The Finlandia Trophy was an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by Skating Finland (). The competition debuted in 1995 in Helsinki, and when the ISU launched the Challenger Series in 2014, the Finlandia Trophy was one of the inaugural competitions. The Finlandia Trophy was a Challenger Series event consistently through 2023, except in 2020, when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning in 2022, Finland also hosted an annual ISU Grand Prix competition – the Grand Prix of Finland – and in 2024, Skating Finland elected to host only the Grand Prix event going forward, bestowing the Finlandia Trophy name on it. The Finlandia Trophy existed as a Challenger Series event for the last time in 2023.

Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance; and when the event was part of the Challenger Series, skaters earned ISU World Standing points based on their results. Yuzuru Hanyu and Takahito Mura, both of Japan, are tied for winning the most Finlandia Trophy titles in men's singles (with two each), while Susanna Pöykiö of Finland and Elena Sokolova of Russia are tied for winning the most titles in women's singles (with three each). Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov of Russia hold the record in pair skating (with two), while Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski of Bulgaria hold the record in ice dance (with five).

History The inaugural edition of the Finlandia Trophy was held in 1995 in Helsinki. Igor Pashkevich and Elena Ivanova, both of Russia, won the men's and women's events, respectively. Sylwia Nowak and Sebastian Kolasiński of Poland won the ice dance event. No competition was held in pair skating until 2002. The Finlandia Trophy was held in Helsinki from 1995 through 2004. The 2005 Finlandia Trophy was scheduled to be held in Vantaa and would have featured the men's and women's events, but the competition was cancelled because too few skaters signed up. The competition returned in 2006 and was held in Vantaa through 2011. In 2012, the Finlandia Trophy relocated to Espoo. The Finlandia Trophy also occasionally hosted figure skating events of the Special Olympics.

The ISU Challenger Series was introduced in 2014. It was a series of international figure skating competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and organized by ISU member nations. The objective was to ensure consistent organization and structure within a series of international competitions linked together, providing opportunities for senior-level skaters to compete at the international level and also earn ISU World Standing points. Challenger Series events must be scheduled between 1 August and 15 December. When an event is held as part of the Challenger Series, it must host at least three of the four disciplines (men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance) and representatives from at least twelve different ISU member nations. The minimum number of entrants required for each discipline is: eight skaters each in men's singles and women's singles, five teams in pair skating, and six teams in ice dance. While ISU member nations are limited to sending a maximum of three skaters or teams per discipline to each event, Skating Finland could enter an unlimited number of entrants in their own event. In February 2016, the ISU declared that the Finlandia Trophy, along with the Nebelhorn Trophy, the Ondrej Nepela Memorial, and the Golden Spin of Zagreb would constitute a "core group" of Challenger Series events in recognition of their long-standing tradition. The Finlandia Trophy was a Challenge Series event from 2014 through 2023, although the competition was cancelled in 2020 due to travel restrictions imposed by the Finnish government in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the ISU ordered that no international competitions would be held in Russia or Belarus. Therefore, the Rostelecom Cup, which had been scheduled for that November, was cancelled. Finland was chosen to host the replacement event: the Grand Prix of Espoo. Finland hosted both the Grand Prix of Espoo and the Finlandia Trophy in 2022 and 2023, but beginning in 2024, Skating Finland chose to focus its resources on the Grand Prix event, to which it bestowed the Finlandia Trophy name. Therefore, the last installment of the Finlandia Trophy as a Challenger Series event took place in 2023.

