2022–23 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 12 – December 10, 2022
Season:2022–23
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The 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2022. It was the ninth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.

Competitions

This season, the series included the following events.[1]

Date Event Location Notes Results
September 12–16 United States 2022 U.S. International Classic Lake Placid, New York, United States Details
September 16–19 Italy 2022 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy No pairs Details
September 21–24 Germany 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details
September 29 – October 1 Slovakia 2022 Nepela Memorial Bratislava, Slovakia No pairs Details
October 5–9 Finland 2022 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details
October 13–17 Hungary 2022 Budapest Trophy Budapest, Hungary No pairs Details
October 26–29 Kazakhstan 2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Almaty, Kazakhstan No pairs Details
November 9–13 Austria 2022 Ice Challenge Graz, Austria No pairs Details
November 17–20 Poland 2022 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details
December 7–10 Croatia 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb Sisak, Croatia Details

Requirements

Skaters were eligible to compete on the Challenger Series if they had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2022.

Medal summary

Men's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic United States Ilia MalininFrance Kevin AymozUnited States Camden PulkinenDetails
Italy Lombardia Trophy France Adam Siao Him FaJapan Koshiro ShimadaItaly Nikolaj MemolaDetails
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Canada Keegan MessingSouth Korea Lee Si-hyeongCanada Roman SadovskyDetails
Slovakia Nepela Memorial Italy Gabriele FrangipaniSouth Korea Cha Jun-hwanLatvia Deniss VasiļjevsDetails
Finland Finlandia Trophy South Korea Cha Jun-hwanGeorgia (country) Morisi KvitelashviliSweden Andreas NordebäckDetails
Hungary Budapest Trophy| Italy Matteo RizzoSwitzerland Lukas BritschgiItaly Nikolaj MemolaDetails
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Georgia (country) Nika EgadzeKazakhstan Dias JirenbayevAzerbaijan Vladimir LitvintsevDetails
Austria Ice Challenge United States Liam KapeikisSweden Andreas NordebäckGermany Nikita StarostinDetails
Poland Warsaw Cup France Kévin AymozItaly Daniel GrasslSwitzerland Lukas BritschgiDetails
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Camden PulkinenItaly Matteo RizzoEstonia Mihhail SelevkoDetails

Women's singles

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic South Korea Kim Ye-limSouth Korea You YoungJapan Mana KawabeDetails
Italy Lombardia Trophy Japan Rinka WatanabeJapan Kaori SakamotoPoland Ekaterina KurakovaDetails
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Belgium Loena HendrickxSouth Korea Wi Seo-yeongEstonia Eva-Lotta KiibusDetails
Slovakia Nepela Memorial United States Isabeau LevitoItaly Lara Naki GutmannSouth Korea Lee Hae-inDetails
Finland Finlandia Trophy South Korea Kim Ye-limSouth Korea Kim Chae-yeonGeorgia (country) Anastasiia GubanovaDetails
Hungary Budapest Trophy United States Ava Marie ZieglerSwitzerland Kimmy RepondEstonia Niina PetrõkinaDetails
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge South Korea Kim Min-chaeKazakhstan Anna LevkovetsSouth Korea Choi Da-binDetails
Austria Ice Challenge Italy Anna PezzettaCanada Kaiya RuiterSwitzerland Kimmy RepondDetails
Poland Warsaw Cup Poland Ekaterina KurakovaSwitzerland Sarina JoosFinland Janna JyrkinenDetails
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Lindsay ThorngrenUnited States Bradie TennellCanada Madeline SchizasDetails

Pairs

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic Italy Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo AmbrosiniUnited States Emily Chan / Spencer Akira HoweUnited States Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano FernandezDetails
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Canada Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime DeschampsGermany Alisa Efimova / Ruben BlommaertGermany Annika Hocke / Robert KunkelDetails
Finland Finlandia Trophy Germany Annika Hocke / Robert KunkelGermany Alisa Efimova / Ruben BlommaertCanada Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin MimarDetails
Poland Warsaw Cup Australia Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos MooreItaly Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo AmbrosiniGermany Letizia Roscher / Luis SchusterDetails
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo SiianytsiaUnited States Ellie Kam / Danny O'SheaCanada Lia Pereira / Trennt MichaudDetails

Ice dance

Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results
United States U.S. International Classic United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis GibsonUnited States Eva Pate / Logan ByeUnited States Lorraine McNamara / Anton SpiridonovDetails
Italy Lombardia Trophy Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco FabbriLithuania Allison Reed / Saulius AmbrulevičiusCzech Republic Natálie Taschlerová / Filip TaschlerDetails
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis GibsonLithuania Allison Reed / Saulius AmbrulevičiusCanada Carolane Soucisse / Shane FirusDetails
Slovakia Nepela Memorial Canada Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary LaghaUnited States Eva Pate / Logan ByeFrance Marie Dupayage / Thomas NabaisDetails
Finland Finlandia Trophy Canada Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj SørensenUnited States Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc BakerFinland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias VersluisDetails
Hungary Budapest Trophy Canada Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary LaghaFrance Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey BrissaudUnited States Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey ChenDetails
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Japan Kana Muramoto / Daisuke TakahashiGermany Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin SteffanHungary Mariia Ignateva / Danijil SzemkoDetails
Austria Ice Challenge United States Emily Bratti / Ian SomervilleFrance Natacha Lagouge / Arnaud CaffaCanada Lily Hensen / Nathan LickersDetails
Poland Warsaw Cup France Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le MercierGermany Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin SteffanFrance Marie Dupayage / Thomas NabaisDetails
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Christina Carreira / Anthony PonomarenkoLithuania Allison Reed / Saulius AmbrulevičiusUnited States Emilea Zingas / Vadym KolesnikDetails

