The 2019–20 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2019. It was the sixth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.
| 2019–20 ISU Challenger Series | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Challenger Series |
| Date: | September 12 – December 7, 2019 |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Previous: 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series | |
| Next: 2020–21 ISU Challenger Series | |
Competitions edit
This season, the series included the following events.[1][2]
On July 22, 2019, the International Skating Union revoked the Chinese Taipei Skating Union's right to host the Asian Open Figure Skating Classic, scheduled to be held in Taipei, Taiwan. The event was replaced with the Hong Kong Skating Union's Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy.[3] The Sports Administration of the Republic of China ordered the removal of Chinese Taipei Skating Union Secretary-General Eddy Wu for mishandling this situation.[4] The Sports Administration also suspended funding of the Chinese Taipei Skating Union for one year.[5]
| Date | Event | Location | Notes | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 12–14 |  2019 Autumn Classic International
|
Oakville, Ontario, Canada | No pairs | Details |
| September 13–15 |  2019 Lombardia Trophy
|
Bergamo, Italy | No pairs | Details |
| September 17–22 |  2019 U.S. International Classic
|
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | Details | |
| September 19–21 |  2019 Nepela Memorial
|
Bratislava, Slovakia | No pairs | Details |
| September 25–28 |  2019 Nebelhorn Trophy
|
Oberstdorf, Germany | Details | |
| October 11–13 |  2019 Finlandia Trophy
|
Espoo, Finland | Details | |
| October 18–20 |  2019 Ice Star
|
Minsk, Belarus | No pairs | Details |
| October 30 – November 3 |  2019 Asian Open Classic
|
Cancelled | ||
 2019 Asian Open Trophy
|
Dongguan, China | No pairs | Details | |
| November 14–17 |  2019 Warsaw Cup
|
Warsaw, Poland | Details | |
| December 4–7 |  2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb
|
Zagreb, Croatia | Details | |
Medal summary edit
Men's singles edit
Ladies' singles edit
Pairs edit
Ice dance edit
Medal standings edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 10 | 12 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 |  United States | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 |  Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Italy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 |  South Korea | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 |  France | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | China | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Georgia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 |  Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 |  Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 35 | 35 | 35 | 105 | |
Challenger Series rankings edit
The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.
Men’s singles edit
| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dmitri Aliev | Russia
|
Lombardia Trophy | 249.62 | Nepela Memorial | 255.32 | 504.94 |
| 2 | Daniel Grassl | Italy
|
Ice Star | 243.82 | Asian Open Trophy | 230.08 | 473.90 |
| 3 | Sōta Yamamoto | Japan
|
U.S. International Classic | 240.11 | Finlandia Trophy | 223.24 | 463.35 |
| 4 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy
|
Lombardia Trophy | 227.38 | Nepela Memorial | 232.70 | 460.08 |
| 5 | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Georgia
|
220.96 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 236.65 | 457.61 |
Ladies' singles edit
| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia
|
Lombardia Trophy | 214.38 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 221.15 | 435.53 |
| 2 | You Young | South Korea
|
200.89 | U.S. International Classic | 199.29 | 400.18 | |
| 3 | Lim Eun-soo | Autumn Classic International | 184.38 | Asian Open Trophy | 197.63 | 382.01 | |
| 4 | Kim Ye-lim | Lombardia Trophy | 182.60 | Nepela Memorial | 186.27 | 368.87 | |
| 5 | Sofia Samodurova | Russia
|
Ice Star | 187.16 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 180.61 | 367.77 |
Pairs edit
| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | United States
|
U.S. International Classic | 205.58 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 199.43 | 405.01 |
| 2 | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea | 174.02 | 194.29 | 368.31 | |||
| 3 | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Germany
|
Nebelhorn Trophy | 182.30 | 185.09 | 367.39 | |
| 4 | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | Russia
|
171.46 | Finlandia Trophy | 194.28 | 365.74 | |
| 5 | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | United States
|
U.S. International Classic | 166.50 | Warsaw Cup | 191.46 | 357.96 |
Ice dance edit
| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy
|
Lombardia Trophy | 202.10 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 202.18 | 404.28 |
| 2 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States
|
U.S. International Classic | 202.40 | Finlandia Trophy | 198.26 | 400.66 |
| 3 | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Canada
|
Lombardia Trophy | 189.36 | Nebelhorn Trophy | 201.00 | 390.36 |
| 4 | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin | Spain
|
Nepela Memorial | 188.97 | Ice Star | 193.47 | 382.44 |
| 5 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States
|
Nebelhorn Trophy | 190.35 | Asian Open Trophy | 191.55 | 381.90 |
Top scores edit
Men's singles edit
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
|
279.05 | 2019 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Jin Boyang | China
|
268.31 | 2019 Lombardia Trophy |
| 3 | Kévin Aymoz | France
|
262.47 | 2019 Autumn Classic International |
| 4 | Keegan Messing | Canada
