2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix

2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix
2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Type:	ISU Junior Grand Prix
Date:	August 27 – December 14, 2008
Season:	2008–09
Location:	Courchevel ; Merano ; Mexico City ; Ostrava ; Madrid ; Gomel ; Cape Town ; Sheffield ; Goyang
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The 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 12th season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for Senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

Skaters earned points towards qualification at each of the eight Junior Grand Prix events. The top eight skaters/teams in the series from each discipline met at the Junior Grand Prix Final. For the first time, the Junior Grand Prix Final was held concurrently with the senior Grand Prix Final.

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2008–09 season, the series was composed of the following events:

Date	Event	Location	Other notes
August 27–31	2008 JGP Courchevel	Courchevel, France	No pair competition
September 3–7	2008 JGP Merano	Merano, Italy	No pair competition
September 10–14	2008 JGP Mexico Cup	Mexico City, Mexico
September 17–21	2008 JGP Czech Skate	Ostrava, Czech Republic
September 24–28	2008 JGP Madrid Cup	Madrid, Spain	No pair competition
October 1–5	2008 JGP Golden Lynx	Gomel, Belarus
October 8–12	2008 JGP Skate Safari	Cape Town, South Africa	No pair competition
October 15–18	2008 JGP John Curry Memorial	Sheffield, United Kingdom
December 10–14	2008–09 Junior Grand Prix Final	Goyang, South Korea

For the first time, the Junior Grand Prix Final was held in conjunction with the Grand Prix Final.

Qualifying

Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2008 but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Unlike the senior ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, skaters for the Junior Grand Prix are entered by their national federations rather than seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation is determined by their skaters' placements at the previous season's World Junior Figure Skating Championships in each respective discipline.

For the 2008–09 season, in singles, the five best placed member nations at the 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were allowed to enter two skaters in all eight events. Member nations who placed sixth through tenth were allowed to enter one skater in all eight events. Member nations with a skater who had qualified for the free skate at Junior Worlds were allowed to enter one skater in seven of the events. Member nations who did not qualify for the free skate but placed 25th through 30th in the short program were allowed to enter one skater in six of the events. All other nations were allowed to enter one skater in five of the events. There were provisions for additional entries per member country if another country did not use all of its allotted entries.

In pairs, member nations were allowed to enter up to three teams per event. The host nation was allowed to enter as many pair teams as it wanted. Pairs was contested at four events out of eight.

In ice dance, member nations were allowed to enter one dance team per event. Member nations who placed in the top five at the 2008 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter a second dance team.

The host country was allowed to enter up to three skaters/teams in singles and dance in their event, and there was no limit to the number of pairs teams.

The general spots allowance for the 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix events was as follows:

Entries	Men	Ladies	Ice dance
2 per event	United States Russia China Czech Republic Canada	United States Finland Japan Russia Sweden	United States Canada Russia Ukraine Italy
1 per event	France Switzerland Spain Ukraine Kazakhstan	Germany Canada Estonia Spain Italy
1 in seven events	Japan Sweden Germany Slovakia Poland	South Korea Slovakia Ukraine Austria China New Zealand Australia Hungary
1 in six events	Estonia Austria Norway Finland Israel Italy	Czech Republic Azerbaijan Chinese Taipei Denmark

All other member nations had one entry per discipline in five of the eight events in singles, and one entry in all eight events for ice dance.

Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers

The following skaters have qualified for the 2008–2009 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Richard Dornbush	Kristine Musademba	Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze	Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell
2	Michal Březina	Yukiko Fujisawa	Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov	Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
3	Armin Mahbanoozadeh	Alexe Gilles	Sabina Imaikina / Andrei Novoselov	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
4	Alexander Johnson	Kanako Murakami	Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh	Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro
5	Florent Amodio	Amanda Dobbs	Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert	Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue
6	Ivan Bariev	Becky Bereswill	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran	Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun
7	Denis Ten	Angela Maxwell	Zhang Yue / Wang Lei	Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill
8	Elladj Baldé	Diane Szmiett	Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir	Ekaterina Pushkash / Dmitri Kiselev
Alternates
1st	Artur Gachinski	Stefania Berton	Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov	Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev
2nd	Keegan Messing	Sarah Hecken	Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers	Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle
3rd	Cheng Gongming	Shoko Ishikawa	Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz	Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák

Michal Březina, the second qualifier in the men's event, withdrew on December 1.^[5] Artur Gachinski, the first alternate, replaces him.
Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue, the fifth qualifiers in the ice dance event, withdrew due to an injury to Gilles.^[6] Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev, the first alternates, replace them.
Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov, the first alternates in the pairs event, withdrew on December 1.^[7]

