2016–17 ISU Challenger Series

The 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2016. It was the third season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.

2016–17 ISU Challenger Series
Type:	ISU Challenger Series
Date:	September 7 – December 10, 2016
Season:	2016–17
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Competitions

This season, the series included the following events. The Ukrainian Open was originally scheduled for November 9–13, 2016,^[1][2] but it was cancelled on September 20.^[3]

Date	Event	Location	Results
September 7–11	2016 Lombardia Trophy	Bergamo, Italy	Details
September 14–18	2016 U.S. International Classic	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States	Details
September 22–24	2016 Nebelhorn Trophy	Oberstdorf, Germany	Details
September 28 – October 1	2016 Autumn Classic International	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Details
September 28 – October 2	2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial	Bratislava, Slovakia	Details
October 6–9	2016 Finlandia Trophy	Espoo, Finland	Details
November 9–13	2016 Ukrainian Open	Cancelled
November 17–20	2016 Warsaw Cup	Warsaw, Poland	Details
November 22–27	2016 Tallinn Trophy	Tallinn, Estonia	Details
December 7–10	2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb	Zagreb, Croatia	Details

Medal summary

Men's singles

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Results
Lombardia Trophy	Shoma Uno	Jason Brown	Max Aaron	Details
U.S. International Classic	Jason Brown	Takahito Mura	Adam Rippon	Details
Nebelhorn Trophy	Alexander Petrov	Jorik Hendrickx	Grant Hochstein	Details
Autumn Classic International	Yuzuru Hanyu	Misha Ge	Max Aaron	Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial	Sergei Voronov	Kevin Reynolds	Roman Savosin	Details
Finlandia Trophy	Nathan Chen	Patrick Chan	Maxim Kovtun	Details
Warsaw Cup	Alexander Majorov	Dmitri Aliev	Stéphane Walker	Details
Tallinn Trophy	Roman Savosin	Anton Shulepov	Andrew Torgashev	Details
Golden Spin of Zagreb	Oleksii Bychenko	Daniel Samohin	Keegan Messing	Details

Ladies' singles

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Results
Lombardia Trophy	Wakaba Higuchi	Kim Na-hyun	Mirai Nagasu	Details
U.S. International Classic	Satoko Miyahara	Mariah Bell	Karen Chen	Details
Nebelhorn Trophy	Mai Mihara	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Gabrielle Daleman	Details
Autumn Classic International	Mirai Nagasu	Alaine Chartrand	Elizabet Tursynbayeva	Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial	Maria Sotskova	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Mariah Bell	Details
Finlandia Trophy	Kaetlyn Osmond	Mao Asada	Anna Pogorilaya	Details
Warsaw Cup	Nicole Schott	Kailani Craine	Alexandra Avstriyskaya	Details
Tallinn Trophy	Stanislava Konstantinova	Serafima Sakhanovich	Bradie Tennell	Details
Golden Spin of Zagreb	Carolina Kostner	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Alena Leonova	Details

Pairs

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Results
Lombardia Trophy	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek	Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini	Details
U.S. International Classic	Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan	Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu	Alexandria Shaughnessy / James Morgan	Details
Nebelhorn Trophy	Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot	Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch	Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert	Details
Autumn Classic International	Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau	Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès	Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran	Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert	Details
Finlandia Trophy	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford	Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov	Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert	Details
Warsaw Cup	Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek	Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson	Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert	Details
Tallinn Trophy	Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin	Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin	Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev	Details
Golden Spin of Zagreb	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov	Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc	Details

Ice dance

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Results
Lombardia Trophy	Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri	Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson	Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen	Details
U.S. International Classic	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue	Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed	Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam	Details
Nebelhorn Trophy	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	Details
Autumn Classic International	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker	Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen	Details
Ondrej Nepela Memorial	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro	Details
Finlandia Trophy	Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue	Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro	Details
Warsaw Cup	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev	Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro	Lucie Mysliveckova / Lukas Csolley	Details
Tallinn Trophy	Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin	Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko	Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit	Details
Golden Spin of Zagreb	Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri	Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker	Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar	Details

Medal standings

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	11	11	8	30
2	Italy (ITA)	7	1	1	9
3	Canada (CAN)	5	4	4	13
4	Japan (JPN)	5	3	0	8
5	United States (USA)	4	9	13	26
6	Germany (GER)	2	0	3	5
7	Israel (ISR)	1	2	0	3
8	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
9	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	1	0	1
15	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		36	36	36	108

Challenger Series rankings

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.^[4]

