2023–24 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 12 – December 9, 2023
Season:2023–24
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2022–23 ISU Challenger Series
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2024–25 ISU Challenger Series

The 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series is held from September to December 2023. It is the tenth 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.

Date Event Location Notes Results
September 8–10 Italy 2023 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy Details
September 14–16 Canada 2023 Autumn Classic Montreal, Quebec, Canada Details
September 20–23 Germany 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
September 28–30 Slovakia 2023 Nepela Memorial Bratislava, Slovakia No pairs Details
October 4–8 Finland 2023 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 13–15 Hungary 2023 Budapest Trophy Budapest, Hungary No pairs Details
November 1–4 Kazakhstan 2023 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Astana, Kazakhstan No pairs Details
November 7–12 Austria 2023 Ice Challenge[1] Cancelled
November 15–19 Poland 2023 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland No pairs
December 7–10 Croatia 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb Sisak, Croatia

Requirements

Skaters were eligible to compete on the Challenger Series if they had reached the age of 16 before July 1, 2023.

Medal summary

Men's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Italy Lombardia Trophy Japan Yuma KagiyamaGeorgia (country) Nika EgadzeUnited States Andrew TorgashevDetails
Canada Autumn Classic United States Ilia MalininFrance Kévin AymozCanada Stephen GogolevDetails
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy France Adam Siao Him FaJapan Kazuki TomonoJapan Koshiro ShimadaDetails
Slovakia Nepela Memorial Italy Gabriele FrangipaniGeorgia (country) Nika EgadzeIsrael Mark GorodnitskyDetails
Finland Finlandia Trophy Japan Kao MiuraJapan Shun SatoEstonia Aleksandr SelevkoDetails
Hungary Budapest Trophy Italy Nikolaj MemolaSwitzerland Lukas BritschgiUnited States Tomoki HiwatashiDetails
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge South Korea Lim Ju-heonGeorgia (country) Nika EgadzeSouth Korea Kim Han-gilDetails
Poland Warsaw Cup Switzerland Lukas BritschgiIsrael Mark GorodnitskyUnited States Jason Brown
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb

Women's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Italy Lombardia Trophy Georgia (country) Anastasiia GubanovaJapan Hana YoshidaSouth Korea Kim Chae-yeonDetails
Canada Autumn Classic Japan Kaori SakamotoCanada Kaiya RuiterCanada Justine MicletteDetails
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy United States Isabeau LevitoSwitzerland Kimmy RepondSouth Korea Kim Min-chaeDetails
Slovakia Nepela Memorial South Korea Kim Chae-yeonSouth Korea Lee Hae-inCanada Madeline SchizasDetails
Finland Finlandia Trophy South Korea Kim Ye-limJapan Rinka WatanabeGeorgia (country) Anastasiia GubanovaDetails
Hungary Budapest Trophy United States Bradie TennellFrance Léa SernaUnited States Clare SeoDetails
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Israel Mariia SeniukSouth Korea Choi Da-binGeorgia (country) Alina UrushadzeDetails
Poland Warsaw Cup Poland Ekaterina KurakovaItaly Anna PezzettaUnited States Elyce Lin-Gracey
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb

Pairs

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Italy Lombardia Trophy Italy Sara Conti & Niccolò MaciiGermany Minerva Fabienne Hase & Nikita VolodinGermany Annika Hocke & Robert KunkelDetails
Canada Autumn Classic Canada Deanna Stellato & Maxime DeschampsJapan Riku Miura & Ryuichi KiharaCanada Emmanuelle Proft & Nicolas NadeauDetails
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase & Nikita VolodinItaly Lucrezia Beccari & Matteo GuariseGermany Annika Hocke & Robert KunkelDetails
Finland Finlandia Trophy United States Ellie Kam & Danny O'SheaItaly Rebecca Ghilardi & Filippo AmbrosiniHungary Maria Pavlova & Alexei SviatchenkoDetails
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb

