Competitive figure skating year, 2020/7/1 to 2021/6/30
2020–21 figure skating season Date: July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021 Previous: 2019–20 Next: 2021–22
The 2020–21 figure skating season began on July 1, 2020, and ended on June 30, 2021. During this season, elite skaters competed at the 2021 World Championships , as well as at elite events such as the Grand Prix series and the Challenger Series .
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the International Skating Union (ISU) cancelled the Junior Grand Prix series and the Grand Prix Final .[ 1] [ 2] European Championships , Four Continents Championships , and World Junior Championships were all cancelled, although the 2021 World Championships were still held.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic [ edit ] On May 1, 2020, the International Skating Union established a working group, chaired by ISU Vice-president for Figure Skating Alexander Lakernik, to monitor the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic . Its responsibilities included determining the feasibility of holding events as scheduled, possibly behind closed doors, during the first half of the season, and the financial impact of any potential cancellations.[ 5] Guidelines for ISU Events During the COVID-19 Pandemic .
On July 9, the General Administration of Sport of China announced that no international sporting events would be held in China in 2020 except for 2022 Winter Olympics test events.[ 6] Chinese Skating Association was scheduled to host several events during the season, including the Cup of China , the Grand Prix Final, and the World Junior Championships . While the Grand Prix Final, scheduled to be hosted in Beijing , was exempt from the Chinese government's ruling due to its status as the test event for the Olympic Games, the ISU had not yet discussed a contingency plan regarding Grand Prix event cancellations at the time of the Chinese government's announcement.[ 7] Chongqing due to its connection to the Beijing test event: the Grand Prix Final.[ 8]
On July 20, the ISU officially cancelled the Junior Grand Prix series, citing increased travel and entry requirements between countries and potentially excessive sanitary & health care costs for hosting members.[ 1] 2020–21 ISU Challenger Series were also either cancelled by the host federations or postponed to an unspecified later date.
On August 4, the ISU confirmed that the Grand Prix series would proceed as scheduled during the fall, with a decision to be made regarding the Grand Prix Final at a later date.[ 9] [ 10] U.S. Figure Skating announced that Skate America would be held without an audience in line with Nevada Gaming Control Board guidelines regarding the pandemic.[ 11] [ 12] Skate Canada announced the cancellation of the 2020 Skate Canada International due to the worsening situation in Ontario.[ 13] French Federation of Ice Sports informed the ISU of the cancellation of the 2020 Internationaux de France on October 19.[ 14] [ 2] [ 15] Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in October.[ 16]
On October 16, the ISU announced the cancellation of the 2021 Four Continents Championships .[ 3] 2021 World Junior Championships were also cancelled.[ 4] 2021 European Championships .[ 17] 2021 World Championships were held as scheduled in Stockholm, Sweden , on March 22–28, although three positive COVID-19 cases were detected during the event.[ 18] [ 19]
Due to the vast difference in skaters' travel restrictions, the ISU determined that it would be unfair to award ISU world standings and season's world ranking points at the Challenger Series and Grand Prix events.[ 20] [ 21] 2020–21 ISU world standings . As the Junior Grand Prix and World Junior Championships were cancelled, junior skaters had no opportunities to earn World Standing Points for the season.[ 22]
Scores earned at the domestic Grand Prix events did not count as official ISU scores for the purposes of achieving minimum TES requirements or as personal/season's bests.[ 21] 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy and 2020 Budapest Trophy were the only two of ten scheduled events to be held, the 2021 World Championships, and the 2021 World Team Trophy .
[ edit ] Several countries postponed or cancelled their national championships . U.S. Figure Skating relocated the 2021 U.S. Championships to be able to create an isolated bubble environment.[ 23]
Skaters were eligible to compete in International Skating Union (ISU) events at the junior or senior levels according to their age. These rules may not have applied to non-ISU events such as national championships.
Level Date of birth Junior (females in singles and pairs; males in singles) Born between July 1, 2001 & June 30, 2007 Junior (males in pairs) Born between July 1, 1999 & June 30, 2007 Junior (females in ice dance) [ a] Born between July 1, 2000 & June 30, 2007 Junior (males in ice dance) [ a] Born between July 1, 1998 & June 30, 2007 Senior (all disciplines) Born before July 1, 2005
^ a b Due to disturbances in skaters' training schedules resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic , the ISU extended the upper age limit for skaters in junior and novice ice dance by one year. However, the new age limit only applied to couples who competed together during the 2019–20 season and maintained the same programs for the 2020–21 season.[ 24] If skaters of different nationalities team up, the ISU requires that they choose one country to represent.
