2015 World Team Trophy: Info & streaming

The 2015 World Team Trophy is the last competition of the 2014-15 skating season. As always, it will take place in Tokyo, Japan from April 16-19.

Live results, starting orders
Entries & overview
Website

SCHEDULE

All times in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9); convert to your own.

Apr. 16: Short dance 15:15; Ladies’ SP 16:35; Men’s SP 18:40
Apr. 17: Pairs’ SP 16:00; Free dance 17:25; Men’s FS 19:00
Apr. 18: Pairs’ FS 15:15; Ladies’ FS 16:50
Apr. 19: Gala 14:00

INFO

The World Team Trophy (WTT) is a team event composed of the top 6 ranked countries after the rest of the major competitions of the season are done. This year, the countries in order of qualification are: Russia, USA, Japan, Canada, France and China. Each country sends two men, two ladies, one pair and one dance team to the competition. Skaters earn points for their team based on their placement in their segment of the competition, and the country with the greatest number of points in the end wins. WTT has been held three times so far, in 2009, 2012, and 2013. (For more information regarding the qualification process and other rules, see the ISU website.)

WTT is generally regarded as an informal competition with a fun and relaxed atmosphere; skaters are encouraged to cheer for their team from the K&C and compete for a Team Spirit Award. However, scores recorded at WTT do count towards skaters’ personal/season’s bests, and there is a total of $1 million prize money at stake, distributed among all 6 teams.

HOW TO WATCH

ISU: The ISU stream will show the entire competition live, including the gala. This stream is blocked in Japan, S. Korea and USA since other parties have bought the broadcasting rights in those countries. You may need to use a VPN to unblock it. The stream should work everywhere else in the world.

Icenetwork: Icenetwork will stream the entire competition live for subscribers in the US. (I don’t recommend buying a subscription now, since the season is almost over and you would still have to pay the full price.)

TV Asahi: TV Asahi will air the singles competitions in slightly delayed broadcasts the day of the events, and the entire competition will be aired on TV Asahi ch.2 on May 2-3. I do not know of any reliable online streams at this time.

Youtube: If you can’t watch live, videos from the competition will be uploaded to Youtube and/or Dailymotion pretty quickly, so you can always catch up later.

2015 Off season skating shows

A schedule of shows that will take place during the off season. This post will be updated as more info appears. Casts may change at any time; check the websites for updates. Broadcasts may be delayed a few hours to a few weeks.

STARS ON ICE: USA (website)
Time and place: March-April, several cities in the US
Cast: link
Broadcast: NBC, date unknown
Notes: See website for more cast and ticket details.

KOBE CHARITY EXHIBITION (website)
Time and place: April 7, Kobe, Japan
Cast: Daisuke Takahashi, Nobunari Oda, Takeshi Honda, Kaori Sakamoto, Mai Mihara, Keiji Tanaka, Taichiro Yamakuma, Saya Ueno, Kazuki Tomono, Sena Miyake, Satoko Miyahara, Rika Hongo, Shoma Uno, Kanako Murakami, Koshiro Shimada, more
Broadcast: none
Notes: Annual fundraising event for the Great East Japan Earthquake, first held in 2011.

PRINCE ICE WORLD: YOKOHAMA (website)
Time and place: April 25-26, 29, May 2-3; Yokohama, Japan
Cast: Shizuka Arakawa, Takeshi Honda, Yukina Ota, Akiko Suzuki, Nobunari Oda, Tatsuki Machida, Miki Ando, Kanako Murakami, Takahiko Kozuka, Takahito Mura, Wakaba Higuchi, Rika Hongo, Shoma Uno, more
Broadcast: May 17 at 14:00 JST, BS Japan
Notes: Held every year in April and May. One of the oldest skating shows in Japan. Skaters go around the rink to meet the fans and take pictures after each show.

