2018 CS Autumn Classic International & CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy: Info & Streaming

No Junior Grand Prix this week, but the Challenger Series continues with two events in Canada and Slovakia!

AUTUMN CLASSIC INTERNATIONAL

Website & results | Entries | Schedule | ISU

Designation: Challenger Series

When: Sept. 20-22

Where: Oakville, ON, Canada

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

How to watch:Free Dailymotion livestream

Schedule (EDT, UTC-4)

• 9/20: Pairs’ SP 16:05; Ladies’ SP 17:03

• 9/21: Short Dance 12:05; Men’s SP 13:13; Pair’s FS 16:03; Ladies’ FS 17:08

• 9/22: Free Dance 11:10; Men’s FS 12:28

Notable entries: Kevin Reynolds, Kevin Aymoz, Yuzuru Hanyu, Julian Yee, Junhwan Cha, Jason Brown, Kailani Craine, Mae Berenice Meite, Wakaba Higuchi, Yura Matsuda, Evgenia Medvedeva, Starr Andrews, Bradie Tennell, Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro, Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier, Carolane Soucisse/Shane Firus, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Shiyue Wang/Xinyu Liu, Olivia Smart/Adrian Diaz

---

ONDREJ NEPELA TROPHY

Results & schedule | Entries | Website | ISU

Designation: Challenger Series

When: Sept. 19-22

Where: Bratislava, Slovakia

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

How to watch:Free Youtube livestream

Schedule (CEST, UTC+2)

• 9/20: Ladies’ SP 13:00, Men’s SP 16:00, Pairs’ SP 19:00

• 9/21: Short Dance 13:00, Pairs’ FS 14:45

• 9/22: Ladies’ FS 13:15, Free Dance 16:15, Men’s FS 18:15

Notable entries: Morisi Kvitelashvili, Daniel Samohin, Keiji Tanaka, Alexander Samarin, Mikhail Kolyada, Sergei Voronov, Rika Kihira, Rin Nitaya, Elizabet Tursynbaeva, Stanislava Konstantinova, Polina Tsurskaya, Ashley Cain/Timothy Leduc, Deanna Stellato/Nathan Bartholomay, Betina Popova/Sergey Mozgov, Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov, Lorraine McNamara/Quinn Carpenter

2017 CS Autumn Classic International, CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy, & JGP Belarus: Info & Streaming

Two more Challenger Series competitions this week in Canada and Slovakia, while the Junior Grand Prix returns with its fourth stop in Belarus! More information will be added to this post as it becomes available.

AUTUMN CLASSIC INTERNATIONAL

Website & results | Entries | Detailed schedule | Livestream

Designation: Challenger Series

When: Sept. 20-23

Where: Montreal, QC, Canada

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

How to watch: Free livestream on Skate Canada’s Dailymotion (including practices)

Schedule (EDT, UTC-4)

• 9/21: Ladies’ SP 20:05

• 9/22: Short Dance 17:00; Pairs’ SP 18:30; Men’s SP 19:40

• 9/23: Ladies’ FS 13:45; Free Dance 16:50; Pairs’ FS 18:35; Men’s FS 20:00

Notable entries: Elladj Balde, Keegan Messing, Nam Nguyen, Yuzuru Hanyu, Daisuke Murakami, Javier Fernandez, Ross Miner, Misha Ge, Alaine Chartrand, Kaetlyn Osmond, Mai Mihara, Rin Nitaya, Elizabet Tursynbaeva, Courtney Hicks, Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau, Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, Marissa Castelli/Mervin Tran, Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier, Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Lorraine McNamara/Quinn Carpenter

---

ONDREJ NEPELA TROPHY

Results | Entries | Detailed schedule | Website | Livestream

Designation: Challenger Series

When: Sept. 21-23

Where: Bratislava, Slovakia

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

How to watch: Free livestream on Youtube

Schedule (CEST, UTC+2)

• 9/21: Ladies’ SP 13:00; Men’s SP 16:15; Pairs’ SP 19:15

• 9/22: Short Dance 13:00; Pairs’ FS 15:10

• 9/23: Ladies’ FS 12:00; Free Dance 15:40; Men’s FS 19:00

Notable entries: Brendan Kerry, Nicolas Nadeau, Chafik Besseghier, Keiji Tanaka, Sergei Voronov, Mikhail Kolyada, Alexander Samarin, Grant Hochstein, Rika Hongo, Dabin Choi, Alena Leonova, Evgenia Medvedeva, Elena Radionova, Nicole Rajicova, Caroline Zhang, Kristina Astakhova/Alexei Rogonov, Natalia Zabiiako/Alexander Enbert, Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev, Rachel Parsons/Michael Parsons

---

JGP MINSK ARENA CUP

Live results & entries | Detailed schedule | Livestream

Designation: Junior Grand Prix

When: Sept. 20-23

Where: Minsk, Belarus

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

How to watch: Free livestreams on the JGP Youtube channel

Schedule (MSK, UTC+3)

• 9/21: Short Dance 10:30; Ladies’ SP 13:10; Men’s SP 18:45

• 9/22: Pairs’ SP 11:00; Ladies’ FS 13:15; Free Dance 19:00

• 9/23: Pairs’ FS 10:15; Men’s FS 12:45; Gala 19:00

Notable entries: Tatsuya Tsuboi, Sihyeong Lee, Alexey Erokhov, Andrew Torgashev, Nana Araki, Riko Takino, Ye Lim Kim, Stanislava Konstantinova, Alexandra Trusova, Tessa Hong, Lori-Ann Matte/Thierry Ferland, Apollinariia Panfilova/Dmitry Rylov, Anastasia Skoptcova/Kirill Aleshin, Arina Ushakova/Maxim Nekrasov, Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko

2015 Japan Open, CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy & JGP Spain

Busy week coming up as more top senior skaters debut their new programs at Japan Open and Ondrej Nepela Trophy, while the Junior Grand Prix continues with its sixth stop in Spain!

