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2020 Four Continents Championships
2020 Four Continents Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	February 4 – 9
Season:	2019–20
Location:	Seoul, South Korea
Host:	Korean Skating Union
Venue:	Mokdong Ice Rink
Champions
	Men's singles: ; Yuzuru Hanyu
	Ladies' singles: ; Rika Kihira
	Pairs: ; Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
	Ice dance: ; Madison Chock / Evan Bates
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The 2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships were held on February 4–9, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea.^[1] Held annually since 1999, the competition featured skaters from the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

Qualification

Age and minimum TES requirements

The competition is open to skaters from all non-European member nations of the International Skating Union. The corresponding competition for European skaters is the 2020 European Figure Skating Championships.

Skaters are eligible for the 2020 Four Continents Championships if they turned 15 years of age before July 1, 2019 and have met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepts scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships.^[1]

Minimum technical scores (TES)
Discipline	SP / RD	FS / FD
Men	28	46
Ladies	23	40
Pairs	25	42
Ice dance	28	44
Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP/RD and FS/FD scores may be attained at different events.

Number of entries per discipline

Each qualifying member nation may have up to three entries per discipline.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Discipline	Time	Segment
Thursday, February 6	Ice dance	11:00–13:27	Rhythm dance
	Pairs	14:15–16:00	Short program
	All	17:45	Opening ceremony
	Ladies	18:40–21:55	Short program
Friday, February 7	Ice dance	13:30–16:17	Free dance
Friday, February 7	Men	18:05–21:55	Short program
Saturday, February 8	Ladies	13:10–16:50	Free skating
Saturday, February 8	Pairs	18:15–20:20
Sunday, February 9	Men	11:30–15:25
Sunday, February 9	All	17:30–20:00	Exhibition gala
All times are listed in local time (UTC+09:00).^[3]

Entries

Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2019. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on January 16, 2020.

Country	Men^[4]	Ladies^[5]	Pairs^[6]	Ice dance^[7]
Australia^[8]	Jordan Dodds Brendan Kerry James Min	Kailani Craine		Matilda Friend / William Badaoui Holly Harris / Jason Chan Chantelle Kerry / Andrew Dodds
Canada^[9]	Keegan Messing Nam Nguyen Roman Sadovsky	Emily Bausback Alicia Pineault Alison Schumacher	Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
China	Jin Boyang Yan Han Zhang He	Chen Hongyi Zhu Yi	Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Tang Feiyao / Yang Yongchao	Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming Ning Wanqi / Wang Chao Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
Chinese Taipei	Micah Tang Tsao Chih-i	Amy Lin Jenny Shyu
Hong Kong	Harrison Jon-Yen Wong	Cheuk Ka Kahlen Cheung
Japan^[10]	Yuzuru Hanyu Yuma Kagiyama Kazuki Tomono	Wakaba Higuchi Rika Kihira Kaori Sakamoto	Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara	Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Kazakhstan		Aiza Mambekova		Maxine Weatherby / Temirlan Yerzhanov
Mexico	Donovan Carrillo	Andrea Montesinos Cantú
Philippines	Christopher Caluza Edrian Paul Celestino	Alisson Krystle Perticheto	Isabella Gamez / David-Alexandre Paradis
South Korea^[11]	Cha Jun-hwan Lee June-hyoung Lee Si-hyeong	Kim Ye-lim Lim Eun-soo You Young		Yura Min / Daniel Eaton
Thailand	Micah Kai Lynette
United States^[12]	Jason Brown Tomoki Hiwatashi Camden Pulkinen	Karen Chen Amber Glenn Bradie Tennell	Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim	Madison Chock / Evan Bates Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Changes to preliminary assignments

Date	Discipline	Withdrew	Added
January 22, 2020	Pairs	Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor	N/A
February 2, 2020	Ladies	Yi Christy Leung	N/A
February 2, 2020	Ladies	Chloe Ing	N/A

Medal summary

Medalists

Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline:

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Yuzuru Hanyu	Jason Brown	Yuma Kagiyama
Ladies	Rika Kihira	You Young	Bradie Tennell
Pairs	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	Peng Cheng / Jin Yang	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
Ice dance	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Yuzuru Hanyu	Jin Boyang	Jason Brown
Ladies	Rika Kihira	Bradie Tennell	You Young
Pairs	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro	Peng Cheng / Jin Yang	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Ice dance	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier

Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Yuzuru Hanyu	Jason Brown	Yuma Kagiyama
Ladies	Rika Kihira	You Young	Bradie Tennell
Pairs	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	Peng Cheng / Jin Yang	Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson
Ice dance	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Medals by country

Table of medals for overall placement:

* Host nation (South Korea)

Records

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Disc.	Skater	Segment	Score	Date	Ref.
Men's singles	Yuzuru Hanyu	Short program	111.82	February 7, 2020	^[13]

