International Challenge Cup

The International Challenge Cup (formerly known as the Ennia Challenge Cup and the Aegon Cup)[1] is an annual figure skating competition generally held in the Netherlands during the last week in February. Although the competition had been held for years in The Hague, a three-year contract was signed in 2022 with the city of Tilburg to host the competition at the IJssportcentrum Tilburg.

International Challenge Cup
Location: Netherlands

Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels.

History

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In the 1970s and 1980s, the competition was titled the Ennia Challenge Cup and held in November.[2][3] The event was later renamed as the Aegon Challenge Cup after its title sponsor, Aegon N.V.[1]

Since 2017, the Dutch Figure Skating Championships have been combined with the Challenge Cup.

Senior results

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Men's singles

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1977–78   David Santee   Fumio Igarashi   Daniel Béland [1]
1978–79   Scott Cramer   Jean-Christophe Simond   Dennis Coi
1979–80   Robin Cousins   Gordon Forbes   Robert Wagenhoffer
1980–81   Jean-Christophe Simond   Mark Cockerell   Daniel Béland
1981–82   Rudi Cerne   James Santee   Dennis Coi
1982–83   Brian Boitano   Norbert Schramm   Jozef Sabovčík
1983–84   Brian Orser   Takashi Mura   Rudi Cerne
1984–85   Petr Barna   Viktor Petrenko   Christopher Bowman
2008   Kristoffer Berntsson   Samuel Contesti   Clemens Brummer [4]
2009   Samuel Contesti   Kevin van der Perren   Jamal Othman [5]
2012   Brian Joubert   Jeremy Abbott   Samuel Contesti [6]
2013   Brian Joubert   Alexander Johnson   Chafik Besseghier [7]
2014   Takahito Mura   Douglas Razzano   Chafik Besseghier [8]
2015   Ivan Righini   Javier Raya   Ryuju Hino [9]
2017   Jorik Hendrickx   Jordan Moeller   Morisi Kvitelashvili [10]
2018   Adrien Tesson   Daniel Grassl   Valtter Virtanen [11]
2019   Sōta Yamamoto   Yuma Kagiyama   Lukas Britschgi [12]
2020   Shoma Uno   Keiji Tanaka   Adrien Tesson [13]
2021   Mikhail Kolyada   Romain Ponsart   Adam Siao Him Fa [14]
2022   Ilia Malinin   Mihhail Selevko   Sōta Yamamoto [15]
2023   Shun Sato   Sōta Yamamoto   Matteo Rizzo [16]
2024   Mikhail Shaidorov   Tatsuya Tsuboi   Kazuki Tomono [17]

Women's singles

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1977–78   Emi Watanabe   Susan Broman   Kristiina Wegelius [1]
1978–79   Denise Biellmann   Renata Baierová   Natalia Strelkova
1979–80   Renata Baierová   Elaine Zayak   Heather Kemkaran
1980–81   Jackie Farrell   Katarina Witt   Megumi Yanagihara
1981–82   Katarina Witt   Elaine Zayak   Diane Ogibowski
1982–83   Vikki de Vries   Claudia Leistner   Anna Antonova
1983–84   Katarina Witt   Midori Ito   Sachie Yuki
1984–85   Constanze Gensel   Yukari Yoshimori   Yvonne Gómez
2007   Karen Venhuizen   Kathrin Freudelsperger   Viviane Käser [18]
2008   Akiko Suzuki   Tuğba Karademir   Becky Bereswill [4]
2009   Viktoria Helgesson   Joshi Helgesson   Constanze Paulinus [5]
2012   Carolina Kostner   Valentina Marchei   Alissa Czisny [6]
2013   Carolina Kostner   Maé-Bérénice Méité   Kerstin Frank [7]
2014   Isabelle Olsson   Haruka Imai   Anna Ovcharova [8]
2015   Kanako Murakami   Joshi Helgesson   Niki Wories [9]
2017   Loena Hendrickx   Caroline Zhang   Larkyn Austman [10]
2018   Wakaba Higuchi   Rika Hongo   Marin Honda [11]
2019   Rika Kihira   Starr Andrews   Wakaba Higuchi [12]
2020   Rika Kihira   Yuhana Yokoi   Madeline Schizas [13]
2021   Loena Hendrickx   Emmy Ma   Emilea Zingas [14]
2022   Rino Matsuike   Lindsay Thorngren   Júlia Láng [15]
2023   Kaori Sakamoto   Mai Mihara   Mana Kawabe [16]
2024   Kaori Sakamoto   Yuna Aoki   Lorine Schild [17]