Partnership changes [ edit ] Date Skaters Disc. Type Notes Ref. July 3, 2020 Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov Ice dance Formed [ 25] Lila-Maya Seclet Monchot / Martin Chardain [ 26] July 6, 2020 Federica Zamponi / Marco Zandron Pairs Dissolved [ 27] July 9, 2020 Gracie Vainik / Daniel Brykalov Ice dance Formed For the United States [ 28] July 16, 2020 Chiara Calderone / Aleksei Dubrovin [ 29] July 18, 2020 Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov Pairs [ 30] July 24, 2020 Amanda Peterson / Maximilian Pfisterer Ice dance Dissolved [ 31] Lara Luft / Maximilian Pfisterer Formed July 26, 2020 Alena Kanysheva / Andrei Pylin [ 32] July 31, 2020 Karina Akopova / Nikita Rakhmanin Pairs [ 33] August 2, 2020 Justine Brasseur / Zachary Daleman [ 34] August 3, 2020 Daria Boyarintseva / Maksim Shagalov [ 35] August 16, 2020 Ekaterina Kuznetsova / Oleksandr Kolosovskyi Ice dance For Azerbaijan [ 36] Lina Kudriavtseva / Ilia Spiridonov Pairs Dissolved [ 37] Valeria Ponosova / Dmitrii Ialin Formed Evgenia Tumanova / Georgy Kunitsa Stanislava Vislobokova / Andrey Shaderkov August 21, 2020 Isabella Gamez / David-Alexandre Paradis Dissolved Paradis retired. [ 38] August 27, 2020 Emily Rose Brown / James Hernandez Ice dance Brown retired. [ 39] August 28, 2020 Charlotte Lafond-Fournier / Richard Kam Formed For New Zealand [ 40] [ 41] September 15, 2020 Elena Pavlova / Ruben Blommaert Pairs Dissolved [ 42] Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert Formed For Germany September 16, 2020 Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov Ice dance Dissolved [ 43] September 21, 2020 Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei Pairs [ 44] Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao Yu Xiaoyu / Wang Lei Formed October 8, 2020 Maria Pavlova / Ilia Spiridonov [ 45] Valeria Ponosova / Dmitrii Ialin Dissolved Stanislava Vislobokova / Dmitrii Ialin Formed October 26, 2020 Yuliia Zhata / Berk Akalın Ice dance For Turkey [ 46] October 30, 2020 Haruno Yajima / Yoshimitsu Ikeda [ 47] November 3, 2020 Patricia Andrew / Steven Adcock Pairs [ 48] November 13, 2020 Villő Marton / Danijil Szemko Ice dance Dissolved [ 49] November 20, 2020 Chiara Calderone / Aleksei Dubrovin [ 50] Chiara Calderone / Francesco Riva Formed November 22, 2020 Darja Netjaga / Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko Dissolved [ 51] December 4, 2020 Viktoria Yatsenko / Daniil Parkman Pairs [ 52] Anastasiia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman Formed For Georgia Komila Faradjeva / Azizmurod Shabazov Paulina Ramanauskaitė / Deividas Kizala Ice dance [ 53] December 7, 2020 Balazs Nagy Pairs Dissolved [ 54] December 10, 2020 Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea [ 55] Arina Klimova / Filip Bojanowski Ice dance Formed For Poland [ 56] December 14, 2020 Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern Dissolved Nüchtern retired. [ 57] December 15, 2020 Elvira Nikolova / Léo Baeten Formed For Belgium [ 58] December 24, 2020 Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron Pairs For Spain [ 59] January 2, 2020 Kateryna Dzitsiuk / Ivan Pavlov Dissolved Pavlov retired. [ 60] January 3, 2021 Solène Mazingue / Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko Ice dance Formed For Estonia [ 61] January 11, 2021 Liubov Efimenko / Dmitry Epstein Pairs Dissolved [ 62] Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein Formed For the Netherlands January 17, 2021 Phebe Bekker / James Hernandez Ice dance [ 63] January 18, 2021 Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama Dissolved [ 64] January 27, 2021 Liu Jiaxi / Xie Zhong Pairs [ 65] January 30, 2021 Blake Eisenach Formed [ 66] Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Szemko Ice dance For Hungary [ 67] February 12, 2021 Stanislava Vislobokova / Dmitrii Ialin Pairs Dissolved [ 68] February 19, 2021 Nadezhda Labazina / TJ Nyman [ 69] Brynne McIsaac / TJ Nyman Formed March 5, 2021 Alena Kanysheva / Andrei Pylin Ice dance Dissolved [ 70] Anna Kolomenskaya / Andrei Pylin Formed March 13, 2021 Nika Dayneko / Aleksandr Vaskovich [ 71] Ekaterina Katashinskaia / Matvey Grachev Elise Montaner / Andrey Filatov Nationality pending [ 72] March 14, 2021 Ayumi Takanami / Shingo Nishiyama [ 73] March 18, 2021 Cate Fleming / Chase Finster Pairs [ 74] March 28, 2021 Nadine Wang / Francis Boudreau-Audet Dissolved Wang retired. [ 75] March 30, 2021 Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru [ 76] April 1, 2021 Sofía Val / Nikita Vitryanyuk Ice dance Formed For Spain [ 77] April 2, 2021 Yu Xiaoyu / Wang Lei Pairs Dissolved Yu retired. [ 78] April 19, 2021 Ekaterina Mitrofanova / Vladislav Kasinski Ice dance Formed For Bosnia and Herzegovina [ 79] April 21, 2021 Vanessa James / Eric Radford Pairs For Canada [ 80] April 30, 2021 Alena Kanysheva / Andrei Pylin Ice dance [ 81] May 3, 2021 Diana Mukhametzianova / Ilya Mironov Pairs Dissolved [ 82] Diana Mukhametzianova / Vladislav Antonyshev Formed Ekaterina Geinish / Ilya Mironov May 5, 2021 Ksenia Konkina / Pavel Drozd Ice dance Dissolved Konkina retired. [ 83] [ 84] Pavel Drozd Formed For Russia May 10, 2021 Utana Yoshida / Seiji Urano For Japan [ 85] May 14, 2021 Jedidiah Isbell Pairs [ 86] May 20, 2021 Alyssa Montan / Manuel Piazza Dissolved [ 87] Anna Valesi / Filippo Clerici Alyssa Montan / Filippo Clerici Formed Anna Valesi / Manuel Piazza May 25, 2021 Nicole Takahashi / Shiloh Judd Ice dance For Japan [ 88] June 1, 2021 Elizaveta Osokina / Andrei Rud Pairs [ 89] June 11, 2021 Brynne McIsaac / TJ Nyman Dissolved [ 90] Aljona Savchenko / TJ Nyman Formed For the United States June 13, 2021 Nadezhda Labazina / Alexei Svyatchenko [ 91] June 18, 2021 Aurelija Ipolito / Luke Russell Ice dance For Latvia [ 92] June 25, 2021 Anna Vernikov / Evgeni Krasnopolski Pairs Dissolved [ 93] Hailey Kops / Evgeni Krasnopolski Formed June 26, 2021 Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea For the United States [ 94] June 30, 2021 Matej Silecky [ 95]
Date Skater(s) Disc. Ref. July 8, 2020 Maria Sotskova Ladies [ 96] July 15, 2020 Polina Edmunds [ 97] July 23, 2020 Yuri Hulitski Ice dance [ 98] July 27, 2020 Viveca Lindfors Ladies [ 99] Emiliya Kalehanova Ice dance [ 100] August 3, 2020 Sofia Sula Ladies [ 101] September 1, 2020 Valentina Marchei Pairs [ 102] September 2, 2020 Daria Panenkova Ladies [ 103] September 11, 2020 Sergei Voronov Men [ 104] September 22, 2020 Elena Radionova Ladies [ 105] September 29, 2020 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Pairs [ 106] October 15, 2020 Sofia Evdokimova Ice dance [ 107] October 17, 2020 Kyarha van Tiel Ladies [ 108] November 7, 2020 Igor Reznichenko Men [ 109] Oliwia Rzepiel Ladies Justyna Plutowska / Jérémie Flemin Ice dance November 13, 2020 Sean Rabbitt Men [ 110] December 2, 2020 Anna Litvinenko Ladies [ 111] December 14, 2020 Christian Nüchtern Ice dance [ 57] December 15, 2020[ a] Yuka Nagai Ladies [ 112] December 26, 2020 Ryuju Hino Men [ 113] January 2, 2021 Ivan Pavlov Pairs [ 60] January 3, 2021 Shari Koch Ice dance [ 114] January 29, 2021 Anastasia Shpilevaya [ 115] February 18, 2021 Zhang Hao Pairs [ 116] March 19, 2021 Sondre Oddvoll Bøe Men [ 117] April 2, 2021 Yu Xiaoyu Pairs [ 78] April 30, 2021 Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot [ 118] May 3, 2021 Lee June-hyoung Men [ 119] May 12, 2021 Alexei Krasnozhon [ 120] May 19, 2021 Ksenia Konkina Ice dance [ 84] May 26, 2021 Alaine Chartrand Ladies [ 121] May 28, 2021 Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe Pairs [ 122] June 16, 2021 Rika Hongo Ladies [ 123] June 22, 2021 Alexandra Herbríková / Nicolas Roulet Pairs [ 124]
