2017–18 ISU Challenger Series

The 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series took place from September to December 2017. It was the fourth season of a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions ranked below the Grand Prix series.

2017–18 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 13 – December 9, 2017
Season:2017–18
Previous:
2016–17 ISU Challenger Series
Next:
2018–19 ISU Challenger Series

Events

The 2017–18 series was composed of ten events.[1]

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

Medal summary

Men
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
U.S. Classic Nathan Chen Max Aaron Liam FirusDetails
Lombardia Trophy Shoma Uno Jason Brown Brendan KerryDetails
Autumn Classic Javier Fernández Yuzuru Hanyu Keegan MessingDetails
Ondrej Nepela Mikhail Kolyada Sergei Voronov Brendan KerryDetails
Nebelhorn Trophy Jorik Hendrickx Alexander Johnson Alexander MajorovDetails
Finlandia Trophy Jin Boyang Vincent Zhou Adam RipponDetails
Ice Star Sergei Voronov Moris Kvitelashvili Daniel SamohinDetails
Warsaw Cup Matteo Rizzo Stéphane Walker Liam FirusDetails
Tallinn Trophy Dmitri Aliev Alexei Krasnozhon Yaroslav PaniotDetails
Golden Spin Moris Kvitelashvili Oleksii Bychenko Artur Dmitriev, Jr.Details

Ladies
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
U.S. Classic Marin Honda Mirai Nagasu Karen ChenDetails
Lombardia Trophy Alina Zagitova Wakaba Higuchi Carolina KostnerDetails
Autumn Classic Kaetlyn Osmond Mai Mihara Elizabet TursynbaevaDetails
Ondrej Nepela Evgenia Medvedeva Rika Hongo Elena RadionovaDetails
Nebelhorn Trophy Kailani Craine Matilda Algotsson Alexia PaganiniDetails
Finlandia Trophy Maria Sotskova Carolina Kostner Elizaveta TuktamyshevaDetails
Ice Star Elizabet Tursynbaeva Serafima Sakhanovich An So-hyunDetails
Warsaw Cup Serafima Sakhanovich Stanislava Konstantinova Courtney HicksDetails
Tallinn Trophy Stanislava Konstantinova Alisa Fedichkina Nicole SchottDetails
Golden Spin Stanislava Konstantinova Alisa Fedichkina Elizaveta TuktamyshevaDetails

Pairs
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
U.S. Classic Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Chelsea Liu / Brian JohnsonDetails
Lombardia Trophy Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Valentina Marchei / Ondřej HotárekDetails
Autumn Classic Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Julianne Séguin / Charlie BilodeauDetails
Ondrej Nepela Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Alisa Efimova / Alexander KorovinDetails
Nebelhorn Trophy Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley WindsorDetails
Finlandia Trophy Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor KlimovDetails
Ice Star Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert Paige Conners / Evgeni KrasnopolskiDetails
Warsaw Cup Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan SeegertDetails
Tallinn Trophy Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry SopotDetails
Golden Spin Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Tarah Kayne / Danny O'SheaDetails

Ice dance
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
U.S. Classic Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Kana Muramoto / Chris ReedDetails
Lombardia Trophy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim NikitinDetails
Autumn Classic Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Piper Gilles / Paul PoirierDetails
Ondrej Nepela Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Betina Popova / Sergey MozgovDetails
Nebelhorn Trophy Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Kavita Lorenz / Joti PolizoakisDetails
Finlandia Trophy Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj SørensenDetails
Ice Star Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita KatsalapovDetails
Warsaw Cup Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim NikitinDetails
Tallinn Trophy Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex BenoitDetails
Golden Spin Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc BakerDetails

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 nations)404040120

Challenger Series rankings

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

Men

[2]

Rank Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
1 Mikhail Kolyada 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 247.81 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 248.50 496.31
2 Sergei Voronov 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 234.07 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star 250.10 484.17
3 Moris Kvitelashvili 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star 227.31 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 236.67 463.98
4 Matteo Rizzo 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 227.02 2017 CS Warsaw Cup 232.98 460.00

Ladies

[3]

Rank Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
1 Carolina Kostner 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 198.36 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 193.76 392.12
2 Stanislava Konstantinova 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy 190.75 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 199.68 390.43
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 184.75 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 189.13 373.88
4 Elizabet Tursynbaeva 2017 CS Autumn Classic 181.00 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star 187.57 368.57

Pairs

[4]

Rank Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
1 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 196.06 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 202.96 399.02
2 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 191.39 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 193.50 384.89
3 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 191.12 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 186.62 377.74
4 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 180.86 2017 CS Warsaw Cup 193.14 374.00

Ice dance

[5]

Rank Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 181.92 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 186.66 368.58
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 169.30 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 178.16 347.46
3 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star 169.81 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 157.84 327.65
4 Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 161.92 2017 CS Warsaw Cup 164.07 325.99

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 Shoma Uno  Japan 319.84 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy
2 Javier Fernández  Spain 279.07 2017 CS Autumn Classic
3 Nathan Chen  United States 275.04 2017 CS U.S. International Classic
4 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 268.24 2017 CS Autumn Classic
5 Max Aaron  United States 261.56 2017 CS U.S. International Classic
6 Jason Brown  United States 259.88 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy
7 Jorik Hendrickx  Belgium 253.06 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Jin Boyang  China 252.60 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy
9 Sergei Voronov  Russia 250.10 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star
10 Vincent Zhou  United States 250.01 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy

Ladies

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 226.72 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy
2 Alina Zagitova  Russia 218.46 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy
3 Wakaba Higuchi  Japan 217.63 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy
4 Kaetlyn Osmond  Canada 217.55 2017 CS Autumn Classic
5 Maria Sotskova  Russia 205.30 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy
6 Stanislava Konstantinova  Russia 199.68 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Mai Mihara  Japan 199.02 2017 CS Autumn Classic
8 Marin Honda  Japan 198.42 2017 CS U.S. International Classic
9 Carolina Kostner  Italy 198.36 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy
10 Bradie Tennell  United States 196.70 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy

Pairs

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 218.46 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot  Germany 211.08 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 210.48 2017 CS Autumn Classic
4 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford  Canada 202.98 2017 CS Autumn Classic
5 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert  Russia 202.96 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang  China 198.03 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy
7 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 193.50 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy
8 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek  Italy 193.14 2017 CS Warsaw Cup
9 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 191.58 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star
10 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov  Russia 191.12 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy

Ice dance

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir  Canada 195.76 2017 CS Autumn Classic
2 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France 188.25 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy
3 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev  Russia 186.66 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte  Italy 183.49 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star
5 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 178.80 2017 CS U.S. International Classic
6 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 178.16 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland  United Kingdom 177.13 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 173.56 2017 CS Autumn Classic
9 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 172.26 2017 CS Autumn Classic
10 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro  Russia 169.81 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star

References
  1. "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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