# 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series

The 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2016. It was the third 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. The Ukrainian Open was originally scheduled for November 9–13, 2016, but it was cancelled on September 20.
| Date | Event | Location | Results |
| September 7–11 | 2016 Lombardia Trophy | Bergamo, Italy | Details |
| September 14–18 | 2016 U.S. International Classic | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | Details |
| September 22–24 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy | Oberstdorf, Germany | Details |
| September 28 – October 1 | 2016 Autumn Classic International | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Details |
| September 28 – October 2 | 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial | Bratislava, Slovakia | Details |
| October 6–9 | 2016 Finlandia Trophy | Espoo, Finland | Details |
| November 9–13 | 2016 Ukrainian Open | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| November 17–20 | 2016 Warsaw Cup | Warsaw, Poland | Details |
| November 22–27 | 2016 Tallinn Trophy | Tallinn, Estonia | Details |
| December 7–10 | 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb | Zagreb, Croatia | Details |

## Medal summary
### Men's singles

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
| Lombardia Trophy | Shoma Uno | Jason Brown | Max Aaron | Details |
| U.S. International Classic | Jason Brown | Takahito Mura | Adam Rippon | Details |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | Alexander Petrov | Jorik Hendrickx | Grant Hochstein | Details |
| Autumn Classic International | Yuzuru Hanyu | Misha Ge | Max Aaron | Details |
| Ondrej Nepela Memorial | Sergei Voronov | Kevin Reynolds | Roman Savosin | Details |
| Finlandia Trophy | Nathan Chen | Patrick Chan | Maxim Kovtun | Details |
| Warsaw Cup | Alexander Majorov | Dmitri Aliev | Stéphane Walker | Details |
| Tallinn Trophy | Roman Savosin | Anton Shulepov | Andrew Torgashev | Details |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | Oleksii Bychenko | Daniel Samohin | Keegan Messing | Details |

### Ladies' singles

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
| Lombardia Trophy | Wakaba Higuchi | Kim Na-hyun | Mirai Nagasu | Details |
| U.S. International Classic | Satoko Miyahara | Mariah Bell | Karen Chen | Details |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | Mai Mihara | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Gabrielle Daleman | Details |
| Autumn Classic International | Mirai Nagasu | Alaine Chartrand | Elizabet Tursynbayeva | Details |
| Ondrej Nepela Memorial | Maria Sotskova | Yulia Lipnitskaya | Mariah Bell | Details |
| Finlandia Trophy | Kaetlyn Osmond | Mao Asada | Anna Pogorilaya | Details |
| Warsaw Cup | Nicole Schott | Kailani Craine | Alexandra Avstriyskaya | Details |
| Tallinn Trophy | Stanislava Konstantinova | Serafima Sakhanovich | Bradie Tennell | Details |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | Carolina Kostner | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Alena Leonova | Details |

### Pairs

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
| Lombardia Trophy | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini | Details |
| U.S. International Classic | Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan | Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu | Alexandria Shaughnessy / James Morgan | Details |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch | Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert | Details |
| Autumn Classic International | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran | Details |
| Ondrej Nepela Memorial | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert | Details |
| Finlandia Trophy | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert | Details |
| Warsaw Cup | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Details |
| Tallinn Trophy | Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev | Details |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc | Details |

### Ice dance

| Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
| Lombardia Trophy | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen | Details |
| U.S. International Classic | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam | Details |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Details |
| Autumn Classic International | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Details |
| Ondrej Nepela Memorial | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Details |
| Finlandia Trophy | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Details |
| Warsaw Cup | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Lucie Mysliveckova / Lukas Csolley | Details |
| Tallinn Trophy | Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin | Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko | Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit | Details |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar | Details |

## Medal standings

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 11 | 11 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 4 | 9 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 |

## 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 | Jason Brown | United States | Lombardia Trophy | 256.49 | U.S. International Classic | 254.04 | 510.53 |
| 2 | Alexander Petrov | Russia | Nebelhorn Trophy | 232.21 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 222.92 | 455.13 |
| 3 | Max Aaron | United States | Lombardia Trophy | 218.73 | Autumn Classic International | 226.13 | 444.86 |
| 4 | Brendan Kerry | Australia | U.S. International Classic | 222.40 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 221.94 | 444.34 |
| 5 | Jorik Hendrickx | Belgium | Nebelhorn Trophy | 223.04 | Finlandia Trophy | 218.32 | 441.36 |

