2022–23 ISU Challenger Series

The 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2022. It was the ninth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.

2022–23 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 12 – December 10, 2022
Season:2022–23
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Competitions

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This season, the series included the following events.[1]

Date Event Location Notes Results
September 12–16   2022 U.S. International Classic Lake Placid, New York, United States Details
September 16–19   2022 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy No pairs Details
September 21–24   2022 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
September 29 – October 1   2022 Nepela Memorial Bratislava, Slovakia No pairs Details
October 5–9   2022 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 13–17   2022 Budapest Trophy Budapest, Hungary No pairs Details
October 26–29   2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Almaty, Kazakhstan No pairs Details
November 9–13   2022 Ice Challenge Graz, Austria No pairs Details
November 17–20   2022 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
December 7–10   2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb Sisak, Croatia Details

Requirements

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Skaters were eligible to compete on the Challenger Series if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2022.

Medal summary

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Men's singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  U.S. International Classic   Ilia Malinin   Kevin Aymoz   Camden Pulkinen Details
  Lombardia Trophy   Adam Siao Him Fa   Koshiro Shimada   Nikolaj Memola Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Keegan Messing   Lee Si-hyeong   Roman Sadovsky Details
  Nepela Memorial   Gabriele Frangipani   Cha Jun-hwan   Deniss Vasiļjevs Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Cha Jun-hwan   Morisi Kvitelashvili   Andreas Nordebäck Details
  Budapest Trophy|   Matteo Rizzo   Lukas Britschgi   Nikolaj Memola Details
  Denis Ten Memorial Challenge   Nika Egadze   Dias Jirenbayev   Vladimir Litvintsev Details
  Ice Challenge   Liam Kapeikis   Andreas Nordebäck   Nikita Starostin Details
  Warsaw Cup   Kévin Aymoz   Daniel Grassl   Lukas Britschgi Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Camden Pulkinen   Matteo Rizzo   Mihhail Selevko Details

Women's singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  U.S. International Classic   Kim Ye-lim   You Young   Mana Kawabe Details
  Lombardia Trophy   Rinka Watanabe   Kaori Sakamoto   Ekaterina Kurakova Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Loena Hendrickx   Wi Seo-yeong   Eva-Lotta Kiibus Details
  Nepela Memorial   Isabeau Levito   Lara Naki Gutmann   Lee Hae-in Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Kim Ye-lim   Kim Chae-yeon   Anastasiia Gubanova Details
  Budapest Trophy   Ava Marie Ziegler   Kimmy Repond   Niina Petrõkina Details
  Denis Ten Memorial Challenge   Kim Min-chae   Anna Levkovets   Choi Da-bin Details
  Ice Challenge   Anna Pezzetta   Kaiya Ruiter   Kimmy Repond Details
  Warsaw Cup   Ekaterina Kurakova   Sarina Joos   Janna Jyrkinen Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Lindsay Thorngren   Bradie Tennell   Madeline Schizas Details

Pairs

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  U.S. International Classic   Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini   Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe   Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps   Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert   Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel   Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert   Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar Details
  Warsaw Cup   Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore   Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini   Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia   Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea   Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud Details

Ice dance

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  U.S. International Classic   Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Eva Pate / Logan Bye   Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov Details
  Lombardia Trophy   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius   Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius   Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Details
  Nepela Memorial   Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha   Eva Pate / Logan Bye   Marie Dupayage / Thomas Nabais Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis Details
  Budapest Trophy   Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha   Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud   Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen Details
  Denis Ten Memorial Challenge   Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi   Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan   Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Szemko Details
  Ice Challenge   Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville   Natacha Lagouge / Arnaud Caffa   Lily Hensen / Nathan Lickers Details
  Warsaw Cup   Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le Mercier   Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan   Marie Dupayage / Thomas Nabais Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko   Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius   Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik Details

Medal standings

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States96520
2  Italy54211
3  Canada51612
4  South Korea45211
5  France3328
6  Japan2215
7  Great Britain2002
8  Germany1438
9  Georgia1113
10  Poland1012
11  Australia1001
  Belgium1001
13  Switzerland0325
14  Lithuania0303
15  Kazakhstan0202
16  Sweden0112
17  Estonia0033
18  Finland0022
19  Azerbaijan0011
  Czech Republic0011
  Hungary0011
  Latvia0011
Totals (22 entries)353535105

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.

