# International Challenge Cup

The International Challenge Cup (formerly known as the Ennia Challenge Cup and the Aegon Cup) is an annual figure skating competition generally held in the Netherlands during the last week in February. Although the competition had been held for years in The Hague, a three-year contract was signed in 2022 with the city of Tilburg to host the competition at the IJssportcentrum Tilburg.
Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels.

## History

In the 1970s and 1980s, the competition was titled the Ennia Challenge Cup and held in November. The event was later renamed as the Aegon Challenge Cup after its title sponsor, Aegon N.V.
Since 2017, the Dutch Figure Skating Championships have been combined with the Challenge Cup.

## Senior results
### Men's singles

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1977–78 | David Santee | Fumio Igarashi | Daniel Béland |
| 1978–79 | Scott Cramer | Jean-Christophe Simond | Dennis Coi |
| 1979–80 | Robin Cousins | Gordon Forbes | Robert Wagenhoffer |
| 1980–81 | Jean-Christophe Simond | Mark Cockerell | Daniel Béland |
| 1981–82 | Rudi Cerne | James Santee | Dennis Coi |
| 1982–83 | Brian Boitano | Norbert Schramm | Jozef Sabovčík |
| 1983–84 | Brian Orser | Takashi Mura | Rudi Cerne |
| 1984–85 | Petr Barna | Viktor Petrenko | Christopher Bowman |
| 2008 | Kristoffer Berntsson | Samuel Contesti | Clemens Brummer |
| 2009 | Samuel Contesti | Kevin van der Perren | Jamal Othman |
| 2012 | Brian Joubert | Jeremy Abbott | Samuel Contesti |
| 2013 | Brian Joubert | Alexander Johnson | Chafik Besseghier |
| 2014 | Takahito Mura | Douglas Razzano | Chafik Besseghier |
| 2015 | Ivan Righini | Javier Raya | Ryuju Hino |
| 2017 | Jorik Hendrickx | Jordan Moeller | Morisi Kvitelashvili |
| 2018 | Adrien Tesson | Daniel Grassl | Valtter Virtanen |
| 2019 | Sōta Yamamoto | Yuma Kagiyama | Lukas Britschgi |
| 2020 | Shoma Uno | Keiji Tanaka | Adrien Tesson |
| 2021 | Mikhail Kolyada | Romain Ponsart | Adam Siao Him Fa |
| 2022 | Ilia Malinin | Mihhail Selevko | Sōta Yamamoto |
| 2023 | Shun Sato | Sōta Yamamoto | Matteo Rizzo |
| 2024 | Mikhail Shaidorov | Tatsuya Tsuboi | Kazuki Tomono |

### Women's singles

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1977–78 | Emi Watanabe | Susan Broman | Kristiina Wegelius |
| 1978–79 | Denise Biellmann | Renata Baierová | Natalia Strelkova |
| 1979–80 | Renata Baierová | Elaine Zayak | Heather Kemkaran |
| 1980–81 | Jackie Farrell | Katarina Witt | Megumi Yanagihara |
| 1981–82 | Katarina Witt | Elaine Zayak | Diane Ogibowski |
| 1982–83 | Vikki de Vries | Claudia Leistner | Anna Antonova |
| 1983–84 | Katarina Witt | Midori Ito | Sachie Yuki |
| 1984–85 | Constanze Gensel | Yukari Yoshimori | Yvonne Gómez |
| 2007 | Karen Venhuizen | Kathrin Freudelsperger | Viviane Käser |
| 2008 | Akiko Suzuki | Tuğba Karademir | Becky Bereswill |
| 2009 | Viktoria Helgesson | Joshi Helgesson | Constanze Paulinus |
| 2012 | Carolina Kostner | Valentina Marchei | Alissa Czisny |
| 2013 | Carolina Kostner | Maé-Bérénice Méité | Kerstin Frank |
| 2014 | Isabelle Olsson | Haruka Imai | Anna Ovcharova |
| 2015 | Kanako Murakami | Joshi Helgesson | Niki Wories |
| 2017 | Loena Hendrickx | Caroline Zhang | Larkyn Austman |
| 2018 | Wakaba Higuchi | Rika Hongo | Marin Honda |
| 2019 | Rika Kihira | Starr Andrews | Wakaba Higuchi |
| 2020 | Rika Kihira | Yuhana Yokoi | Madeline Schizas |
| 2021 | Loena Hendrickx | Emmy Ma | Emilea Zingas |
| 2022 | Rino Matsuike | Lindsay Thorngren | Júlia Láng |
| 2023 | Kaori Sakamoto | Mai Mihara | Mana Kawabe |
| 2024 | Kaori Sakamoto | Yuna Aoki | Lorine Schild |

