2023–24 ISU Challenger Series

2023–24 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 8 – December 10, 2023
Season:2023–24
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The 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2023. It was the tenth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.

Competitions

This season, the series included the following events.

Date Event Location Notes Results
September 8–10 Italy 2023 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy Details
September 14–16 Canada 2023 Autumn Classic International Montreal, Quebec, Canada Details
September 20–23 Germany 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
September 28–30 Slovakia 2023 Nepela Memorial Bratislava, Slovakia No pairs Details
October 4–8 Finland 2023 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 13–15 Hungary 2023 Budapest Trophy Budapest, Hungary No pairs Details
November 1–4 Kazakhstan 2023 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Astana, Kazakhstan No pairs Details
November 7–12 Austria 2023 Ice Challenge[1] Cancelled
November 15–19 Poland 2023 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland No pairs Details
December 7–10 Croatia 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb Sisak, Croatia Details

Requirements

Skaters were eligible to compete on the Challenger Series if they had reached the age of 16 before July 1, 2023.

Medal summary

Men's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Italy Lombardia Trophy Japan Yuma Kagiyama Georgia (country) Nika Egadze United States Andrew Torgashev Details
Canada Autumn Classic International United States Ilia Malinin France Kévin Aymoz Canada Stephen Gogolev Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy France Adam Siao Him Fa Japan Kazuki Tomono Japan Koshiro Shimada Details
Slovakia Nepela Memorial Italy Gabriele Frangipani Georgia (country) Nika Egadze Israel Mark Gorodnitsky Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Japan Kao Miura Japan Shun Sato Estonia Aleksandr Selevko Details
Hungary Budapest Trophy Italy Nikolaj Memola Switzerland Lukas Britschgi United States Tomoki Hiwatashi Details
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge South Korea Lim Ju-heon Georgia (country) Nika Egadze South Korea Kim Han-gil Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Switzerland Lukas Britschgi Israel Mark Gorodnitsky United States Jason Brown Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb China Jin Boyang Kazakhstan Mikhail Shaidorov Estonia Aleksandr Selevko Details

Women's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Italy Lombardia Trophy Georgia (country) Anastasiia Gubanova Japan Hana Yoshida South Korea Kim Chae-yeon Details
Canada Autumn Classic International Japan Kaori Sakamoto Canada Kaiya Ruiter Canada Justine Miclette Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy United States Isabeau Levito Switzerland Kimmy Repond South Korea Kim Min-chae Details
Slovakia Nepela Memorial South Korea Kim Chae-yeon South Korea Lee Hae-in Canada Madeline Schizas Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy South Korea Kim Ye-lim Japan Rinka Watanabe Georgia (country) Anastasiia Gubanova Details
Hungary Budapest Trophy United States Bradie Tennell France Léa Serna United States Clare Seo Details
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Israel Mariia Seniuk South Korea Choi Da-bin Georgia (country) Alina Urushadze Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Poland Ekaterina Kurakova Italy Anna Pezzetta United States Elyce Lin-Gracey Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Italy Sarina Joos United States Amber Glenn United States Starr Andrews Details

Pairs

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Italy Lombardia Trophy Italy Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin Germany Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Details
Canada Autumn Classic International Canada Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps Japan Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Canada Emmanuelle Proft / Nicolas Nadeau Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin Italy Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise Germany Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy United States Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea Italy Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Hungary Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Finland Milania Väänänen / Filippo Clerici United States Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez Ukraine Sofiia Holichenko / Artem Darenskyi Details

Ice dance

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Italy Lombardia Trophy Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Czech Republic Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler Georgia (country) Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya Details
Canada Autumn Classic International United States Eva Pate / Logan Bye France Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud South Korea Hannah Lim / Ye Quan Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevicius Finland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis Details
Slovakia Nepela Memorial United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Georgia (country) Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin Czech Republic Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Finland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Canada Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Details
Hungary Budapest Trophy Georgia (country) Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin Canada Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac France Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le Mercier Details
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Georgia (country) Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin Germany Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan Ukraine Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov Details
Poland Warsaw Cup France Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud South Korea Hannah Lim / Ye Quan France Marie Dupayage / Thomas Nabais Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius United States Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik United States Isabella Flores / Ivan Desyatov Details

Medal standings

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States54716
2 Italy5308
3 Japan3519
4 Georgia34310
5 South Korea33410
6 France2327
7 Finland2013
8 Great Britain2002
9 Canada1258
10 Germany1225
11 Switzerland1203
12 Israel1113
13 Lithuania1102
14 China1001
 Poland1001
16 Czech Republic0112
17 Kazakhstan0101
18 Estonia0022
 Ukraine0022
20 Hungary0011
Totals (20 entries)32323296

Challenger Series rankings

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.