Ice dance

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Italy Lombardia Trophy Italy Charlène Guignard & Marco FabbriCzech Republic Natálie Taschlerová & Filip TaschlerGeorgia (country) Maria Kazakova & Georgy ReviyaDetails
Canada Autumn Classic United States Eva Pate & Logan ByeFrance Evgeniia Lopareva & Geoffrey BrissaudSouth Korea Hannah Lim & Ye QuanDetails
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy United Kingdom Lilah Fear & Lewis GibsonLithuania Allison Reed & Saulius AmbruleviciusFinland Juulia Turkkila & Matthias VersluisDetails
Slovakia Nepela Memorial United Kingdom Lilah Fear & Lewis GibsonGeorgia (country) Diana Davis & Gleb SmolkinCzech Republic Natálie Taschlerová & Filip TaschlerDetails
Finland Finlandia Trophy Finland Juulia Turkkila & Matthias VersluisUnited States Christina Carreira & Anthony PonomarenkoCanada Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj SørensenDetails
Hungary Budapest Trophy Georgia (country) Diana Davis & Gleb SmolkinCanada Marie-Jade Lauriault & Romain Le GacFrance Loïcia Demougeot & Théo Le MercierDetails
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Georgia (country) Diana Davis & Gleb SmolkinGermany Jennifer Janse van Rensburg & Benjamin SteffanUkraine Mariia Pinchuk & Mykyta PogorielovDetails
Poland Warsaw Cup France Evgeniia Lopareva & Geoffrey BrissaudSouth Korea Hannah Lim & Ye QuanFrance Marie Dupayage & Thomas NabaisDetails
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb

Medal standings

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States5139
2 Italy4206
3 Japan3519
4 Georgia34310
5 South Korea33410
6 France2327
7 Great Britain2002
8 Canada1258
9 Germany1225
10 Finland1012
 Israel1012
12  Switzerland0202
13 Czech Republic0112
14 Lithuania0101
15 Estonia0011
 Hungary0011
 Ukraine0011
Totals (17 entries)26262678

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 November 23, 2023.[2]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland Budapest Trophy 246.12 Warsaw Cup 246.22 492.34
2 Nika Egadze  Georgia Lombardia Trophy 243.35 Nepela Memorial 243.31 486.66
3 Mark Gorodnitsky  Israel Nepela Memorial 236.30 Warsaw Cup 243.29 479.59
4 Nikolaj Memola  Italy Finlandia Trophy 222.98 Budapest Trophy 250.37 473.35
5 Aleksandr Selevko  Estonia Finlandia Trophy 238.25 Budapest Trophy 217.85 456.10

Women's singles

As of November 23, 2023.[3]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Kim Chae-yeon  South Korea Lombardia Trophy 180.78 Nepela Memorial 202.26 383.04
2 Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia Lombardia Trophy 185.60 Finlandia Trophy 179.61 365.21
3 Ekaterina Kurakova  Poland Nepela Memorial 181.98 Warsaw Cup 181.71 363.69
4 Léa Serna  France Budapest Trophy 178.56 Warsaw Cup 174.59 339.86
5 Livia Kaiser   Switzerland Budapest Trophy 170.39 Warsaw Cup 173.20 343.59

Pairs

As of November 20, 2023.[4]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin  Germany Lombardia Trophy 194.52 Nebelhorn Trophy 194.96 389.48
2 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel  Germany Lombardia Trophy 191.76 Nebelhorn Trophy 189.01 380.77
3 Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise  Italy Lombardia Trophy 185.06 Nebelhorn Trophy 191.71 376.77
4 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy Lombardia Trophy 182.33 Finlandia Trophy 177.03 359.36
5 Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko  Hungary Nebelhorn Trophy 182.60 Finlandia Trophy 169.39 351.99

