The 2026–27 ISU Challenger Series is a series of senior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from August 2026 to February 2027. It is the twelfth season of the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions. Skaters were eligible to compete in the Challenger Series if they have reached the age of 17 before July 1, 2026.
Competitions The International Skating Union announced the Challenger Series schedule on June 16, 2026. This season, the series comprised the following events. Date Event Location Notes August 6–9 2026 Cranberry Cup International Norwood, Massachusetts, United States Men's and women's singles only September 4–6 2026 Kinoshita Group Cup Tokyo, Japan September 11–12 2026 John Nicks International Pairs Competition Norwood, Massachusetts, United States Pairs only September 17–20 2026 Lombardia Trophy Bergamo, Italy No pairs September 24–26 2026 Nebelhorn Trophy Oberstdorf, Germany September 24–27 2026 Nepela Memorial Bratislava, Slovakia No pairs September 30 – October 3 2026 Trialeti Trophy Batumi, Georgia October 7–11 2026 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Almaty, Kazakhstan No pairs October 15–18 2026 Budapest Trophy Budapest, Hungary November 16–22 2026 Tallinn Trophy Tallinn, Estonia rowspan="2" November 25–29 2026 Warsaw Cup Warsaw, Poland December 2–5 2026 Golden Spin of Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia No pairs February 10–13 2027 Ice Challenge Graz, Austria
Medal summary Men's singles +Challenger SeriesCompetition Gold Silver Bronze Cranberry Cup International Aleksandr Selevko Daniel Martynov Mark Gorodnitsky Kinoshita Group Cup Vladislav Dikidzhi Shun Sato Evgeni Semenenko Lombardia Trophy Mihhail Selevko Matvei Vetlugin Corentin Spinar Nebelhorn Trophy Aleksandr Selevko Genrikh Gartung François Pitot Nepela Memorial Evgeni Semenenko Daniel Grassl Mikhail Shaidorov Trialeti Trophy Nika Egadze Nikolai Ugozhaev Mihhail Selevko
Women's singles +Challenger SeriesCompetition Gold Silver Bronze Cranberry Cup International Kim Yu-seong Kim Yu-jae Logan Higase-Chen Kinoshita Group Cup Mao Shimada Alexandra Ignatova Anna Frolova Lombardia Trophy Niina Petrokina Shin Ji-a Lara Naki Gutmann Nebelhorn Trophy Mia Risa Gomez Marina Piredda Fee Ann Landry Nepela Memorial Kim Yu-seong Lee Hae-in Olivia Lengyelová Trialeti Trophy Niina Petrõkina Adeliia Petrosian Anna Frolova
Pairs +Challenger SeriesCompetition Gold Silver Bronze Kinoshita Group Cup John Nicks Pairs Challenge Nebelhorn Trophy Trialeti Trophy
Ice dance +Challenger SeriesCompetition Gold Silver Bronze Kinoshita Group Cup Lombardia Trophy Nebelhorn Trophy Nepela Memorial Trialeti Trophy
Medal table
References
External links ISU Challenger Series at the International Skating Union