The 2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 20th season of a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from August 2016 through December 2016. It was the junior-level complement to the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their placement at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final in Marseille, France.
On 25 August 2016, less than an hour before the start of the ladies' short program at the 2016 JGP France, a shuttle bus was involved in an accident, resulting in injuries to two skaters, Anna Tarusina (from Russia) and Anželika Kļujeva (from Latvia), and their coaches.
Competitions The locations of the JGP events change yearly. This season, the series was composed of the following events.
Date Event Location Notes Results August 24–28 2016 JGP France Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France No pairs August 31 – September 4 2016 JGP Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic September 7–11 2016 JGP Japan Yokohama, Japan No pairs September 14–18 2016 JGP Russia Saransk, Russia September 21–25 2016 JGP Slovenia Ljubljana, Slovenia No pairs September 28 – October 2 2016 JGP Estonia Tallinn, Estonia October 5–9 2016 JGP Germany Dresden, Germany December 8–11 2016–17 JGP Final Marseille, France
Entries Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2016, but had not turned 19 (singles skaters and female pairs or ice dance skaters) or 21 (male pairs or ice dance skaters) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Competitors were chosen by their countries according to their federations' selection procedures. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation was determined by their skaters' placements at the 2016 World Junior Championships in each discipline.
Medalists Men's singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results JGP France Roman Savosin Ilia Skirda Koshiro Shimada JGP Czech Republic Dmitri Aliev Alexei Krasnozhon Roman Savosin JGP Japan Cha Jun-hwan Vincent Zhou Alexey Erokhov JGP Russia Alexander Samarin Andrew Torgashev Matyáš Bělohradský JGP Slovenia Alexei Krasnozhon Ilia Skirda Kazuki Tomono JGP Estonia Alexander Samarin Roman Sadovsky Vincent Zhou JGP Germany Cha Jun-hwan Conrad Orzel Mitsuki Sumoto 2016–17 JGP Final Dmitri Aliev Alexander Samarin Cha Jun-hwan
Ladies' singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results JGP France Alina Zagitova Kaori Sakamoto Rin Nitaya JGP Czech Republic Anastasiia Gubanova Rika Kihira Alisa Lozko JGP Japan Kaori Sakamoto Marin Honda Mako Yamashita JGP Russia Polina Tsurskaya Stanislava Konstantinova Elizaveta Nugumanova JGP Slovenia Rika Kihira Marin Honda Alina Zagitova JGP Estonia Polina Tsurskaya Elizaveta Nugumanova Mako Yamashita JGP Germany Anastasiia Gubanova Yuna Shiraiwa Lim Eun-soo 2016–17 JGP Final Alina Zagitova Anastasiia Gubanova Kaori Sakamoto
Pairs Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results JGP Czech Republic Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson JGP Russia Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot JGP Estonia Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot JGP Germany Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin 2016–17 JGP Final Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
Ice dance Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results JGP France Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov JGP Czech Republic Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Nicole Kuzmich / Alexandr Sinicyn Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov JGP Japan Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron JGP Russia Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko JGP Slovenia Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin JGP Estonia Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye JGP Germany Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov 2016–17 JGP Final Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
Overall standings Medal standings
Standings per nation Starting in the 2015–16 season, the ISU added standings per nation. Points were calculated for each discipline separately before being combined for a total score per nation. For each discipline, each nation combined the points from up to four JGP events. A country did not have to use the same events for each discipline (e.g. a country can combine points from JGP events in France, Japan, Russia, and Slovenia for pairs while using Czech Republic, Japan, Estonia, and Germany for ice dance). For each discipline at each event, each nation combined the points from up to two skaters/teams. The points that each skater/team earned is based on placement. Placement to point conversion was the same as for qualification, with first place earning 15 points, second earning 13 points, etc. In the event ties in the total scores, the country with the fewer skaters/teams (only counting skaters/teams from whom points were combined), won the tie breaker. If the tie was not broken, the nations would have the same rank.
The current standings were: Nation Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance Total 1 100 106 100 102 408 2 64 22 31 69 186 3 44 102 3 5 154 4 40 11 26 46 123 5 15 10 0 58 83 6 17 6 28 22 73 7 33 36 3 0 72 8 27 0 5 19 51 9 10 0 21 0 31 10 0 0 18 0 18
Qualification At each event, skaters earned points toward qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the seventh event, the top six highest-scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows.
Placement Singles Pairs/Ice dance 1st 15 15 2nd 13 13 3rd 11 11 4th 9 9 5th 7 7 6th 5 5 7th 4 4 8th 3 3 9th 2 rowspan="2" 10th 1
There were originally seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points: Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another. Participated in two events. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event. Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events. Highest number of total participants at the events.
If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Junior Grand Prix Final.
