ISU Challenger Series

The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Each event consists of at least three disciplines out of four (men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing), and is required to take place between August 1 and December 15.

For the current season, see 2019–20 ISU Challenger Series.

The ISU Challenger Series Synchronized Skating is a separate competition series in the discipline of synchronized skating.

History

The ISU Council decided to create the series at its February 2014 meeting.[1] Eleven competitions were selected in June 2014.[2] The Triglav Trophy dropped out by October 10, 2014, resulting in a series composed of ten events.[3] The Nebelhorn Trophy, Finlandia Trophy, Ondrej Nepela Memorial, and Golden Spin of Zagreb are the "core group".[4] The event criteria was published in April 2014,[5] and revised in August 2014.[6]

The notice on the ISU Challenger Series Synchronized Skating was announced on May 10, 2019, which is for the discipline of synchronized skating and is held separately from the other ISU Challenger Series.[7]

Asian Open Classic was planned to be included in the 2019-20 season, but ISU transferred the event holding right back to Asian Open Trophy later.[8]

In the 2020–21 season, due to the COVID 19 pandemic, it was decided to hold the Challenger competitions as individual events, not as a series.[9]

Events
Title Country 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21[lower-alpha 1]
Asian Open TrophyThailand (2018)
China (2019[lower-alpha 2], 2020)		YesYesTBD
Asian Open ClassicTaiwan Cancelled
Autumn ClassicCanada YesYesYesYesYesTBD
Budapest TrophyHungary Yes
Denis Ten Memorial ChallengeKazakhstan Yes
Denkova-Staviski CupBulgaria Yes
Finlandia TrophyFinland YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Golden Spin of ZagrebCroatia YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Ice ChallengeAustria YesYes
Ice StarBelarus YesYes
Alpen TrophyAustria YesYes
Lombardia TrophyItaly YesYesYesYesYes
Mordovian OrnamentRussia Yes
Nebelhorn TrophyGermany YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Ondrej Nepela MemorialSlovakia YesYesYesYesYesYesCancelled
Tallinn TrophyEstonia YesYesYesYes
Triglav TrophySlovenia Dropped
Volvo Open CupLatvia Yes
Warsaw CupPoland YesYesYesYesYesYes
U.S. ClassicUnited States YesYesYesYesYesYes
  1. Will be held as individual events.[9]
  2. Hosted by the Hong Kong Skating Union.

Top three finishers per season

Each skater or duo is permitted to compete in up to three ISU Challenger Series events. Their two highest scores determine the final ranking.[5]

Men
Season 1st 2nd 3rd Refs
2014–15 Michal Březina Alexander Petrov Konstantin Menshov [3]
2015–16 Jason Brown Max Aaron Mikhail Kolyada [10]
2016–17 Jason Brown Alexander Petrov Max Aaron [11]
2017–18 Mikhail Kolyada Sergei Voronov Moris Kvitelashvili [12]
2018–19 Mikhail Kolyada Cha Jun-hwan Jason Brown [13]

Ladies
Season 1st 2nd 3rd Refs
2014–15 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Alena Leonova Hannah Miller [14]
2015–16 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Anna Pogorilaya Adelina Sotnikova [15]
2016–17 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Mirai Nagasu Mariah Bell [16]
2017–18 Carolina Kostner Stanislava Konstantinova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva [17]
2018–19 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Bradie Tennell Elizabet Tursynbayeva [18]

Pairs
Season 1st 2nd 3rd Refs
2014–15 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu [19]
2015–16 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert [20]
2016–17 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov [21]
2017–18 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov [22]
2018–19 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin [23]

Ice dancing
Season 1st 2nd 3rd Refs
2014–15 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi [24]
2015–16 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev [25]
2016–17 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Madison Chock / Evan Bates Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri [26]
2017–18 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro [27]
2018–19 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko [28]

Top finishers standings
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia107926
2 United States45615
3 Italy3519
4 Canada1102
5 Germany1012
6 Czech Republic1001
7 Israel0101
 South Korea0101
9 Georgia0011
 Kazakhstan0011
 Poland0011
Totals (11 nations)20202060

Top scores per season

Men
Season Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
2014–15[3] Michal Březina 2014 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 228.48 2014 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 239.62 468.10
2015–16[10] Jason Brown 2015 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 239.37 2015 CS Ice Challenge 240.65 480.02
2016–17[11] Jason Brown 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy 256.49 2016 CS U.S. International Classic 254.04 510.53
2017–18[12] Mikhail Kolyada 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 247.81 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 248.50 496.31
2018–19[13] Mikhail Kolyada 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 274.37 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 253.14 527.51

Ladies
Season Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
2014–15[14] Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2014 CS Finlandia Trophy 193.31 2014 CS Warsaw Cup 196.66 389.97
2015–16[15] Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2015 CS Warsaw Cup 192.93 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 201.33 394.26
2016–17[16] Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 185.93 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 192.03 377.96
2017–18[17] Carolina Kostner 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 198.36 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 193.76 392.12
2018–19[18] Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy 206.07 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 202.85 408.92

Pairs
Season Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
2014–15[19] Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim 2014 CS U.S. International Classic 163.24 2014 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 166.10 329.34
2015–16[20] Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy 214.42 2015 CS Warsaw Cup 209.60 424.02
2016–17[21] Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy 179.56 2016 CS Warsaw Cup 189.26 368.82
2017–18[22] Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 196.06 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 202.96 399.02
2018–19[23] Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy 191.99 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 188.54 380.53

Ice dance
Season Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
2014–15[24] Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 2014 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 162.98 2014 CS Ice Challenge 166.34 329.32
2015–16[25] Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 2015 CS Warsaw Cup 169.72 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 172.28 342.00
2016–17[26] Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial 178.84 2016 CS Warsaw Cup 183.60 362.44
2017–18[27] Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 181.92 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 186.66 368.58
2018–19[28] Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 201.27 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 194.12 395.39

Prize money

At the end of the series, prize money is awarded to skaters who finished in the top three in each discipline in the final ranking. In pairs and ice dancing, the partners split the prize money.

From the 2014–15 season through to the 2019–2020 season:[5][29][4][30][31][32]

Final rank Men's and ladies' singles Pairs and ice dance
1stCHF 4,000CHF 5,000 (2,500 per partner)
2ndCHF 3,000CHF 4,000 (2,000 per partner)
3rdCHF 2,000CHF 3,000 (1,500 per partner)
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