2014–15 ISU Challenger Series

The 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2014. It was the inaugural season of the ISU Challenger Series: a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions.

2014–15 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 10 – December 7, 2014
Season:2014–15
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Competitions

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This season, the series included the following events. The 2014 Triglav Trophy was originally scheduled for November 6–9, 2014,[1] but it was removed from the calendar as a Challenger Series event.

Date Event Location Results
September 10–14   2014 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details
September 18–21   2014 Lombardia Trophy Sesto San Giovanni, Italy Details
September 25–27   2014 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
October 2–5   2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Details
October 9–12   2014 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 15–18   2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic Barrie, Ontario, Canada Details
November 5–9   2014 Volvo Open Cup Riga, Latvia Details
November 6–9   2014 Triglav Trophy No longer a Challenger Series event
November 11–16   2014 Ice Challenge Graz, Austria Details
November 21–24   2014 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
December 4–7   2014 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
  U.S. International Classic   Max Aaron   Ross Miner   Daisuke Murakami Details
  Lombardia Trophy   Richard Dornbush   Takahito Mura   Adian Pitkeev Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Jason Brown   Michal Březina   Konstantin Menshov Details
  Ondrej Nepela Trophy   Stephen Carriere   Kim Jin-seo   Gordei Gorshkov Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Sergei Voronov   Adam Rippon   Alexander Petrov Details
  Skate Canada Autumn Classic   Ross Miner   Nam Nguyen   Jeremy Ten Details
  Volvo Open Cup   Alexander Petrov   Gordei Gorshkov   Artur Dmitriev Jr. Details
  Ice Challenge   Douglas Razzano   Alexander Samarin   Martin Rappe Details
  Warsaw Cup   Alexander Petrov   Michael Christian Martinez   Matteo Rizzo Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Denis Ten   Michal Březina   Konstantin Menshov Details

Ladies' singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  U.S. International Classic   Polina Edmunds   Courtney Hicks   Riona Kato Details
  Lombardia Trophy   Satoko Miyahara   Hannah Miller   Angela Wang Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Alena Leonova   Gracie Gold Details
  Ondrej Nepela Trophy   Roberta Rodeghiero   Joshi Helgesson   Ashley Cain Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Samantha Cesario   Rika Hongo Details
  Skate Canada Autumn Classic   Gabrielle Daleman   Angela Wang   Julianne Séguin Details
  Volvo Open Cup   Angelīna Kučvaļska   Lutricia Bock   Jenni Saarinen Details
  Ice Challenge   Hannah Miller   Isabelle Olsson   Ivett Tóth Details
  Warsaw Cup   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Anastasia Galustyan   Aleksandra Golovkina Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Kiira Korpi   Maria Artemieva   Nicole Rajičová Details

Pairs

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  U.S. International Classic   Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim   Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu   Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage Details
  Lombardia Trophy   Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier   Bianca Manacorda / Niccolo Macii   Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Details
  Skate Canada Autumn Classic   Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford   Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier   Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Details
  Volvo Open Cup   Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov   Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev   Maria Paliakova / Nikita Bochkov Details
  Ice Challenge   Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin   Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer   Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Details
  Warsaw Cup   Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch   Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin   Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov   Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek   Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Details

Ice dance

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  U.S. International Classic   Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton   Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams   Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Madison Chock / Evan Bates   Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Details
  Ondrej Nepela Trophy   Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi   Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Details
  Skate Canada Autumn Classic   Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Details
  Volvo Open Cup   Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley   Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev   Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov Details
  Ice Challenge   Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani   Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin Details
  Warsaw Cup   Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley   Alexandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin   Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Sara Hurtado / Adrián Díaz Details

Medal standings

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)149932
2  Russia (RUS)117725
3  Canada (CAN)4329
4  Slovakia (SVK)2024
5  Italy (ITA)1427
6  Japan (JPN)1135
7  Finland (FIN)1012
8  France (FRA)1001
  Kazakhstan (KAZ)1001
  Latvia (LAT)1001
11  Germany (GER)0235
12  Czech Republic (CZE)0202
  Sweden (SWE)0202
14  Austria (AUT)0112
  Belarus (BLR)0112
  Denmark (DEN)0112
  South Korea (KOR)0112
18  Armenia (ARM)0101
  Philippines (PHI)0101
  Ukraine (UKR)0101
21  China (CHN)0011
  Hungary (HUN)0011
  Lithuania (LTU)0011
  Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (24 entries)373737111