Medal standings

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States96520
2 Italy54211
3 Canada51612
4 South Korea45211
5 France3328
6 Japan2215
7 Great Britain2002
8 Germany1438
9 Georgia1113
10 Poland1012
11 Australia1001
 Belgium1001
13  Switzerland0325
14 Lithuania0303
15 Kazakhstan0202
16 Sweden0112
17 Estonia0033
18 Finland0022
19 Azerbaijan0011
 Czech Republic0011
 Hungary0011
 Latvia0011
Totals (22 entries)353535105

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

As of December 12, 2022.[2]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Kévin Aymoz  France U.S. International Classic 236.17 Warsaw Cup 258.02 494.19
2 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland Budapest Trophy 239.66 253.66 493.32
3 Matteo Rizzo  Italy Budapest Trophy 253.34 Golden Spin of Zagreb 228.86 482.00
4 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea Nepela Memorial 226.32 Finlandia Trophy 253.20 479.52
5 Gabriele Frangipani  Italy 244.57 Budapest Trophy 230.99 475.56

Women's singles

As of December 12, 2022.[3]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Kim Ye-lim  South Korea U.S. International Classic 190.64 Finlandia Trophy 213.97 404.61
2 Ekaterina Kurakova  Poland Lombardia Trophy 188.41 Warsaw Cup 189.98 378.39
3 Lindsay Thorngren  United States Finlandia Trophy 165.09 Golden Spin of Zagreb 196.48 361.57
4 Lee Hae-in  South Korea Nepela Memorial 164.88 Finlandia Trophy 195.72 360.60
5 Kimmy Repond   Switzerland Budapest Trophy 177.74 Ice Challenge 169.35 347.09

Pairs

As of December 12, 2022.[4]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy U.S. International Classic 189.22 Warsaw Cup 184.21 373.43
2 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel  Germany Nebelhorn Trophy 184.47 Finlandia Trophy 180.62 365.09
3 Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert 186.17 177.11 363.28
4 Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster Finlandia Trophy 165.58 Warsaw Cup 170.65 336.23
5 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia  United States 152.88 Golden Spin of Zagreb 179.26 332.14

Ice dance

As of December 12, 2022.[5]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain U.S. International Classic 190.80 Nebelhorn Trophy 206.60 397.40
2 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha  Canada Nepela Memorial 193.35 Budapest Trophy 202.40 395.75
3 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania Nebelhorn Trophy 185.41 Golden Spin of Zagreb 189.47 374.88
4 Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler  Czech Republic Lombardia Trophy 183.55 Finlandia Trophy 178.85 362.40
5 Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan  Germany Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 177.91 Warsaw Cup 181.50 359.41

Top scores

Men's singles

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kévin Aymoz  France 258.02 2022 Warsaw Cup
2 Daniel Grassl  Italy 257.76
3 Ilia Malinin  United States 257.28 2022 U.S. International Classic
4 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 253.66 2022 Warsaw Cup
5 Matteo Rizzo  Italy 253.34 2022 Budapest Trophy
6 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 253.20 2022 Finlandia Trophy
7 Keegan Messing  Canada 245.74 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Gabriele Frangipani  Italy 244.57 2022 Nepela Memorial
9 Camden Pulkinen  United States 242.09 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Adam Siao Him Fa  France 237.19 2022 Lombardia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the men's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 91.06 2022 Finlandia Trophy
2 Kévin Aymoz  France 89.60 2022 Warsaw Cup
3 Roman Sadovsky  Canada 89.57 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Koshiro Shimada  Japan 89.18 2022 Lombardia Trophy
5 Gabriele Frangipani  Italy 87.39 2022 Nepela Memorial
6 Maxim Naumov  United States 87.11 2022 Budapest Trophy
7 Lee Si-hyeong  South Korea 86.78 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 86.51 2022 Warsaw Cup
9 Camden Pulkinen  United States 85.45 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Adam Siao Him Fa  France 84.69 2022 Lombardia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Ilia Malinin  United States 185.44 2022 U.S. International Classic
2 Daniel Grassl  Italy 181.32 2022 Warsaw Cup
3 Keegan Messing  Canada 170.89 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Matteo Rizzo  Italy 170.21 2022 Budapest Trophy
5 Kévin Aymoz  France 168.42 2022 Warsaw Cup
6 Lukas Britschgi   Switzerland 167.15
7 Cha Jun-hwan  South Korea 162.14 2022 Finlandia Trophy
8 Gabriele Frangipani  Italy 160.20 2022 Budapest Trophy
9 Camden Pulkinen  United States 156.64 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 François Pitot  France 153.20 2022 Ice Challenge