### Pairs

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1977–78 | Irina Vorobieva Igor Lisovsky | Sheryl Franks Michael Botticelli | Ingrid Spieglová Alan Spiegl |
| 1979–80 | Irina Vorobieva Igor Lisovsky | Veronica Pershina Marat Akbarov | Christina Riegel Andreas Nischwitz |
| 1980–81 | Christina Riegel Andreas Nischwitz | Kitty Carruthers Peter Carruthers | Susan Garland Robert Daw |
| 1981–82 | Barbara Underhill Paul Martini | Larisa Selezneva Oleg Makarov | Vicki Heasley Peter Oppegard |
| 1982–83 | Larisa Selezneva Oleg Makarov | Birgit Lorenz Knut Schubert | Susan Garland Ian Jenkins |
| 1983–84 | Birgit Lorenz Knut Schubert | Cynthia Coull Mark Rowsom | Katherina Matousek Lloyd Eisler |
| 1984–85 | Larisa Selezneva Oleg Makarov | Melinda Kunhegyi Lyndon Johnston | Natalie Seybold Wayne Seybold |
| 2013 | Vanessa James Morgan Ciprès | Tarah Kayne Daniel O'Shea | Mari Vartmann Aaron Van Cleave |
| 2014 | Daria Popova Bruno Massot | Annabelle Prölß Ruben Blommaert | Giulia Foresti Luca Demattè |
| 2015 | Gretchen Donlan Nathan Bartholomay | Caitlin Yankowskas Hamish Gaman | Minerva-Fabienne Hase Nolan Seegert |
| 2017 | Daria Beklemishcheva Márk Magyar | Emilia Simonen | No other competitors |
| 2018 | Laura Barquero Aritz Maestu | Ioulia Chtchetinina Mikhail Akulov | Rebecca Ghilardi Filippo Ambrosini |
| 2019 | Minerva Hase Nolan Seegert | Miriam Ziegler Severin Kiefer | Annika Hocke Ruben Blommaert |
| 2020 | Miriam Ziegler Severin Kiefer | Audrey Lu Misha Mitrofanov | Rebecca Ghilardi Filippo Ambrosini |
| 2021 | Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov | Annika Hocke Robert Kunkel | Ioulia Chtchetinina Márk Magyar |
| 2022 | Karina Akopova Nikita Rakhmanin | Daria Danilova Michel Tsiba | Nika Osipova Dmitry Epstein |
| 2023 | Sara Conti Niccolò Macii | Mária Pavlova Alexei Sviatchenko | Nika Osipova Dmitry Epstein |
| 2024 | Sara Conti Niccolò Macii | Lucrezia Beccari Matteo Guarise | Camille Kovalev Pavel Kovalev |

### Ice dance

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1977–78 | Elena Garanina Igor Zavozin | | Stacey Smith John Summers |
| 1978–79 | Liliana Řeháková Stanislav Drastich | Natalia Karamysheva Rostislav Sinitsyn | Susanne Handschmann Peter Handschmann |
| 1979–80 | Liliana Řeháková Stanislav Drastich | Elena Garanina Igor Zavozin | Susanne Handschmann Peter Handschmann |
| 1980–81 | Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin | Natalia Karamysheva Rostislav Sinitsyn | Wendy Sessions Stephen Williams |
| 1981–82 | Carol Fox Richard Dalley | Jana Beránková Jan Barták | Tracy Wilson Robert McCall |
| 1982–83 | Karen Barber Nicky Slater | Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko | Natalia Karamysheva Rostislav Sinitsyn |
| 1983–84 | Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko | Elena Batanova Alexei Soloviev | Tracy Wilson Robert McCall |
| 1984–85 | Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko | Maia Usova Alexander Zhulin | Kathrin Beck Christoff Beck |
| 2020 | Chelsea Verhaegh Sherim van Geffen | No other competitors | No other competitors |
| 2021 | Evgeniia Lopareva Geoffrey Brissaud | Anna Yanovskaya Ádám Lukács | Chelsea Verhaegh Sherim van Geffen |
| 2022 | Natacha Lagouge Arnaud Caffa | Yuka Orihara Juho Pirinen | Mariia Ignateva Danijil Szemko |
| 2023 | Evgenia Lopareva Geoffrey Brissaud | Loïcia Demougeot Théo le Mercier | Yuka Orihara Juho Pirinen |
| 2024 | Loïcia Demougeot Théo le Mercier | Olivia Smart Tim Dieck | Alicia Fabbri Paul Ayer |

