The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Each event consists of at least three disciplines out of four (men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing), and is required to take place between August 1 and December 15.
The ISU Challenger Series Synchronized Skating is a separate competition series in the discipline of synchronized skating.
History
The ISU Council decided to create the series at its February 2014 meeting. Eleven competitions were selected in June 2014. The Triglav Trophy dropped out by October 10, 2014, resulting in a series composed of ten events. The Nebelhorn Trophy, Finlandia Trophy, Ondrej Nepela Memorial, and Golden Spin of Zagreb are the "core group". The event criteria were published in April 2014, and revised in August 2014.
The notice on the ISU Challenger Series Synchronized Skating was announced on May 10, 2019, which is for the discipline of synchronized skating and is held separately from the other ISU Challenger Series.
The Asian Open Classic was planned to be included in the 2019–20 season, but ISU transferred the event holding right back to Asian Open Trophy later.
In the 2020–21 season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided to hold the Challenger competitions as individual events, rather than as a series. Entry limits per country were also removed.
Events
| Competition | Nation | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24–25 |
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| Asian Open Trophy | Varies | Not a Challenger Series event | Yes | Yes | Cancelled | Not a Challenger Series event | ||||||
| Autumn Classic International |  Canada
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Yes | Not a Challenger Series event | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cancelled | Yes | — | Yes | — |
| Budapest Trophy |  Hungary
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— | Yes | Not a Challenger Series event | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Cranberry Cup International |  United States
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| Denis Ten Memorial Challenge |  Kazakhstan
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— | Not a Challenger Series event | Cancelled | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Denkova-Staviski Cup |  Bulgaria
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Not a Challenger Series event | Yes | Not a Challenger Series event | — | Not a Challenger Series event | ||||||
| Finlandia Trophy |  Finland
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cancelled | Yes | Yes | Yes | A Grand Prix event |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb |  Croatia
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cancelled | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ice Challenge |  Austria
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Yes | Yes | — | Not a Challenger Series event | — | Yes | Yes | Cancelled | Not a Challenger Series event | ||
| Ice Star |  Belarus
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— | Not a Challenger Series event | Yes | Not a Challenger Series event | Yes | Not a Challenger Series event | — | ||||
| Inge Solar Memorial | Austria
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— | Yes | — | ||||||||
| John Nicks Pairs Challenge | United States
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— | Not a Challenger Series event | Yes | ||||||||
| Lombardia Trophy |  Italy
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Yes | Not a Challenger Series event | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mordovian Ornament |  Russia
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| Nebelhorn Trophy |  Germany
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nepela Memorial |  Slovakia
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cancelled | Cancelled | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tallinn Trophy |  Estonia
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Not a Challenger Series event | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not a Challenger Series event | — | Not a Challenger Series event | Yes | ||
| Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |  France
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Not a Challenger Series event | — | Not a Challenger Series event | Yes | |||||||
| U.S. International Classic | United States
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Not a Challenger Series event | Yes | — | |
| Volvo Open Cup |  Latvia
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Yes | Not a Challenger Series event | — | Not a Challenger Series event | |||||||
| Warsaw Cup |  Poland
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not a Challenger Series event | Yes | Cancelled | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
- Held as individual events rather than as a series due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Top three finishers per season
Each skater or team is permitted to compete in up to three ISU Challenger Series events. Their two highest scores determine their final ranking.
Men's singles
Women's singles
Pairs
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Men's singles
Women's singles
Pairs
| Season | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score | Ref. |
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| 2014–15 | United States
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2014 U.S. International Classic | 163.24 | 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy | 166.10 | 329.34 | ||
| 2015–16 | Germany
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2015 Tallinn Trophy | 214.42 | 2015 Warsaw Cup | 209.60 | 424.02 | ||
| 2016–17 | Italy
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2016 Lombardia Trophy | 179.56 | 2016 Warsaw Cup | 189.26 | 368.82 | ||
| 2017–18 | Russia
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2017 Lombardia Trophy | 196.06 | 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb | 202.96 | 399.02 | ||
| 2018–19 | Russia
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2018 Lombardia Trophy | 191.99 | 2018 Finlandia Trophy | 188.54 | 380.53 | ||
| 2019–20 | United States
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2019 U.S. International Classic | 205.58 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb | 199.43 | 405.01 | ||
| 2021–22 | Russia
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2021 Finlandia Trophy | 213.72 | 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb | 228.49 | 442.21 | ||
| 2022–23 | Italy
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2022 U.S. International Classic | 189.22 | 2022 Warsaw Cup | 184.21 | 373.43 | ||
| 2023–24 | Germany
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2023 Lombardia Trophy | 194.52 | 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy | 194.96 | 389.48 | ||
| 2024–25 | United States
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2024 John Nicks International | 191.62 | 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy | 184.38 | 376.00 |
Ice dance
| Season | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score | Ref. |
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| 2014–15 | United States
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2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 162.98 | 2014 Ice Challenge | 166.34 | 329.32 | ||
| 2015–16 | Italy
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2015 Warsaw Cup | 169.72 | 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb | 172.28 | 342.00 | ||
| 2016–17 | Russia
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2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 178.84 | 2016 Warsaw Cup | 183.60 | 362.44 | ||
| 2017–18 | Russia
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2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 181.92 | 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb | 186.66 | 368.58 | ||
| 2018–19 | Canada
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2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb | 201.27 | 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy | 194.12 | 395.39 | ||
| 2019–20 | Italy
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2019 Lombardia Trophy | 202.10 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb | 202.18 | 404.28 | ||
| 2021–22 | Italy
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2021 Lombardia Trophy | 205.36 | 2021 Cup of Austria | 208.88 | 414.24 | ||
| 2022–23 |  Great Britain
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2022 U.S. International Classic | 190.80 | 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy | 206.60 | 397.40 | ||
| 2023–24 | Great Britain
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2023 Nebelhorn Trophy | 207.84 | 2023 Nepela Memorial | 200.46 | 408.30 | ||
| 2024–25 | Great Britain
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2024 Nebelhorn Trophy | 207.01 | 2024 Nepela Memorial | 210.65 | 417.66 |
References
- "Communication No. 1854: Decisions of the ISU Council" (PDF). International Skating Union. March 6, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 9, 2014.
- "Communication No. 1876: Decisions of the ISU Council" (PDF). International Skating Union. June 25, 2014. pp. 4–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014.
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- "Communication No. 1994 ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating Season 2016/17" (PDF). International Skating Union. February 26, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2016.
- ^ "Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. April 4, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014.
- "Communication No. 1894: Revision of minimum entry criteria to qualify as Challenger Series event" (PDF). International Skating Union. August 26, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014.
- "Communication No. 2248 Challenger Series in Synchronized Skating Season 2019/20". International Skating Union. May 10, 2019. Archived from the original on December 18, 2019.
- "Challenger Series Announcement". International Skating Union. July 22, 2019. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019.
- ^ "Communication No. 2335 Decisions of the Council". International Skating Union. July 13, 2020. Archived from the original on July 13, 2020.
- "Communication No. 2345: Decisions of the Council". International Skating Union. August 28, 2020.
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- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024 Pairs". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2024/2025 Pairs". results.isu.org. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2017/2018: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2018/2019: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2019/2020: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. December 12, 2019.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2021/2022: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. March 29, 2022.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024 Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2024/2025 Ice Dance". results.isu.org. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
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