STARS ON ICE: CANADA (website)
Time and place: May 1-21, several cities in Canada
Cast: link
Broadcast: CBC, date unknown
Notes: See website for more cast and ticket details.

PRINCE ICE WORLD: HACHINOHE (website)
Time and place: May 9-10, Hachinohe, Japan
Cast: Shizuka Arakawa, Takeshi Honda, Yukina Ota, Akiko Suzuki, Nobunari Oda, Miki Ando, Takahiko Kozuka, Rika Hongo, Wakaba Higuchi, Hiroaki Sato, more
Broadcast: none
Notes: Held every year in May. One of the oldest skating shows in Japan. Skaters go around the rink to meet the fans and take pictures after each show.

FANTASY ON ICE: MAKUHARI (website)
Time and place: May 29-31, Chiba, Japan
Cast: Evgeni Plushenko, Javier Fernandez, Stephane Lambiel, Johnny Weir, Brian Joubert, Jeffrey Buttle, Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, Yuzuru Hanyu, Nobunari Oda, Miki Ando, Akiko Suzuki, Shoma Uno, Wakaba Higuchi, more
Broadcast: May 30 at 16:00 JST, BS Asahi (LIVE)
Notes: The Fantasy on Ice shows are usually held in various cities every year during the off season. Guest singers are often invited. This is its second year at Makuhari.

FANTASY ON ICE: SHIZUOKA (website)
Time and place: June 6-7, Shizuoka, Japan
Cast: Evgeni Plushenko, Javier Fernandez, Stephane Lambiel, Johnny Weir, Brian Joubert, Jeffrey Buttle, Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, Yuzuru Hanyu, Nobunari Oda, Miki Ando, Akiko Suzuki, Shoma Uno, Yuka Nagai, more
Broadcast: June 6 at 19:00 JST, BS Asahi
Notes: The Fantasy on Ice shows are usually held in various cities every year during the off season. Guest singers are often invited.

DREAMS ON ICE (website, tickets)
Time and place: June 12-14, Yokohama, Japan
Cast: Yuzuru Hanyu, Takahito Mura, Takahiko Kozuka, Daisuke Murakami, Shoma Uno, Sota Yamamoto, Hiroaki Sato, Shu Nakamura, Sena Miyake, Koshiro Shimada, Satoko Miyahara, Rika Hongo, Wakaba Higuchi, Kaori Sakamoto, Yuka Nagai, Yuna Aoki, Marin Honda, Tatsuki Machida, Evgeni Plushenko, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Meagan Duhamel/Erid Radford, Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov, more
Broadcast: June 22 at 01:25 JST, Fuji TV; July 18 at 19:00 JST, BS Fuji
Notes: Annual show, one of the oldest in Japan, often featuring young up-and-coming Japanese skaters. Many Japanese skaters debut their new programs at this show.

PRINCE ICE WORLD: KAGOSHIMA (main website, specific website)
Time and place: June 13-14, Kagoshima, Japan
Cast: Shizuka Arakawa, Takeshi Honda, Yukina Ota, Akiko Suzuki, Nobunari Oda, Miki Ando, Keiji Tanaka, Haruka Imai, more
Broadcast: none
Notes: One of the oldest skating shows in Japan. Skaters go around the rink to meet the fans and take pictures after each show.

DENIS TEN AND FRIENDS
Time and place: June 20-21, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Cast: Stephane Lambiel, Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, Joannie Rochette, Jeremy Abbott, Elena Radionova, Qing Pang/Jian Tong, Elladj Balde, So Youn Park, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, more
Broadcast: July 6 at 17:45 ALMT, Kazakh TV (live stream)
Notes: Denis Ten’s show, first held in 2013.

FANTASY ON ICE: KANAZAWA (website)
Time and place: June 26-28, Kanazawa, Japan
Cast: Evgeni Plushenko, Javier Fernandez, Stephane Lambiel, Johnny Weir, Brian Joubert, Jeffrey Buttle, Tomas Verner, Nam Nguyen, Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Yuzuru Hanyu, Nobunari Oda, Miki Ando, Akiko Suzuki, Shoma Uno, Marin Honda, more
Broadcast: none
Notes: The Fantasy on Ice shows are usually held in various cities every year during the off season. Guest singers are often invited.

