# 2012 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating

The 2012 ISU World Team Trophy was an international team figure skating competition in the 2011–12 season. Participating countries selected two men's single skaters, two ladies' single skaters, one pair and one ice dancing entry to compete in a team format with points based on the skaters' placement.

## Background

The event was originally scheduled to be held on April 14–17, 2011 in Yokohama, Japan, but the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami led to the event's postponement. It was rescheduled to April 19–22, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan.
Japan qualified in first place with 7,891 points, followed by Canada (6,943), Russia (6,807), the United States (6,399), Italy (5,412), and France (5,214). The total prize money at the World Team Trophy paid by the Japan Skating Federation is US$1 million, the highest of any ISU event.
World Team Trophy medals are awarded to the national teams. Skaters who place in the top three of their discipline receive gifts rather than individual medals.

## Entries

| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Canada | Patrick Chan Kevin Reynolds | Amelie Lacoste Cynthia Phaneuf | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir |
| France | Florent Amodio Brian Joubert | Maé-Bérénice Méité Yrétha Silété | Daria Popova / Bruno Massot | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat |
| Italy | Paolo Bacchini Samuel Contesti | Carolina Kostner Valentina Marchei | Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte |
| Japan | Takahiko Kozuka Daisuke Takahashi | Kanako Murakami Akiko Suzuki | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed |
| Russia | Zhan Bush Maxim Kovtun | Alena Leonova Adelina Sotnikova | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov | Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov |
| United States | Jeremy Abbott Adam Rippon | Ashley Wagner Gracie Gold | Caydee Denney / John Coughlin | Meryl Davis / Charlie White |

## Results
### Competition notes

Daisuke Takahashi set a world record to win the men's short program, scoring 94.00 points. Carolina Kostner won the ladies' short program, while Meryl Davis / Charlie White were first in the short dance. On the second day of competition, Takahashi won the men's event, Davis and White won the ice dancing event, and Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran won the pairs' short program. On the final day of the World Team Trophy, Akiko Suzuki won the ladies' event and Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov the pairs' event. Team Japan won the title overall, with Team USA taking the silver medal. Team Canada and Team France were tied, with Canada winning the tiebreaker to claim the bronze medal. Team France won the organizing committee's team spirit award.

### Team standings

| Rank | Nation | Total team points |
| 1 | Japan | 55 |
| 2 | United States | 53 |
| 3 | Canada | 42 |
| 4 | France | 42 |
| 5 | Russia | 39 |
| 6 | Italy | 39 |

### Men

| Rank | Nation | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS | Team points |
| 1 | Japan | Daisuke Takahashi | 276.72 | 1 | 94.00 | 1 | 182.72 | 12 |
| 2 | Canada | Patrick Chan | 260.46 | 2 | 84.69 | 2 | 170.65 | 11 |
| 3 | France | Brian Joubert | 239.64 | 4 | 84.69 | 4 | 154.95 | 10 |
| 4 | France | Florent Amodio | 238.33 | 5 | 81.84 | 3 | 156.49 | 9 |
| 5 | United States | Jeremy Abbott | 234.37 | 3 | 86.98 | 7 | 147.39 | 8 |
| 6 | Japan | Takahiko Kozuka | 225.30 | 8 | 73.61 | 5 | 151.69 | 7 |
| 7 | United States | Adam Rippon | 222.73 | 7 | 74.93 | 6 | 147.80 | 6 |
| 8 | Canada | Kevin Reynolds | 221.31 | 6 | 78.82 | 8 | 142.49 | 5 |
| 9 | Italy | Samuel Contesti | 210.00 | 9 | 73.38 | 9 | 136.62 | 4 |
| 10 | Russia | Zhan Bush | 178.26 | 12 | 58.67 | 10 | 119.59 | 3 |
| 11 | Italy | Paolo Bacchini | 173.85 | 10 | 62.26 | 11 | 111.59 | 2 |
| 12 | Russia | Maxim Kovtun | 172.46 | 11 | 60.93 | 12 | 111.53 | 1 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Nation | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS | Team points |
| 1 | Japan | Akiko Suzuki | 187.79 | 2 | 67.51 | 2 | 120.28 | 12 |
| 2 | Italy | Carolina Kostner | 185.72 | 1 | 69.48 | 3 | 116.24 | 11 |
| 3 | United States | Ashley Wagner | 179.81 | 5 | 57.52 | 1 | 122.29 | 10 |
| 4 | Russia | Adelina Sotnikova | 169.69 | 6 | 56.12 | 4 | 113.57 | 9 |
| 5 | United States | Gracie Gold | 169.65 | 4 | 59.07 | 5 | 110.58 | 8 |
| 6 | Japan | Kanako Murakami | 159.62 | 3 | 63.78 | 8 | 95.84 | 7 |
| 7 | Russia | Alena Leonova | 153.71 | 9 | 50.92 | 6 | 102.79 | 6 |
| 8 | Italy | Valentina Marchei | 152.59 | 8 | 53.52 | 7 | 99.07 | 5 |
| 9 | France | Maé-Bérénice Méité | 144.15 | 11 | 48.57 | 9 | 95.58 | 4 |
| 10 | Canada | Amelie Lacoste | 143.88 | 10 | 48.61 | 10 | 95.27 | 3 |
| 11 | France | Yrétha Silété | 138.63 | 7 | 54.83 | 11 | 83.80 | 2 |
| 12 | Canada | Cynthia Phaneuf | 126.95 | 12 | 45.99 | 12 | 80.96 | 1 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Nation | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS | Team points |
| 1 | Russia | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov | 180.70 | 2 | 62.02 | 1 | 118.68 | 12 |
| 2 | Canada | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | 177.62 | 4 | 59.27 | 2 | 118.35 | 11 |
| 3 | Japan | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | 177.56 | 1 | 64.92 | 4 | 112.64 | 10 |
| 4 | United States | Caydee Denney / John Coughlin | 175.98 | 5 | 58.93 | 3 | 117.05 | 9 |
| 5 | Italy | Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek | 158.74 | 3 | 59.28 | 5 | 99.46 | 8 |
| 6 | France | Daria Popova / Bruno Massot | 119.10 | 6 | 42.07 | 6 | 77.03 | 7 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Nation | Name | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD | Team points |
| 1 | United States | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | 183.36 | 1 | 72.18 | 1 | 111.18 | 12 |
| 2 | Canada | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | 177.76 | 2 | 69.93 | 2 | 107.83 | 11 |
| 3 | France | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | 167.83 | 3 | 66.57 | 3 | 101.26 | 10 |
| 4 | Italy | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | 162.00 | 4 | 63.70 | 4 | 98.30 | 9 |
| 5 | Russia | Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov | 146.84 | 5 | 60.44 | 5 | 86.40 | 8 |
| 6 | Japan | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed | 119.55 | 6 | 49.47 | 6 | 70.08 | 7 |

## Prize money

| Placement | Prize money per team |
| 1st | 200,000 |
| 2nd | 170,000 |
| 3rd | 160,000 |
| 4th | 150,000 |
| 5th | 140,000 |
| 6th | 130,000 |
| Each single skater receives 15% of the amount earned by his or her country. Each pair or ice dancing couple receives 20% to be split between the two. Of these amounts, their skating association may retain 10%. Total prize money: US$1,000,000. ||