2019–20 ISU Challenger Series

2019–20 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 12 – December 7, 2019
Season:2019–20
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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.

Competitions

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 Canada 2019 Autumn Classic International Oakville, Ontario, Canada No pairs Details
September 13–15 Italy 2019 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy No pairs Details
September 17–22 United States 2019 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details
September 19–21 Slovakia 2019 Nepela Memorial Bratislava, Slovakia No pairs Details
September 25–28 Germany 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
October 11–13 Finland 2019 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 18–20 Belarus 2019 Ice Star Minsk, Belarus No pairs Details
October 30 – November 3 Chinese Taipei 2019 Asian Open Classic Cancelled
China 2019 Asian Open Trophy Dongguan, China No pairs Details
November 14–17 Poland 2019 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
December 4–7 Croatia 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details

Medal summary

Men's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Canada Autumn Classic International Japan Yuzuru Hanyu France Kévin Aymoz Canada Keegan Messing Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy China Jin Boyang Russia Dmitri Aliev Italy Matteo Rizzo Details
United States U.S. International Classic Japan Keiji Tanaka Japan Sōta Yamamoto United States Vincent Zhou Details
Slovakia Nepela Memorial Russia Dmitri Aliev Italy Matteo Rizzo Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Russia Makar Ignatov Japan Koshiro Shimada Israel Alexei Bychenko Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Japan Shoma Uno Japan Sōta Yamamoto Canada Roman Sadovsky Details
Belarus Ice Star Italy Daniel Grassl Russia Artem Kovalev France Adam Siao Him Fa Details
China Asian Open Trophy Italy Daniel Grassl United States Andrew Torgashev United States Ryan Dunk Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Russia Andrei Mozalev Russia Petr Gumennik South Korea Lee June-hyoung Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Jason Brown Georgia (country) Morisi Kvitelashvili Russia Makar Ignatov Details

Ladies' singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Canada Autumn Classic International Japan Rika Kihira Russia Evgenia Medvedeva South Korea Lim Eun-soo Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy Russia Anna Shcherbakova Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva South Korea You Young Details
United States U.S. International Classic Japan Satoko Miyahara South Korea You Young United States Amber Glenn Details
Slovakia Nepela Memorial Russia Alexandra Trusova Japan Kaori Sakamoto South Korea Kim Ha-nul Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy United States Mariah Bell South Korea Kim Ye-lim Germany Nicole Schott Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Russia Alena Kostornaia Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Japan Yuhana Yokoi Details
Belarus Ice Star Russia Sofia Samodurova South Korea Kim Ha-nul Azerbaijan Ekaterina Ryabova Details
China Asian Open Trophy South Korea Lim Eun-soo South Korea Kim Ha-nul United States Gabriella Izzo Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Poland Ekaterina Kurakova United States Bradie Tennell Russia Elizaveta Nugumanova Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Belarus Viktoriia Safonova Germany Nicole Schott Details

Pairs

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic United States Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov China Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro United States Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim North Korea Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Russia Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Russia Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Canada Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau Details
Poland Warsaw Cup United States Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Russia Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov Canada Justine Brasseur / Mark Bardei Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc United States Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Details

Ice dance

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Canada Autumn Classic International Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson France Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Canada Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Ukraine Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Details
United States U.S. International Classic United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Canada Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Details
Slovakia Nepela Memorial Russia Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Spain Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin United States Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Canada Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen United States Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates China Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Russia Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Details
Belarus Ice Star Spain Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin Poland Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Ukraine Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Details
China Asian Open Trophy United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Russia Ksenia Konkina / Pavel Drozd Georgia (country) Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya Details
Poland Warsaw Cup France Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Russia Ksenia Konkina / Pavel Drozd United States Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Russia Annabelle Morozov / Andrei Bagin United States Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Details

Medal standings

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia1012325
2 United States86822
3 Japan54110
4 Italy4116
5 Canada3159
6 South Korea1449
7 France1124
8 China1113
9 Poland1102
 Spain1102
11 Georgia0112
12 Belarus0101
 Great Britain0101
14 Germany0033
15 Ukraine0022
16 Azerbaijan0011
 Israel0011
 Latvia0011
 North Korea0011
Totals (19 entries)353535105

Challenger Series rankings

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

Men’s singles

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

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

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

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

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
For the season's highest scores, see 2019–20 figure skating season § Season's best scores.

Men's singles

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
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
Top 10 best scores in the men's short program
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
Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating
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

Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total
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
Top 10 best scores in the ladies' short program
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
Top 10 best scores in the ladies' free skating
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

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
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
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program
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
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' free skating
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

Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
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
Top 10 best scores in the rhythm dance
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
Top 10 best scores in the free dance
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

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