|
256.02 | |
| 5 | Dmitri Aliev | Russia
|
255.32 | 2019 Nepela Memorial |
| 6 | Shoma Uno | Japan
|
255.23 | 2019 Finlandia Trophy |
| 7 | Keiji Tanaka | 249.96 | 2019 U.S. International Classic | |
| 8 | Daniel Grassl | Italy
|
243.82 | 2019 Ice Star |
| 9 | Jason Brown | United States
|
242.39 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 10 | Sōta Yamamoto | Japan
|
240.11 | 2019 U.S. International Classic |
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jin Boyang | China
|
101.89 | 2019 Lombardia Trophy |
| 2 | Dmitri Aliev | Russia
|
101.49 | 2019 Nepela Memorial |
| 3 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
|
98.38 | 2019 Autumn Classic International |
| 4 | Kévin Aymoz | France
|
94.76 | |
| 5 | Sōta Yamamoto | Japan
|
92.81 | 2019 Finlandia Trophy |
| 6 | Shoma Uno | 92.28 | ||
| 7 | Keegan Messing | Canada
|
89.57 | 2019 Autumn Classic International |
| 8 | Vincent Zhou | United States
|
89.03 | 2019 U.S. International Classic |
| 9 | Keiji Tanaka | Japan
|
88.76 | |
| 10 | Roman Sadovsky | Canada
|
86.34 | 2019 Finlandia Trophy |
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
|
180.67 | 2019 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Dmitri Aliev | Russia
|
168.44 | 2019 Lombardia Trophy |
| 3 | Kévin Aymoz | France
|
167.71 | 2019 Autumn Classic International |
| 4 | Jin Boyang | China
|
167.22 | 2019 Lombardia Trophy |
| 5 | Keegan Messing | Canada
|
166.45 | 2019 Autumn Classic International |
| 6 | Jason Brown | United States
|
162.95 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| Shoma Uno | Japan
|
2019 Finlandia Trophy | ||
| 8 | Keiji Tanaka | 161.20 | 2019 U.S. International Classic | |
| 9 | Daniel Grassl | Italy
|
158.40 | 2019 Ice Star |
| 10 | Sōta Yamamoto | Japan
|
157.23 | 2019 U.S. International Classic |
Ladies' singles edit
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandra Trusova | Russia
|
238.69 | 2019 Nepela Memorial |
| 2 | Alena Kostornaia | 234.84 | 2019 Finlandia Trophy | |
| 3 | Rika Kihira | Japan
|
224.16 | 2019 Autumn Classic International |
| 4 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia
|
221.15 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 5 | Anna Shcherbakova | 218.20 | 2019 Lombardia Trophy | |
| 6 | Evgenia Medvedeva | 217.43 | 2019 Autumn Classic International | |
| 7 | Mariah Bell | United States
|
205.13 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 8 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan
|
204.30 | 2019 U.S. International Classic |
| 9 | Ekaterina Kurakova | Poland
|
201.47 | 2019 Warsaw Cup |
| 10 | You Young | South Korea
|
200.89 | 2019 Lombardia Trophy |
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rika Kihira | Japan
|
78.18 | 2019 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Alena Kostornaia | Russia
|
77.25 | 2019 Finlandia Trophy |
| 3 | Evgenia Medvedeva | 75.14 | 2019 Autumn Classic International | |
| 4 | Alexandra Trusova | 74.91 | 2019 Nepela Memorial | |
| 5 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan
|
74.16 | 2019 U.S. International Classic |
| 6 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia
|
73.66 | 2019 Lombardia Trophy |
| 7 | You Young | South Korea
|
70.47 | |
| 8 | Bradie Tennell | United States
|
70.10 | 2019 Warsaw Cup |
| 9 | Mariah Bell | 68.45 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy | |
| 10 | Anna Shcherbakova | Russia
|
67.73 | 2019 Lombardia Trophy |
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandra Trusova | Russia
|
163.78 | 2019 Nepela Memorial |
| 2 | Alena Kostornaia | 157.59 | 2019 Finlandia Trophy | |
| 3 | Anna Shcherbakova | 150.47 | 2019 Lombardia Trophy | |
| 4 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | 148.29 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb | |
| 5 | Rika Kihira | Japan
|
145.98 | 2019 Autumn Classic International |
| 6 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Russia
|
142.29 | |
| 7 | You Young | South Korea
|
141.25 | 2019 U.S. International Classic |
| 8 | Mariah Bell | United States
|
136.68 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 9 | Ekaterina Kurakova | Poland
|
135.39 | 2019 Warsaw Cup |
| 10 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan
|
134.45 | 2019 Nepela Memorial |
Pairs edit
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada
|
210.35 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 2 | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | Russia
|
210.18 | 2019 Finlandia Trophy |
| 3 | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | United States
|
205.58 | 2019 U.S. International Classic |
| 4 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | 202.41 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy | |
| 5 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia
|
194.69 | 2019 U.S. International Classic |
| 6 | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea | United States
|
194.29 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 7 | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | Russia
|
194.28 | 2019 Finlandia Trophy |
| 8 | Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau | Canada
|
193.58 | |
| 9 | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | United States
|
191.46 | 2019 Warsaw Cup |
| 10 | Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov | Russia
|
188.79 |
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | United States
|
76.23 | 2019 U.S. International Classic |
| 2 | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | Russia
|
74.99 | 2019 Finlandia Trophy |
| 3 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | 74.85 | 2019 U.S. International Classic | |
| 4 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada
|
71.76 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 5 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States
