2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix

2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Type: ISU Junior Grand Prix
Date: August 19 – December 13, 2015
Season: 2015–16
Previous:
2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix
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2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 19th season of a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. At each event, skaters also earned points toward qualifying for the final. The top six skaters or teams from each discipline met at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final, held together with the senior final.

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2015–16 season, the series was composed of the following events in autumn 2015:[1]

Date Event Location Details Other notes
August 19–23 2015 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia Details No pairs
August 26–30 2015 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Latvia Riga, Latvia Details
September 2–6 2015 ISU Junior Grand Prix in the United States Colorado Springs, United States Details
September 9–13 2015 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Austria Linz, Austria Details
September 23–27 2015 JGP Toruń Cup Toruń, Poland Details
September 30 – October 4 2015 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Spain Logroño, Spain Details No pairs
October 7–11 2015 JGP Croatia Cup Zagreb, Croatia Details No pairs
December 10–13 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final Barcelona, Spain Details Held with senior GPF

Qualifying

Skaters who had reached the age of 13 before July 1, 2015 but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Unlike the senior Grand Prix, skaters for the JGP are not seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation was determined by their skaters' placements in each discipline at the 2015 World Junior Championships.

Medalists

Men

2015–2016 Junior Grand Prix
Men's medalists
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP Bratislava Canada Roman Sadovsky United States Vincent Zhou Argentina Denis Margalik

Details

JGP Riga Cup Russia Dmitri Aliev Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs United States Alexei Krasnozhon

Details

JGP Colorado Springs United States Nathan Chen Israel Daniel Samohin Japan Sota Yamamoto Details
JGP Cup of Austria Russia Dmitri Aliev United States Vincent Zhou Ukraine Ivan Pavlov Details
JGP Toruń Cup Japan Sota Yamamoto Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs Canada Roman Sadovsky Details
JGP Logroño United States Nathan Chen Israel Daniel Samohin China Zhang He Details
JGP Croatia Cup Russia Alexander Samarin Canada Nicolas Nadeau United States Tomoki Hiwatashi Details
JGP Final United States Nathan Chen Russia Dmitri Aliev Japan Sota Yamamoto Details

Ladies

2015–2016 Junior Grand Prix
Ladies' medalists
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP Bratislava Russia Polina Tsurskaya Japan Mai Mihara United States Vivian Le Details
JGP Riga Cup Russia Maria Sotskova Japan Kaori Sakamoto South Korea Choi Da-bin

Details

JGP Colorado Springs Japan Yuna Shiraiwa Japan Marin Honda United States Vivian Le Details
JGP Cup of Austria Russia Maria Sotskova Japan Mai Mihara South Korea Choi Da-bin Details
JGP Toruń Cup Russia Polina Tsurskaya Russia Ekaterina Mitrofanova Japan Rin Nitaya Details
JGP Logroño Japan Yuna Shiraiwa Russia Alisa Fedichkina Japan Yura Matsuda Details
JGP Croatia Cup Japan Marin Honda Japan Wakaba Higuchi Russia Diana Pervushkina Details
JGP Final Russia Polina Tsurskaya Russia Maria Sotskova Japan Marin Honda Details

Pairs

2015–2016 Junior Grand Prix
Pairs' medalists
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP Riga Cup Ukraine Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei Russia Anastasia Poluianova / Stepan Korotkov Russia Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot

Details

JGP Colorado Springs Russia Anastasia Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov United States Joy Weinberg / Maximiliano Fernandez Russia Elena Ivanova / Tagir Khakimov Details
JGP Cup of Austria Russia Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov Czech Republic Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Ukraine Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei Details
JGP Toruń Cup Russia Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot Russia Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov Russia Anastasia Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov Details
JGP Final Russia Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot Czech Republic Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Russia Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov Details

Ice dance

2015–2016 Junior Grand Prix
Ice dance medalists
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Details
JGP Bratislava United States Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Russia Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd Russia Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko

Details

JGP Riga Cup Russia Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko France Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron Russia Sofia Evdokimova / Egor Bazin

Details

JGP Colorado Springs United States Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Canada Mackenzie Bent / Dmitre Razgulajevs Russia Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov Details
JGP Cup of Austria Russia Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd France Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac United States Julia Biechler / Damian Dodge Details
JGP Toruń Cup United States Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Russia Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin Details
JGP Logroño France Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Russia Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko United States Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit Details
JGP Croatia Cup United States Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Russia Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin Russia Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko Details
JGP Final United States Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Russia Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd United States Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Details

Overall standings

Medal standings

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia 14 10 10 34
2  United States 8 4 7 19
3  Japan 4 5 5 14
4  Canada 1 2 1 4
5  France 1 2 0 3
6  Ukraine 1 0 2 3
7  Israel 0 2 0 2
 Latvia 0 2 0 2
 Czech Republic 0 2 0 2
10  South Korea 0 0 2 2
11  Argentina 0 0 1 1
 China 0 0 1 1
Total 29 29 29 87

Standings per nation

For the first season, the ISU added standings per nation. Points are calculated for each discipline separately before being combined for a total score per nation. For each discipline, each nation combines the points from up to four JGP events (excluding the final). A country does not have to use the same events for each discipline (e.g. a country can combine points from JGP events in Latvia, United States, Austria, and Poland for pairs while using Slovakia, Austria, Spain, and Croatia for ice dancing). For each discipline at each event, each nation combines the points from up to two skaters/couples. The points each skater/couple earns is based on placement. Placement to point conversion is the same as for qualification, with first place earning 15 points, second earning 13 points, etc. In the event ties in the total scores, the country with the fewer skaters/couples (only counting skaters/couples from whom points were combined), wins the tie breaker. If the tie is not broken, the nations will have the same rank.[2]

