ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships

The ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships (WSSC) are the world championships for the sport of synchronized skating. Held since 2000, the World Synchronized Skating Championships is an annual event organized by the International Skating Union and attracts the most elite senior-level synchronized skating teams from around the world to compete for the World Championship.

Until 2012, the top positions were mainly dominated by Sweden and Finland: the Swedish Team Surprise have won six World titles (latest in 2012), five silver medals and one bronze medal, and the Finnish Marigold IceUnity are five-time World Champions with seven silver medals and two bronze medals. Also from Finland, Helsinki Rockettes have earned four World titles, four silver medals and six bronze medals, and Team Unique have won one World title, two silver medals and one bronze medal.

Canadian teams (Les Suprêmes, NEXXICE, and black ice) have won five World titles (first in 2009), four silver medals and six bronze medals in total. Russian Team Paradise have won three World titles and two bronze medals in 2015-2019.

American teams (Haydenettes and Miami University) have won two silver and six bronze medals in total (starting in 2007).

At the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships, Les Suprêmes made history by winning three consecutive World Championships. The previous consecutive world championships were achieved in 2000-2001 by Team Surprise, 2010-2011 by Helsinki Rockettes and 2016-2017 by Team Paradise.

Although initially dominated by just a handful of teams and countries, the sport has arguably become more competitive over time, as supported by an analysis of the point 'gap' between the 1st and 10th placed teams. Starting from the 2005 WSSC (the first year the current ISU Judging System was introduced), the point 'gap' has tended to decrease over time:

WSSC (year) 1st vs. 10th place (∆ points)
2005 85.27 [1]
2006 77.56 [2]
2007 77.03 [3]
2008 63.06 [4]
2009 48.02 [5]
2010 56.42 [6]
2011 52.69 [7]
2012 38.32 [8]
2013 55.12 [9]
2014 56.32 [10]
2015 50.39 [11]
2016 53.32 [12]
2017 53.41 [13]
2018 40.03 [14]
2019 63.20 [15]
2020 Event not held [1]
2021 Event not held
2022 66.39 [16]
2023 61.76 [17]
2024 56.92 [18]
2025 58.82 [19]

Medalists

Year Location Gold Total SP FS Silver Total SP FS Bronze Total SP FS Source(s)
2000 Minneapolis, United States Team Surprise 1.5 0.5 1.0 black ice 3.0 1.0 2.0 Marigold IceUnity 4.5 1.5 3.0 [20][21]
2001 Helsinki, Finland Team Surprise 1.5 0.5 1.0 Helsinki Rockettes 4.0 2.0 2.0 black ice 4.0 1.0 3.0 [21]
2002 Rouen, France Marigold IceUnity 2.0 1.0 1.0 Team Surprise 2.5 0.5 2.0 black ice 4.5 1.5 3.0 [22]
2003 Ottawa, Canada Team Surprise 2.0 1.0 1.0 Marigold IceUnity 3.5 1.5 2.0 Les Suprêmes 3.5 0.5 3.0 [23]
2004 Zagreb, Croatia Marigold IceUnity 1.5 0.5 1.0 Team Surprise 3.0 1.0 2.0 Helsinki Rockettes 4.5 1.5 3.0 [24]
2005 Gothenburg, Sweden Team Surprise 207.75 71.23 136.02 Helsinki Rockettes 188.40 64.33 124.07 Marigold IceUnity 187.17 68.67 118.50 [1]
2006 Prague, Czech Republic Marigold IceUnity 197.29 69.89 127.40 Team Surprise 188.57 69.09 119.48 Helsinki Rockettes 180.32 62.66 117.66 [2]
2007 London, Canada Team Surprise 222.24 77.54 144.70 Miami University 198.71 69.75 128.96 NEXXICE 194.08 68.54 125.54 [3]
2008 Budapest, Hungary Helsinki Rockettes 210.48 72.55 137.93 Team Surprise 205.71 74.72 130.99 NEXXICE 198.81 70.67 128.14 [4]
2009 Zagreb, Croatia NEXXICE 223.58 80.12 143.46 Team Unique 220.28 82.36 137.92 Team Surprise 209.30 78.24 131.06 [5]
2010 Colorado Springs, United States Helsinki Rockettes 223.90 81.40 142.50 Marigold IceUnity 216.98 75.34 141.64 Haydenettes 216.48 78.62 137.86 [6]
2011 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki Rockettes 215.43 74.81 140.62 Marigold IceUnity 213.48 73.54 139.94 Haydenettes 205.40 71.16 134.24 [7]
2012 Gothenburg, Sweden Team Surprise 194.87 64.63 130.24 NEXXICE 193.64 63.76 129.88 Haydenettes 192.78 62.14 130.64 [8]
2013 Boston, United States Team Unique 208.77 69.28 139.49 NEXXICE 208.25 72.84 135.41 Haydenettes 202.53 71.87 130.66 [9]
2014 Courmayeur, Italy Marigold IceUnity 223.45 76.14 147.31 NEXXICE 220.88 74.85 146.03 Helsinki Rockettes 220.66 74.98 145.68 [10]
2015 Hamilton, Canada NEXXICE 214.73 71.06 143.67 Marigold IceUnity 214.06 70.39 143.67 Paradise 203.48 66.25 137.23 [11]
2016 Budapest, Hungary Paradise 212.69 73.86 138.83 Helsinki Rockettes 207.84 70.03 137.81 Haydenettes 206.95 68.09 138.86 [12]
2017 Colorado Springs, USA Paradise 208.70 72.62 136.08 Marigold IceUnity 208.58 70.88 137.70 NEXXICE 197.54 67.17 130.37 [13]
2018 Stockholm, Sweden Marigold IceUnity 209.02 72.61 136.41 Team Surprise 207.99 72.83 135.16 Paradise 200.97 76.05 124.92 [25][2]
2019 Helsinki, Finland Paradise 234.38 87.12 147.26 Marigold IceUnity 228.70 85.90 142.80 Helsinki Rockettes 228.61 82.12 146.49 [26][3]
2020 Lake Placid, NY, USA Event cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Originally scheduled for 3–5 April 2020) [4]
2021 Zagreb, Croatia Event cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Originally scheduled for 8–10 April 2021) [5][6]
2022 Hamilton, ON, Canada Les Suprêmes 236.31 81.51 154.80 Marigold IceUnity 228.72 77.48 151.24 Helsinki Rockettes 226.20 82.76 143.44 [27][7][8]
2023 Lake Placid, NY, USA Les Suprêmes[28] 240.98 79.00 161.98 Helsinki Rockettes 239,56 78.61 160.95 Team Unique 239.56 78.01 161.55 [9][10]
2024 Zagreb, Croatia Les Suprêmes 237.97 78.89 159.08 Haydenettes 233.85 76.74 157.11 Helsinki Rockettes 229.84 78.00 151.84 [11][12]
2025 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki Rockettes 235.37 79.49 155.88 Team Unique 234.29 77.31 156.98 Haydenettes 224.77 76.53 148.24 [29]
2026 Salzburg, Austria To be held on 10–11 April 2026
2027 Nottingham, United Kingdom To be held on 2–3 April 2027

