2018 Japan Open, CS Finlandia Trophy, & JGP Slovenia: Info & Streaming

We’re in for a crazy week ahead with three major international competitions, including Japan Open and the sixth events of both the Challenger Series and the Junior Grand Prix!

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JAPAN OPEN & CARNIVAL ON ICE

Japan Open is an invitational team competition where skaters are grouped into Team Japan, Team Europe, and Team North America. Each team is composed of two ladies and two men. Retired skaters can also be invited. Skaters perform only their free skates, and the team with the highest total score wins. The Japan Open gala is called Carnival on Ice and features skaters who did not participate in the competition, in addition to the ones who did.

Results | JO Website | COI Website | Detailed schedule | ISU

When: Oct. 6

Where: Saitama, Japan

Level & disciplines: senior men & ladies

How to watch: Delayed broadcast on TV Tokyo; videos will probably be uploaded to Youtube afterwards. Stream

Schedule (JST, UTC+9)

• Japan Open: Oct. 6 at 12:30. Broadcast: Oct. 6 at 18:30

• Carnival on Ice: Oct. 6 at 18:30. Broadcast: Oct. 8 at 12:00

Team Japan: Shoma Uno, Nobunari Oda, Satoko Miyahara, Kaori Sakamoto

Team Europe: Javier Fernandez, Deniss Vasiljevs, Alina Zagitova, Maria Sotskova

Team North America: Nathan Chen, Jeremy Abbott, Mariah Bell, Bradie Tennell

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FINLANDIA TROPHY

Results | Entries | Detailed schedule | Website | ISU

Designation: Challenger Series

When: Oct. 4-7

Where: Espoo, Finland

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

Schedule (EEST, UTC+3)

• 10/5: Pairs’ SP 12:00; Men’s SP 14:00; Ladies’ SP 17:30

• 10/6: Rhythm Dance 12:00; Pairs’ FS 14:25; Men’s FS 16:40

• 10/7: Ladies’ FS 13:00; Free Dance 17:15

How to watch:

1) Paid livestream for entire competition. Weekend pass 12,99€, daily pass 8,99€, available worldwide.

2) Possible fan streams: 1, 2. Check the channels during the competition.

3) YLE taped broadcasts. Streams are blocked outside of Finland.

• 10/5: Pairs’, Men’s & Ladies’ SP 19:15

• 10/6: Rhythm Dance & Pairs’ FS 15:00, Men’s FS 19:10

• 10/7: Ladies’ FS 21:15, Free Dance 22:20

Notable entries: Nicolas Nadeau, Moris Kvitelashvili, Alexei Bychenko, Matteo Rizzo, Ryuju Hino, Sota Yamamoto, Junhwan Cha, Dmitri Aliev, Alexey Erokhov, Mikhail Kolyada, Alexander Johnson, Rika Hongo, Elizabet Tursynbaeva, Hanul Kim, Stanislava Konstantinova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Angela Wang, Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya/Harley Windsor, Miriam Ziegler/Severin Kiefer, Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro, Daria Pavliuchenko/Denis Khodykin, Aleksandra Boikova/Dmitrii Kozlovskii, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Tarah Kayne/Danny O'Shea, Carolane Soucisse/Shane Firus, Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin, Olivia Smart/Adrian Diaz

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JGP LJUBLJANA CUP

Results | Entries | Detailed schedule | Website | ISU

Designation: Junior Grand Prix

When: Oct. 3-6

Where: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Level & disciplines: junior men, ladies, ice dance

How to watch: Free livestreams on the JGP Youtube channel

Schedule (CEST, UTC+2)

• 10/4: Ladies’ SP 14:00; Men’s SP 19:15

• 10/5: Rhythm Dance 15:00; Men’s FS 17:50

• 10/6: Ladies’ FS 12:30; Free Dance 18:15

Notable entries: Conrad Orzel, Koshiro Shimada, Artur Danielian, Petr Gumennik, Tomoki Hiwatashi, Yi Christy Leung, Rion Sumiyoshi, Tomoe Kawabata, Haein Lee, Anna Tarusina, Anastasia Tarakanova, Polina Ivanenko/Daniil Karpov, Sofia Shevchenko/Igor Eremenko, Darya Popova/Volodymyr Byelikov

2018-19 US National Qualifying Competitions

During the months of October and November, American skaters will compete at regional and sectional championships across the country in order to qualify for the National Championships in January 2019. This post will explain the USFSA qualifying structure and provide a list of links and information that will be updated throughout the season.