Date Skater(s) Disc. From To Ref. July 2, 2020 Alexey Erokhov Men Eteri Tutberidze & Sergei Dudakov Viktoria Butsaeva [ 125] Yaroslav Paniot Tammy Gambill Todd Eldredge [ 126] July 8, 2020 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Ice dance Marina Zoueva , Rostislav Sinicyn & Martin Skotnický Romain Haguenauer & Maurizio Margaglio [ 127] July 17, 2020 Courtney Hicks Ladies Christy Krall Tammy Gambill [ 128] July 31, 2020 Alena Kostornaia Eteri Tutberidze , Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz Evgeni Plushenko & Sergei Rozanov [ 129] August 21, 2020 Bradie Tennell Denise Myers & Jeremy Allen Tom Zakrajsek [ 130] September 16, 2020 Evgenia Medvedeva Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson Eteri Tutberidze , Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz [ 131] September 17, 2020 Anastasia Tarakanova Svetlana Panova, Tatiana Moiseeva & Ilona Protasenia Ksenia Ivanova, Adian Pitkeev & Alexey Karpushov [ 132] September 20, 2020 Julia Wagret / Pierre Souquet-Basiege Ice dance Marina Zoueva & Alper Uçar Alper Uçar , John Kerr & Nadine Kerr [ 133] September 21, 2020 Vincent Zhou Men Lee Barkell , Lori Nichol & Mie Hamada Christy Krall , Tom Zakrajsek & Mie Hamada [ 134] September 24, 2020 Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Pairs Dalilah Sappenfield & Larry Ibarra Jim Peterson & Amanda Evora [ 135] [ 55] October 5, 2020 Matteo Rizzo Men Franca Bianconi & Valter Rizzo Lorenzo Magri & Valter Rizzo [ 136] October 7, 2020 Rika Kihira Ladies Brian Orser & Mie Hamada Stéphane Lambiel & Mie Hamada [ 137] Satoko Miyahara Lee Barkell & Mie Hamada Lee Barkell & Yuka Sato [ 138] October 16, 2020 Andrew Torgashev Men Christy Krall , Erik Schultz & Joshua Farris Rafael Arutyunyan & Ilona Melnichenko [ 139] Ting Cui Ladies Tom Zakrajsek Natalia Linichuk [ 140] October 21, 2020 Alexander Petrov Men Alexei Mishin Evgeni Plushenko & Sergei Rozanov [ 141] November 16, 2020 Lindsay van Zundert Ladies Ans Bocklandt Jorik Hendrickx & Carine Herrygers [ 142] December 11, 2020 Alysa Liu Lee Barkell , Lori Nichol & Massimo Scali Jeremy Abbott , Lee Barkell, Lori Nichol & Massimo Scali [ 143] December 12, 2020 Ekaterina Ryabova Evgeni Plushenko & Alexander Volkov Alexei Ryabov [ 144] January 12, 2021 Vladimir Litvintsev Men Alexei Chetverukhin & Anastasia Kazakova Evgeni Plushenko & Sergei Rozanov [ 145] January 13, 2021 Stanislava Konstantinova Ladies Evgeni Plushenko & Alexander Volkov Viktoria Butsaeva [ 146] January 21, 2021 Pairs Dalilah Sappenfield & Larry Ibarra Todd Sand & Jenni Meno [ 147] January 26, 2021 Michael Christian Martinez Men Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk Nikolai Morozov [ 148] January 27, 2021 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Ice dance Igor Shpilband , Pasquale Camerlengo , Adrienne Lenda & Natalia Deller Scott Moir [ 149] February 26, 2021 Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov Pairs Vladislav Zhovnirski , Arina Ushakova & Filip Tarasov Nina Mozer [ 150] March 2, 2021 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Ice dance Romain Haguenauer & Maurizio Margaglio Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon [ 151] March 3, 2021 Alena Kostornaia Ladies Evgeni Plushenko & Sergei Rozanov Eteri Tutberidze , Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz [ 152] [ 153] March 9, 2021 Hanna Harrell Alexei Letov & Olga Ganicheva Misha Ge & Jun Ge [ 154] Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron Ice dance Anjelika Krylova Barbara Fusar-Poli , Roberto Pelizzola & Anjelika Krylova [ 155] March 20, 2021 Jin Boyang Men Xu Zhaoxiao & Fu Caishu Xu Zhaoxiao, Fu Caishu, Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson [ 156] Ekaterina Kurakova Ladies Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson Lorenzo Magri, Brian Orser & Tracy Wilson [ 157] April 8, 2021 Shingo Nishiyama Ice dance Andrew Hallam, Tracy Wilson , Joey Russell & Rie Arikawa Igor Shpilband [ 158] April 10, 2021 Denis Gurdzhi Men Julia Gnilozubova Lorenzo Magri [ 159] April 13, 2021 Artem Kovalev Alexander Volkov, Evgeni Plushenko & Martine Dagenais Alexander Volkov [ 160] April 15, 2021 Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov Pairs Ludmila Velikova , Nikolai Velikov , Vasilii Velikov & Denis Lunin Fedor Klimov [ 161] Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov Ludmila Velikova , Nikolai Velikov & Vasilii Velikov Arina Ushakova , Vladislav Zhovnirski & Andrei Filonov [ 161] [ 162] April 27, 2021 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Marina Zoueva , Maxim Trankov & Sergei Voronov Eteri Tutberidze & Maxim Trankov [ 163] April 29, 2021 Alena Kanysheva / Andrei Pylin Ice dance Denis Samokhin, Maria Borovikova & Nikita Nazarov Ksenia Rumyantseva & Ekaterina Volobueva [ 81] May 1, 2021 Alexandra Trusova Ladies Evgeni Plushenko , Dmitri Mikhailov & Sergei Rozanov Eteri Tutberidze , Sergei Dudakov & Daniil Gleikhengauz [ 164] May 21, 2021 Julia Wagret / Pierre Souquet-Basiege Ice dance Alper Uçar , John Kerr & Nadine Kerr Alexander Zhulin , Petr Durnev, Sergei Petukhov, Dmitri Ionov, Alper Uçar & John Kerr [ 165] May 25, 2021 Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko Pairs Pavel Sliusarenko & Valentina Tiukova Tamara Moskvina & Artur Minchuk [ 166] June 7, 2021 Ivett Tóth Ladies Zsófia Tokaji-Kulcsár & Zoltán Tóth Ivana Reitmayerová [ 167] June 11, 2021 Alexia Paganini Stéphane Lambiel Gheorghe Chiper [ 168] June 16, 2021 Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker Ice dance Megan Wing & Aaron Lowe Scott Moir [ 169] June 26, 2021 Danny O'Shea Pairs Jim Peterson & Amanda Evora Todd Sand & Jenni Meno [ 94]
Nationality changes [ edit ] Date Skater(s) Disc. From To Notes Ref. August 28, 2020 Richard Kam Ice dance South Korea New Zealand Partnering with Charlotte Lafond-Fournier [ 40] September 15, 2020 Alisa Efimova Pairs Russia Germany Partnering with Ruben Blommaert [ 42] October 22, 2020 Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan United States Switzerland [ 170] December 1, 2020 Clare Seo Ladies South Korea United States [ 171] December 3, 2020 Anastasiia Metelkina Pairs Russia Georgia Partnering with Daniil Parkman [ 52] Daniil Parkman Belarus Partnering with Anastasiia Metelkina December 24, 2020 Marco Zandron Italy Spain Partnering with Laura Barquero [ 59] January 3, 2021 Solène Mazingue Ice dance France Estonia Partnering with Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko [ 61] January 11, 2021 Nika Osipova Pairs Russia Netherlands Partnering with Dmitry Epstein [ 62] January 24, 2021 Tomás Llorenç Guarino Sabaté Men Switzerland Spain [ 172] January 30, 2021 Mariia Ignateva Ice dance Russia Hungary Partnering with Danijil Szemko [ 67] April 21, 2021 Vanessa James Pairs France Canada Partnering with Eric Radford [ 80] May 5, 2021 Angélique Abachkina Ice dance Russia Partnering with Pavel Drozd [ 83] [ 173] May 18, 2021 Vladimir Samoilov Men Russia Poland [ 174] May 27, 2021 Egor Murashov Switzerland [ 175] June 6, 2021 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Ice dance France Canada [ 176] June 11, 2021 Aljona Savchenko Pairs Germany United States Partnering with TJ Nyman [ 177] [ 90] June 26, 2021 Chelsea Liu China Partnering with Danny O'Shea [ 94]
