2023–24 ISU Challenger Series
| 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Challenger Series |
| Date: | September 8 – December 10, 2023 |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Previous: 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series | |
| Next: 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series | |
The 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2023. It was the tenth 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.
| Date | Event | Location | Notes | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 8–10 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy | Bergamo, Italy | Details | |
| September 14–16 | 2023 Autumn Classic International | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Details | |
| September 20–23 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy | Oberstdorf, Germany | Details | |
| September 28–30 | 2023 Nepela Memorial | Bratislava, Slovakia | No pairs | Details |
| October 4–8 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy | Espoo, Finland | Details | |
| October 13–15 | 2023 Budapest Trophy | Budapest, Hungary | No pairs | Details |
| November 1–4 | 2023 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | Astana, Kazakhstan | No pairs | Details |
| November 7–12 | 2023 Ice Challenge[1] | Cancelled | ||
| November 15–19 | 2023 Warsaw Cup | Warsaw, Poland | No pairs | Details |
| December 7–10 | 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb | Sisak, Croatia | Details | |
Requirements
Skaters were eligible to compete on the Challenger Series if they had reached the age of 16 before July 1, 2023.
Medal summary
Men's singles
Women's singles
Pairs
Ice dance
Medal standings
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Georgia | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | France | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Israel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Lithuania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 | |
Challenger Series rankings
The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.
Men's singles
As of December 29, 2023.[2]
| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lukas Britschgi | Switzerland | Budapest Trophy | 246.12 | Warsaw Cup | 246.22 | 492.34 |
| 2 | Jin Boyang | China | Autumn Classic International | 230.99 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 258.67 | 489.66 |
| 3 | Nika Egadze | Georgia | Lombardia Trophy | 243.35 | Nepela Memorial | 243.31 | 486.66 |
| 4 | Mark Gorodnitsky | Israel | Nepela Memorial | 236.30 | Warsaw Cup | 243.29 | 479.59 |
| 5 | Nikolaj Memola | Italy | Finlandia Trophy | 222.98 | Budapest Trophy | 250.37 | 473.35 |
Women's singles
As of December 29, 2023.[3]
| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Chae-yeon | South Korea | Lombardia Trophy | 180.78 | Nepela Memorial | 202.26 | 383.04 |
| 2 | Anastasiia Gubanova | Georgia | 185.60 | Finlandia Trophy | 179.61 | 365.21 | |
| 3 | Ekaterina Kurakova | Poland | Nepela Memorial | 181.98 | Warsaw Cup | 181.71 | 363.69 |
| 4 | Léa Serna | France | Budapest Trophy | 178.56 | 174.59 | 353.15 | |
| 5 | Livia Kaiser | Switzerland | 170.39 | 173.20 | 343.59 |
Pairs
As of December 29, 2023.[4]
| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin | Germany | Lombardia Trophy | 194.52 | Nebelhorn Trophy | 194.96 | 389.48 |
| 2 | Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel | 191.76 | 189.01 | 380.77 | |||
| 3 | Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 185.06 | 191.71 | 376.77 | ||
| 4 | Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini | 182.33 | Finlandia Trophy | 177.03 | 359.36 | ||
| 5 | Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko | Hungary | Nebelhorn Trophy | 182.60 | 169.39 | 351.99 |
Ice dance
As of December 29, 2023.[5]
| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Great Britain | Nebelhorn Trophy | 207.84 | Nepela Memorial | 200.46 | 408.30 |
| 2 | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius | Lithuania | 190.55 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 200.11 | 390.66 | |
| 3 | Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin | Georgia | Budapest Trophy | 191.84 | Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | 192.67 | 384.51 |
| 4 | Evgenia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud | France | Autumn Classic International | 186.94 | Warsaw Cup | 196.56 | 383.50 |
| 5 | Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis | Finland | Nebelhorn Trophy | 183.63 | Finlandia Trophy | 193.73 | 377.36 |
Top scores
Men's singles
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilia Malinin | United States | 281.68 | 2023 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Adam Siao Him Fa | France | 279.57 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 3 | Kao Miura | Japan | 267.81 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| 4 | Kazuki Tomono | 265.78 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy | |
| 5 | Yuma Kagiyama | 265.59 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy | |
| 6 | Shun Sato | 261.23 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy | |
| 7 | Jin Boyang | China | 258.67 | 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 8 | Nikolaj Memola | Italy | 250.37 | 2023 Budapest Trophy |
| 9 | Koshiro Shimada | Japan | 247.43 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 10 | Lukas Britschgi | Switzerland | 246.22 | 2023 Warsaw Cup |
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilia Malinin | United States | 100.87 | 2023 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Adam Siao Him Fa | France | 95.17 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 3 | Kazuki Tomono | Japan | 93.55 | |
| 4 | Lukas Britschgi | Switzerland | 91.51 | 2023 Warsaw Cup |
| 5 | Yuma Kagiyama | Japan | 91.47 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 6 | Jin Boyang | China | 91.25 | 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 7 | Kao Miura | Japan | 90.95 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| 8 | Nikolaj Memola | Italy | 88.99 | 2023 Budapest Trophy |
| 9 | Shun Sato | Japan | 87.47 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| 10 | Andrew Torgashev | United States | 86.41 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Siao Him Fa | France | 184.40 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 2 | Ilia Malinin | United States | 180.81 | 2023 Autumn Classic International |
| 3 | Kao Miura | Japan | 176.86 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| 4 | Yuma Kagiyama | 174.12 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy | |
| 5 | Shun Sato | 173.76 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy | |
| 6 | Kazuki Tomono | 172.23 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy | |
| 7 | Lukas Britschgi | Switzerland | 168.34 | 2023 Budapest Trophy |
| 8 | Koshiro Shimada | Japan | 167.86 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 9 | Jin Boyang | China | 167.42 | 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 10 | Gabriele Frangipani | Italy | 164.87 | 2023 Nepela Memorial |
Women's singles
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 203.20 | 2023 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Kim Chae-yeon | South Korea | 202.26 | 2023 Nepela Memorial |
| 3 | Isabeau Levito | United States | 198.79 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 4 | Kimmy Repond | Switzerland | 191.94 | |
| 5 | Lee Hae-in | South Korea | 191.10 | 2023 Nepela Memorial |
| 6 | Madeline Schizas | Canada | 188.88 | |
| 7 | Kim Ye-lim | South Korea | 187.91 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| 8 | Bradie Tennell | United States | 185.84 | 2023 Budapest Trophy |
| 9 | Anastasiia Gubanova | Georgia | 185.60 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 10 | Hana Yoshida | Japan | 185.45 |
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 75.62 | 2023 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Kim Ye-lim | South Korea | 70.20 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| 3 | Anastasiia Gubanova | Georgia | 69.65 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 4 | Isabeau Levito | United States | 69.30 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 5 | Kim Chae-yeon | South Korea | 67.42 | 2023 Nepela Memorial |
