2021–22 ISU Challenger Series

The 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2021. It was the eighth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.

2021–22 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 10 – December 11, 2021
Season:2021–22
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Competitions

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

The 2021 Asian Open Trophy, which was held on October 13–17 in Beijing, China, was intended to be a Challenger Series event. However, as only the men's and women's singles events featured international participants and the total number of ISU member nations represented at the event totaled nine, it did not meet the necessary criteria to qualify for Challenger Series status.

Date Event Location Notes Results
September 10–12   2021 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy No pairs Details
September 16–18   2021 Autumn Classic International Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada Men's singles competition did not qualify as a Challenger Series event Details
September 22–25   2021 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Olympic qualifying event[2][3] Details
September 30 – October 2   2021 Nepela Memorial Cancelled
October 7–10   2021 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 28–31   2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan No pairs Details
November 11–14   2021 Cup of Austria Graz, Austria No pairs Details
November 18–21   2021 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
December 8–11   2021 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, 2021.

Medal summary

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Men's singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  Lombardia Trophy   Daniel Grassl   Adam Siao Him Fa   Morisi Kvitelashvili Details
  Autumn Classic International Competition did not qualify as a Challenger Series event
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Vincent Zhou   Adam Siao Him Fa   Mark Kondratiuk Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Jason Brown   Mikhail Kolyada   Dmitri Aliev Details
  Denis Ten Memorial Challenge   Petr Gumennik   Mark Kondratiuk   Andrei Mozalev Details
  Cup of Austria   Nika Egadze   Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda   Ilia Malinin Details
  Warsaw Cup   Sōta Yamamoto   Daniel Grassl   Petr Gumennik Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Keegan Messing   Andrei Mozalev   Jimmy Ma Details

Women's singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  Lombardia Trophy   Alysa Liu   Ekaterina Kurakova   Audrey Shin Details
  Autumn Classic International   Marilena Kitromilis   You Young   Ji Seo-yeon Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Alysa Liu   Ekaterina Kurakova   Viktoriia Safonova Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Kamila Valieva   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Alena Kostornaia Details
  Denis Ten Memorial Challenge   Viktoriia Safonova   Ekaterina Ryabova   Anastasiia Shabotova Details
  Cup of Austria   Wakaba Higuchi   Park Yeon-jeong   Niina Petrõkina Details
  Warsaw Cup   Maiia Khromykh   Niina Petrõkina   Ekaterina Kurakova Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Anastasiia Gubanova   Amber Glenn   Niina Petrõkina Details

Pairs

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  Autumn Classic International   Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara   Vanessa James / Eric Radford   Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert   Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron   Karina Safina / Luka Berulava Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Details
  Warsaw Cup   Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson   Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov   Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman   Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev Details

Ice dance

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
  Lombardia Trophy   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin Details
  Autumn Classic International   Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz   Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Details
  Nebelhorn Trophy   Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis   Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck   Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya Details
  Finlandia Trophy   Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   Madison Chock / Evan Bates   Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Details
  Denis Ten Memorial Challenge   Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin   Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin   Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin Details
  Cup of Austria   Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz Details
  Warsaw Cup   Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin   Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi   Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Details
  Golden Spin of Zagreb   Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius   Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy Details

Medal standings

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia75921
2  United States63716
3  Japan3205
4  Italy3104
5  Canada2305
6  Georgia2136
7  France1203
8  Germany1102
9  Belarus1012
10  Cyprus1001
  Finland1001
12  Spain0224
13  Poland0213
  South Korea0213
15  Estonia0123
16  Ukraine0112
17  Azerbaijan0101
  Lithuania0101
19  Great Britain0011
Totals (19 entries)28282884

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 15, 2021.[4]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Petr Gumennik   Russia Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 263.14 Warsaw Cup 242.91 506.05
2 Keegan Messing   Canada Finlandia Trophy 242.58 Golden Spin of Zagreb 255.07 497.65
3 Mark Kondratiuk   Russia Nebelhorn Trophy 241.06 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 250.08 491.14
4 Daniel Grassl   Italy Lombardia Trophy 247.80 Warsaw Cup 242.96 490.76
5 Andrei Mozalev   Russia Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 234.05 Golden Spin of Zagreb 252.15 486.20