Men's singles

No.	Skater	Nation	First event	Score	Second event	Score	Total score[5]
1	Jason Brown	United States	Lombardia Trophy	256.49	U.S. International Classic	254.04	510.53
2	Alexander Petrov	Russia	Nebelhorn Trophy	232.21	Golden Spin of Zagreb	222.92	455.13
3	Max Aaron	United States	Lombardia Trophy	218.73	Autumn Classic International	226.13	444.86
4	Brendan Kerry	Australia	U.S. International Classic	222.40	Golden Spin of Zagreb	221.94	444.34
5	Jorik Hendrickx	Belgium	Nebelhorn Trophy	223.04	Finlandia Trophy	218.32	441.36

Ladies' singles

No.	Skater	Nation	First event	Score	Second event	Score	Total score[6]
1	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Russia	Nebelhorn Trophy	185.93	Golden Spin of Zagreb	192.03	377.96
2	Mirai Nagasu	United States	Lombardia Trophy	176.86	Autumn Classic International	189.11	365.97
3	Mariah Bell		U.S. International Classic	184.22	Tallinn Trophy	167.69	351.91
4	Alena Leonova	Russia	Ondrej Nepela Memorial	151.12	Golden Spin of Zagreb	191.39	342.51
5	Amber Glenn	United States	Nebelhorn Trophy	157.68		183.60	341.28

Pairs

No.	Team	Nation	First event	Score	Second event	Score	Total score[7]
1	Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek	Italy	Lombardia Trophy	179.56	Warsaw Cup	189.26	368.82
2	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise			185.18	Golden Spin of Zagreb	180.60	365.78
3	Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov	Russia	Finlandia Trophy	169.10		180.44	349.54
4	Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier	United States	Ondrej Nepela Memorial	172.82		161.63	334.45
5	Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc		Finlandia Trophy	158.63		172.18	330.81

Ice dance

No.	Team	Nation	First event	Score	Second event	Score	Total score[8]
1	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev	Russia	Ondrej Nepela Memorial	178.84	Warsaw Cup	183.60	362.44
2	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	United States	Nebelhorn Trophy	179.18	Ondrej Nepela Memorial	170.92	350.10
3	Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri	Italy	Lombardia Trophy	162.12	Golden Spin of Zagreb	180.30	342.42
4	Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro	Russia	Ondrej Nepela Memorial	165.64	Warsaw Cup	173.02	338.66
5	Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker	United States	Autumn Classic International	160.50	Golden Spin of Zagreb	177.36	337.86

Top scores

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

For the season's highest scores, see 2016–17 figure skating season § Season's best scores.

Men's singles

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total

No.	Skater	Nation	Score	Event
1	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	260.57	2016 Autumn Classic International
2	Shoma Uno		258.93	2016 Lombardia Trophy
3	Jason Brown	United States	256.49
4	Nathan Chen		256.44	2016 Finlandia Trophy
5	Takahito Mura	Japan	252.20	2016 U.S. International Classic
6	Patrick Chan	Canada	248.73	2016 Finlandia Trophy
7	Adam Rippon	United States	248.24	2016 U.S. International Classic
8	Sergei Voronov	Russia	237.42	2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
9	Alexander Petrov		232.21	2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
10	Misha Ge	Uzbekistan	230.55	2016 Autumn Classic International

Ladies' singles

Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total

No.	Skater	Nation	Score	Event
1	Satoko Miyahara	Japan	206.75	2016 U.S. International Classic
2	Carolina Kostner	Italy	196.23	2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb
3	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Russia	192.03
4	Alena Leonova		191.39
5	Maria Sotskova		189.96	2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
6	Mirai Nagasu	United States	189.11	2016 Autumn Classic International
7	Mai Mihara	Japan	189.03	2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
8	Kaetlyn Osmond	Canada	187.27	2016 Finlandia Trophy
9	Stanislava Konstantinova	Russia	186.97	2016 Tallinn Trophy
10	Mao Asada	Japan	186.16	2016 Finlandia Trophy

Pairs

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total

No.	Team	Nation	Score	Event
1	Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau	Canada	208.30	2016 Autumn Classic International
2	Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot	Germany	203.04	2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
3	Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès	France	198.90	2016 Autumn Classic International
4	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Russia	197.80	2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
5	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford	Canada	197.78	2016 Finlandia Trophy
6	Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek	Italy	189.26	2016 Warsaw Cup
7	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Russia	185.42	2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
8	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Italy	185.18	2016 Lombardia Trophy
9	Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch	Canada	184.40	2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
10	Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert	Russia	181.38	2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial

Ice dance

Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance)

No.	Team	Nation	Score	Event
1	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Canada	189.20	2016 Autumn Classic International
2	Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin	Russia	185.19	2016 Tallinn Trophy
3	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev		183.60	2016 Warsaw Cup
4	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Italy	180.50	2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
5	Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri		180.30	2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb
6	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	United States	179.18	2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
7	Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko	Israel	177.80	2016 Tallinn Trophy
8	Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker	United States	177.36	2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb
9	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	Canada	176.84	2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
10	Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro	Russia	173.02	2016 Warsaw Cup