| Madeline Schizas | Canada | 67.42 | ||
| 7 | Lee Hae-in | South Korea | 66.08 | |
| 8 | Livia Kaiser | Switzerland | 65.21 | 2023 Warsaw Cup |
| 9 | Bradie Tennell | United States | 65.09 | 2023 Budapest Trophy |
| 10 | Ava Marie Ziegler | 65.07 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Chae-yeon | South Korea | 134.84 | 2023 Nepela Memorial |
| 2 | Kimmy Repond | Switzerland | 130.39 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 3 | Isabeau Levito | United States | 129.49 | |
| 4 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 127.58 | 2023 Autumn Classic International |
| 5 | Lee Hae-in | South Korea | 125.02 | 2023 Nepela Memorial |
| 6 | Ekaterina Kurakova | Poland | 124.26 | 2023 Warsaw Cup |
| 7 | Hana Yoshida | Japan | 122.91 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 8 | Madeline Schizas | Canada | 121.46 | 2023 Nepela Memorial |
| 9 | Kim Min-chae | South Korea | 121.27 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 10 | Bradie Tennell | United States | 120.75 | 2023 Budapest Trophy |
Pairs
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps | Canada | 203.62 | 2023 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii | Italy | 200.35 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 3 | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin | Germany | 194.96 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 4 | Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel | 191.76 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy | |
| 5 | Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 191.71 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 6 | Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud | Canada | 188.94 | |
| 7 | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan | 188.05 | 2023 Autumn Classic International |
| 8 | Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko | Hungary | 182.60 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 9 | Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini | Italy | 182.33 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 10 | Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea | United States | 182.07 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps | Canada | 71.80 | 2023 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii | Italy | 70.16 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 3 | Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise | 66.94 | ||
| 4 | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin | Germany | 66.22 | |
| 5 | Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel | 66.06 | ||
| 6 | Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea | United States | 63.03 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| 7 | Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud | Canada | 62.38 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 8 | Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini | Italy | 61.75 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| 9 | Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko | Hungary | 61.66 | |
| 10 | Milania Väänänen / Filippo Clerici | Finland | 60.95 | 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin | Germany | 132.11 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 2 | Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps | Canada | 131.82 | 2023 Autumn Classic International |
| 3 | Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii | Italy | 130.19 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 4 | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan | 128.92 | 2023 Autumn Classic International |
| 5 | Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini | Italy | 127.34 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 6 | Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud | Canada | 126.56 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 7 | Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel | Germany | 125.70 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 8 | Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 125.35 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 9 | Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko | Hungary | 121.26 | |
| 10 | Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea | United States | 119.04 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
Ice dance
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 208.02 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 2 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Great Britain | 207.84 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 3 | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius | Lithuania | 200.11 | 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 4 | Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis | Finland | 193.73 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| 5 | Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin | Georgia | 192.67 | 2023 Denis Ten Memorial |
| 6 | Eva Pate / Logan Bye | United States | 191.20 | 2023 Autumn Classic International |
| 7 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | 191.14 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy | |
| 8 | Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler | Czech Republic | 189.23 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 9 | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Canada | 188.56 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| 10 | Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac | 188.32 | 2023 Budapest Trophy |
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 84.61 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 2 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Great Britain | 82.42 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 3 | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius | Lithuania | 81.19 | 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 4 | Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik | United States | 78.23 | |
| 5 | Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin | Georgia | 77.62 | 2023 Nepela Memorial |
| 6 | Eva Pate / Logan Bye | United States | 77.02 | 2023 Autumn Classic International |
| 7 | Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis | Finland | 75.76 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| 8 | Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler | Czech Republic | 75.21 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 9 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States | 74.15 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| 10 | Olivia Smart / Tim Dieck | Spain | 72.56 |
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Great Britain | 125.42 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 2 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 123.41 | 2023 Lombardia Trophy |
| 3 | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Canada | 120.89 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| 4 | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius | Lithuania | 118.92 | 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 5 | Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis | Finland | 117.97 | 2023 Finlandia Trophy |
| 6 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States | 116.99 | |
| 7 | Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin | Georgia | 116.63 | 2023 Budapest Trophy |
| 8 | Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac | Canada | 116.40 | |
| 9 | Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud | France | 114.66 | 2023 Autumn Classic International |
| 10 | Eva Pate / Logan Bye | United States | 114.18 |
References
- ^ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOE] (July 27, 2023). "🇦🇹 IceChallenge has been cancelled" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024: Men". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024: Women". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024: Pairs". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.