Women’s singles

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As of December 15, 2021.[5]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Alysa Liu   United States Lombardia Trophy 219.24 Nebelhorn Trophy 207.40 426.64
2 Anastasiia Gubanova   Georgia Finlandia Trophy 203.91 Golden Spin of Zagreb 184.29 388.20
3 Ekaterina Kurakova   Poland Nebelhorn Trophy 193.58 Warsaw Cup 187.80 381.38
4 Viktoriia Safonova   Belarus 190.29 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 190.06 380.35
5 Karen Chen   United States Autumn Classic International 173.00 Finlandia Trophy 202.49 375.49

Pairs

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As of December 15, 2021.[6]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Russia Finlandia Trophy 213.72 Warsaw Cup 228.49 442.21
2 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson   United States 191.89 196.85 388.74
3 Vanessa James / Eric Radford   Canada 190.58 Golden Spin of Zagreb 187.57 378.15
4 Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman   Georgia Warsaw Cup 184.24 189.60 373.84
5 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert   Germany Nebelhorn Trophy 185.25 Finlandia Trophy 188.37 373.62

Ice dance

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As of December 15, 2021.[7]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy Lombardia Trophy 205.36 Cup of Austria 208.88 414.24
2 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin   Russia Cup of Austria 184.62 Warsaw Cup 199.90 384.52
3 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz   Spain Autumn Classic International 191.31 Cup of Austria 189.88 381.19
4 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Canada Lombardia Trophy 185.26 194.67 379.93
5 Caroline Green / Michael Parsons   United States Autumn Classic International 188.43 Warsaw Cup 187.84 376.27

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 Vincent Zhou   United States 284.23 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Petr Gumennik   Russia 263.14 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
3 Jason Brown   United States 262.52 2021 Finlandia Trophy
4 Mikhail Kolyada   Russia 256.98
5 Keegan Messing   Canada 255.07 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Andrei Mozalev   Russia 252.15
7 Jimmy Ma   United States 250.97
8 Mark Kondratiuk   Russia 250.08 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
9 Deniss Vasiļjevs   Latvia 250.07 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Dmitri Aliev   Russia 249.25 2021 Finlandia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the men's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Vincent Zhou   United States 97.35 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Jason Brown 92.39 2021 Finlandia Trophy
Keegan Messing   Canada 92.39
4 Petr Gumennik   Russia 91.84 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
5 Sōta Yamamoto   Japan 91.75 2021 Warsaw Cup
6 Koshiro Shimada 90.55
7 Adam Siao Him Fa   France 89.23 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Brendan Kerry   Australia 85.89
9 Mark Kondratiuk   Russia 84.79 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
10 Deniss Vasiļjevs   Latvia 84.46 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Vincent Zhou   United States 186.88 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Matteo Rizzo   Italy 176.18 2021 Finlandia Trophy
3 Mikhail Kolyada   Russia 174.23
4 Daniel Grassl   Italy 173.54 2021 Lombardia Trophy
5 Evgeni Semenenko   Russia 172.60 2021 Finlandia Trophy
6 Andrei Mozalev 171.44 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Petr Gumennik 171.30 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
8 Dmitri Aliev 170.97 2021 Finlandia Trophy
9 Jason Brown   United States 170.13
Jimmy Ma 170.13 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb

Women's singles

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Top 10 best scores in the women's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kamila Valieva   Russia 249.24 2021 Finlandia Trophy
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 233.30
3 Alysa Liu   United States 219.24 2021 Lombardia Trophy
4 Alena Kostornaia   Russia 218.83 2021 Finlandia Trophy
5 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 212.07
6 Anastasiia Gubanova   Georgia 203.91
7 Karen Chen   United States 202.49
8 Eva-Lotta Kiibus   Estonia 202.04 2021 Finlandia Trophy
9 Maiia Khromykh   Russia 194.02 2021 Warsaw Cup
10 Ekaterina Kurakova   Poland 193.58 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the women's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia 81.53 2021 Finlandia Trophy
2 Wakaba Higuchi   Japan 79.73 2021 Cup of Austria
3 Alena Kostornaia   Russia 78.61 2021 Finlandia Trophy
4 Kamila Valieva 74.93
5 Alysa Liu   United States 74.31 2021 Lombardia Trophy
6 Anastasiia Gubanova   Georgia 69.50 2021 Finlandia Trophy
7 Maiia Khromykh   Russia 69.24 2021 Warsaw Cup
8 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 68.82 2021 Finlandia Trophy
9 Jenni Saarinen   Finland 68.71 2021 Warsaw Cup
10 Karen Chen   United States 67.50 2021 Finlandia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the women's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kamila Valieva   Russia 174.31 2021 Finlandia Trophy
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 151.77
3 Alysa Liu   United States 144.93 2021 Lombardia Trophy
4 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 143.25 2021 Finlandia Trophy
5 Alena Kostornaia   Russia 140.22
6 Eva-Lotta Kiibus   Estonia 137.51
7 Karen Chen   United States 134.99
8 Anastasiia Gubanova   Georgia 134.41
9 Ekaterina Kurakova   Poland 132.54 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Viktoriia Safonova   Belarus 128.27

