The 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2015. It was the second season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.
| 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Challenger Series |
| Date: | September 16 – December 5, 2015 |
| Season: | 2015–16 |
| Previous: 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series | |
| Next: 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series | |
Competitions
editThis season, the series included the following events.[1]
| Date | Event | Location | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 16–20 |  2015 U.S. International Classic
|
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | Details |
| September 24–26 |  2015 Nebelhorn Trophy
|
Oberstdorf, Germany | Details |
| October 1–3 |  2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
|
Bratislava, Slovakia | Details |
| October 8–11 |  2015 Finlandia Trophy
|
Espoo, Finland | Details |
| October 15–18 |  2015 Mordovian Ornament
|
Saransk, Russia | Details |
| October 20–25 |  2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup
|
Sofia, Bulgaria | Details |
| October 27 – November 1 |  2015 Ice Challenge
|
Graz, Austria | Details |
| November 18–22 |  2015 Tallinn Trophy
|
Tallinn, Estonia | Details |
| November 26–29 |  2015 Warsaw Cup
|
Warsaw, Poland | Details |
| December 2–5 |  2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb
|
Zagreb, Croatia | Details |
Medal summary
editMen's singles
edit
Ladies' singles
editPairs
editIce dance
editMedal standings
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 14 | 12 | 11 | 37 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 |  Canada (CAN) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 |  Israel (ISR) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 |  Japan (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 |  Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 22 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 | |
Challenger Series rankings
editThe ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.[2]
Men's singles
edit| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Brown | United States
|
Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 239.37 | Ice Challenge | 240.65 | 480.02 |
| 2 | Max Aaron | Nebelhorn Trophy | 222.94 | Tallinn Trophy | 252.16 | 475.10 | |
| 3 | Mikhail Kolyada | Russia
|
Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 229.59 | Ice Challenge | 239.77 | 469.36 |
| 4 | Adam Rippon | United States
|
Finlandia Trophy | 224.18 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 237.87 | 462.05 |
| 5 | Daniel Samohin | Israel
|
U.S. International Classic | 223.67 | Mordovian Ornament | 235.14 | 458.81 |
Ladies' singles
edit| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia
|
Warsaw Cup | 192.93 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 201.33 | 394.26 |
| 2 | Anna Pogorilaya | Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 178.38 | Mordovian Ornament | 214.07 | 392.45 | |
| 3 | Adelina Sotnikova | Mordovian Ornament | 203.89 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 159.80 | 363.69 | |
| 4 | Elizabet Tursynbayeva | Kazakhstan
|
U.S. International Classic | 177.91 | 176.33 | 354.24 | |
| 5 | Maria Artemieva | Russia
|
Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 177.21 | Mordovian Ornament | 173.87 | 351.08 |
Pairs
edit| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Germany
|
Tallinn Trophy | 214.42 | Warsaw Cup | 209.60 | 424.02 |
| 2 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia
|
Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 184.28 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 192.22 | 376.50 |
| 3 | Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert | Mordovian Ornament | 196.22 | 173.62 | 369.84 | ||
| 4 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 185.00 | 183.88 | 368.88 | ||
| 5 | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | United States
|
Nebelhorn Trophy | 179.56 | Ice Challenge | 189.28 | 368.84 |
Ice dance
edit| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy
|
Warsaw Cup | 169.72 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 172.28 | 342.00 |
| 2 | Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko | Israel
|
Mordovian Ornament | 160.98 | Tallinn Trophy | 160.84 | 321.82 |
| 3 | Natalia Kaliszek / Maxim Spodirev | Poland
|
150.60 | Warsaw Cup | 147.52 | 298.12 | |
| 4 | Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar | Turkey
|
145.34 | Denkova-Staviski Cup | 151.74 | 297.08 | |
| 5 | Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev | Belarus
|
142.86 | 148.08 | 290.94 |
Top scores
editMen's singles
edit| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denis Ten | Kazakhstan
|
276.39 | 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 2 | Max Aaron | United States
|
252.16 | 2015 Tallinn Trophy |
| 3 | Artur Dmitriev | Russia
|
247.57 | 2015 Ice Challenge |
| 4 | Elladj Baldé | Canada
|
242.36 | 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 5 | Jason Brown | United States
|
240.65 | 2015 Ice Challenge |
| 6 | Mikhail Kolyada | Russia
|
239.77 | |
| 7 | Adam Rippon | United States
|
237.87 | 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 8 | Maxim Kovtun | Russia
|
236.38 | 2015 Mordovian Ornament |
| 9 | Daniel Samohin | Israel
|
235.14 | |
| 10 | Jorik Hendrickx |  Belgium
|
233.47 | 2015 Ice Challenge |
Ladies' singles
edit| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Pogorilaya | Russia
|
214.07 | 2015 Mordovian Ornament |
| 2 | Adelina Sotnikova | 203.89 | ||
| 3 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | 201.33 | 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb | |
| 4 | Rika Hongo | Japan
|
187.45 | 2015 Finlandia Trophy |
| 5 | Maria Sotskova | Russia
|
186.30 | 2015 Tallinn Trophy |
| 6 | Evgenia Medvedeva | 183.94 | 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy | |
| 7 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan
|
183.64 | 2015 U.S. International Classic |
| 8 | Kaetlyn Osmond | Canada
|
179.41 | 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 9 | Elizabet Tursynbayeva | Kazakhstan
|
177.91 | 2015 U.S. International Classic |
| 10 | Maria Artemieva | Russia
|
177.21 | 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy |
Pairs
edit| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Germany
|
214.42 | 2015 Tallinn Trophy |
| 2 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Russia
|
214.05 | 2015 Mordovian Ornament |
| 3 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | 202.79 | 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy | |
| 4 | Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert | 196.22 | 2015 Mordovian Ornament | |
| 5 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | 192.22 | 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb | |
| 6 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy
|
191.98 | 2015 Warsaw Cup |
| 7 | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Russia
|
190.28 | 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy |
| 8 | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | United States
|
189.28 | 2015 Ice Challenge |
| 9 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Russia
|
185.00 | 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy |
| 10 | Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert | Germany
|
177.04 | 2015 Tallinn Trophy |
Ice dance
edit| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin | Russia
|
176.70 | 2015 Mordovian Ornament |
| 2 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy
|
172.28 | 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 3 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States
|
169.50 | 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 4 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada
|
161.67 | 2015 Finlandia Trophy |
| 5 | Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko | Israel
|
160.98 | 2015 Mordovian Ornament |
| 6 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada
|
159.14 | 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy |
| 7 | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | Great Britain
|
156.22 | |
| 8 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States
|
154.34 | |
| 9 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | 153.62 | 2015 U.S. International Classic | |
| 10 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | 153.06 | 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
References
edit- ^ "Communication No. 1933 Decisions of the ISU Council" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03.
- ^ "Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Men". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Ladies". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Pairs". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Ice dance". International Skating Union.