Ice dance

As of November 23, 2023.[5]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain Nebelhorn Trophy 207.84 Nepela Memorial 200.46 408.30
2 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin  Georgia Budapest Trophy 191.84 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 192.67 384.51
3 Evgenia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud  France Autumn Classic 186.94 Warsaw Cup 196.56 383.50
4 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis  Finland Nebelhorn Trophy 183.63 Finlandia Trophy 193.73 377.36
5 Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler  Czech Republic Lombardia Trophy 189.23 Nepela Memorial 187.34 376.57

Top scores

Men's singles

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Ilia Malinin  United States 281.68 2023 Autumn Classic
2 Adam Siao Him Fa  France 279.57 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Kao Miura  Japan 267.81 2023 Finlandia Trophy
4 Kazuki Tomono  Japan 265.78 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Yuma Kagiyama  Japan 265.59 2023 Lombardia Trophy
6 Shun Sato  Japan 261.23 2023 Finlandia Trophy
7 Nikolaj Memola  Italy 250.37 2023 Budapest Trophy
8 Koshiro Shimada  Japan 247.43 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 246.22 2023 Warsaw Cup
10 Gabriele Frangipani  Italy 243.91 2023 Nepela Memorial
Top 10 best scores in the men's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Ilia Malinin  United States 100.87 2023 Autumn Classic
2 Adam Siao Him Fa  France 95.17 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Kazuki Tomono  Japan 93.55 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 91.51 2023 Warsaw Cup
5 Yuma Kagiyama  Japan 91.47 2023 Lombardia Trophy
6 Kao Miura  Japan 90.95 2023 Finlandia Trophy
7 Nikolaj Memola  Italy 88.99 2023 Budapest Trophy
8 Shun Sato  Japan 87.47 2023 Finlandia Trophy
9 Andrew Torgashev  United States 86.41 2023 Lombardia Trophy
10 Stephen Gogolev  Canada 86.25 2023 Autumn Classic
Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Adam Siao Him Fa  France 184.40 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Ilia Malinin  United States 180.81 2023 Autumn Classic
3 Kao Miura  Japan 176.86 2023 Finlandia Trophy
4 Yuma Kagiyama  Japan 174.12 2023 Lombardia Trophy
5 Shun Sato  Japan 173.76 2023 Finlandia Trophy
6 Kazuki Tomono  Japan 172.23 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 168.34 2023 Budapest Trophy
8 Koshiro Shimada  Japan 167.86 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Gabriele Frangipani  Italy 164.87 2023 Nepela Memorial
10 Kévin Aymoz  France 164.77 2023 Autumn Classic

Women's singles

Top 10 best scores in the women's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 203.20 2023 Autumn Classic
2 Kim Chae-yeon  South Korea 202.26 2023 Nepela Memorial
3 Isabeau Levito  United States 198.79 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Kimmy Repond   Switzerland 191.94 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Lee Hae-in  South Korea 191.10 2023 Nepela Memorial
6 Madeline Schizas  Canada 188.88 2023 Nepela Memorial
7 Kim Ye-lim  South Korea 187.91 2023 Finlandia Trophy
8 Bradie Tennell  United States 185.84 2023 Budapest Trophy
9 Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 185.60 2023 Lombardia Trophy
10 Hana Yoshida  Japan 185.45 2023 Lombardia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the women's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 75.62 2023 Autumn Classic
2 Kim Ye-lim  South Korea 70.20 2023 Finlandia Trophy
3 Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 69.65 2023 Lombardia Trophy
4 Isabeau Levito  United States 69.30 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Kim Chae-yeon  South Korea 67.42 2023 Nepela Memorial
Madeline Schizas  Canada 67.42 2023 Nepela Memorial
7 Lee Hae-in  South Korea 66.08 2023 Nepela Memorial
8 Livia Kaiser   Switzerland 65.21 2023 Warsaw Cup
9 Bradie Tennell  United States 65.09 2023 Budapest Trophy
10 Ava Marie Ziegler  United States 65.07 2023 Finlandia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the women's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kim Chae-yeon  South Korea 134.84 2023 Nepela Memorial
2 Kimmy Repond   Switzerland 130.39 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Isabeau Levito  United States 129.49 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 127.58 2023 Autumn Classic
5 Lee Hae-in  South Korea 125.02 2023 Nepela Memorial
6 Ekaterina Kurakova  Poland 124.26 2023 Warsaw Cup
7 Hana Yoshida  Japan 122.91 2023 Lombardia Trophy
8 Madeline Schizas  Canada 121.46 2023 Nepela Memorial
9 Kim Min-chae  South Korea 121.27 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Bradie Tennell  United States 120.75 2023 Budapest Trophy

