2008 International Challenge Cup

The 2008 International Challenge Cup (also called the AEGON Challenge Cup after its title sponsor) was held between March 6 and 9, 2008 in The Hague. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing, across the levels of senior, junior, novice, and the pre-novice discipline called "Debs". The junior compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.

2008 International Challenge Cup
Type:	Multi-level international
Date:	March 6 – 9
Season:	2007–08
Location:	The Hague
Venue:	de Uithof
Champions
Men's singles: Kristoffer Berntsson
Ladies' singles: Akiko Suzuki
Previous: 2007 International Challenge Cup
Next: 2009 International Challenge Cup

Senior results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Kristoffer Berntsson	Sweden	197.75	1	68.48	2	129.27
2	Samuel Contesti	Italy	187.61	7	54.25	1	133.36
3	Clemens Brummer	Germany	175.23	2	60.12	4	115.11
4	Pavel Kaška	Czech Republic	173.85	5	57.10	3	116.75
5	Ryo Shibata	Japan	168.80	8	53.70	5	115.10
6	Martin Liebers	Germany	168.10	3	59.35	6	108.75
7	Paolo Bacchini	Italy	163.61	4	58.92	7	104.69
8	Yoann Deslot	France	158.35	6	56.19	8	102.16
9	Stephane Walker	Switzerland	143.22	10	42.52	9	100.70
10	Tomáš Janečko	Czech Republic	127.99	9	45.26	10	82.73
11	Alper Uçar	Turkey	114.87	11	42.03	11	72.84
12	Eray Ozbal	Turkey	89.40	12	31.74	12	57.66
WD	Alban Préaubert	France

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Akiko Suzuki	Japan	152.02	1	53.70	1	98.32
2	Tuğba Karademir	Turkey	128.17	3	46.04	2	82.13
3	Becky Bereswill	United States	127.08	2	48.00	3	79.08
4	Olga Ikonnikova	Estonia	114.92	4	42.92	4	72.00
5	Victoria Helgesson	Sweden	111.86	5	39.92	5	71.94
6	Eva Lim	Netherlands	100.40	7	33.22	6	67.18
7	Henriika Hietaniemi	Finland	99.41	8	33.18	7	66.23
8	Martina Bocek	Czech Republic	87.99		29.48	8	58.51
9	Kirsten Verbist	Belgium				9	54.55
10	Jacqueline Voll	Netherlands	80.32	6	33.46	10	46.86
WD	Kerstin Frank	Austria		9	31.74
WD	Isabel Heintges	Germany

Junior results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Andrew Gonzales, Jr.	United States	156.68	1	56.85	2	99.83
2	Daniel O'Shea	United States	152.87	5	45.19	1	107.68
3	Yukihiro Yoshida	Japan	143.38	3	47.36	3	96.02
4	Laurent Alvarez	Switzerland	140.37	2	47.91	5	92.46
5	Javier Raya	Spain	137.66	6	42.85	4	94.81
6	Mario-Rafael Ionian	Austria	129.43	4	46.49	6	82.94
7	Saverio Giacomelli	Italy	124.86	7	42.67	7	82.19
8	Kamil Białas	Poland	115.46	10	37.55	9	77.91
9	Jorik Hendrickx	Belgium	115.23	9	38.09	10	77.14
10	Ruben Blommaert	Belgium	113.62	11	35.69	8	77.93
11	Aritz Maestu	Spain	113.10	8	38.53	11	74.57
12	Joos Kündig	Switzerland	95.23	12	31.87	12	63.36
13	Boyito Mulder	Netherlands	87.93	13	28.11	13	59.82
WD	Marco Zakouril	Czech Republic

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Brittney Rizo	United States	150.35	1	53.06	1	97.29
2	Shoko Ishikawa	Japan	134.98	2	44.84	2	90.14
3	Amanda Dobbs	United States	122.65	3	39.60	3	83.05
4	Joshi Helgesson	Sweden	113.06	5	37.22	4	75.84
5	Roberta Rodeghiero	Italy	110.41	4	37.78	5	72.63
6	Angelica Olsson	Sweden	101.64	9	32.52	6	69.12
7	Alice Garlisi	Italy	98.76	6	36.10	10	62.66
8	Manouk Gijsman	Netherlands	96.81	8	33.42	9	63.39
9	Oona Lindahl	Finland	95.78	11	31.66	8	64.12
10	Reetta Romppanen	Finland	94.22	15	29.18	7	65.04
11	Anna Weinberger	France	92.77	7	34.74	11	58.03
12	Stephanie Ellensohn	Austria	88.58	14	30.74	12	57.84
13	Barbora Svédová	Czech Republic	86.41	13	31.00	13	55.41
14	Alexandria Riordan	Poland	80.46	10	31.98	15	48.48
15	Sylvie Hauert	Switzerland	79.53	12	31.02	14	48.51
16	Britt Vanmal	Belgium	72.48	18	26.46	16	46.02
17	Jamie Van Besouw	Netherlands	71.00	20	25.10	17	45.90
18	Michelle Couwenberg	Netherlands	69.19	16	27.38	20	41.81
19	Lydia Fuentes Caporali	Andorra	69.02	19	25.82	18	43.20
20	Kaat Van Daele	Belgium	68.77	17	26.70	19	42.07