Medalists

Men

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Michal Březina	Armin Mahbanoozadeh	Florent Amodio
Italy	Michal Březina	Curran Oi	Alexander Nikolaev
Mexico	Richard Dornbush	Elladj Baldé	Cheng Gongming
Czech Rep.	Alexander Johnson	Ivan Bariev	Akio Sasaki
Spain	Armin Mahbanoozadeh	Artur Gachinski	Tatsuki Machida
Belarus	Denis Ten	Yang Chao	Cheng Gongming
South Africa	Richard Dornbush	Ivan Bariev	Elladj Baldé
United Kingdom	Florent Amodio	Keegan Messing	Alexander Johnson
Final	Florent Amodio	Armin Mahbanoozadeh	Richard Dornbush

Ladies

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Kristine Musademba	Becky Bereswill	Diane Szmiett
Italy	Melissa Bulanhagui	Rumi Suizu	Sarah Hecken
Mexico	Amanda Dobbs	Alexe Gilles	Kwak Min-jeong
Czech Rep.	Yukiko Fujisawa	Angela Maxwell	Stefania Berton
Spain	Kristine Musademba	Becky Bereswill	Kanako Murakami
Belarus	Haruka Imai	Oksana Gozeva	Kana Muramoto
South Africa	Alexe Gilles	Diane Szmiett	Amanda Dobbs
United Kingdom	Kanako Murakami	Yukiko Fujisawa	Angela Maxwell
Final	Becky Bereswill	Yukiko Fujisawa	Alexe Gilles

Pairs

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	No pairs competition held
Italy	No pairs competition held
Mexico	Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh	Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov	Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov
Czech Rep.	Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze	Sabina Imaikina / Andrei Novoselov	Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert
Spain	No pairs competition held
Belarus	Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze	Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert	Zhang Yue / Wang Lei
South Africa	No pairs competition held
United Kingdom	Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov	Sabina Imaikina / Andrei Novoselov	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran
Final	Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze	Zhang Yue / Wang Lei	Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh

Ice dance

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
France	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani	Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill	Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák
Italy	Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein	Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro	Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi
Mexico	Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell	Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill	Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin
Czech Rep.	Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue	Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev	Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle
Spain	Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani	Anastasia Vykhodtseva / Alexei Shumski
Belarus	Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun	Ekaterina Pushkash / Dmitri Kiselev	Terra Findlay / Benoît Richaud
South Africa	Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell	Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue	Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin
United Kingdom	Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein	Alisa Agafonova / Dmitri Dun	Karen Routhier / Eric Saucke-Lacelle
Final	Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein	Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell	Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro

Medals table

The following is the table of total medals earned by each country on the 2008–2009 Junior Grand Prix. It can be sorted by country name, number of gold medals, number of silver medals, number of bronze medals, and total medals overall.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	17	11	5	33
2	Russia (RUS)	6	11	7	24
3	Japan (JPN)	3	3	5	11
4	France (FRA)	2	0	2	4
5	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	0	1	3
6	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	1	3
7	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	0	1
8	Canada (CAN)	0	4	4	8
9	China (CHN)	0	2	3	5
10	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
11	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
11	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		32	32	32	96

References

^ "Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating". Archived from the original on 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
^ "Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating". Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
^ "Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating". Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
^ "Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating". Archived from the original on 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
^ "SBS ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Entries Men". Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
^ "Six U.S. Skaters Qualify for Grand Prix Final: Ice dancers Gilles and Donohue withdraw from Junior Grand Prix Final". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
^ "SBS ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Entries Junior Pairs". Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-11.

"2008/2009 Announcement". Archived from the original on 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
"Junior Grand Prix France Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
"Junior Grand Prix Italy Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
"Junior Grand Prix Mexico Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
"Junior Grand Prix Czech Republic Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
"Junior Grand Prix Spain Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
"Junior Grand Prix Belarus Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
"Junior Grand Prix South Africa Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
"Junior Grand Prix United Kingdom Announcement". Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2008-08-26.

External links

[1] "Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating". Archived from the original on 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2008-10-11.

[2] "Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating". Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2008-10-11.

[3] "Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating". Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2008-10-08.

[4] "Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating". Archived from the original on 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2008-10-11.

[5] "SBS ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Entries Men". Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-11.

[6] "Six U.S. Skaters Qualify for Grand Prix Final: Ice dancers Gilles and Donohue withdraw from Junior Grand Prix Final". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-12-11.

[7] "SBS ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Entries Junior Pairs". Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-11.

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