2023 Shanghai Trophy, Japan Open, CS Finlandia Trophy & JGP Armenia: Info & Streaming
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It’s one of the busiest weeks of the season with four competitions taking place at the same time! This post will be updated as more information becomes available. Subscribe to our calendar to see event times in your timezone.
SHANGHAI TROPHY
Shanghai Trophy is a multidisciplinary ice sports competition, including figure skating, synchronized skating, and short track.
Results, Schedule & Entries | ISU | Weibo
Type: International competition
When: Oct. 3-5
Where: Shanghai, China
Level & disciplines: senior women, men, ice dance, pairs
Schedule (UTC+8)
10/3: Rhythm Dance 18:30; Men’s SP 19:25; Pairs’ SP 20:25; Women’s SP 21:15
10/4: Women’s FS 19:00; Pairs’ FS 20:10
10/5: Free Dance 15:45; Men’s FS 16:45; Gala 18:15
Entries: Boyang Jin, Daiwei Dai, Matteo Rizzo, Adam Siao Him Fa, Jimmy Ma, Junhwan Cha, Xiangyi An, Hongyi Chen, Nina Pinzarrone, Bradie Tennell, Niina Petrokina, Haein Lee, Cheng Peng/Lei Wang, Siyang Zhang/Yongchao Yang, Anastasia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopoulos-Moore, Annike Hocke/Robert Kunkel, Shiyue Wang/Xinyu Liu, Xizi Chen/Jianing Xing, Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri, Evgenia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud, Holly Harris/Jason Chan
How to watch: Shanghai TV livestream, Dragon TV livestream, Bilibili livestream
JAPAN OPEN
Japan Open is a team competition where skaters represent Team Japan, Team North America, and Team Europe. Skaters compete with free skates only. Scores are summed and the team with the highest score wins. Japan Open may also invite skaters who have retired from active competition. The Japan Open gala is known as Carnival on Ice and includes skaters who did not participate in the competition.
Results | ISU | Website | CaOI Website
Type: International competition
When: Oct. 7
Where: Saitama, Japan
Level & disciplines: senior women, men
Schedule (UTC+9)
10/7: Japan Open 12:30; Carnival on Ice 18:30
Entries:
Team Japan: Koshiro Shimada, Kazuki Tomono, Kaori Sakamoto, Satoko Miyahara
Team Europe: Kevin Aymoz, Morisi Kvitelashvili, Loena Hendrickx, Kimmy Repond
Team North America: Ilia Malinin, Jason Brown, Isabeau Levito, Mariah Bell
How to watch: Paid livestreams - Zaiko (available outside Japan), PIA (Japan only). Delayed broadcasts on BS NTV (Japan Open - Oct. 7 at 19:00 JST, Carnival on Ice - Oct. 8 at 19:00 JST)
FINLANDIA TROPHY
Results & Schedule | Entries | ISU | Website
Type: Challenger Series
When: Oct. 6-8
Where: Espoo, Finland
Level & disciplines: senior women, men, ice dance, pairs
Schedule (UTC+3)
10/6: Pairs’ SP 13:00; Men’s SP 15:10; Women’s SP 18:20
10/7: Rhythm Dance 12:00; Pairs’ FS 13:35; Men’s FS 16:00
10/8: Free Dance 14:00; Women’s FS 15:45
Notable entries: Nikolaj Memola, Kao Miura, Shun Sato, Lukas Britschgi, Anastasiia Gubanova, Rinka Watanabe, Yelim Kim, Seoyeong Wi, Ava Marie Ziegler, Brooke McIntosh/Benjamin Mimar, Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko, Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini, Ellie Kam/Danny O’Shea, Chelsea Liu/Balazs Nagy, Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Soerensen, Olivia Smart/Tim Dieck, Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis, Oona Brown/Gage Brown, Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko
How to watch: Paid livestream. Livestreams on Ruutu (Finland only) and YLE (Finland only, partial broadcasts)
JGP ARMENIAN CUP
Results | Schedule | Entries | ISU
Type: Junior Grand Prix
When: Oct. 5-7
Where: Yerevan, Armenia
Level & disciplines: junior women, men, ice dance
Schedule (UTC+4)
10/5: Women’s SP 14:00; Men’s SP 19:15
10/6: Rhythm Dance 14:30; Women’s FS 16:45
10/7: Free Dance 12:00; Men’s FS 14:20
Notable entries: Shunsuke Nakamura, Daniel Martynov, Inga Gurgenidze, Ikura Kushida, Mao Shimada, Elyce Lin-Gracey, Sherry Zhang, Elizabeth Tkachenko/Alexei Kiliakov, Elliana Peal/Ethan Peal
How to watch: Free livestreaming on the ISU JGP Youtube