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For the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating competition, see Grand Prix of Finland.
Finlandia Trophy
Logo of the Finlandia Trophy
StatusInactive
GenreISU Challenger Series
CountryFinland Finland
Years active1995–2023
Organized bySkating Finland

The Finlandia Trophy an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by Skating Finland (Finnish: Suomen Taitoluisteluliitto). The competition debuted in 1995 in Helsinki, and when the ISU launched the ISU Challenger Series in 2014, the Finlandia Trophy was one of the inaugural competitions. The Finlandia Trophy was a Challenge Series event consistently through 2023, except in 2020, when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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. Beginning in 2022, Finland also hosted an 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.

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

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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.[1] 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.[2] The competition returned in 2006 and was held in Vantaa through 2011. In 2012, the Finlandia Trophy relocated to Espoo.[3]

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.[4] The Finlandia Trophy was a Challenge Series event from 2014 through 2023, although the competition was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from participating in international figure skating competitions.[6][7] The ISU also 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.[8] Finland was chosen to host the replacement event: the Grand Prix of Espoo.[9] Finland hosted both the Grand Prix of Espoo and the Finlandia Trophy in 2022 and 2023, but beginning in 2004, Skating Finland chose to focus its resources on the Grand Prix event, to which it bestowed the Finlandia Trophy name.[10] Therefore, the last installment of the Finlandia Trophy as a Challenger Series event took place in 2023.[11]

Medalists

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Kao Miura at the 2024 World Championships
Kim Ye-lim at the 2019 Lombardia Trophy
Ellie Kam and Daniel O'Shea at the 2024 World Championships
Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis at the 2024 World Championships
The 2023 Finlandia Trophy champions: Kao Miura of Japan (men's singles); Kim Ye-lim of South Korea (women's singles); Ellie Kam and Daniel O'Shea of the United States (pair skating); and Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis of Finland (ice dance)

CS: Challenger Series event

Men's singles

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Men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1995 Helsinki Russia Igor Pashkevich Russia Ilia Kulik Russia Ruslan Novoseltsev [1]
1996 United States Shepherd Clark Hungary Szabolcs Vidrai Australia Anthony Liu [12]
1997 Russia Alexei Yagudin Russia Oleg Tataurov Russia Evgeni Plushenko [13]
1998 Ukraine Dmitri Dmitrenko Australia Anthony Liu United States Damon Allen [14]
1999 Russia Roman Serov Russia Alexei Vasilevski Canada Jeff Langdon [15]
2000 Russia Evgeni Plushenko China Li Yunfei France Stanick Jeannette [16]
2001 Russia Ilia Klimkin Russia Roman Serov Romania Gheorghe Chiper [17]
2002 Germany Andrejs Vlascenko Romania Gheorghe Chiper Russia Ilia Klimkin [18]
2003 Romania Gheorghe Chiper United States Johnny Weir Sweden Kristoffer Berntsson [19]
2004 France Frédéric Dambier Israel Roman Serov Canada Marc-André Craig [20]
2005 Vantaa Competition cancelled [2]
2006 United States Jeremy Abbott Russia Alexander Uspenski Russia Sergei Dobrin [21]
2007 Czech Republic Tomáš Verner United States Parker Pennington Belgium Kevin van der Perren [22]
2008 Japan Takahito Mura United States Shaun Rogers Russia Sergei Voronov [23]
2009 Japan Daisuke Takahashi Russia Sergei Voronov United States Stephen Carriere [24]
2010 Russia Artur Gachinski Sweden Kristoffer Berntsson Italy Samuel Contesti [25]
2011 Japan Takahito Mura United States Douglas Razzano Poland Maciej Cieplucha [26]
2012 Espoo Japan Yuzuru Hanyu United States Richard Dornbush Spain Javier Fernández [3]
2013 Russia Sergei Voronov Russia Artur Gachinski [27]
2014 CS Russia Sergei Voronov United States Adam Rippon Russia Alexander Petrov [28]
2015 CS Russia Konstantin Menshov Russia Sergei Voronov [29]
2016 CS United States Nathan Chen Canada Patrick Chan Russia Maxim Kovtun [30]
2017 CS China Jin Boyang United States Vincent Zhou United States Adam Rippon [31]
2018 CS Russia Mikhail Kolyada South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Georgia (country) Morisi Kvitelashvili [32]
2019 CS Japan Shoma Uno Japan Sota Yamamoto Canada Roman Sadovsky [33]
2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [34]
2021 CS United States Jason Brown Russia Mikhail Kolyada Russia Dmitri Aliev [35]
2022 CS South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Georgia (country) Morisi Kvitelashvili Sweden Andreas Nordebäck [36]
2023 CS Japan Kao Miura Japan Shun Sato Estonia Aleksandr Selevko [11]

