2018–2019 ISU Challenger Series

2018–19 ISU Challenger Series
Type: ISU Challenger Series
Date: August 1 – December 8, 2018
Season: 2018–19
Previous:
2017–18 ISU Challenger Series
Next:
2019–20 ISU Challenger Series

The 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series will take place from August to December 2018. It will be the fifth season of a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions ranked below the Grand Prix series.

Events

The 2018–19 series will be composed of ten events.[1]

Date Event Location Details
August 1–5 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy Bangkok, Thailand Details
September 12–16 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy Details
September 12–16 2018 CS U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details
September 19–22 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Details
September 20–22 2018 CS Autumn Classic Oakville, Ontario, Canada Details
September 26–29 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
October 4–7 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
November 11–18 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy Innsbruck, Austria
November 26 – December 2 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia
December 5–8 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia

Medal summary

Medalists

Men

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Asian OpenJapan Sōta YamamotoChinese Taipei Tsao Chih-iSouth Korea Byun Se-jongDetails
Lombardia TrophyJapan Shoma UnoRussia Dmitri AlievRussia Andrei LazukinDetails
U.S. ClassicCanada Nam NguyenCzech Republic Michal BřezinaUnited States Jimmy MaDetails
Ondrej NepelaRussia Mikhail KolyadaRussia Sergei VoronovJapan Keiji TanakaDetails
Autumn ClassicJapan Yuzuru HanyuSouth Korea Cha Jun-hwanCanada Roman SadovskyDetails
Nebelhorn TrophyCanada Keegan MessingSweden Alexander MajorovRussia Artur DmitrievDetails
Finlandia TrophyRussia Mikhail KolyadaSouth Korea Cha Jun-hwanGeorgia (country) Morisi KvitelashviliDetails
Alpen Trophy
Tallinn Trophy
Golden Spin

Ladies

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Asian OpenSouth Korea Lim Eun-sooJapan Yuna ShiraiwaJapan Mako YamashitaDetails
Lombardia TrophyRussia Elizaveta TuktamyshevaRussia Sofia SamodurovaJapan Mako YamashitaDetails
U.S. ClassicJapan Satoko MiyaharaSouth Korea Lim Eun-sooSouth Korea Kim Ye-limDetails
Ondrej NepelaJapan Rika KihiraKazakhstan Elizabet TursynbaevaRussia Stanislava KonstantinovaDetails
Autumn ClassicUnited States Bradie TennellRussia Evgenia MedvedevaFrance Maé-Bérénice MéitéDetails
Nebelhorn TrophyRussia Alina ZagitovaJapan Mai MiharaBelgium Loena HendrickxDetails
Finlandia TrophyRussia Elizaveta TuktamyshevaKazakhstan Elizabet TursynbaevaFinland Viveca LindforsDetails
Alpen Trophy
Tallinn Trophy
Golden Spin

Pairs

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Asian Opennot enough competitors to qualify as a Challenger eventDetails
Lombardia TrophyRussia Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander EnbertRussia Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii KozlovskiiItaly Nicole Della Monica / Matteo GuariseDetails
U.S. ClassicUnited States Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDucUnited States Audrey Lu / Misha MitrofanovAustralia Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley WindsorDetails
Ondrej Nepelanot enough competitors to qualify as a Challenger eventDetails
Autumn ClassicFrance Vanessa James / Morgan CiprèsCanada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael MarinaroUnited States Haven Denney / Brandon FrazierDetails
Nebelhorn TrophyRussia Alisa Efimova / Alexander KorovinUnited States Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris KnierimUnited States Deanna Stellato / Nathan BartholomayDetails
Finlandia TrophyRussia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir MorozovCanada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael MarinaroRussia Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii KozlovskiiDetails
Alpen Trophy
Tallinn Trophy
Golden Spin

Ice dancing

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
Asian OpenChina Wang Shiyue / Liu XinyuUnited States Rachel Parsons / Michael ParsonsJapan Misato Komatsubara / Tim KoletoDetails
Lombardia TrophyItaly Charlène Guignard / Marco FabbriUnited States Rachel Parsons / Michael ParsonsSpain Sara Hurtado / Kirill KhaliavinDetails
U.S. ClassicUnited States Madison Hubbell / Zachary DonohueUnited States Christina Carreira / Anthony PonomarenkoJapan Misato Komatsubara / Tim KoletoDetails
Ondrej NepelaRussia Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita KatsalapovUnited States Lorraine McNamara / Quinn CarpenterRussia Betina Popova / Sergey MozgovDetails
Autumn ClassicCanada Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew PojeSpain Olivia Smart / Adrián DíazCanada Carolane Soucisse / Shane FirusDetails
Nebelhorn TrophyCanada Piper Gilles / Paul PoirierUnited States Rachel Parsons / Michael ParsonsUnited States Christina Carreira / Anthony PonomarenkoDetails
Finlandia TrophyRussia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan BukinSpain Olivia Smart / Adrián DíazFrance Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le GacDetails
Alpen Trophy
Tallinn Trophy
Golden Spin

