2024 Challenge Cup: Info & Streaming

Challenge Cup is the last competition of the season where skaters can earn the minimum technical scores for the 2024 World Championships.

Results | Entries | Schedule | Website | ISU

Type: International competition
When: Feb. 22-25
Where: Tilburg, Netherlands
Level & disciplines: novice, junior, senior women & men; junior, senior pairs & ice dance

Senior Schedule (UTC+1)

• 2/22: Rhythm Dance 18:15

• 2/23: Men’s SP 16:15; Free Dance 18:30

• 2/24: Men’s FS 12:30; Women’s SP 14:40; Pairs’ SP 17:10

• 2/25: Women’s FS 11:45; Pairs’ FS 14:40

Notable entries: Senior - Kazuki Tomono, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Mikhail Shaidorov, Nina Pinzarrone, Niina Petrokina, Lorine Schild, Yuna Aoki, Kaori Sakamoto, Ekaterina Kurakova, Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise, Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii, Alicia Fabbri/Paul Ayer, Olivia Smart/Tim Dieck, Loicia Demougeot/Theo Le Mercier

How to watch: Paid livestreams

2023 Challenge Cup: Info & Streaming

Challenge Cup is the last international competition where skaters can earn minimum technical scores for the 2023 World Championships. The competition also serves as the Dutch National Championships for skaters from the Netherlands.

Results | Entries | Schedule | Website | ISU

Type: International competition
When: Feb. 23-26
Where: Tilburg, Netherlands
Level & disciplines: senior & junior women, men, ice dance, pairs; novice women & men

Junior & Senior Schedule (UTC+1)

• 2/23: Jr Men SP 16:30; Jr Rhythm Dance 18:15; Sr Rhythm Dance 18:55

• 2/24: Jr Men FS 14:45; Sr Men SP 17:15; Jr Free Dance 20:00; Sr Free Dance 20:40

• 2/25: Jr Women SP 09:15; Sr Men FS 12:45; Sr Women SP 16:15; Jr Pairs SP 19:45; Sr Pairs SP 21:05

• 2/26: Jr Women FS 08:00; Sr Women FS 11:45; Jr Pairs FS 15:45; Sr Pairs FS 17:05

Notable entries: Senior - Nina Pinzarrone, Mana Kawabe, Mai Mihara, Kaori Sakamoto, Young You, Gabriele Frangipani, Matteo Rizzo, Shun Sato, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Sota Yamamoto, Andrew Torgashev, Letizia Roscher/Luis Schuster, Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii, Yuka Orihara/Juho Pirinen, Loicia Demougeot/Theo Le Mercier, Marie Dupayage/Thomas Nabais, Evgeniia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud. Junior - Ikura Kushida, Yurina Okuno, Ayumi Shibayama, Haru Kakiuchi, Haruya Sasaki

How to watch: Netherlands - Free livestream. International - Paid livestream

2022 Challenge Cup & Russian Cup Final: Info & Streaming

CHALLENGE CUP

Results | Entries | Schedule | Website | ISU

Type: International competition

When: Feb. 24-27

Where: Tilburg, Netherlands

Level & disciplines: senior/junior/novice men & women, senior/junior pairs, senior ice dance

Senior/Junior Schedule (UTC+1)

• Feb. 24: Jr Men SP 16:45; Sr Rhythm Dance 18:30

• Feb. 25: Jr Men FS 15:30; Sr Men SP 17:45; Sr Free Dance 20:15

• Feb. 26: Jr Women SP 09:15; Sr Men FS 12:30; Sr Women SP 15:45; Jr Pairs SP 19:00; Sr Pairs SP 19:45

• Feb. 27: Jr Women FS 08:00; Sr Women FS 11:45; Jr Pairs FS 15:30; Sr Pairs FS 16:00

Notable entries: Sr - Rino Matsuike, Jenni Saarinen, Lindsay Thorngren, Sota Yamamoto, Ilia Malinin, Hocke/Kunkel, Akopova/Rakhmanin, Orihara/Pirinen, Lagouge/Caffa. Jr - Mone Chiba, Ayumi Shibayama, Shunsuke Nakamura

How to watch: Free livestreams

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RUSSIAN CUP FINAL

Results & Entries | Schedule | Website

Type: Domestic competition

When: Feb. 24-27

Where: Saransk, Russia

Level & disciplines: senior/junior men, women, pairs, ice dance

Schedule (UTC+3)

• Feb. 24: Sr Men SP 15:00; Sr Pairs SP 16:45; Sr Women SP 18:05; Sr Rhythm Dance 19:45