Pairs

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Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Russia 228.49 2021 Warsaw Cup
2 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov 227.13 2021 Finlandia Trophy
3 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara   Japan 204.06 2021 Autumn Classic International
4 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson   United States 196.85 2021 Warsaw Cup
5 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov 195.32 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc 193.00 2021 Finlandia Trophy
7 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko   Russia 192.94 2021 Warsaw Cup
8 Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov 190.93
9 Vanessa James / Eric Radford   Canada 190.58 2021 Finlandia Trophy
10 Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron   Spain 189.99
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov   Russia 79.76 2021 Warsaw Cup
2 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov 73.76 2021 Finlandia Trophy
3 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara   Japan 72.32 2021 Autumn Classic
4 Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov   Russia 69.42 2021 Warsaw Cup
5 Vanessa James / Eric Radford   Canada 68.29 2021 Autumn Classic
6 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko   Russia 67.53 2021 Warsaw Cup
7 Karina Safina / Luka Berulava   Georgia 66.95 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier   United States 66.44
9 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov 66.41
10 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert   Germany 66.26 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' free skating
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov   Russia 153.37 2021 Finlandia Trophy
2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 148.73 2021 Warsaw Cup
3 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson   United States 135.16
4 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara   Japan 131.74 2021 Autumn Classic International
5 Vanessa James / Eric Radford   Canada 130.83 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov   United States 128.91
7 Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev   Russia 128.11
8 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc   United States 128.02 2021 Finlandia Trophy
9 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko   Russia 125.41 2021 Warsaw Cup
10 Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron   Spain 124.66 2021 Finlandia Trophy

Ice dance

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Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   France 217.54 2021 Finlandia Trophy
2 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Canada 208.97 2021 Autumn Classic International
3 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 208.88 2021 Cup of Austria
4 Madison Chock / Evan Bates   United States 208.31 2021 Finlandia Trophy
5 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin   Russia 199.90 2021 Warsaw Cup
6 Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin 195.06 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
7 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Canada 194.67 2021 Cup of Austria
8 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   United States 191.32 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz   Spain 191.31 2021 Autumn Classic International
10 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 190.39 2021 Finlandia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the rhythm dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   France 85.58 2021 Finlandia Trophy
2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates   United States 83.72
3 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Canada 83.35 2021 Autumn Classic International
4 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 82.78 2021 Cup of Austria
5 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin   Russia 81.30 2021 Warsaw Cup
6 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz   Spain 78.53 2021 Cup of Austria
7 Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin   Russia 78.39 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
8 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Canada 77.38 2021 Cup of Austria
9 Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin   Russia 77.08 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
10 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi   Japan 75.87 2021 Warsaw Cup
Top 10 best scores in the free dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   France 131.96 2021 Finlandia Trophy
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 126.10 2021 Cup of Austria
3 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier   Canada 125.62 2021 Autumn Classic International
4 Madison Chock / Evan Bates   United States 124.59 2021 Finlandia Trophy
5 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin   Russia 118.60 2021 Warsaw Cup
6 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen   Canada 117.29 2021 Cup of Austria
7 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   United States 116.72 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin   Russia 116.67 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
9 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz   Spain 116.11 2021 Autumn Classic International
10 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 115.61 2021 Finlandia Trophy

References

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  1. ^ "Communication No. 2390: Decisions of the Council". International Skating Union. April 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "Communication No. 2388: Entries/Participation 2022 Olympic Winter Games (OWG) – Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance". International Skating Union. April 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "Communication No. 2367: Decisions of the Council". International Skating Union. January 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2021/2022: Men". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2021/2022: Women". International Skating Union.
  6. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2021/2022: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  7. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2021/2022: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
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