2014–15 ISU Challenger Series

none 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series ISU Challenger Series September 10 December 7, 2014 2014–15 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series 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 This season, the series included the following events. The 2014 Triglav Trophy was originally scheduled for November 6–9, 2014, but it was removed from the calendar as a Challenger Series event. Date Event Location Results September 10–14 USA 2014 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details September 18–21 ITA 2014 Lombardia Trophy Sesto San Giovanni, Italy Details September 25–27 GER 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details October 2–5 SVK 2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Details October 9–12 FIN 2014 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details October 15–18 CAN 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic Barrie, Ontario, Canada Details November 5–9 LAT 2014 Volvo Open Cup Riga, Latvia Details November 6–9 SLO 2014 Triglav Trophy No longer a Challenger Series event November 11–16 AUT 2014 Ice Challenge Graz, Austria Details November 21–24 POL 2014 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details December 4–7 CRO 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details Medal summary Men's singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results USA U.S. International Classic USA Max Aaron USA Ross Miner JPN Daisuke Murakami Details ITA Lombardia Trophy USA Richard Dornbush JPN Takahito Mura RUS Adian Pitkeev Details GER Nebelhorn Trophy USA Jason Brown CZE Michal Březina RUS Konstantin Menshov Details SVK Ondrej Nepela Trophy USA Stephen Carriere KOR Kim Jin-seo RUS Gordei Gorshkov Details FIN Finlandia Trophy RUS Sergei Voronov USA Adam Rippon RUS Alexander Petrov Details CAN Skate Canada Autumn Classic USA Ross Miner CAN Nam Nguyen CAN Jeremy Ten Details LAT Volvo Open Cup RUS Alexander Petrov RUS Gordei Gorshkov RUS Artur Dmitriev Jr. Details AUT Ice Challenge USA Douglas Razzano RUS Alexander Samarin GER Martin Rappe Details POL Warsaw Cup RUS Alexander Petrov PHI Michael Christian Martinez ITA Matteo Rizzo Details CRO Golden Spin of Zagreb KAZ Denis Ten CZE Michal Březina RUS Konstantin Menshov Details Ladies' singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results USA U.S. International Classic USA Polina Edmunds USA Courtney Hicks JPN Riona Kato Details ITA Lombardia Trophy JPN Satoko Miyahara USA Hannah Miller USA Angela Wang Details GER Nebelhorn Trophy RUS Elizaveta Tuktamysheva RUS Alena Leonova USA Gracie Gold Details SVK Ondrej Nepela Trophy ITA Roberta Rodeghiero SWE Joshi Helgesson USA Ashley Cain Details FIN Finlandia Trophy RUS Elizaveta Tuktamysheva USA Samantha Cesario JPN Rika Hongo Details CAN Skate Canada Autumn Classic CAN Gabrielle Daleman USA Angela Wang CAN Julianne Séguin Details LAT Volvo Open Cup LAT Angelīna Kučvaļska GER Lutricia Bock FIN Jenni Saarinen Details AUT Ice Challenge USA Hannah Miller SWE Isabelle Olsson HUN Ivett Tóth Details POL Warsaw Cup RUS Elizaveta Tuktamysheva ARM Anastasia Galustyan LTU Aleksandra Golovkina Details CRO Golden Spin of Zagreb FIN Kiira Korpi RUS Maria Artemieva SVK Nicole Rajičová Details Pairs Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results USA U.S. International Classic USA Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim USA Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu USA Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage Details ITA Lombardia Trophy USA Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier ITA Bianca Manacorda / Niccolo Macii RUS Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat Details GER Nebelhorn Trophy RUS Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov RUS Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov USA Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Details CAN Skate Canada Autumn Classic CAN Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford USA Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier USA Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Details LAT Volvo Open Cup RUS Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov RUS Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev BLR Maria Paliakova / Nikita Bochkov Details AUT Ice Challenge RUS Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin AUT Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer GER Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Details POL Warsaw Cup CAN Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch RUS Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin ITA Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Details CRO Golden Spin of Zagreb RUS Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov ITA Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek USA Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea Details Ice dance Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results USA U.S. International Classic USA Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton CAN Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams USA Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Details GER Nebelhorn Trophy CAN Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje USA Madison Chock / Evan Bates GER Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Details SVK Ondrej Nepela Trophy USA Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani ITA Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri SVK Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Details FIN Finlandia Trophy RUS Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin GER Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi USA Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Details CAN Skate Canada Autumn Classic FRA Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron CAN Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier DEN Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Details LAT Volvo Open Cup SVK Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley BLR Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev KOR Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov Details AUT Ice Challenge USA Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani DEN Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen AUT Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin Details POL Warsaw Cup SVK Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley UKR Alexandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin CHN Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Details CRO Golden Spin of Zagreb USA Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue ITA Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri ESP Sara Hurtado / Adrián Díaz Details Medal standings 14 9 9 11 7 7 4 3 2 2 0 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Challenger Series rankings The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team. Men's singles No. Rank Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Michal Březina Nebelhorn Trophy 228.48 Golden Spin of Zagreb 239.62 468.10 2 Alexander Petrov 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 U.S. International Classic 209.78 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 227.26 437.04 5 Sergei Voronov Nebelhorn Trophy 210.05 Finlandia Trophy 221.11 431.16 Ladies' singles No. Rank Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 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 Lombardia Trophy 170.26 156.39 326.65 4 Angela Wang 160.25 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 163.68 323.93 5 Maria Artemieva Finlandia Trophy 140.38 Golden Spin of Zagreb 166.48 306.86 Pairs No. Rank Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim 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 Lombardia Trophy 157.06 145.00 302.06 5 Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage U.S. International Classic 138.52 Lombardia Trophy 143.85 282.37 Ice dance No. Rank Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Ondrej Nepela Trophy 162.98 Ice Challenge 166.34 329.32 2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 143.94 Golden Spin of Zagreb 166.46 310.40 3 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Nebelhorn Trophy 147.10 Finlandia Trophy 139.98 287.08 4 Alexandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin Warsaw Cup 136.90 Golden Spin of Zagreb 148.48 285.38 5 Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley Volvo Open Cup 140.84 Warsaw Cup 143.36 284.20 Top scores the all-time highest scores list of highest scores in figure skating the season's highest scores 2014–15 figure skating season#Season's best scores Men's singles +Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total No. Rank Skater Nation Score Event 1 Denis Ten 249.94 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 2 Max Aaron 240.22 2014 U.S. International Classic 3 Michal Březina 239.62 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 4 Richard Dornbush 237.28 2014 Lombardia Trophy 5 Jason Brown 237.17 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 6 Takahito Mura 235.79 2014 Lombardia Trophy 7 Alexander Petrov 231.53 2014 Warsaw Cup 8 Konstantin Menshov 229.51 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 9 Ross Miner 227.26 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 10 Nam Nguyen 225.63 Ladies' singles +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total No. Rank Skater Nation Score Event 1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 196.66 2014 Warsaw Cup 2 Alena Leonova 186.71 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 3 Satoko Miyahara 183.90 2014 Lombardia Trophy 4 Gracie Gold 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 167.81 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 9 Maria Artemieva 166.48 10 Gabrielle Daleman 165.59 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic Pairs +Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total No. Rank Team Nation Score Event 1 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford 203.16 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 2 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov 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 167.28 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 6 Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotarek 167.18 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 7 Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim 166.10 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 8 Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres 164.15 9 Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea 161.72 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 10 Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin 157.80 2014 Ice Challenge Ice dance +Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance) No. Rank Team Nation Score Event 1 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 166.74 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 2 Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri 166.46 3 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 166.34 2014 Ice Challenge 4 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 165.32 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy 5 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 163.73 6 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin 152.82 2015 Finlandia Trophy 7 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 150.20 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic 8 Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz 150.00 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 9 Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin 148.48 10 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi 147.10 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy References 30em http://static.isu.org/media/165409/1858-challenger-series.pdf Communication No. 1858: ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating International Skating Union 2015-12-02 2014-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070211/http://static.isu.org/media/165409/1858-challenger-series.pdf dead http://static.isu.org/media/165576/1894-challenger-series_revised-criteria.pdf Communication No. 1894: Revision of minimum entry criteria to qualify as Challenger Series event International Skating Union 2015-12-02 2014-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20140903081306/http://static.isu.org/media/165576/1894-challenger-series_revised-criteria.pdf dead http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2014/csmen.htm ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Men International Skating Union http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2014/csladies.htm ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ladies International Skating Union http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2014/cspairs.htm ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Pairs International Skating Union http://www.isuresults.com/events/cs2014/csdance.htm ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2014/2015: Ice dance International Skating Union External links ISU Challenger Series at the International Skating Union Category:2014 in figure skating Category:ISU Challenger Series