2016–17 ISU Challenger Series

2016–17 ISU Challenger Series
Type: ISU Challenger Series
Date: September 7 – December 10, 2016
Season: 2016–17
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2015–16 ISU Challenger Series
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2017–18 ISU Challenger Series

The 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series will be the third season of a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions. To be held from September to December 2016, it is ranked below the Grand Prix series.

Regulations

Skaters may enter a maximum of three competitions. After the starting orders are drawn for the short segment, skaters are considered as entered even if they withdraw. With the exception of the host, member nations are limited to three entries per discipline at each event.[1]

The International Skating Union requires each Challenger Series competition to include a minimum of three disciplines (from men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing), at least ten countries represented in all disciplines combined, and a minimum number of entries and countries in each discipline.[1]

Discipline Minimum number of
entries / countries[1]
Singles 8 4
Pairs 5 3
Ice dance 6 4

Schedule

The 2016–17 series will be composed of nine events. The Ukrainian Open was originally scheduled for 9–13 November 2016, as the seventh of ten competitions,[2][3] but the International Skating Union listed it as cancelled on 20 September.[4]

Date Event Location Details
September 7–11 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy Details
September 14–18 2016 CS U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details
September 22–24 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
September 28 – October 1 2016 CS Autumn Classic Montreal, Quebec, Canada Details
September 28 – October 2 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial Bratislava, Slovakia Details
October 6–9 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
November 9–13 2016 CS Ukrainian Open (cancelled) Kiev, Ukraine
November 17–20 2016 CS Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
November 22-27 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia Details
December 7–10 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details

Medal summary

Men

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Lombardia Trophy Japan Shoma Uno United States Jason Brown United States Max Aaron Details
U.S. Classic United States Jason Brown Japan Takahito Mura United States Adam Rippon Details
Nebelhorn Trophy Russia Alexander Petrov Belgium Jorik Hendrickx United States Grant Hochstein Details
Autumn Classic Japan Yuzuru Hanyu Uzbekistan Misha Ge United States Max Aaron Details
Ondrej Nepela Russia Sergei Voronov Canada Kevin Reynolds Russia Roman Savosin Details
Finlandia Trophy United States Nathan Chen Canada Patrick Chan Russia Maxim Kovtun Details
Warsaw Cup Sweden Alexander Majorov Russia Dmitri Aliev Switzerland Stéphane Walker Details
Tallinn Trophy Russia Roman Savosin Russia Anton Shulepov United States Andrew Torgashev Details
Golden Spin

Ladies

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Lombardia Trophy Japan Wakaba Higuchi South Korea Kim Na-hyun United States Mirai Nagasu Details
U.S. Classic Japan Satoko Miyahara United States Mariah Bell United States Karen Chen Details
Nebelhorn Trophy Japan Mai Mihara Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Canada Gabrielle Daleman Details
Autumn Classic United States Mirai Nagasu Canada Alaine Chartrand Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbayeva Details
Ondrej Nepela Russia Maria Sotskova Russia Yulia Lipnitskaya United States Mariah Bell Details
Finlandia Trophy Canada Kaetlyn Osmond Japan Mao Asada Russia Anna Pogorilaya Details
Warsaw Cup Germany Nicole Schott Australia Kailani Craine Russia Alexandra Avstriyskaya Details
Tallinn Trophy Russia Stanislava Konstantinova Russia Serafima Sakhanovich United States Bradie Tennell Details
Golden Spin

Pairs

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Lombardia Trophy Italy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Italy Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Italy Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Details
U.S. Classic Canada Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan United States Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu United States Alexandria Shaughnessy / James Morgan Details
Nebelhorn Trophy Germany Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Canada Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Germany Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert Details
Autumn Classic Canada Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau France Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès United States Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran Details
Ondrej Nepela Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Russia Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Russia Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert Details
Finlandia Trophy Canada Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Russia Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Germany Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert Details
Warsaw Cup Italy Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek United States Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Details
Tallinn Trophy Russia Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin Russia Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Lithuania Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev Details
Golden Spin

