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2014–15 ISU Challenger Series

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2014–15 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 10 – December 7, 2014
Season:2014–15
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The 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2014. It was the inaugural season of the ISU Challenger Series: a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions.

Competitions

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This season, the series included the following events. The 2014 Triglav Trophy was originally scheduled for November 6–9, 2014,[1] but it was removed from the calendar as a Challenger Series event.

Date Event Location Results
September 10–14 United States 2014 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details
September 18–21 Italy 2014 Lombardia Trophy Sesto San Giovanni, Italy Details
September 25–27 Germany 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
October 2–5 Slovakia 2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Details
October 9–12 Finland 2014 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 15–18 Canada 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic Barrie, Ontario, Canada Details
November 5–9 Latvia 2014 Volvo Open Cup Riga, Latvia Details
November 6–9 Slovenia 2014 Triglav Trophy No longer a Challenger Series event
November 11–16 Austria 2014 Ice Challenge Graz, Austria Details
November 21–24 Poland 2014 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
December 4–7 Croatia 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details

Medal summary

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Men's singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic United States Max Aaron United States Ross Miner Japan Daisuke Murakami Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy United States Richard Dornbush Japan Takahito Mura Russia Adian Pitkeev Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy United States Jason Brown Czech Republic Michal Březina Russia Konstantin Menshov Details
Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Trophy United States Stephen Carriere South Korea Kim Jin-seo Russia Gordei Gorshkov Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Russia Sergei Voronov United States Adam Rippon Russia Alexander Petrov Details
Canada Skate Canada Autumn Classic United States Ross Miner Canada Nam Nguyen Canada Jeremy Ten Details
Latvia Volvo Open Cup Russia Alexander Petrov Russia Gordei Gorshkov Russia Artur Dmitriev Jr. Details
Austria Ice Challenge United States Douglas Razzano Russia Alexander Samarin Germany Martin Rappe Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Russia Alexander Petrov Philippines Michael Christian Martinez Italy Matteo Rizzo Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Kazakhstan Denis Ten Czech Republic Michal Březina Russia Konstantin Menshov Details

Ladies' singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic United States Polina Edmunds United States Courtney Hicks Japan Riona Kato Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy Japan Satoko Miyahara United States Hannah Miller United States Angela Wang Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia Alena Leonova United States Gracie Gold Details
Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Trophy Italy Roberta Rodeghiero Sweden Joshi Helgesson United States Ashley Cain Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva United States Samantha Cesario Japan Rika Hongo Details
Canada Skate Canada Autumn Classic Canada Gabrielle Daleman United States Angela Wang Canada Julianne Séguin Details
Latvia Volvo Open Cup Latvia Angelīna Kučvaļska Germany Lutricia Bock Finland Jenni Saarinen Details
Austria Ice Challenge United States Hannah Miller Sweden Isabelle Olsson Hungary Ivett Tóth Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Armenia Anastasia Galustyan Lithuania Aleksandra Golovkina Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Finland Kiira Korpi Russia Maria Artemieva Slovakia Nicole Rajičová Details

Pairs

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic United States Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim United States Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu United States Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage Details
Italy Lombardia Trophy United States Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Italy Bianca Manacorda / Niccolo Macii Russia Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Russia Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Russia Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov United States Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Details
Canada Skate Canada Autumn Classic Canada Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford United States Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier United States Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Details
Latvia Volvo Open Cup Russia Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Russia Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev Belarus Maria Paliakova / Nikita Bochkov Details
Austria Ice Challenge Russia Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Austria Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Germany Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Canada Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Russia Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Italy Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb Russia Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Italy Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek United States Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Details

Ice dance

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic United States Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton Canada Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams United States Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Details
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Canada Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates Germany Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Details
Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Trophy United States Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Slovakia Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Details
Finland Finlandia Trophy Russia Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Germany Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi United States Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Details
Canada Skate Canada Autumn Classic France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Denmark Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Details
Latvia Volvo Open Cup Slovakia Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Belarus Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev South Korea Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov Details
Austria Ice Challenge United States Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Denmark Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Austria Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin Details
Poland Warsaw Cup Slovakia Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Ukraine Alexandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin China Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Details
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Spain Sara Hurtado / Adrián Díaz Details

