# 2011 Cup of China

The 2011 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2011–12 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on November 3–6. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2011–12 Grand Prix Final.

## Eligibility

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2011 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.
In July 2011, minimum score requirements were added to the Grand Prix series and were set at two-thirds of the top scores at the 2011 World Championships. Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to earn the following:
| Discipline | Minimum |
| Men | 168.60 |
| Ladies | 117.48 |
| Pairs | 130.71 |
| Ice dancing | 111.15 |

## Entries

The entries were as follows. Brian Joubert was assigned to the event but withdrew due to a back injury. Jinlin Guan of China also withdrew; as both skaters had withdrawn just days prior to the event, no replacements were assigned and the men's field consisted of eight skaters.
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Canada | Kevin Reynolds | | Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch | |
| China | Guan Jinlin Wu Jialiang Song Nan | Geng Bingwa Zhang Kexin Zhu Qiuying | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen |
| Czech Republic | | | Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař | |
| France | | | | Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones |
| Italy | | Carolina Kostner Valentina Marchei | | |
| Japan | Yuzuru Hanyu Nobunari Oda | Kanako Murakami | | |
| Russia | Artur Gachinski | Ksenia Makarova Adelina Sotnikova | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev |
| United Kingdom | | | | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland |
| United States | Jeremy Abbott Richard Dornbush | Christina Gao Mirai Nagasu | Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig | Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Emily Samuelson / Todd Gilles |

## Schedule of events

(Local time, UTC +08:00):
* Thursday, November 3
** 10:30–16:35 – Official practices
* Friday, November 4
** 09:45–14:30 – Official practices
** 15:30–16:36 – Short dance
** 17:00–18:21 – Ladies' short program
** 18:45–20:06 – Men's short program
** 20:45–21:55 – Pairs' short program
* Saturday, November 5
** 08:30–13:55 – Official practices
** 14:30–15:45 – Free dance
** 16:15–17:47 – Ladies' free skating
** 18:15–19:52 – Men's free skating
** 20:30–21:50 – Pairs' free skating
** 22:00 – Medal ceremonies
* Sunday, November 6
** 14:00–16:35 – Official practices
** 19:00–21:30 – Exhibition

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Jeremy Abbott | United States | 228.49 | 3 | 79.32 | 3 | 149.17 |
| 2 | Nobunari Oda | Japan | 227.11 | 4 | 77.65 | 2 | 149.46 |
| 3 | Song Nan | China | 226.75 | 5 | 72.72 | 1 | 154.03 |
| 4 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan | 226.53 | 2 | 81.37 | 4 | 145.16 |
| 5 | Artur Gachinski | Russia | 222.54 | 1 | 81.64 | 6 | 140.90 |
| 6 | Richard Dornbush | United States | 205.27 | 8 | 62.93 | 5 | 142.34 |
| 7 | Kevin Reynolds | Canada | 204.41 | 7 | 64.31 | 7 | 140.10 |
| 8 | Wu Jialiang | China | 182.49 | 6 | 65.06 | 8 | 117.43 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 182.14 | 1 | 61.88 | 1 | 120.26 |
| 2 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 173.22 | 2 | 60.96 | 2 | 112.26 |
| 3 | Adelina Sotnikova | Russia | 159.95 | 3 | 53.74 | 3 | 106.21 |
| 4 | Zhang Kexin | China | 153.32 | 5 | 52.85 | 5 | 100.47 |
| 5 | Christina Gao | United States | 152.48 | 8 | 51.99 | 4 | 100.49 |
| 6 | Kanako Murakami | Japan | 150.20 | 4 | 53.09 | 7 | 97.11 |
| 7 | Ksenia Makarova | Russia | 143.47 | 9 | 45.90 | 6 | 97.57 |
| 8 | Geng Bingwa | China | 142.09 | 6 | 52.61 | 8 | 89.48 |
| 9 | Valentina Marchei | Italy | 133.86 | 7 | 45.90 | 9 | 81.44 |
| 10 | Zhu Qiuying | China | 108.57 | 10 | 35.28 | 10 | 73.29 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Russia | 186.74 | 1 | 64.45 | 1 | 122.29 |
| 2 | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | China | 177.67 | 3 | 60.57 | 2 | 117.10 |
| 3 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch | Canada | 172.04 | 2 | 60.78 | 4 | 111.26 |
| 4 | Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig | United States | 170.63 | 5 | 57.88 | 3 | 112.75 |
| 5 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China | 169.47 | 4 | 60.00 | 5 | 109.47 |
| 6 | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | China | 162.96 | 6 | 54.42 | 6 | 108.54 |
| 7 | Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz | Canada | 141.84 | 7 | 48.25 | 7 | 93.59 |
| 8 | Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař | Czech Republic | 120.95 | 8 | 38.34 | 8 | 82.61 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia | 163.52 | 1 | 65.73 | 1 | 97.79 |
| 2 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States | 148.40 | 2 | 57.79 | 2 | 90.61 |
| 3 | Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones | France | 130.97 | 4 | 52.41 | 3 | 78.56 |
| 4 | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | United Kingdom | 130.39 | 3 | 53.89 | 4 | 76.50 |
| 5 | Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun | China | 120.11 | 6 | 45.07 | 5 | 75.04 |
| 6 | Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen | China | 115.59 | 5 | 48.36 | 7 | 67.23 |
| 7 | Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely | United States | 109.61 | 8 | 40.26 | 6 | 69.35 |
| 8 | Emily Samuelson / Todd Gilles | United States | 106.74 | 7 | 43.64 | 8 | 63.10 |