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	299.42	1	111.82	1	187.60
2	Jason Brown	United States	274.82	3	94.71	2	180.11
3	Yuma Kagiyama	Japan	270.61	5	91.61	3	179.00
4	Jin Boyang	China	267.67	2	95.83	5	171.84
5	Cha Jun-hwan	South Korea	265.43	6	90.37	4	175.06
6	Nam Nguyen	Canada	251.60	9	85.24	6	166.36
7	Kazuki Tomono	Japan	251.05	7	88.22	7	162.83
8	Keegan Messing	Canada	243.93	4	94.03	10	149.90
9	Tomoki Hiwatashi	United States	240.78	8	88.09	9	152.69
10	Yan Han	China	239.41	11	82.32	8	157.09
11	Camden Pulkinen	United States	226.82	10	84.66	11	142.16
12	Brendan Kerry	Australia	213.11	12	76.70	14	136.41
13	Zhang He	China	210.06	15	71.58	12	138.48
14	Lee Si-hyeong	South Korea	203.50	16	67.00	13	136.50
15	Donovan Carrillo	Mexico	201.09	13	73.13	16	127.96
16	Roman Sadovsky	Canada	200.50	17	65.87	15	134.63
17	Lee June-hyoung	South Korea	198.95	14	72.74	17	126.21
18	Christopher Caluza	Philippines	171.45	20	60.70	18	110.75
19	James Min	Australia	167.81	21	59.71	19	108.10
20	Edrian Paul Celestino	Philippines	167.65	18	65.11	21	102.54
21	Micah Kai Lynette	Thailand	156.71	23	50.77	20	105.94
22	Harrison Jon-Yen Wong	Hong Kong	155.30	22	56.98	22	98.32
23	Tsao Chih-i	Chinese Taipei	152.80	19	62.50	24	90.30
24	Jordan Dodds	Australia	148.78	24	50.74	23	98.04
Did not advance to free skating
25	Micah Tang	Chinese Taipei	45.91	25	45.91	—

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Rika Kihira	Japan	232.34	1	81.18	1	151.16
2	You Young	South Korea	223.23	3	73.55	2	149.68
3	Bradie Tennell	United States	222.97	2	75.93	3	147.04
4	Wakaba Higuchi	Japan	207.46	5	72.95	5	134.51
5	Kaori Sakamoto	Japan	202.79	4	73.07	8	129.72
6	Kim Ye-lim	South Korea	202.76	7	68.10	4	134.66
7	Karen Chen	United States	201.06	8	67.28	6	133.78
8	Lim Eun-soo	South Korea	200.59	6	68.40	7	132.19
9	Amber Glenn	United States	190.83	9	65.39	9	125.44
10	Alicia Pineault	Canada	173.55	10	57.09	10	116.46
11	Chen Hongyi	China	167.26	11	56.81	11	110.45
12	Kailani Craine	Australia	161.15	13	54.93	13	106.22
13	Zhu Yi	China	155.41	12	55.53	14	99.88
14	Alison Schumacher	Canada	150.73	18	42.55	12	108.18
15	Emily Bausback	Canada	147.23	14	49.10	15	98.13
16	Andrea Montesinos Cantú	Mexico	135.24	15	47.40	18	87.84
17	Jenny Shyu	Chinese Taipei	134.80	16	44.95	16	89.85
18	Alisson Krystle Perticheto	Philippines	129.99	19	40.67	17	89.32
19	Cheuk Ka Kahlen Cheung	Hong Kong	121.29	17	44.73	20	76.56
20	Amy Lin	Chinese Taipei	116.97	20	40.29	19	76.68
21	Aiza Mambekova	Kazakhstan	107.68	21	37.91	21	69.77

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	China	217.51	3	73.17	1	144.34
2	Peng Cheng / Jin Yang	China	213.29	2	75.96	2	137.33
3	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro	Canada	201.80	1	76.36	4	125.44
4	Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson	United States	196.15	4	67.76	3	128.39
5	Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea	United States	186.20	7	62.65	5	123.55
6	Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud	Canada	177.58	6	62.97	6	114.61
7	Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau	Canada	171.32	8	57.87	7	113.45
8	Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara	Japan	167.50	9	57.45	8	110.05
9	Isabella Gamez / David-Alexandre Paradis	Philippines	127.43	10	47.34	9	80.09
WD	Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim	United States	withdrew	5	63.14	withdrew from competition
WD	Tang Feiyao / Yang Yongchao	China	withdrew	withdrew from competition

