The 2006 Cup of Russia was the fifth event of six in the 2006–07 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Luzhniki Small Sports Arena in Moscow on November 23–26. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2006–07 Grand Prix Final.
| 2006 Cup of Russia | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 23 – 26 |
| Season: | 2006–07 |
| Location: | Moscow |
| Host: | Figure Skating Federation of Russia |
| Venue: | Luzhniki Small Sports Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Brian Joubert | |
Ladies' singles:  Sarah Meier | |
Pairs:  Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | |
Ice dance:  Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | |
| Previous: 2005 Cup of Russia | |
| Next: 2007 Cup of Russia | |
| Previous GP: 2006 Trophée Éric Bompard | |
| Next GP: 2006 NHK Trophy | |
Results edit
Men edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Joubert | France |
237.83 | 1 | 77.70 | 1 | 160.13 |
| 2 | Johnny Weir |  United States |
196.28 | 2 | 75.10 | 5 | 121.18 |
| 3 | Ilia Klimkin |  Russia |
187.45 | 4 | 67.45 | 6 | 120.00 |
| 4 | Tomáš Verner |  Czech Republic |
186.50 | 6 | 64.45 | 3 | 122.05 |
| 5 | Emanuel Sandhu |  Canada |
185.45 | 3 | 71.30 | 8 | 114.15 |
| 6 | Kristoffer Berntsson |  Sweden |
184.70 | 5 | 67.25 | 7 | 117.45 |
| 7 | Andrei Griazev | Russia |
184.02 | 8 | 62.59 | 4 | 121.43 |
| 8 | Sergei Dobrin | Russia |
182.39 | 9 | 59.36 | 2 | 123.03 |
| 9 | Anton Kovalevski |  Ukraine |
162.98 | 10 | 53.69 | 9 | 109.29 |
| 10 | Christopher Mabee | Canada |
161.16 | 7 | 62.80 | 12 | 98.36 |
| 11 | Gregor Urbas |  Slovenia |
159.22 | 11 | 51.39 | 11 | 107.83 |
| 12 | Ryo Shibata |  Japan |
158.43 | 12 | 49.32 | 10 | 109.11 |
Ladies edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Meier |  Switzerland |
159.17 | 3 | 50.92 | 1 | 108.25 |
| 2 | Júlia Sebestyén |  Hungary |
146.75 | 1 | 54.36 | 5 | 92.39 |
| 3 | Yoshie Onda | Japan |
143.60 | 6 | 45.56 | 2 | 98.04 |
| 4 | Elena Sokolova | Russia |
143.11 | 2 | 52.08 | 6 | 91.03 |
| 5 | Aki Sawada | Japan |
142.04 | 7 | 45.56 | 3 | 96.48 |
| 6 | Kiira Korpi |  Finland |
137.41 | 9 | 43.14 | 4 | 94.27 |
| 7 | Arina Martinova | Russia |
134.91 | 4 | 49.46 | 7 | 85.45 |
| 8 | Viktoria Volchkova | Russia |
130.83 | 5 | 47.50 | 8 | 83.33 |
| 9 | Alissa Czisny | United States |
121.21 | 8 | 44.98 | 10 | 76.23 |
| 10 | Liu Yan |  China |
114.65 | 11 | 40.72 | 11 | 73.93 |
| 11 | Anastasia Gimazetdinova |  Uzbekistan |
114.12 | 10 | 42.76 | 12 | 71.36 |
| 12 | Viktória Pavuk | Hungary |
111.74 | 12 | 34.88 | 9 | 76.86 |
Pairs edit
Canadian pair team Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay were forced to withdraw after the airline lost Langlois's skates.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Germany |
179.45 | 1 | 63.96 | 2 | 115.49 |
| 2 | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Russia |
178.03 | 2 | 62.28 | 1 | 115.75 |
| 3 | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov | Russia |
168.50 | 3 | 59.46 | 3 | 109.04 |
| 4 | Dorota Siudek / Mariusz Siudek |  Poland |
163.13 | 4 | 57.98 | 4 | 105.15 |
| 5 | Utako Wakamatsu / Jean-Sébastien Fecteau | Canada |
140.63 | 5 | 52.92 | 5 | 87.71 |
| 6 | Kendra Moyle / Andy Seitz | United States |
136.78 | 6 | 49.08 | 6 | 87.70 |
| 7 | Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov | Russia |
132.39 | 7 | 47.96 | 8 | 84.43 |
| 8 | Angelika Pylkina / Niklas Hogner | Sweden |
130.94 | 8 | 44.00 | 7 | 86.94 |
| WD | Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay | Canada |
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Ice dancing edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | OD | FD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | United States |
186.33 | 2 | 36.56 | 1 | 58.02 | 2 | 91.75 |
| 2 | Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin | Russia |
185.34 | 1 | 37.99 | 3 | 52.36 | 1 | 94.99 |
| 3 | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder | France |
183.53 | 3 | 36.50 | 2 | 57.83 | 3 | 89.20 |
| 4 | Sinead Kerr / John Kerr |  United Kingdom |
168.53 | 4 | 32.25 | 4 | 51.88 | 4 | 84.40 |
| 5 | Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek | Hungary |
161.57 | 6 | 30.25 | 6 | 48.89 | 5 | 82.43 |
| 6 | Morgan Matthews / Maxim Zavozin | United States |
159.07 | 8 | 27.84 | 5 | 50.46 | 6 | 80.77 |
| 7 | Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin |  Azerbaijan |
157.15 | 5 | 30.35 | 7 | 47.17 | 7 | 79.63 |
| 8 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte |  Italy |
149.53 | 7 | 28.12 | 8 | 46.44 | 9 | 74.97 |
| 9 | Anastasia Platonova / Andrei Maximishin | Russia |
148.72 | 9 | 27.64 | 9 | 45.65 | 8 | 75.43 |
| 10 | Alla Beknazarova / Vladimir Zuev | Ukraine |
134.05 | 10 | 25.14 | 10 | 40.19 | 10 | 68.72 |
| WD | Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer | Russia |
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