2016–17 ISU Challenger Series

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

2016–17 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 7 – December 10, 2016
Season:2016–17
Previous:
2015–16 ISU Challenger Series
Next:
2017–18 ISU Challenger 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 was 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 Shoma Uno Jason Brown Max AaronDetails
U.S. Classic Jason Brown Takahito Mura Adam RipponDetails
Nebelhorn Trophy Alexander Petrov Jorik Hendrickx Grant HochsteinDetails
Autumn Classic Yuzuru Hanyu Misha Ge Max AaronDetails
Ondrej Nepela Sergei Voronov Kevin Reynolds Roman SavosinDetails
Finlandia Trophy Nathan Chen Patrick Chan Maxim KovtunDetails
Warsaw Cup Alexander Majorov Dmitri Aliev Stéphane WalkerDetails
Tallinn Trophy Roman Savosin Anton Shulepov Andrew TorgashevDetails
Golden Spin Oleksii Bychenko Daniel Samohin Keegan MessingDetails

Ladies
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Lombardia Trophy Wakaba Higuchi Kim Na-hyun Mirai NagasuDetails
U.S. Classic Satoko Miyahara Mariah Bell Karen ChenDetails
Nebelhorn Trophy Mai Mihara Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Gabrielle DalemanDetails
Autumn Classic Mirai Nagasu Alaine Chartrand Elizabet TursynbayevaDetails
Ondrej Nepela Maria Sotskova Yulia Lipnitskaya Mariah BellDetails
Finlandia Trophy Kaetlyn Osmond Mao Asada Anna PogorilayaDetails
Warsaw Cup Nicole Schott Kailani Craine Alexandra AvstriyskayaDetails
Tallinn Trophy Stanislava Konstantinova Serafima Sakhanovich Bradie TennellDetails
Golden Spin Carolina Kostner Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Alena LeonovaDetails

Pairs
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Lombardia Trophy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo AmbrosiniDetails
U.S. Classic Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Alexandria Shaughnessy / James MorganDetails
Nebelhorn Trophy Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Mari Vartmann / Ruben BlommaertDetails
Autumn Classic Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Marissa Castelli / Mervin TranDetails
Ondrej Nepela Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Natalja Zabijako / Alexander EnbertDetails
Finlandia Trophy Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Mari Vartmann / Ruben BlommaertDetails
Warsaw Cup Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan SeegertDetails
Tallinn Trophy Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Goda Butkutė / Nikita ErmolaevDetails
Golden Spin Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDucDetails

Ice dance
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Lombardia Trophy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Cecilia Törn / Jussiville PartanenDetails
U.S. Classic Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Alexandra Paul / Mitchell IslamDetails
Nebelhorn Trophy Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Madison Chock / Evan Bates Piper Gilles / Paul PoirierDetails
Autumn Classic Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj SørensenDetails
Ondrej Nepela Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Madison Chock / Evan Bates Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan GuerreiroDetails
Finlandia Trophy Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan GuerreiroDetails
Warsaw Cup Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Lucie Mysliveckova / Lukas CsolleyDetails
Tallinn Trophy Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex BenoitDetails
Golden Spin Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Alisa Agafonova / Alper UçarDetails

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 nations)363636108

Challenger Series rankings

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or duo.[5]

Men

[6]

Rank Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
1 Jason Brown 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy 256.49 2016 CS U.S. International Classic 254.04 510.53
2 Alexander Petrov 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 232.21 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 222.92 455.13
3 Max Aaron 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy 218.73 2016 CS Autumn Classic 226.13 444.86
4 Brendan Kerry 2016 CS U.S. International Classic 222.40 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 221.94 444.34

Ladies

[7]

Rank Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 185.93 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 192.03 377.96
2 Mirai Nagasu 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy 176.86 2016 CS Autumn Classic 189.11 365.97
3 Mariah Bell 2016 CS U.S. International Classic 184.22 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy 167.69 351.91
4 Alena Leonova 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial 151.12 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 191.39 342.51

Pairs

[8]

Rank Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
1 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy 179.56 2016 CS Warsaw Cup 189.26 368.82
2 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy 185.18 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 180.60 365.78
3 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy 169.10 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb 180.44 349.54
4 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial 172.82 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 161.63 334.45

Ice dance

[9]

Rank Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial 178.84 2016 CS Warsaw Cup 183.60 362.44
2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 179.18 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial 170.92 350.10
3 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy 162.12 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 180.30 342.42
4 Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial 165.64 2016 CS Warsaw Cup 173.02 338.66

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 Carolina Kostner  Italy 196.23 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 192.03 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Alena Leonova  Russia 191.39 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Maria Sotskova  Russia 189.96 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial
6 Mirai Nagasu  United States 189.11 2016 CS Autumn Classic
7 Mai Mihara  Japan 189.03 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Kaetlyn Osmond  Canada 187.27 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy
9 Stanislava Konstantinova  Russia 186.97 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy
10 Mao Asada  Japan 186.16 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy

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 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 180.30 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 179.18 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko  Israel 177.80 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy
8 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States 177.36 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 176.84 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro  Russia 173.02 2016 CS Warsaw Cup

Points and prize money

Points

At each event, skaters who finished in the top eight in each singles category, top five in pairs, and top six in ice dancing received 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 finished in the top three in the final Challenger Series standings received 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)
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References
  1. "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 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  5. "Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union.
  6. "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Men". International Skating Union.
  7. "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Ladies". International Skating Union.
  8. "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  9. "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
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