|
70.83 | |
| 6 | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | Russia
|
69.12 | 2019 Finlandia Trophy |
| 7 | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Germany
|
68.30 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 8 | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | United States
|
68.20 | 2019 Warsaw Cup |
| 9 | Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau | Canada
|
68.07 | 2019 Finlandia Trophy |
| 10 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | China
|
67.90 | 2019 U.S. International Classic |
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada
|
138.59 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 2 | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | Russia
|
135.19 | 2019 Finlandia Trophy |
| 3 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States
|
131.58 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 4 | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | 129.35 | 2019 U.S. International Classic | |
| 5 | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea | 128.09 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb | |
| 6 | Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau | Canada
|
125.51 | 2019 Finlandia Trophy |
| 7 | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | Russia
|
125.16 | |
| 8 | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | United States
|
123.26 | 2019 Warsaw Cup |
| 9 | Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov | Russia
|
121.73 | |
| 10 | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | United States
|
120.47 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
Ice dance edit
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada
|
202.49 | 2019 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States
|
202.40 | 2019 U.S. International Classic |
| 3 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy
|
202.18 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 4 | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Canada
|
201.00 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 5 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Russia
|
198.14 | 2019 Nepela Memorial |
| 6 | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin | Spain
|
193.47 | 2019 Ice Star |
| 7 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States
|
192.47 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 8 | Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin | Russia
|
191.71 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 9 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States
|
191.55 | 2019 Asian Open Trophy |
| 10 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Great Britain
|
188.25 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy
|
83.31 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 2 | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Canada
|
81.16 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 3 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States
|
80.18 | 2019 U.S. International Classic |
| 4 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada
|
79.61 | 2019 Autumn Classic International |
| 5 | Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin | Russia
|
78.75 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 6 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | 78.44 | 2019 Nepela Memorial | |
| 7 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States
|
78.40 | 2019 Asian Open Trophy |
| 8 | Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter | 78.39 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb | |
| 9 | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin | Spain
|
77.03 | 2019 Nepela Memorial |
| 10 | Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz | 75.80 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada
|
122.88 | 2019 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy
|
122.63 | 2019 Lombardia Trophy |
| 3 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States
|
122.22 | 2019 U.S. International Classic |
| 4 | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Canada
|
119.84 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 5 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Russia
|
119.70 | 2019 Nepela Memorial |
| 6 | Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin | Spain
|
117.39 | 2019 Ice Star |
| 7 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States
|
116.70 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 8 | Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac | France
|
114.08 | 2019 Warsaw Cup |
| 9 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Great Britain
|
114.03 | 2019 Autumn Classic International |
| 10 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States
|
113.36 | 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy |
References edit
- ^ "Communication No. 2234: Decisions of the Council". International Skating Union. March 27, 2019.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating 2019/20 Announcement". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Challenger Series Announcement". International Skating Union. July 22, 2019. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019.
- ^ Lung, Po-an; Hsu, Elizabeth (August 2, 2019). "Sports authorities order removal of skating association official". Focus Taiwan. Central News Agency (Taiwan).
- ^ DeAeth, Duncan (August 4, 2019). "Chinese-Taipei Skating Union chief fired for giving up Taiwan's right to host event". Taiwan News.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2019/2020: Men". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2019/2020: Ladies". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2019/2020: Pairs". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2019/2020: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.