The Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/2016 is a series of annual commercial figure skating tournaments among the best skaters on the planet (according to the ISU rating), which will be held in autumn and early December 2015 . Athletes in the 6 stages of the series will compete in the categories of men's and women's single skating, pair skating and ice dancing. Points will be awarded for occupied places from 15 (for the first) to 3 (for the eighth). The top six athletes (pairs) will perform in the final of the junior series. Among adults, there will be seven participants (pairs) in the final. Also in August-October 2015, the stages of the youth Grand Prix will be held; seven stages will be completed. The final will take place along with the main one.
Content
- 1 members
- 1.1 Adult Tournament
- 1.2 Schedule
- 1.3 Youth tournament
- 2 Qualification for the II Winter Youth Olympic Games
- 2.1 Second stage
- 2.2 Reserve skaters
- 3 points
- 3.1 Main tournament
- 3.2 Youth tournament
- 4 Skaters to the finals
- 4.1 Main tournament
- 4.2 Junior tournament
- 5 Adult Grand Prix
- 5.1 Medal classification
- 6 Medal standings youthful Grand Prix
- 7 notes
Members
In the series of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating of the season 2015-2016, skaters who have reached the age of 15 years on July 1, 2015 have the right to participate [1] .
Since last season, it was decided to admit up to 12 singles to both the men and women to the Grand Prix series.
To take part in the Grand Prix of the season, skaters had to earn at least the following points in tournaments before the start of the series:
| View | Points |
|---|---|
| Men | 160.67 |
| Women | 130.97 |
| Couples | 135.42 |
| Dancing | 113.74 |
All comers are allowed to the Youth Grand Prix, but according to quotas for each country, based on the previous World Junior Championships.
Adult Tournament
Schedule
ISU in the spring of 2015 decided on the places and time of the stages of the Grand Prix for the fall of 2015 [2] . The final, it was decided to hold again in Barcelona [3] .
| Tournament | Location | Start | The ending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skate America 2015 | USA , Milwaukee | October 23, 2015 | October 25, 2015 |
| Skate Canada 2015 | Canada , Lethbridge | October 30, 2015 | November 1, 2015 |
| Cup of China 2015 | China , Beijing | November 6, 2015 | November 8, 2015 |
| Trophée Eric Bompard 2015 | France , Bordeaux | November 13, 2015 | November 15, 2015 |
| Cup of Russia 2015 | Russia , Moscow | November 20, 2015 | November 22, 2015 |
| NHK Trophy 2015 | Japan , Nagano | November 27, 2015 | November 29, 2015 |
| Grand Prix Final 2015/2016 | Spain , Barcelona | December 10, 2015 | December 13, 2015 |
Youth Tournament
The ISU decided on the places and time of the junior stages of the Grand Prix for August and autumn 2015.
| Tournament | Location | Start | The ending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage in Slovakia | Slovakia , Bratislava | August 19, 2015 | August 23, 2015 |
| Stage in Latvia | Latvia , Riga | August 26, 2015 | August 30, 2015 |
| Stage in the USA | USA , Colorado Springs | September 2, 2015 | September 6, 2015 |
| Stage in Austria | Austria , Linz | September 9, 2015 | September 13, 2015 |
| Stage in Poland | Poland , Torun | September 23, 2015 | September 27, 2015 |
| Stage in Spain | Spain , Logrono | September 30, 2015 | October 4, 2015 |
| Stage in Croatia | Croatia , Zagreb | October 7, 2015 | October 11, 2015 |
| Final of the Junior Grand Prix 2015/2016 | Spain , Barcelona | December 10, 2015 | December 13, 2015 |
Qualification for the II Winter Youth Olympic Games
Second Stage
At the stages of the Junior Grand Prix, the second stage of the skaters qualification for the II Winter Youth Olympic Games 2016 in Lillehammer ( Norway ), which will be held in February next year , will be held.
4 quotas for boys and girls and 3 quotas in pairs and sports dances will be drawn. If the representatives of the owners in any of the species do not qualify in the usual way, then the Grand Prix quotas will be reduced by one for the Norwegian skaters.
| Places | Men | Women | Couples | Dancing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Norway * France Malaysia Italy | Norway China Hungary Italy | Norway * Czech Ukraine | Norway * The Republic of Korea Italy |
- * - Norway refused the only place at the Olympics in men's, doubles and ice dancing. Which they received as owners. Got the right to speak at competitions: a single player from Finland , a sports couple from South Korea and a dancing couple from the Czech Republic .
Reserve Skaters
Reserve skaters will be ready to perform at the Winter Olympic Games if it becomes impossible to compete with the declared skaters if there are no substitutes in these countries.
| Places | Men | Women | Couples | Dancing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Finland Spain Germany | Sweden Czech Australia | The Republic of Korea United Kingdom Germany | Czech Germany Belarus |
Points
Main Event
For the seats taken at each stage of the competition, athletes will receive points according to the following principle:
| Place taken | Points ( singles and singles ) | Points ( sports couples and dancers ) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st place | 15 points | 15 points |
| 2nd place | 13 points | 13 points |
| 3rd place | 11 points | 11 points |
| 4th place | 9 points | 9 points |
| 5th place | 7 points | 7 points |
| 6th place | 5 points | 5 points |
| 7th place | 4 points | |
| 8th place | 3 points |
Youth Tournament
In the youthful Grand Prix, points are awarded a little differently.
