2014–15 ISU Challenger Series

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2014–15 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 10 – December 7, 2014
Season:2014–15
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The 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2014. It was the inaugural season of a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions ranked below the Grand Prix series. Each event included a minimum of three disciplines (men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing).

Eleven competitions were selected in June 2014.[1] The Triglav Trophy dropped out by October 10, 2014, resulting in a series composed of ten events.

Schedule[]

The 2014–15 series comprised the following events:[1]

Date Event Location Details
September 10–14 2014 CS U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details
September 18–21 2014 CS Lombardia Trophy Sesto San Giovanni, Italy Details
September 25–27 2014 CS Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
October 2–5 2014 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Details
October 9–12 2014 CS Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 15–18 2014 CS Skate Canada Autumn Classic Barrie, Ontario, Canada Details
November 5–9 2014 CS Volvo Open Cup Riga, Latvia Details
November 11–16 2014 CS Ice Challenge Graz, Austria Details
November 21–24 2014 CS Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
December 4–7 2014 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
U.S. Classic United States Max Aaron United States Ross Miner Japan Daisuke Murakami Details
Lombardia Trophy United States Richard Dornbush Japan Takahito Mura Russia Adian Pitkeev Details
Nebelhorn Trophy United States Jason Brown Czech Republic Michal Březina Russia Konstantin Menshov Details
Ondrej Nepela United States Stephen Carriere South Korea Kim Jin-seo Russia Gordei Gorshkov Details
Finlandia Trophy Russia Sergei Voronov United States Adam Rippon Russia Alexander Petrov Details
SC Autumn Classic United States Ross Miner Canada Nam Nguyen Canada Jeremy Ten Details
Volvo Open Cup Russia Alexander Petrov Russia Gordei Gorshkov Russia Artur Dmitriev Jr. Details
Ice Challenge United States Douglas Razzano Russia Alexander Samarin Germany Martin Rappe Details
Warsaw Cup Russia Alexander Petrov Philippines Michael Christian Martinez Italy Matteo Rizzo Details
Golden Spin Kazakhstan Denis Ten Czech Republic Michal Březina Russia Konstantin Menshov Details

Ladies[]

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
U.S. Classic United States Polina Edmunds United States Courtney Hicks Japan Riona Kato Details
Lombardia Trophy Japan Satoko Miyahara United States Hannah Miller United States Angela Wang Details
Nebelhorn Trophy Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia Alena Leonova United States Gracie Gold Details
Ondrej Nepela Italy Roberta Rodeghiero Sweden Joshi Helgesson United States Ashley Cain Details
Finlandia Trophy Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva United States Samantha Cesario Japan Rika Hongo Details
SC Autumn Classic Canada Gabrielle Daleman United States Angela Wang Canada Julianne Séguin Details
Volvo Open Cup Latvia Angelīna Kučvaļska Germany Lutricia Bock Finland Jenni Saarinen Details
Ice Challenge United States Hannah Miller Sweden Isabelle Olsson Hungary Ivett Tóth Details
Warsaw Cup Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Armenia Anastasia Galustyan Lithuania Aleksandra Golovkina Details
Golden Spin Finland Kiira Korpi Russia Maria Artemieva Slovakia Nicole Rajičová Details

Pairs[]

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
U.S. Classic United States Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim United States Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu United States Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage Details
Lombardia Trophy United States Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Italy Bianca Manacorda / Niccolo Macii Russia Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat Details
Nebelhorn Trophy Russia Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov United States Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Details
SC Autumn Classic Canada Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford United States Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier United States Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Details
Volvo Open Cup Russia Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Russia Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev Belarus Maria Paliakova / Nikita Bochkov Details
Ice Challenge Russia Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Austria Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Germany Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Details
Warsaw Cup Canada Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Russia Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Italy Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Details
Golden Spin Russia Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Italy Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek United States Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Details

Ice dance[]