Reference: US Figure Skating

See also: 2018-19 National Figure Skating Competitions

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QUALIFYING STRUCTURE

Skaters qualify for the US National Championships by competing at one of nine regional championships and one of three sectional championships (Eastern, Midwestern, and Pacific Coast). Singles skaters must enter the regional championships in the area where their home club is located. Pair and ice dance teams do not compete at regionals, only sectionals. Teams in which partners represent different clubs may choose to compete in the section of either one of their home clubs.

The top 4 finishers in each discipline at regionals advance to sectionals, and the top 4 finishers in each discipline at sectionals advance to nationals. If a regional/sectional event has 4 or fewer competitors entered in a discipline, all of the skaters automatically advance to the next competition. If there are 12 or fewer skaters entered in a discipline at all regional championships within a section, all of the skaters automatically advance to the sectional championships.

US Nationals and qualifying events have five levels of competition: juvenile, intermediate, novice, junior, and senior. Regional championships include events at all 5 levels for singles skaters. Sectional championships include events at all 5 levels for pairs and ice dance as well as singles. The US National Championships is a week-long competition, holding events for each discipline at each level.

Skaters can also advance directly to Nationals without competing at qualifying events in the following ways:

• Placing top 5 in a senior event at the previous US National Championships

• Winning a medal at the most recent Winter Olympics

• Winning a medal at the previous World Championships

• Qualifying for the current season’s Grand Prix Final or Junior Grand Prix Final

• Earning a bye due to an international assignment taking place at the same time as the sectional championships (skaters can also be exempted from regionals due to having an international assignment)

Skaters who have directly qualified for Nationals can still compete at regionals/sectionals if they want to, but they will not count towards the advancement quota.

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COMPETITIONS

Live and on-demand videos of the junior and senior regional/sectional championships are available to subscribers on NBC Gold. Lower levels will be livestreamed on the US Figure Skating Fanzone.

South Atlantic Regionals

• Website

• Results

• Time and place: Oct. 3-7, Coral Springs, Florida

• Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

Upper Great Lakes Regionals

• Website

• Results

• Time and place: Oct. 3-7, Peoria, Illinois

• Advance to: Midwestern Sectionals

Northwest Pacific Regionals

• Website

• Results

• Time and place: Oct. 3-7, Sherwood, Oregon

• Advance to: Pacific Coast Sectionals

New England Regionals

• Website

• Results

• Time and place: Oct. 10-14, Boston, Massachusetts

• Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

Southwestern Regionals

• Website

• Results

• Time and place: Oct. 10-14, Plano, Texas

• Advance to: Midwestern Sectionals

Central Pacific Regionals

• Website

• Results

• Time and place: Oct. 10-14, Vacaville, California

• Advance to: Pacific Coast Sectionals

North Atlantic Regionals

• Website

• Results

• Time and place: Oct. 17-21, Lake Placid, New York

• Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

Eastern Great Lakes Regionals

• Website

• Results

• Time and place: Oct. 17-21, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Advance to: Midwestern Sectionals

Southwest Pacific Regionals

• Website

• Results

• Time and place: Oct. 17-21, Anaheim, California

• Advance to: Pacific Coast Sectionals

Eastern Sectionals

• Website

• Results

• Time and place: Nov. 13-17, Wake Forest, North Carolina

• Advance to: Nationals

Midwestern Sectionals

• Website

• Results

• Time and place: Nov. 13-17, Fort Wayne, Indiana

• Advance to: Nationals

Pacific Coast Sectionals

• Website

• Results

• Time and place: Nov. 13-17, Salt Lake City, Utah

• Advance to: Nationals

US National Championships

• Website

• Results

• Time and place: Jan. 19-27, Detroit, Michigan

2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy & JGP Czech: Info & Streaming

The Challenger Series visits Germany this week, while the Junior Grand Prix returns with its fifth stop in the Czech Republic! Remember to subscribe to our calendar to get skating event schedules in your own time zone.