Men's singles

As of December 29, 2023.[2]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Lukas Britschgi  Switzerland Budapest Trophy 246.12 Warsaw Cup 246.22 492.34
2 Jin Boyang  China Autumn Classic International 230.99 Golden Spin of Zagreb 258.67 489.66
3 Nika Egadze  Georgia Lombardia Trophy 243.35 Nepela Memorial 243.31 486.66
4 Mark Gorodnitsky  Israel Nepela Memorial 236.30 Warsaw Cup 243.29 479.59
5 Nikolaj Memola  Italy Finlandia Trophy 222.98 Budapest Trophy 250.37 473.35

Women's singles

As of December 29, 2023.[3]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Kim Chae-yeon  South Korea Lombardia Trophy 180.78 Nepela Memorial 202.26 383.04
2 Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 185.60 Finlandia Trophy 179.61 365.21
3 Ekaterina Kurakova  Poland Nepela Memorial 181.98 Warsaw Cup 181.71 363.69
4 Léa Serna  France Budapest Trophy 178.56 174.59 353.15
5 Livia Kaiser  Switzerland 170.39 173.20 343.59

Pairs

As of December 29, 2023.[4]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin  Germany Lombardia Trophy 194.52 Nebelhorn Trophy 194.96 389.48
2 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel 191.76 189.01 380.77
3 Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise  Italy 185.06 191.71 376.77
4 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini 182.33 Finlandia Trophy 177.03 359.36
5 Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko  Hungary Nebelhorn Trophy 182.60 169.39 351.99

Ice dance

As of December 29, 2023.[5]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain Nebelhorn Trophy 207.84 Nepela Memorial 200.46 408.30
2 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 190.55 Golden Spin of Zagreb 200.11 390.66
3 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin  Georgia Budapest Trophy 191.84 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 192.67 384.51
4 Evgenia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud  France Autumn Classic International 186.94 Warsaw Cup 196.56 383.50
5 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis  Finland Nebelhorn Trophy 183.63 Finlandia Trophy 193.73 377.36

Top scores

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.
For the season's highest scores, see 2023–24 figure skating season § Season's best scores.

Men's singles

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Ilia Malinin  United States 281.68 2023 Autumn Classic International
2 Adam Siao Him Fa  France 279.57 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Kao Miura  Japan 267.81 2023 Finlandia Trophy
4 Kazuki Tomono 265.78 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Yuma Kagiyama 265.59 2023 Lombardia Trophy
6 Shun Sato 261.23 2023 Finlandia Trophy
7 Jin Boyang  China 258.67 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Nikolaj Memola  Italy 250.37 2023 Budapest Trophy
9 Koshiro Shimada  Japan 247.43 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Lukas Britschgi  Switzerland 246.22 2023 Warsaw Cup
Top 10 best scores in the men's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Ilia Malinin  United States 100.87 2023 Autumn Classic International
2 Adam Siao Him Fa  France 95.17 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Kazuki Tomono  Japan 93.55
4 Lukas Britschgi  Switzerland 91.51 2023 Warsaw Cup
5 Yuma Kagiyama  Japan 91.47 2023 Lombardia Trophy
6 Jin Boyang  China 91.25 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Kao Miura  Japan 90.95 2023 Finlandia Trophy
8 Nikolaj Memola  Italy 88.99 2023 Budapest Trophy
9 Shun Sato  Japan 87.47 2023 Finlandia Trophy
10 Andrew Torgashev  United States 86.41 2023 Lombardia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Adam Siao Him Fa  France 184.40 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Ilia Malinin  United States 180.81 2023 Autumn Classic International
3 Kao Miura  Japan 176.86 2023 Finlandia Trophy
4 Yuma Kagiyama 174.12 2023 Lombardia Trophy
5 Shun Sato 173.76 2023 Finlandia Trophy
6 Kazuki Tomono 172.23 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Lukas Britschgi  Switzerland 168.34 2023 Budapest Trophy
8 Koshiro Shimada  Japan 167.86 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Jin Boyang  China 167.42 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Gabriele Frangipani  Italy 164.87 2023 Nepela Memorial

