The 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2017. It was the fourth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.
Competitions This season, the series included the following events.
Date Event Location Results September 13–17 2017 U.S. International Classic Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Details September 14–17 2017 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy Details September 20–23 2017 Autumn Classic International Montreal, Quebec, Canada Details September 21–23 2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Bratislava, Slovakia Details September 27–30 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany Details October 6–8 2017 Finlandia Trophy Espoo, Finland Details October 27–29 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star Minsk, Belarus Details November 16–19 2017 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland Details November 21–26 2017 Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia Details December 6–9 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia Details
Medal summary Men's singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results U.S. International Classic Nathan Chen Max Aaron Liam Firus Details Lombardia Trophy Shoma Uno Jason Brown Brendan Kerry Details Autumn Classic International Javier Fernández Yuzuru Hanyu Keegan Messing Details Ondrej Nepela Trophy Mikhail Kolyada Sergei Voronov Brendan Kerry Details Nebelhorn Trophy Jorik Hendrickx Alexander Johnson Alexander Majorov Details Finlandia Trophy Jin Boyang Vincent Zhou Adam Rippon Details Minsk-Arena Ice Star Sergei Voronov Moris Kvitelashvili Daniel Samohin Details Warsaw Cup Matteo Rizzo Stéphane Walker Liam Firus Details Tallinn Trophy Dmitri Aliev Alexei Krasnozhon Yaroslav Paniot Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Moris Kvitelashvili Oleksii Bychenko Artur Dmitriev, Jr. Details
Ladies' singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results U.S. International Classic Marin Honda Mirai Nagasu Karen Chen Details Lombardia Trophy Alina Zagitova Wakaba Higuchi Carolina Kostner Details Autumn Classic International Kaetlyn Osmond Mai Mihara Elizabet Tursynbaeva Details Ondrej Nepela Trophy Evgenia Medvedeva Rika Hongo Elena Radionova Details Nebelhorn Trophy Kailani Craine Matilda Algotsson Alexia Paganini Details Finlandia Trophy Maria Sotskova Carolina Kostner Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Details Minsk-Arena Ice Star Elizabet Tursynbaeva Serafima Sakhanovich An So-hyun Details Warsaw Cup Serafima Sakhanovich Stanislava Konstantinova Courtney Hicks Details Tallinn Trophy Stanislava Konstantinova Alisa Fedichkina Nicole Schott Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Stanislava Konstantinova Alisa Fedichkina Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Details
Pairs Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results U.S. International Classic Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson Details Lombardia Trophy Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Details Autumn Classic International Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Details Ondrej Nepela Trophy Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Details Nebelhorn Trophy Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Details Finlandia Trophy Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Details Minsk-Arena Ice Star Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski Details Warsaw Cup Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Details Tallinn Trophy Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Details
Ice dance Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results U.S. International Classic Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Details Lombardia Trophy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Details Autumn Classic International Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Details Ondrej Nepela Trophy Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Details Nebelhorn Trophy Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis Details Finlandia Trophy Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Details Minsk-Arena Ice Star Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Details Warsaw Cup Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Details Tallinn Trophy Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit Details Golden Spin of Zagreb Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Details
Medal standings
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 Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Mikhail Kolyada Ondrej Nepela Trophy 247.81 Finlandia Trophy 248.50 496.31 2 Sergei Voronov 234.07 Minsk-Arena Ice Star 250.10 484.17 3 Moris Kvitelashvili Minsk-Arena Ice Star 227.31 Golden Spin of Zagreb 236.67 463.98 4 Matteo Rizzo Lombardia Trophy 227.02 Warsaw Cup 232.98 460.00 5 Yaroslav Paniot U.S. International Classic 233.16 Tallinn Trophy 221.23 454.39
Ladies' singles Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Carolina Kostner Lombardia Trophy 198.36 Finlandia Trophy 193.76 392.12 2 Stanislava Konstantinova Tallinn Trophy 190.75 Golden Spin of Zagreb 199.68 390.43 3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Lombardia Trophy 184.75 Finlandia Trophy 189.13 373.88 4 Elizabet Tursynbaeva Autumn Classic International 181.00 Minsk-Arena Ice Star 187.57 368.57 5 Alisa Fedichkina Tallinn Trophy 180.33 Golden Spin of Zagreb 178.20 358.53
Pairs Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Lombardia Trophy 196.06 Golden Spin of Zagreb 202.96 399.02 2 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 191.39 Finlandia Trophy 193.50 384.89 3 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Ondrej Nepela Trophy 191.12 Golden Spin of Zagreb 186.62 377.74 4 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Lombardia Trophy 180.86 Warsaw Cup 193.14 374.00 5 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Minsk-Arena Ice Star 191.58 180.84 372.42
Ice dance Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score 1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Ondrej Nepela Trophy 181.92 Golden Spin of Zagreb 186.66 368.58 2 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Lombardia Trophy 169.30 178.16 347.46 3 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Minsk-Arena Ice Star 169.81 157.84 327.65 4 Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov Ondrej Nepela Trophy 161.92 Warsaw Cup 164.07 325.99 5 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker U.S. International Classic 153.55 Golden Spin of Zagreb 163.88 317.43
Top scores
Men's singles +Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Shoma Uno 319.84 2017 Lombardia Trophy 2 Javier Fernández 279.07 2017 Autumn Classic International 3 Nathan Chen 275.04 2017 U.S. International Classic 4 Yuzuru Hanyu 268.24 2017 Autumn Classic International 5 Max Aaron 261.56 2017 U.S. International Classic 6 Jason Brown 259.88 2017 Lombardia Trophy 7 Jorik Hendrickx 253.06 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy 8 Jin Boyang 252.60 2017 Finlandia Trophy 9 Sergei Voronov 250.10 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star 10 Vincent Zhou 250.01 2017 Finlandia Trophy
Ladies' singles +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Evgenia Medvedeva 226.72 2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 2 Alina Zagitova 218.46 2017 Lombardia Trophy 3 Wakaba Higuchi 217.63 4 Kaetlyn Osmond 217.55 2017 Autumn Classic International 5 Maria Sotskova 205.30 2017 Finlandia Trophy 6 Stanislava Konstantinova 199.68 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb 7 Mai Mihara 199.02 2017 Autumn Classic International 8 Marin Honda 198.42 2017 U.S. International Classic 9 Carolina Kostner 198.36 2017 Lombardia Trophy 10 Bradie Tennell 196.70
Pairs +Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total Team Nation Score Event 1 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 218.46 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy 2 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot 211.08 3 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès 210.48 2017 Autumn Classic International 4 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford 202.98 5 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert 202.96 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb 6 Peng Cheng / Jin Yang 198.03 2017 Finlandia Trophy 7 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 193.50 8 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek 193.14 2017 Warsaw Cup 9 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 191.58 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star 10 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov 191.12 2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
Ice dance +Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance) Team Nation Score Event 1 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 195.76 2017 Autumn Classic International 2 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 188.25 2017 Finlandia Trophy 3 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 186.66 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb 4 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 183.49 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star 5 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 178.80 2017 U.S. International Classic 6 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri 178.16 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb 7 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland 177.13 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy 8 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 173.56 2017 Autumn Classic International 9 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier 172.26 10 Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro 169.81 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star
References
External links ISU Challenger Series at the International Skating Union