Medal standings

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)105520
2 Japan (JPN)52512
3 Canada (CAN)4228
4 United States (USA)37414
5 South Korea (KOR)1326
6 France (FRA)1023
7 Italy (ITA)1012
8 China (CHN)1001
9 Spain (ESP)0213
10 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0202
11 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0101
 Czech Republic (CZE)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
14 Australia (AUS)0011
 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
 Georgia (GEO)0011
Totals (17 nations)26262678

Challenger Series rankings

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or duo.[2]

Men

[3]

Rank Name 1st event Score 2nd event Score Total score
1 Russia Mikhail Kolyada 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 274.37 2018 Finlandia Trophy 250.58 524.95
2 South Korea Cha Jun-hwan 2018 Autumn Classic 259.78 2018 Finlandia Trophy 239.19 498.97
3 Russia Dmitri Aliev 2018 Lombardia Trophy 250.55 2018 Finlandia Trophy 224.95 475.50
4 Georgia (country) Morisi Kvitelashvili 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 221.63 2018 Finlandia Trophy 231.19 452.82
5 Italy Matteo Rizzo 2018 Lombardia Trophy 227.97 2018 Finlandia Trophy 217.68 445.65

Ladies

[4]

Rank Name 1st event Score 2nd event Score Total score
1 Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2018 Lombardia Trophy 206.07 2018 Finlandia Trophy 202.85 408.92
2 Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 192.30 2018 Finlandia Trophy 200.74 393.04
3 South Korea Lim Eun-soo 2018 Asian Open Trophy 184.33 2018 U.S. Classic 187.30 371.63
4 Russia Stanislava Konstantinova 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 180.02 2018 Finlandia Trophy 187.13 367.15
5 Finland Viveca Lindfors 2018 Lombardia Trophy 166.03 2018 Finlandia Trophy 187.19 354.12

Pairs

[5]

Rank Name 1st event Score 2nd event Score Total score
1 Russia Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 2018 Lombardia Trophy 191.99 2018 Finlandia Trophy 188.54 380.53
2 Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro 2018 Autumn Classic 176.32 2018 Finlandia Trophy 193.93 370.25
3 Australia Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor 2018 U.S. Classic 142.42 2018 Finlandia Trophy 162.78 305.20
4 United States Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov 2018 U.S. Classic 143.93 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 157.22 301.15
5 Italy Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini 2018 Lombardia Trophy 143.21 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 155.39 298.60

Ice dancing

[6]

Rank Name 1st event Score 2nd event Score Total score
1 United States Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons 2018 Lombardia Trophy 170.68 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 180.95 351.63
2 United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko 2018 U.S. Classic 174.04 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 177.49 351.53
3 Spain Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz 2018 Autumn Classic 171.41 2018 Finlandia Trophy 180.07 351.48
4 Canada Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus 2018 Autumn Classic 166.24 2018 Finlandia Trophy 172.27 338.51
5 China Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu 2018 Asian Open Trophy 160.54 2018 Autumn Classic 165.06 325.60

Top scores

Men

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Shoma Uno  Japan 276.20 2018 Lombardia Trophy
2 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 274.37 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
3 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 263.65 2018 Autumn Classic
4 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 259.78 2018 Autumn Classic
5 Keegan Messing  Canada 257.16 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 250.55 2018 Lombardia Trophy
7 Andrei Lazukin  Russia 243.45 2018 Lombardia Trophy
8 Sergei Voronov  Russia 239.73 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
9 Roman Sadovsky  Canada 233.86 2018 Autumn Classic
10 Jason Brown  United States 233.23 2018 Autumn Classic

Best short program score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Shoma Uno  Japan 104.15 2018 Lombardia Trophy
2 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 97.74 2018 Autumn Classic
3 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 96.82 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
4 Keegan Messing  Canada 90.63 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 90.56 2018 Autumn Classic
6 Jason Brown  United States 88.90 2018 Autumn Classic
7 Andrei Lazukin  Russia 87.92 2018 Lombardia Trophy
8 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 86.57 2018 Lombardia Trophy
9 Matteo Rizzo  Italy 85.51 2018 Lombardia Trophy
10 Sergei Voronov  Russia 81.77 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy

Best free skating score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 177.55 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
2 Shoma Uno  Japan 172.05 2018 Lombardia Trophy
3 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 169.22 2018 Autumn Classic
4 Keegan Messing  Canada 166.53 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 165.91 2018 Autumn Classic
6 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 163.98 2018 Lombardia Trophy
7 Kévin Aymoz  France 162.93 2018 Autumn Classic
8 Sergei Voronov  Russia 157.96 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
9 Roman Sadovsky  Canada 155.72 2018 Autumn Classic
10 Andrei Lazukin  Russia 155.53 2018 Lombardia Trophy

