2017–18 ISU Challenger 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
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2018–19 ISU Challenger Series

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

Medal summary

Men's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
U.S. International Classic Nathan Chen Max Aaron Liam Firus Details
Lombardia Trophy Shoma Uno Jason Brown Brendan Kerry Details
Autumn Classic International Javier Fernández Yuzuru Hanyu Keegan Messing Details
Ondrej Nepela Trophy Mikhail Kolyada Sergei Voronov Brendan Kerry Details
Nebelhorn Trophy Jorik Hendrickx Alexander Johnson Alexander Majorov Details
Finlandia Trophy Jin Boyang Vincent Zhou Adam Rippon Details
Minsk-Arena Ice Star Sergei Voronov Moris Kvitelashvili Daniel Samohin Details
Warsaw Cup Matteo Rizzo Stéphane Walker Liam Firus Details
Tallinn Trophy Dmitri Aliev Alexei Krasnozhon Yaroslav Paniot Details
Golden Spin of Zagreb Moris Kvitelashvili Oleksii Bychenko Artur Dmitriev, Jr. Details

Ladies' singles

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

Pairs

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

Ice dance

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