The 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2016. It was the third season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.
| 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Challenger Series |
| Date: | September 7 – December 10, 2016 |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Previous: 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series | |
| Next: 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series | |
Competitions
editThis season, the series included the following events. The Ukrainian Open was originally scheduled for November 9–13, 2016,[1][2] but it was cancelled on September 20.[3]
| Date | Event | Location | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 7–11 |  2016 Lombardia Trophy
|
Bergamo, Italy | Details |
| September 14–18 |  2016 U.S. International Classic
|
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | Details |
| September 22–24 |  2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
|
Oberstdorf, Germany | Details |
| September 28 – October 1 |  2016 Autumn Classic International
|
Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Details |
| September 28 – October 2 |  2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
|
Bratislava, Slovakia | Details |
| October 6–9 |  2016 Finlandia Trophy
|
Espoo, Finland | Details |
| November 9–13 |  2016 Ukrainian Open
|
Cancelled | |
| November 17–20 |  2016 Warsaw Cup
|
Warsaw, Poland | Details |
| November 22–27 |  2016 Tallinn Trophy
|
Tallinn, Estonia | Details |
| December 7–10 |  2016 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) | 11 | 11 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 |  Japan (JPN) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 |  United States (USA) | 4 | 9 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 |  Israel (ISR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 | |
Challenger Series rankings
editThe ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.[4]
Men's singles
edit| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Brown | United States
|
Lombardia Trophy | 256.49 | U.S. International Classic | 254.04 | 510.53 |
| 2 | Alexander Petrov | Russia
|
Nebelhorn Trophy | 232.21 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 222.92 | 455.13 |
| 3 | Max Aaron | United States
|
Lombardia Trophy | 218.73 | Autumn Classic International | 226.13 | 444.86 |
| 4 | Brendan Kerry | Australia
|
U.S. International Classic | 222.40 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 221.94 | 444.34 |
| 5 | Jorik Hendrickx | Belgium
|
Nebelhorn Trophy | 223.04 | Finlandia Trophy | 218.32 | 441.36 |
Ladies' singles
edit| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia
|
Nebelhorn Trophy | 185.93 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 192.03 | 377.96 |
| 2 | Mirai Nagasu | United States
|
Lombardia Trophy | 176.86 | Autumn Classic International | 189.11 | 365.97 |
| 3 | Mariah Bell | U.S. International Classic | 184.22 | Tallinn Trophy | 167.69 | 351.91 | |
| 4 | Alena Leonova | Russia
|
Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 151.12 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 191.39 | 342.51 |
| 5 | Amber Glenn | United States
|
Nebelhorn Trophy | 157.68 | 183.60 | 341.28 |
Pairs
edit| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy
|
Lombardia Trophy | 179.56 | Warsaw Cup | 189.26 | 368.82 |
| 2 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | 185.18 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 180.60 | 365.78 | ||
| 3 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Russia
|
Finlandia Trophy | 169.10 | 180.44 | 349.54 | |
| 4 | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | United States
|
Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 172.82 | 161.63 | 334.45 | |
| 5 | Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc | Finlandia Trophy | 158.63 | 172.18 | 330.81 |
Ice dance
edit| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia
|
Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 178.84 | Warsaw Cup | 183.60 | 362.44 |
| 2 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States
|
Nebelhorn Trophy | 179.18 | Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 170.92 | 350.10 |
| 3 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy
|
Lombardia Trophy | 162.12 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 180.30 | 342.42 |
| 4 | Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia
|
Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 165.64 | Warsaw Cup | 173.02 | 338.66 |
| 5 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States
|
Autumn Classic International | 160.50 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 177.36 | 337.86 |
Top scores
editMen's singles
edit| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
|
260.57 | 2016 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | 258.93 | 2016 Lombardia Trophy | |
| 3 | Jason Brown | United States
|
256.49 | |
| 4 | Nathan Chen | 256.44 | 2016 Finlandia Trophy | |
| 5 | Takahito Mura | Japan
|
252.20 | 2016 U.S. International Classic |
| 6 | Patrick Chan | Canada
|
248.73 | 2016 Finlandia Trophy |
| 7 | Adam Rippon | United States
|
248.24 | 2016 U.S. International Classic |
| 8 | Sergei Voronov | Russia
|
237.42 | 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial |
| 9 | Alexander Petrov | 232.21 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy | |
| 10 | Misha Ge | Uzbekistan
|
230.55 | 2016 Autumn Classic International |
Ladies' singles
edit| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan
|
206.75 | 2016 U.S. International Classic |
| 2 | Carolina Kostner | Italy
|
196.23 | 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 3 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia
|
192.03 | |
| 4 | Alena Leonova | 191.39 | ||
| 5 | Maria Sotskova | 189.96 | 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial | |
| 6 | Mirai Nagasu | United States
|
189.11 | 2016 Autumn Classic International |
| 7 | Mai Mihara | Japan
|
189.03 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 8 | Kaetlyn Osmond | Canada
|
187.27 | 2016 Finlandia Trophy |
| 9 | Stanislava Konstantinova | Russia
|
186.97 | 2016 Tallinn Trophy |
| 10 | Mao Asada | Japan
|
186.16 | 2016 Finlandia Trophy |
Pairs
edit| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | Canada
|
208.30 | 2016 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Germany
|
203.04 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 3 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | France
|
198.90 | 2016 Autumn Classic International |
| 4 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia
|
197.80 | 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial |
| 5 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada
|
197.78 | 2016 Finlandia Trophy |
| 6 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy
|
189.26 | 2016 Warsaw Cup |
| 7 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Russia
|
185.42 | 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial |
| 8 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy
|
185.18 | 2016 Lombardia Trophy |
| 9 | Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch | Canada
|
184.40 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 10 | Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert | Russia
|
181.38 | 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial |
Ice dance
edit| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada
|
189.20 | 2016 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin | Russia
|
185.19 | 2016 Tallinn Trophy |
| 3 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | 183.60 | 2016 Warsaw Cup | |
| 4 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy
|
180.50 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 5 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | 180.30 | 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb | |
| 6 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States
|
179.18 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 7 | Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko | Israel
|
177.80 | 2016 Tallinn Trophy |
| 8 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States
|
177.36 | 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 9 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada
|
176.84 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 10 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia
|
173.02 | 2016 Warsaw Cup |
References
edit- ^ "Communication No. 2002: Decisions of the ISU Council" (PDF). International Skating Union. 20 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2016.
- ^ "ISU CS Ukrainian Open 2016, ISU Challenger Series, Kyiv / UKR, 09.11.2016 - 13.11.2016". International Skating Union. 4 May 2016.
- ^ "Calendar of Events". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
- ^ "Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Men". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Ladies". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Pairs". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2016/2017: Ice dance". International Skating Union.