Medalists

CS: Challenger Series event

Men's singles +Men's event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1995 Helsinki Igor Pashkevich Ilia Kulik Ruslan Novoseltsev 1996 Shepherd Clark Szabolcs Vidrai Anthony Liu 1997 Alexei Yagudin Oleg Tataurov Evgeni Plushenko 1998 Dmytro Dmytrenko Anthony Liu Damon Allen 1999 Roman Serov Alexei Vasilevski Jeff Langdon 2000 Evgeni Plushenko Li Yunfei Stanick Jeannette 2001 Ilia Klimkin Roman Serov Gheorghe Chiper 2002 Andrejs Vlaščenko Gheorghe Chiper Ilia Klimkin 2003 Gheorghe Chiper Johnny Weir Kristoffer Berntsson 2004 Frédéric Dambier Roman Serov Marc-André Craig 2005 Vantaa Competition cancelled 2006 Jeremy Abbott Alexander Uspenski Sergei Dobrin 2007 Tomáš Verner Parker Pennington Kevin van der Perren 2008 Takahito Mura Shaun Rogers Sergei Voronov 2009 Daisuke Takahashi Sergei Voronov Stephen Carriere 2010 Artur Gachinski Kristoffer Berntsson Samuel Contesti 2011 Takahito Mura Douglas Razzano Maciej Cieplucha 2012 Espoo Yuzuru Hanyu Richard Dornbush Javier Fernández 2013 Sergei Voronov Artur Gachinski Sergei Voronov Adam Rippon Alexander Petrov 2015 CS Konstantin Menshov Sergei Voronov 2016 CS Nathan Chen Patrick Chan Maxim Kovtun 2017 CS Jin Boyang Vincent Zhou Adam Rippon 2018 CS Mikhail Kolyada Cha Jun-hwan Morisi Kvitelashvili 2019 CS Shoma Uno Sota Yamamoto Roman Sadovsky 2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 CS Jason Brown Mikhail Kolyada Dmitri Aliev 2022 CS Cha Jun-hwan Morisi Kvitelashvili Andreas Nordebäck 2023 CS Kao Miura Shun Sato Aleksandr Selevko

Women's singles +Women's event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1995 Helsinki Elena Ivanova Zuzanna Szwed Elena Sokolova 1996 Maria Butyrskaya Julia Vorobieva 1997 Irina Slutskaya Julia Lautowa Krisztina Czakó 1998 Elena Sokolova Viktoria Volchkova Yulia Lavrenchuk 1999 Elena Liashenko Laëtitia Hubert 2000 2001 Sasha Cohen Alisa Drei Viktoria Volchkova 2002 Susanna Pöykiö Tatiana Basova Alisa Drei 2003 Alisa Drei Miriam Manzano 2004 Elina Kettunen 2005 Vantaa Competition cancelled 2006 Kiira Korpi Susanna Pöykiö Júlia Sebestyén 2007 Jenni Vähämaa Carolina Kostner 2008 Akiko Suzuki Laura Lepistö Sarah Meier 2009 Alena Leonova Kiira Korpi 2010 Akiko Suzuki Kiira Korpi Alena Leonova 2011 Sofia Biryukova Jelena Glebova Alisa Mikonsaari 2012 Espoo Yulia Lipnitskaya Kiira Korpi Mirai Nagasu 2013 Akiko Suzuki Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Samantha Cesario Rika Hongo 2015 CS Rika Hongo Yulia Lipnitskaya Joshi Helgesson 2016 CS Kaetlyn Osmond Mao Asada Anna Pogorilaya 2017 CS Maria Sotskova Carolina Kostner Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 2018 CS Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Elizabet Tursynbaeva Viveca Lindfors 2019 CS Alena Kostornaia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Yuhana Yokoi 2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 CS Kamila Valieva Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Alena Kostornaia 2022 CS Kim Ye-lim Kim Chae-yeon Anastasiia Gubanova 2023 CS Rinka Watanabe

Pairs +Pairs event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze No pairs competitions prior to 2002 2002 Helsinki 2003 2004 No pairs competition held 2005 Vantaa Competition cancelled 2006 No pairs competition held 2007 No pairs competitions held Espoo 2017 CS 2018 CS 2019 CS 2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 CS 2022 CS 2023 CS

Ice dance +Ice dance event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1995 Helsinki 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 No ice dance competition held 2003 2004 No ice dance competition held 2005 Vantaa Competition cancelled 2006 No ice dance competitions held 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Espoo 2013 2015 CS 2016 CS 2017 CS 2018 CS 2019 CS 2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 CS 2022 CS 2023 CS

Records

+ Discipline Most titles Skater(s) Years Men's singles 2 2012–13 2008;2011 Women's singles 3 2002–04 1998–2000 Pairs 2 2019;2021 Ice dance 5 1998–2001;2003

Cumulative medal count Men's singles

Women's singles

Pairs

Ice dance

Total medals

References

External links Suomen Taitoluistelulitto (Skating Finland) (in Finnish) Finlandia Trophy at Skating Scores