2021–22 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 10 – December 11, 2021
Season:2021–22
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2020–21 ISU Challenger Series
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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.

Competitions

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 Italy 2021 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy No pairs Details
September 16–18 Canada 2021 Autumn Classic International Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada Details
September 22–25 Germany 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Olympic qualifying event[2][3] Details
September 30 – October 2 Slovakia 2021 Nepela Memorial Cancelled
October 7–10 Finland 2021 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 28–31 Kazakhstan 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan No pairs Details
November 11–14 Austria 2021 Cup of Austria Graz, Austria No pairs Details
November 18–21 Poland 2021 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
December 8–11 Croatia 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb Sisak, Croatia Details

Requirements

Skaters were eligible to compete on the Challenger Series if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2021.

Medal summary

Men's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Italy Lombardia Trophy Italy Daniel GrasslFrance Adam Siao Him FaGeorgia (country) Morisi KvitelashviliDetails
Canada Autumn Classic International No international competitorsDetails
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy United States Vincent ZhouFrance Adam Siao Him FaRussia Mark KondratiukDetails
Finland Finlandia Trophy United States Jason BrownRussia Mikhail KolyadaRussia Dmitri AlievDetails
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Russia Petr GumennikRussia Mark KondratiukRussia Andrei MozalevDetails
Austria Cup of Austria Georgia (country) Nika EgadzeJapan Lucas Tsuyoshi HondaUnited States Ilia MalininDetails
Poland Warsaw Cup Japan Sōta YamamotoItaly Daniel GrasslRussia Petr GumennikDetails
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Canada Keegan MessingRussia Andrei MozalevUnited States Jimmy MaDetails

Women's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Italy Lombardia Trophy United States Alysa LiuPoland Ekaterina KurakovaUnited States Audrey ShinDetails
Canada Autumn Classic International Cyprus Marilena KitromilisSouth Korea You YoungSouth Korea Ji Seo-yeonDetails
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy United States Alysa LiuPoland Ekaterina KurakovaBelarus Viktoriia SafonovaDetails
Finland Finlandia Trophy Russia Kamila ValievaRussia Elizaveta TuktamyshevaRussia Alena KostornaiaDetails
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Belarus Viktoriia SafonovaAzerbaijan Ekaterina RyabovaUkraine Anastasiia ShabotovaDetails
Austria Cup of Austria Japan Wakaba HiguchiSouth Korea Park Yeon-jeongEstonia Niina PetrõkinaDetails
Poland Warsaw Cup Russia Maiia KhromykhEstonia Niina PetrõkinaPoland Ekaterina KurakovaDetails
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Georgia (country) Anastasiia GubanovaUnited States Amber GlennEstonia Niina PetrõkinaDetails

Pairs

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Canada Autumn Classic International Japan Riku Miura / Ryuichi KiharaCanada Vanessa James / Eric RadfordUnited States Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDucDetails
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan SeegertSpain Laura Barquero / Marco ZandronGeorgia (country) Karina Safina / Luka BerulavaDetails
Finland Finlandia Trophy Russia Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr GalliamovRussia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir MorozovUnited States Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDucDetails
Poland Warsaw Cup Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir MorozovUnited States Jessica Calalang / Brian JohnsonRussia Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan BalchenkoDetails
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Audrey Lu / Misha MitrofanovGeorgia (country) Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil ParkmanRussia Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail NazarychevDetails

Ice dance

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Italy Lombardia Trophy Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco FabbriCanada Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj SørensenSpain Sara Hurtado / Kirill KhaliavinDetails
Canada Autumn Classic International Canada Piper Gilles / Paul PoirierSpain Olivia Smart / Adrián DíazUnited States Caroline Green / Michael ParsonsDetails
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Finland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias VersluisGermany Katharina Müller / Tim DieckGeorgia (country) Maria Kazakova / Georgy ReviyaDetails
Finland Finlandia Trophy France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume CizeronUnited States Madison Chock / Evan BatesUnited Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis GibsonDetails
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Russia Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill AleshinUkraine Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim NikitinRussia Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor BazinDetails
Austria Cup of Austria Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco FabbriCanada Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj SørensenSpain Olivia Smart / Adrián DíazDetails
Poland Warsaw Cup Russia Diana Davis / Gleb SmolkinJapan Kana Muramoto / Daisuke TakahashiUnited States Caroline Green / Michael ParsonsDetails
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc BakerLithuania Allison Reed / Saulius AmbrulevičiusRussia Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid NaryzhnyyDetails

Medal standings

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

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.

