# 2008 Cup of Russia

The 2008 Cup of Russia was the fifth event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Megasport Arena in Moscow on November 20–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.

## Schedule

* Friday, November 21
** Compulsory dance
** Ladies' short program
** Pairs' short program
** Men's short program
* Saturday, November 22
** Ladies' free skating
** Original dance
** Pairs' free skating
** Men's free skating
* Sunday, November 23
** Free dance
** Exhibition gala

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Brian Joubert | France | 230.78 | 1 | 86.10 | 4 | 144.68 |
| 2 | Tomáš Verner | Czech Republic | 222.94 | 2 | 73.20 | 1 | 149.74 |
| 3 | Alban Préaubert | France | 219.08 | 4 | 71.60 | 3 | 147.48 |
| 4 | Jeremy Abbott | United States | 217.48 | 6 | 68.80 | 2 | 148.68 |
| 5 | Adam Rippon | United States | 207.93 | 3 | 71.62 | 5 | 136.31 |
| 6 | Kevin van der Perren | Belgium | 199.13 | 5 | 69.68 | 7 | 129.45 |
| 7 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 190.31 | 12 | 58.50 | 6 | 131.81 |
| 8 | Kristoffer Berntsson | Sweden | 185.07 | 7 | 66.21 | 9 | 118.86 |
| 9 | Artem Borodulin | Russia | 180.04 | 11 | 58.84 | 8 | 121.20 |
| 10 | Alexander Uspenski | Russia | 174.24 | 9 | 62.60 | 10 | 111.64 |
| 11 | Li Chengjiang | China | 163.60 | 8 | 62.95 | 12 | 100.65 |
| 12 | Vaughn Chipeur | Canada | 161.49 | 10 | 59.60 | 11 | 101.89 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 170.72 | 2 | 57.02 | 1 | 113.70 |
| 2 | Rachael Flatt | United States | 166.06 | 3 | 55.92 | 2 | 110.14 |
| 3 | Fumie Suguri | Japan | 162.04 | 1 | 58.30 | 3 | 103.74 |
| 4 | Alissa Czisny | United States | 151.03 | 5 | 53.50 | 4 | 97.53 |
| 5 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 145.93 | 7 | 50.96 | 5 | 94.97 |
| 6 | Jelena Glebova | Estonia | 140.67 | 6 | 51.02 | 6 | 89.65 |
| 7 | Júlia Sebestyén | Hungary | 131.54 | 4 | 53.64 | 10 | 77.90 |
| 8 | Kimmie Meissner | United States | 131.36 | 8 | 48.08 | 7 | 83.28 |
| 9 | Kim Na-young | South Korea | 125.95 | 10 | 43.26 | 8 | 82.69 |
| 10 | Nina Petushkova | Russia | 125.61 | 9 | 43.30 | 9 | 82.31 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | China | 177.42 | 1 | 67.06 | 2 | 110.36 |
| 2 | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov | Russia | 169.27 | 2 | 58.76 | 1 | 110.51 |
| 3 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov | Ukraine | 167.86 | 3 | 58.34 | 3 | 109.52 |
| 4 | Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze | Russia | 150.79 | 5 | 49.96 | 4 | 100.83 |
| 5 | Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert | Russia | 147.88 | 4 | 52.26 | 5 | 95.62 |
| 6 | Monica Pisotta / Michael Stewart | Canada | 129.33 | 6 | 47.86 | 6 | 81.47 |
| 7 | Amanda Velenosi / Mark Fernandez | Canada | 98.85 | 7 | 35.56 | 8 | 63.29 |
| 8 | Ekaterina Sokolova / Fedor Sokolov | Israel | 97.73 | 8 | 31.06 | 7 | 66.67 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | CD | OD | OD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski | Russia | 187.62 | 2 | 36.19 | 1 | 59.33 | 1 | 92.10 |
| 2 | Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin | Russia | 184.66 | 1 | 38.77 | 2 | 58.64 | 3 | 87.25 |
| 3 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | United States | 170.61 | 3 | 35.77 | 8 | 43.68 | 2 | 91.16 |
| 4 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 169.76 | 4 | 32.57 | 3 | 54.25 | 4 | 82.94 |
| 5 | Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski | Israel | 151.43 | 7 | 29.33 | 7 | 45.99 | 5 | 76.11 |
| 6 | Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas | Lithuania | 151.19 | 6 | 29.57 | 5 | 47.65 | 7 | 73.97 |
| 7 | Anastasia Platonova / Alexander Grachev | Russia | 151.14 | 8 | 28.46 | 6 | 47.04 | 6 | 75.64 |
| 8 | Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo | Ukraine | 145.72 | 5 | 30.16 | 4 | 48.38 | 10 | 67.18 |
| 9 | Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno | Canada | 138.51 | 9 | 26.43 | 9 | 41.49 | 8 | 70.59 |
| 10 | Zoé Blanc / Pierre-Loup Bouquet | France | 132.28 | 10 | 24.43 | 10 | 40.47 | 9 | 67.38 |