| Place taken | Points ( singles and singles ) | Points ( sports couples and dancing couples ) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st place | 15 points | 15 points |
| 2nd place | 13 points | 13 points |
| 3rd place | 11 points | 11 points |
| 4th place | 9 points | 9 points |
| 5th place | 7 points | 7 points |
| 6th place | 5 points | 5 points |
| 7th place | 4 points | 4 points |
| 8th place | 3 points | 3 points |
| 9th place | 2 points | |
| 10 place | 1 point |
Final Skaters
Main Event
According to the results of the Grand Prix series, the following athletes qualified for the finals:
| Men | Women | Sports couples | Dance Sport | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Spain Javier Fernandez | Russia Evgenia Medvedeva | Canada Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada Caitlin Weaver / Andrew After |
| 2 | Japan Shoma Uno | USA Gracie Gold | Russia Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov | Italy Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte |
| 3 | Japan Yuzuru Hanyu | Russia Elena Radionova | China Sui Wenjing / Han Tsun | USA Maya Shibutani / Alex Shibutani |
| four | China Jin Boyang | Japan Satoko Miyahara | Russia Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | USA Madison Chock / Evan Bates |
| 5 | Canada Patrick Chan | Japan Mao Assad | China Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | USA Madison Hubell / Zachary Donoghue |
| 6 | Japan Daisuke Murakami | USA Ashley Wagner | USA Alex Shimek / Chris Knirim | Russia Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitry Solovyov |
| Spare | ||||
| 1st | China Yan Han | Japan Rika Hongo | Canada Julianne Segen / Charlie Bilodo | Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier |
| 2nd | USA Max Aaron | Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | China Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao | Russia Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov |
| 3rd | Russia Adyan Pitkeev | Russia Yulia Lipnitskaya | France Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres | Russia Alexander Stepanova / Ivan Bukin |
Junior Tournament
According to the results of the Grand Prix series among juniors, the following athletes went to the finals [4] [5] [6] [7] :
| Young men | Girls | Couples | Dance Sport | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | USA Nathan Chen | Russia Polina Tsurskaya | Russia Amina Atakhanova / Ilya Spiridonov | USA Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter |
| 2 | Russia Dmitry Aliev | Russia Maria Sotskova | Ukraine Renata Hovhannisyan / Mark Bardey | USA Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons |
| 3 | Japan Soto Yamamoto | Japan Yuna Shirava | Russia Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot | Russia Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd |
| four | Canada Roman Sadovsky | Japan Marine Honda | Russia Anastasia Gubanova / Alexey Sintsov | Russia Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko |
| 5 | Israel Daniel Samohin | Japan Mai Mihara | Czech Republic Anna Dushkova / Martin Bidar | France Marie-Jade Lorio / Romaine Le Gache |
| 6 | USA Vincent Zhou | Russia Alisa Fedichkina | Russia Anastasia Poluyanova / Stepan Korotkov | Russia Anastasia Skoptsova / Kirill Aleshin |
| Spare | ||||
| 1st | Latvia Denis Vasiliev | Japan Kaori Sakamoto | Canada Brin Hoffman / Bryce Eccentric | France Angelica Abashkina / Louis Thoron |
| 2nd | Russia Alexander Samarin | Republic of Korea Da Bin Choi | USA Joy Weinberg / Maximiliano Fernandez | USA Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko |
| 3rd | Canada Nicolas Nados | USA Viviane Lee | Russia Elena Ivanova / Tagir Khakimov | Russia Sofya Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko |
Grand Prix Adult Composition
The adult composition of the Grand Prix participants is fully regulated by the rules of the ISU. According to the results, the participants of the Final are determined.
Medal standings
At the last six stages of the Grand Prix, 24 sets of medals were to be played. However, the fourth stage in Bordeaux was not completed. Only 20 sets of medals were won. This table is provided after the Grand Prix finals.
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Russia | 6 | 7 | 7 | twenty |
| 2 | Canada | 6 | one | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | USA | four | 6 | four | fourteen |
| four | Japan | four | four | 6 | fourteen |
| 5 | Spain | 2 | one | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | China | one | four | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Italy | one | one | one | 3 |
| Total | 24 | 24 | 24 | 64 | |
Junior Grand Prix Medal
At seven stages of the youthful Grand Prix, 25 sets of medals were played.
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Russia | 12 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 2 | USA | 6 | four | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Japan | four | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| four | Canada | one | 2 | one | four |
| 5 | France | one | 2 | 3 | |
| 6 | Ukraine | one | 2 | 3 | |
| 7 | Latvia | 2 | 2 | ||
| Israel | 2 | 2 | |||
| 9 | Czech | one | one | ||
| 10 | The Republic of Korea | 2 | 2 | ||
| eleven | Argentina | one | one | ||
| China | one | one | |||
| Total | 25 | 25 | 25 | 75 | |
Notes
- ↑ ISU will introduce new age restrictions from the 2014/15 season.
- ↑ ISU has published a preliminary calendar for the 2015/16 season.
- ↑ Allotment of ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final (junior and senior) season 2015/16.
- ↑ ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/2016: Junior Pairs
- ↑ ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/2016 Junior Ladies
- ↑ ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/2016 Junior Men
- ↑ ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/2016 Junior Ice Dance