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 2023–24 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 were 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, rather than as a series.[9] Entry limits per country were also removed.[10]

Events
Title Country 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21[lower-alpha 1] 21–22 22–23 23–24
Asian Open Classic Chinese TaipeiReplaced
Asian Open Trophy Thailand (2018)
 China (2019[lower-alpha 2]–21)		YesAddedCancelledLost status[lower-alpha 3]
Autumn Classic CanadaYesYesYesYesYesCancelledYesYes
Budapest Trophy HungaryYesYesYes
Cup of Tyrol AustriaAdded
Cancelled
Denis Ten Memorial Challenge KazakhstanCancelledYesYesYes
Denkova-Staviski Cup BulgariaYes
Finlandia Trophy FinlandYesYesYesYesYesYesCancelledYesYesYes
Golden Spin of Zagreb CroatiaYesYesYesYesYesYesCancelledYesYesYes
Ice Challenge AustriaYesYesYes[lower-alpha 4]YesCancelled
Ice Star BelarusYesYes
Inge Solar Trophy AustriaYesReplaced
Lombardia Trophy ItalyYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Mordovian Ornament RussiaYes
Nebelhorn Trophy GermanyYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Nepela Memorial SlovakiaYesYesYesYesYesYesCancelledCancelledYesYes
Tallinn Trophy EstoniaYesYesYesYes
Triglav Trophy SloveniaDropped
Ukrainian Open UkraineCancelled
U.S. Classic United StatesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Volvo Open Cup LatviaYes
Warsaw Cup PolandYesYesYesYesYesCancelledYesYesYes
  1. Held as individual events rather than as a series due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]
  2. Hosted by the Hong Kong Skating Union in 2019.
  3. Not enough international participants.
  4. Officially named as "the Cup of Austria by IceChallenge".

Top three finishers per season

Each skater or team 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 [11]
2016–17 Jason Brown Alexander Petrov Max Aaron [12]
2017–18 Mikhail Kolyada Sergei Voronov Moris Kvitelashvili [13]
2018–19 Mikhail Kolyada Cha Jun-hwan Jason Brown [14]
2019–20 Dmitri Aliev Daniel Grassl Sota Yamamoto [15]
2020–21 Held as individual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic [9]
2021–22 Petr Gumennik Keegan Messing Mark Kondratiuk [16]
2022–23 Kévin Aymoz Lukas Britschgi Matteo Rizzo [17]
2023–24 Lukas Britschgi Jin Boyang Nika Egadze [18]

Women
Season 1st 2nd 3rd Refs
2014–15 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Alena Leonova Hannah Miller [19]
2015–16 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Anna Pogorilaya Adelina Sotnikova [20]
2016–17 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Mirai Nagasu Mariah Bell [21]
2017–18 Carolina Kostner Stanislava Konstantinova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva [22]
2018–19 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Bradie Tennell Elizabet Tursynbayeva [23]
2019–20 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva You Young Lim Eun-soo [24]
2020–21 Held as individual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic [9]
2021–22 Alysa Liu Anastasiia Gubanova Ekaterina Kurakova [25]
2022–23 Kim Ye-lim Ekaterina Kurakova Lindsay Thorngren [26]
2023–24 Kim Chae-yeon Anastasiia Gubanova Ekaterina Kurakova [27]

Pairs
Season 1st 2nd 3rd Refs
2014–15 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu [28]
2015–16 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert [29]
2016–17 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov [30]
2017–18 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov [31]
2018–19 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin [32]
2019–20 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert [33]
2020–21 Held as individual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic [9]
2021–22 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Vanessa James / Eric Radford [34]
2022–23 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert [35]
2023–24 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise [36]

Ice dance
Season 1st 2nd 3rd Refs
2014–15 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi [37]
2015–16 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev [38]
2016–17 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Madison Chock / Evan Bates Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri [39]
2017–18 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro [40]
2018–19 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko [41]
2019–20 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Madison Chock / Evan Bates Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen [42]
2020–21 Held as individual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic [9]
2021–22 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz [43]
2022–23 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius [44]
2023–24 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin [45]

