2025–26 ISU Challenger Series

The 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series is a series of senior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that will be held from August 2025 to December 2025. It is the eleventh season of the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions.

2025–26 ISU Challenger Series
Type:	ISU Challenger Series
Date:	August 7 – December 6, 2025
Season:	2025–26
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Competitions

The International Skating Union announced the Challenger Series schedule on May 8, 2025. This season, the series includes the following events.^[1]

Date	Event	Location	Notes	Ref.
August 7–10	2025 Cranberry Cup International	Norwood, Massachusetts, United States	Men's and women's singles only	[2]
September 2–3	2025 John Nicks International Pairs Competition	New York City, New York, United States	Pairs only	[3]
September 5–7	2025 Kinoshita Group Cup	Osaka, Japan		[4]
September 11–14	2025 Lombardia Trophy	Bergamo, Italy	No Pairs	[5]
September 25–27	2025 Nebelhorn Trophy	Oberstdorf, Germany		[6]
	2025 Nepela Memorial	Bratislava, Slovakia	No pairs	[7]
October 1–4	2025 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	Astana, Kazakhstan		[8]
October 8–11	2025 Trialeti Trophy	Tbilisi, Georgia		[9]
November 19–23	2025 Warsaw Cup	Warsaw, Poland		[10]
November 24–30	2025 Tallinn Trophy	Tallinn, Estonia	No pairs	[11]
December 3–6	2025 Golden Spin of Zagreb	Zagreb, Croatia		[12]

Requirements

Skaters were eligible to compete in the Challenger Series if they have reached the age of 17 before July 1, 2025.

Medal summary

Men's singles

Challenger Series

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
Cranberry Cup International	Roman Sadovsky	Aleksandr Selevko	Stephen Gogolev	[13]
Kinoshita Group Cup
Lombardia Trophy
Nebelhorn Trophy
Nepela Memorial
Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
Trialeti Trophy
Warsaw Cup
Tallinn Trophy
Golden Spin of Zagreb

Women's singles

Challenger Series

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
Cranberry Cup International	Isabeau Levito	Sofia Samodelkina	Jia Shin	[13]
Kinoshita Group Cup
Lombardia Trophy
Nebelhorn Trophy
Nepela Memorial
Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
Trialeti Trophy
Warsaw Cup
Tallinn Trophy
Golden Spin of Zagreb

Pairs

Challenger Series

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
John Nicks International Pairs Competition
Kinoshita Group Cup
Nebelhorn Trophy
Trialeti Trophy
Warsaw Cup
Golden Spin of Zagreb

Ice dance

Challenger Series

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
Kinoshita Group Cup
Lombardia Trophy
Nebelhorn Trophy
Nepela Memorial
Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
Trialeti Trophy
Warsaw Cup
Tallinn Trophy
Golden Spin of Zagreb

Medal standings

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	1	0	1	2
2	United States	1	0	0	1
3	Estonia	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
5	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

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.	Skater	Nation	First event	Score	Second event	Score	Total score
1
2
3
4
5

Women's singles

No.	Skater	Nation	First event	Score	Second event	Score	Total score
1
2
3
4
5

Pairs

No.	Team	Nation	First event	Score	Second event	Score	Total score
1
2
3
4
5

Ice dance

No.	Team	Nation	First event	Score	Second event	Score	Total score
1
2
3
4
5