2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix


The 2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 20th season of a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Skaters competed for medals in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance, as well as for qualifying points. The top six skaters or teams from each discipline met at the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final, which was held together with the senior final.

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2016–17 season, the series was composed of the following events in autumn 2016:
DateEventLocationOther notesRefs
August 24–282016 JGP St. GervaisSaint-Gervais-les-Bains, FranceNo pairs
August 31 – September 42016 JGP Czech SkateOstrava, Czech Republic
September 7–112016 JGP YokohamaYokohama, JapanNo pairs
September 14–182016 JGP Cup of MordoviaSaransk, Russia
September 21–252016 JGP Ljubljana CupLjubljana, SloveniaNo pairs
September 28 – October 22016 JGP Tallinn CupTallinn, Estonia
October 5–92016 JGP Pokal der Blauen SchwerterDresden, Germany
December 8–112016–17 Junior Grand Prix FinalMarseille, FranceHeld with senior GPF

Qualifying

Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2016, but had not turned 19 or 21 were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Unlike the senior Grand Prix, skaters for the JGP were not seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation was determined by their skaters' placements at the previous season's Junior World Championships in each discipline.

Overview

The series began in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France, on 25 August 2016. On the same day, less than an hour before the start of the ladies' short program, a shuttle bus was involved in an accident, resulting in injuries to two skaters, Anna Tarusina and Anželika Kļujeva, and their coaches. Making their first JGP appearances, Russia's Roman Savosin and Alina Zagitova won the men's and ladies' titles, respectively. Competing in their fourth JGP season, French ice dancers Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron won their first gold medal.

Medalists

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dance

Overall standings

Medal standings

Standings per nation

Starting in the 2015–16 season, the ISU added standings per nation. Points are calculated for each discipline separately before being combined for a total score per nation. For each discipline, each nation combines the points from up to four JGP events. A country does not have to use the same events for each discipline. For each discipline at each event, each nation combines the points from up to two skaters/couples. The points each skater/couple earns is based on placement. [|Placement to point conversion is the same as for qualification], with first place earning 15 points, second earning 13 points, etc. In the event ties in the total scores, the country with the fewer skaters/couples, wins the tie breaker. If the tie is not broken, the nations will have the same rank.
The current standings are:
RankNationMenLadiesPairsIce danceTotal points
1100106100102408
264223169186
34410235154
440112646123
5151005883
6176282273
733363072
827051951
910021031
100018018

JGP Final qualification standings

Qualification rules

At each event, skaters earn points toward qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the 7th event, the top six highest scoring skaters advance to the Final. The points earned per placement are as follows:
PlacementPoints Points
1st1515
2nd1313
3rd1111
4th99
5th77
6th55
7th44
8th33
9th2–
10th1–

There are seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:
  1. Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
  2. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
  3. Participated in two events.
  4. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events.
  5. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event.
  6. Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
  7. Highest number of total participants at the events.
If there is still a tie, it is considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advance to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Qualifiers

Top JGP scores

Men

Total score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Dmitri Aliev240.072016–17 JGP Final
2Cha Jun-hwan239.472016 JGP Japan
3Alexander Samarin236.522016–17 JGP Final
4Vincent Zhou226.392016 JGP Japan
5Alexei Krasnozhon223.602016 JGP Czech Republic
6Roman Sadovsky221.212016 JGP Estonia
7Alexey Erokhov216.912016 JGP Japan
8Roman Savosin212.392016–17 JGP Final
9Kazuki Tomono212.042016 JGP Japan
10Artem Kovalev209.012016 JGP Japan

Short program

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Dmitri Aliev81.372016–17 JGP Final
2Alexander Samarin81.082016–17 JGP Final
3Vincent Zhou80.532016 JGP Japan
4Cha Jun-hwan79.342016 JGP Japan
5Alexei Krasnozhon75.102016 JGP Czech Republic
6Alexey Erokhov74.902016 JGP Japan
7Andrew Torgashev73.482016 JGP Germany
8Roman Savosin72.982016–17 JGP Final
9Koshiro Shimada70.482016 JGP Estonia
10Joseph Phan70.332016 JGP Slovenia

Free program

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Alexander Samarin160.932016 JGP Estonia
2Cha Jun-hwan160.132016 JGP Japan
3Dmitri Aliev158.702016–17 JGP Final
4Roman Sadovsky149.252016 JGP Estonia
5Alexei Krasnozhon148.502016 JGP Czech Republic
6Vincent Zhou145.862016 JGP Japan
7Kazuki Tomono145.572016 JGP Japan
8Alexey Erokhov142.012016 JGP Japan
9Andrew Torgashev139.442016 JGP Russia
10Roman Savosin139.412016–17 JGP Final

