2021 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating

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2021 World Team Trophy
Type:ISU Event
Date:April 15 – 18
Season:2020–21
Location:Osaka, Japan
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Venue:Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka
Prize money:$1,000,000
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The 2021 ISU World Team Trophy is an international figure skating competition that was held from April 15–18, 2021 in Osaka, Japan. The top six International Skating Union members were invited to compete in a team format with points awarded based on skaters' placement. Participating countries selected two men's single skaters, two ladies' single skaters, one pair, and one ice dance entry for their team.[1]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic[]

Despite the majority of the season's ISU Championship-level events having been cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ISU decided to host the World Team Trophy, if possible.[2] The Japan Skating Federation announced that limited tickets would be available to the public.[3] Despite the COVID prevention measures implemented in the prefecture, the socially-distanced arena reportedly sold out. The opening day of competition took place with seating limited to alternate seats and masks required for all in attendance.[4]

Osaka Prefecture governor Hirofumi Yoshimura announced on April 1, 2021 that he plans to make Osaka City a target area for "priority measures such as spread prevention" for one month from April 5.[5] In line with the tightened restrictions, both Yoshimura and Osaka City Mayor Ichirō Matsui called for the cancellation of the 2020 Summer Olympics torch relay leg scheduled to begin in Osaka City on April 14, one day before the World Team Trophy.[6] The eventual cancellation of the public torch relay leg, coupled with record-setting case numbers in Osaka, raised questions about whether the World Team Trophy should proceed as scheduled.[7] In addition to the torch relay leg, an ITU Triathlon World Cup event scheduled to be held in Osaka in May was cancelled and sport officials for an Olympic test event could not enter Japan because of coronavirus restrictions.[8] On April 7, Governor Yoshimura declared a medical state of emergency in the prefecture following record numbers of COVID cases in the region.[9]

Scoring[]

Skaters competed in both the short program/rhythm dance and the free skating/free dance segments for their team. Each segment was scored separately. The points earned per placement are as follows:[1]

Placement Points (Singles) Points (Pairs/Dance)
1st 12
2nd 11
3rd 10
4th 9
5th 8
6th 7
7th 6 N/A
8th 5
9th 4
10th 3
11th 2
12th 1

Tie-breaking within a segment:

  1. If two or more skaters, pairs, or ice dance couples have the same rank in a segment, then the total technical score will be used to break ties.

If these results do not break the tie, the competitors concerned will be considered tied. The team points will be awarded according to the placement of the skaters/couples in each discipline.

Tie-breaking within team standings:

  1. The highest total team points from the two best places in different disciplines of the current phase will break the ties.
  2. If they remain tied, the highest total segment scores of the two best places according to the team points in different disciplines of the current phase will break the ties.
  3. If they remain tied, the highest total team points from the three best places in different disciplines of the current phase will break the ties.
  4. If they remain tied, the highest total segment scores of the three best places according to the team points in different disciplines of the current phase will break the ties.

If these criteria fail to break the ties, the teams will be considered as tied.

Entries[]

Names with an asterisk (*) denote the team captain.

Nations began announcing their entries shortly after the 2021 World Championships. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on March 31, 2021.[10]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
 Canada Nam Nguyen*
Roman Sadovsky 		Gabrielle Daleman
Alison Schumacher 		Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
 France[11] Kévin Aymoz*
Adam Siao Him Fa 		Maïa Mazzara
Léa Serna 		Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron
 Italy Daniel Grassl Lara Naki Gutmann
 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise* Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
 Japan[12] Yuzuru Hanyu
Shoma Uno 		Rika Kihira
Kaori Sakamoto 		Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara* Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
 Russia[13] Mikhail Kolyada
Evgeni Semenenko 		Anna Shcherbakova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva* 		Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
 United States[14] Jason Brown*
Nathan Chen 		Karen Chen
Bradie Tennell 		Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker

Changes to preliminary entries[]

China was among the top six qualifying nations, but the Chinese Skating Association declined the invitation; China was replaced by France.[15] Skate Canada opted not to send any of its World team members, as the mandatory two-week quarantine period upon returning to Canada left them with no time to train before needing to leave for Japan.[16]

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
April 11, 2021 Men Italy Matteo Rizzo N/A (Italy's alternate, Gabriele Frangipani, was also unable to travel to Osaka.[17]) COVID-19[18] [19]

Results[]

Team standings[]

Rank Nation Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance Total team points
SP FS SP FS SP FS RD FD
1  Russia 8 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 125
6 8 11 10
2  United States 12 12 8 9 9 11 10 10 110
10 5 7 7
3  Japan 11 11 10 11 10 10 8 8 107
4 7 9 8
4  Italy 3 6 6 6 11 9 11 11 72
– 5 4
5  France 9 9 2 2 8 8 9 9 67
5 4 1 1
6  Canada 7 3 4 5 7 7 7 7 57
2 2 3 3