Pairs

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1977–78
[1]
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
2013 [7]
2014
[8]
2015 [9]
2017 No other competitors [10]
2018
[11]
2019 [12]
2020 [13]
2021 [14]
2022 [15]
2023 [16]
2024 [17]

Ice dance

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1977–78 [1]
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
2020 No other competitors [13]
2021 [14]
2022 [15]
2023 [16]
2024 [17]

Junior results

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Men's singles

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2008   Andrew Gonzales Jr.   Daniel O'Shea   Yukihiro Yoshida [4]
2009   Daisuke Murakami   Joshua Farris   Jorik Hendrickx [5]
2012   Peter James Hallam   Osman Akgun   Charlie Parry-Evans [6]
2014   Sei Kawahara   Kazuki Tomono   Panagiotis Polizoakis [8]
2015   Tomoki Hiwatashi   Juho Pirinen   Héctor Alonso [9]
2017   Nurullah Sahaka   Aleix Gabara Xanco   Thomas Junski [10]
2018   Taichiro Yamakuma   Yuto Kishina   Kai Jagoda [11]
2019   Shun Sato   Daniel Sapozhnikov   Tim England [12]
2020   Nozomu Yoshioka   Denis Gurdzhi   Edward Appleby [13]
2022   Shunsuke Nakamura   Naoki Rossi   Taira Shinohara [15]
2023   Haruya Sasaki   Haru Kakiuchi   Georgii Pavlov [16]
2024   Hugo Bostedt   Robert Wildt   Nikolay di Tria [17]

Women's results

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2007   Rachael Flatt   Alexe Gilles   Chrissy Hughes [18]
2008   Brittney Rizo   Shoko Ishikawa   Amanda Dobbs [4]
2009   Kanako Murakami   Ellie Kawamura   Isabelle Olsson [5]
2012   Leah Keiser   Gabrielle Daleman   Giada Russo [6]
2014   Kaori Sakamoto   Elena Taylor   Emmi Peltonen [8]
2015   Rebecca Peng   Kyarha van Tiel   Loena Hendrickx [9]
2017   Emmy Ma   Olivia Gran   Smilla Szalkai [10]
2018   Nana Araki   Yuhana Yokoi   Stefanie Pesendorfer [11]
2019   Yuhana Yokoi   Maria Aimeé Renne   Selma Välitalo [12]
2020   Mone Chiba   Ginevra Lavinia Negrello   Shiika Yoshioka [13]
2022   Mone Chiba   Ayumi Shibayama   Anna Pezzetta [15]
2023   Ayumi Shibayama   Ikura Kushida   Yurina Okuno [16]
2024   Alexandra Odman   Julia Grabowski   Danielle Verbinnen [17]

Pairs

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2012
[6]
2014
  • Jessica Lee
  • Robert Hennings
  • Marin Ono
[8]
2015
  • Gabriella Marvaldi
[9]
2019 No other competitors [12]
2023 [16]
2024 No other competitors [17]

Ice dance

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2008
  • Kaylin Patitucci
  • Karl Edelman
[4]
2023 [16]
2024 [17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Results Book, Volume 1: 1896–1973" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Ennia Challenge Cup". Pairs on Ice. Archived from the original on 23 May 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Cleary, Martin (21 November 1979). "The Dream Is Over. It's Back To Work For Figure Skater Gordon Forbes". Ottawa Citizen. Google News.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Challenge Cup 2008". Figure Skating Corner.
  5. ^ a b c d "Challenge Cup 2009". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. 8 March 2009. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ a b c d e "Challenge Cup 2012". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. 11 March 2012. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ a b c "Challenge Cup 2013". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. 24 February 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Challenge Cup 2014". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. March 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Challenge Cup 2015". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. 22 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Challenge Cup 2017". Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond. February 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-08-08. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Challenge Cup 2018". Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Challenge Cup 2019". Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  13. ^ a b c d e f "Challenge Cup 2020". Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  14. ^ a b c d "Challenge Cup 2021". Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  15. ^ a b c d e f "Challenge Cup 2022". Figure Skating Corner.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h "Challenge Cup 2023". Figure Skating Corner.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h "Challenge Cup 2024". Figure Skating Corner.
  18. ^ a b "Challenge Cup 2007". Figure Skating Corner.
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