Medal standings

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)149932
2 Russia (RUS)117725
3 Canada (CAN)4329
4 Slovakia (SVK)2024
5 Italy (ITA)1427
6 Japan (JPN)1135
7 Finland (FIN)1012
8 France (FRA)1001
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1001
 Latvia (LAT)1001
11 Germany (GER)0235
12 Czech Republic (CZE)0202
 Sweden (SWE)0202
14 Austria (AUT)0112
 Belarus (BLR)0112
 Denmark (DEN)0112
 South Korea (KOR)0112
18 Armenia (ARM)0101
 Philippines (PHI)0101
 Ukraine (UKR)0101
21 China (CHN)0011
 Hungary (HUN)0011
 Lithuania (LTU)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (24 entries)373737111

Challenger Series rankings

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

Men's singles

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No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[3]
1 Michal Březina  Czech Republic Nebelhorn Trophy 228.48 Golden Spin of Zagreb 239.62 468.10
2 Alexander Petrov  Russia Volvo Open Cup 218.78 Warsaw Cup 231.53 450.31
3 Konstantin Menshov Nebelhorn Trophy 211.03 Golden Spin of Zagreb 229.51 440.54
4 Ross Miner  United States U.S. International Classic 209.78 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 227.26 437.04
5 Sergei Voronov  Russia Nebelhorn Trophy 210.05 Finlandia Trophy 221.11 431.16

Ladies' singles

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No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[4]
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia Finlandia Trophy 193.31 Warsaw Cup 196.66 389.97
2 Alena Leonova Nebelhorn Trophy 186.71 Ice Challenge 148.29 335.00
3 Hannah Miller  United States Lombardia Trophy 170.26 156.39 326.65
4 Angela Wang 160.25 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 163.68 323.93
5 Maria Artemieva  Russia Finlandia Trophy 140.38 Golden Spin of Zagreb 166.48 306.86

Pairs

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No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[5]
1 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim  United States U.S. International Classic 163.24 Nebelhorn Trophy 166.10 329.34
2 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Lombardia Trophy 157.80 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 167.28 325.08
3 Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu U.S. International Classic 156.18 156.46 312.64
4 Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps  Canada Lombardia Trophy 157.06 145.00 302.06
5 Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage  United States U.S. International Classic 138.52 Lombardia Trophy 143.85 282.37

Ice dance

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No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score[6]
1 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani  United States Ondrej Nepela Trophy 162.98 Ice Challenge 166.34 329.32
2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 143.94 Golden Spin of Zagreb 166.46 310.40
3 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi  Germany Nebelhorn Trophy 147.10 Finlandia Trophy 139.98 287.08
4 Alexandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin  Ukraine Warsaw Cup 136.90 Golden Spin of Zagreb 148.48 285.38
5 Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley  Slovakia Volvo Open Cup 140.84 Warsaw Cup 143.36 284.20

Top scores

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Men's singles

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Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No. Skater 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 Březina  Czech Republic 239.62 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Richard Dornbush  United States 237.28 2014 Lombardia Trophy
5 Jason Brown 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 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

Ladies' singles

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Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 196.66 2014 Warsaw Cup
2 Alena Leonova 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 176.35 2014 U.S. International Classic
6 Courtney Hicks 174.14
7 Hannah Miller 170.26 2014 Lombardia Trophy
8 Kiira Korpi  Finland 167.81 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Maria Artemieva  Russia 166.48
10 Gabrielle Daleman  Canada 165.59 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic

Pairs

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Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team 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 184.24 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 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
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

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Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team 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
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
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
10 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi  Germany 147.10 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy

References

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  1. ^ "Communication No. 1894: Revision of minimum entry criteria to qualify as Challenger Series event" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  2. ^ "Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  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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