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
1	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	United States	213.18	2	85.76	1	127.42
2	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	Canada	210.18	3	83.92	2	126.26
3	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue	United States	208.72	1	85.95	3	122.77
4	Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu	China	196.75	4	77.45	4	119.30
5	Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha	Canada	192.11	5	76.43	6	115.68
6	Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker	United States	188.49	7	71.93	5	116.56
7	Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus	Canada	174.41	6	73.32	7	101.09
8	Yura Min / Daniel Eaton	South Korea	163.26	8	64.38	8	98.88
9	Holly Harris / Jason Chan	Australia	161.05	10	62.83	9	98.22
10	Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming	China	158.70	9	63.22	11	95.48
11	Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto	Japan	157.20	11	61.45	10	95.75
12	Ning Wanqi / Wang Chao	China	145.22	12	59.18	12	86.04
13	Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho	Japan	143.94	14	58.13	13	85.81
14	Chantelle Kerry / Andrew Dodds	Australia	143.59	13	58.30	14	85.29
15	Matilda Friend / William Badaoui	Australia	137.36	15	55.80	16	81.56
16	Maxine Weatherby / Temirlan Yerzhanov	Kazakhstan	132.27	16	50.33	15	81.94

References

^ ^a ^b "ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2020: Announcement". International Skating Union.
^ "Entries for ISU Figure Skating and Synchronized Skating Championships 2020". International Skating Union.
^ "ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships® 2020: Competition Schedule". Korean Skating Union. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
^ "ISU Four Continents Championships 2020: Men". International Skating Union. January 16, 2020.
^ "ISU Four Continents Championships 2020: Ladies". International Skating Union. January 16, 2020.
^ "ISU Four Continents Championships 2020: Pairs". International Skating Union. January 16, 2020.
^ "ISU Four Continents Championships 2020: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. January 16, 2020.
^ "International Assignments 2019/2020". Ice Skating Australia. December 2019.
^ "Skate Canada names teams for 2020 ISU Championships" (Press release). Skate Canada. January 19, 2020.
^ "ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. December 22, 2019.
^
- "피겨 차준환, 점프 실수에도 회장배 랭킹대회 우승" [Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan wins the Chairman's Cup ranking competition despite a jump mistake] (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. December 15, 2019.
- "피겨 김예림, 랭킹전 역전 우승…4대륙선수권 출전" [Figure skater Kim Ye-lim wins Four Continents Championships ranking competition] (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. December 15, 2019.
^
- "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Ladies Selections for World and Four Continents Teams, and World Junior Camp" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. January 26, 2020.
- "U.S Figure Skating Announces Men's, Pairs and Ice Dance Selections for World, Four Continents, World Junior Teams, and World Junior Camp" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. January 26, 2020.
^ "Progression of Highest Score: Men – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. February 7, 2020.

External links

[announcement-1] "ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2020: Announcement". International Skating Union.

[n_entries-2] "Entries for ISU Figure Skating and Synchronized Skating Championships 2020". International Skating Union.

[schedule-3] "ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships® 2020: Competition Schedule". Korean Skating Union. Retrieved February 4, 2020.

[entries-men-4] "ISU Four Continents Championships 2020: Men". International Skating Union. January 16, 2020.

[entries-ladies-5] "ISU Four Continents Championships 2020: Ladies". International Skating Union. January 16, 2020.

[entries-pairs-6] "ISU Four Continents Championships 2020: Pairs". International Skating Union. January 16, 2020.

[entries-dance-7] "ISU Four Continents Championships 2020: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. January 16, 2020.

[australia-8] "International Assignments 2019/2020". Ice Skating Australia. December 2019.

[canada-9] "Skate Canada names teams for 2020 ISU Championships" (Press release). Skate Canada. January 19, 2020.

[japan-10] "ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. December 22, 2019.

[skorea-11] 
"피겨 차준환, 점프 실수에도 회장배 랭킹대회 우승" [Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan wins the Chairman's Cup ranking competition despite a jump mistake] (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. December 15, 2019.

"피겨 김예림, 랭킹전 역전 우승…4대륙선수권 출전" [Figure skater Kim Ye-lim wins Four Continents Championships ranking competition] (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. December 15, 2019.

[12] "피겨 차준환, 점프 실수에도 회장배 랭킹대회 우승" [Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan wins the Chairman's Cup ranking competition despite a jump mistake] (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. December 15, 2019.

[13] "피겨 김예림, 랭킹전 역전 우승…4대륙선수권 출전" [Figure skater Kim Ye-lim wins Four Continents Championships ranking competition] (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. December 15, 2019.

[usa-12] 
"U.S. Figure Skating Announces Ladies Selections for World and Four Continents Teams, and World Junior Camp" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. January 26, 2020.

"U.S Figure Skating Announces Men's, Pairs and Ice Dance Selections for World, Four Continents, World Junior Teams, and World Junior Camp" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. January 26, 2020.

[15] "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Ladies Selections for World and Four Continents Teams, and World Junior Camp" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. January 26, 2020.

[16] "U.S Figure Skating Announces Men's, Pairs and Ice Dance Selections for World, Four Continents, World Junior Teams, and World Junior Camp" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. January 26, 2020.

[isu-progress-M-SP-13] "Progression of Highest Score: Men – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. February 7, 2020.

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