The Budapest Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Hungarian National Skating Federation () at the Vasas Jégcentrum in Budapest, Hungary. The competition debuted in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The Budapest Trophy has been an Challenger Series event four times during its history as of 2025. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels, although each discipline may not necessarily be held every year, and when the event is part of the Challenger Series, skaters earn ISU World Standing points based on their results.
History The ISU Challenger Series was introduced in 2014. It is a series of international figure skating competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and organized by ISU member nations. The objective is 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. 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 ten 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. Each ISU member nation is eligible to enter up to three skaters or teams per discipline in each competition, although the Hungarian National Skating Federation may enter an unlimited number of entrants in their own event.
The inaugural edition of the Budapest Trophy was intended to be the sixth event of the 2020–21 Challenger Series, however all but two of the events were ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic: the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy and the 2020 Budapest Trophy. On 13 July, the ISU announced that the remaining Challenger Series events would be treated as separate individual competitions rather than part of a series; as a result, no Challenger Series ranking would be determined and no prize money distributed at the end of the series, although skaters could still earn Challenger Series points to apply toward their world rankings. However, the ISU later revised their decision on 3 August, announcing that world ranking points would not be awarded due to the limited nature of the competitions. On 1 October, the Hungarian National Skating Federation released a statement detailing the Hungarian government's COVID-19 regulations for competitors seeking to gain entry to Hungary. The 2020 Budapest Trophy was held from 15 to 17 October at the Vasas Jégcentrum. Only 300 spectators were allowed into the arena each day, with temperatures taken prior to admittance and strict requirements for the wearing of masks. Daniel Grassl of Italy won the men's event, Loena Hendrickx of Belgium won the women's event, and Oleksandra Nazarova and Maksym Nikitin of Ukraine won the ice dance event.
The Budapest Trophy has been held every year since, although the 2021 and 2025 editions were not part of the Challenger Series. The 2026 Budapest Trophy is scheduled to be held from 15 to 18 October at the Vasas Jégcentrum in Budapest.
Senior medalists
CS: Challenger Series event
Men's singles +Men's event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze Daniel Grassl Burak Demirboğa Aleksandr Selevko 2021 Matteo Rizzo Dmitri Aliev Alexander Samarin 2022 CS Lukas Britschgi Nikolaj Memola 2023 CS Nikolaj Memola Tomoki Hiwatashi 2024 CS Matteo Rizzo Nikita Starostin 2025 Landry Le May Georgii Pavlov Arthur Wolfgang Mai
Women's singles +Women's event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze Loena Hendrickx Eva-Lotta Kiibus Alexandra Feigin 2021 Maya Khromykh Anna Shcherbakova Sofia Samodurova 2022 CS Ava Marie Ziegler Kimmy Repond Niina Petrõkina 2023 CS Bradie Tennell Léa Serna Clare Seo 2024 CS Alysa Liu Kimmy Repond Lorine Schild 2025 Ekaterina Kurakova Anastasia Gracheva Mia Risa Gomez
Pairs +Pairs event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 2020 No pairs competition 2021 2022 No pairs competition 2023 No pairs competitions
Ice dance +Ice dance event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 2021 2022 CS 2023 CS 2024 CS 2025
Junior results Men's singles +Junior men's event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 2020 Arlet Levandi Marko Piliar Alp Eren Özkan 2021 Lukas Vaclavik Mózes József Berei Corentin Spinar 2022 Erik Pellnor Mark Kulish Julio Potapenko 2023 Hugo Willi Herrmann Gianni Motilla Kirills Korkacs 2024 Lukas Václavík Oscar Oliver 2025 Tadeas Václavík Lukáš Václavík Maksym Petrychenko
Women's singles +Junior women's event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 2020 Anastasiia Shabotova Marija Brejeva Amalia Zelenjak 2021 Vivien Papp Karolina Kogan Pihla Bergman 2022 Lee Hyorin Léna Ekker Katinka Anna Zsembery 2023 Logan Higase-Chen Hannah Frank Polina Dzsumanyijazova 2024 Alica Lengyelová Polina Dzsumanyijazova Anastasia Brandenburg 2025 Olivia Lengyelová
Pairs +Junior pairs event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 2020 No junior pairs competition 2021 No junior pairs competitions 2024 2025 No junior pairs competition
Ice dance +Junior ice dance event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Cumulative medal count (senior medalists) Men's singles
Women's singles
Pairs
Ice dance
Total medals
References
External links Hungarian National Skating Federation Budapest Trophy at Skating Scores