2021–22 ISU Challenger Series

The 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2021. It was the eighth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions ranked below the ISU Grand Prix, was held.

2021–22 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 10 – December 11, 2021
Season:2021–22
Previous:
2020–21 ISU Challenger Series
Next:
2022–23 ISU Challenger Series

Events

The 2021–22 Challenger Series was composed of eight events.[1] The previously announced final Olympic qualifier (Nebelhorn Trophy) was included in the schedule.[2][3]

Date Event Location Notes Results
September 10–12 Italy 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy No pairs Details
September 16–18 Canada 2021 CS Autumn Classic Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada Pairs added Details
September 22–25 Germany 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Olympic qualifier Details
October 7–10 Finland 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 28–31 Kazakhstan 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan[lower-alpha 1] No pairs Details
November 11–14 Austria 2021 CS Cup of Austria Graz, Austria No pairs Details
November 18–21 Poland 2021 CS Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
December 8–11 Croatia 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb Sisak, Croatia[lower-alpha 2] Details

Cancelled

Date Event Location Notes Refs
Sept. 30 – Oct. 2 Slovakia 2021 CS Nepela Memorial Bratislava, Slovakia No pairs [4]

Lost status

Date Event Location Notes Results
October 13–17 China 2021 Asian Open Trophy Beijing, China Olympic test event Details

In the 2021 Asian Trophy, only men's singles and women's singles had international participants, and the total number of ISU member countries represented in the event was 9. These conditions do not satisfy the requirement to be a Challenger Series event.[5]

Requirements

Skaters were eligible to compete on the Challenger Series if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2021.

Medal summary

Men

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Lombardia TrophyItaly Daniel GrasslFrance Adam Siao Him FaGeorgia (country) Morisi KvitelashviliDetails
Autumn ClassicReclassified as domestic, not internationalDetails
Nebelhorn TrophyUnited States Vincent ZhouFrance Adam Siao Him FaRussia Mark KondratiukDetails
Finlandia TrophyUnited States Jason BrownRussia Mikhail KolyadaRussia Dmitri AlievDetails
Asian Open TrophyNot enough competitors to qualify as a Challenger eventDetails
Denis Ten MCRussia Petr GumennikRussia Mark KondratiukRussia Andrei MozalevDetails
Cup of AustriaGeorgia (country) Nika EgadzeJapan Lucas Tsuyoshi HondaUnited States Ilia MalininDetails
Warsaw CupJapan Sōta YamamotoItaly Daniel GrasslRussia Petr GumennikDetails
Golden SpinCanada Keegan MessingRussia Andrei MozalevUnited States Jimmy MaDetails

Women

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Lombardia TrophyUnited States Alysa LiuPoland Ekaterina KurakovaUnited States Audrey ShinDetails
Autumn ClassicCyprus Marilena KitromilisSouth Korea You YoungSouth Korea Ji Seo-yeonDetails
Nebelhorn TrophyUnited States Alysa LiuPoland Ekaterina KurakovaBelarus Viktoriia SafonovaDetails
Finlandia TrophyRussia Kamila ValievaRussia Elizaveta TuktamyshevaRussia Alena KostornaiaDetails
Asian Open TrophyNot enough competitors to qualify as a Challenger eventDetails
Denis Ten MCBelarus Viktoriia SafonovaAzerbaijan Ekaterina RyabovaUkraine Anastasiia ShabotovaDetails
Cup of AustriaJapan Wakaba HiguchiSouth Korea Park Yeon-jeongEstonia Niina PetrõkinaDetails
Warsaw CupRussia Maiia KhromykhEstonia Niina PetrõkinaPoland Ekaterina KurakovaDetails
Golden SpinGeorgia (country) Anastasiia GubanovaUnited States Amber GlennEstonia Niina PetrõkinaDetails

Pairs

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Autumn ClassicJapan Riku Miura / Ryuichi KiharaCanada Vanessa James / Eric RadfordUnited States Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDucDetails
Nebelhorn TrophyGermany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan SeegertSpain Laura Barquero / Marco ZandronGeorgia (country) Karina Safina / Luka BerulavaDetails
Finlandia TrophyRussia Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr GalliamovRussia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir MorozovUnited States Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDucDetails
Asian Open TrophyReclassified as domestic, not internationalDetails
Warsaw CupRussia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir MorozovUnited States Jessica Calalang / Brian JohnsonRussia Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan BalchenkoDetails
Golden SpinUnited States Audrey Lu / Misha MitrofanovGeorgia (country) Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil ParkmanRussia Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail NazarychevDetails