FANTASY ON ICE: KOBE (website)
Time and place: July 4-5, Kobe, Japan
Cast: Evgeni Plushenko, Stephane Lambiel, Jeffrey Buttle, Brian Joubert, Johnny Weir, Javier Fernandez, Tomas Verner, Phillippe Candeloro, Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Yuzuru Hanyu, Nobunari Oda, Akiko Suzuki, Miki Ando, Shoma Uno, Yuna Aoki, more
Broadcast: July 11 at 13:00 JST, BS Asahi
Notes: The Fantasy on Ice shows are usually held in various cities every year during the off season. Guest singers are often invited.

ARTISTRY ON ICE (weibo, facebook)
Time and place: July 8, Taipei, Taiwan; July 10, Beijing, China; July 11, Shanghai, China; July 12, Shenzhen, China
Cast: Javier Fernandez, Adelina Sotnikova, Meryl Davis/Charlie White, Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov, Carolina Kostner, Stephane Lambiel, Johnny Weir, Kurt Browning, Karen Chen, Zijun Li, Han Yan, Wenjing Sui/Cong Han, Cheng Peng/Hao Zhang, Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin, Xuehan Wang/Lei Wang, more
Broadcast: Beijing - July 10 at 19:23 CST, live stream
Notes: Show started by Shen/Zhao in 2010; often collaborates with guest singers.

FIGURE SKATING AORE NAGAOKA (website)
Time and place: July 11-12, Niigata, Japan
Cast: (link) Yuzuru Hanyu, Evgeni Plushenko, Brian Joubert, Nobunari Oda, Takahito Mura, Sota Yamamoto, Sena Miyake, Koshiro Shimada, Miki Ando, Akiko Suzuki, Haruka Imai, Rika Hongo, Wakaba Higuchi, Marin Honda, Miyu Honda, more
Broadcast: none
Notes: This show was last held in 2012.

PRINCE ICE WORLD: TOKYO (website)
Time and place: July 17-20, Tokyo, Japan
Cast: Shizuka Arakawa, Takeshi Honda, Yukina Ota, Akiko Suzuki, Nobunari Oda, Tatsuki Machida, Miki Ando, Takahiko Kozuka, Takahito Mura, Yuka Nagai, Shoma Uno, more
Broadcast: July 19 at 14:30 JST, BS Japan (LIVE)
Notes: Held every year in July. One of the oldest skating shows in Japan. Skaters go around the rink to meet the fans and take pictures after each show.

THE ICE (website)
Time and place: July 22-23, Sapporo, Japan; July 25-26, Osaka, Japan; July 29-30, Aichi, Japan; August 1-2, Sendai, Japan
Cast: (link) Mao Asada, Akiko Suzuki, Satoko Miyahara, Kanako Murakami, Takahiko Kozuka, Nobunari Oda, Takahito Mura, Joannie Rochette, Carolina Kostner, Ashley Wagner, Jeffrey Buttle, Patrick Chan, Jeremy Abbott, Misha Ge, Adam Rippon, Qing Pang/Jian Tong, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Adelina Sotnikova, Maxim Kovtun, more
Broadcast: More info here
Notes: Mao Asada’s show, first held in 2007. Known for its fun group programs, dance battles, and various backstage antics.

BEIJING WINTER OLYMPIC CELEBRATION
Time and place: July 31, Beijing, China
Cast: Javier Fernandez, Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Evgeni Plushenko, Zijun Li, Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin, Xuehan Wang/Lei Wang, more
Broadcast: August 8 at 16:15 CST, BTV
Notes: Show to support/celebrate the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic bid.