Women's singles

Top 10 best scores in the women's combined total
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Kim Ye-lim  South Korea 213.97 2022 Finlandia Trophy
2 Rinka Watanabe  Japan 213.14 2022 Lombardia Trophy
3 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 208.05 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Kim Chae-yeon  South Korea 205.51 2022 Finlandia Trophy
5 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 205.33 2022 Lombardia Trophy
6 Isabeau Levito  United States 198.99 2022 Nepela Memorial
7 Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 197.56 2022 Finlandia Trophy
8 Lindsay Thorngren  United States 196.48 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Lee Hae-in  South Korea 195.72 2022 Finlandia Trophy
10 Bradie Tennell  United States 193.31 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
Top 10 best scores in the women's short program
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 76.19 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 72.93 2022 Lombardia Trophy
3 Kim Ye-lim  South Korea 71.88 2022 Finlandia Trophy
4 Bradie Tennell  United States 68.84 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 68.03 2022 Finlandia Trophy
6 Kim Chae-yeon  South Korea 67.84
7 Rinka Watanabe  Japan 66.83 2022 Lombardia Trophy
8 Lee Hae-in  South Korea 66.00 2022 Finlandia Trophy
9 Isabeau Levito  United States 65.37 2022 Nepela Memorial
10 Madeline Schizas  Canada 64.99 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the women's free skating
No. Skater Nation Score Event
1 Rinka Watanabe  Japan 146.31 2022 Lombardia Trophy
2 Kim Ye-lim  South Korea 142.09 2022 Finlandia Trophy
3 Kim Chae-yeon 137.67
4 Lindsay Thorngren  United States 135.99 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
5 Isabeau Levito 133.62 2022 Nepela Memorial
6 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 132.40 2022 Lombardia Trophy
7 Wi Seo-yeong  South Korea 131.94 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
8 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 131.86
9 Ava Marie Ziegler  United States 130.24 2022 Budapest Trophy
10 Lee Hae-in  South Korea 129.72 2022 Finlandia Trophy

Pairs

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps  Canada 192.74 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy 189.22 2022 U.S. International Classic
3 Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert  Germany 186.17 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore  Australia 185.53 2022 Warsaw Cup
5 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel  Germany 184.47 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe  United States 181.81 2022 U.S. International Classic
7 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia 179.26 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea 178.83
9 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii  Italy 177.87 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud  Canada 176.88 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel  Germany 69.13 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps  Canada 68.08
3 Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert  Germany 67.05
4 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy 65.79 2022 Warsaw Cup
5 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii 64.85 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore  Australia 63.62 2022 Warsaw Cup
7 Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster  Germany 63.11
8 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia  United States 62.44 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9 Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman  Georgia 62.15 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
10 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea  United States 62.07 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' free skating
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps  Canada 124.66 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
2 Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy 124.44 2022 U.S. International Classic
3 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore  Australia 121.91 2022 Warsaw Cup
4 Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe  United States 120.10 2022 U.S. International Classic
5 Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert  Germany 119.12 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
6 Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel 117.04 2022 Finlandia Trophy
7 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia  United States 116.82 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea 116.76
9 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud  Canada 115.75
10 Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii  Italy 113.02 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy

Ice dance

Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 211.85 2022 Lombardia Trophy
2 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 206.60 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 203.76 2022 Finlandia Trophy
4 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha 202.40 2022 Budapest Trophy
5 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States 197.45 2022 Finlandia Trophy
6 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud  France 192.85 2022 Budapest Trophy
7 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 191.31 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 189.47
9 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 188.30 2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
10 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis  Finland 186.30 2022 Finlandia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the rhythm dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 87.09 2022 Lombardia Trophy
2 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 85.80 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
3 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha  Canada 82.09 2022 Budapest Trophy
4 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen 81.83 2022 Finlandia Trophy
5 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 79.56 2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
6 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 78.98 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
7 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States 78.90 2022 Finlandia Trophy
8 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud  France 76.83 2022 Budapest Trophy
9 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 76.54 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
10 Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler  Czech Republic 75.41 2022 Lombardia Trophy
Top 10 best scores in the free dance
No. Team Nation Score Event
1 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 124.76 2022 Lombardia Trophy
2 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen  Canada 121.93 2022 Finlandia Trophy
3 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 120.80 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy
4 Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha  Canada 120.31 2022 Budapest Trophy
5 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker  United States 118.55 2022 Finlandia Trophy
6 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud  France 116.02 2022 Budapest Trophy
7 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko  United States 114.77 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb
8 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 112.26
9 Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis  Finland 111.95 2022 Finlandia Trophy
10 Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik  United States 110.96 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb

References

  1. ↑ "Communication No. 2466 Decisions of the Council". International Skating Union. April 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Men". International Skating Union.
  3. ↑ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Women". International Skating Union.
  4. ↑ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  5. ↑ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2022/2023: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
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