• Feb. 25: Sr Men FS 12:30; Sr Pairs FS 14:20; Sr Women FS 16:00; Sr Free Dance 17:50

• Feb. 26: Jr Men SP 14:00; Jr Women SP 15:35; Jr Pairs SP 17:10; Jr Rhythm Dance 18:25

• Feb. 27: Jr Men FS 12:30; Jr Women FS 14:15; Jr Pairs FS 16:15; Jr Free Dance 17:35

Notable entries: Sr - Dmitri Aliev, Petr Gumennik, Alexey Erokhov, Makar Ignatov, Andrei Lazukin, Mukhortova/Evgenyev, Pepeleva/Pleshkov, Mironova/Ustenko. Jr - Artem Kovalev, Gleb Lutfullin, Egor Rukhin, Kirill Sarnovskiy, Ilya Yablokov, Sofia Akateva, Veronika Zhilina, Maria Zakharova, Elizaveta Kulikova, Adeliia Petrosian, Petushkova/Malikov, Storublevtceva/Gritsaenko, Khabibullina/Knyazhuk, Kaganovskaia/Angelopol, Mamchenkova/Volkov

How to watch: Free livestreams on Channel One website (geoblocked) and Youtube (available worldwide): Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4

2021 South Korean National Championships, Challenge Cup, & Russian Cup Final: Info & Streaming

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SOUTH KOREAN NATIONALS

The national championships will determine South Korea’s entries to the 2021 World Championships. The competition will be held without an audience.

Results/Protocols (download): Day 1, Day 2, Day 3

Entries (download) | Schedule (download) | Website

Type: National championships

When: Feb. 24-26

Where: Gyeonggi, South Korea

Level & disciplines: senior & junior ladies, men

Schedule (GMT+9)

• 2/24: Jr Men’s SP 09:30; Jr Ladies’ SP 09:51

• 2/25: Sr Ladies’ SP 11:25; Sr Men’s SP 14:55; Jr Men’s FS 16:12; Jr Ladies’ FS 16:36

• 2/26: Sr Ladies’ FS 12:45; Sr Men’s FS 16:11

Notable senior entries: Young You, Eunsoo Lim, Haein Lee, Yelim Kim, Seoyeong Wi, Hanul Kim, Jihun To, Yeonjeong Park, Junhwan Cha, Sihyeong Lee, Younghyun Cha

How to watch: The KSU will post videos on their blog after the competition: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3

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CHALLENGE CUP

The Challenge Cup will be held without an audience.

Results, entries, schedule | Website | ISU

Type: International B competition

When: Feb. 25-28

Where: The Hague, Netherlands

Level & disciplines: senior ladies, men, pairs, ice dance

Schedule (GMT+1)

• 2/25: Ladies’ SP 15:00; Rhythm Dance 17:36

• 2/26: Ladies’ FS 13:00; Free Dance 16:30

• 2/27: Men’s SP 13:00; Pairs’ SP 15:36

• 2/28: Men’s FS 13:00; Pairs’ FS 16:09

Notable entries: Loena Hendrickx, Emmy Ma, Mae-Berenice Meite, Romain Ponsart, Adam Siao Him Fa, Morisi Kvitelashvili, Mikhail Kolyada, Hocke/Kunkel, Tarasova/Morozov, Lopareva/Brissaud, Yanovskaya/Lukacs

How to watch:Paid livestream (€5,00 per day or  €15,00 for the entire competition)

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RUSSIAN CUP FINAL

The Russian Cup Final, along with the Russian National Championships, will determine Russia’s entries to the 2021 World Championships. The competition will be held with an audience.

Results | Entries | Schedule | Website

Type: Domestic competition

When: Feb. 27 - Mar. 2

Where: Moscow, Russia

Level & disciplines: senior & junior ladies, men, pairs, ice dance

Schedule (GMT+3)

• 2/27: Sr Men’s SP 15:00; Sr Pairs’ SP 16:45; Sr Ladies’ SP 18:11; Sr Rhythm Dance 19:50

• 2/28: Sr Men’s FS 14:00; Sr Pairs’ FS 16:15; Sr Ladies’ FS 17:50; Sr Free Dance 20:00

• 3/1: Jr Men’s SP 13:45; Jr Ladies’ SP 15:30; Jr Pairs’ SP 17:15; Jr Rhythm Dance 19:30

• 3/2: Jr Men’s FS 13:00; Jr Ladies’ FS 15:00; Jr Pairs’ FS 17:00; Jr Free Dance 19:25

Notable senior entries: Kamila Valieva, Alena Kostornaia, Elizaveta Nugumanova, Sofia Samodurova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Daria Usacheva, Anna Frolova, Maia Khromykh, Dmitri Aliev, Petr Gumennik, Alexei Erokhov, Makar Ignatov, Artem Kovalev, Mark Kondratiuk, Andrei Mozalev, Roman Savosin, Evgeny Semenenko, Kadyrova/Balchenko, Mishina/Galliamov, Pavliuchenko/Khodykin, Pepeleva/Pleshkov, Morozov/Bagin, Sinitsina/Katsalapov

How to watch: Channel One Youtube streams (available worldwide). Videos will be archived.

