The 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was held from April 13–17, 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia. Figure skaters competed for the title of junior world champion in men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. The competition determined the entry quotas for each federation during the 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix series and at the 2023 World Junior Championships.
The competition was originally scheduled to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria from March 7–13, 2022. On February 27, the ISU announced that in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the event would be unable to be held as scheduled in Bulgaria. Tallinn was announced as the host for the newly scheduled dates on March 4. The city previously had previously hosted the event twice, in 2015 and 2020.
Background On February 12, the International Skating Union announced that the event could not be held as planned due to concerns about a surge in omicron variant cases in Bulgaria peaking on the originally scheduled dates, as well as the host nation's restrictive entry requirements. As the 2021 World Junior Championships were already cancelled, the ISU announced that they would evaluate the feasibility of postponing the event until May 2022, if the Bulgarian Skating Federation and other ISU member nations were willing to attend. A final decision was expected to be made at the ISU Council meeting on February 24, but was delayed to allow time to assess the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
On February 27, the ISU announced that while they were still considering the feasibility of postponing the event to later in the spring, Bulgaria would no longer be available to host and invited other ISU member nations to apply as replacement hosts. The Estonian Skating Union, which had hosted both the European and Four Continents Championships earlier in the season, was the sole applicant.
Qualifications Age and minimum TES requirements Skaters who reached the age of 13 before July 1, 2021, but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete at the junior level.
The ISU stipulated that the minimum scores must have been achieved at an ISU-recognized junior international competition in the ongoing or preceding two seasons (adjusted from the traditional one due to the pandemic), no later than 21 days before the first official practice day.
+Minimum technical scores (TES) Discipline SP / RD FS / FD Men 23 42 Women 23 38 Pairs 23 34 Ice dance 23 37
Number of entries per discipline Normally, the number of entries would be based on the results of the preceding Junior Worlds. However, as the 2021 World Junior Championships were cancelled, the results of the 2020 World Junior Championships were used instead.
On March 1, the ISU banned participation by Russian and Belarusian skaters in all international competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
+Number of entries per discipline Spots Men Women Pairs Ice dance 3 2
Schedule No exhibition gala was scheduled. +Schedule Date Discipline Time Segment Thursday, April 14 Men 13:00 Short program All 18:30 Opening ceremony Pairs 19:05 Short program Friday, April 15 Ice dance 14:15 Rhythm dance Pairs 18:55 Free skating Saturday, April 16 Women 10:15 Short program Men 18:15 Free skating Sunday, April 17 Ice dance 11:45 Free dance Women 15:45 Free skating
Entries Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2021. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on March 25, 2022.
+Entries - 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships Country Men Women Pairs Ice dance Semen Daniliants colspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="3" Victoria Alcantara Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore Dorotea Leitgeb rowspan="3" Anita Straub / Andreas Straub Nina Pinzarrone rowspan="2" Filip Kaymakchiev Chiara Hristova Wesley Chiu Justine Miclette Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont Stephen Gogolev Lia Pereira Chloe Panetta / Kieran Trasher Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell rowspan="2" Hana Cvijanović rowspan="2" Stefania Yakovleva Angelina Kudryavtseva / Ilia Karankevich Georgii Reshtenko Barbora Vránková Barbora Kuciánová / Lukáš Vochozka Denisa Cimlová / Vilém Hlavsa Catharina Victoria Petersen rowspan="4" Arlet Levandi Niina Petrõkina Tatjana Bunina / Ivan Kuznetsov Mihhail Selevko rowspan="2" Makar Suntsev Linnea Ceder François Pitot Lorine Schild Oxana Vouillamoz / Flavien Giniaux Eva Bernard / Tom Jochum Corentin Spinar rowspan="2" Célina Fradji / Jean-Hans Fourneaux Konstantin Supatashvili Karina Safina / Luka Berulava Yulia Lebedeva-Bitadze / Dmitri Parkhomenko Louis Weissert Olesya Ray Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy Edward Appleby Elena Komova rowspan="4" Phebe Bekker / James Hernandez Cheuk Ka Kahlen Cheung Aleksandr Vlasenko Vivien Papp Réka Leveles / Balázs Leveles Lev Vinokur Mariia