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 women, one pair, and one ice dance entry.

Competition and participants

Selected skaters from the six countries with the best results during the season compete in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance in a team format. The participating countries in the inaugural event were (in descending order of finish) the United States, 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.

Reactions

In 2009, there were reports that some of the participating skaters did not wish to take part in the event. Canadian ice dancer Scott Moir was quoted as saying that although the event was fun, skaters had been pressured to attend. U.S. ice dancer Tanith Belbin told an interviewer that she and partner Benjamin Agosto had not been aware of the event until after the 2009 World Championships. Evan Lysacek, who had won the World Championship shortly before the World Team Trophy, was quoted in the same article as saying he was excited and looking forward to competing in Japan as part of the American team, referring to the event as "icing on the cake".

In 2012, skaters expressed more enthusiasm about competing at the World Team Trophy. Daisuke Takahashi referred to the competition as "a lot of fun", while Scott Moir said it was turning into an exciting event, especially considering a team event would be contested at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The fact that this event is held after all major competitions forced many athletes to not attend in order to not risk injuries or fatigue after a long season. The event is also not in a similar format as the Olympics: ice dance and pairs events only count as two events each and individual competitions for four events, thus favoring teams and nations who are not well fulfilled in ice dance and pairs events. The lowest ranked ice dancers and pairs are also awarded 7 points, marginalizing the point difference toward the winners who are awarded only five more points for a maximum of twelve points.

Results +ISU World Team Trophy - Results Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 2009 Tokyo Jeremy AbbottEvan LysacekRachael FlattCaroline ZhangCaydee Denney / Jeremy BarrettTanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto Patrick ChanVaughn ChipeurCynthia PhaneufJoannie RochetteJessica Dubé / Bryce DavisonTessa Virtue / Scott Moir Takahiko KozukaNobunari OdaMiki AndoMao AsadaNarumi Takahashi / Mervin TranCathy Reed / Chris Reed 2011 Event cancelled due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 2012 Tokyo Takahiko KozukaDaisuke TakahashiKanako MurakamiAkiko SuzukiNarumi Takahashi / Mervin TranCathy Reed / Chris Reed Jeremy AbbottAdam RipponGracie GoldAshley WagnerCaydee Denney / John CoughlinMeryl Davis / Charlie White Patrick ChanKevin ReynoldsAmélie LacosteCynthia PhaneufMeagan Duhamel / Eric RadfordTessa Virtue / Scott Moir 2013 Tokyo Max AaronJeremy AbbottGracie GoldAshley WagnerMarissa Castelli / Simon ShnapirMadison Chock / Evan Bates Patrick ChanKevin ReynoldsGabrielle DalemanKaetlyn OsmondMeagan Duhamel / Eric RadfordKaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Takahito MuraDaisuke TakahashiMao AsadaAkiko Suzuki(no pairs team)Cathy Reed / Chris Reed 2015 Tokyo Max AaronJason BrownGracie GoldAshley WagnerAlexa Scimeca / Chris KnierimMadison Chock / Evan Bates Maxim KovtunSergei VoronovElena RadionovaElizaveta TuktamyshevaYuko Kavaguti / Alexander SmirnovElena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin Yuzuru HanyuTakahito MuraSatoko MiyaharaKanako MurakamiAmi Koga / Francis Boudreau-AudetCathy Reed / Chris Reed 2017 Tokyo Yuzuru HanyuShoma UnoWakaba HiguchiMai MiharaSumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-AudetKana Muramoto / Chris Reed Mikhail KolyadaMaxim KovtunEvgenia MedvedevaElena RadionovaEvgenia Tarasova / Vladimir MorozovEkaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Jason BrownNathan ChenKaren ChenAshley WagnerAshley Cain / Timothy LeDucMadison Chock / Evan Bates 2019 Fukuoka Nathan ChenVincent ZhouMariah BellBradie TennellAshley Cain / Timothy LeDucMadison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Keiji TanakaShoma UnoRika KihiraKaori SakamotoRiku Miura / Shoya IchihashiMisato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Andrei LazukinAlexander SamarinSofia SamodurovaElizaveta TuktamyshevaNatalia Zabiiako / Alexander EnbertVictoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov 2021 Osaka Mikhail KolyadaEvgeni SemenenkoAnna ShcherbakovaElizaveta TuktamyshevaAnastasia Mishina / Aleksandr GalliamovVictoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Jason BrownNathan ChenKaren ChenBradie TennellAlexa Knierim / Brandon FrazierKaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Yuzuru HanyuShoma UnoRika KihiraKaori SakamotoRiku Miura / Ryuichi KiharaMisato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto 2023 Tokyo Jason BrownIlia MalininAmber GlennIsabeau LevitoAlexa Knierim / Brandon FrazierMadison Chock / Evan Bates Cha Jun-hwanLee Si-hyeongKim Ye-limLee Hae-inCho Hye-jin / Steven AdcockHannah Lim / Ye Quan Shun SatoKazuki TomonoMai MiharaKaori SakamotoRiku Miura / Ryuichi KiharaKana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi 2025 Tokyo Jason BrownIlia MalininAmber GlennAlysa LiuAlisa Efimova / Misha MitrofanovMadison Chock / Evan Bates Yuma KagiyamaShun SatoMone ChibaKaori SakamotoRiku Miura / Ryuichi KiharaUtana Yoshida / Masaya Morita Daniel GrasslNikolaj MemolaLara Naki GutmannAnna PezzettaSara Conti / Niccolò MaciiCharlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri

Medal table

Participating nations

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References ISU Communication No. 1490

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