Women's singles

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Women's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1995 Helsinki Russia Elena Ivanova Poland Zuzanna Szwed Russia Elena Sokolova [1]
1996 Russia Maria Butyrskaya Azerbaijan Yulia Vorobieva [12]
1997 Russia Irina Slutskaya Austria Julia Lautowa Hungary Krisztina Czakó [13]
1998 Russia Elena Sokolova Russia Viktoria Volchkova Ukraine Yulia Lavrenchuk [14]
1999 Ukraine Elena Liashenko France Laëtitia Hubert [15]
2000 [16]
2001 United States Sasha Cohen Finland Alisa Drei Russia Viktoria Volchkova [17]
2002 Finland Susanna Pöykiö Russia Tatiana Basova Finland Alisa Drei [18]
2003 Finland Alisa Drei Australia Miriam Manzano [19]
2004 Finland Elina Kettunen [20]
2005 Vantaa Competition cancelled [2]
2006 Finland Kiira Korpi Finland Susanna Pöykiö Hungary Júlia Sebestyén [21]
2007 Finland Jenni Vähämaa Italy Carolina Kostner [22]
2008 Japan Akiko Suzuki Finland Laura Lepistö Switzerland Sarah Meier [23]
2009 Russia Alena Leonova Finland Kiira Korpi [24]
2010 Japan Akiko Suzuki Finland Kiira Korpi Russia Alena Leonova [25]
2011 Russia Sofia Biryukova Estonia Jelena Glebova Finland Alisa Mikonsaari [26]
2012 Espoo Russia Yulia Lipnitskaya Finland Kiira Korpi United States Mirai Nagasu [3]
2013 Japan Akiko Suzuki Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva [27]
2014 CS Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva United States Samantha Cesario Japan Rika Hongo [28]
2015 CS Japan Rika Hongo Russia Yulia Lipnitskaya Sweden Joshi Helgesson [29]
2016 CS Canada Kaetlyn Osmond Japan Mao Asada Russia Anna Pogorilaya [30]
2017 CS Russia Maria Sotskova Italy Carolina Kostner Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva [31]
2018 CS Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva Finland Viveca Lindfors [32]
2019 CS Russia Alena Kostornaia Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Japan Yuhana Yokoi [33]
2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [34]
2021 CS Russia Kamila Valieva Russia Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia Alena Kostornaia [35]
2022 CS South Korea Kim Ye-lim South Korea Kim Chae-yeon Georgia (country) Anastasia Gubanova [36]
2023 CS Japan Rinka Watanabe [11]

Pairs

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Pairs event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1995–2001 Helsinki No pairs competitions prior to 2002
2002
  • Ukraine
 [18]
2003
  • Canada
 [19]
2004 No pairs competition held [20]
2005 Vantaa Competition cancelled [2]
2006 No pairs competition held [21]
2007
  • United States
  • Andrea Best
  • Trevor Young
 [22]
2008–15 No pairs competitions held
2016 CS Espoo [30]
2017 CS [31]
2018 CS [32]
2019 CS [33]
2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [34]
2021 CS [35]
2022 CS [36]
2023 CS [11]

Ice dance

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Ice dance event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1995 Helsinki [1]
1996
  • Russia
 [12]
1997 [13]
1998 [14]
1999 [15]
2000 [16]
2001 [17]
2002 No ice dance competition held [18]
2003 [19]
2004 No ice dance competition held [20]
2005 Vantaa Competition cancelled [2]
2006 No ice dance competitions held [21]
2007 [22]
2008 [23]
2009 [24]
2010 [25]
2011 [26]
2012 Espoo [3]
2013 [27]
2014 CS [28]
2015 CS [29]
2016 CS [30]
2017 CS [31]
2018 CS [32]
2019 CS [33]
2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [34]
2021 CS [35]
2022 CS [36]
2023 CS [11]

Records

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Yuzuru Hanyu at the 2019 Grand Prix Final
Takahito Mura at the 2014 Grand Prix Final
Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski at the 2007 European Championships
From left to right: Yuzuru Hanyu and Takahito Mura, both of Japan, have each won two Finlandia Trophy titles in men's singles; Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski of Bulgaria have won five Finlandia Trophy titles in ice dance.
Susanna Pöykiö at the 2007 European Championships
Elena Sokolova at the 2005 Russian Championships
Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov at the 2023 Russian Grand Prix
From left to right: Susanna Pöykiö of Finland, and Elena Sokolova of Russia, have each won three Finlandia Trophy titles in women's singles; Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov of Russia have won two Finlandia Trophy titles in pair skating.
Records
Discipline Most titles
Men's singles 2 2012–13 [37]
2 2008;
2011 		[38]
Women's singles 3 2002–04 [39]
3 1998–2000 [40]
Pairs 2 2019;
2021 		[41]
Ice dance 5 1998–2001;
2003 		[42]

Cumulative medal count

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Men's singles

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Total number of Finlandia Trophy medals in men's singles by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia981027
2 Japan7209
3 United States48315
4 Romania1113
5 China1102
 South Korea1102
7 France1012
8 Czech Republic1001
 Germany1001
 Ukraine1001
11 Canada0134
12 Sweden0123
13 Australia0112
 Georgia0112
15 Hungary0101
 Israel0101
17 Belgium0011
 Estonia0011
 Italy0011
 Poland0011
 Spain0011
Totals (21 entries)27272781

Women's singles

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Total number of Finlandia Trophy medals in women's singles by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia155828
2 Finland59519
3 Japan3328
4 South Korea2103
5 United States1113
6 Canada1001
7 Ukraine0213
8 Italy0112
9 Austria0101
 Azerbaijan0101
 Estonia0101
 Kazakhstan0101
 Poland0101
14 France0022
 Georgia0022
 Hungary0022
17 Australia0011
 Sweden0011
 Switzerland0011
Totals (19 entries)27272781

Pairs

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Total number of Finlandia Trophy medals in pairs by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia44210
2 Canada2226
3 United States1135
4 Germany1124
5 China1001
 Ukraine1001
7 Italy0202
8 Hungary0011
Totals (8 entries)10101030

Ice dance

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Total number of Finlandia Trophy medals in ice dance by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia68519
2 Bulgaria5005
3 Canada4026
4 France3014
5 Great Britain2136
6 United States16310
7 Poland1034
8 Finland1012
9 Italy0202
10 China0101
 Germany0101
 Hungary0101
 Israel0101
 Kazakhstan0101
 Spain0101
16 Austria0022
 Denmark0022
18 Ukraine0011
Totals (18 entries)23232369

Total medal count

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Total number of Finlandia Trophy medals by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia34252584
2 Japan105217
3 United States7161033
4 Canada73717
5 Finland69621
6 Bulgaria5005
7 France4048
8 South Korea3205
9 Germany2226
 Ukraine2226
11 China2204
12 Great Britain2136
13 Poland1146
14 Romania1113
15 Czech Republic1001
16 Italy0527
17 Hungary0235
18 Israel0202
 Kazakhstan0202
20 Georgia0134
 Sweden0134
22 Australia0123
 Austria0123
24 Estonia0112
 Spain0112
26 Azerbaijan0101
27 Denmark0022
28 Belgium0011
 Switzerland0011
Totals (29 entries)878787261

References

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