Pairs

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps  Canada 203.62 2023 Autumn Classic
2 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii  Italy 200.35 2023 Lombardia Trophy
3 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin  Germany 194.96 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel  Germany 191.76 2023 Lombardia Trophy
5 Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise  Italy 191.71 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud  Canada 188.94 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 188.05 2023 Autumn Classic
8 Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko  Hungary 182.60 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy 182.33 2023 Lombardia Trophy
10 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea  United States 182.07 2023 Finlandia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps  Canada 71.80 2023 Autumn Classic
2 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii  Italy 70.16 2023 Lombardia Trophy
3 Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise  Italy 66.94 2023 Lombardia Trophy
4 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin  Germany 66.22 2023 Lombardia Trophy
5 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel  Germany 66.06 2023 Lombardia Trophy
6 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea  United States 63.03 2023 Finlandia Trophy
7 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud  Canada 62.38 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy 61.75 2023 Finlandia Trophy
9 Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko  Hungary 61.66 2023 Finlandia Trophy
10 Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier  Canada 59.59 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' free skating
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin  Germany 132.11 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps  Canada 131.82 2023 Autumn Classic
3 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii  Italy 130.19 2023 Lombardia Trophy
4 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 128.92 2023 Autumn Classic
5 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy 127.34 2023 Lombardia Trophy
6 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud  Canada 126.56 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel  Germany 125.70 2023 Lombardia Trophy
8 Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise  Italy 125.35 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko  Hungary 121.26 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea  United States 119.04 2023 Finlandia Trophy

Ice dance

Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 208.02 2023 Lombardia Trophy
2 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 207.84 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis  Finland 193.73 2023 Finlandia Trophy
4 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin  Georgia 192.67 2023 Denis Ten Memorial
5 Eva Pate / Logan Bye  United States 191.20 2023 Autumn Classic
6 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 191.14 2023 Finlandia Trophy
7 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 190.55 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler  Czech Republic 189.23 2023 Lombardia Trophy
9 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 188.56 2023 Finlandia Trophy
10 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac  Canada 188.32 2023 Budapest Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the rhythm dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 84.61 2023 Lombardia Trophy
2 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 82.42 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin  Georgia 77.62 2023 Nepela Memorial
4 Eva Pate / Logan Bye  United States 77.02 2023 Autumn Classic
5 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis  Finland 75.76 2023 Finlandia Trophy
6 Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik  United States 75.61 2023 Nepela Memorial
7 Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler  Czech Republic 75.21 2023 Lombardia Trophy
8 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 74.15 2023 Finlandia Trophy
9 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 73.62 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Olivia Smart / Tim Dieck  Spain 72.56 2023 Finlandia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the free dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 125.42 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 123.41 2023 Lombardia Trophy
3 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 120.89 2023 Finlandia Trophy
4 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis  Finland 117.97 2023 Finlandia Trophy
5 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 116.99 2023 Finlandia Trophy
6 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 116.93 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin  Georgia 116.63 2023 Budapest Trophy
8 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac  Canada 116.40 2023 Budapest Trophy
9 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud  France 114.66 2023 Autumn Classic
10 Eva Pate / Logan Bye  United States 114.18 2023 Autumn Classic

References

  1. ↑ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOE] (July 27, 2023). "🇦🇹 IceChallenge has been cancelled" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024: Men". International Skating Union.
  3. ↑ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024: Women". International Skating Union.
  4. ↑ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  5. ↑ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
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