Scheduled competitions:[ 178]
Code key Color key 2020–2021 Dates Event Type Level Disc. Location Results September 23–26 Nebelhorn Trophy Challenger Senior All Oberstdorf, Germany Details October 3 Japan Open [ a] Other S/J M/L Saitama, Japan Details October 15–17 Budapest Trophy Challenger Senior M/L/D Budapest, Hungary Details Other Junior M/L/D October 23–25 Skate America Grand Prix Senior All Las Vegas, Nevada , United States Details October 29 – November 1 Ice Star Other All All Minsk, Belarus Details November 6–8 Cup of China Grand Prix Senior All Chongqing, China Details Volvo Open Cup Other All M/L Riga, Latvia Details November 20–22 Rostelecom Cup Grand Prix Senior All Moscow, Russia Details November 26–29 NRW Autumn Trophy Other S/J All Dortmund, Germany Details Santa Claus Cup Other All M/L/D Budapest, Hungary Details November 27–29 NHK Trophy Grand Prix Senior M/L/D Osaka, Japan Details December 11–13 Winter Star Other S/J All Minsk, Belarus Details February 6–7 Egna Dance Trophy Other S/J D Egna, Italy Details February 10–13 LuMi Dance Trophy Other All D Odesa, Ukraine Details February 12–14 Celje Open Other Senior M/L Celje, Slovenia Details February 18–21 Tallink Hotels Cup Other S/J M/L Tallinn, Estonia Details February 25–28 International Challenge Cup Other Senior All The Hague, Netherlands Details February 26 – March 3 Sofia Trophy Other All M/L Sofia, Bulgaria Details March 22–28 World Championships Championships Senior All Stockholm, Sweden Details April 1–3 Spring Talents Cup Ukraine Other Senior L Brovary, Ukraine Details J/N M/L April 8–11 Spring Star Other S/J All Minsk, Belarus Details April 14–18 Skate Helena Other Senior L Belgrade, Serbia Details J/N M/L April 15–18 World Team Trophy Other Senior All Osaka, Japan Details April 29 – May 2 Egna Spring Trophy Other All M/L Egna, Italy Details
^ This competition featured two teams composed entirely of Japanese skaters rather than the traditional three teams drawn from their respective regions (Europe, Japan, and North America).[ 179] Numerous competitions were cancelled by either the ISU, the host federation, or the local government due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
The 2021 Winter Universiade and the 2021 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival , originally scheduled for January 21–31, 2021, and February 6–13, 2021, respectively, were both postponed to the following season .[ 180] [ 181] [ 182]
2020–2021 Dates Event Type Location Ref. August 26–30 JGP Canada Grand Prix Richmond, British Columbia , Canada [ 183] September 2–5 JGP Slovakia Grand Prix Košice, Slovakia [ 184] September 9–10 JGP Hungary Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary [ 1] September 9–13 Asian Open Trophy Challenger Beijing, China [ 185] September 16–19 Nepela Memorial Challenger Bratislava, Slovakia [ 184] JGP Japan Grand Prix Shin-Yokohama, Japan [ 186] September 17–19 Autumn Classic International Challenger Oakville, Ontario , Canada [ 187] [ 188] September 23–26 JGP Czech Republic Grand Prix Ostrava, Czech Republic [ 1] September 26 Tayside Trophy Other