Ladies

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Alina Zagitova  Russia 238.43 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Rika Kihira  Japan 218.16 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
3 Mai Mihara  Japan 209.22 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Bradie Tennell  United States 206.41 2018 Autumn Classic
5 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 206.07 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 204.89 2018 Autumn Classic
7 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 204.16 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 201.23 2018 U.S. Classic
9 Elizabet Tursynbaeva  Kazakhstan 200.74 2018 Finlandia Trophy
10 Mariah Bell  United States 188.97 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy

Best short program score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Alina Zagitova  Russia 79.93 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 73.83 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 71.50 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 70.98 2018 Autumn Classic
5 Elizabet Tursynbaeva  Kazakhstan 70.95 2018 Finlandia Trophy
6 Mai Mihara  Japan 70.94 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Rika Kihira  Japan 70.79 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
8 Mariah Bell  United States 70.02 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Bradie Tennell  United States 69.26 2018 Autumn Classic
10 Lim Eun-soo  South Korea 68.09 2018 Asian Open Trophy

Best free skating score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Alina Zagitova  Russia 158.50 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Rika Kihira  Japan 147.37 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 140.38 2018 Lombardia Trophy
4 Mai Mihara  Japan 138.28 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Bradie Tennell  United States 137.15 2018 Autumn Classic
6 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 133.91 2018 Autumn Classic
7 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 133.77 2018 U.S. Classic
8 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 132.66 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 130.94 2018 Lombardia Trophy
10 Elizabet Tursynbaeva  Kazakhstan 129.79 2018 Finlandia Trophy

Pairs

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres  France 210.21 2018 Autumn Classic
2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 198.98 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert  Russia 196.15 2018 Lombardia Trophy
4 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 193.93 2018 Finlandia Trophy
5 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 191.99 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 178.18 2018 Lombardia Trophy
7 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria 176.09 2018 Finlandia Trophy
8 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin  Russia 175.05 2018 Finlandia Trophy
9 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc  United States 173.05 2018 U.S. Classic
10 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier  United States 164.43 2018 Autumn Classic

Best short program score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 73.81 2018 Autumn Classic
2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 73.27 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert  Russia 72.50 2018 Lombardia Trophy
4 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 67.81 2018 Finlandia Trophy
5 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 66.93 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 66.52 2018 Finlandia Trophy
7 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin  Russia 63.47 2018 Finlandia Trophy
8 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria 62.26 2018 Finlandia Trophy
9 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor  Australia 62.22 2018 Finlandia Trophy
10 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier  United States 61.91 2018 Autumn Classic

Best free skating score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  France 136.40 2018 Autumn Classic
2 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro  Canada 127.41 2018 Finlandia Trophy
3 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii  Russia 126.78 2018 Lombardia Trophy
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 125.71 2018 Finlandia Trophy
5 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert  Russia 123.65 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc  United States 113.95 2018 U.S. Classic
7 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer  Austria 113.83 2018 Finlandia Trophy
8 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin  Russia 111.58 2018 Finlandia Trophy
9 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 111.25 2018 Lombardia Trophy
10 Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea  United States 109.50 2018 Finlandia Trophy

Ice dancing

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 200.78 2018 Finlandia Trophy
2 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 197.42 2018 U.S. Classic
3 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 197.27 2018 Autumn Classic
4 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 196.42 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
5 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 194.12 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 193.28 2018 Lombardia Trophy
7 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons  United States 180.95 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 180.07 2018 Finlandia Trophy
9 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter  United States 178.64 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
10 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 177.49 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy

Best rhythm dance score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 79.16 2018 Finlandia Trophy
2 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 79.11 2018 U.S. Classic
3 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 77.40 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 76.53 2018 Autumn Classic
5 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 76.03 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 75.96 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
7 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 72.61 2018 Finlandia Trophy
8 Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus  Canada 70.79 2018 Finlandia Trophy
9 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter  United States 70.37 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
10 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons  United States 70.02 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy

Best free dance score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 121.62 2018 Finlandia Trophy
2 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 120.74 2018 Autumn Classic
3 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 120.46 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
4 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 118.31 2018 U.S. Classic
5 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 117.25 2018 Lombardia Trophy
6 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 116.72 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons  United States 110.93 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter  United States 108.27 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
9 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 107.93 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 107.46 2018 Finlandia Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Challenger Series 2018/19 - Decision of the ISU Council". International Skating Union. May 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ "ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating 2018/19 Announcement". International Skating Union.
  3. ↑ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Men". International Skating Union.
  4. ↑ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Ladies". International Skating Union.
  5. ↑ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  6. ↑ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
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