# 2016 Cup of China

The 2016 Audi Cup of China was the fifth event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Capital Gymnasium in Beijing on November 18–20. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final.

## Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 30, 2016.
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Canada | Patrick Chan | Kaetlyn Osmond | Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch | Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje |
| China | Jin Boyang Yan Han | Li Xiangning Li Zijun Zhao Ziquan | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao | Chen Hong / Zhao Yan Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu |
| Czech Republic | Michal Březina | | | |
| Germany | | | Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert | |
| Israel | Daniel Samohin | | | |
| Italy | | | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | |
| Japan | | Rika Hongo Mai Mihara | | |
| Poland | | | | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev |
| Russia | Maxim Kovtun Alexander Petrov Sergei Voronov | Elena Radionova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin |
| Sweden | | Joshi Helgesson | | |
| United States | Max Aaron Ross Miner | Karen Chen Courtney Hicks Ashley Wagner | Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan | Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani |

### Changes to initial assignments

| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes |
| September 1 | Men | N/A | Zhang He | Host pick |
| September 1 | Ladies | N/A | Li Xiangning | Host pick |
| September 1 | Ice dancing | N/A | Li Xibei / Xiang Guangyao | Host pick |
| September 28 and 30 | Pairs | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan | Illness (Scimeca) |
| October 17 | Ice dancing | Li Xibei / Xiang Guangyao | Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming | |
| October 17 | Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei | Injury (Sui) |
| October 27 November 9 | Men | Zhang He | Not replaced | |
| November 9 | Men | Daisuke Murakami | Not replaced | Injury |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Patrick Chan | Canada | 279.72 | 3 | 83.41 | 1 | 196.31 |
| 2 | Jin Boyang | China | 278.54 | 1 | 96.17 | 2 | 182.37 |
| 3 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 243.76 | 4 | 82.93 | 4 | 160.83 |
| 4 | Max Aaron | United States | 242.74 | 5 | 81.67 | 3 | 161.07 |
| 5 | Yan Han | China | 230.19 | 8 | 75.04 | 5 | 155.15 |
| 6 | Alexander Petrov | Russia | 228.44 | 9 | 74.21 | 6 | 154.23 |
| 7 | Maxim Kovtun | Russia | 221.43 | 10 | 70.10 | 7 | 151.33 |
| 8 | Daniel Samohin | Israel | 213.51 | 2 | 83.47 | 10 | 130.04 |
| 9 | Ross Miner | United States | 213.34 | 6 | 76.73 | 8 | 136.61 |
| 10 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 211.77 | 7 | 75.86 | 9 | 135.91 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Elena Radionova | Russia | 205.90 | 2 | 70.75 | 1 | 135.15 |
| 2 | Kaetlyn Osmond | Canada | 196.00 | 1 | 72.20 | 3 | 123.80 |
| 3 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia | 192.57 | 4 | 64.88 | 2 | 127.69 |
| 4 | Mai Mihara | Japan | 190.92 | 3 | 68.48 | 4 | 122.44 |
| 5 | Rika Hongo | Japan | 181.75 | 6 | 63.63 | 6 | 118.12 |
| 6 | Ashley Wagner | United States | 181.38 | 5 | 64.36 | 7 | 117.02 |
| 7 | Karen Chen | United States | 179.39 | 9 | 58.28 | 5 | 121.11 |
| 8 | Li Zijun | China | 172.40 | 7 | 61.32 | 8 | 111.08 |
| 9 | Courtney Hicks | United States | 163.64 | 8 | 59.86 | 9 | 103.78 |
| 10 | Li Xiangning | China | 157.27 | 11 | 54.55 | 10 | 102.72 |
| 11 | Zhao Ziquan | China | 149.12 | 10 | 58.20 | 12 | 90.92 |
| 12 | Joshi Helgesson | Sweden | 144.64 | 12 | 49.25 | 11 | 95.39 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao | China | 203.76 | 1 | 72.49 | 1 | 131.27 |
| 2 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | China | 197.96 | 3 | 69.93 | 2 | 128.03 |
| 3 | Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch | Canada | 191.54 | 2 | 71.28 | 3 | 120.26 |
| 4 | Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei | China | 182.02 | 4 | 66.45 | 4 | 115.57 |
| 5 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 176.38 | 5 | 66.39 | 7 | 109.99 |
| 6 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Russia | 175.53 | 6 | 62.90 | 6 | 112.63 |
| 7 | Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert | Germany | 173.88 | 7 | 60.88 | 5 | 113.00 |
| 8 | Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan | United States | 142.41 | 8 | 50.32 | 8 | 92.09 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States | 185.13 | 2 | 73.23 | 1 | 111.90 |
| 2 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada | 181.54 | 1 | 73.78 | 2 | 107.76 |
| 3 | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Russia | 177.41 | 3 | 72.09 | 3 | 105.32 |
| 4 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Russia | 171.94 | 4 | 70.24 | 4 | 101.70 |
| 5 | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev | Poland | 150.78 | 5 | 60.13 | 6 | 90.65 |
| 6 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | China | 149.80 | 6 | 58.57 | 5 | 91.23 |
| 7 | Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus | United States | 141.17 | 7 | 53.43 | 7 | 87.74 |
| 8 | Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming | China | 130.90 | 8 | 53.20 | 8 | 77.70 |
| 9 | Chen Hong / Zhao Yan | China | 117.32 | 9 | 51.54 | 9 | 65.78 |
| WD | Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam | Canada | withdrew | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |