The 2012 ISU World Team Trophy was an international team figure skating competition in the 2011–12 season. Participating countries selected two men's single skaters, two ladies' single skaters, one pair and one ice dancing entry to compete in a team format with points based on the skaters' placement.

Background The event was originally scheduled to be held on April 14–17, 2011 in Yokohama, Japan, but the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami led to the event's postponement. It was rescheduled to April 19–22, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan.

Japan qualified in first place with 7,891 points, followed by Canada (6,943), Russia (6,807), the United States (6,399), Italy (5,412), and France (5,214). The total prize money at the World Team Trophy paid by the Japan Skating Federation is US$1 million, the highest of any ISU event.

World Team Trophy medals are awarded to the national teams. Skaters who place in the top three of their discipline receive gifts rather than individual medals.

Entries Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Patrick Chan Kevin Reynolds Amelie Lacoste Cynthia Phaneuf Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Florent Amodio Brian Joubert Maé-Bérénice Méité Yrétha Silété Daria Popova / Bruno Massot Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Paolo Bacchini Samuel Contesti Carolina Kostner Valentina Marchei Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Takahiko Kozuka Daisuke Takahashi Kanako Murakami Akiko Suzuki Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran Cathy Reed / Chris Reed Zhan Bush Maxim Kovtun Alena Leonova Adelina Sotnikova Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Jeremy Abbott Adam Rippon Ashley Wagner Gracie Gold Caydee Denney / John Coughlin Meryl Davis / Charlie White

Results Competition notes Daisuke Takahashi set a world record to win the men's short program, scoring 94.00 points. Carolina Kostner won the ladies' short program, while Meryl Davis / Charlie White were first in the short dance. On the second day of competition, Takahashi won the men's event, Davis and White won the ice dancing event, and Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran won the pairs' short program. On the final day of the World Team Trophy, Akiko Suzuki won the ladies' event and Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov the pairs' event. Team Japan won the title overall, with Team USA taking the silver medal. Team Canada and Team France were tied, with Canada winning the tiebreaker to claim the bronze medal. Team France won the organizing committee's team spirit award.

Team standings Rank Nation Total team points 1 55 2 53 3 42 4 42 5 39 6 39

Men Rank Nation Name Total points SP FS Team points 1 Daisuke Takahashi 276.72 1 94.00 1 182.72 12 2 Patrick Chan 260.46 2 84.69 2 170.65 11 3 Brian Joubert 239.64 4 84.69 4 154.95 10 4 Florent Amodio 238.33 5 81.84 3 156.49 9 5 Jeremy Abbott 234.37 3 86.98 7 147.39 8 6 Takahiko Kozuka 225.30 8 73.61 5 151.69 7 7 Adam Rippon 222.73 7 74.93 6 147.80 6 8 Kevin Reynolds 221.31 6 78.82 8 142.49 5 9 Samuel Contesti 210.00 9 73.38 9 136.62 4 10 Zhan Bush 178.26 12 58.67 10 119.59 3 11 Paolo Bacchini 173.85 10 62.26 11 111.59 2 12 Maxim Kovtun 172.46 11 60.93 12 111.53 1

Ladies Rank Nation Name Total points SP FS Team points 1 Akiko Suzuki 187.79 2 67.51 2 120.28 12 2 Carolina Kostner 185.72 1 69.48 3 116.24 11 3 Ashley Wagner 179.81 5 57.52 1 122.29 10 4 Adelina Sotnikova 169.69 6 56.12 4 113.57 9 5 Gracie Gold 169.65 4 59.07 5 110.58 8 6 Kanako Murakami 159.62 3 63.78 8 95.84 7 7 Alena Leonova 153.71 9 50.92 6 102.79 6 8 Valentina Marchei 152.59 8 53.52 7 99.07 5 9 Maé-Bérénice Méité 144.15 11 48.57 9 95.58 4 10 Amelie Lacoste 143.88 10 48.61 10 95.27 3 11 Yrétha Silété 138.63 7 54.83 11 83.80 2 12 Cynthia Phaneuf 126.95 12 45.99 12 80.96 1

Pairs Rank Nation Name Total points SP FS Team points 1 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov 180.70 2 62.02 1 118.68 12 2 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford 177.62 4 59.27 2 118.35 11 3 Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran 177.56 1 64.92 4 112.64 10 4 Caydee Denney / John Coughlin 175.98 5 58.93 3 117.05 9 5 Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek 158.74 3 59.28 5 99.46 8 6 Daria Popova / Bruno Massot 119.10 6 42.07 6 77.03 7

Ice dancing Rank Nation Name Total points SD FD Team points 1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White 183.36 1 72.18 1 111.18 12 2 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 177.76 2 69.93 2 107.83 11 3 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat 167.83 3 66.57 3 101.26 10 4 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 162.00 4 63.70 4 98.30 9 5 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov 146.84 5 60.44 5 86.40 8 6 Cathy Reed / Chris Reed 119.55 6 49.47 6 70.08 7

Prize money Placement Prize money per team 1st 200,000 2nd 170,000 3rd 160,000 4th 150,000 5th 140,000 6th 130,000 Each single skater receives 15% of the amount earned by his or her country. Each pair or ice dancing couple receives 20% to be split between the two. Of these amounts, their skating association may retain 10%. Total prize money: US$1,000,000.

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External links

Results Entries Official website