# 2016 Team Challenge Cup

The 2016 Team Challenge Cup was held April 22–24, 2016 at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington. Skaters competed as part of Team Asia, Team Europe, or Team North America.
The 2016 competition was the first edition of the event. Spokane was named as the host in September 2015.

## Entries

| Team | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Asia | Denis Ten Shoma Uno Jin Boyang | Satoko Miyahara Elizabet Tursynbayeva Rika Hongo | Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet | Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu |
| Europe | Sergei Voronov Michal Březina Mikhail Kolyada | Evgenia Medvedeva Roberta Rodeghiero Elena Radionova | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland |
| North America | Jason Brown Nam Nguyen Adam Rippon | Gracie Gold Gabrielle Daleman Ashley Wagner | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Madison Chock / Evan Bates Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje |

### Changes to initial assignments

| Announced | Team | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes |
| April 8, 2016 | Asia | Singles | None | Rika Hongo Jin Boyang | Online fan vote |
| April 8, 2016 | Europe | Singles | None | Maxim Kovtun Elena Radionova | Online fan vote |
| April 8, 2016 | North America | Singles | None | Adam Rippon Ashley Wagner | Online fan vote |
| April 8, 2016 | Europe | Ladies | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Evgenia Medvedeva | Ankle injury |
| April 8, 2016 | Asia | Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei | |
| April 18, 2016 | Europe | Men | Maxim Kovtun | Mikhail Kolyada | Ear infection |
| April 18, 2016 | Europe | Ice dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | Papadakis suffered minor injury |

## Results
### Individual Results

Source:

#### Men

| Rank | Name | Team | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Asia | 298.66 | 1 | 105.74 | 1 | 192.92 |
| 2 | Jason Brown | North America | 269.22 | 4 | 87.72 | 2 | 181.50 |
| 3 | Adam Rippon | North America | 252.73 | 5 | 86.05 | 3 | 166.68 |
| 4 | Boyang Jin | Asia | 249.89 | 2 | 93.18 | 6 | 156.71 |
| 5 | Denis Ten | Asia | 240.40 | 3 | 92.63 | 7 | 147.77 |
| 6 | Mikhail Kolyada | Europe | 236.08 | 6 | 70.60 | 4 | 165.48 |
| 7 | Michal Brezina | Europe | 222.84 | 8 | 64.54 | 5 | 158.30 |
| 8 | Sergei Voronov | Europe | 195.34 | 9 | 62.55 | 8 | 132.79 |
| 9 | Nam Nguyen | North America | 192.01 | 7 | 64.91 | 9 | 127.10 |

#### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Team | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Europe | 229.11 | 1 | 77.56 | 1 | 151.55 |
| 2 | Satoko Miyahara | Asia | 218.30 | 3 | 73.28 | 2 | 145.02 |
| 3 | Ashley Wagner | North America | 217.74 | 2 | 74.54 | 3 | 143.20 |
| 4 | Gracie Gold | North America | 213.34 | 4 | 71.34 | 4 | 142.00 |
| 5 | Elena Radionova | Europe | 194.67 | 8 | 61.36 | 5 | 133.31 |
| 6 | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | Asia | 189.05 | 6 | 65.44 | 6 | 123.61 |
| 7 | Gabrielle Daleman | North America | 184.38 | 5 | 68.45 | 8 | 115.93 |
| 8 | Rika Hongo | Asia | 182.58 | 9 | 60.43 | 7 | 122.15 |
| 9 | Roberta Rodeghiero | Europe | 166.75 | 7 | 61.75 | 9 | 105.00 |

### Head-to-head competition

On Friday, April 22, singles skaters competed in a head-to-head competition. There were six rounds, with one skater from each team competing. Each skater earned points for their team based on placement. The team with the most placement points won the head-to-head competition. Also, the top scoring man and woman earned an additional cash prize. The scores from this event do not contribute to Saturday's team competition.

