2024–25 ISU Challenger Series

The 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2024. It was the tenth season of the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions.

2024–25 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:August 8 – December 7, 2024
Season:2024–25
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Competitions

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The International Skating Union announced the Challenger Series schedule on March 19, 2024. This season, the series included the following events.[1]

Date Event Location Notes Ref.
August 8–11   2024 Cranberry Cup International Norwood, Massachusetts, United States Men's & women's singles only [2]
September 3–4   2024 John Nicks International Pairs Competition New York City, New York, United States Pairs only [3]
September 13–15   2024 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy [4]
September 19–21   2024 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany [5]
October 3–6   2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Astana, Kazakhstan No pairs [6]
October 11–13   2024 Budapest Trophy Budapest, Hungary No pairs [7]
October 16–20   2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur Nice, France No pairs [8]
October 24–26   2024 Nepela Memorial Bratislava, Slovakia No pairs [9]
November 12–17   2024 Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia No pairs [10]
November 20–24   2024 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland [11]
December 4–7   2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia [12]

Requirements

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Skaters were eligible to compete in the Challenger Series if they have reached the age of 16 before July 1, 2024.

Medal summary

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Men's singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
  2024 Cranberry Cup International   Lucas Broussard   Luc Economides   Jimmy Ma [13]
  2024 Lombardia Trophy   Ilia Malinin   Yuma Kagiyama   Shun Sato [14]
  2024 Nebelhorn Trophy   Sōta Yamamoto   Gabriele Frangipani   Deniss Vasiļjevs [15]
  2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge   Mikhail Shaidorov   Vladimir Litvintsev   Nika Egadze [16]
  2024 Budapest Trophy   Matteo Rizzo   Lukas Britschgi   Nikita Starostin [17]
  2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur   Adam Siao Him Fa   Lukas Britschgi   Mihhail Selevko [18]
  2024 Nepela Memorial   Daniel Grassl   Nikolaj Memola   Corey Circelli [19]
  2024 Tallinn Trophy   Jacob Sanchez   Daniel Martynov   Roman Sadovsky [20]
  2024 Warsaw Cup   Vladimir Samoilov   Gabriele Frangipani   Ivan Shmuratko [21]
  2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb   Mihhail Selevko   Aleksandr Selevko   François Pitot [22]

Women's singles

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
  2024 Cranberry Cup International   Sarah Everhardt   Elyce Lin-Gracey   Isabeau Levito [23]
  2024 Lombardia Trophy   Amber Glenn   Sarah Everhardt   Kaori Sakamoto [24]
  2024 Nebelhorn Trophy   Elyce Lin-Gracey   Isabeau Levito   Hana Yoshida [15]
  2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge   Anastasiia Gubanova   Sofia Samodelkina   Lara Naki Gutmann [25]
  2024 Budapest Trophy   Alysa Liu   Kimmy Repond   Lorine Schild [17]
  2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur   Kim Chae-yeon   Niina Petrõkina   Fee Ann Landry [18]
  2024 Nepela Memorial   Yun Ah-sun   Mariia Seniuk   Lara Naki Gutmann [26]
  2024 Tallinn Trophy   Nina Pinzarrone   Sofia Samodelkina   Sara-Maude Dupuis [20]
  2024 Warsaw Cup   Katherine Medland Spence   Ekaterina Kurakova   Marina Piredda [21]
  2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb   Alysa Liu   Nina Pinzarrone   Bradie Tennell [22]

Pairs

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
  2024 John Nicks International Pairs Competition
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  2024 Lombardia Trophy [28]
  2024 Nebelhorn Trophy [15]
  2024 Warsaw Cup [21]
  2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb [22]

Ice dance

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Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
  2024 Lombardia Trophy [29]
  2024 Nebelhorn Trophy [15]
  2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge [30]
  2024 Budapest Trophy [17]
  2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur [18]
  2024 Nepela Memorial [31]
  2024 Tallinn Trophy [20]
  2024 Warsaw Cup [21]
  2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb [22]

Medal standings

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States1013831
2  Italy43411
3  France3126
4  Great Britain3104
5  Georgia2215
6  Poland2103
7  South Korea2013
8  Japan1236
9  Estonia1214
10  Kazakhstan1203
11  Canada1157
12  Belgium1102
13  Germany1023
14  Czech Republic1012
15  Lithuania1001
16  Switzerland0303
17  Azerbaijan0101
  Israel0101
19  Finland0011
  Hungary0011
  Latvia0011
  Spain0011
  Ukraine0011
  Uzbekistan0011
Totals (24 entries)343434102

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.

Men's singles

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As of December 10, 2024.[32]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Daniel Grassl   Italy 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 237.70 2024 Nepela Memorial 267.08 504.78
2 Mihhail Selevko   Estonia 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 232.95 2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb 245.06 478.01
3 Nika Egadze   Georgia 2024 Lombardia Trophy 232.01 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 242.43 474.44
4 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 2024 Budapest Trophy 238.02 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 233.22 471.24
5 Jimmy Ma   United States 2024 Cranberry Cup International 236.77 2024 Lombardia Trophy 229.41 466.18

Women's singles

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As of December 10, 2024.[33]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Elyce Lin-Gracey   United States 2024 Cranberry Cup International 193.99 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy 213.33 407.32
2 Sarah Everhardt 196.42 2024 Lombardia Trophy 201.90 398.32
3 Isabeau Levito 193.81 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy 198.13 391.94
4 Anastasiia Gubanova   Georgia 2024 Lombardia Trophy 195.74 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 195.91 391.65
5 Alysa Liu   United States 2024 Budapest Trophy 192.77 2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb 197.71 390.48

Pairs

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As of December 10, 2024.[34]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1   United States 2024 John Nicks Pairs Competition 191.62 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy 184.38 376.00
2 188.88 178.03 366.91
3   Italy 172.61 2024 Lombardia Trophy 192.47 365.08
4   Poland 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy 174.22 2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb 185.50 359.72
5   Great Britain 174.68 2024 Warsaw Cup 182.37 357.05

Ice dance

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As of December 10, 2024.[35]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1   Great Britain 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy 207.01 2024 Nepela Memorial 210.65 417.66
2   France 2024 Tallinn Trophy 198.91 2024 Warsaw Cup 201.89 400.80
3   United States 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy 197.51 2024 Budapest Trophy 194.69 392.20
4 194.34 2024 Warsaw Cup 196.56 390.41
5   Georgia 2024 Nepela Memorial 201.87 2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb 179.31 381.18

References

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