2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 12th season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for Senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
| 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Junior Grand Prix |
| Date: | August 27 – December 14, 2008 |
| Season: | 2008–09 |
| Location: |  Courchevel  Merano  Mexico City  Ostrava  Madrid  Gomel  Cape Town  Sheffield  Goyang |
| Prize money: | $22,500 (series) $105,000 (final) |
| Previous: 2007–08 ISU Junior Grand Prix | |
| Next: 2009–10 ISU Junior Grand Prix | |
Skaters earned points towards qualification at each of the eight Junior Grand Prix events. The top eight skaters/teams in the series from each discipline met at the Junior Grand Prix Final. For the first time, the Junior Grand Prix Final was held concurrently with the senior Grand Prix Final.
Competitions
The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2008–09 season, the series was composed of the following events:
| Date | Event | Location | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 27–31 | 2008 JGP Courchevel | Courchevel, France | No pair competition |
| September 3–7 | 2008 JGP Merano | Merano, Italy | No pair competition |
| September 10–14 | 2008 JGP Mexico Cup | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| September 17–21 | 2008 JGP Czech Skate | Ostrava, Czech Republic | |
| September 24–28 | 2008 JGP Madrid Cup | Madrid, Spain | No pair competition |
| October 1–5 | 2008 JGP Golden Lynx | Gomel, Belarus | |
| October 8–12 | 2008 JGP Skate Safari | Cape Town, South Africa | No pair competition |
| October 15–18 | 2008 JGP John Curry Memorial | Sheffield, United Kingdom | |
| December 10–14 | 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix Final | Goyang, South Korea |
For the first time, the Junior Grand Prix Final was held in conjunction with the Grand Prix Final.
Qualifying
Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2008 but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Unlike the senior ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, skaters for the Junior Grand Prix are entered by their national federations rather than seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation is determined by their skaters' placements at the previous season's World Junior Figure Skating Championships in each respective discipline.
For the 2008–09 season, in singles, the five best placed member nations at the 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were allowed to enter two skaters in all eight events. Member nations who placed sixth through tenth were allowed to enter one skater in all eight events. Member nations with a skater who had qualified for the free skate at Junior Worlds were allowed to enter one skater in seven of the events. Member nations who did not qualify for the free skate but placed 25th through 30th in the short program were allowed to enter one skater in six of the events. All other nations were allowed to enter one skater in five of the events. There were provisions for additional entries per member country if another country did not use all of its allotted entries.
In pairs, member nations were allowed to enter up to three teams per event. The host nation was allowed to enter as many pair teams as it wanted. Pairs was contested at four events out of eight.
In ice dance, member nations were allowed to enter one dance team per event. Member nations who placed in the top five at the 2008 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter a second dance team.
The host country was allowed to enter up to three skaters/teams in singles and dance in their event, and there was no limit to the number of pairs teams.
The general spots allowance for the 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix events was as follows:
| Entries | Men | Ladies | Ice dance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 per event |  United States  Russia  China Czech Republic .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
United States  Finland  Japan Russia  Sweden |
United States Canada Russia  Ukraine Italy |
| 1 per event | France .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland Spain Ukraine  Kazakhstan |
 Germany Canada  Estonia Spain Italy |
|
| 1 in seven events | Japan Sweden Germany  Slovakia  Poland |
South Korea Slovakia Ukraine  Austria China  New Zealand .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia  Hungary |
|
| 1 in six events | Estonia Austria  Norway Finland  Israel Italy |
Czech Republic  Azerbaijan  Chinese Taipei  Denmark |
All other member nations had one entry per discipline in five of the eight events in singles, and one entry in all eight events for ice dance.
