2016–17 ISU Challenger Series

The 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2016. It was the third season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.

2016–17 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 7 – December 10, 2016
Season:2016–17
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Competitions

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This season, the series included the following events. The Ukrainian Open was originally scheduled for November 9–13, 2016,[1][2] but it was cancelled on September 20.[3]

Date Event Location Results
September 7–11   2016 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy Details
September 14–18   2016 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details
September 22–24   2016 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
September 28 – October 1   2016 Autumn Classic International Montreal, Quebec, Canada Details
September 28 – October 2   2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial Bratislava, Slovakia Details
October 6–9   2016 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
November 9–13   2016 Ukrainian Open Cancelled
November 17–20   2016 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
November 22–27   2016 Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia Details
December 7–10   2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details

Medal summary

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Men's singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  Lombardia Trophy   Shoma Uno   Jason Brown   Max Aaron Details
  U.S. International Classic   Jason Brown   Takahito Mura   Adam Rippon Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Alexander Petrov   Jorik Hendrickx   Grant Hochstein Details
  Autumn Classic International   Yuzuru Hanyu   Misha Ge   Max Aaron Details
  Ondrej Nepela Memorial   Sergei Voronov   Kevin Reynolds   Roman Savosin Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Nathan Chen   Patrick Chan   Maxim Kovtun Details
  Warsaw Cup   Alexander Majorov   Dmitri Aliev   Stéphane Walker Details
  Tallinn Trophy   Roman Savosin   Anton Shulepov   Andrew Torgashev Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Oleksii Bychenko   Daniel Samohin   Keegan Messing Details

Ladies' singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  Lombardia Trophy   Wakaba Higuchi   Kim Na-hyun   Mirai Nagasu Details
  U.S. International Classic   Satoko Miyahara   Mariah Bell   Karen Chen Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Mai Mihara   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Gabrielle Daleman Details
  Autumn Classic International   Mirai Nagasu   Alaine Chartrand   Elizabet Tursynbayeva Details
  Ondrej Nepela Memorial   Maria Sotskova   Yulia Lipnitskaya   Mariah Bell Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Kaetlyn Osmond   Mao Asada   Anna Pogorilaya Details
  Warsaw Cup   Nicole Schott   Kailani Craine   Alexandra Avstriyskaya Details
  Tallinn Trophy   Stanislava Konstantinova   Serafima Sakhanovich   Bradie Tennell Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Carolina Kostner   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Alena Leonova Details

Pairs

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  Lombardia Trophy   Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise   Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek   Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Details
  U.S. International Classic   Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan   Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu   Alexandria Shaughnessy / James Morgan Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot   Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch   Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert Details
  Autumn Classic International   Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau   Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès   Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran Details
  Ondrej Nepela Memorial   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford   Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov   Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert Details
  Warsaw Cup   Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek   Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson   Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Details
  Tallinn Trophy   Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin   Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin   Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise   Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov   Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc Details

Ice dance

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  Lombardia Trophy   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Details
  U.S. International Classic   Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed   Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte   Madison Chock / Evan Bates   Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Details
  Autumn Classic International   Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir   Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Details
  Ondrej Nepela Memorial   Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev   Madison Chock / Evan Bates   Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Details
  Warsaw Cup   Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev   Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro   Lucie Mysliveckova / Lukas Csolley Details
  Tallinn Trophy   Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin   Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko   Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar Details

Medal standings

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)1111830
2  Italy (ITA)7119
3  Canada (CAN)54413
4  Japan (JPN)5308
5  United States (USA)491326
6  Germany (GER)2035
7  Israel (ISR)1203
8  Sweden (SWE)1001
9  Australia (AUS)0101
  Belgium (BEL)0101
  France (FRA)0101
  Great Britain (GBR)0101
  South Korea (KOR)0101
  Uzbekistan (UZB)0101
15  Denmark (DEN)0011
  Finland (FIN)0011
  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0011
  Lithuania (LTU)0011
  Slovakia (SVK)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
  Turkey (TUR)0011
Totals (21 entries)363636108

Challenger Series rankings

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The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.[4]

Men's singles

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No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[5]
1 Jason Brown   United States Lombardia Trophy 256.49 U.S. International Classic 254.04 510.53
2 Alexander Petrov   Russia Nebelhorn Trophy 232.21 Golden Spin of Zagreb 222.92 455.13
3 Max Aaron   United States Lombardia Trophy 218.73 Autumn Classic International 226.13 444.86
4 Brendan Kerry   Australia U.S. International Classic 222.40 Golden Spin of Zagreb 221.94 444.34
5 Jorik Hendrickx   Belgium Nebelhorn Trophy 223.04 Finlandia Trophy 218.32 441.36