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
U.S. Classic United States Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Canada Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams United States Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Details
Nebelhorn Trophy Canada Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates Germany Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Details
Ondrej Nepela United States Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Slovakia Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Details
Finlandia Trophy Russia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Germany Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi United States Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Details
SC Autumn Classic France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Denmark Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Details
Volvo Open Cup Slovakia Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Belarus Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev South Korea Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov Details
Ice Challenge United States Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Denmark Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Austria Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin Details
Warsaw Cup Slovakia Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Ukraine Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin China Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Details
Golden Spin United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Italy Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri Spain Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz Details

Challenger Series rankings[]

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or duo.[2]

Men[]

[3]

Rank Name 1st Event Points 2nd Event Points Total points
1 Czech Republic Michal Brezina 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 228.48 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 239.62 468.10
2 Russia Alexander Petrov 2014 Volvo Open Cup 218.78 2014 Warsaw Cup 231.53 450.31
3 Russia Konstantin Menshov 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 211.03 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 229.51 440.54

Ladies[]

[4]

Rank Name 1st Event Points 2nd Event Points Total points
1 Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2014 Finlandia Trophy 193.31 2014 Warsaw Cup 196.66 389.97
2 Russia Alena Leonova 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 186.71 2014 Ice Challenge 148.29 335.00
3 United States Hannah Miller 2014 Lombardia Trophy 170.26 2014 Ice Challenge 156.39 326.65

Pairs[]

[5]

Rank Name 1st Event Points 2nd Event Points Total points
1 United States Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim 2014 U.S. International Classic 163.24 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 166.10 329.34
2 United States Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier 2014 Lombardia Trophy 157.80 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 167.28 325.08
3 United States Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu 2014 U.S. International Classic 156.18 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 156.46 312.64

Ice Dance[]

[6]

Rank Name 1st Event Points 2nd Event Points Total points
1 United States Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 162.98 2014 Ice Challenge 166.34 329.32
2 Italy Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri 2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 143.94 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 166.46 310.40
3 Germany Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 147.10 2014 Finlandia Trophy 139.98 287.08

Top scores in Challenger series[]

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

Men[]

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Denis Ten  Kazakhstan 249.94 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
2 Max Aaron  United States 240.22 2014 U.S. International Classic
3 Michal Brezina  Czech Republic 239.62 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Richard Dornbush  United States 237.28 2014 Lombardia Trophy
5 Jason Brown  United States 237.17 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Takahito Mura  Japan 235.79 2014 Lombardia Trophy
7 Alexander Petrov  Russia 231.53 2014 Warsaw Cup
8 Konstantin Menshov  Russia 229.51 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Ross Miner  United States 227.26 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic
10 Nam Nguyen  Canada 225.63 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic

Ladies[]

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 196.66 2014 Warsaw Cup
2 Alena Leonova  Russia 186.71 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 183.90 2014 Lombardia Trophy
4 Gracie Gold  United States 182.31 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Polina Edmunds  United States 176.35 2014 U.S. International Classic
6 Courtney Hicks  United States 174.14 2014 U.S. International Classic
7 Hannah Miller  United States 170.26 2014 Lombardia Trophy
8 Kiira Korpi  Finland 167.81 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Maria Artemieva  Russia 166.48 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Gabrielle Daleman  Canada 165.59 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic

Pairs[]

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford  Canada 203.16 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic
2 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov  Russia 195.89 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov  Russia 184.24 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 178.98 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier  United States 167.28 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic
6 Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotarek  Italy 167.18 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim  United States 166.10 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres  France 164.15 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea  United States 161.72 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin  Russia 157.80 2014 Ice Challenge

Ice dance[]

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue  United States 166.74 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
2 Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 166.46 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
3 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani  United States 166.34 2014 Ice Challenge
4 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 165.32 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 163.73 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin  Russia 152.82 2015 Finlandia Trophy
7 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France 150.20 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic
8 Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz  Spain 150.00 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin  Ukraine 148.48 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi  Germany 147.10 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Communication No. 1894: Revision of minimum entry criteria to qualify as Challenger Series event" (PDF). International Skating Union.
  2. ^ "Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union.
  3. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Men". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ladies". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  6. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ice dance". International Skating Union.

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