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2025–26 ISU Challenger Series

2025–26 ISU Challenger Series
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:August 7 – December 6, 2025
Season:2025–26
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The 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series is a series of senior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from August to December 2025. It was the eleventh season of the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions. Skaters were eligible to compete in the Challenger Series if they have reached the age of 17 before July 1, 2025.

Competitions

The International Skating Union announced the Challenger Series schedule on May 8, 2025. This season, the series comprised the following events.[1]

Date Event Location Notes Ref.
August 7–10 United States 2025 Cranberry Cup International Norwood, Massachusetts, United States Men's and women's singles only [2]
September 2–3 United States 2025 John Nicks International Pairs Competition New York City, New York, United States Pairs only [3]
September 5–7 Japan 2025 Kinoshita Group Cup Osaka, Japan N/a [4]
September 11–14 Italy 2025 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy No pairs [5]
September 25–27 Germany 2025 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany N/a [6]
Slovakia 2025 Nepela Memorial Bratislava, Slovakia No pairs [7]
October 1–4 Kazakhstan 2025 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Astana, Kazakhstan [8]
October 8–11 Georgia (country) 2025 Trialeti Trophy Tbilisi, Georgia N/a [9]
November 19–23 Poland 2025 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland No pairs [10]
November 24–30 Estonia 2025 Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia [11]
December 3–6 Croatia 2025 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia N/a [12]

Medal summary

Men's singles

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
United States Cranberry Cup International Canada Roman Sadovsky Estonia Aleksandr Selevko Canada Stephen Gogolev [13]
Japan Kinoshita Group Cup South Korea Cha Junhwan Japan Kazuki Tomono United States Tomoki Hiwatashi [14]
Italy Lombardia Trophy United States Ilia Malinin Japan Yuma Kagiyama Italy Nikolaj Memola [15]
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy Canada Stephen Gogolev United States Andrew Torgashev Switzerland Lukas Britschgi [16]
Slovakia Nepela Memorial France Kévin Aymoz Italy Matteo Rizzo Italy Daniel Grassl [17]
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Kazakhstan Mikhail Shaidorov Georgia (country) Nika Egadze United States Jason Brown [18]
Georgia (country) Trialeti Trophy Georgia (country) Nika Egadze United States Jason Brown United States Tomoki Hiwatashi [19]
Poland Warsaw Cup Poland Vladimir Samoilov Switzerland Lukas Britschgi France Samy Hammi [20]
Estonia Tallinn Trophy Estonia Aleksandr Selevko Italy Matteo Rizzo Estonia Arlet Levandi [21]
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb France Kévin Aymoz Estonia Arlet Levandi France Luc Economides [22]

Women's singles

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
United States Cranberry Cup International United States Isabeau Levito Kazakhstan Sofia Samodelkina South Korea Shin Ji-a [13]
Japan Kinoshita Group Cup Japan Mone Chiba Japan Kaori Sakamoto Japan Saki Miyake [14]
Italy Lombardia Trophy Japan Rion Sumiyoshi Japan Ami Nakai United States Sarah Everhardt [15]
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy United States Amber Glenn Japan Mone Chiba South Korea Shin Ji-a [16]
Slovakia Nepela Memorial Italy Lara Naki Gutmann Italy Anna Pezzetta Italy Sarina Joos [17]
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge South Korea Lee Hae-in South Korea Yun Ah-sun Canada Madeline Schizas [18]
Georgia (country) Trialeti Trophy Georgia (country) Anastasiia Gubanova Israel Mariia Seniuk South Korea Lee Hae-in [19]
Poland Warsaw Cup Canada Sara-Maude Dupuis Italy Marina Piredda Norway Mia Risa Gomez [20]
Estonia Tallinn Trophy Finland Olivia Lisko United States Sarah Everhardt United States Alina Bonillo [21]
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb United States Bradie Tennell Finland Iida Karhunen Kazakhstan Sofia Samodelkina [22]

Pairs

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
United States John Nicks International Pairs Competition
  • Canada
 [23]
Japan Kinoshita Group Cup [14]
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy [16]
Georgia (country) Trialeti Trophy [19]
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb [22]

Ice dance

Challenger Series
Competition Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
Japan Kinoshita Group Cup [14]
Italy Lombardia Trophy [15]
Germany Nebelhorn Trophy [16]
Slovakia Nepela Memorial [17]
Kazakhstan Denis Ten Memorial Challenge [18]
Georgia (country) Trialeti Trophy [19]
Poland Warsaw Cup [20]
Estonia Tallinn Trophy [21]
Croatia Golden Spin of Zagreb [22]

Medal standings

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States681226
2 Georgia5207
3 Canada5038
4 Japan36211
5 France3137
6 Italy2439
7 South Korea2237
8 Spain2002
9 Estonia1214
10 Germany1203
11 Kazakhstan1113
12 Finland1102
13 Great Britain1001
 Poland1001
15 Czech Republic0224
16 Switzerland0123
17 Australia0101
 Israel0101
19 Norway0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (20 entries)343434102

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

As of December 7, 2025[24]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Nika Egadze  Georgia 2025 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 266.90 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy 261.02 527.92
2 Jason Brown  United States 257.81 249.30 507.11
3 Kévin Aymoz  France 2025 CS Nepela Memorial 261.90 2025 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 239.52 501.42
4 Stephen Gogolev  Canada 2025 CS Cranberry Cup International 231.81 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 255.06 486.87
5 Nikolaj Memola  Italy 2025 CS Lombardia Trophy 265.37 2025 CS Nepela Memorial 220.05 485.42

Women's singles

As of December 7, 2025[25]

No. Skater Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1 Mone Chiba  Japan 2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup 216.59 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 213.64 430.23
2 Isabeau Levito  United States 2025 CS Cranberry Cup International 207.61 207.21 414.82
3 Lara Naki Gutmann  Italy 2025 CS Lombardia Trophy 195.95 2025 CS Nepela Memorial 202.51 398.46
4 Shin Ji-a  South Korea 2025 CS Cranberry Cup International 179.97 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 208.45 388.42
5 Sofia Samodelkina  Kazakhstan 203.15 2025 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 182.63 385.78

Pairs

As of December 7, 2025[26]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1  Japan 2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup 222.94 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 221.03 443.97
2  Georgia 212.90 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy 225.20 438.10
3  Germany 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 221.38 208.28 429.66
4  United States 2025 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition 193.54 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 193.79 387.33
5 183.22 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy 193.70 376.92

Ice dance

As of December 7, 2025[27]

No. Team Nation First event Score Second event Score Total score
1  Georgia 2025 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 193.14 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy 203.39 396.53
2  France 2025 CS Nepela Memorial 183.40 2025 CS Warsaw Cup 202.06 385.46
3  Spain 192.67 2025 CS Tallinn Trophy 192.67 385.34
4  Canada 2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup 197.90 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 180.17 378.07
5  Czech Republic 2025 CS Nepela Memorial 186.60 2025 CS Tallinn Trophy 191.00 377.60

References

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