Women's singles

Top 10 best scores in the women's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 203.20 2023 Autumn Classic International
2 Kim Chae-yeon  South Korea 202.26 2023 Nepela Memorial
3 Isabeau Levito  United States 198.79 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Kimmy Repond  Switzerland 191.94
5 Lee Hae-in  South Korea 191.10 2023 Nepela Memorial
6 Madeline Schizas  Canada 188.88
7 Kim Ye-lim  South Korea 187.91 2023 Finlandia Trophy
8 Bradie Tennell  United States 185.84 2023 Budapest Trophy
9 Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 185.60 2023 Lombardia Trophy
10 Hana Yoshida  Japan 185.45
Top 10 best scores in the women's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 75.62 2023 Autumn Classic International
2 Kim Ye-lim  South Korea 70.20 2023 Finlandia Trophy
3 Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 69.65 2023 Lombardia Trophy
4 Isabeau Levito  United States 69.30 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
5 Kim Chae-yeon  South Korea 67.42 2023 Nepela Memorial
Madeline Schizas  Canada 67.42
7 Lee Hae-in  South Korea 66.08
8 Livia Kaiser  Switzerland 65.21 2023 Warsaw Cup
9 Bradie Tennell  United States 65.09 2023 Budapest Trophy
10 Ava Marie Ziegler 65.07 2023 Finlandia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the women's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kim Chae-yeon  South Korea 134.84 2023 Nepela Memorial
2 Kimmy Repond  Switzerland 130.39 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Isabeau Levito  United States 129.49
4 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 127.58 2023 Autumn Classic International
5 Lee Hae-in  South Korea 125.02 2023 Nepela Memorial
6 Ekaterina Kurakova  Poland 124.26 2023 Warsaw Cup
7 Hana Yoshida  Japan 122.91 2023 Lombardia Trophy
8 Madeline Schizas  Canada 121.46 2023 Nepela Memorial
9 Kim Min-chae  South Korea 121.27 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Bradie Tennell  United States 120.75 2023 Budapest Trophy

Pairs

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps  Canada 203.62 2023 Autumn Classic International
2 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii  Italy 200.35 2023 Lombardia Trophy
3 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin  Germany 194.96 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel 191.76 2023 Lombardia Trophy
5 Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise  Italy 191.71 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud  Canada 188.94
7 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 188.05 2023 Autumn Classic International
8 Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko  Hungary 182.60 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy 182.33 2023 Lombardia Trophy
10 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea  United States 182.07 2023 Finlandia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps  Canada 71.80 2023 Autumn Classic International
2 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii  Italy 70.16 2023 Lombardia Trophy
3 Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise 66.94
4 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin  Germany 66.22
5 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel 66.06
6 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea  United States 63.03 2023 Finlandia Trophy
7 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud  Canada 62.38 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy 61.75 2023 Finlandia Trophy
9 Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko  Hungary 61.66
10 Milania Väänänen / Filippo Clerici  Finland 60.95 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' free skating
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin  Germany 132.11 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps  Canada 131.82 2023 Autumn Classic International
3 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii  Italy 130.19 2023 Lombardia Trophy
4 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 128.92 2023 Autumn Classic International
5 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy 127.34 2023 Lombardia Trophy
6 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud  Canada 126.56 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel  Germany 125.70 2023 Lombardia Trophy
8 Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise  Italy 125.35 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko  Hungary 121.26
10 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea  United States 119.04 2023 Finlandia Trophy

Ice dance

Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 208.02 2023 Lombardia Trophy
2 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 207.84 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 200.11 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis  Finland 193.73 2023 Finlandia Trophy
5 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin  Georgia 192.67 2023 Denis Ten Memorial
6 Eva Pate / Logan Bye  United States 191.20 2023 Autumn Classic International
7 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko 191.14 2023 Finlandia Trophy
8 Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler  Czech Republic 189.23 2023 Lombardia Trophy
9 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 188.56 2023 Finlandia Trophy
10 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac 188.32 2023 Budapest Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the rhythm dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 84.61 2023 Lombardia Trophy
2 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 82.42 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 81.19 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik  United States 78.23
5 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin  Georgia 77.62 2023 Nepela Memorial
6 Eva Pate / Logan Bye  United States 77.02 2023 Autumn Classic International
7 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis  Finland 75.76 2023 Finlandia Trophy
8 Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler  Czech Republic 75.21 2023 Lombardia Trophy
9 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 74.15 2023 Finlandia Trophy
10 Olivia Smart / Tim Dieck  Spain 72.56
Top 10 best scores in the free dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 125.42 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 123.41 2023 Lombardia Trophy
3 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 120.89 2023 Finlandia Trophy
4 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 118.92 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis  Finland 117.97 2023 Finlandia Trophy
6 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 116.99
7 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin  Georgia 116.63 2023 Budapest Trophy
8 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac  Canada 116.40
9 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud  France 114.66 2023 Autumn Classic International
10 Eva Pate / Logan Bye  United States 114.18

References

  1. ^ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOE] (July 27, 2023). "🇦🇹 IceChallenge has been cancelled" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024: Men". International Skating Union.
  3. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024: Women". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2023/2024: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.