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1	Kaylyn Patitucci / Karl Edelman	United States	125.44	1	25.88	1	39.41	1	60.15
2	Justyna Plutowska / Dawid Pietrzyński	Poland	120.78	2	22.13	2	38.63	2	60.02
3	Sonja Pauli / Tobias Eisenbauer	Austria	108.53	3	16.30	3	36.61	3	55.62
4	Lora Semova / Dimitar Lichev	Bulgaria	91.96	4	13.39	4	31.42	4	47.15

Novice results

Boys

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Keiji Tanaka	Japan	130.79	1	47.40	1	83.39
2	David Wang	United States	107.36	2	37.65	2	69.71
3	Filippo Ambrosini	Italy	93.65	4	33.86	3	59.79
4	Sebastian Lofek	Poland	90.22	3	35.59	5	54.63
5	Toby Connock	Netherlands	89.33	7	29.74	4	59.59
6	Julian Lagus	Finland	84.93	5	32.07	6	52.86
7	Maximilian Obsieger	Austria	77.66	10	26.27	7	51.39
8	Francesc Palau	Spain	77.61	6	29.88	8	47.73
9	Dmitry Epstein	Netherlands	74.50	9	27.70	9	46.80
10	Florian Gostelie	Netherlands	74.21	8	27.97	10	46.24

Girls

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Marissa Secundy	United States	104.77	1	36.46	1	68.31
2	Maé Bérénice Méité	France	101.50	2	36.44	3	65.06
3	Roanna Sari Oshikawa	Japan	99.39	5	32.46	2	66.93
4	Sera Väistö	Finland	95.23	3	35.08	4	60.15
5	Ira Vannut	Belgium	92.11	4	33.82	5	58.29
6	Ariana Tarrado Ribes	Andorra	84.76	6	31.72	7	53.04
7	Laura Junod	Switzerland	83.39	12	27.46	6	55.93
8	Barbara Lagas	Netherlands	82.30	7	30.88	10	51.42
9	Patricia Ortiz	Spain	79.86	10	27.98	8	51.88
10	Celia Robledo	Spain	79.14	11	27.66	9	51.48
11	Jennifer Cucinella	Italy	77.40	9	28.88	13	48.52
12	Sofia Curci	Italy	76.75	15	26.38	11	50.37
13	Monique Maas	Belgium	74.29	8	29.60	18	44.69
14	Anna Hofmann	Austria	74.00	13	27.26	15	46.74
15	Deborah Pisa	Switzerland	72.45	18	23.40	12	49.05
16	Lianne Smit	Netherlands	72.27	14	26.62	16	45.65
17	Mylon Vonk	Netherlands	71.15	17	23.62	14	47.53
18	Rosa-Maria Salonen	Finland	70.43	16	25.12	17	45.31

Debs results

Boys

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Giorgio Settembrini	Italy	80.73	2	27.67	1	53.06
2	Kamil Dymowski	Poland	77.49	1	34.37	3	43.12
3	Thomas Kennes	Netherlands	74.66	3	26.32	2	48.34
4	Junya Watanabe	Japan	66.40	4	25.10	4	41.30
5	Manuel Drechsler	Austria	53.40	5	20.05	5	33.35

Girls

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Mariko Kihara	Japan	89.32	13	25.96	1	63.36
2	Satoko Miyahara	Japan	88.96	7	27.72	2	61.24
3	Victoria Hübler	Austria	85.55	10	26.78	3	58.77
4	Anais Claes	Belgium	82.66	1	29.40	5	53.26
5	Tina Stürzinger	Switzerland	80.22	9	26.92	4	53.30
6	Andrina Sigron	Switzerland	80.03	2	28.50	6	51.53
7	Victoria Manni	Italy	78.94	3	28.34	7	50.60
8	Jasmine Tessari	Italy	77.50	4	28.28	10	49.22
9	Niki Wories	Netherlands	77.47	5	28.24	9	49.23
10	Anouk Bergsma	Netherlands	75.74	6	27.74	12	48.00
11	Maria Jimenez	Spain	75.56	11	26.22	8	49.34
12	Jenny Lin	Austria	75.12	12	26.16	11	48.96
13	Rosaliina Kuparinen	Finland	73.15	8	27.12	14	46.03
14	Chantal Maas	Belgium	68.56	16	21.54	13	47.02
15	Gina Ponzio	Netherlands	65.64	14	25.40	15	40.24
16	Elina Kuutti	Finland	62.96	15	23.88	16	39.08

External links

• 2008 International Challenge Cup (Archived 2009-05-21)