NEBELHORN TROPHY

Results | Entries | Detailed schedule | Website | ISU

Designation: Challenger Series

When: Sept. 26-29

Where: Oberstdorf, Germany

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

How to watch:Free Dailymotion livestream

Schedule (CEST, UTC+2)

• 9/27: Ladies’ SP 14:30; Short Dance 17:30; Pairs’ SP 20:15

• 9/28: Men’s SP 14:00; Ladies’ FS 16:05; Free Dance 19:30

• 9/29: Men’s FS 14:00; Pairs’ FS 16:00; Gala 20:15

Notable entries: Keegan Messing, Daniel Samohin, Alexander Majorov, Alexei Krasnozhon, Loena Hendrickx, Alaine Chartrand, Marin Honda, Mai Mihara, Alina Zagitova, Mariah Bell, Alexa Scimeca Knierim/Chris Knierim, Deanna Stellato/Nathan Bartholomay, Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier, Natalia Kaliszek/Maksym Spodyriev, Alexandra Nazarova/Maxim Nikitin, Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko, Rachel Parsons/Michael Parsons

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JGP CZECH SKATE

Results | Entries | Detailed schedule | Website | ISU

Designation: Junior Grand Prix

When: Sept. 26-29

Where: Ostrava, Czech Republic

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

How to watch: Free livestreams on the JGP Youtube channel

Schedule (CEST, UTC+2)

• 9/27: Short Dance 11:30; Ladies’ SP 14:30; Pairs’ SP 19:50

• 9/28: Men’s SP 11:00; Free Dance 14:40; Pairs’ FS 17:50

• 9/29: Ladies’ FS 11:00; Men’s FS 16:50

Notable entries: Joseph Phan, Matyas Belohradsky, Mitsuki Sumoto, Kirill Iakovlev, Camden Pulkinen, Nana Araki, Shiika Yoshioka, Yelim Kim, Alena Kostornaia, Viktoria Vasilieva, Ting Cui, Kseniia Akhanteva/Valerii Kolesov, Polina Kostiukovich/Dmitrii Ialin, Anastasia Poluianova/Dmitry Sopot, Laiken Lockley/Keenan Prochnow, Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva/Nikita Nazarov

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

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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

2018 Chinese National Grand Prix

Peng/Jin and Wang/Wang will compete at the 2018 Chinese National Grand Prix from Sept. 14-16 in Qingdao. Other notable senior entries include Jin Boyang, Zhang He, An Xiangyi, and Chen Hongyi. (source)

SCHEDULE (China Standard Time, UTC+8) 

9/14:

Jr Short Dance 15:35; Jr Ladies’ SP 16:11; Jr Men’s SP 18:09
Sr Short Dance 19:24; Sr Pairs’ SP 19:48

9/15:

Sr Ladies’ SP 15:36; Sr Men’s SP 17:50
Jr Ladies’ FS 19:11

9/16:

Jr Free Dance 13:05; Jr Men’s FS 13:49
Sr Free Dance 15:08; Sr Ladies’ FS 15:37 (live from 17:15); Sr Men’s FS 18:26; Sr Pairs’ FS 20:27

Events in italics are livestreamed on CCTV5′s mobile app (may be geoblocked to China). The CCTV 5 stream may be restreamed by a fan on QQ Live; check when the competition is on. Fancams may also be available.

2018 CS US Classic, CS Lombardia Trophy & JGP Canada: Info & Streaming

Things are heating up this week with two Challenger Series events and the fourth stop of the Junior Grand Prix! More information will be added to this post as it appears.