JAPAN OPEN

Japan Open is an invitational team competition where skaters are grouped into Team Japan, Team Europe, and Team North America. Each team includes two ladies and two men. Skaters compete with only their free skates; their scores are added up and the team with the greatest number of points wins. Retired skaters can also be invited. The Japan Open gala is called Carnival on Ice and invites skaters who did not participate in the competition, in addition to the ones who did.

Japan Open website
Carnival on Ice website
Unofficial live scores (Japanese)

When: Oct. 3, 1:00PM JST
Where: Saitama, Japan
Level & disciplines: senior men & ladies
How to watch: TV Tokyo stream. Air times (not live): JO - Oct. 3, 7:00-9:00pm JST; CaOI - Oct. 4, 4:00-5:15pm JST
Entries: Mao Asada, Satoko Miyahara, Shoma Uno, Daisuke Murakami, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Adelina Sotnikova, Javier Fernandez, Brian Joubert, Ashley Wagner, Gracie Gold, Patrick Chan, Jeremy Abbott

---

ONDREJ NEPELA TROPHY

Results, starting orders etc.
Entries
Schedule
Website

Designation: Challenger Series
When: Oct. 1-3
Where: Bratislava, Slovakia
Level & disciplines: senior men, ladies, pairs, ice dance
How to watch: Free livestream
Notable entries: Adian Pitkeev, Jason Brown, Gabrielle Daleman, Riona Kato, Yuka Nagai, Maria Artemieva, Evgenia Medvedeva, Anna Pogorilaya, Joshi Helgesson, Mariah Bell, Lubov Iliushechkina/Dylan Moscovitch, Kristina Astakhova/Alexei Rogonov, Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier, Penny Coomes/Nicholas Buckland, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani

---

JGP LOGRONO

Results, starting orders etc.
Entries & overview

Designation: Junior Grand Prix
When: Sept. 30 - Oct. 3
Where: Logroño, Spain
Level & disciplines: junior men, ladies, ice dance
How to watch: Free livestream on the JGP Youtube channel
Notable entries: Denis Margalik, He Zhang, Daniel Samohin, Andrei Lazukin, Nathan Chen, Yura Matsuda, Yuna Shiraiwa, Alisa Fedichkina, Serafima Sakhanovich, Betina Popova/Yuri Vlasenko, Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain Le Gac, Elliana Pogrebinsky/Alex Benoit

2014 Japan Open, CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy & JGP Germany

Busy week coming up! Here’s a rundown of the competitions this weekend. More relevant links will be added as they become available, so check back to this post.

JAPAN OPEN

Invitational team event where skaters only compete with free skates. Skaters are split into Team Japan, Team Europe and Team North America with two ladies and two men on each team. Retired skaters can also be invited. Skaters’ scores are added up and the team with the highest total score wins. This is not a very serious competition, but it’s the first time we get to see some of the top skaters’ free skates. Carnival on Ice, the Japan Open gala, also invites other skaters besides the ones who competed.

Results
Japan Open website
Carnival on Ice website

When: Oct. 4
Where: Saitama, Japan
How to watch: No live broadcast. Competition will air on TV Tokyo Oct. 4 at 16:00; gala on Oct. 5 at 16:00 local time. Expect videos to show up on Youtube/Dailymotion.
Entries: Kanako Murakami, Satoko Miyahara, Takahiko Kozuka, Takahito Mura, Ashley Wagner, Mirai Nagasu, Patrick Chan, Jeffrey Buttle, Elena Radionova, Anna Pogorilaya, Javier Fernandez, Tomas Verner

---

ONDREJ NEPELA TROPHY

Results, entries, schedule etc.
Website

When: Oct. 1-5
Where: Bratislava, Slovakia
How to watch: Free livestream
Notable entries: Jin Seo Kim, Stephen Carriere, Haruka Imai, Hae Jin Kim, Nathalie Weinzierl, Joshi Helgesson, Viktoria Helgesson, Ashley Cain, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani

---

JGP POKAL DER BLAUEN SCHWERTER

Results, entries, schedule etc.

When: Oct. 1-5
Where: Dresden, Germany
How to watch: Livestream on the JGP Youtube channel
Notable entries: Roman Sadovsky, He Zhang, Wakaba Higuchi, Mariko Kihara, Elizabet Turzynbaeva, Elizaveta Iushenko, Alexandra Proklova, Leah Keiser, Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau, Lina Federova/Maxim Miroshkin, Betina Popova/Yuri Vlasenko, Lorraine McNamara/Quinn Carpenter