Seniuk Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov Nikolaj Memola Anna Pezzetta Alyssa Montan / Filippo Clerici Giorgia Galimberti / Matteo Libasse Mandelli Raffaele Francesco Zich rowspan="23" Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Rion Sumiyoshi Nao Kida / Masaya Morita Kao Miura Rinka Watanabe rowspan="9" Tatsuya Tsuboi Mikhail Shaidorov Anna Levkovets rowspan="6" Nikola Fomčenkova Jogailė Aglinskytė Andrea Astrain Maynez Julia van Dijk Mia Caroline Risa Gomez Sofia Lexi Jacqueline Frank Jakub Lofek Wiktoria Małyniak Olivia Oliver / Joshua Andari rowspan="2" Noelle Streuli rowspan="2" Ana Sofia Beşchea Adam Hagara Vanesa Šelmeková Anna Šimová / Kirill Aksenov David Sedej Julija Lovrenčič Cha Young-hyun Shin Ji-a Hannah Lim / Ye Quan rowspan="2" Wi Seo-yeong rowspan="4" Yun Ah-sun Euken Alberdi Andreas Nordebäck Emelie Ling Naoki Rossi Kimmy Repond Kayleigh Maksymec / Maximilien Rahier Ali Efe Güneş Anna Deniz Özdemir Jillian Autumn Prever / Ağahan Berk Dörtkol Kyrylo Marsak Anastasiia Fomchenkova Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov Liam Kapeikis Isabeau Levito Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia Oona Brown / Gage Brown Kai Kovar Clare Seo rowspan="2" Angela Ling / Caleb Wein Ilia Malinin Lindsay Thorngren Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen
Changes to preliminary entries
+Changes to preliminary assignments Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason Refs February 6 Pairs Summer Homick / Marty Haubrich Chloe Panetta / Kieran Thrasher Failed to meet TES minimums Ice dance Gina Zehnder / Beda Leon Sieber Kayleigh Maksymec / Maximilien Rahier Injury (Zehnder) March 10 Women Lee Hae-in Yun Ah-sun Event conflict with the Triglav Trophy March 11 Pairs Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard rowspan=2 Split March 25 Men Li Yu-Hsiang Shun Sato Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Injury March 30 Lucas Broussard Kai Kovar Women Sabina Alieva March 31 Ice dance Noemi Maria Tali / Stefano Frasca Giorgia Galimberti / Matteo Libasse Mandelli April 11 Men Daniels Kočkers April 12 Alp Eren Özkan Ali Efe GüneşWomen Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir rowspan="2" Stella Makri
Medal summary
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline: Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Ilia Malinin Mikhail Shaidorov Tatsuya Tsuboi Women Isabeau Levito Shin Ji-a Lindsay Thorngren Pairs Karina Safina / Luka Berulava Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar Ice dance Oona Brown / Gage Brown Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline: Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Ilia Malinin Wesley Chiu Mihhail Selevko Women Isabeau Levito Shin Ji-a Yun Ah-sun Pairs Karina Safina / Luka Berulava Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia Ice dance Oona Brown / Gage Brown Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline: Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Ilia Malinin Mikhail Shaidorov Tatsuya Tsuboi Women Shin Ji-a Isabeau Levito Lindsay Thorngren Pairs Karina Safina / Luka Berulava Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar Ice dance Oona Brown / Gage Brown Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell
Medals by country Table of medals for overall placement:
Records and achievements
The following new junior ISU best scores were set during this season:
Segment Skater(s) Score Date Men Short program Ilia Malinin 88.99 April 14, 2022 Free skating 187.12 April 16, 2022 Total score 276.11
Results
Men's singles +Men's results Rank Name Nation Total pointsSPFS 1 Ilia Malinin 276.11188.991187.12 2 Mikhail Shaidorov 234.31875.142159.17 3 Tatsuya Tsuboi 233.82579.153154.67 4 Wesley Chiu 228.29281.594146.70 5 Stephen Gogolev 224.49678.755145.74 6 Mihhail Selevko 218.68381.269137.42 7 Nikolaj Memola 212.941071.426141.52 8 Liam Kapeikis 210.94479.8312131.11 9 Naoki Rossi 206.651267.617139.04 10 Andreas Nordebäck 206.13776.2014129.93 11 Georgii Reshtenko 201.761169.6711132.09 12 Arlet Levandi 200.101465.3110134.79 13 Kao Miura 197.592060.038137.56 14 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda 196.83973.0116123.82 15 Raffaele Francesco Zich 195.341565.1913130.15 16 Lev Vinokur 192.111367.2015124.91 17 Corentin Spinar 176.241764.1019112.14 18 Kai Kovar 176.232257.6917118.54 19 Cha Young-hyun 175.631960.3218115.31 20 Edward Appleby 173.961864.0521109.91 21 Adam Hagara 172.761664.7222108.04 22 Konstantin Supatashvili 169.662159.3820110.28 23 Louis Weissert 154.752356.752398.00 24 Jakub Lofek 151.482456.542494.94Did not advance to free skating 25 Semen Daniliants 56.342556.34 colspan=2 26 Makar Suntsev 56.262656.26 colspan=2 27 Aleksandr Vlasenko 53.542753.54 colspan=2 28 Ali Efe Güneş 52.242852.24 colspan=2 29 Euken Alberdi 51.212951.21 colspan=2 30 François Pitot 48.983048.98 colspan=2 31 Filip Kaymakchiev 47.083147.08 colspan=2 32 David Sedej 45.483245.48 colspan=2 33 Kyrylo Marsak 44.713344.71 colspan=2
Women's singles