2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

The 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held in September 2018 at the Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf. It is part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series.^[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Type:	ISU Challenger Series
Date:	September 26 – 29
Season:	2018–19
Location:	Oberstdorf
Host:	German Ice Skating Union
Venue:	Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf
Champions
Men's singles: Keegan Messing
Ladies' singles: Alina Zagitova
Pairs: Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
Ice dance: Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
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Entries

The International Skating Union published the list of entries on August 28, 2018.

Country	Men[2]	Ladies[3]	Pairs[4]	Ice dance[5]
Australia		Brooklee Han
Austria		Natalie Klotz
Belgium		Loena Hendrickx
Canada	Keegan Messing	Alaine Chartrand	Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Chinese Taipei		Amy Lin
Croatia			Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru
Finland	Valtter Virtanen
Germany	Paul Fentz Thomas Stoll	Nathalie Weinzierl	Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert	Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck Jennifer Urban / Benjamin Steffan
Israel	Daniel Samohin	Netta Schreiber
Italy			Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini
Japan		Marin Honda Mai Mihara
Philippines		Alisson Krystle Perticheto
Poland				Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev
Russia	Artur Dmitriev	Alina Zagitova	Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
Sweden	Alexander Majorov	Matilda Algotsson
Switzerland			Ioulia Chtchetinina / Mikhail Akulov
Ukraine				Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
United Kingdom				Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
United States	Timothy Dolensky Alexei Krasnozhon	Mariah Bell Ashley Lin	Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay	Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons

Changes to preliminary assignments

Date	Discipline	Withdrew	Added	Reason/Other notes	Refs
September 4	Men	N/A	Valtter Virtanen		[6]
September 4	Pairs	N/A	Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert		[7]
September 10	Men	N/A	Timothy Dolensky		[8]
September 11	Pairs	Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan	Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov		[9]
September 12	Ladies	Lea Johanna Dastich	N/A		[10]
		Nicole Schott	N/A
	Ice dance	Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland	N/A		[11]
September 19	Pairs	Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert	Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini		[12]
September 20	Ladies	Amelia Scarlett Jackson	Alina Zagitova		[13]
September 21	Pairs	N/A	Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay		[14]
September 24	Ladies	Emmi Peltonen	N/A		[15]
September 25	Men	Nicola Todeschini	N/A		[16]
September 26	Ladies	Gerli Liinamäe	N/A		[17]

Records

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

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Event	Component	Skater(s)	Score	Date	Ref
Ladies	Short program	Alina Zagitova	79.93	27 September 2018	[18]
	Free skating		158.50	28 September 2018	[19]
	Total score		238.43		[20]

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Keegan Messing	Canada	257.16	1	90.63	1	166.53
2	Alexander Majorov	Sweden	226.64	3	78.86	2	147.78
3	Artur Dmitriev	Russia	225.31	2	81.06	3	144.25
4	Timothy Dolensky	United States	209.02	5	67.80	4	141.22
5	Alexei Krasnozhon	United States	194.10	6	67.32	5	126.78
6	Daniel Samohin	Israel	189.03	4	71.60	6	117.43
7	Valtter Virtanen	Finland	162.85	7	58.29	8	104.56
8	Thomas Stoll	Germany	160.08	8	52.68	7	107.43
WD	Paul Fentz	Germany	withdrew	withdrew from competition

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Alina Zagitova	Russia	238.43	1	79.93	1	158.50
2	Mai Mihara	Japan	209.22	3	70.94	2	138.28
3	Loena Hendrickx	Belgium	204.16	2	71.50	3	132.66
4	Mariah Bell	United States	188.97	4	70.02	6	118.95
5	Ashley Lin	United States	181.21	5	59.45	5	121.76
6	Marin Honda	Japan	178.89	7	56.66	4	122.23
7	Nathalie Weinzierl	Germany	157.45	6	57.53	7	99.92
8	Alaine Chartrand	Canada	150.02	8	53.60	8	96.42
9	Brooklee Han	Australia	140.81	9	49.71	9	91.10
10	Natalie Klotz	Austria	134.59	12	46.40	10	88.19
11	Amy Lin	Chinese Taipei	129.78	10	47.13	11	82.65
12	Matilda Algotsson	Sweden	121.46	11	46.87	12	74.59
13	Netta Schreiber	Israel	109.04	13	37.83	13	71.21
WD	Alisson Krystle Perticheto	Philippines	withdrew	withdrew from competition

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin	Russia	178.94	4	56.42	1	122.52
2	Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim	United States	177.22	1	61.73	3	115.49
3	Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay	United States	174.91	3	58.19	2	116.72
4	Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert	Germany	161.61	2	58.27	6	103.34
5	Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov	United States	157.22	6	49.47	4	107.75
6	Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini	Italy	155.39	8	47.71	5	107.68
7	Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud	Canada	153.71	5	51.85	7	101.86
8	Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru	Croatia	144.02	7	49.28	8	94.74
9	Ioulia Chtchetinina / Mikhail Akulov	Switzerland	126.17	9	40.93	9	85.24

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
1	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	Canada	194.12	1	77.40	1	116.72
2	Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons	United States	180.95	2	70.02	2	110.93
3	Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko	United States	177.49	3	69.56	3	107.93
4	Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson	United Kingdom	160.61	6	57.30	4	103.31
5	Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern	Germany	152.68	4	60.11	6	92.57
6	Jennifer Urban / Benjamin Steffan	Germany	150.73	7	56.91	5	93.82
7	Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck	Germany	147.15	5	57.82	7	89.33
8	Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev	Poland	141.63	8	54.54	8	87.09
9	Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin	Ukraine	127.59	9	43.52	9	84.07