2017–18 ISU Challenger Series

2017–18 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 13 – December 9, 2017
Season:2017–18
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The 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2017. It was the fourth 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.[1]

Date Event Location Results
September 13–17 United States 2017 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details
September 14–17 Italy 2017 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy Details
September 20–23 Canada 2017 Autumn Classic International Montreal, Quebec, Canada Details
September 21–23 Slovakia 2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Details
September 27–30 Germany 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
October 6–8 Finland 2017 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 27–29 Belarus 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star Minsk, Belarus Details
November 16–19 Poland 2017 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
November 21–26 Estonia 2017 Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia Details
December 6–9 Croatia 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details

Medal summary

Men's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic United States Nathan Chen United States Max Aaron Canada Liam Firus Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy Japan Shoma Uno United States Jason Brown Australia Brendan Kerry Details
Canada Autumn Classic International Spain Javier Fernández Japan Yuzuru Hanyu Canada Keegan Messing Details
Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Trophy Russia Mikhail Kolyada Russia Sergei Voronov Australia Brendan Kerry Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Belgium Jorik Hendrickx United States Alexander Johnson Sweden Alexander Majorov Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy China Jin Boyang United States Vincent Zhou United States Adam Rippon Details
Belarus Minsk-Arena Ice Star Russia Sergei Voronov Georgia (country) Moris Kvitelashvili Israel Daniel Samohin Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Italy Matteo Rizzo Switzerland Stéphane Walker Canada Liam Firus Details
Estonia Tallinn Trophy Russia Dmitri Aliev United States Alexei Krasnozhon Ukraine Yaroslav Paniot Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Georgia (country) Moris Kvitelashvili Israel Oleksii Bychenko Russia Artur Dmitriev, Jr. Details

Ladies' singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic Japan Marin Honda United States Mirai Nagasu United States Karen Chen Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy Russia Alina Zagitova Japan Wakaba Higuchi Italy Carolina Kostner Details
Canada Autumn Classic International Canada Kaetlyn Osmond Japan Mai Mihara Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva Details
Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Trophy Russia Evgenia Medvedeva Japan Rika Hongo Russia Elena Radionova Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Australia Kailani Craine Sweden Matilda Algotsson Switzerland Alexia Paganini Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Russia Maria Sotskova Italy Carolina Kostner Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Details
Belarus Minsk-Arena Ice Star Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva Russia Serafima Sakhanovich South Korea An So-hyun Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Russia Serafima Sakhanovich Russia Stanislava Konstantinova United States Courtney Hicks Details
Estonia Tallinn Trophy Russia Stanislava Konstantinova Russia Alisa Fedichkina Germany Nicole Schott Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Russia Stanislava Konstantinova Russia Alisa Fedichkina Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Details

Pairs

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro United States Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim United States Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy Russia Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Italy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Italy Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Details
Canada Autumn Classic International France Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Canada Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Canada Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Details
Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Trophy Russia Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Russia Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Russia Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Germany Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Australia Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy China Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Italy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Russia Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Details
Belarus Minsk-Arena Ice Star Russia Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Germany Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert Israel Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Italy Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Russia Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Details
Estonia Tallinn Trophy Australia Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Russia Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Russia Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Russia Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Russia Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov United States Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Details

Ice dance

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue United States Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Japan Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Russia Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd Ukraine Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Details
Canada Autumn Classic International Canada Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Canada Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Details
Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Trophy Russia Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev United States Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Russia Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy United Kingdom Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Japan Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Germany Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Russia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Denmark Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Details
Belarus Minsk-Arena Ice Star Italy Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Russia Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Russia Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Russia Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov United States Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Ukraine Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Details
Estonia Tallinn Trophy Poland Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Turkey Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar United States Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Russia Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri United States Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Details

Medal standings

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)1712938
2 Italy (ITA)44210
3 Canada (CAN)32510
4 United States (USA)210719
5 Japan (JPN)2518
6 Australia (AUS)2035
7 China (CHN)2002
 France (FRA)2002
9 Georgia (GEO)1102
10 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1012
11 Belgium (BEL)1001
 Great Britain (GBR)1001
 Poland (POL)1001
 Spain (ESP)1001
15 Germany (GER)0235
16 Israel (ISR)0123
17 Sweden (SWE)0112
  Switzerland (SUI)0112
19 Turkey (TUR)0101
20 Ukraine (UKR)0033
21 Denmark (DEN)0011
 South Korea (KOR)0011
Totals (22 entries)404040120

Challenger Series rankings

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.[1]

