# 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series

The 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2017. It was the fourth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held.

## Competitions

This season, the series included the following events.
| Date | Event | Location | Results |
| September 13–17 | 2017 U.S. International Classic | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | Details |
| September 14–17 | 2017 Lombardia Trophy | Bergamo, Italy | Details |
| September 20–23 | 2017 Autumn Classic International | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Details |
| September 21–23 | 2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy | Bratislava, Slovakia | Details |
| September 27–30 | 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy | Oberstdorf, Germany | Details |
| October 6–8 | 2017 Finlandia Trophy | Espoo, Finland | Details |
| October 27–29 | 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star | Minsk, Belarus | Details |
| November 16–19 | 2017 Warsaw Cup | Warsaw, Poland | Details |
| November 21–26 | 2017 Tallinn Trophy | Tallinn, Estonia | Details |
| December 6–9 | 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb | Zagreb, Croatia | Details |

## Medal summary
### Men's singles

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
| U.S. International Classic | Nathan Chen | Max Aaron | Liam Firus | Details |
| Lombardia Trophy | Shoma Uno | Jason Brown | Brendan Kerry | Details |
| Autumn Classic International | Javier Fernández | Yuzuru Hanyu | Keegan Messing | Details |
| Ondrej Nepela Trophy | Mikhail Kolyada | Sergei Voronov | Brendan Kerry | Details |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | Jorik Hendrickx | Alexander Johnson | Alexander Majorov | Details |
| Finlandia Trophy | Jin Boyang | Vincent Zhou | Adam Rippon | Details |
| Minsk-Arena Ice Star | Sergei Voronov | Moris Kvitelashvili | Daniel Samohin | Details |
| Warsaw Cup | Matteo Rizzo | Stéphane Walker | Liam Firus | Details |
| Tallinn Trophy | Dmitri Aliev | Alexei Krasnozhon | Yaroslav Paniot | Details |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | Moris Kvitelashvili | Oleksii Bychenko | Artur Dmitriev, Jr. | Details |

### Ladies' singles

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
| U.S. International Classic | Marin Honda | Mirai Nagasu | Karen Chen | Details |
| Lombardia Trophy | Alina Zagitova | Wakaba Higuchi | Carolina Kostner | Details |
| Autumn Classic International | Kaetlyn Osmond | Mai Mihara | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | Details |
| Ondrej Nepela Trophy | Evgenia Medvedeva | Rika Hongo | Elena Radionova | Details |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | Kailani Craine | Matilda Algotsson | Alexia Paganini | Details |
| Finlandia Trophy | Maria Sotskova | Carolina Kostner | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Details |
| Minsk-Arena Ice Star | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | Serafima Sakhanovich | An So-hyun | Details |
| Warsaw Cup | Serafima Sakhanovich | Stanislava Konstantinova | Courtney Hicks | Details |
| Tallinn Trophy | Stanislava Konstantinova | Alisa Fedichkina | Nicole Schott | Details |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | Stanislava Konstantinova | Alisa Fedichkina | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Details |

### Pairs

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
| U.S. International Classic | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson | Details |
| Lombardia Trophy | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Details |
| Autumn Classic International | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | Details |
| Ondrej Nepela Trophy | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | Details |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | Details |
| Finlandia Trophy | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Details |
| Minsk-Arena Ice Star | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert | Paige Conners / Evgeni Krasnopolski | Details |
| Warsaw Cup | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Details |
| Tallinn Trophy | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot | Details |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea | Details |

### Ice dance

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
| U.S. International Classic | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Details |
| Lombardia Trophy | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd | Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin | Details |
| Autumn Classic International | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Details |
| Ondrej Nepela Trophy | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons | Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov | Details |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis | Details |
| Finlandia Trophy | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Details |
| Minsk-Arena Ice Star | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Details |
| Warsaw Cup | Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov | Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter | Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin | Details |
| Tallinn Trophy | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev | Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar | Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit | Details |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | Details |

## Medal standings

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 17 | 12 | 9 | 38 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 2 | 10 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 |

## Challenger Series rankings

The ISU Challenger Series rankings were formed by combining the two highest final scores of each skater or team.