Ladies' singles

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No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[6]
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia Nebelhorn Trophy 185.93 Golden Spin of Zagreb 192.03 377.96
2 Mirai Nagasu   United States Lombardia Trophy 176.86 Autumn Classic International 189.11 365.97
3 Mariah Bell U.S. International Classic 184.22 Tallinn Trophy 167.69 351.91
4 Alena Leonova   Russia Ondrej Nepela Memorial 151.12 Golden Spin of Zagreb 191.39 342.51
5 Amber Glenn   United States Nebelhorn Trophy 157.68 183.60 341.28

Pairs

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No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[7]
1 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek   Italy Lombardia Trophy 179.56 Warsaw Cup 189.26 368.82
2 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 185.18 Golden Spin of Zagreb 180.60 365.78
3 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov   Russia Finlandia Trophy 169.10 180.44 349.54
4 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier   United States Ondrej Nepela Memorial 172.82 161.63 334.45
5 Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc Finlandia Trophy 158.63 172.18 330.81

Ice dance

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No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[8]
1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev   Russia Ondrej Nepela Memorial 178.84 Warsaw Cup 183.60 362.44
2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates   United States Nebelhorn Trophy 179.18 Ondrej Nepela Memorial 170.92 350.10
3 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy Lombardia Trophy 162.12 Golden Spin of Zagreb 180.30 342.42
4 Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro   Russia Ondrej Nepela Memorial 165.64 Warsaw Cup 173.02 338.66
5 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   United States Autumn Classic International 160.50 Golden Spin of Zagreb 177.36 337.86

Top scores

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Men's singles

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Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Yuzuru Hanyu   Japan 260.57 2016 Autumn Classic International
2 Shoma Uno 258.93 2016 Lombardia Trophy
3 Jason Brown   United States 256.49
4 Nathan Chen 256.44 2016 Finlandia Trophy
5 Takahito Mura   Japan 252.20 2016 U.S. International Classic
6 Patrick Chan   Canada 248.73 2016 Finlandia Trophy
7 Adam Rippon   United States 248.24 2016 U.S. International Classic
8 Sergei Voronov   Russia 237.42 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
9 Alexander Petrov 232.21 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Misha Ge   Uzbekistan 230.55 2016 Autumn Classic International

Ladies' singles

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Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 206.75 2016 U.S. International Classic
2 Carolina Kostner   Italy 196.23 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia 192.03
4 Alena Leonova 191.39
5 Maria Sotskova 189.96 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
6 Mirai Nagasu   United States 189.11 2016 Autumn Classic International
7 Mai Mihara   Japan 189.03 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Kaetlyn Osmond   Canada 187.27 2016 Finlandia Trophy
9 Stanislava Konstantinova   Russia 186.97 2016 Tallinn Trophy
10 Mao Asada   Japan 186.16 2016 Finlandia Trophy

Pairs

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Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau   Canada 208.30 2016 Autumn Classic International
2 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot   Germany 203.04 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès   France 198.90 2016 Autumn Classic International
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Russia 197.80 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
5 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford   Canada 197.78 2016 Finlandia Trophy
6 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek   Italy 189.26 2016 Warsaw Cup
7 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Russia 185.42 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
8 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise   Italy 185.18 2016 Lombardia Trophy
9 Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch   Canada 184.40 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert   Russia 181.38 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial

Ice dance

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Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir   Canada 189.20 2016 Autumn Classic International
2 Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin   Russia 185.19 2016 Tallinn Trophy
3 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 183.60 2016 Warsaw Cup
4 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte   Italy 180.50 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 180.30 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Madison Chock / Evan Bates   United States 179.18 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko   Israel 177.80 2016 Tallinn Trophy
8 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   United States 177.36 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Canada 176.84 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro   Russia 173.02 2016 Warsaw Cup

References

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  1. ^ "Communication No. 2002: Decisions of the ISU Council" (PDF). International Skating Union. 20 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2016.
  2. ^ "ISU CS Ukrainian Open 2016, ISU Challenger Series, Kyiv / UKR, 09.11.2016 - 13.11.2016". International Skating Union. 4 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Calendar of Events". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  4. ^ "Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
  5. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Men". International Skating Union.
  6. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Ladies". International Skating Union.
  7. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  8. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
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