# 2017–18 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 2017–18 ISU Junior Grand Prix was a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from August 2017 through December 2017. It was the junior-level complement to the 2017–18 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their placement at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan.

## Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. This season, the series was composed of the following events.
| Date | Event | Location | Notes | Results |
| August 23–26 | 2017 JGP Australia | Brisbane, Australia | No pairs | Details |
| August 31 – September 2 | 2017 JGP Austria | Salzburg, Austria | No pairs | Details |
| September 6–9 | 2017 JGP Latvia | Riga, Latvia | | Details |
| September 20–24 | 2017 JGP Belarus | Minsk, Belarus | | Details |
| September 27–30 | 2017 JGP Croatia | Zagreb, Croatia | | Details |
| October 4–7 | 2017 JGP Poland | Gdańsk, Poland | | Details |
| October 11–14 | 2017 JGP Italy | Egna, Italy | No pairs | Details |
| December 7–10 | 2017–18 JGP Final | Nagoya, Japan | | Details |

## Entries

Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2017, but had not turned 19 (singles skaters and female pairs or ice dance skaters) or 21 (male pairs or ice dance skaters) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Competitors were chosen by their countries according to their federations' selection procedures. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation was determined by their skaters' placements at the 2017 World Junior Championships in each discipline.

## Medalists
### Men's singles

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| JGP Australia | Alexei Krasnozhon | Roman Savosin | Egor Rukhin |
| JGP Austria | Camden Pulkinen | Luc Economides | Egor Murashov |
| JGP Latvia | Mitsuki Sumoto | Makar Ignatov | Tomoki Hiwatashi |
| JGP Belarus | Alexey Erokhov | Andrew Torgashev | Igor Efimchuk |
| JGP Croatia | Alexei Krasnozhon | Joseph Phan | Makar Ignatov |
| JGP Poland | Alexey Erokhov | Camden Pulkinen | Conrad Orzel |
| JGP Italy | Matteo Rizzo | Vladimir Samoilov | Tomoki Hiwatashi |
| 2017–18 JGP Final | Alexei Krasnozhon | Camden Pulkinen | Mitsuki Sumoto |

### Ladies' singles

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| JGP Australia | Alexandra Trusova | Anastasia Gulyakova | Riko Takino |
| JGP Austria | Anastasia Tarakanova | Lim Eun-soo | Mako Yamashita |
| JGP Latvia | Daria Panenkova | Rika Kihira | Emmy Ma |
| JGP Belarus | Alexandra Trusova | Nana Araki | Stanislava Konstantinova |
| JGP Croatia | Sofia Samodurova | Mako Yamashita | Anastasia Tarakanova |
| JGP Poland | Alena Kostornaia | Daria Panenkova | Rino Kasakake |
| JGP Italy | Sofia Samodurova | Alena Kostornaia | Rika Kihira |
| 2017–18 JGP Final | Alexandra Trusova | Alena Kostornaia | Anastasia Tarakanova |

### Pairs

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| JGP Latvia | Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud |
| JGP Belarus | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot | Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov |
| JGP Croatia | Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin | Gao Yumeng / Xie Zhong | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii |
| JGP Poland | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot |
| 2017–18 JGP Final | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin |

### Ice dance

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| JGP Australia | Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov | Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha | Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov |
| JGP Austria | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | Ksenia Konkina / Grigory Yakushev | Natacha Lagouge / Corentin Rahier |
| JGP Latvia | Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko | Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov | Caroline Green / Gordon Green |
| JGP Belarus | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin | Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov |
| JGP Croatia | Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha | Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko | Ksenia Konkina / Grigory Yakushev |
| JGP Poland | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin | Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov | Caroline Green / Gordon Green |
| JGP Italy | Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov | Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov | Alicia Fabbri / Claudio Pietrantonio |
| 2017–18 JGP Final | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov |

## Overall standings
### Medal standings

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 18 | 17 | 15 | 50 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |

### Standings per nation

Starting in the 2015–16 season, the ISU added standings per nation. Points were calculated for each discipline separately before being combined for a total score per nation. For each discipline, each nation combined the points from up to four JGP events. A country did not have to use the same events for each discipline (e.g. a country can combine points from JGP events in France, Japan, Russia, and Slovenia for pairs while using Czech Republic, Japan, Estonia, and Germany for ice dance). For each discipline at each event, each nation combined the points from up to two skaters/teams. The points that each skater/team earned is based on placement. Placement to point conversion was the same as for qualification, with first place earning 15 points, second earning 13 points, etc. In the event ties in the total scores, the country with the fewer skaters/teams (only counting skaters/teams from whom points were combined), won the tie breaker. If the tie was not broken, the nations would have the same rank.
The current standings were:
| No. | Nation | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 141 | 184 | 132 | 167 | 624 |
| 2 | United States | 70 | 43 | 35 | 71 | 219 |
| 3 | Canada | 37 | 11 | 32 | 73 | 153 |
| 4 | Japan | 50 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 130 |
| 5 | China | 10 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 49 |
| 5 | France | 26 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 49 |
| 7 | South Korea | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 8 | Italy | 30 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 45 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 12 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 44 |
| 10 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24 |