FRIENDS ON ICE (website)
Time and place: August 28-30, Yokohama, Japan
Cast: Shizuka Arakawa, Takeshi Honda, Akiko Suzuki, Takahiko Kozuka, Rika Hongo, Yuka Sato, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto, Ilia Kulik, Irina Slutskaya, Miki Ando, Meryl Davis/Charlie White, Yamato Tamura, Stephane Lambiel, Satoko Miyahara, Qing Pang/Jian Tong, Jeremy Abbott, more
Broadcast: September 27 at 15:30 JST, October 10 at 22:30 JST, Nittele Plus
Notes: Shizuka Arakawa’s show, first held in 2006. Also known for its group programs and backstage antics. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

2015 World Championships: Info & Streaming

The 2015 World Figure Skating Championships will take place in Shanghai, China from March 23-29. This will be the first time China is hosting a major ISU Championships.

Live results, entries, starting orders
Website

SCHEDULE

All times in China Standard Time (UTC+8). See here for more time zones, or convert to your own.

Mar. 25: Short dance 09:30; Pairs’ SP 18:00
Mar. 26: Ladies’ SP 10:30; Pairs’ FS 19:00
Mar. 27: Free dance 10:30; Men’s SP 16:15
Mar. 28: Ladies’ FS 10:30; Men’s FS 17:45
Mar. 29: Gala 14:00

HOW TO WATCH

ISU:

The ISU stream will show the entire competition live, including the gala. This stream is blocked in countries that have bought broadcasting rights for the competition (ie. most of the world; it should work in Australia and most parts of South America and Africa), so you may need to use a VPN to unblock it.

→ Official ISU stream

Sport 2 & Sportbox (Russia):

Sport 2 will air the entire competition and gala live, except for the short dance, which will be aired in a delayed broadcast at 21:20 MSK on Mar. 25th.

→ Stream 1, Stream 2, Stream 3 (all non-geoblocked)

Sportbox.ru will stream the entire competition live. These streams are geoblocked to Russia.

→ Short dance, Pairs’ SP
→ Ladies’ SP, Pairs’ FS
→ Free dance, Men’s SP
→ Ladies’ FS, Men’s FS
→ Gala

Eurosport:

Eurosport will air the pairs, men and gala live and ladies and ice dance in delayed broadcasts. The following broadcast schedule is for British Eurosport; check the website for schedules in other countries. (Reruns are not listed here.)

3/25: Short dance 10:00 (delayed, 90-min. recap)
3/25: Pairs’ SP 11:30 (live, 120 min., starts 1.5 hours into event)
3/26: Ladies’ SP 09:30 (delayed, 90-min. recap)
3/26: Pairs’ FS 11:00 (live, 180 min.)
3/27: Free dance 09:30 (delayed, 90-min. recap)
3/27: Men’s SP 11:00 (live, 120 min., starts 1.5 hours into event)
3/28: Ladies’ FS 10:00 (delayed, 90-min. recap)
3/28: Men’s FS 11:30 (live, 150 min., starts 45 min. into event)
3/29: Gala 07:00 (live, 180 min.)

→ Streams may be found at HahaSport or Stopstream an hour or so before an event starts. They are not geoblocked.

YLE (Finland):

YLE will stream the competition live on their website and air it on TV in delayed broadcasts. Official streams (geoblocked to Finland):

→ Short dance, Pairs’ SP
→ Ladies’ SP, Pairs’ FS
→ Free dance, Men’s SP
→ Ladies’ FS, Men’s FS
→ Gala

Icenetwork & NBC (USA):

Icenetwork will stream the entire competition (minus the gala) live for subscribers in the US. NBC will air a recap of some programs on March 28 from 8-10PM.

CBC (Canada):

CBCSports will stream the entire competition live on their website and air delayed recaps on TV.

→ Official CBC stream (geoblocked to Canada)

CCTV 5 (China):

CCTV 5 will air almost the entire competition live. The men’s SP broadcast will start 3 hours into the event (19:30 CST) and the ladies’ FS broadcast will start 30 minutes into the event (11:00 CST). All other broadcasts will start on time.