Top finishers standings
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia1481032
2 United States68721
3 Italy66315
4 Germany2237
5 South Korea2215
6 Great Britain2002
7 Canada1326
8 Switzerland1102
9 Czech Republic1001
 France1001
11 Georgia0235
12 Poland0134
13 Lithuania0112
14 China0101
 Israel0101
16 Japan0011
 Kazakhstan0011
 Spain0011
Totals (18 entries)363636108

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[11] Jason Brown 2015 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 239.37 2015 CS Ice Challenge 240.65 480.02
2016–17[12] Jason Brown 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy 256.49 2016 CS U.S. International Classic 254.04 510.53
2017–18[13] Mikhail Kolyada 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 247.81 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 248.50 496.31
2018–19[14] Mikhail Kolyada 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 274.37 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 253.14 527.51
2019–20[15] Dmitri Aliev 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy 249.62 2019 CS Nepela Memorial 255.32 504.94
2020–21[9] Held as individual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22[16] Petr Gumennik 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 263.14 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 242.91 506.05
2022–23[17] Kévin Aymoz 2022 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic 236.17 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 258.02 494.19
2023–24[18] Lukas Britschgi 2023 CS Budapest Trophy 246.12 2023 CS Warsaw Cup 246.22 492.34

Women
Season Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
2014–15[19] Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2014 CS Finlandia Trophy 193.31 2014 CS Warsaw Cup 196.66 389.97
2015–16[20] Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2015 CS Warsaw Cup 192.93 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 201.33 394.26
2016–17[21] Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 185.93 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 192.03 377.96
2017–18[22] Carolina Kostner 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 198.36 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 193.76 392.12
2018–19[23] Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy 206.07 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 202.85 408.92
2019–20[24] Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy 214.38 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 221.15 435.53
2020–21[9] Held as individual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22[25] Alysa Liu 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy 219.24 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 207.40 426.64
2022–23[26] Kim Ye-lim 2022 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic 190.64 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 213.97 404.61
2023–24[27] Kim Chae-yeon 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 180.78 2023 CS Nepela Memorial 202.26 383.04

Pairs
Season Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
2014–15[28] Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim 2014 CS U.S. International Classic 163.24 2014 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 166.10 329.34
2015–16[29] Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy 214.42 2015 CS Warsaw Cup 209.60 424.02
2016–17[30] Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy 179.56 2016 CS Warsaw Cup 189.26 368.82
2017–18[31] Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 196.06 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 202.96 399.02
2018–19[32] Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy 191.99 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 188.54 380.53
2019–20[33] Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc 2019 CS U.S. International Classic 205.58 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 199.43 405.01
2020–21[9] Held as individual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22[34] Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 213.72 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 228.49 442.21
2022–23[35] Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini 2022 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic 189.22 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 184.21 373.43
2023–24[36] Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 194.52 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 194.96 389.48

Ice dance
Season Name 1st event Points 2nd event Points Total points
2014–15[37] Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 2014 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 162.98 2014 CS Ice Challenge 166.34 329.32
2015–16[38] Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 2015 CS Warsaw Cup 169.72 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 172.28 342.00
2016–17[39] Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial 178.84 2016 CS Warsaw Cup 183.60 362.44
2017–18[40] Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 181.92 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 186.66 368.58
2018–19[41] Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 201.27 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 194.12 395.39
2019–20[42] Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy 202.10 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 202.18 404.28
2020–21[9] Held as individual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22[43] Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy 205.36 2021 CS Cup of Austria 208.88 414.24
2022-23[44] Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson 2022 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic 190.80 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 206.60 397.40
2023–24[45] Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 207.84 2023 CS Nepela Memorial 200.46 408.30

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 2023–2024 season:[5][46][4][47][48][49][50][51][52]

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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