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.[2]

Men's singles

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No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[3]
1 Michal Březina   Czech Republic Nebelhorn Trophy 228.48 Golden Spin of Zagreb 239.62 468.10
2 Alexander Petrov   Russia Volvo Open Cup 218.78 Warsaw Cup 231.53 450.31
3 Konstantin Menshov Nebelhorn Trophy 211.03 Golden Spin of Zagreb 229.51 440.54
4 Ross Miner   United States U.S. International Classic 209.78 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 227.26 437.04
5 Sergei Voronov   Russia Nebelhorn Trophy 210.05 Finlandia Trophy 221.11 431.16

Ladies' singles

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No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[4]
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia Finlandia Trophy 193.31 Warsaw Cup 196.66 389.97
2 Alena Leonova Nebelhorn Trophy 186.71 Ice Challenge 148.29 335.00
3 Hannah Miller   United States Lombardia Trophy 170.26 156.39 326.65
4 Angela Wang 160.25 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 163.68 323.93
5 Maria Artemieva   Russia Finlandia Trophy 140.38 Golden Spin of Zagreb 166.48 306.86

Pairs

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No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[5]
1 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim   United States U.S. International Classic 163.24 Nebelhorn Trophy 166.10 329.34
2 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Lombardia Trophy 157.80 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 167.28 325.08
3 Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu U.S. International Classic 156.18 156.46 312.64
4 Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps   Canada Lombardia Trophy 157.06 145.00 302.06
5 Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage   United States U.S. International Classic 138.52 Lombardia Trophy 143.85 282.37

Ice dance

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No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[6]
1 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani   United States Ondrej Nepela Trophy 162.98 Ice Challenge 166.34 329.32
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 143.94 Golden Spin of Zagreb 166.46 310.40
3 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi   Germany Nebelhorn Trophy 147.10 Finlandia Trophy 139.98 287.08
4 Alexandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin   Ukraine Warsaw Cup 136.90 Golden Spin of Zagreb 148.48 285.38
5 Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley   Slovakia Volvo Open Cup 140.84 Warsaw Cup 143.36 284.20

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 Denis Ten   Kazakhstan 249.94 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
2 Max Aaron   United States 240.22 2014 U.S. International Classic
3 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 239.62 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Richard Dornbush   United States 237.28 2014 Lombardia Trophy
5 Jason Brown 237.17 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Takahito Mura   Japan 235.79 2014 Lombardia Trophy
7 Alexander Petrov   Russia 231.53 2014 Warsaw Cup
8 Konstantin Menshov 229.51 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Ross Miner   United States 227.26 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic
10 Nam Nguyen   Canada 225.63

Ladies' singles

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Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia 196.66 2014 Warsaw Cup
2 Alena Leonova 186.71 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 183.90 2014 Lombardia Trophy
4 Gracie Gold   United States 182.31 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Polina Edmunds 176.35 2014 U.S. International Classic
6 Courtney Hicks 174.14
7 Hannah Miller 170.26 2014 Lombardia Trophy
8 Kiira Korpi   Finland 167.81 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Maria Artemieva   Russia 166.48
10 Gabrielle Daleman   Canada 165.59 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic

Pairs

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Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford   Canada 203.16 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic
2 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Russia 195.89 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov 184.24 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 178.98 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier   United States 167.28 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic
6 Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotarek   Italy 167.18 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim   United States 166.10 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres   France 164.15
9 Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea   United States 161.72 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin   Russia 157.80 2014 Ice Challenge

Ice dance

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Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue   United States 166.74 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
2 Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 166.46
3 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani   United States 166.34 2014 Ice Challenge
4 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje   Canada 165.32 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Madison Chock / Evan Bates   United States 163.73
6 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Russia 152.82 2015 Finlandia Trophy
7 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   France 150.20 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic
8 Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz   Spain 150.00 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin   Ukraine 148.48
10 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi   Germany 147.10 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy

References

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  1. ^ "Communication No. 1894: Revision of minimum entry criteria to qualify as Challenger Series event" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  2. ^ "Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  3. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Men". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ladies". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  6. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
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