→ Stream 1, Stream 2, Stream 3 (all non-geoblocked)

Youtube:

If you can’t watch live, videos from the competition will be uploaded to Youtube very quickly, so you can always catch up later.

Other TV channels (eg. Spain’s TDP, Japan’s Fuji TV, Italy’s RaiSport) may also air parts of the competition. Check your local TV listings for more info.

2015 Gardena Spring Trophy

Gardena Spring Trophy is an annual B competition taking place in Selva Val Gardena, Italy, from March 22-24 this year.

Website
Results, entries, starting orders
Schedule

Disciplines: men, ladies
Levels: advanced novice, junior, senior
Notable entries: Nina Ouellette (adv. novice), Akari Nakahara (adv. novice), Mai Mihara (junior), Emily Chan (junior), Rin Nitaya (senior), Keiji Tanaka (senior), Mikhail Kolyada (senior)
How to watch: Live stream. The official Youtube channel might also upload some videos.

2015 Coupe du Printemps

Coupe du Printemps is an annual B competition that takes place in Luxembourg. It is held on March 13-15 this year.

Website
Entries, starting orders, results
Schedule

Disciplines: men, ladies, pairs (senior only)
Levels: basic novice A, advanced novice, junior, senior
Notable entries: Joshi Helgesson, Viktoria Helgesson, Riona Kato, Ivan Righini, Daisuke Murakami
How to watch: Audience members might take videos and upload them to Youtube.

2015 Junior World Championships: Info & streaming

The 2015 Junior World Championships will take place in Tallinn, Estonia from March 4-8. Information will be added to this post as it appears.

Live results, starting orders etc.
Website

SCHEDULE

All times in Eastern European Time (UTC+2). Convert to your time zone.

Mar. 4: Ladies’ SP 10:30; Pairs’ SP 18:45
Mar. 5: Short dance 13:45; Pairs’ FS 19:00
Mar. 6: Men’s SP 10:45; Ladies’ FS 18:00
Mar. 7: Free dance 13:30; Men’s FS 18:00
Mar. 8: Gala 15:00

HOW TO WATCH

ISU: The official ISU stream will show the entire competition live, including the gala. This stream is blocked in countries that have bought broadcasting rights for the competition (Canada, USA, Japan, S. Korea, Italy), so you may need to use Hola to unblock it.

Icenetwork: Icenetwork will stream the entire event live for subscribers in the US.

CBC: CBC will stream the free skates live on their website. The official stream is geoblocked to Canada. There will be TV recaps of the free skates on Mar. 7 and 8 at 3:00PM EST.

Fuji TV: Fuji TV will air the last few groups of the ladies’ and men’s free skates live, but I don’t know of any reliable internet streams at this time. Broadcast times: Ladies’ FS Mar. 7 at 02:30 JST; Men’s FS Mar. 8 at 02:10 JST

Youtube: If you can’t watch live, videos from the competition are usually uploaded to Youtube pretty quickly, so you can always catch up later.

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.

2015 Four Continents Championships

The 2015 Four Continents Championships, the second of four ISU Championships, will take place this week in Seoul, South Korea from Feb. 11-15. This post will be edited if more information becomes available.

Live results, starting orders etc.
Website

SCHEDULE

All times in Korean Standard Time (UTC+9). Convert to your time zone.