Men[]

Rank Name Nation Total points SP Team points FS Team points
1 Nathan Chen  United States 312.89 1 109.65 12 1 203.24 12
2 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 300.88 2 107.12 11 2 193.76 11
3 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 274.14 5 93.42 8 3 180.72 10
4 Kévin Aymoz  France 263.82 4 94.69 9 4 169.13 9
5 Evgeni Semenenko  Russia 255.19 7 88.86 6 5 166.33 8
6 Jason Brown  United States 255.19 3 94.86 10 8 160.33 5
7 Shoma Uno  Japan 242.42 9 77.46 4 6 164.96 7
8 Adam Siao Him Fa  France 230.92 8 78.28 5 9 152.64 4
9 Daniel Grassl  Italy 228.88 10 67.32 3 7 161.56 6
10 Roman Sadovsky  Canada 224.41 6 89.61 7 10 134.80 3
11 Nam Nguyen  Canada 199.93 11 66.89 2 11 133.04 2

Ladies[]

Rank Name Nation Total points SP Team points FS Team points
1 Anna Shcherbakova  Russia 241.65 1 81.07 12 1 160.58 12
2 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 228.07 3 77.78 10 2 150.29 11
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 226.58 2 80.35 11 3 146.23 10
4 Rika Kihira  Japan 202.13 4 69.74 9 5 132.39 8
5 Bradie Tennell  United States 200.59 5 67.40 8 4 133.19 9
6 Karen Chen  United States 189.72 6 62.48 7 6 127.24 7
7 Lara Naki Gutmann  Italy 179.59 7 60.45 6 7 119.14 6
8 Alison Schumacher  Canada 171.17 9 59.19 4 8 111.98 5
9  Italy 170.20 8 59.55 5 9 110.65 4
10 Gabrielle Daleman  Canada 164.52 10 57.22 3 10 107.30 3
11 Maïa Mazzara  France 155.42 11 55.31 2 11 100.11 2
12 Léa Serna  France 152.91 12 55.28 1 12 97.63 1

Pairs[]

Rank Name Nation Total points SP Team points FS Team points
1 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  Russia 225.36 1 73.77 12 1 151.59 12
2 Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier  United States 199.31 4 65.68 9 2 133.63 11
3 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 196.65 3 65.82 10 3 130.83 10
4 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise  Italy 194.33 2 66.09 11 4 128.24 9
5 Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin  France 166.18 5 61.37 8 5 104.81 8
6 Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland  Canada 156.74 6 54.91 7 6 101.83 7

Ice dance[]

Rank Name Nation Total points RD Team points FD Team points
1 Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov  Russia 216.81 1 86.66 12 1 130.15 12
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 207.68 2 82.93 11 2 124.75 11
3 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States 186.95 3 76.79 10 3 110.16 10
4 Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron  France 176.92 4 70.34 9 4 106.58 9
5 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto  Japan 167.24 5 66.42 8 5 100.82 8
6 Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus  Canada 162.92 6 65.06 7 6 97.86 7

Medalists[]

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Team  Russia
Mikhail Kolyada
Evgeni Semenenko
Anna Shcherbakova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov 		 United States
Jason Brown
Nathan Chen
Karen Chen
Bradie Tennell
Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier
Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker 		 Japan
Yuzuru Hanyu
Shoma Uno
Rika Kihira
Kaori Sakamoto
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto

References[]

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  2. ^ "Communication 2362: Decisions of the Council". International Skating Union.
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  4. ^ Morgan, Liam (April 14, 2021). "ISU World Team Trophy to take place in front of fans in Osaka". Inside the Games.
  5. ^ "吉村知事「大阪市での聖火リレー中止すべき」重点措置の対象で" [Governor Yoshimura: "The torch relay in Osaka City should be cancelled," subject to priority measures]. NHK (in Japanese). April 1, 2021.
  6. ^ Kamata, Tomoko (April 2, 2021). "Parts of western Japan set for month of stricter virus controls". NHK.
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  12. ^ Japan Skating Federation [@skatingjapan] (March 31, 2021). "世界フィギュアスケート国別対抗戦2021の日本代表選手が発表されました。" [The Japanese national team athletes for the World Team Trophy 2021 have been announced.] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  16. ^ Ewing, Lori (March 16, 2021). "In a season of uncertainty, skaters Moore-Towers, Marinaro excited to get back on ice". CBC Sports. CBC.
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  18. ^ Rizzo, Matteo [@matteorizzoo] (April 14, 2021). "HELLO EVERYONE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WITHOUT MY DEPARTURE FOR WTT, A LOT OF YOU WERE ASKING ME THE REASON" – via Instagram.
  19. ^ Rizzo, Matteo [@matteorizzoo] (April 11, 2021). "Purtroppo oggi non sono partito come da programma per il WTT" [Unfortunately today I have not left as scheduled for the WTT.] – via Instagram.

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