#### Overall results

Each skater earned points for their team based on placement in their group: 12 points for first place, 10 points for second place, and 8 points for third place. Shoma Uno and Evgenia Medvedeva had the highest scores of the night, earning them an additional cash prize.
| Rank | Team | M-1 | M-2 | M-3 | L-1 | L-2 | L-3 | Total |
| 1 | Asia | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 64 |
| 2 | North America | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 62 |
| 3 | Europe | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 54 |

#### Match-ups

Men's group 1 :
| Rank | Name | Team | SP |
| 1 | Denis Ten | Asia | 92.63 |
| 2 | Adam Rippon | North America | 86.05 |
| 3 | Mikhail Kolyada | Europe | 70.60 |
Men's group 2 :
| Rank | Name | Team | SP |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Asia | 105.74 |
| 2 | Nam Nguyen | North America | 64.91 |
| 3 | Michal Březina | Europe | 64.54 |
Men's group 3 :
| Rank | Name | Team | SP |
| 1 | Jin Boyang | Asia | 93.18 |
| 2 | Jason Brown | North America | 87.72 |
| 3 | Sergei Voronov | Europe | 62.55 |
Ladies' group 1 :
| Rank | Name | Team | SP |
| 1 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Europe | 77.56 |
| 2 | Satoko Miyahara | Asia | 73.28 |
| 3 | Gracie Gold | North America | 71.34 |
Ladies' group 2 :
| Rank | Name | Team | SP |
| 1 | Gabrielle Daleman | North America | 68.45 |
| 2 | Roberta Rodeghiero | Europe | 61.75 |
| 3 | Rika Hongo | Asia | 60.43 |
Ladies' group 3 :
| Rank | Name | Team | SP |
| 1 | Ashley Wagner | North America | 74.54 |
| 2 | Elizabet Tursynbayeva | Asia | 65.44 |
| 3 | Elena Radionova | Europe | 61.36 |

### Team Challenge competition

On Saturday, April 23, skaters competed with their free skating/dance programs. The team with the highest aggregate score won this segment of the Team Challenge Cup. Also, the top scoring pairs and dance couple earned an additional cash prize. The scores from Friday's event do not contribute to the event's final results.

#### Overall results

For each team, the highest dance score, the highest pair score, the two highest ladies scores, and the two highest men scores were combined. Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford and Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje earned an additional cash prize for being the highest scoring pair and dance couple. Team North America was the overall winner of the competition.
| Rank | Team | P | D | M-1 | M-2 | L-1 | L-2 | Total |
| 1 | North America | 147.48 | 111.56 | 181.50 | 166.68 | 143.20 | 142.00 | 892.42 |
| 2 | Europe | 130.46 | 108.96 | 165.48 | 158.30 | 151.55 | 133.31 | 848.06 |
| 3 | Asia | 118.78 | 83.18 | 192.92 | 156.71 | 145.02 | 123.61 | 820.22 |

#### Discipline results

Pairs :
| Rank | Name | Team | FS | TT? |
| 1 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | North America | 147.48 | x |
| 2 | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Europe | 130.46 | x |
| 3 | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | North America | 122.15 | |
| 4 | Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei | Asia | 118.78 | x |
| 5 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Europe | 105.88 | |
| 6 | Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet | Asia | 100.78 | |
Ice dancing :
| Rank | Name | Team | FD | TT? |
| 1 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | North America | 111.56 | x |
| 2 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | North America | 111.30 | |
| 3 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Europe | 108.96 | x |
| 4 | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | Europe | 100.90 | |
| 5 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | Asia | 83.18 | x |
| 6 | Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov | Asia | 82.18 | |
Men's singles :
| Rank | Name | Team | FS | TT? |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Asia | 192.92 | x |
| 2 | Jason Brown | North America | 181.50 | x |
| 3 | Adam Rippon | North America | 166.68 | x |
| 4 | Mikhail Kolyada | Europe | 165.48 | x |
| 5 | Michal Březina | Europe | 158.30 | x |
| 6 | Jin Boyang | Asia | 156.71 | x |
| 7 | Denis Ten | Asia | 147.77 | |
| 8 | Sergei Voronov | Europe | 132.79 | |
| 9 | Nam Nguyen | North America | 127.10 | |
Ladies' singles :
| Rank | Name | Team | FS | TT? |
| 1 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Europe | 151.55 | x |
| 2 | Satoko Miyahara | Asia | 145.02 | x |
| 3 | Ashley Wagner | North America | 143.20 | x |
| 4 | Gracie Gold | North America | 142.00 | x |
| 5 | Elena Radionova | Europe | 133.31 | x |
| 6 | Elizabet Tursynbayeva | Asia | 123.61 | x |
| 7 | Rika Hongo | Asia | 122.15 | |
| 8 | Gabrielle Daleman | North America | 115.93 | |
| 9 | Roberta Rodeghiero | Europe | 105.00 | |