Ice dance

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
Lombardia TrophyItaly Charlène Guignard / Marco FabbriCanada Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj SørensenSpain Sara Hurtado / Kirill KhaliavinDetails
Autumn ClassicCanada Piper Gilles / Paul PoirierSpain Olivia Smart / Adrián DíazUnited States Caroline Green / Michael ParsonsDetails
Nebelhorn TrophyFinland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias VersluisGermany Katharina Müller / Tim DieckGeorgia (country) Maria Kazakova / Georgy ReviyaDetails
Finlandia TrophyFrance Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume CizeronUnited States Madison Chock / Evan BatesUnited Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis GibsonDetails
Asian Open TrophyReclassified as domestic, not internationalDetails
Denis Ten MCRussia Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill AleshinUkraine Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim NikitinRussia Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor BazinDetails
Cup of AustriaItaly Charlène Guignard / Marco FabbriCanada Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj SørensenSpain Olivia Smart / Adrián DíazDetails
Warsaw CupRussia Diana Davis / Gleb SmolkinJapan Kana Muramoto / Daisuke TakahashiUnited States Caroline Green / Michael ParsonsDetails
Golden SpinUnited States Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc BakerLithuania Allison Reed / Saulius AmbrulevičiusRussia Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid NaryzhnyyDetails

Medal standings

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia75921
2 United States63716
3 Japan3205
4 Italy3104
5 Canada2305
6 Georgia2136
7 France1203
8 Germany1102
9 Belarus1012
10 Cyprus1001
 Finland1001
12 Spain0224
13 Poland0213
 South Korea0213
15 Estonia0123
16 Ukraine0112
17 Azerbaijan0101
 Lithuania0101
19 Great Britain0011
Totals (19 entries)28282884

Challenger Series rankings

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

Men

As of December 15, 2021.[6]

Rank Name 1st event Score 2nd event Score Total score
1 Russia Petr Gumennik Denis Ten Memorial 263.14 Warsaw Cup 242.91 506.05
2 Canada Keegan Messing Finlandia Trophy 242.58 Golden Spin of Zagreb 255.07 497.65
3 Russia Mark Kondratiuk Nebelhorn Trophy 241.06 Denis Ten Memorial 250.08 491.14
4 Italy Daniel Grassl Lombardia Trophy 247.80 Warsaw Cup 242.96 490.76
5 Russia Andrei Mozalev Denis Ten Memorial 234.05 Golden Spin of Zagreb 252.15 486.20

Women

As of December 15, 2021.[7]

Rank Name 1st event Score 2nd event Score Total score
1 United States Alysa Liu Lombardia Trophy 219.24 Nebelhorn Trophy 207.40 426.64
2 Georgia (country) Anastasiia Gubanova Finlandia Trophy 203.91 Golden Spin of Zagreb 184.29 388.20
3 Poland Ekaterina Kurakova Nebelhorn Trophy 193.58 Warsaw Cup 187.80 381.38
4 Belarus Viktoriia Safonova Nebelhorn Trophy 190.29 Denis Ten Memorial 190.06 380.35
5 United States Karen Chen Autumn Classic 173.00 Finlandia Trophy 202.49 375.49

Pairs

As of December 15, 2021.[8]

Rank Name 1st event Score 2nd event Score Total score
1 Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Finlandia Trophy 213.72 Warsaw Cup 228.49 442.21
2 United States Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Finlandia Trophy 191.89 Warsaw Cup 196.85 388.74
3 Canada Vanessa James / Eric Radford Finlandia Trophy 190.58 Golden Spin of Zagreb 187.57 378.15
4 Georgia (country) Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman Warsaw Cup 184.24 Golden Spin of Zagreb 189.60 373.84
5 Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Nebelhorn Trophy 185.25 Finlandia Trophy 188.37 373.62

Ice dance

As of December 15, 2021.[9]

