, 2014, resulting in a series composed of ten events.[3] The Nebelhorn Trophy, Finlandia Trophy, Ondrej Nepela Memorial, and Golden Spin of Zagreb are the "core group".[4] The event criteria were published in April 2014,[5] and revised in August 2014.[6]
The notice on the ISU Challenger Series Synchronized Skating was announced on May 10, 2019, which is for the discipline of synchronized skating and is held separately from the other ISU Challenger Series.[7]
Asian Open Classic was planned to be included in the 2019–20 season, but ISU transferred the event holding right back to Asian Open Trophy later.[8]
In the 2020–21 season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided to hold the Challenger competitions as individual events, rather than as a series.[9] Entry limits per country were also removed.[10]
Events
Title | Country | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21[a] | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Open Classic | Chinese Taipei | Replaced | |||||||||
Asian Open Trophy | Thailand (2018) China (2019[b]–21) | Yes | Added | Cancelled | Lost status[c] | ||||||
Autumn Classic | Canada | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cancelled | Yes | Yes | ||
Budapest Trophy | Hungary | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
Cup of Tyrol | Austria | Cancelled | |||||||||
Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | Kazakhstan | Cancelled | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
Denkova-Staviski Cup | Bulgaria | Yes | |||||||||
Finlandia Trophy | Finland | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cancelled | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Golden Spin of Zagreb | Croatia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cancelled | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ice Challenge | Austria | Yes | Yes | Yes[d] | Yes | Cancelled | |||||
Ice Star | Belarus | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
Inge Solar Trophy | Austria | Yes | Replaced | ||||||||
Lombardia Trophy | Italy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Mordovian Ornament | Russia | Yes | |||||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | Germany | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Nepela Memorial | Slovakia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cancelled | Cancelled | Yes | Yes |
Tallinn Trophy | Estonia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
Triglav Trophy | Slovenia | Dropped | |||||||||
Ukrainian Open | Ukraine | Cancelled | |||||||||
U.S. Classic | United States | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Volvo Open Cup | Latvia | Yes | |||||||||
Warsaw Cup | Poland | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cancelled | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Top three finishers per season
Each skater or team is permitted to compete in up to three ISU Challenger Series events. Their two highest scores determine the final ranking.[5]
Men
Season | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014–15 | Michal Březina | Alexander Petrov | Konstantin Menshov | [3] |
2015–16 | Jason Brown | Max Aaron | Mikhail Kolyada | [11] |
2016–17 | Jason Brown | Alexander Petrov | Max Aaron | [12] |
2017–18 | Mikhail Kolyada | Sergei Voronov | Moris Kvitelashvili | [13] |
2018–19 | Mikhail Kolyada | Cha Jun-hwan | Jason Brown | [14] |
2019–20 | Dmitri Aliev | Daniel Grassl | Sota Yamamoto | [15] |
2020–21 | Held as individual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [9] | ||
2021–22 | Petr Gumennik | Keegan Messing | Mark Kondratiuk | [16] |
2022–23 | Kévin Aymoz | Lukas Britschgi | Matteo Rizzo | [17] |
2023–24 | Lukas Britschgi | Jin Boyang | Nika Egadze | [18] |
Women
Season | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014–15 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Alena Leonova | Hannah Miller | [19] |
2015–16 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Anna Pogorilaya | Adelina Sotnikova | [20] |
2016–17 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Mirai Nagasu | Mariah Bell | [21] |
2017–18 | Carolina Kostner | Stanislava Konstantinova | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | [22] |
2018–19 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Bradie Tennell | Elizabet Tursynbayeva | [23] |
2019–20 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | You Young | Lim Eun-soo | [24] |
2020–21 | Held as individual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [9] | ||
2021–22 | Alysa Liu | Anastasiia Gubanova | Ekaterina Kurakova | [25] |
2022–23 | Kim Ye-lim | Ekaterina Kurakova | Lindsay Thorngren | [26] |
2023–24 | Kim Chae-yeon | Anastasiia Gubanova | Ekaterina Kurakova | [27] |
Pairs
Ice dance
Top finishers standings
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Russia | 14 | 8 | 10 | 32 |
2 | United States | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
3 | Italy | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
4 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
5 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
8 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Georgia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
12 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
13 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (18 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 |
Top scores per season
Men
Women
Pairs
Ice dance
Prize money
At the end of the series, prize money is awarded to skaters who finished in the top three in each discipline in the final ranking. In pairs and ice dancing, the partners split the prize money.
From the 2014–15 season through to the 2023–2024 season:[5][46][4][47][48][49][50][51][52]
Final rank | Men's and ladies' singles | Pairs and ice dance |
---|---|---|
1st | CHF 4,000 | CHF 5,000 (2,500 per partner) |
2nd | CHF 3,000 | CHF 4,000 (2,000 per partner) |
3rd | CHF 2,000 | CHF 3,000 (1,500 per partner) |
References
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- ^ a b c "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Men". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "Communication No. 1994 ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating Season 2016/17" (PDF). International Skating Union. February 26, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. April 4, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014.
- ^ "Communication No. 1894: Revision of minimum entry criteria to qualify as Challenger Series event" (PDF). International Skating Union. August 26, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014.
- ^ "Communication No. 2248 Challenger Series in Synchronized Skating Season 2019/20". International Skating Union. May 10, 2019. Archived from the original on December 18, 2019.
- ^ "Challenger Series Announcement". International Skating Union. July 22, 2019. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019.
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- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ladies". International Skating Union.
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- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2019/2020: Ladies". International Skating Union. December 12, 2019.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2021/2022: Women". International Skating Union. March 29, 2022.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Women". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024 Women".
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Pairs". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Pairs". International Skating Union.
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- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2019/2020: Pairs". International Skating Union. December 12, 2019.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2021/2022: Pairs". International Skating Union. March 29, 2022.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Pairs". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024 Pairs".
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2017/2018: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2019/2020: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. December 12, 2019.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2021/2022: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. March 29, 2022.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024 Ice Dance".
- ^ "Communication No. 1928 ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating Season 2015/16" (PDF). International Skating Union. February 6, 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 13, 2015.
- ^ "Communication No. 2074 ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating Season 2017/18". International Skating Union. February 27, 2017. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019.
- ^ "Communication No. 2151 Challenger Series in Figure Skating Season 2018/19". International Skating Union. April 3, 2018. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019.
- ^ "Communication No. 2227 Challenger Series in Figure Skating Season 2019/20". International Skating Union. January 25, 2019. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019.
- ^ "Communication No. 2372 Challenger Series in Figure Skating Season 2021/22". International Skating Union. February 5, 2021. Archived from the original on October 22, 2023.
- ^ "Communication No. 2457Communication No. 2372 Challenger Series in Figure Skating Season 2022/23". International Skating Union. February 15, 2022. Archived from the original on January 1, 2023.
- ^ "Communication No. 2539 Challenger Series in Figure Skating Season 2023/24". February 20, 2023. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023.
External links
- Challenger Series at the International Skating Union
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