## Qualification

At each event, skaters earned points toward qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the seventh event, the top six highest-scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows.
| Placement | Singles | Pairs/Ice dance |
| 1st | 15 | 15 |
| 2nd | 13 | 13 |
| 3rd | 11 | 11 |
| 4th | 9 | 9 |
| 5th | 7 | 7 |
| 6th | 5 | 5 |
| 7th | 4 | 4 |
| 8th | 3 | 3 |
| 9th | 2 | — |
| 10th | 1 | — |
There were originally seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:
* Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
* Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
* Participated in two events.
* Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events.
* Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event.
* Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
* Highest number of total participants at the events.
If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

### Qualifiers

| No. | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 1 | Alexey Erokhov | Alexandra Trusova | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko |
| 2 | Alexei Krasnozhon | Sofia Samodurova | Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin |
| 3 | Camden Pulkinen | Alena Kostornaia | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov |
| 4 | Mitsuki Sumoto | Daria Panenkova | Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot | Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha |
| 5 | Makar Ignatov | Anastasia Tarakanova | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko |
| 6 | Andrew Torgashev | Rika Kihira | Gao Yumeng / Xie Zhong | Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov |

#### Alternates

| No. | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 1 | Joseph Phan | Mako Yamashita | Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin | Ksenia Konkina / Grigory Yakushev |
| 2 | Luc Economides | Nana Araki | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov |
| 3 | Roman Savosin | Eunsoo Lim | Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow | Caroline Green / Gordon Green |

## Top scores
### Men's singles

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total :
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Alexei Krasnozhon | United States | 236.35 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 2 | Alexey Erokhov | Russia | 232.79 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 3 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy | 229.18 | 2017 JGP Italy |
| 4 | Joseph Phan | Canada | 221.07 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 5 | Makar Ignatov | Russia | 219.22 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 6 | Camden Pulkinen | United States | 217.10 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 7 | Mitsuki Sumoto | Japan | 214.45 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 8 | Andrew Torgashev | United States | 212.71 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 9 | Vladimir Samoilov | Russia | 211.74 | 2017 JGP Italy |
| 10 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | United States | 206.28 | 2017 JGP Italy |
Top 10 best scores in the men's short program :
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Alexei Krasnozhon | United States | 81.33 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 2 | Alexey Erokhov | Russia | 78.83 | 2017 JGP Poland |
| 3 | Vladimir Samoilov | Russia | 77.65 | 2017 JGP Italy |
| 4 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy | 77.24 | 2017 JGP Italy |
| 5 | Mitsuki Sumoto | Japan | 77.10 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 6 | Igor Efimchuk | Russia | 76.10 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 7 | Joseph Phan | Canada | 76.09 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 8 | Makar Ignatov | Russia | 75.78 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 9 | Andrew Torgashev | United States | 74.34 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 10 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | United States | 73.28 | 2017 JGP Italy |
Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating :
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Alexey Erokhov | Russia | 155.27 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 2 | Alexei Krasnozhon | United States | 155.02 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 3 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy | 151.94 | 2017 JGP Italy |
| 4 | Makar Ignatov | Russia | 147.22 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 5 | Camden Pulkinen | United States | 146.20 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 6 | Joseph Phan | Canada | 144.98 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 7 | Mitsuki Sumoto | Japan | 140.26 | 2017 JGP Latvia |
| 8 | Andrew Torgashev | United States | 138.37 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 9 | Conrad Orzel | Canada | 134.98 | 2017 JGP Poland |
| 10 | Vladimir Samoilov | Russia | 134.09 | 2017 JGP Italy |

### Ladies' singles

Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total :
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Alexandra Trusova | Russia | 205.61 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 2 | Alena Kostornaia | Russia | 204.58 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 3 | Anastasia Tarakanova | Russia | 199.64 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 4 | Daria Panenkova | Russia | 196.55 | 2017 JGP Poland |
| 5 | Rika Kihira | Japan | 192.45 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 6 | Sofia Samodurova | Russia | 192.19 | 2017 JGP Italy |
| 7 | Lim Eun-soo | South Korea | 186.34 | 2017 JGP Austria |
| 8 | Nana Araki | Japan | 183.00 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 9 | Stanislava Konstantinova | Russia | 181.98 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 10 | Anastasia Gulyakova | Russia | 181.43 | 2017 JGP Australia |
Top 10 best scores in the ladies' short program :
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Alexandra Trusova | Russia | 73.25 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 2 | Alena Kostornaia | Russia | 71.65 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 3 | Anastasia Tarakanova | Russia | 67.90 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 4 | Rika Kihira | Japan | 66.82 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 5 | Sofia Samodurova | Russia | 66.67 | 2017 JGP Italy |
| 6 | Daria Panenkova | Russia | 66.65 | 2017 JGP Latvia |
| 7 | Mako Yamashita | Japan | 65.22 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 8 | Lim Eun-soo | South Korea | 64.79 | 2017 JGP Austria |
| 9 | Nana Araki | Japan | 64.57 | 2017 JGP Italy |
| 10 | Alisa Fedichkina | Russia | 63.48 | 2017 JGP Latvia |
Top 10 best scores in the ladies' free skating :
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Alena Kostornaia | Russia | 132.93 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 2 | Alexandra Trusova | Russia | 132.36 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 3 | Anastasia Tarakanova | Russia | 131.74 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 4 | Daria Panenkova | Russia | 130.91 | 2017 JGP Poland |
| 5 | Rika Kihira | Japan | 125.63 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 6 | Sofia Samodurova | Russia | 125.52 | 2017 JGP Italy |
| 7 | Stanislava Konstantinova | Russia | 122.13 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 8 | Lim Eun-soo | South Korea | 121.55 | 2017 JGP Austria |
| 9 | Nana Araki | Japan | 120.02 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 10 | Anastasia Gulyakova | Russia | 117.96 | 2017 JGP Australia |