Rank Name 1st event Score 2nd event Score Total score
1 Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Lombardia Trophy 205.36 Cup of Austria 208.88 414.24
2 Russia Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin Cup of Austria 184.62 Warsaw Cup 199.90 384.52
3 Spain Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz Autumn Classic 191.31 Cup of Austria 189.88 381.19
4 Canada Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Lombardia Trophy 185.26 Cup of Austria 194.67 379.93
5 United States Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Autumn Classic 188.43 Warsaw Cup 187.84 376.27

Top scores

Best total score

Rank Skater Nation Score Event
1 Vincent Zhou  United States 284.23 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Petr Gumennik  Russia 263.14 2021 Denis Ten Memorial
3 Jason Brown  United States 262.52 2021 Finlandia Trophy
4 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 256.98 2021 Finlandia Trophy
5 Keegan Messing  Canada 255.07 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Andrei Mozalev  Russia 252.15 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Jimmy Ma  United States 250.97 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Mark Kondratiuk  Russia 250.08 2021 Denis Ten Memorial
9 Deniss Vasiļjevs  Latvia 250.07 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 249.25 2021 Finlandia Trophy

Best short program score

Rank Skater Nation Score Event
1 Vincent Zhou  United States 97.35 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Jason Brown  United States 92.39 2021 Finlandia Trophy
Keegan Messing  Canada 92.39 2021 Finlandia Trophy
4 Petr Gumennik  Russia 91.84 2021 Denis Ten Memorial
5 Sōta Yamamoto  Japan 91.75 2021 Warsaw Cup
6 Koshiro Shimada  Japan 90.55 2021 Warsaw Cup
7 Adam Siao Him Fa  France 89.23 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Brendan Kerry  Australia 85.89 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
9 Mark Kondratiuk  Russia 84.79 2021 Denis Ten Memorial
10 Deniss Vasiļjevs  Latvia 84.46 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb

Best free skating score

Rank Skater Nation Score Event
1 Vincent Zhou  United States 186.88 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Matteo Rizzo  Italy 176.18 2021 Finlandia Trophy
3 Mikhail Kolyada  Russia 174.23 2021 Finlandia Trophy
4 Daniel Grassl  Italy 173.54 2021 Lombardia Trophy
5 Evgeni Semenenko  Russia 172.60 2021 Finlandia Trophy
6 Andrei Mozalev  Russia 171.44 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Petr Gumennik  Russia 171.30 2021 Denis Ten Memorial
8 Dmitri Aliev  Russia 170.97 2021 Finlandia Trophy
9 Jason Brown  United States 170.13 2021 Finlandia Trophy
Jimmy Ma  United States 170.13 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb

Best total score

Rank Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kamila Valieva  Russia 249.24 2021 Finlandia Trophy
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 233.30 2021 Finlandia Trophy
3 Alysa Liu  United States 219.24 2021 Lombardia Trophy
4 Alena Kostornaia  Russia 218.83 2021 Finlandia Trophy
5 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 212.07 2021 Finlandia Trophy
6 Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 203.91 2021 Finlandia Trophy
7 Karen Chen  United States 202.49 2021 Finlandia Trophy
8 Eva-Lotta Kiibus  Estonia 202.04 2021 Finlandia Trophy
9 Maiia Khromykh  Russia 194.02 2021 Warsaw Cup
10 Ekaterina Kurakova  Poland 193.58 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy

Best short program score

Rank Skater Nation Score Event
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 81.53 2021 Finlandia Trophy
2 Wakaba Higuchi  Japan 79.73 2021 Cup of Austria
3 Alena Kostornaia  Russia 78.61 2021 Finlandia Trophy
4 Kamila Valieva  Russia 74.93 2021 Finlandia Trophy
5 Alysa Liu  United States 74.31 2021 Lombardia Trophy
6 Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 69.50 2021 Finlandia Trophy
7 Maiia Khromykh  Russia 69.24 2021 Warsaw Cup
8 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 68.82 2021 Finlandia Trophy
9 Jenni Saarinen  Finland 68.71 2021 Warsaw Cup
10 Karen Chen  United States 67.50 2021 Finlandia Trophy

