2020 European Figure Skating Championships
The 2020 European Figure Skating Championships were held in Graz, Austria, on 20–26 January 2020.[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dance. The competition determined the entry quotas for each federation at the 2021 European Championships.
| 2020 European Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | 20 – 26 January |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Location: | Graz, Austria |
| Host: | Skating Union of Austria |
| Venue: | Steiermarkhalle |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Dmitri Aliev | |
| Ladies' singles: Alena Kostornaia | |
| Pairs: Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | |
| Ice dance: Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | |
| Previous: 2019 European Championships | |
| Next: 2022 European Championships | |
Qualification
Age and minimum TES requirements
The competition is open to skaters from all European member nations of the International Skating Union. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters is the 2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.
Skaters are eligible for the 2020 European Championships if they turned 15 years of age before 1 July 2019 and have met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepts scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships.[1]
| Minimum technical scores (TES) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | SP / RD | FS / FD |
| Men | 28 | 46 |
| Ladies | 23 | 40 |
| Pairs | 25 | 42 |
| Ice dance | 28 | 44 |
| Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP and FS scores may be attained at different events. | ||
Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2019 European Championships, each country can field one to three entries per discipline.[2]
| Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Russia Italy |
Russia France Finland |
Russia France Italy |
Russia France |
| 2 | Czech Republic France Georgia Israel Spain Sweden |
Czech Republic Slovakia Switzerland |
Croatia Germany Great Britain Spain |
Great Britain Italy Poland Spain |
| If not listed above, one entry is allowed. | ||||
Entries
Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2019. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on 3 January 2020.
Changes to preliminary assignments
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 January 2020 | Men | Daniel Samohin | Mark Gorodnitsky | Injury | [7] |
| Ladies | Alina Iushchenkova | Nelli Ioffe | |||
| 10 January 2020 | Ladies | Loena Hendrickx | N/A | ||
| 19 January 2020 | Men | Ivan Shmuratko | Andrey Kokura | ||
| 20 January 2020 | Ladies | Julia Sauter | N/A |
Medal summary
Medalists
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Dmitri Aliev | Artur Danielian | Morisi Kvitelashvili |
| Ladies | Alena Kostornaia | Anna Shcherbakova | Alexandra Trusova |
| Pairs | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin |
| Ice dance | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin |
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Michal Březina | Dmitri Aliev | Artur Danielian |
| Ladies | Alena Kostornaia | Anna Shcherbakova | Alexandra Trusova |
| Pairs | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov |
| Ice dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri |
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Dmitri Aliev | Daniel Grassl | Morisi Kvitelashvili |
| Ladies | Anna Shcherbakova | Alena Kostornaia | Alexandra Trusova |
| Pairs | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin |
| Ice dance | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin |
Medals by country
Table of medals for overall placement:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Table of small medals for placement in the short/rhythm segment:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Records
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pairs | Short program | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | 82.34 | 22 January 2020 | [8] |