Summary

Medals by country
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Finland1013932
2 Sweden65112
3 Canada54615
4 Russia3025
5 United States0268
Totals (5 entries)24242472
Medals by team
RankTeamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Team Surprise65112
2 Marigold IceUnity57214
3 Helsinki Rockettes44614
4 Paradise3025
5 Les Suprêmes3014
6 NEXXICE2338
7 Team Unique1214
8 Haydenettes0167
9 Black Ice0123
10 Miami University0101
Totals (10 entries)24242472

See also

References

  1. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2005 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
    • "Senior Teams - Short Program". International Skating Union. 2005-04-22. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
    • "Senior Teams - Free Skating". International Skating Union. 2005-04-23. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
    • "MM-muodostelmaluistelusta hopea ja pronssi" [Silver and bronze at Synchro Worlds] (in Finnish). Yle. Suomen Tietotoimisto. 2005-04-23. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  2. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2006 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
  3. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2007 WSSC results, the third is a Helsingin Sanomat news article:
  4. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2008 WSSC results, the third is a Savon Sanomat news article:
  5. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2009 WSSC results, the third is a Helsingin Sanomat news article:
  6. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2010 WSSC results, the third is a Helsingin Sanomat news article and the fourth is a U.S. Figure Skating news article:
  7. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2011 WSSC results, the third is an Iltalehti news article:
  8. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2012 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
  9. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2013 WSSC results, the third is an Ice Network news article:
  10. ^ a b The first three sites show the official 2014 WSSC results, the fourth is an article by the Finnish Figure Skating Association about the competition:
  11. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2015 WSSC results, the third is an ISU news article:
  12. ^ a b "2016 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  13. ^ a b "2017 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
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  17. ^ "2023 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
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  19. ^ "2025 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
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  21. ^ a b The first two sites show the official 2001 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
  22. ^ The first two sites show the official 2002 WSSC results, the third is an Yle news article:
  23. ^ The first two sites show the official 2003 WSSC results, the third is a Kaleva news article:
  24. ^ The first two sites show the official 2004 WSSC results, the third is a Kaleva news article:
  25. ^ "ISU World Synchronized Skating Championship 2018". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  26. ^ "ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2019". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  27. ^ "ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2022". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  28. ^ "Canada's Les Suprêmes successfully defend world synchronized skating title". CBC Sports. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  29. ^ "ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
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