Best free skating score

Rank Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kamila Valieva  Russia 174.31 2021 Finlandia Trophy
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 151.77 2021 Finlandia Trophy
3 Alysa Liu  United States 144.93 2021 Lombardia Trophy
4 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 143.25 2021 Finlandia Trophy
5 Alena Kostornaia  Russia 140.22 2021 Finlandia Trophy
6 Eva-Lotta Kiibus  Estonia 137.51 2021 Finlandia Trophy
7 Karen Chen  United States 134.99 2021 Finlandia Trophy
8 Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 134.41 2021 Finlandia Trophy
9 Ekaterina Kurakova  Poland 132.54 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Viktoriia Safonova  Belarus 128.27 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy

Best total score

Rank Skaters Nation Score Event
1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 228.49 2021 Warsaw Cup
2 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  Russia 227.13 2021 Finlandia Trophy
3 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 204.06 2021 Autumn Classic
4 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson  United States 196.85 2021 Warsaw Cup
5 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov  United States 195.32 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc  United States 193.00 2021 Finlandia Trophy
7 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko  Russia 192.94 2021 Warsaw Cup
8 Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov  Russia 190.93 2021 Warsaw Cup
9 Vanessa James / Eric Radford  Canada 190.58 2021 Finlandia Trophy
10 Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron  Spain 189.99 2021 Finlandia Trophy

Best short program score

Rank Skaters Nation Score Event
1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 79.76 2021 Warsaw Cup
2 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  Russia 73.76 2021 Finlandia Trophy
3 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 72.32 2021 Autumn Classic
4 Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov  Russia 69.42 2021 Warsaw Cup
5 Vanessa James / Eric Radford  Canada 68.29 2021 Autumn Classic
6 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko  Russia 67.53 2021 Warsaw Cup
7 Karina Safina / Luka Berulava  Georgia 66.95 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier  United States 66.44 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov  United States 66.41 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert  Germany 66.26 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy

Best free skating score

Rank Skaters Nation Score Event
1 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov  Russia 153.37 2021 Finlandia Trophy
2 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 148.73 2021 Warsaw Cup
3 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson  United States 135.16 2021 Warsaw Cup
4 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara  Japan 131.74 2021 Autumn Classic
5 Vanessa James / Eric Radford  Canada 130.83 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov  United States 128.91 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
7 Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev  Russia 128.11 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc  United States 128.02 2021 Finlandia Trophy
9 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko  Russia 125.41 2021 Warsaw Cup
10 Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron  Spain 124.66 2021 Finlandia Trophy

Best total score

Rank Skaters Nation Score Event
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France 217.54 2021 Finlandia Trophy
2 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 208.97 2021 Autumn Classic
3 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 208.88 2021 Cup of Austria
4 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 208.31 2021 Finlandia Trophy
5 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin  Russia 199.90 2021 Warsaw Cup
6 Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin  Russia 195.06 2021 Denis Ten Memorial
7 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 194.67 2021 Cup of Austria
8 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States 191.32 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 191.31 2021 Autumn Classic
10 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 190.39 2021 Finlandia Trophy

Best rhythm dance score

Rank Skaters Nation Score Event
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France 85.58 2021 Finlandia Trophy
2 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 83.72 2021 Finlandia Trophy
3 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 83.35 2021 Autumn Classic
4 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 82.78 2021 Cup of Austria
5 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin  Russia 81.30 2021 Warsaw Cup
6 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 78.53 2021 Cup of Austria
7 Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin  Russia 78.39 2021 Denis Ten Memorial
8 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 77.38 2021 Cup of Austria
9 Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Egor Bazin  Russia 77.08 2021 Denis Ten Memorial
10 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 75.87 2021 Warsaw Cup

Best free dance score

Rank Skaters Nation Score Event
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron  France 131.96 2021 Finlandia Trophy
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 126.10 2021 Cup of Austria
3 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier  Canada 125.62 2021 Autumn Classic
4 Madison Chock / Evan Bates  United States 124.59 2021 Finlandia Trophy
5 Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin  Russia 118.60 2021 Warsaw Cup
6 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 117.29 2021 Cup of Austria
7 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States 116.72 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin  Russia 116.67 2021 Denis Ten Memorial
9 Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz  Spain 116.11 2021 Autumn Classic
10 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 115.61 2021 Finlandia Trophy

Notes

  1. Originally scheduled to be held in Almaty.
  2. Originally scheduled to be held in Zagreb.

References

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