Men's singles

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[2]
1 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia Ondrej Nepela Trophy 247.81 Finlandia Trophy 248.50 496.31
2 Sergei Voronov 234.07 Minsk-Arena Ice Star 250.10 484.17
3 Moris Kvitelashvili  Georgia Minsk-Arena Ice Star 227.31 Golden Spin of Zagreb 236.67 463.98
4 Matteo Rizzo  Italy Lombardia Trophy 227.02 Warsaw Cup 232.98 460.00
5 Yaroslav Paniot  Ukraine U.S. International Classic 233.16 Tallinn Trophy 221.23 454.39

Ladies' singles

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[3]
1 Carolina Kostner  Italy Lombardia Trophy 198.36 Finlandia Trophy 193.76 392.12
2 Stanislava Konstantinova  Russia Tallinn Trophy 190.75 Golden Spin of Zagreb 199.68 390.43
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Lombardia Trophy 184.75 Finlandia Trophy 189.13 373.88
4 Elizabet Tursynbaeva  Kazakhstan Autumn Classic International 181.00 Minsk-Arena Ice Star 187.57 368.57
5 Alisa Fedichkina  Russia Tallinn Trophy 180.33 Golden Spin of Zagreb 178.20 358.53

Pairs

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[4]
1 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert  Russia Lombardia Trophy 196.06 Golden Spin of Zagreb 202.96 399.02
2 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 191.39 Finlandia Trophy 193.50 384.89
3 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov  Russia Ondrej Nepela Trophy 191.12 Golden Spin of Zagreb 186.62 377.74
4 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek  Italy Lombardia Trophy 180.86 Warsaw Cup 193.14 374.00
5 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia Minsk-Arena Ice Star 191.58 180.84 372.42

Ice dance

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[5]
1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev  Russia Ondrej Nepela Trophy 181.92 Golden Spin of Zagreb 186.66 368.58
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy Lombardia Trophy 169.30 178.16 347.46
3 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro  Russia Minsk-Arena Ice Star 169.81 157.84 327.65
4 Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Ondrej Nepela Trophy 161.92 Warsaw Cup 164.07 325.99
5 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States U.S. International Classic 153.55 Golden Spin of Zagreb 163.88 317.43

Top scores

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
For the season's highest scores, see 2017–18 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 Shoma Uno  Japan 319.84 2017 Lombardia Trophy
2 Javier Fernández  Spain 279.07 2017 Autumn Classic International
3 Nathan Chen  United States 275.04 2017 U.S. International Classic
4 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 268.24 2017 Autumn Classic International
5 Max Aaron  United States 261.56 2017 U.S. International Classic
6 Jason Brown 259.88 2017 Lombardia Trophy
7 Jorik Hendrickx  Belgium 253.06 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Jin Boyang  China 252.60 2017 Finlandia Trophy
9 Sergei Voronov  Russia 250.10 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star
10 Vincent Zhou  United States 250.01 2017 Finlandia Trophy

Ladies' singles

Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 226.72 2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
2 Alina Zagitova 218.46 2017 Lombardia Trophy
3 Wakaba Higuchi  Japan 217.63
4 Kaetlyn Osmond  Canada 217.55 2017 Autumn Classic International
5 Maria Sotskova  Russia 205.30 2017 Finlandia Trophy
6 Stanislava Konstantinova 199.68 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Mai Mihara  Japan 199.02 2017 Autumn Classic International
8 Marin Honda 198.42 2017 U.S. International Classic
9 Carolina Kostner  Italy 198.36 2017 Lombardia Trophy
10 Bradie Tennell  United States 196.70

Pairs

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 218.46 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot  Germany 211.08
3 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 210.48 2017 Autumn Classic International
4 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford  Canada 202.98
5 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert  Russia 202.96 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China 198.03 2017 Finlandia Trophy
7 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 193.50
8 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek 193.14 2017 Warsaw Cup
9 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 191.58 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star
10 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov 191.12 2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy

Ice dance

Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir  Canada 195.76 2017 Autumn Classic International
2 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France 188.25 2017 Finlandia Trophy
3 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev  Russia 186.66 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte  Italy 183.49 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star
5 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 178.80 2017 U.S. International Classic
6 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 178.16 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland  Great Britain 177.13 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 173.56 2017 Autumn Classic International
9 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier 172.26
10 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro  Russia 169.81 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star

References

  1. ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series - General Announcement 2017/18". International Skating Union.
  2. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2017/2018: Men". International Skating Union.
  3. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2017/2018: Ladies". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2017/2018: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2017/2018: Ice dance". International Skating Union.

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