Dundee, Scotland , United Kingdom [ 189] September 30 – October 3 JGP Uzbekistan Grand Prix Tashkent, Uzbekistan [ 1] October 7–10 JGP Slovenia Grand Prix Ljubljana, Slovenia [ 1] October 8–11 Finlandia Trophy Challenger Espoo, Finland [ 190] October 9–10 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur Other Nice, France [ 191] October 14–17 JGP Latvia Grand Prix Riga, Latvia [ 1] October 21–24 Crystal Skate of Romania Other Bucharest, Romania [ 192] October 29–31 Autumn Talents Cup Ukraine Other Kyiv, Ukraine [ 193] October 29 – November 1 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Challenger Almaty, Kazakhstan [ 194] October 30 – November 1 Skate Canada International Grand Prix Ottawa, Ontario , Canada [ 195] November 6–8 Icelab International Cup Other Bergamo, Italy [ 196] Pavel Roman Memorial Other Olomouc, Czech Republic [ 197] Prague Ice Cup Other Prague, Czech Republic [ 198] November 10–15 Denkova-Staviski Cup Other Sofia, Bulgaria [ 199] November 12–15 Warsaw Cup Challenger Warsaw, Poland [ 200] November 13–15 Internationaux de France Grand Prix Grenoble, France [ 201] November 18–22 Open d'Andorra Other Canillo, Andorra [ 202] November 25–28 Cup of Tyrol Challenger Innsbruck, Austria [ 203] [ 204] December 2–5 Golden Spin of Zagreb Challenger Zagreb, Croatia [ 205] December 10–13 Grand Prix Final Grand Prix Beijing, China [ 2] [ 206] Christmas Magic Cup Other Bucharest, Romania [ 207] December 11–13 Grand Prix of Bratislava Other Bratislava, Slovakia [ 208] Latvian Trophy Other Mārupe, Latvia [ 209] December 18–20 Sarajevo Open Other Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina [ 210] January 5–10 Mentor Toruń Cup Other Toruń, Poland [ 211] January 13–17 EduSport Trophy Other Bucharest, Romania [ 212] January 25–31 European Championships Championship Zagreb, Croatia [ 2] Bavarian Open Other Oberstdorf, Germany [ 213] January 29–31 Reykjavik International Games Other Reykjavík, Iceland [ 214] February 3–7 Nordic Championships Other Copenhagen, Denmark [ 215] February 4–7 Dragon Trophy & Tivoli Cup Other Ljubljana, Slovenia [ 216] February 8–14 Four Continents Championships Championship Sydney, Australia [ 3] February 12–14 Jégvirág Cup Other Miskolc, Hungary [ 217] February 25–28 Bellu Memorial Other Bucharest, Romania [ 218] March 1–7 World Junior Championships Championship Harbin, China [ 4] March 11–14 Tirnavia Ice Cup Other Trnava, Slovakia [ 219] March 12–14 Coupe du Printemps Other Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg [ 220] March 18–21 Skate Celje Other Celje, Slovenia [ 221] March 26–27 Abu Dhabi Classic Trophy Other Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [ 222] April 7–11 Black Sea Ice Cup Other Kranevo, Bulgaria [ 223] Triglav Trophy & Narcisa Cup Other Jesenice, Slovenia [ 224] April 17–18 Kurbada Cup Other Riga, Latvia [ 225] May 14–16 Uzbekistan Open Other Tashkent, Uzbekistan [ 226]
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Maria Sotskova 
Polina Edmunds 
Yuri Hulitski 
Viveca Lindfors 
Valentina Marchei 
Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès 
Kyarha van Tiel 
Igor Reznichenko 
Anna Litvinenko 
Christian Nüchtern 
Yuka Nagai 
Ivan Pavlov 
Zhang Hao 
Sondre Oddvoll Bøe 
Lee June-hyoung 
Alaine Chartrand 
Alexandra Herbríková / Nicolas Roulet 
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Morisi Kvitelashvili
Deniss Vasiļjevs
Budapest Trophy 
Burak Demirboğa
Aleksandr Selevko
Jari Kessler
Jiří Bělohradský
Iker Oyarzábal
Celje Open 
Larry Loupolover
Davide Lewton Brain
Mikhail Shaidorov
Loena Hendrickx
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