Feb. 12: Short dance 11:30; Pairs’ SP 14:10; Men’s SP 17:15
Feb. 13: Free dance 13:30; Ladies’ SP 17:00
Feb. 14: Pairs’ FS 14:30; Men’s FS 17:30
Feb. 15: Ladies’ FS 12:30; Gala 17:30

HOW TO WATCH

(* = experimental)

KAZSport: KAZSport will show the entire competition live. Streams: link 1, link 2, link 3, link 4

CCTV5: CCTV5 and CCTV5+ will show most of the events live. Free streams for CCTV5: link 1, link 2, link 3. Free streams for CCTV5+: link 1 (first two options on the left sidebar seem to work best, but still freeze often), link 2. The schedule in China Standard Time:

2/12 CCTV5 Pairs’ SP 13:35 (live?)
2/12 CCTV5+ Men’s SP 16:15 (LIVE)
2/13 CCTV5 Free dance 12:30 (LIVE)
2/13 CCTV5+ Ladies’ SP 16:00 (LIVE)
2/14 CCTV5+ Men’s FS 16:30 (LIVE)
2/14 CCTV5 Pairs’ FS 18:35 (delayed)
2/15 CCTV5+ Ladies’ FS 11:25 (LIVE)
2/15 CCTV5+ Gala 16:30 (LIVE)

*Daum: Daum Sports appears to be streaming the entire event live and may or may not be geoblocked (further information pending). The stream is here and you will need to download a plugin for it to work. Click on the red download button and run the .exe file.

Icenetwork & NBC: If you live in the US and have a subscription, Icenetwork will show the entire event live. NBC will air a short recap of some programs on Feb. 21 from 3-4:30PM EST.

CBC: CBCSports.ca will stream the free skates and gala live on their website. The official stream is geoblocked to Canada. CBC will also air a recap on TV on Feb. 21 at 3:00PM.

Eurosport: Eurosport 2 will air delayed recaps of the competition. Free unblocked streams (usually of British Eurosport) may be found here or here an hour or so before an event starts. Check the schedule for your local broadcast times.

Youtube: If you can’t watch live, videos from the competition are usually uploaded to Youtube pretty quickly, so you can always catch up later. This channel might upload videos.

Other TV channels may also air the competition. Check your local TV listings for more info.

2015 Winter Universiade

The Winter Universiade is an international, multi-sport winter sports competition for university students. Both the Summer and Winter Universiade take place every two years. This year, the figure skating portion of the Winter Universiade will take place in Granada, Spain from Feb. 4-8. This post will be updated as more information appears.

Live results, entries, starting orders etc.
Website

Notable entries: Mae Berenice Meite, Viktoria Helgesson, Alena Leonova, Maria Artemieva, Miyabi Oba, Nan Song, Peter Liebers, Takahiko Kozuka, Ryuju Hino, Artur Gachinski, Sara Hurtado/Adria Diaz, Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri, Federica Testa/Lukas Csolley, Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin, Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, Vera Bazarova/Andrei Deputat, Kristina Astakhova/Alexei Rogonov

SCHEDULE

All times in Central European Time (UTC+1). Convert to your time zone.

Feb. 4: Men’s SP 11:00
Feb. 5: Pairs’ SP 15:20; Men’s FS 16:45
Feb. 6: Short dance 16:00; Pairs’ FS 20:00
Feb. 7: Ladies’ SP 13:35; Free dance 19:00
Feb. 8: Ladies’ FS 14:00; Gala 19:00

HOW TO WATCH

The Universiade website will livestream the entire competition.

Spain’s Teledeporte channel will air most of the skating events. The official stream on the website is blocked outside of Spain; you can try using Hola to unblock it. There are also some free streams available on the internet (but watch out for ads and popups).

Known TDP schedule so far (in local time):

Wed. 2/4: Men’s SP 13:30 (LIVE, later groups)
Thurs. 2/5: Pairs’ SP 15:20 (LIVE)
Thurs. 2/5: Men’s FS 23:30 (delayed)
Fri. 2/6: Short dance 16:00 (LIVE)
Fri. 2/6: Pairs’ FS 23:30 (delayed)
Sat. 2/7: Ladies’ SP 17:15 (LIVE, later groups)
Sun. 2/8: Free dance 04:15 (delayed)
Sun. 2/8: Ladies’ FS 18:15 (delayed?)