US INTERNATIONAL FIGURE SKATING CLASSIC

Live results | Entries | Schedule | Website | ISU

Designation: Challenger Series

When: Sept. 12-16

Where: Salt Lake City, UT, USA

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

How to watch: Livestream on NBC Gold (paid subscription required). Possible fan stream. Extra backstage videos on the US Figure Skating Youtube.

Schedule (MDT, UTC-6)

• 9/13: Pairs’ SP 4:00PM; Men’s SP 5:30PM

• 9/14: Short Dance 2:30PM; Ladies’ SP 4:00PM; Pairs’ FS 6:40PM; Men’s FS 8:00PM

• 9/15: Free Dance 5:45PM; Ladies’ FS 7:20PM

Notable entries: Nam Nguyen, Michal Brezina, Hiroaki Sato, Yaroslav Paniot, Jimmy Ma, Vincent Zhou, Gabrielle Daleman, Satoko Miyahara, Yuna Shiraiwa, Yelim Kim, Eunsoo Lim, Courtney Hicks, Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya/Harley Windsor, Ashley Cain/Timothy Leduc, Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain Le Gac, Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko, Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue

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LOMBARDIA TROPHY

Live results | Entries | Schedule | Website | Facebook | ISU

Designation: Challenger Series

When: Sept. 12-15

Where: Bergamo, Italy

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

How to watch:Free Youtube livestream

Schedule (CEST, UTC+2)

• 9/13: Ladies’ SP 13:50; Pairs’ SP 17:10; Men’s SP 18:30

• 9/14: Short Dance 13:50; Pairs’ FS 15:50; Ladies’ FS 17:30

• 9/15: Men’s FS 13:00; Free Dance 16:00

Notable entries: Kazuki Tomono, Shoma Uno, June Hyoung Lee, Dmitri Aliev, Timothy Dolensky, Kaori Sakamoto, Mako Yamashita, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Sofia Samodurova, Amber Glenn, Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise, Aleksandra Boikova/Dmitrii Kozlovskii, Natalia Zabiiako/Alexander Enbert, Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri, Sara Hurtado/Kirill Khaliavin, Rachel Parsons/Michael Parsons

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JGP RICHMOND

Live results | Entries | Detailed schedule | Website | ISU

Designation: Junior Grand Prix

When: Sept. 12-15

Where: Richmond, BC, Canada

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

How to watch: Free livestreams on the JGP Youtube channel

Schedule (PDT, UTC-7)

• 9/13: Ladies’ SP 11:00; Short Dance 15:30; Men’s SP 17:45

• 9/14: Pairs’ SP 12:00; Ladies’ FS 14:20; Free Dance 19:20

• 9/15: Men’s FS 12:30; Pairs’ FS 16:10

Notable entries: Stephen Gogolev, Sena Miyake, Petr Gumennik, Basar Oktar, Tomoki Hiwatashi, Yuna Aoki, Rion Sumiyoshi, Young You, Anna Shcherbakova, Anastasia Tarakanova, Anastasia Mishina/Aleksandr Galliamov, Apollinariia Panfilova/Dmitry Rylov, Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha, Ksenia Konkina/Alexander Vakhnov, Eliana Gropman/Ian Somerville, Emma Gunter/Caleb Wein

2018-19 Japanese National Qualifying Competitions + Other Domestic Events

For countries with a large number of skaters such as Japan, Russia, Canada and the USA, skaters usually qualify for their country’s national championships through a series of smaller regional competitions. Japanese qualifying competitions will take place from September to November. This post will explain the JSF’s qualifying structure and provide a list of other notable domestic competitions. Links to information and results will be updated throughout the season.

Reference: Japan Skating Federation

See also: 2018-19 National Figure Skating Competitions

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QUALIFYING STRUCTURE

Skaters qualify for the Japanese National Championships by competing at one of six regional (or “block”) championships and one of two sectional championships (Eastern and Western). Top finishers at regionals advance to sectionals, and top finishers at sectionals advance to nationals. The number of qualifying skaters in each discipline and competition is determined annually by the JSF.