### Men's singles

| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score |
| 1 | Mikhail Kolyada | Russia | Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 247.81 | Finlandia Trophy | 248.50 | 496.31 |
| 2 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 234.07 | Minsk-Arena Ice Star | 250.10 | 484.17 |
| 3 | Moris Kvitelashvili | Georgia | Minsk-Arena Ice Star | 227.31 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 236.67 | 463.98 |
| 4 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy | Lombardia Trophy | 227.02 | Warsaw Cup | 232.98 | 460.00 |
| 5 | Yaroslav Paniot | Ukraine | U.S. International Classic | 233.16 | Tallinn Trophy | 221.23 | 454.39 |

### Ladies' singles

| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score |
| 1 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | Lombardia Trophy | 198.36 | Finlandia Trophy | 193.76 | 392.12 |
| 2 | Stanislava Konstantinova | Russia | Tallinn Trophy | 190.75 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 199.68 | 390.43 |
| 3 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia | Lombardia Trophy | 184.75 | Finlandia Trophy | 189.13 | 373.88 |
| 4 | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | Kazakhstan | Autumn Classic International | 181.00 | Minsk-Arena Ice Star | 187.57 | 368.57 |
| 5 | Alisa Fedichkina | Russia | Tallinn Trophy | 180.33 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 178.20 | 358.53 |

### Pairs

| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score |
| 1 | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Russia | Lombardia Trophy | 196.06 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 202.96 | 399.02 |
| 2 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy | Lombardia Trophy | 191.39 | Finlandia Trophy | 193.50 | 384.89 |
| 3 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Russia | Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 191.12 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 186.62 | 377.74 |
| 4 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy | Lombardia Trophy | 180.86 | Warsaw Cup | 193.14 | 374.00 |
| 5 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Russia | Minsk-Arena Ice Star | 191.58 | Warsaw Cup | 180.84 | 372.42 |

### Ice dance

| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score |
| 1 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia | Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 181.92 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 186.66 | 368.58 |
| 2 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | Lombardia Trophy | 169.30 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 178.16 | 347.46 |
| 3 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia | Minsk-Arena Ice Star | 169.81 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 157.84 | 327.65 |
| 4 | Betina Popova / Sergey Mozgov | Russia | Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 161.92 | Warsaw Cup | 164.07 | 325.99 |
| 5 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States | U.S. International Classic | 153.55 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 163.88 | 317.43 |

## Top scores
### Men's singles

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total :
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Japan | 319.84 | 2017 Lombardia Trophy |
| 2 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 279.07 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 3 | Nathan Chen | United States | 275.04 | 2017 U.S. International Classic |
| 4 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan | 268.24 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 5 | Max Aaron | United States | 261.56 | 2017 U.S. International Classic |
| 6 | Jason Brown | United States | 259.88 | 2017 Lombardia Trophy |
| 7 | Jorik Hendrickx | Belgium | 253.06 | 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 8 | Jin Boyang | China | 252.60 | 2017 Finlandia Trophy |
| 9 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 250.10 | 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star |
| 10 | Vincent Zhou | United States | 250.01 | 2017 Finlandia Trophy |

### Ladies' singles

Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total :
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Russia | 226.72 | 2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy |
| 2 | Alina Zagitova | Russia | 218.46 | 2017 Lombardia Trophy |
| 3 | Wakaba Higuchi | Japan | 217.63 | 2017 Lombardia Trophy |
| 4 | Kaetlyn Osmond | Canada | 217.55 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 5 | Maria Sotskova | Russia | 205.30 | 2017 Finlandia Trophy |
| 6 | Stanislava Konstantinova | Russia | 199.68 | 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 7 | Mai Mihara | Japan | 199.02 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 8 | Marin Honda | Japan | 198.42 | 2017 U.S. International Classic |
| 9 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 198.36 | 2017 Lombardia Trophy |
| 10 | Bradie Tennell | United States | 196.70 | 2017 Lombardia Trophy |

### Pairs

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total :
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 218.46 | 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 2 | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Germany | 211.08 | 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 3 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | France | 210.48 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 4 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada | 202.98 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 5 | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Russia | 202.96 | 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 6 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | China | 198.03 | 2017 Finlandia Trophy |
| 7 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 193.50 | 2017 Finlandia Trophy |
| 8 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy | 193.14 | 2017 Warsaw Cup |
| 9 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Russia | 191.58 | 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star |
| 10 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Russia | 191.12 | 2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy |

### Ice dance

Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance) :
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada | 195.76 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France | 188.25 | 2017 Finlandia Trophy |
| 3 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia | 186.66 | 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 4 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 183.49 | 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star |
| 5 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States | 178.80 | 2017 U.S. International Classic |
| 6 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 178.16 | 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 7 | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | Great Britain | 177.13 | 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 8 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada | 173.56 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 9 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada | 172.26 | 2017 Autumn Classic International |
| 10 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia | 169.81 | 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star |