2012 Grand Prix Assignments

Skate America (Oct 19-21)

Ladies
Mae Berenice Meite, FRA
Sarah Hecken, GER
Valentina Marchei, ITA
Haruka Imai, JPN
Alena Leonova, RUS
Adelina Sotnikova, RUS
Viktoria Helgesson, SWE
Rachael Flatt, USA
Christina Gao, USA
Ashley Wagner, USA

Men 
Michal Brezina, CZE
Tomas Verner, CZE
Yuzuru Hanyu, JPN
Takahiko Kozuka, JPN
Tatsuki Machida, JPN
Konstantin Menshov, RUS
Alexander Majorov, SWE
Jeremy Abbott, USA
Armin Mahbanoozadeh, USA
Douglas Razzano, USA

Pairs
Pang/Tong, CHN
James/Cipres, FRA
Kemp/King, GBR
Montalbano/Krasnopolski, ISR
Volosozhar/Trankov, RUS
Castelli/Shnapir, USA
Denney/Coughlin, USA
Donlan/Speroff, USA

Dance
Weaver/Poje, CAN
Zhiganshina/Gazsi, GER
Alessandrini/Vaturi, ITA
Tobias/Stagniunas, LTU
Bobrova/Soloviev, RUS
Cannuscio/McManus, USA
Davis/White, USA
Kriengkrairut/Giulietti-Schmitt, USA

Skate Canada (Oct 26-28)

Ladies
Amelie Lacoste, CAN
Kaetlyn Osmond, CAN
Elene Gedevanishvili, GEO
Kanako Murakami, JPN
Akiko Suzuki, JPN
Ksenia Makarova, RUS
Polina Shelepen, RUS
Elizaveta Tuktamisheva, RUS
Gracie Gold, USA
Caroline Zhang, USA

Mens 
Patrick Chan, CAN
Liam Firus, CAN
Elladj Balde, CAN
Florent Amodio, FRA
Takahito Mura, JPN
Nobunari Oda, JPN
Denis Ten, KAZ
Artur Gachinski, RUS
Javier Fernandez, ESP
Ross Miner, USA

Pairs
Duhamel/Radford, CAN
Lawrence/Swiegers, CAN
Popova/Massot, FRA
Savchenko/Szolkowy, GER
Kemp/King, GBR
Berton/Hotarek, ITA
Davis/Ladwig, USA
Vise/Baldwin, USA

Dance
Zlobina/Sitnikov, AZE
Gilles/Poirier, CAN
Ralph/Hill, CAN
Virtue/Moir, CAN
Carron/Jones, FRA
Cappelini/Lanotte, ITA
Riazanova/Tkachenko, RUS
Hubbell/Donohue, USA

Cup of China (Nov 2-4)

Ladies
Amelie Lacoste, CAN
Bingwa Geng, CHN
Zijun Li, CHN
Ying Zhang, CHN
Kiira Korpi, FIN
Miki Ando, JPN
Sofia Biryukova, RUS
Julia Lipnitskaia, RUS
Joshi Helgesson, SWE
Mirai Nagasu, USA

Mens 
Kevin Reynolds, CAN
Jinlin Guan, CHN
Nan Song, CHN
Yi Wang, CHN
Brian Joubert, FRA
Tatsuki Machida, JPN
Daisuke Takahashi, JPN
Artur Dmitriev, RUS
Sergei Voronov, RUS
Adam Rippon, USA

Pairs
Moore-Towers/Moscovitch, CAN
Pang/Tong, CHN
Peng/Zhang, CHN
Sui/Han, CHN
Takahashi/Tran, JPN
Kavaguti/Smirnov, RUS
Stolbova/Klimov, RUS
Yankowskas/Reagan, USA

Dance
Weaver/Poje, CAN
Huang/Zheng, CHN
Yu/Wang, CHN
Pechalat/Bourzat, FRA
Guignard/Fabbri, ITA
Bobrova/Soloviev, RUS
Sinitsina/Zhiganshin, RUS
Chock/Bates, USA

Rostelecom Cup (Nov 9-11)

Ladies
Kiira Korpi, FIN
Kanako Murakami, JPN
Valentina Marchei, ITA
Polina Korobeynikova, RUS
Alena Leonova, RUS
Adelina Sotnikova, RUS
Viktoria Helgesson, SWE
Gracie Gold, USA
Agnes Zawadzki, USA
Caroline Zhang, USA

Men
Patrick Chan, CAN
Michal Brezina, CZE
Takahiko Kozuka, JPN
Nobunari Oda, JPN
Denis Ten, KAZ
Zhan Bush, RUS
Artur Gachinski, RUS
Konstantin Menshov, RUS
Richard Dornbush, USA
Johnny Weir, USA

Pairs
Lawrence/Swiegers, CAN
Vartmann/Van Cleave, GER
Della Monica/Guarise, ITA
Bazarova/Larionov, RUS
Martyusheva/Rogonov, RUS
Volosozhar/Trankov, RUS
Denney/Coughlin, USA
Vise/Baldwin, USA

Dance
Virtue/Moir, CAN
Orford/Williams, CAN
Zhiganshina/Gazsi, GER
Coomes/Buckland, GBR
Ilinykh/Katsalapov, RUS
Monko/Khaliavin, RUS
Sinitsina/Zhiganshin, RUS
Shibutani/Shibutani, USA