Japan holds three separate national championships for three different levels: novice, junior, and senior. Levels are separated by age. There are two categories of novice, Novice A (older) and Novice B (younger). To qualify for Novice Nationals, skaters compete in the novice category at regional championships. Novice skaters perform only free skates and do not compete at sectionals. To qualify for Junior Nationals, skaters compete in the junior category at regionals and sectionals, and to qualify for Senior Nationals, skaters compete in the senior category at regionals and sectionals. Top finishers at Novice Nationals are invited to participate in Junior Nationals, and top finishers at Junior Nationals are invited to compete at Senior Nationals. Pair and ice dance teams do not compete at regionals, only sectionals.

Seeded skaters are chosen by the JSF to advance directly to Nationals without competing at qualifying competitions. Generally, medalists at the previous National Championships are seeded. Seeded skaters can still compete at regionals/sectionals if they want to, but they will not count towards the quota of skaters who advance. Skaters who would normally need to compete at regionals/sectionals may be exempt from doing so if they have an international competition during or within one week of their qualifying event.

Seeded skaters for the 2018 Japanese National Championships:

• Junior: Nana Araki, Mitsuki Sumoto, Sena Miyake, Tatsuya Tsuboi

• Senior: Satoko Miyahara, Kaori Sakamoto, Rika Kihira, Shoma Uno, Keiji Tanaka, Yuzuru Hanyu

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REGIONAL/SECTIONAL/NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Videos from regional and sectional championships are scarce, but Japanese TV will air news clips and sometimes a few performances from these events. The Junior and Senior National Championships are aired on TV by Fuji TV. Please keep an eye on our blog for more information on watching the National Championships.

Reference: JSF Results. Entries are subject to change.

Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Regionals

• Results & entries

• Schedule

• Time and place: Sept. 21-24, Kita, Kagawa Prefecture

• Level and disciplines: Novice, junior, senior men & ladies

• Advance to: Western Sectionals

• Notable entries: Senior - Hina Takeno

Tohoku-Hokkaido Regionals

• Results & entries

• Schedule

• Time and place: Sept. 21-24, Sapporo, Hokkaido

• Level and disciplines: Novice, junior, senior men & ladies

• Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

• Exemptions: Senior - Hiroaki Sato

• Notable entries: Senior - Jun Suzuki. Junior - Rinka Watanabe

Kanto Regionals

• Results & entries

• Schedule

• Time and place: Sept. 27-30, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture

• Level and disciplines: Novice, junior, senior men & ladies

• Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

• Exemptions: Junior - Shiika Yoshioka

• Notable entries: Junior - Yuma Kagiyama, Shun Sato, Yuna Aoki

Chubu Regionals

• Results & entries

• Schedule

• Time and place: Sept. 28-30, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

• Level and disciplines: Novice, junior, senior men & ladies

• Advance to: Western Sectionals

• Exemptions: Senior - Rin Nitaya, Yura Matsuda, Rika Hongo, Sota Yamamoto, Ryuju Hino

• Notable entries: Senior - Sui Takeuchi, Mako Yamashita, Miyabi Oba, Hinano Isobe. Junior - Tatsuya Tsuboi, Yuhana Yokoi, Kinayu Yokoi, Rino Kasakake. Novice A - Shunsuke Nakamura

Kinki Regionals

• Results & entries

• Schedule

• Time and place: Oct. 5-8, Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture

• Level and disciplines: Novice, junior, senior men & ladies

• Advance to: Western Sectionals

• Exemptions: Senior - Mai Mihara

• Notable entries: Senior - Kazuki Tomono, Shu Nakamura, Taichi Honda, Daisuke Takahashi, Yuna Shiraiwa. Junior - Mitsuki Sumoto, Miyu Honda, Riko Takino, Moa Iwano, Mana Kawabe. Novice A - Sara Honda

• Broadcast: Oct. 8 at 11:45-15:45 JST, Fuji ONE (live)