• Youtube - Day 1

• Youtube - Day 2

• Youtube - Day 3

• Youtube - Day 4

• Russian 1tv stream (geoblocked)

2020 Challenge Cup: Info & Streaming

Challenge Cup is a B competition. Events will be held at novice, junior, and senior levels.

Results, entries, schedule | Website | ISU

Designation: B competition

When: Feb. 20-23

Where: The Hague, Netherlands

Level & disciplines: novice/junior/senior men & ladies, novice/senior pairs

Senior Schedule (CET)

• 2/21: Men’s SP 19:00

• 2/22: Ladies’ SP 12:45; Men’s FS 15:45; Pairs’ SP 19:33

• 2/23: Ladies’ FS 11:36; Pairs’ FS 15:02

Notable entries: Senior - Emily Bausback, Madeline Schizas, Emmi Peltonen, Rika Kihira, Yuhana Yokoi, Alexei Bychenko, Keiji Tanaka, Shoma Uno, Alex Krasnozhon, Ziegler/Kiefer, Lu/Mitrofanov. Junior - Mone Chiba, Shiika Yoshioka

How to watch:Youtube livestream

2017 Asian Winter Games & Challenge Cup: Info & Streaming

ASIAN WINTER GAMES

The Asian Winter Games is a multi-sport event for athletes from Asia that takes place roughly every 4 years. The figure skating events this year will be held in Sapporo, Japan, from Feb. 23-26. Competitions will be held in all four disciplines at the senior level.

Results & entries | Detailed Schedule | Website

NOTABLE ENTRIES

• Men: Boyang Jin, Han Yan, Shoma Uno, Takahito Mura, Denis Ten, Misha Ge

• Ladies: Zijun Li, Rika Hongo, Elizabet Tursynbaeva, Dabin Choi, Nahyun Kim

• Pairs: Xiaoyu Yu/Hao Zhang, Cheng Peng/Yang Jin

• Ice dance: Shiyue Wang/Xinyu Liu, Kana Muramoto/Chris Reed

SCHEDULE

• Times listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9). Convert to your own time zone.

• Feb. 23: Short Dance 15:10; Ladies’ SP 16:50

• Feb. 24: Pairs’ SP 14:20; Free Dance 16:05; Men’s SP 18:05

• Feb. 25: Pairs’ FS 15:00; Ladies’ FS 17:00

• Feb. 26: Men’s FS 12:00; Gala & Closing Ceremony 18:00

HOW TO WATCH

Olympic Channel: The Olympic broadcasting channel will livestream all of the figure skating events. Streams can be accessed here or on the AWG website:

• 2/23: Short Dance & Ladies’ SP

• 2/24: Pairs’ SP, Free Dance, Men’s SP

• 2/25: Pairs’ FS, Ladies’ FS

• 2/26: Men’s FS, Closing ceremony

NHK: Japan’s NHKBS1 will air all of the men’s and ladies’ events live. Streams: Stream 1, Stream 2

CHALLENGE CUP

Results & entries | Schedule | Website | Livestream

Designation: B event

When: Feb. 23-26

Where: The Hague, Netherlands

Levels & disciplines: novice/junior/senior men & ladies, senior pairs

How to watch: Free livestream on Youtube

Notable entries: Caroline Zhang, Mae-Berenice Meite, Joshi Helgesson, Jorik Hendrickx, Moris Kvitelashvili

2015 Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup is an annual Senior B competition taking place in The Hague, Netherlands from Feb. 18-22 this year.

Results, entries, schedule
Website

Disciplines: ladies, men, pairs
Levels: basic novice (singles only), advanced novice (singles only), junior, senior
Notable entries: Kanako Murakami (senior), Joshi Helgesson (senior), Ivan Righini (senior), Ryuju Hino (senior), Gretchen Donlan/Nathan Bartholomay (senior), Rebecca Peng (junior), Tomoki Hiwatashi (junior), Yuna Aoki (adv. novice), Sena Miyake (adv. novice)

How to watch: The Challenge Cup Facebook is uploading some videos from the competition.