Men’s singles

As of December 15, 2021.[4]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Petr Gumennik  Russia Denis Ten Memorial 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 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 234.05 Golden Spin of Zagreb 252.15 486.20

Women’s singles

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 Nebelhorn Trophy 190.29 Denis Ten Memorial 190.06 380.35
5 Karen Chen  United States Autumn Classic 173.00 Finlandia Trophy 202.49 375.49

Pairs

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 Finlandia Trophy 191.89 Warsaw Cup 196.85 388.74
3 Vanessa James / Eric Radford  Canada Finlandia Trophy 190.58 Golden Spin of Zagreb 187.57 378.15
4 Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman  Georgia Warsaw Cup 184.24 Golden Spin of Zagreb 189.60 373.84
5 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert  Germany Nebelhorn Trophy 185.25 Finlandia Trophy 188.37 373.62

Ice dance

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 191.31 Cup of Austria 189.88 381.19
4 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada Lombardia Trophy 185.26 Cup of Austria 194.67 379.93
5 Caroline Green / Michael Parsons  United States Autumn Classic 188.43 Warsaw Cup 187.84 376.27

Top scores

Men's singles

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
3 Jason Brown  United States 262.52 2021 Finlandia Trophy
4 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 256.98 2021 Finlandia Trophy
5 Keegan Messing  Canada 255.07 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Andrei Mozalev  Russia 252.15 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Jimmy Ma  United States 250.97 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Mark Kondratiuk  Russia 250.08 2021 Denis Ten Memorial
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  United States 92.39 2021 Finlandia Trophy
Keegan Messing  Canada 92.39 2021 Finlandia Trophy
4 Petr Gumennik  Russia 91.84 2021 Denis Ten Memorial
5 Sōta Yamamoto  Japan 91.75 2021 Warsaw Cup
6 Koshiro Shimada  Japan 90.55 2021 Warsaw Cup
7 Adam Siao Him Fa  France 89.23 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Brendan Kerry  Australia 85.89 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Mark Kondratiuk  Russia 84.79 2021 Denis Ten Memorial
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 2021 Finlandia Trophy
4 Daniel Grassl  Italy 173.54 2021 Lombardia Trophy
5 Evgeni Semenenko  Russia 172.60 2021 Finlandia Trophy
6 Andrei Mozalev  Russia 171.44 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Petr Gumennik  Russia 171.30 2021 Denis Ten Memorial
8 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 170.97 2021 Finlandia Trophy
9 Jason Brown  United States 170.13 2021 Finlandia Trophy
Jimmy Ma  United States 170.13 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb

Women's singles

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  Russia 233.30 2021 Finlandia Trophy
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 2021 Finlandia Trophy
6 Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 203.91 2021 Finlandia Trophy
7 Karen Chen  United States 202.49 2021 Finlandia Trophy
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  Russia 74.93 2021 Finlandia Trophy
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  Russia 151.77 2021 Finlandia Trophy
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 2021 Finlandia Trophy
6 Eva-Lotta Kiibus  Estonia 137.51 2021 Finlandia Trophy
7 Karen Chen  United States 134.99 2021 Finlandia Trophy
8 Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 134.41 2021 Finlandia Trophy
9 Ekaterina Kurakova  Poland 132.54 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Viktoriia Safonova  Belarus 128.27 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy

Pairs

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  Russia 227.13 2021 Finlandia Trophy
3 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 204.06 2021 Autumn Classic
4 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson  United States 196.85 2021 Warsaw Cup
5 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov  United States 195.32 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc  United States 193.00 2021 Finlandia Trophy
7 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko  Russia 192.94 2021 Warsaw Cup
8 Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov  Russia 190.93 2021 Warsaw Cup
9 Vanessa James / Eric Radford  Canada 190.58 2021 Finlandia Trophy
10 Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron  Spain 189.99 2021 Finlandia Trophy
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  Russia 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 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov  United States 66.41 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
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  Russia 148.73 2021 Warsaw Cup
3 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson  United States 135.16 2021 Warsaw Cup
4 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 131.74 2021 Autumn Classic
5 Vanessa James / Eric Radford  Canada 130.83 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov  United States 128.91 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev  Russia 128.11 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
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

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
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  Russia 195.06 2021 Denis Ten Memorial
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
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 2021 Finlandia Trophy
3 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 83.35 2021 Autumn Classic
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
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
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
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
9 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 116.11 2021 Autumn Classic
10 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 115.61 2021 Finlandia Trophy

References

  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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