### Pairs

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total :
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | Australia | 173.85 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 2 | Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov | Russia | 173.01 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 3 | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Russia | 172.94 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 4 | Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin | Russia | 165.48 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 5 | Gao Yumeng / Xie Zhong | China | 165.03 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 6 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Russia | 163.21 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 7 | Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot | Russia | 162.14 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 8 | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Canada | 153.73 | 2017 JGP Latvia |
| 9 | Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow | United States | 151.27 | 2017 JGP Latvia |
| 10 | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | United States | 150.65 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' short program :
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Russia | 61.23 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 2 | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | Australia | 61.00 | 2017 JGP Poland |
| 3 | Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov | Russia | 60.81 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 4 | Gao Yumeng / Xie Zhong | China | 59.99 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 4 | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Russia | 59.99 | 2017 JGP Poland |
| 6 | Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin | Russia | 59.68 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 7 | Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot | Russia | 57.28 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 8 | Tang Feiyao / Yang Yongchao | China | 54.00 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 9 | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | United States | 52.94 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 10 | Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow | United States | 52.65 | 2017 JGP Latvia |
Top 10 best scores in the pairs' free skating :
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor | Australia | 113.59 | 2017 JGP Latvia |
| 2 | Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin | Russia | 113.43 | 2017 JGP Latvia |
| 3 | Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov | Russia | 112.20 | 2017 JGP Latvia |
| 4 | Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin | Russia | 105.80 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 5 | Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot | Russia | 105.77 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 6 | Gao Yumeng / Xie Zhong | China | 105.56 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 7 | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii | Russia | 104.88 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 8 | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Canada | 103.58 | 2017 JGP Latvia |
| 9 | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | United States | 99.12 | 2017 JGP Belarus |
| 10 | Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow | United States | 98.63 | 2017 JGP Latvia |

### Ice dance

Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance) :
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin | Russia | 153.61 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 2 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States | 151.76 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 3 | Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha | Canada | 150.30 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 4 | Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov | Russia | 149.04 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 5 | Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov | Russia | 149.01 | 2017 JGP Italy |
| 6 | Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko | Russia | 145.05 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 7 | Ksenia Konkina / Grigory Yakushev | Russia | 143.77 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 8 | Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov | Russia | 139.83 | 2017 JGP Latvia |
| 9 | Alicia Fabbri / Claudio Pietrantonio | Canada | 136.01 | 2017 JGP Italy |
| 10 | Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov | Russia | 133.85 | 2017 JGP Poland |
Top 10 best scores in the short dance :
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin | Russia | 65.87 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 2 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States | 64.10 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 3 | Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov | Russia | 63.17 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 4 | Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha | Canada | 62.89 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 5 | Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov | Russia | 61.07 | 2017 JGP Italy |
| 6 | Ksenia Konkina / Grigory Yakushev | Russia | 60.16 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 7 | Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov | Russia | 60.11 | 2017 JGP Latvia |
| 8 | Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko | Russia | 60.10 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 9 | Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov | Russia | 59.03 | 2017 JGP Poland |
| 10 | Alicia Fabbri / Claudio Pietrantonio | Canada | 57.28 | 2017 JGP Italy |
Top 10 best scores in the free dance :
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov | Russia | 87.94 | 2017 JGP Italy |
| 2 | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin | Russia | 87.74 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 3 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States | 87.66 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 4 | Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha | Canada | 87.41 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 5 | Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov | Russia | 85.87 | 2017–18 JGP Final |
| 6 | Ksenia Konkina / Grigory Yakushev | Russia | 85.17 | 2017 JGP Austria |
| 7 | Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko | Russia | 85.08 | 2017 JGP Croatia |
| 8 | Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov | Russia | 79.72 | 2017 JGP Latvia |
| 9 | Alicia Fabbri / Claudio Pietrantonio | Canada | 78.73 | 2017 JGP Italy |
| 10 | Evgeniia Lopareva / Alexey Karpushov | Russia | 76.31 | 2017 JGP Austria |