Ladies

Total score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Alina Zagitova207.432016–17 JGP Final
2Anastasiia Gubanova194.572016 JGP Germany
3Rika Kihira194.242016 JGP Slovenia
4Polina Tsurskaya194.022016 JGP Estonia
5Elizaveta Nugumanova188.432016 JGP Estonia
6Kaori Sakamoto187.812016 JGP Japan
7Marin Honda184.112016 JGP Japan
8Mako Yamashita184.062016 JGP Estonia
9Sofia Samodurova180.692016 JGP Japan
10Yuna Shiraiwa176.662016 JGP Germany

Short program

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Alina Zagitova70.922016–17 JGP Final
2Polina Tsurskaya69.022016 JGP Russia
3Rika Kihira66.782016 JGP Czech Republic
4Kaori Sakamoto65.662016 JGP Japan
5Anastasiia Gubanova65.432016 JGP Germany
6Mako Yamashita64.862016 JGP Japan
7Stanislava Konstantinova64.382016 JGP Russia
8Lim Eun-soo63.832016 JGP Germany
9Elizaveta Nugumanova62.412016 JGP Estonia
10Alisa Fedichkina61.132016 JGP Japan

Free program

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Alina Zagitova136.512016–17 JGP Final
2Anastasiia Gubanova133.772016–17 JGP Final
3Marin Honda128.642016 JGP Japan
4Rika Kihira128.312016 JGP Slovenia
5Polina Tsurskaya127.302016 JGP Estonia
6Elizaveta Nugumanova126.022016 JGP Estonia
7Kaori Sakamoto122.152016 JGP Japan
8Yuna Shiraiwa122.062016 JGP Germany
9Mako Yamashita121.412016 JGP Estonia
10Sofia Samodurova119.932016 JGP Japan

Pairs

Total score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev180.632016–17 JGP Final
2Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař167.762016–17 JGP Final
3Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov159.942016 JGP Czech Republic
4Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii159.722016–17 JGP Final
5Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor159.262016 JGP Estonia
6Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin158.142016–17 JGP Final
7Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot150.762016 JGP Russia
8Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson147.142016 JGP Estonia
9Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud143.922016 JGP Germany
10Anastasia Poluianova / Maksim Selkin143.022016 JGP Czech Republic

Short program

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov64.792016 JGP Estonia
2Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev64.732016–17 JGP Final
3Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař62.942016 JGP Czech Republic
4Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii60.392016 JGP Russia
5Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin59.342016 JGP Germany
6Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor57.082016–17 JGP Final
7Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot56.342016 JGP Estonia
8Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson55.462016 JGP Estonia
9Gao Yumeng / Xie Zhong52.242016 JGP Russia
10Anastasia Poluianova / Maksim Selkin50.382016 JGP Czech Republic

Free program

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev115.902016–17 JGP Final
2Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař106.932016 JGP Germany
3Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov104.712016 JGP Czech Republic
4Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor102.282016 JGP Estonia
5Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii100.972016–17 JGP Final
6Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin99.642016 JGP Estonia
7Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot96.022016 JGP Russia
8Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud94.902016 JGP Germany
9Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson94.562016 JGP Czech Republic
10Anastasia Poluianova / Maksim Selkin92.642016 JGP Czech Republic

Ice dance

Total score

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons162.502016–17 JGP Final
2Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd161.872016 JGP Russia
2016–17 JGP Final
3Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter159.302016 JGP Czech Republic
4Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko157.192016 JGP Russia
5Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron152.172016 JGP France
6Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov151.502016 JGP Japan
7Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin148.452016 JGP Estonia
8Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov144.762016 JGP Slovenia
9Nicole Kuzmich / Alexandr Sinicyn142.692016 JGP Czech Republic
10Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko141.672016 JGP Russia

Short dance

RankNameNationScoreEvent
3Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd67.582016–17 JGP Final
2Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons66.912016–17 JGP Final
3Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter66.602016 JGP Czech Republic
4Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko63.102016 JGP Russia
5Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin62.532016 JGP Estonia
6Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron61.112016 JGP France
7Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov61.002016 JGP Germany
8Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko57.882016 JGP Russia
9Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha57.322016 JGP Germany
10Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov57.132016 JGP Germany

Free dance

RankNameNationScoreEvent
1Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd96.912016 JGP Russia
2Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons95.592016–17 JGP Final
3Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko94.092016 JGP Russia
4Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter92.702016 JGP Czech Republic
5Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron91.062016 JGP France
6Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov90.622016 JGP Japan
7Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov89.162016 JGP Slovenia
8Nicole Kuzmich / Alexandr Sinicyn87.102016 JGP Czech Republic
9Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin86.962016 JGP Slovenia
10Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko83.792016 JGP Russia