Ice dance

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Lombardia Trophy Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Finland Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Details
U.S. Classic United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Japan Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Canada Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam Details
Nebelhorn Trophy Italy Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Details
Autumn Classic Canada Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir United States Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Denmark Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Details
Ondrej Nepela Russia Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates Russia Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Details
Finlandia Trophy Russia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Russia Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Details
Warsaw Cup Russia Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Russia Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Slovakia Lucie Mysliveckova / Lukas Csolley Details
Tallinn Trophy Russia Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin Israel Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko United States Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit Details
Golden Spin

Medal standings

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia 11 9 7 27
2  Canada 5 4 3 12
3  Japan 5 3 0 8
4  United States 4 8 12 24
5  Italy 4 1 1 6
6  Germany 2 0 3 5
7  Sweden 1 0 0 1
8
 Israel 0 1 0 1
 United Kingdom 0 1 0 1
 France 0 1 0 1
 South Korea 0 1 0 1
 Australia 0 1 0 1
 Belgium 0 1 0 1
 Uzbekistan 0 1 0 1
15
 Finland 0 0 1 1
 Slovakia 0 0 1 1
 Denmark 0 0 1 1
 Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1
  Switzerland 0 0 1 1
 Lithuania 0 0 1 1
Total 32 32 32 96

Top scores in Challenger Series

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

Men

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 260.57 2016 CS Autumn Classic
2 Shoma Uno  Japan 258.93 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy
3 Jason Brown  United States 256.49 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy
4 Nathan Chen  United States 256.44 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy
5 Takahito Mura  Japan 252.20 2016 CS U.S. International Classic
6 Patrick Chan  Canada 248.73 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy
7 Adam Rippon  United States 248.24 2016 CS U.S. International Classic
8 Sergei Voronov  Russia 237.42 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial
9 Alexander Petrov  Russia 232.21 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Misha Ge  Uzbekistan 230.55 2016 CS Autumn Classic

Ladies

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 206.75 2016 CS U.S. International Classic
2 Maria Sotskova  Russia 189.96 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial
3 Mirai Nagasu  United States 189.11 2016 CS Autumn Classic
4 Mai Mihara  Japan 189.03 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Kaetlyn Osmond  Canada 187.27 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy
6 Stanislava Konstantinova  Russia 186.97 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy
7 Mao Asada  Japan 186.16 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy
8 Alaine Chartrand  Canada 186.11 2016 CS Autumn Classic
9 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 185.93 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Mariah Bell  United States 184.22 2016 CS U.S. International Classic

Pairs

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau  Canada 208.30 2016 CS Autumn Classic
2 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot  Germany 203.04 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 198.90 2016 CS Autumn Classic
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 197.80 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial
5 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford  Canada 197.78 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy
6 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek  Italy 189.26 2016 CS Warsaw Cup
7 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov  Russia 185.42 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial
8 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 185.18 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy
9 Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch  Canada 184.40 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert  Russia 181.38 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial

Ice dance

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir  Canada 189.20 2016 CS Autumn Classic
2 Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin  Russia 185.19 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy
3 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev  Russia 183.60 2016 CS Warsaw Cup
4 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte  Italy 180.50 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 179.18 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko  Israel 177.80 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy
7 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 176.84 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro  Russia 173.02 2016 CS Warsaw Cup
9 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 172.83 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy
10 Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit  United States 167.81 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy

Points and prize money

Points

At each event, skaters who finish in the top eight in each singles category, top five in pairs, and top six in ice dancing will receive points toward their ISU world standings:[1]

Placement Points per CS event
(regular event)		 Disciplines
1st 300 (250) Men, ladies, pairs, dance
2nd 270 (225) Men, ladies, pairs, dance
3rd 243 (203) Men, ladies, pairs, dance
4th 182 (203) Men, ladies, pairs, dance
5th 198 (164) Men, ladies, pairs, dance
6th 178 Men, ladies, dance
7th 160 Men, ladies
8th 144 Men, ladies

Prize money

Skaters who finish in the top three in the final Challenger Series standings will receive prize money:[1]

Placement 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. 1 2 3 4 5 "Challenger Series in Figure Skating 2016/17: Announcement" (PDF). International Skating Union. 12 July 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Communication No. 2002: Decisions of the ISU Council" (PDF). International Skating Union. 20 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "ISU CS Ukrainian Open 2016, ISU Challenger Series, Kiev / UKR, 09.11.2016 - 13.11.2016". International Skating Union. 4 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Calendar of Events". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016.

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