Tokyo Regionals

• Results & entries

• Schedule

• Time and place: Oct. 5-8, Tokyo

• Level and disciplines: Novice, junior, senior men & ladies

• Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

• Exemptions: Senior - Marin Honda. Junior - Rion Sumiyoshi, Tomoe Kawabata, Koshiro Shimada

• Notable entries: Senior - Wakaba Higuchi, Akari Matsubara

Novice National Championships

• Results & entries

• Schedule

• Time and place: Oct. 19-21, Takaishi, Osaka Prefecture

• Level and disciplines: Novice A & Novice B men & ladies, novice ice dance

Eastern Sectionals

• Results & entries

• Schedule

• Time and place: Oct. 25-28, Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture

• Level and disciplines: Junior & senior men & ladies, junior pairs

• Advance to: Nationals

• Exemptions: Marin Honda, Wakaba Higuchi, Miu Suzaki/Ryuichi Kihara

• Notable entries: Senior - Hiroaki Sato, Akari Matsubara. Junior - Yuma Kagiyama, Shun Sato, Koshiro Shimada, Yuna Aoki, Tomoe Kawabata, Rion Sumiyoshi, Shiika Yoshioka

Western Sectionals

• Results & entries

• Schedule

• Time and place: Nov. 1-4, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

• Level and disciplines: Junior & senior men, ladies, ice dance

• Advance to: Nationals

• Exemptions: Yura Matsuda, Mako Yamashita, Rika Hongo, Yuna Shiraiwa, Mai Mihara, Kazuki Tomono, Sota Yamamoto, Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto

• Notable entries: Senior - Daisuke Takahashi, Shu Nakamura, Ryuju Hino, Taichi Honda, Hinano Isobe, Miyabi Oba, Rika Kihira, Sui Takeuchi, Rin Nitaya. Junior - Yuto Kishina, Haruya Sasaki, Mitsuki Sumoto, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Sena Miyake, Nana Araki, Moa Iwano, Rino Kasakake, Mana Kawabe, Riko Takino, Miyu Honda, Kinayu Yokoi, Yuhana Yokoi

• Broadcast: Nov. 4 at 15:30-21:00 JST, Fuji TWO (live)

Junior National Championships

• Results & entries

• Schedule

• Time and place: Nov. 23-25, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

• Level and disciplines: Junior men, ladies, pairs, ice dance

Senior National Championships

• Results & entries

• Schedule

• Time and place: Dec. 20-24, Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture

• Level and disciplines: Senior men, ladies, pairs, ice dance

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OTHER COMPETITIONS

These competitions are not related to the National Championships or its qualifying events.

91st Intercollegiate Championships

• Results & entries

• Time and place: Jan. 4-7, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture

• Level and disciplines: Men & ladies

• Notable entries: Shu Nakamura, Kazuki Tomono, Taichi Honda, Mai Mihara, Hina Takeno, Rin Nitaya

• Note: For skaters enrolled at university.

68th Inter-High School Championships

• Results & entries

• Time and place: Jan. 24-27, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

• Level and disciplines: Men & ladies

• Notable entries: Taichiro Yamakuma, Yuto Kishina, Mitsuki Sumoto, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Sena Miyake, Kaori Sakamoto, Yuhana Yokoi, Yuna Shiraiwa, Mako Yamashita, Nana Araki, Yuna Aoki, Akari Matsubara, Rinka Watanabe, Sui Takeuchi

• Note: For skaters enrolled in high school.

74th National Winter Sports Festival

• Results & entries

• Time and place: Jan. 29 - Feb. 2, Kushiro, Hokkaido

• Level and disciplines: Junior & senior men & ladies

• Notable entries: TBA

• Note: Skaters represent their prefecture.

39th Inter-Junior High School Championships

• Results & entries

• Time and place: Feb. 1-5, Nagano

• Level and disciplines: Men & ladies

• Notable entries: TBA

• Note: For skaters enrolled in junior high (middle) school.

2018 JGP Lithuania: Info & Streaming

The third Junior Grand Prix event will take place this week in Kaunas, Lithuania!