The final standings were:[3]

Rank Nation Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance Total points
1  Russia 62 98 102 92 354
2  United States 66 48 35 92 241
3  Japan 46 90 0 0 136
4  Canada 33 0 35 51 119
5  Ukraine 23 4 26 3 56
6  South Korea 0 38 5 13 56
7  France 9 0 0 32 41
8  Latvia 26 7 0 0 33
9  Czech Republic 0 0 22 8 30
10  China 11 10 7 0 28

JGP Final qualification standings

Qualification rules

At each event, skaters earn points toward qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the 7th event, the top six highest scoring skaters advance to the Final. The points earned per placement are as follows:

Placement Points (Singles/Dance) Points (Pairs)
1st 15 15
2nd 13 13
3rd 11 11
4th 9 9
5th 7 7
6th 5 5
7th 4 4
8th 3 3
9th 2
10th 1

There are seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:

  1. Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
  2. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
  3. Participated in two events.
  4. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dancing portion of both events.
  5. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dancing portion from one event.
  6. Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
  7. Highest number of total participants at the events.

If there is still a tie, it is considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advance to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Qualifiers

Men[4] Ladies[5] Pairs[6] Ice dance[7]
1 United States Nathan Chen Russia Polina Tsurskaya Russia Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov United States Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
2 Russia Dmitri Aliev Russia Maria Sotskova Ukraine Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei United States Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons
3 Japan Sota Yamamoto Japan Yuna Shiraiwa Russia Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot Russia Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd
4 Canada Roman Sadovsky Japan Marin Honda Russia Anastasia Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov Russia Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko
5 Israel Daniel Samohin Japan Mai Mihara Czech Republic Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař France Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
6 United States Vincent Zhou Russia Alisa Fedichkina Russia Anastasia Poluianova / Stepan Korotkov Russia Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin
Alternates
1st Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs Japan Kaori Sakamoto Canada Bryn Hoffman / Bryce Chudak France Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron
2nd Russia Alexander Samarin South Korea Choi Da-bin United States Joy Weinberg / Maximiliano Fernandez United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
3rd Canada Nicolas Nadeau United States Vivian Le Russia Elena Ivanova / Tagir Khakimov Russia Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko

Top JGP scores

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

Men

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Nathan Chen  United States 236.76 2015 JGP USA
2 Sota Yamamoto  Japan 232.42 2015 JGP Poland
3 Daniel Samohin  Israel 227.19 2015 JGP Spain
4 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 225.94 2015 JGP Austria
5 Alexander Samarin  Russia 223.84 2015 JGP Croatia
6 Nicolas Nadeau  Canada 223.46 2015 JGP Croatia
7 Vincent Zhou  United States 211.96 2015 JGP Austria
8 Deniss Vasiļjevs  Latvia 207.83 2015 JGP Poland
9 Roman Sadovsky  Canada 203.72 2015 JGP Slovakia
10 Tomoki Hiwatashi  United States 197.62 2015 JGP Croatia

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Polina Tsurskaya  Russia 195.28 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final
2 Yuna Shiraiwa  Japan 186.80 2015 JGP Spain
3 Alisa Fedichkina  Russia 186.38 2015 JGP Spain
4 Maria Sotskova  Russia 185.44 2015 JGP Austria
5 Mai Mihara  Japan 182.05 2015 JGP Austria
6 Marin Honda  Japan 181.22 2015 JGP Croatia
7 Yura Matsuda  Japan 178.98 2015 JGP Spain
8 Vivian Le  United States 176.30 2015 JGP Slovakia
9 Wakaba Higuchi  Japan 175.06 2015 JGP Croatia
10 Choi Da-bin  South Korea 172.38 2015 JGP Austria

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot  Russia 171.86 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final
2 Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov  Russia 162.50 2015 JGP Austria
3 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař  Czech Republic 162.33 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final
4 Anastasia Gubanova / Alexei Sintsov  Russia 157.09 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final
5 Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei  Ukraine 152.92 2015 JGP Austria
6 Anastasia Poluianova / Stepan Korotkov  Russia 145.27 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final
7 Bryn Hoffman / Bryce Chudak  Canada 142.33 2015 JGP Poland
8 Joy Weinberg / Maximiliano Fernandez  United States 136.62 2015 JGP USA
9 Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson  United States 135.25 2015 JGP Poland
10 Justine Brasseur / Mathieu Ostiguy  Canada 135.11 2015 JGP Austria

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter  United States 162.63 2015 JGP Poland
2 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons  United States 160.79 2015 JGP Croatia
3 Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd  Russia 153.64 2015 JGP Austria
4 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac  France 152.72 2015 JGP Spain
5 Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko  Russia 150.94 2015 JGP Spain
6 Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin  Russia 148.75 2015 JGP Croatia
7 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 146.15 2015 JGP Poland
8 Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko  Russia 143.87 2015 JGP Croatia
9 Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron  France 142.85 2015 JGP Croatia
10 Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit  United States 142.85 2015 JGP Spain

References

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