### Ladies' singles

| No. | Skater | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score |
| 1 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia | Nebelhorn Trophy | 185.93 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 192.03 | 377.96 |
| 2 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | Lombardia Trophy | 176.86 | Autumn Classic International | 189.11 | 365.97 |
| 3 | Mariah Bell | United States | U.S. International Classic | 184.22 | Tallinn Trophy | 167.69 | 351.91 |
| 4 | Alena Leonova | Russia | Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 151.12 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 191.39 | 342.51 |
| 5 | Amber Glenn | United States | Nebelhorn Trophy | 157.68 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 183.60 | 341.28 |

### Pairs

| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score |
| 1 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy | Lombardia Trophy | 179.56 | Warsaw Cup | 189.26 | 368.82 |
| 2 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy | Lombardia Trophy | 185.18 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 180.60 | 365.78 |
| 3 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov | Russia | Finlandia Trophy | 169.10 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 180.44 | 349.54 |
| 4 | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | United States | Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 172.82 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 161.63 | 334.45 |
| 5 | Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc | United States | Finlandia Trophy | 158.63 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 172.18 | 330.81 |

### Ice dance

| No. | Team | Nation | First event | Score | Second event | Score | Total score |
| 1 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia | Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 178.84 | Warsaw Cup | 183.60 | 362.44 |
| 2 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States | Nebelhorn Trophy | 179.18 | Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 170.92 | 350.10 |
| 3 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | Lombardia Trophy | 162.12 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 180.30 | 342.42 |
| 4 | Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia | Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 165.64 | Warsaw Cup | 173.02 | 338.66 |
| 5 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States | Autumn Classic International | 160.50 | Golden Spin of Zagreb | 177.36 | 337.86 |

## Top scores
### Men's singles

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total :
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan | 260.57 | 2016 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | Japan | 258.93 | 2016 Lombardia Trophy |
| 3 | Jason Brown | United States | 256.49 | 2016 Lombardia Trophy |
| 4 | Nathan Chen | United States | 256.44 | 2016 Finlandia Trophy |
| 5 | Takahito Mura | Japan | 252.20 | 2016 U.S. International Classic |
| 6 | Patrick Chan | Canada | 248.73 | 2016 Finlandia Trophy |
| 7 | Adam Rippon | United States | 248.24 | 2016 U.S. International Classic |
| 8 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 237.42 | 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial |
| 9 | Alexander Petrov | Russia | 232.21 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 10 | Misha Ge | Uzbekistan | 230.55 | 2016 Autumn Classic International |

### Ladies' singles

Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total :
| No. | Skater | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 206.75 | 2016 U.S. International Classic |
| 2 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 196.23 | 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 3 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia | 192.03 | 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 4 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 191.39 | 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 5 | Maria Sotskova | Russia | 189.96 | 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial |
| 6 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 189.11 | 2016 Autumn Classic International |
| 7 | Mai Mihara | Japan | 189.03 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 8 | Kaetlyn Osmond | Canada | 187.27 | 2016 Finlandia Trophy |
| 9 | Stanislava Konstantinova | Russia | 186.97 | 2016 Tallinn Trophy |
| 10 | Mao Asada | Japan | 186.16 | 2016 Finlandia Trophy |

### Pairs

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total :
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau | Canada | 208.30 | 2016 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot | Germany | 203.04 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 3 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | France | 198.90 | 2016 Autumn Classic International |
| 4 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 197.80 | 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial |
| 5 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada | 197.78 | 2016 Finlandia Trophy |
| 6 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy | 189.26 | 2016 Warsaw Cup |
| 7 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Russia | 185.42 | 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial |
| 8 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 185.18 | 2016 Lombardia Trophy |
| 9 | Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch | Canada | 184.40 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 10 | Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert | Russia | 181.38 | 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial |

### Ice dance

Top 10 best scores in the combined total (ice dance) :
| No. | Team | Nation | Score | Event |
| 1 | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada | 189.20 | 2016 Autumn Classic International |
| 2 | Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin | Russia | 185.19 | 2016 Tallinn Trophy |
| 3 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia | 183.60 | 2016 Warsaw Cup |
| 4 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 180.50 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 5 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 180.30 | 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 6 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States | 179.18 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 7 | Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko | Israel | 177.80 | 2016 Tallinn Trophy |
| 8 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States | 177.36 | 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| 9 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada | 176.84 | 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy |
| 10 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia | 173.02 | 2016 Warsaw Cup |