page_title: ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating
section_title: Competition and participants
hierarchical_section_title: ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating / Competition and participants
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Церемония награждения на командном чемпионате мира по фигурному катанию 2012. Первой место (в центре) - команда Японии, второе (слева) - команда США, третье (справа) - команда Канады.
context_page_description: The ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating is a figure skating team competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. The World Team Trophy was held for the first time in Tokyo, Japan from April 16 to 19, 2009. Traditionally, the competitive skating season had concluded with the World Championships.
  The new event was announced at a news conference during the 2008 World Championships, in the hope of encouraging countries to develop top figure skaters in all disciplines. Each country sends two men, two ladies, one pair and one ice dancing entry.
context_section_description: Selected skaters from the six countries with the best results during the season compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing in a team format. The participating countries in the inaugural event were (in descending order of finish) the US, Canada, Japan, France, Russia and China. The Japan Skating Federation paid the global prize money for the ISU World Team Trophy in 2009. The total prize money in 2009 was US$1,000,000, the highest ever in an ISU event, with $200,000 awarded to the winning country. In 2015, the qualifying countries (in descending order of qualification) were Russia, the United States, Japan, Canada, France and China, with the United States taking the title. Prize money was once again US$1,000,000.
caption: The medal ceremony at the 2012 World Team Trophy.
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