The 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2017. It was the fourth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.
| 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Challenger Series |
| Date: | September 13 – December 9, 2017 |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Previous: 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series | |
| Next: 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series | |
Competitions edit
This season, the series included the following events.[1]
| Date | Event | Location | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 13–17 |  2017 U.S. International Classic
|
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | Details |
| September 14–17 |  2017 Lombardia Trophy
|
Bergamo, Italy | Details |
| September 20–23 |  2017 Autumn Classic International
|
Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Details |
| September 21–23 |  2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
|
Bratislava, Slovakia | Details |
| September 27–30 |  2017 Nebelhorn Trophy
|
Oberstdorf, Germany | Details |
| October 6–8 |  2017 Finlandia Trophy
|
Espoo, Finland | Details |
| October 27–29 |  2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star
|
Minsk, Belarus | Details |
| November 16–19 |  2017 Warsaw Cup
|
Warsaw, Poland | Details |
| November 21–26 |  2017 Tallinn Trophy
|
Tallinn, Estonia | Details |
| December 6–9 |  2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb
|
Zagreb, Croatia | Details |
Medal summary edit
Men's singles edit
Ladies' singles edit
Pairs edit
Ice dance edit
Medal standings edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 17 | 12 | 9 | 38 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 2 | 10 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 |  Japan (JPN) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 |  Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 |  China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 |  Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 |  Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 |  Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | |
Challenger Series rankings edit
The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.[1]
Men's singles edit
| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikhail Kolyada | Russia
|
Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 247.81 | Finlandia Trophy | 248.50 | 496.31 |
| 2 | Sergei Voronov | 234.07 | Minsk-Arena Ice Star | 250.10 | 484.17 | ||
| 3 | Moris Kvitelashvili | Georgia
|
Minsk-Arena Ice Star | 227.31 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 236.67 | 463.98 |
| 4 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy
|
Lombardia Trophy | 227.02 | Warsaw Cup | 232.98 | 460.00 |
| 5 | Yaroslav Paniot | Ukraine
|
U.S. International Classic | 233.16 | Tallinn Trophy | 221.23 | 454.39 |
Ladies' singles edit
| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina Kostner | Italy
|
Lombardia Trophy | 198.36 | Finlandia Trophy | 193.76 | 392.12 |
| 2 | Stanislava Konstantinova | Russia
|
Tallinn Trophy | 190.75 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 199.68 | 390.43 |
| 3 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Lombardia Trophy | 184.75 | Finlandia Trophy | 189.13 | 373.88 | |
| 4 | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | Kazakhstan
|
Autumn Classic International | 181.00 | Minsk-Arena Ice Star | 187.57 | 368.57 |
| 5 | Alisa Fedichkina | Russia
|
Tallinn Trophy | 180.33 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 178.20 | 358.53 |
Pairs edit
| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Russia
|
Lombardia Trophy | 196.06 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 202.96 | 399.02 |
| 2 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy
|
191.39 | Finlandia Trophy | 193.50 | 384.89 | |
| 3 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Russia
|
Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 191.12 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 186.62 | 377.74 |
| 4 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy
|
Lombardia Trophy | 180.86 | Warsaw Cup | 193.14 | 374.00 |
| 5 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Russia
|
Minsk-Arena Ice Star | 191.58 | 180.84 | 372.42 |
Ice dance edit
| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia
|
Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 181.92 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 186.66 | 368.58 |
| 2 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy
|
Lombardia Trophy | 169.30 | 178.16 | 347.46 | |
| 3 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia
|
Minsk-Arena Ice Star | 169.81 | 157.84 | 327.65 | |
| 4 | Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov | Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 161.92 | Warsaw Cup | 164.07 | 325.99 | |
| 5 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States
|
U.S. International Classic | 153.55 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 163.88 | 317.43 |
Top scores edit
Men's singles edit
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Japan
|
319.84 | 2017 Lombardia Trophy |
| 2 | Javier Fernández | Spain
|
279.07 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 3 | Nathan Chen | United States
|
275.04 | 2017 U.S. International Classic |
| 4 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
|
268.24 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 5 | Max Aaron | United States
|
261.56 | 2017 U.S. International Classic |
| 6 | Jason Brown | 259.88 | 2017 Lombardia Trophy | |
| 7 | Jorik Hendrickx | Belgium
|
253.06 | 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 8 | Jin Boyang | China
|
252.60 | 2017 Finlandia Trophy |
| 9 | Sergei Voronov | Russia
|
250.10 | 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star |
| 10 | Vincent Zhou | United States
|
250.01 | 2017 Finlandia Trophy |
Ladies' singles edit
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Russia
|
226.72 | 2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy |
| 2 | Alina Zagitova | 218.46 | 2017 Lombardia Trophy | |
| 3 | Wakaba Higuchi | Japan
|
217.63 | |
| 4 | Kaetlyn Osmond | Canada
|
217.55 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 5 | Maria Sotskova | Russia
|
205.30 | 2017 Finlandia Trophy |
| 6 | Stanislava Konstantinova | 199.68 | 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb | |
| 7 | Mai Mihara | Japan
|
199.02 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 8 | Marin Honda | 198.42 | 2017 U.S. International Classic | |
| 9 | Carolina Kostner | Italy
|
198.36 | 2017 Lombardia Trophy |
| 10 | Bradie Tennell | United States
|
196.70 |
Pairs edit
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia
|
218.46 | 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 2 | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Germany
|
211.08 | |
| 3 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | France
|
210.48 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 4 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada
|
202.98 | |
| 5 | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Russia
|
202.96 | 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 6 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | China
|
198.03 | 2017 Finlandia Trophy |
| 7 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy
|
193.50 | |
| 8 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | 193.14 | 2017 Warsaw Cup | |
| 9 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Russia
|
191.58 | 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star |
| 10 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | 191.12 | 2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy |
Ice dance edit
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada
|
195.76 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France
|
188.25 | 2017 Finlandia Trophy |
| 3 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia
|
186.66 | 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 4 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy
|
183.49 | 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star |
| 5 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States
|
178.80 | 2017 U.S. International Classic |
| 6 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy
|
178.16 | 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 7 | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | Great Britain
|
177.13 | 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 8 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada
|
173.56 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 9 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | 172.26 | ||
| 10 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia
|
169.81 | 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star |
References edit
- ^ a b "ISU Challenger Series - General Announcement 2017/18". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2017/2018: Men". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2017/2018: Ladies". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2017/2018: Pairs". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2017/2018: Ice dance". International Skating Union.