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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The 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2016. It was the third season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.

Competitions

This season, the series included the following events. The Ukrainian Open was originally scheduled for November 9–13, 2016,[1][2] but it was cancelled on September 20.[3]

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

Medal summary

Men's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Italy Lombardia Trophy Japan Shoma Uno United States Jason Brown United States Max Aaron Details
United States U.S. International Classic United States Jason Brown Japan Takahito Mura United States Adam Rippon Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Russia Alexander Petrov Belgium Jorik Hendrickx United States Grant Hochstein Details
Canada Autumn Classic International Japan Yuzuru Hanyu Uzbekistan Misha Ge United States Max Aaron Details
Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Memorial Russia Sergei Voronov Canada Kevin Reynolds Russia Roman Savosin Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy United States Nathan Chen Canada Patrick Chan Russia Maxim Kovtun Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Sweden Alexander Majorov Russia Dmitri Aliev Switzerland Stéphane Walker Details
Estonia Tallinn Trophy Russia Roman Savosin Russia Anton Shulepov United States Andrew Torgashev Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Israel Oleksii Bychenko Israel Daniel Samohin Canada Keegan Messing Details

Ladies' singles

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

Pairs

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

Ice dance

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

Medal standings

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)1111830
2 Italy (ITA)7119
3 Canada (CAN)54413
4 Japan (JPN)5308
5 United States (USA)491326
6 Germany (GER)2035
7 Israel (ISR)1203
8 Sweden (SWE)1001
9 Australia (AUS)0101
 Belgium (BEL)0101
 France (FRA)0101
 Great Britain (GBR)0101
 South Korea (KOR)0101
 Uzbekistan (UZB)0101
15 Denmark (DEN)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0011
 Lithuania (LTU)0011
 Slovakia (SVK)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
 Turkey (TUR)0011
Totals (21 entries)363636108

Challenger Series rankings

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.[4]

Men's singles

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[5]
1 Jason Brown  United States Lombardia Trophy 256.49 U.S. International Classic 254.04 510.53
2 Alexander Petrov  Russia Nebelhorn Trophy 232.21 Golden Spin of Zagreb 222.92 455.13
3 Max Aaron  United States Lombardia Trophy 218.73 Autumn Classic International 226.13 444.86
4 Brendan Kerry  Australia U.S. International Classic 222.40 Golden Spin of Zagreb 221.94 444.34
5 Jorik Hendrickx  Belgium Nebelhorn Trophy 223.04 Finlandia Trophy 218.32 441.36

Ladies' singles

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[6]
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia Nebelhorn Trophy 185.93 Golden Spin of Zagreb 192.03 377.96
2 Mirai Nagasu  United States Lombardia Trophy 176.86 Autumn Classic International 189.11 365.97
3 Mariah Bell U.S. International Classic 184.22 Tallinn Trophy 167.69 351.91
4 Alena Leonova  Russia Ondrej Nepela Memorial 151.12 Golden Spin of Zagreb 191.39 342.51
5 Amber Glenn  United States Nebelhorn Trophy 157.68 183.60 341.28

Pairs

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[7]
1 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek  Italy Lombardia Trophy 179.56 Warsaw Cup 189.26 368.82
2 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 185.18 Golden Spin of Zagreb 180.60 365.78
3 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov  Russia Finlandia Trophy 169.10 180.44 349.54
4 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier  United States Ondrej Nepela Memorial 172.82 161.63 334.45
5 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc Finlandia Trophy 158.63 172.18 330.81

Ice dance

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[8]
1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev  Russia Ondrej Nepela Memorial 178.84 Warsaw Cup 183.60 362.44
2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States Nebelhorn Trophy 179.18 Ondrej Nepela Memorial 170.92 350.10
3 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy Lombardia Trophy 162.12 Golden Spin of Zagreb 180.30 342.42
4 Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro  Russia Ondrej Nepela Memorial 165.64 Warsaw Cup 173.02 338.66
5 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States Autumn Classic International 160.50 Golden Spin of Zagreb 177.36 337.86

Top scores

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
For the season's highest scores, see 2016–17 figure skating season § Season's best scores.

Men's singles

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 260.57 2016 Autumn Classic International
2 Shoma Uno 258.93 2016 Lombardia Trophy
3 Jason Brown  United States 256.49
4 Nathan Chen 256.44 2016 Finlandia Trophy
5 Takahito Mura  Japan 252.20 2016 U.S. International Classic
6 Patrick Chan  Canada 248.73 2016 Finlandia Trophy
7 Adam Rippon  United States 248.24 2016 U.S. International Classic
8 Sergei Voronov  Russia 237.42 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
9 Alexander Petrov 232.21 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Misha Ge  Uzbekistan 230.55 2016 Autumn Classic International

Ladies' singles

Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 206.75 2016 U.S. International Classic
2 Carolina Kostner  Italy 196.23 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 192.03
4 Alena Leonova 191.39
5 Maria Sotskova 189.96 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
6 Mirai Nagasu  United States 189.11 2016 Autumn Classic International
7 Mai Mihara  Japan 189.03 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Kaetlyn Osmond  Canada 187.27 2016 Finlandia Trophy
9 Stanislava Konstantinova  Russia 186.97 2016 Tallinn Trophy
10 Mao Asada  Japan 186.16 2016 Finlandia Trophy

Pairs

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau  Canada 208.30 2016 Autumn Classic International
2 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot  Germany 203.04 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 198.90 2016 Autumn Classic International
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 197.80 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
5 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford  Canada 197.78 2016 Finlandia Trophy
6 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek  Italy 189.26 2016 Warsaw Cup
7 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov  Russia 185.42 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
8 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 185.18 2016 Lombardia Trophy
9 Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch  Canada 184.40 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert  Russia 181.38 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial

Ice dance

Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir  Canada 189.20 2016 Autumn Classic International
2 Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin  Russia 185.19 2016 Tallinn Trophy
3 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 183.60 2016 Warsaw Cup
4 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte  Italy 180.50 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 180.30 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 179.18 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko  Israel 177.80 2016 Tallinn Trophy
8 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States 177.36 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 176.84 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro  Russia 173.02 2016 Warsaw Cup

References

  1. ^ "Communication No. 2002: Decisions of the ISU Council" (PDF). International Skating Union. 20 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2016.
  2. ^ "ISU CS Ukrainian Open 2016, ISU Challenger Series, Kyiv / UKR, 09.11.2016 - 13.11.2016". International Skating Union. 4 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Calendar of Events". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  4. ^ "Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  5. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Men". International Skating Union.
  6. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Ladies". International Skating Union.
  7. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  8. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Ice dance". International Skating Union.

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