Qualifiers Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance 1 Alexander Samarin Anastasiia Gubanova Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd 2 Cha Jun-hwan Polina Tsurskaya (withdrew) Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons 3 Alexei Krasnozhon Rika Kihira Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter 4 Roman Savosin Kaori Sakamoto Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron 5 Ilia Skirda Alina Zagitova Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko 6 Dmitri Aliev Marin Honda Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot (withdrew) Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov Alternates Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance 1 Vincent Zhou Elizaveta Nugumanova (called up) Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor (called up) Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin 2 Andrew Torgashev Stanislava Konstantinova Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov 3 Roman Sadovsky Yuna Shiraiwa Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland Nicole Kuzmich / Alexandr Sinicyn
Top scores
Men's singles +Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Dmitri Aliev 240.07 2016–17 JGP Final 2 Cha Jun-hwan 239.47 2016 JGP Japan 3 Alexander Samarin 236.52 2016–17 JGP Final 4 Vincent Zhou 226.39 2016 JGP Japan 5 Alexei Krasnozhon 223.60 2016 JGP Czech Republic 6 Roman Sadovsky 221.21 2016 JGP Estonia 7 Alexey Erokhov 216.91 2016 JGP Japan 8 Roman Savosin 212.39 2016–17 JGP Final 9 Kazuki Tomono 212.04 2016 JGP Japan 10 Artem Kovalev 209.01 +Top 10 best scores in the men's short program Skater Nation Score Event 1 Dmitri Aliev 81.37 2016–17 JGP Final 2 Alexander Samarin 81.08 3 Vincent Zhou 80.53 2016 JGP Japan 4 Cha Jun-hwan 79.34 5 Alexei Krasnozhon 75.10 2016 JGP Czech Republic 6 Alexey Erokhov 74.90 2016 JGP Japan 7 Andrew Torgashev 73.48 2016 JGP Germany 8 Roman Savosin 72.98 2016–17 JGP Final 9 Koshiro Shimada 70.48 2016 JGP Estonia 10 Joseph Phan 70.33 2016 JGP Slovenia +Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alexander Samarin 160.93 2016 JGP Estonia 2 Cha Jun-hwan 160.13 2016 JGP Japan 3 Dmitri Aliev 158.70 2016–17 JGP Final 4 Roman Sadovsky 149.25 2016 JGP Estonia 5 Alexei Krasnozhon 148.50 2016 JGP Czech Republic 6 Vincent Zhou 145.86 2016 JGP Japan 7 Kazuki Tomono 145.57 8 Alexey Erokhov 142.01 9 Andrew Torgashev 139.44 2016 JGP Russia 10 Roman Savosin 139.41 2016–17 JGP Final
Ladies' singles +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alina Zagitova 207.43 2016–17 JGP Final 2 Anastasiia Gubanova 194.57 2016 JGP Germany 3 Rika Kihira 194.24 2016 JGP Slovenia 4 Polina Tsurskaya 194.02 2016 JGP Estonia 5 Elizaveta Nugumanova 188.43 6 Kaori Sakamoto 187.81 2016 JGP Japan 7 Marin Honda 184.11 8 Mako Yamashita 184.06 2016 JGP Estonia 9 Sofia Samodurova 180.69 2016 JGP Japan 10 Yuna Shiraiwa 176.66 2016 JGP Germany +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' short program Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alina Zagitova 70.92 2016–17 JGP Final 2 Polina Tsurskaya 69.02 2016 JGP Russia 3 Rika Kihira 66.78 2016 JGP Czech Republic 4 Kaori Sakamoto 65.66 2016 JGP Japan 5 Anastasiia Gubanova 65.43 2016 JGP Germany 6 Mako Yamashita 64.86 2016 JGP Japan 7 Stanislava Konstantinova 64.38 2016 JGP Russia 8 Lim Eun-soo 63.83 2016 JGP Germany 9 Elizaveta Nugumanova 62.41 2016 JGP Estonia 10 Alisa Fedichkina 61.13 2016 JGP Japan +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' free skating Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alina Zagitova 136.51 2016–17 JGP Final 2 Anastasiia Gubanova 133.77 3 Marin Honda 128.64 2016 JGP Japan 4 Rika Kihira 128.31 2016 JGP Slovenia 5 Polina Tsurskaya 127.30 2016 JGP Estonia 6 Elizaveta Nugumanova 126.02 7 Kaori Sakamoto 122.15 2016 JGP Japan 8 Yuna Shiraiwa 122.06 2016 JGP Germany 9 Mako Yamashita 121.41 2016 JGP Estonia 10 Sofia Samodurova 119.93 2016 JGP Japan
Pairs +Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total Team Nation Score Event 1 Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev 180.63 2016–17 JGP Final 2 Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař 167.76 3 Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov 159.94 2016 JGP Czech Republic 4 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 159.72 2016–17 JGP Final 5 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor 159.26 2016 JGP Estonia 6 Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin 158.14 2016–17 JGP Final 7 Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot 150.76 2016 JGP Russia 8 Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson 147.14 2016 JGP Estonia 9 Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud 143.92 2016 JGP Germany 10 Anastasia Poluianova / Maksim Selkin 143.02 2016 JGP Czech Republic