Live results | Entries | Detailed schedule | Website | ISU

Designation: Junior Grand Prix

When: Sept. 5-8

Where: Kaunas, Lithuania

Level & disciplines: junior men, ladies, ice dance

How to watch: Free livestreams on the JGP Youtube channel

Schedule (EEST, UTC+3)

• 9/6: Men’s SP 14:15; Ladies’ SP 18:00

• 9/7: Short Dance 14:30; Ladies’ FS 17:30

• 9/8: Men’s FS 12:00; Free Dance 15:45

Notable entries: Joseph Phan, Matyas Belohradsky, Yuto Kishina, Egor Murashov, Andrew Torgashev, Kinayu Yokoi, Moa Iwano, Ye Lim Kim, Kseniia Sinitsyna, Alexandra Trusova, Audrey Shin, Ekaterina Andreeva/Ivan Desyatov, Arina Ushakova/Maxim Nekrasov, Darya Popova/Volodymyr Byelikov

2018 Grand Prix Series Overview

After a thrilling Pyeongchang Olympic season, 2018-19 marks a fresh start for the skating world as we gear up for another Olympic cycle. Look out for new faces as well as longtime favorites on the senior Grand Prix Series this season! The six-competition series will run from late October to late November as top skaters fight for a spot at the Grand Prix Final in December.

This post is only an overview; we will make separate posts before each competition with more detailed information. All of the Grand Prix events will be aired on various TV channels around the world; online streams will also be available. For tickets and information on attending the events, please see the competition websites or contact the organizers/skating federations. Entries are subject to change.

See also:

• ISU Grand Prix page

• Grand Prix Announcement

All entries:Men, Ladies, Pairs, Ice Dance

Current standings:Men, Ladies, Pairs, Ice Dance

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SKATE AMERICA (Everett, WA, USA)

Oct. 19-21

• Results

• Entries & overview

• Announcement

• ISU

• Website

SKATE CANADA INTERNATIONAL (Laval, QC, Canada)

Oct. 26-28

• Results

• Entries & overview

• Announcement

• ISU

• Website

GRAND PRIX HELSINKI (Helsinki, Finland)

Nov. 2-4

• Results

• Entries & overview

• Announcement

• ISU

• Website

NHK TROPHY (Hiroshima, Japan)

Nov. 9-11

• Results

• Entries & overview

• Announcement

• ISU

• Website

ROSTELECOM CUP (Moscow, Russia)

Nov. 16-18

• Results

• Entries & overview

• Announcement

• ISU

• Tickets

INTERNATIONAUX DE FRANCE (Grenoble, France)

Nov. 23-25

• Results

• Entries & overview

• Announcement

• ISU

• Website

GRAND PRIX FINAL (Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Dec. 6-9

• Results

• Entries & overview

• Announcement

• ISU

• Website

2018 JGP Austria: Info & Streaming

The Junior Grand Prix continues this week with its second event in Linz, Austria!

Live results | Entries | Detailed schedule | Website | ISU

Designation: Junior Grand Prix

When: Aug. 29 - Sept. 1

Where: Linz, Austria

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

How to watch: Free livestreams on the JGP Youtube channel

Schedule (CEST, UTC+2)

• 8/30: Short Dance 14:00; Men’s SP 16:30

• 8/31: Pairs’ SP 11:00; Ladies’ SP 13:30; Men’s FS 18:45

• 9/1: Free Dance 10:30; Pairs’ FS 13:00; Ladies’ FS 15:45

Notable entries: Conrad Orzel, Daniel Grassl, Koshiro Shimada, Roman Savosin, Artem Kovalev, Camden Pulkinen, Riko Takino, Shiika Yoshioka, Haein Lee, Alena Kanysheva, Alena Kostornaia, Ting Cui, Polina Kostiukovich/Dmitrii Ialin, Anastasia Poluianova/Dmitry Sopot, Laiken Lockley/Keenan Prochnow, Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha, Eva Kuts/Dmitrii Mikhailov, Sofia Shevchenko/Igor Eremenko