2014–15 ISU Challenger Series

The 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2014. It was the inaugural season of a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions ranked below the Grand Prix series. Each event included a minimum of three disciplines (men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing).

2014–15 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 10 – December 7, 2014
Season:2014–15
Next:
2015–16 ISU Challenger Series

Eleven competitions were selected in June 2014.[1] The Triglav Trophy dropped out by October 10, 2014, resulting in a series composed of ten events.

Schedule

The 2014–15 series comprised the following events:[1]

Date Event Location Details
September 10–14 2014 CS U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details
September 18–21 2014 CS Lombardia Trophy Sesto San Giovanni, Italy Details
September 25–27 2014 CS Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
October 2–5 2014 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Details
October 9–12 2014 CS Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 15–18 2014 CS Skate Canada Autumn Classic Barrie, Ontario, Canada Details
November 5–9 2014 CS Volvo Open Cup Riga, Latvia Details
November 11–16 2014 CS Ice Challenge Graz, Austria Details
November 21–24 2014 CS Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
December 4–7 2014 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details

Medal summary

Men
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
U.S. Classic Max Aaron Ross Miner Daisuke MurakamiDetails
Lombardia Trophy Richard Dornbush Takahito Mura Adian PitkeevDetails
Nebelhorn Trophy Jason Brown Michal Březina Konstantin MenshovDetails
Ondrej Nepela Stephen Carriere Kim Jin-seo Gordei GorshkovDetails
Finlandia Trophy Sergei Voronov Adam Rippon Alexander PetrovDetails
SC Autumn Classic Ross Miner Nam Nguyen Jeremy TenDetails
Volvo Open Cup Alexander Petrov Gordei Gorshkov Artur Dmitriev Jr.Details
Ice Challenge Douglas Razzano Alexander Samarin Martin RappeDetails
Warsaw Cup Alexander Petrov Michael Christian Martinez Matteo RizzoDetails
Golden Spin Denis Ten Michal Březina Konstantin MenshovDetails

Ladies
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
U.S. Classic Polina Edmunds Courtney Hicks Riona KatoDetails
Lombardia Trophy Satoko Miyahara Hannah Miller Angela WangDetails
Nebelhorn Trophy Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Alena Leonova Gracie GoldDetails
Ondrej Nepela Roberta Rodeghiero Joshi Helgesson Ashley CainDetails
Finlandia Trophy Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Samantha Cesario Rika HongoDetails
SC Autumn Classic Gabrielle Daleman Angela Wang Julianne SéguinDetails
Volvo Open Cup Angelīna Kučvaļska Lutricia Bock Jenni SaarinenDetails
Ice Challenge Hannah Miller Isabelle Olsson Ivett TóthDetails
Warsaw Cup Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Anastasia Galustyan Aleksandra GolovkinaDetails
Golden Spin Kiira Korpi Maria Artemieva Nicole RajičováDetails

Pairs
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
U.S. Classic Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Madeline Aaron / Max SettlageDetails
Lombardia Trophy Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Bianca Manacorda / Niccolo Macii Vera Bazarova / Andrei DeputatDetails
Nebelhorn Trophy Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Alexa Scimeca / Chris KnierimDetails
SC Autumn Classic Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Jessica Calalang / Zack SidhuDetails
Volvo Open Cup Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev Maria Paliakova / Nikita BochkovDetails
Ice Challenge Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van CleaveDetails
Warsaw Cup Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Valentina Marchei / Ondřej HotárekDetails
Golden Spin Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'SheaDetails

Ice dance
Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Reports
U.S. Classic Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManusDetails
Nebelhorn Trophy Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Madison Chock / Evan Bates Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander GazsiDetails
Ondrej Nepela Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Federica Testa / Lukáš CsölleyDetails
Finlandia Trophy Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManusDetails
SC Autumn Classic Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj SørensenDetails
Volvo Open Cup Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev Rebeka Kim / Kirill MinovDetails
Ice Challenge Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Barbora Silná / Juri KurakinDetails
Warsaw Cup Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Wang Shiyue / Liu XinyuDetails
Golden Spin Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri Sara Hurtado / Adrià DíazDetails

Challenger Series rankings

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or duo.[2]

Men

[3]

Rank Name 1st Event Points 2nd Event Points Total points
1 Michal Brezina 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 228.48 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 239.62 468.10
2 Alexander Petrov 2014 Volvo Open Cup 218.78 2014 Warsaw Cup 231.53 450.31
3 Konstantin Menshov 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 211.03 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 229.51 440.54

Ladies

[4]

Rank Name 1st Event Points 2nd Event Points Total points
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2014 Finlandia Trophy 193.31 2014 Warsaw Cup 196.66 389.97
2 Alena Leonova 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 186.71 2014 Ice Challenge 148.29 335.00
3 Hannah Miller 2014 Lombardia Trophy 170.26 2014 Ice Challenge 156.39 326.65

Pairs

[5]

Rank Name 1st Event Points 2nd Event Points Total points
1 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim 2014 U.S. International Classic 163.24 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 166.10 329.34
2 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier 2014 Lombardia Trophy 157.80 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 167.28 325.08
3 Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu 2014 U.S. International Classic 156.18 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 156.46 312.64

Ice Dance

[6]

Rank Name 1st Event Points 2nd Event Points Total points
1 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 162.98 2014 Ice Challenge 166.34 329.32
2 Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri 2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 143.94 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 166.46 310.40
3 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 147.10 2014 Finlandia Trophy 139.98 287.08

Top scores in Challenger series
For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

Men

Best total score

Rank Name 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 Brezina  Czech Republic 239.62 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Richard Dornbush  United States 237.28 2014 Lombardia Trophy
5 Jason Brown  United States 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  Russia 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 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic

Ladies

Best total score

Rank Name Nation Score Event
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 196.66 2014 Warsaw Cup
2 Alena Leonova  Russia 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  United States 176.35 2014 U.S. International Classic
6 Courtney Hicks  United States 174.14 2014 U.S. International Classic
7 Hannah Miller  United States 170.26 2014 Lombardia Trophy
8 Kiira Korpi  Finland 167.81 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Maria Artemieva  Russia 166.48 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Gabrielle Daleman  Canada 165.59 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic

Pairs

Best total score

Rank Name 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  Russia 184.24 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov  Russia 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 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
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

Best total score

Rank Name 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 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
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 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
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 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi  Germany 147.10 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy

References
  1. "Communication No. 1894: Revision of minimum entry criteria to qualify as Challenger Series event" (PDF). International Skating Union.
  2. "Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union.
  3. "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Men". International Skating Union.
  4. "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ladies". International Skating Union.
  5. "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  6. "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ice dance". International Skating Union.
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