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dmitri Aliev | Russia | 272.89 | 2 | 88.45 | 1 | 184.44 |
| 2 | Artur Danielian | Russia | 246.74 | 3 | 84.63 | 4 | 162.11 |
| 3 | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Georgia | 246.71 | 4 | 82.77 | 3 | 163.94 |
| 4 | Daniel Grassl | Italy | 244.88 | 11 | 76.61 | 2 | 168.27 |
| 5 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy | 237.01 | 7 | 79.07 | 5 | 157.94 |
| 6 | Deniss Vasiļjevs | Latvia | 232.67 | 5 | 80.44 | 7 | 152.23 |
| 7 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 231.25 | 1 | 89.77 | 11 | 141.48 |
| 8 | Paul Fentz | Germany | 230.01 | 6 | 80.41 | 9 | 149.60 |
| 9 | Vladimir Litvintsev | Azerbaijan | 221.09 | 17 | 70.04 | 8 | 151.05 |
| 10 | Alexander Samarin | Russia | 220.43 | 13 | 74.77 | 10 | 145.66 |
| 11 | Adam Siao Him Fa | France | 219.89 | 24 | 65.21 | 6 | 154.68 |
| 12 | Alexei Bychenko | Israel | 219.03 | 8 | 78.27 | 13 | 140.76 |
| 13 | Gabriele Frangipani | Italy | 218.00 | 10 | 76.91 | 12 | 141.09 |
| 14 | Irakli Maysuradze | Georgia | 214.47 | 15 | 74.13 | 14 | 140.34 |
| 15 | Nikolaj Majorov | Sweden | 212.57 | 14 | 74.39 | 15 | 138.18 |
| 16 | Aleksandr Selevko | Estonia | 210.68 | 9 | 77.45 | 16 | 133.23 |
| 17 | Mark Gorodnitsky | Israel | 206.83 | 12 | 76.20 | 17 | 130.63 |
| 18 | Slavik Hayrapetyan | Armenia | 194.61 | 20 | 66.89 | 18 | 127.72 |
| 19 | Lukas Britschgi | Switzerland | 190.75 | 22 | 66.32 | 19 | 124.43 |
| 20 | Matyáš Bělohradský | Czech Republic | 190.54 | 18 | 67.69 | 20 | 122.85 |
| 21 | Sondre Oddvoll Bøe | Norway | 189.25 | 19 | 67.35 | 21 | 121.90 |
| 22 | Alexander Lebedev | Belarus | 188.00 | 21 | 66.43 | 22 | 121.57 |
| 23 | Larry Loupolover | Bulgaria | 177.26 | 16 | 70.36 | 24 | 106.90 |
| 24 | Burak Demirboğa | Turkey | 173.31 | 23 | 66.12 | 23 | 107.19 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Illya Solomin | Sweden | 64.91 | 25 | 64.91 | — | |
| 26 | Kévin Aymoz | France | 64.40 | 26 | 64.40 | — | |
| 27 | Peter James Hallam | Great Britain | 64.17 | 27 | 64.17 | — | |
| 28 | Maurizio Zandron | Austria | 62.45 | 28 | 62.45 | — | |
| 29 | Davide Lewton Brain | Monaco | 61.35 | 29 | 61.35 | — | |
| 30 | Andrey Kokura | Ukraine | 58.65 | 30 | 58.65 | — | |
| 31 | Roman Galay | Finland | 56.10 | 31 | 56.10 | — | |
| 32 | Michael Neuman | Slovakia | 53.08 | 32 | 53.08 | — | |
| 33 | Thomas Kennes | Netherlands | 52.56 | 33 | 52.56 | — | |
| 34 | Conor Stakelum | Ireland | 48.28 | 34 | 48.28 | — | |
| 35 | András Csernoch | Hungary | 47.30 | 35 | 47.30 | — | |
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alena Kostornaia | Russia | 240.81 | 1 | 84.92 | 2 | 155.89 |
| 2 | Anna Shcherbakova | Russia | 237.76 | 2 | 77.95 | 1 | 159.81 |
| 3 | Alexandra Trusova | Russia | 225.34 | 3 | 74.95 | 3 | 150.39 |
| 4 | Alexia Paganini | Switzerland | 192.88 | 4 | 68.82 | 4 | 124.06 |
| 5 | Emmi Peltonen | Finland | 181.79 | 5 | 66.49 | 7 | 115.30 |
| 6 | Ekaterina Ryabova | Azerbaijan | 181.49 | 6 | 62.22 | 6 | 119.27 |
| 7 | Eva-Lotta Kiibus | Estonia | 181.24 | 11 | 59.70 | 5 | 121.54 |
| 8 | Alessia Tornaghi | Italy | 172.17 | 7 | 61.27 | 11 | 110.90 |
| 9 | Maé-Bérénice Méité | France | 172.08 | 8 | 60.64 | 10 | 111.44 |
| 10 | Ekaterina Kurakova | Poland | 170.24 | 13 | 58.49 | 9 | 111.75 |
| 11 | Maïa Mazzara | France | 170.06 | 16 | 57.11 | 8 | 112.95 |
| 12 | Linnea Ceder | Finland | 166.16 | 15 | 58.01 | 12 | 108.15 |
| 13 | Nicole Schott | Germany | 162.26 | 14 | 58.06 | 14 | 104.20 |
| 14 | Viktoriia Safonova | Belarus | 159.91 | 20 | 53.33 | 13 | 106.58 |
| 15 | Alina Urushadze | Georgia | 154.81 | 12 | 59.56 | 18 | 95.25 |
| 16 | Léa Serna | France | 154.73 | 10 | 59.90 | 19 | 94.83 |
| 17 | Alexandra Feigin | Bulgaria | 154.43 | 18 | 53.87 | 16 | 100.56 |
| 18 | Anita Östlund | Sweden | 152.91 | 9 | 60.57 | 21 | 92.34 |
| 19 | Yasmine Kimiko Yamada | Switzerland | 152.62 | 24 | 51.77 | 15 | 100.85 |
