2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix will be the 24th season of a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It is the junior-level complement to the 2020–21 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Skaters compete for medals in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance, as well as for qualifying points. The top six from each discipline will qualify for the 2020–21 Junior Grand Prix Final, to be held together with the senior final.

2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Type:ISU Junior Grand Prix
Date:August 26 – December 13, 2020
Season:2020–21
Previous:
2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Next:
2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix

Reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic

On May 1, 2020, the International Skating Union established a working group, chaired by ISU Vice-President for Figure Skating Alexander Lakernik, to monitor the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Its responsibilities include determining the feasibility of holding events as scheduled, possibly behind closed doors, during the first half of the 2020–21 season and the financial impact of any potential cancellations.[1] The ISU announced that a host federation must make a decision regarding potential cancellation of their event at latest 10 weeks prior to the event.[2]

On May 16, 2020, the Slovak Figure Skating Association informed the ISU that it had cancelled all upcoming events that it was scheduled to host due to the ongoing pandemic, including the second event of the JGP series in Košice.[3] On May 26, Skate Canada cancelled the first event of the JGP series that it was originally scheduled to host in Richmond, British Columbia.[4]

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2020–21 season, the series was originally scheduled to be composed of the following events in autumn 2020:[5]

On May 16, 2020, the ISU announced that the Slovak Figure Skating Association had cancelled the second stop of the series, scheduled for September 2–5 in Košice, Slovakia. Skate Canada announced that they would do the same, regarding the first stop of the series, on May 26.[3][4]

On June 15, it was announced that a sixth event had been added after the previously announced events, to be hosted in Riga, Latvia.[6]

Date Event Location Other notes Results
August 26–29 2020 JGP Canada Richmond, British Columbia, Canada Cancelled
September 2–5 2020 JGP Slovakia Košice, Slovakia Cancelled
September 9–12 2020 JGP Hungary Budapest, Hungary No pairs
September 16–19 2020 JGP Japan Shin-Yokohama, Japan No pairs
September 23–26 2020 JGP Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic
Sept. 30 – Oct. 3 2020 JGP Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
October 7–10 2020 JGP Slovenia Ljubljana, Slovenia No pairs
October 14–17[lower-alpha 1] 2020 JGP Latvia Riga, Latvia
December 10–13 2020–21 JGP Final Beijing, China Held with senior GPF
  1. Added on June 15, following the cancellation of JGP Canada and JGP Slovakia.

Entries

Skaters who reach the age of 13 before July 1, 2020 but have not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) are eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Competitors are chosen by their countries according to their federation's selection procedures. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation is determined by their skaters' placements at the 2020 World Junior Championships in each discipline.

Number of entries per discipline

Based on the results of the 2020 World Junior Championships, each ISU member nation can field the following number of entries per event.

Singles and ice dance
Entries Men Ladies Ice dance
2 entries in
7 events		  Russia
 Japan
 Italy		  Russia
 United States
 South Korea		  United States
 Georgia
 Russia
1 entry in
7 events		  United States
 France
 Estonia		  Poland
 Canada
 Azerbaijan		  France
 Canada
 Japan
1 entry in
6 events		  South Korea
 Canada
 Sweden
 Ukraine		  Japan
 Belarus
 Italy
 Austria		  Great Britain
 Ukraine
 Czech Republic
 Italy
1 entry in
5 events		  Georgia
 Turkey
 Germany
 Israel
 Kazakhstan
 Belarus
 Czech Republic		  France
 Chinese Taipei
 Georgia
 Germany
 Ukraine
 Latvia
 China
 Bulgaria
 Hungary		  Spain
 Hungary
 Cyprus
1 entry in
4 events		  Austria
 Great Britain
 Chinese Taipei
 Australia
 Poland
 Spain		  Finland
 Israel
 Sweden
 Netherlands
 Spain		  Germany
 Kazakhstan
 Israel
 Azerbaijan
 Estonia
1 entry in
3 events		   Switzerland
 Croatia
 Slovakia
 Finland		   Switzerland
 Estonia
 Hong Kong
 Iceland
 Armenia
 Slovakia
 Mexico
 Denmark
 Great Britain
 Lithuania
 Australia
 Croatia
 Serbia
 New Zealand
 Czech Republic
 Romania		  Poland
 Belarus
 Denmark
  Switzerland
If not listed above, one entry in two events is allowed.
Host federations may enter up to three spots per discipline.

Pairs
Entries Pairs
3 entries in
4 events		  Russia
 Germany
 France
 United States
2 entries in
4 events		  Georgia
 China
 Canada
 Ukraine
 Sweden
 Italy
1 entry in
4 events		 N/A
If not listed above, one entry in three events is allowed.
Host federations have an unlimited number of entries.

Medal summary

Medalists

Men
ISU Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Hungary
Japan
Czech Republic
Uzbekistan
Slovenia
Latvia
Final

Ladies
ISU Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Hungary
Japan
Czech Republic
Uzbekistan
Slovenia
Latvia
Final

Pairs
ISU Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Czech Republic
Uzbekistan
Latvia
Final

Ice dance
ISU Junior Grand Prix
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Hungary
Japan
Czech Republic
Uzbekistan
Slovenia
Latvia
Final

Medal standings
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
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Qualification

At each event, skaters earned points toward qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the 7th event, the top six highest scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows:

Placement Points (Singles) Points (Pairs/Dance)
1st1515
2nd1313
3rd1111
4th99
5th77
6th55
7th44
8th33
9th2–
10th1–

There were originally seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:

  1. Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
  2. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
  3. Participated in two events.
  4. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events.
  5. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event.
  6. Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
  7. Highest number of total participants at the events.

If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Qualification standings

Bold denotes Junior Grand Prix Final qualification.

Points Men[7] Ladies[8] Pairs[9] Ice dance[10]
30
28
26
24
22
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

Qualifiers
Men[7] Ladies[8] Pairs[9] Ice dance[10]
1
2
3
4
5
6
Alternates
1st
2nd
3rd

Top JGP scores
For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
For the all-time highest junior scores, see list of highest junior scores in figure skating.
For the season's highest scores, see 2020–21 figure skating season § Season's best scores.

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References
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  2. "Communication No. 2320: Decisions of the Council". International Skating Union. April 30, 2020.
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  4. "Cancellation ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Richmond (CAN)". International Skating Union. May 26, 2020.
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  6. "Communication 2322: Decisions of the ISU Council". International Skating Union. June 15, 2020.
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