Prize money
The total prize money for the Junior Grand Prix events in the 2008–2009 season was $22,500. Pairs and dance teams split the money. Everything is in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:
| Placement | Prize money (Singles) | Prize money (Pairs/Dance) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 2nd | $1,500 | $2,250 |
| 3rd | $1,000 | $1,500 |
The total prize money for the Junior Grand Prix Final in the 2008–2009 season was $105,000. Pairs and dance teams split the money. Everything is in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:
| Placement | Prize money (Singles) | Prize money (Pairs/Dance) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $6,000 | $9,000 |
| 2nd | $5,000 | $7,500 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $6,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 5th | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 6th | $1,000 | $1,500 |
Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers
The following skaters have qualified for the 2008–2009 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.[1][2][3][4]
- Michal Březina, the second qualifier in the men's event, withdrew on December 1.[5] Artur Gachinski, the first alternate, replaces him.
- Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue, the fifth qualifiers in the ice dance event, withdrew due to an injury to Gilles.[6] Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev, the first alternates, replace them.
- Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov, the first alternates in the pairs event, withdrew on December 1.[7]
Medalists
Men
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | Michal Březina | Armin Mahbanoozadeh | Florent Amodio | |
| Italy | Michal Březina | Curran Oi | Alexander Nikolaev | |
| Mexico | Richard Dornbush | Elladj Baldé | Cheng Gongming | |
| Czech Rep. | Alexander Johnson | Ivan Bariev | Akio Sasaki | |
| Spain | Armin Mahbanoozadeh | Artur Gachinski | Tatsuki Machida | |
| Belarus | Denis Ten | Yang Chao | Cheng Gongming | |
| South Africa | Richard Dornbush | Ivan Bariev | Elladj Baldé | |
| United Kingdom | Florent Amodio | Keegan Messing | Alexander Johnson | |
| Final | Florent Amodio | Armin Mahbanoozadeh | Richard Dornbush |
Ladies
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | Kristine Musademba | Becky Bereswill | Diane Szmiett | |
| Italy | Melissa Bulanhagui | Rumi Suizu | Sarah Hecken | |
| Mexico | Amanda Dobbs | Alexe Gilles | Kwak Min-jeong | |
| Czech Rep. | Yukiko Fujisawa | Angela Maxwell | Stefania Berton | |
| Spain | Kristine Musademba | Becky Bereswill | Kanako Murakami | |
| Belarus | Haruka Imai | Oksana Gozeva | Kana Muramoto | |
| South Africa | Alexe Gilles | Diane Szmiett | Amanda Dobbs | |
| United Kingdom | Kanako Murakami | Yukiko Fujisawa | Angela Maxwell | |
| Final | Becky Bereswill | Yukiko Fujisawa | Alexe Gilles |
Pairs
| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | No pairs competition held | |||
| Italy | No pairs competition held | |||
| Mexico | Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh | Ekaterina Sheremetieva / Mikhail Kuznetsov | Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov | |
| Czech Rep. | Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze | Sabina Imaikina / Andrei Novoselov | Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert | |
| Spain | No pairs competition held | |||
| Belarus | Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze | Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert | Zhang Yue / Wang Lei | |
| South Africa | No pairs competition held | |||
| United Kingdom | Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov | Sabina Imaikina / Andrei Novoselov | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | |
| Final | Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze | Zhang Yue / Wang Lei | Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh | |
Ice dance
Medals table
The following is the table of total medals earned by each country on the 2008–2009 Junior Grand Prix. It can be sorted by country name, number of gold medals, number of silver medals, number of bronze medals, and total medals overall.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 17 | 11 | 5 | 33 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 6 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 32 | 32 | 30 | 94 | |
References
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External links
- International Skating Union: ISU Junior Grand Prix
- Official Site: Junior Grand Prix Merano, Italy
- Official Site: Junior Grand Prix Madrid, Spain
- Official Site: Junior Grand Prix Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Junior Grand Prix Courchevel, France at the International Skating Union
- Junior Grand Prix Merano, Italy at the International Skating Union
- Junior Grand Prix Mexico City, Mexico at the International Skating Union
- Junior Grand Prix Ostrava, Czech Republic at the International Skating Union
- Junior Grand Prix Madrid, Spain at the International Skating Union
- Junior Grand Prix Gomel, Belarus at the International Skating Union
- Junior Grand Prix Cape Town, South Africa at the International Skating Union
- Junior Grand Prix Sheffield, United Kingdom at the International Skating Union
- 2008–2009 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final at the International Skating Union
