The 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2014. It was the inaugural season of the ISU Challenger Series: a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions.
| 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Challenger Series |
| Date: | September 10 – December 7, 2014 |
| Season: | 2014–15 |
| Next: 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series | |
Competitions
editThis season, the series included the following events. The 2014 Triglav Trophy was originally scheduled for November 6–9, 2014,[1] but it was removed from the calendar as a Challenger Series event.
| Date | Event | Location | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 10–14 |  2014 U.S. International Classic
|
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | Details |
| September 18–21 |  2014 Lombardia Trophy
|
Sesto San Giovanni, Italy | Details |
| September 25–27 |  2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
|
Oberstdorf, Germany | Details |
| October 2–5 |  2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
|
Bratislava, Slovakia | Details |
| October 9–12 |  2014 Finlandia Trophy
|
Espoo, Finland | Details |
| October 15–18 |  2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic
|
Barrie, Ontario, Canada | Details |
| November 5–9 |  2014 Volvo Open Cup
|
Riga, Latvia | Details |
| November 6–9 |  2014 Triglav Trophy
|
No longer a Challenger Series event | |
| November 11–16 |  2014 Ice Challenge
|
Graz, Austria | Details |
| November 21–24 |  2014 Warsaw Cup
|
Warsaw, Poland | Details |
| December 4–7 |  2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
|
Zagreb, Croatia | Details |
Medal summary
editMen's singles
editLadies' singles
editPairs
editIce dance
editMedal standings
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 14 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 |  Russia (RUS) | 11 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 14 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 18 |  Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (24 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 | |
Challenger Series rankings
editThe ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.[2]
Men's singles
edit| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic
|
Nebelhorn Trophy | 228.48 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 239.62 | 468.10 |
| 2 | Alexander Petrov | Russia
|
Volvo Open Cup | 218.78 | Warsaw Cup | 231.53 | 450.31 |
| 3 | Konstantin Menshov | Nebelhorn Trophy | 211.03 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 229.51 | 440.54 | |
| 4 | Ross Miner | United States
|
U.S. International Classic | 209.78 | Skate Canada Autumn Classic | 227.26 | 437.04 |
| 5 | Sergei Voronov | Russia
|
Nebelhorn Trophy | 210.05 | Finlandia Trophy | 221.11 | 431.16 |
Ladies' singles
edit| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia
|
Finlandia Trophy | 193.31 | Warsaw Cup | 196.66 | 389.97 |
| 2 | Alena Leonova | Nebelhorn Trophy | 186.71 | Ice Challenge | 148.29 | 335.00 | |
| 3 | Hannah Miller | United States
|
Lombardia Trophy | 170.26 | 156.39 | 326.65 | |
| 4 | Angela Wang | 160.25 | Skate Canada Autumn Classic | 163.68 | 323.93 | ||
| 5 | Maria Artemieva | Russia
|
Finlandia Trophy | 140.38 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 166.48 | 306.86 |
Pairs
edit| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | United States
|
U.S. International Classic | 163.24 | Nebelhorn Trophy | 166.10 | 329.34 |
| 2 | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | Lombardia Trophy | 157.80 | Skate Canada Autumn Classic | 167.28 | 325.08 | |
| 3 | Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu | U.S. International Classic | 156.18 | 156.46 | 312.64 | ||
| 4 | Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps | Canada
|
Lombardia Trophy | 157.06 | 145.00 | 302.06 | |
| 5 | Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage | United States
|
U.S. International Classic | 138.52 | Lombardia Trophy | 143.85 | 282.37 |
Ice dance
edit| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States
|
Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 162.98 | Ice Challenge | 166.34 | 329.32 |
| 2 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy
|
143.94 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 166.46 | 310.40 | |
| 3 | Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi | Germany
|
Nebelhorn Trophy | 147.10 | Finlandia Trophy | 139.98 | 287.08 |
| 4 | Alexandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin | Ukraine
|
Warsaw Cup | 136.90 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 148.48 | 285.38 |
| 5 | Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley | Slovakia
|
Volvo Open Cup | 140.84 | Warsaw Cup | 143.36 | 284.20 |
Top scores
editMen's singles
edit| No. | Skater | 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 Březina | Czech Republic
|
239.62 | 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 4 | Richard Dornbush | United States
|
237.28 | 2014 Lombardia Trophy |
| 5 | Jason Brown | 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 | 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 |
Ladies' singles
edit| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia
|
196.66 | 2014 Warsaw Cup |
| 2 | Alena Leonova | 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 | 176.35 | 2014 U.S. International Classic | |
| 6 | Courtney Hicks | 174.14 | ||
| 7 | Hannah Miller | 170.26 | 2014 Lombardia Trophy | |
| 8 | Kiira Korpi | Finland
|
167.81 | 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 9 | Maria Artemieva | Russia
|
166.48 | |
| 10 | Gabrielle Daleman | Canada
|
165.59 | 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic |
Pairs
edit| No. | Team | 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 | 184.24 | 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb | |
| 4 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | 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 | |
| 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
edit| No. | Team | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 10 | Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi | Germany
|
147.10 | 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy |
References
edit- ^ "Communication No. 1894: Revision of minimum entry criteria to qualify as Challenger Series event" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
- ^ "Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Men". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ladies". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Pairs". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ice dance". International Skating Union.