Men's singles

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As of December 12, 2022.[2]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Kévin Aymoz   France U.S. International Classic 236.17 Warsaw Cup 258.02 494.19
2 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland Budapest Trophy 239.66 253.66 493.32
3 Matteo Rizzo   Italy Budapest Trophy 253.34 Golden Spin of Zagreb 228.86 482.00
4 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea Nepela Memorial 226.32 Finlandia Trophy 253.20 479.52
5 Gabriele Frangipani   Italy 244.57 Budapest Trophy 230.99 475.56

Women's singles

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As of December 12, 2022.[3]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Kim Ye-lim   South Korea U.S. International Classic 190.64 Finlandia Trophy 213.97 404.61
2 Ekaterina Kurakova   Poland Lombardia Trophy 188.41 Warsaw Cup 189.98 378.39
3 Lindsay Thorngren   United States Finlandia Trophy 165.09 Golden Spin of Zagreb 196.48 361.57
4 Lee Hae-in   South Korea Nepela Memorial 164.88 Finlandia Trophy 195.72 360.60
5 Kimmy Repond   Switzerland Budapest Trophy 177.74 Ice Challenge 169.35 347.09

Pairs

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As of December 12, 2022.[4]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini   Italy U.S. International Classic 189.22 Warsaw Cup 184.21 373.43
2 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel   Germany Nebelhorn Trophy 184.47 Finlandia Trophy 180.62 365.09
3 Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert 186.17 177.11 363.28
4 Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster Finlandia Trophy 165.58 Warsaw Cup 170.65 336.23
5 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia   United States 152.88 Golden Spin of Zagreb 179.26 332.14

Ice dance

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As of December 12, 2022.[5]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain U.S. International Classic 190.80 Nebelhorn Trophy 206.60 397.40
2 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha   Canada Nepela Memorial 193.35 Budapest Trophy 202.40 395.75
3 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius   Lithuania Nebelhorn Trophy 185.41 Golden Spin of Zagreb 189.47 374.88
4 Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler   Czech Republic Lombardia Trophy 183.55 Finlandia Trophy 178.85 362.40
5 Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan   Germany Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 177.91 Warsaw Cup 181.50 359.41

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 Kévin Aymoz   France 258.02 2022 Warsaw Cup
2 Daniel Grassl   Italy 257.76
3 Ilia Malinin   United States 257.28 2022 U.S. International Classic
4 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 253.66 2022 Warsaw Cup
5 Matteo Rizzo   Italy 253.34 2022 Budapest Trophy
6 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea 253.20 2022 Finlandia Trophy
7 Keegan Messing   Canada 245.74 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Gabriele Frangipani   Italy 244.57 2022 Nepela Memorial
9 Camden Pulkinen   United States 242.09 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Adam Siao Him Fa   France 237.19 2022 Lombardia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the men's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea 91.06 2022 Finlandia Trophy
2 Kévin Aymoz   France 89.60 2022 Warsaw Cup
3 Roman Sadovsky   Canada 89.57 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Koshiro Shimada   Japan 89.18 2022 Lombardia Trophy
5 Gabriele Frangipani   Italy 87.39 2022 Nepela Memorial
6 Maxim Naumov   United States 87.11 2022 Budapest Trophy
7 Lee Si-hyeong   South Korea 86.78 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 86.51 2022 Warsaw Cup
9 Camden Pulkinen   United States 85.45 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Adam Siao Him Fa   France 84.69 2022 Lombardia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Ilia Malinin   United States 185.44 2022 U.S. International Classic
2 Daniel Grassl   Italy 181.32 2022 Warsaw Cup
3 Keegan Messing   Canada 170.89 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Matteo Rizzo   Italy 170.21 2022 Budapest Trophy
5 Kévin Aymoz   France 168.42 2022 Warsaw Cup
6 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 167.15
7 Cha Jun-hwan   South Korea 162.14 2022 Finlandia Trophy
8 Gabriele Frangipani   Italy 160.20 2022 Budapest Trophy
9 Camden Pulkinen   United States 156.64 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 François Pitot   France 153.20 2022 Ice Challenge