| 20 | Daša Grm | Slovenia | 150.90 | 17 | 56.07 | 20 | 94.83 |
| 21 | Ivett Tóth | Hungary | 150.36 | 22 | 52.69 | 17 | 97.67 |
| 22 | Eliška Březinová | Czech Republic | 145.35 | 19 | 53.61 | 22 | 91.74 |
| 23 | Natasha McKay | Great Britain | 142.14 | 23 | 52.47 | 23 | 89.67 |
| 24 | Olga Mikutina | Austria | 130.15 | 21 | 53.19 | 24 | 76.96 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Nelli Ioffe | Israel | 51.70 | 25 | 51.70 | — | |
| 26 | Aleksandra Golovkina | Lithuania | 50.88 | 26 | 50.88 | — | |
| 27 | Anastasia Galustyan | Armenia | 50.08 | 27 | 50.08 | — | |
| 28 | Valentina Matos | Spain | 49.02 | 28 | 49.02 | — | |
| 29 | Ema Doboszová | Slovakia | 46.27 | 29 | 46.27 | — | |
| 30 | Angelīna Kučvaļska | Latvia | 45.09 | 30 | 45.09 | — | |
| 31 | Antonina Dubinina | Serbia | 43.62 | 31 | 43.62 | — | |
| 32 | Sinem Kuyucu | Turkey | 43.16 | 32 | 43.16 | — | |
| 33 | Jenni Saarinen | Finland | 42.61 | 33 | 42.61 | — | |
| 34 | Anastasia Gozhva | Ukraine | 40.49 | 34 | 40.49 | — | |
| 35 | Niki Wories | Netherlands | 38.19 | 35 | 38.19 | — | |
| 36 | Klára Štěpánová | Czech Republic | 37.83 | 36 | 37.83 | — | |
| 37 | Hana Cvijanović | Croatia | 36.22 | 37 | 36.22 | — | |
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Russia | 234.58 | 1 | 82.34 | 1 | 152.24 |
| 2 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 208.64 | 3 | 73.50 | 2 | 135.14 |
| 3 | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Russia | 206.53 | 2 | 74.92 | 3 | 131.61 |
| 4 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 194.44 | 4 | 70.48 | 4 | 123.96 |
| 5 | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Germany | 186.39 | 5 | 70.43 | 5 | 115.96 |
| 6 | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer | Austria | 177.41 | 6 | 67.90 | 6 | 109.51 |
| 7 | Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel | Germany | 166.10 | 7 | 58.43 | 7 | 107.67 |
| 8 | Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini | Italy | 156.74 | 8 | 56.85 | 10 | 99.89 |
| 9 | Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin | France | 153.49 | 12 | 50.24 | 8 | 103.25 |
| 10 | Ioulia Chtchetinina / Márk Magyar | Hungary | 151.50 | 10 | 51.03 | 9 | 100.47 |
| 11 | Coline Keriven / Noël-Antoine Pierre | France | 150.10 | 9 | 51.47 | 11 | 98.63 |
| 12 | Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji | Great Britain | 147.94 | 11 | 50.96 | 12 | 96.98 |
| 13 | Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski | Israel | 145.35 | 13 | 49.34 | 13 | 96.01 |
| 14 | Laura Barquero / Tòn Cónsul | Spain | 135.68 | 15 | 46.79 | 14 | 88.89 |
| 15 | Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru | Croatia | 134.57 | 14 | 48.78 | 15 | 85.79 |
| 16 | Daria Danilova / Michel Tsiba | Netherlands | 116.30 | 16 | 46.10 | 16 | 70.20 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 17 | Dorota Broda / Pedro Betegón Martín | Spain | 45.54 | 17 | 45.54 | — | |
| 18 | Alexandra Herbríková / Nicolas Roulet | Switzerland | 42.16 | 18 | 42.16 | — | |
- Sofiia Nesterova / Artem Darenskyi were disqualified.[9]
Ice dance
References
- "2020 European Figure Skating Championships Announcement". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019.
- "Entries for ISU Figure Skating and Synchronized Skating Championships 2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019.
- "ISU European Championships 2020: Men". International Skating Union. 3 January 2020.
- "ISU European Championships 2020: Ladies". International Skating Union. 3 January 2020.
- "ISU European Championships 2020: Pairs". International Skating Union. 3 January 2020.
- "ISU European Championships 2020: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 3 January 2020.
- In the Loop [@InTheLoPodcast] (6 January 2020). "Team Israel updates their #EuroFigure entries" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. 22 January 2020.
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