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. The events are required to include at least three disciplines (men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing) and to take place between August 1 and December 15.

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 Trophy, and Golden Spin of Zagreb are the "core group".[4]

The events are required to include at least three disciplines and to take place between August 1 and December 15.[5] The ISU revised the event criteria in August 2014.[6]

Events

Title City Country 14–15 15–16 16–17
Autumn Classic Barrie, Ontario Canada Yes Yes
Denkova-Staviski Cup Sofia Bulgaria Yes
Finlandia Trophy Greater Helsinki Finland Yes Yes Yes
Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb Croatia Yes Yes Yes
Ice Challenge Graz Austria Yes Yes
Lombardia Trophy Milan Italy Yes Yes
Mordovian Ornament Saransk Russia Yes
Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf Germany Yes Yes Yes
Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava Slovakia Yes Yes Yes
Tallinn Trophy Tallinn Estonia Yes Yes
Volvo Open Cup Riga Latvia Yes
Warsaw Cup Warsaw Poland Yes Yes Yes
U.S. Classic Salt Lake City, Utah USA Yes Yes Yes
Ukrainian Open Kiev Ukraine Yes

Top three finishers per season

Each skater or duo 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 Czech Republic Michal Březina Russia Alexander Petrov Russia Konstantin Menshov [7]
2015–16 United States Jason Brown United States Max Aaron Russia Mikhail Kolyada [8]

Ladies

Season 1st 2nd 3rd Refs
2014–15 Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia Alena Leonova United States Hannah Miller [9]
2015–16 Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia Anna Pogorilaya Russia Adelina Sotnikova [10]

Pairs

Season 1st 2nd 3rd Refs
2014–15 United States Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim United States Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier United States Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu [11]
2015–16 Germany Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Russia Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert [12]

Ice dancing

Season 1st 2nd 3rd Refs
2014–15 United States Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Germany Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi [13]
2015–16 Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Israel Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Poland Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev [14]

Top scores per season

Men

Season Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
2014–15[7] Czech Republic Michal Březina 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 228.48 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 239.62 468.10
2015–16[8] United States Jason Brown 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 239.37 2015 Ice Challenge 240.65 480.02

Ladies

Season Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
2014–15[9] Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2014 Finlandia Trophy 193.31 2014 Warsaw Cup 196.66 389.97
2015–16[10] Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2015 Warsaw Cup 192.93 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 201.33 394.26

Pairs

Season Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
2014–15[11] United States Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim 2014 U.S. International Classic 163.24 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 166.10 329.34
2015–16[12] Germany Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot 2015 Tallinn Trophy 214.42 2015 Warsaw Cup 209.60 424.02

Ice dance

Season Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
2014–15[13] United States Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 162.98 2014 Ice Challenge 166.34 329.32
2015–16[14] Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 2015 Warsaw Cup 169.72 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 172.28 342.00

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.

In the 2014–15,[5] 2015–16,[15] and 2016–17 seasons:[4]

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

  1. ↑ "Communication No. 1854: Decisions of the ISU Council" (PDF). International Skating Union. March 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Communication No. 1876: Decisions of the ISU Council" (PDF). International Skating Union. June 25, 2014. pp. 4–5.
  3. ↑ ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015 at the International Skating Union at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 "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.
  5. 1 2 3 "Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. April 4, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Communication No. 1894: Revision of minimum entry criteria to qualify as Challenger Series event" (PDF). International Skating Union. August 26, 2014.
  7. 1 2 "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Men". International Skating Union.
  8. 1 2 "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Men". International Skating Union.
  9. 1 2 "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ladies". International Skating Union.
  10. 1 2 "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Ladies". International Skating Union.
  11. 1 2 "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  12. 1 2 "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  13. 1 2 "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
  14. 1 2 "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
  15. ↑ "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.

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