Women's singles

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Top 10 best scores in the women's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kim Ye-lim   South Korea 213.97 2022 Finlandia Trophy
2 Rinka Watanabe   Japan 213.14 2022 Lombardia Trophy
3 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 208.05 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Kim Chae-yeon   South Korea 205.51 2022 Finlandia Trophy
5 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 205.33 2022 Lombardia Trophy
6 Isabeau Levito   United States 198.99 2022 Nepela Memorial
7 Anastasiia Gubanova   Georgia 197.56 2022 Finlandia Trophy
8 Lindsay Thorngren   United States 196.48 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Lee Hae-in   South Korea 195.72 2022 Finlandia Trophy
10 Bradie Tennell   United States 193.31 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
Top 10 best scores in the women's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 76.19 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 72.93 2022 Lombardia Trophy
3 Kim Ye-lim   South Korea 71.88 2022 Finlandia Trophy
4 Bradie Tennell   United States 68.84 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Anastasiia Gubanova   Georgia 68.03 2022 Finlandia Trophy
6 Kim Chae-yeon   South Korea 67.84
7 Rinka Watanabe   Japan 66.83 2022 Lombardia Trophy
8 Lee Hae-in   South Korea 66.00 2022 Finlandia Trophy
9 Isabeau Levito   United States 65.37 2022 Nepela Memorial
10 Madeline Schizas   Canada 64.99 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the women's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Rinka Watanabe   Japan 146.31 2022 Lombardia Trophy
2 Kim Ye-lim   South Korea 142.09 2022 Finlandia Trophy
3 Kim Chae-yeon 137.67
4 Lindsay Thorngren   United States 135.99 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Isabeau Levito 133.62 2022 Nepela Memorial
6 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 132.40 2022 Lombardia Trophy
7 Wi Seo-yeong   South Korea 131.94 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 131.86
9 Ava Marie Ziegler   United States 130.24 2022 Budapest Trophy
10 Lee Hae-in   South Korea 129.72 2022 Finlandia Trophy

Pairs

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Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps   Canada 192.74 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini   Italy 189.22 2022 U.S. International Classic
3 Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert   Germany 186.17 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore   Australia 185.53 2022 Warsaw Cup
5 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel   Germany 184.47 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe   United States 181.81 2022 U.S. International Classic
7 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia 179.26 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea 178.83
9 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii   Italy 177.87 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud   Canada 176.88 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel   Germany 69.13 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps   Canada 68.08
3 Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert   Germany 67.05
4 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini   Italy 65.79 2022 Warsaw Cup
5 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii 64.85 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore   Australia 63.62 2022 Warsaw Cup
7 Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster   Germany 63.11
8 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia   United States 62.44 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman   Georgia 62.15 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea   United States 62.07 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' free skating
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps   Canada 124.66 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini   Italy 124.44 2022 U.S. International Classic
3 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore   Australia 121.91 2022 Warsaw Cup
4 Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe   United States 120.10 2022 U.S. International Classic
5 Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert   Germany 119.12 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel 117.04 2022 Finlandia Trophy
7 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia   United States 116.82 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea 116.76
9 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud   Canada 115.75
10 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii   Italy 113.02 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy

Ice dance

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Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 211.85 2022 Lombardia Trophy
2 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 206.60 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Canada 203.76 2022 Finlandia Trophy
4 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha 202.40 2022 Budapest Trophy
5 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   United States 197.45 2022 Finlandia Trophy
6 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud   France 192.85 2022 Budapest Trophy
7 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko   United States 191.31 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius   Lithuania 189.47
9 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi   Japan 188.30 2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
10 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis   Finland 186.30 2022 Finlandia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the rhythm dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 87.09 2022 Lombardia Trophy
2 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 85.80 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha   Canada 82.09 2022 Budapest Trophy
4 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen 81.83 2022 Finlandia Trophy
5 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi   Japan 79.56 2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
6 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius   Lithuania 78.98 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   United States 78.90 2022 Finlandia Trophy
8 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud   France 76.83 2022 Budapest Trophy
9 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko   United States 76.54 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler   Czech Republic 75.41 2022 Lombardia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the free dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 124.76 2022 Lombardia Trophy
2 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Canada 121.93 2022 Finlandia Trophy
3 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 120.80 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha   Canada 120.31 2022 Budapest Trophy
5 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   United States 118.55 2022 Finlandia Trophy
6 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud   France 116.02 2022 Budapest Trophy
7 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko   United States 114.77 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius   Lithuania 112.26
9 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis   Finland 111.95 2022 Finlandia Trophy
10 Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik   United States 110.96 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb

References

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  1. ^ "Communication No. 2466 Decisions of the Council". International Skating Union. April 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Men". International Skating Union.
  3. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Women". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
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