## Junior results
### Men's singles

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2008 | Andrew Gonzales Jr. | Daniel O'Shea | Yukihiro Yoshida |
| 2009 | Daisuke Murakami | Joshua Farris | Jorik Hendrickx |
| 2012 | Peter James Hallam | Osman Akgun | Charlie Parry-Evans |
| 2014 | Sei Kawahara | Kazuki Tomono | Panagiotis Polizoakis |
| 2015 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | Juho Pirinen | Héctor Alonso |
| 2017 | Nurullah Sahaka | Aleix Gabara Xanco | Thomas Junski |
| 2018 | Taichiro Yamakuma | Yuto Kishina | Kai Jagoda |
| 2019 | Shun Sato | Daniel Sapozhnikov | Tim England |
| 2020 | Nozomu Yoshioka | Denis Gurdzhi | Edward Appleby |
| 2022 | Shunsuke Nakamura | Naoki Rossi | Taira Shinohara |
| 2023 | Haruya Sasaki | Haru Kakiuchi | Georgii Pavlov |
| 2024 | Hugo Bostedt | Robert Wildt | Nikolay di Tria |

### Women's results

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2007 | Rachael Flatt | Alexe Gilles | Chrissy Hughes |
| 2008 | Brittney Rizo | Shoko Ishikawa | Amanda Dobbs |
| 2009 | Kanako Murakami | Ellie Kawamura | Isabelle Olsson |
| 2012 | Leah Keiser | Gabrielle Daleman | Giada Russo |
| 2014 | Kaori Sakamoto | Elena Taylor | Emmi Peltonen |
| 2015 | Rebecca Peng | Kyarha van Tiel | Loena Hendrickx |
| 2017 | Emmy Ma | Olivia Gran | Smilla Szalkai |
| 2018 | Nana Araki | Yuhana Yokoi | Stefanie Pesendorfer |
| 2019 | Yuhana Yokoi | Maria Aimeé Renne | Selma Välitalo |
| 2020 | Mone Chiba | Ginevra Lavinia Negrello | Shiika Yoshioka |
| 2022 | Mone Chiba | Ayumi Shibayama | Anna Pezzetta |
| 2023 | Ayumi Shibayama | Ikura Kushida | Yurina Okuno |
| 2024 | Alexandra Odman | Julia Grabowski | Danielle Verbinnen |

### Pairs

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2012 | Jessica Pfund A.J. Reiss | Anastasia Dolidze Vadim Ivanov | Vanessa Bauer Nolan Seegert |
| 2014 | Jessica LeeRobert Hennings | Aya Takai Brian Johnson | Marin Ono |
| 2015 | Ami Koga Francis Boudreau-Audet | Renata Ohanesian Mark Bardei | Gabriella Marvaldi |
| 2019 | Daria Danilova Michel Tsiba | No other competitors | No other competitors |
| 2023 | Olivia Flores Luke Wang | Giorgia Ghedini Luc Maierhofer | Katalin Janne Salatzki Lukas Röseler |
| 2024 | Zarah Wood Alex Lapsky | No other competitors | No other competitors |

### Ice dance

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2008 | Kaylin PatitucciKarl Edelman | Justyna Plutowska Dawid Pietrzyński | Sonja Pauli Tobias Eisenbauer |
| 2023 | Ambre Perrier-Gianesi Samuel Blanc-Klaperman | Sofiia Beznosikova Max Leleu | Eliška Žáková Filip Mencl |
| 2024 | Beatrice Ventura Stefano Fransca | Vittoria Petracchi Daniel Basile | Enna Kesti Oskari Liedenpohja |