Trophee Eric Bompard (Nov 16-18)

Ladies
Elena Glebova, EST
Lena Marrocco, FRA
Mae Berenice Meite, FRA
Jenna McCorkell, GBR
Polina Korobeynikova, RUS
Julia Lipnitskaia, RUS
Elizaveta Tuktamisheva, RUS
Joshi Helgesson, SWE
Christina Gao, USA
Ashley Wagner, USA 

Mens Jorik Hendrickx, BEL
Jinlin Guan, CHN
Nan Song, CHN
Tomas Verner, CZE
Florent Amodio, FRA
Brian Joubert, FRA
Romain Ponsart, FRA
Takahito Mura, JPN
Jeremy Abbott, USA
Johnny Weir, USA

Pairs
Duhamel/Radford, CAN
Peng/Zhang, CHN
James/Cipres, FRA
Popova/Massot, FRA
Savchenko/Szolkowy, GER
Berton/Hotarek, ITA
Kavaguti/Smirnov, RUS
Stolbova/Klimov, RUS

Dance
Gilles/Poirier, CAN
Carron/Jones, FRA
Pechalat/Bourzat, FRA
Zahorski/Miart, FRA
Cappellini/Lanotte, ITA
Pushkash/Guerreiro, RUS
Riazanova/Tkachenko, RUS
Hubbell/Donohue, USA

NHK Trophy (Nov 23-25)

Ladies
Zijun Li, CHN
Elene Gedevanishvili, GEO
Mao Asada, JPN
Haruka Imai, JPN
Akiko Suzuki, JPN
Sofia Biryukova, RUS
Ksenia Makarova, RUS
Polina Shelepen, RUS
Alissa Czisny, USA
Agnes Zawadzki, USA

Men
Kevin Reynolds, CAN
Andrei Rogozine, CAN
Yuzuru Haynu, JPN
Daisuke Murakami, JPN
Daisuke Takahashi, JPN
Sergei Voronov, RUS
Javier Fernandez, ESP
Richard Dornbush, USA
Ross Miner, USA
Adam Rippon, USA

Pairs
Moore-Towers/Moscovitch, CAN
Sui/Han, CHN
Vartmann/Van Cleave, GER
Takahashi/Tran, JPN
Bazarova/Larionov, RUS
Castelli/Shnapir, USA
Davis/Ladwig, USA
Yankowskas/Reagan, USA

Dance
Orford/Williams, CAN
Huang/Zheng, CHN
Yu/Wang, CHN
Coomes/Buckland, GBR
Reed/Reed, JPN
Ilinykh/Katsalapov, RUS
Davis/White, USA
Shibutani/Shibutani, USA

2012-2013 Figure Skating Schedule

Official ISU events for 2012-2013

August
8-12 ASU Asian Figure Skating Trophy (Taipei)--Ladies and Men
22-26 Junior Grand Prix (France)--Ladies, Men and Dance (Junior Only)
29-Sept 2 Junior Grand Prix (United States)--All events (Junior Only)

September
8-10 Ice Star (Belarus)--All event
12-16 Junior Grand Prix (Austria)--Ladies, Men and Dance (Junior Only)
13-16 U.S. Senior International (United States)--All events (Senior Only)
19-23 Junior Grand Prix (Turkey)--Ladies, Men and Dance (Junior Only)
26-30 Junior Grand Prix (Slovenia)--Ladies, Men and Dance (Junior Only)
27-29 Nebelhorn Trophy (Germany)--All events (Senior Only)

October
3-7 Ondrej Nepala Trophy (Slovakia)--All events (Senior Only)
3-7 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia)--All events (Junior Only)
4-7 Finlandia Trophy (Finland)--Ladies, Men and Dance (Senior Only)
5 Medal Winners Open (Japan)--Ladies and Men (Senior Only)
6 Japan Open (Japan)--Ladies and Men (Senior Only)
10-14 Junior Grand Prix (Germany)--All events (Junior Only)
19-21 Skate America (USA)--All events (Senior Only)
24-28 Cup of Nice (France)--All events
25-28 Tirnavia Ice Cup (Slovakia)--Ladies and Men (Junior Only)
26-28 Skate Canada (Canada)--All events (Senior Only)
Oct 30-Nov 4 Crystal Skate (Romania)--Ladies, Men and Dance (Dance Senior Only)

November
2-4 Cup of China (China)--All events (Senior Only)
2-4 NRW Ice Dance Trophy (Germany)--Dance
6-11 Icechallenge (Austria)--All events
9-11 Rostelecom Cup (Russia)--All events (Senior Only)
11-14 Skate Celje (Slovenia)--Ladies and Men (Junior Only)
15-18 Warsaw Cup (Poland)--Ladies, Men and Pairs
16-18 Trophee Eric Bompard (France)--All events (Senior Only)
16-18 Merano Cup (Italy)--Ladies and Men
16-18 Pavel Roman Memorial (Czech Republic)--Dance
22-24 Grand Prix Slovakia (Slovakia)--All even (Junior Only)
23-25 NHK Trophy (Japan)--All events (Senior Only)
23-25 Golden Bear (Croatia)--Ladies, Men and Pairs (Junior Only)

December
5-9 NRW Trophy (Germany)--Ladies, Men and Pairs
5-9 Santa Claus Cup (Hungary)--Ladies, Men and Dance (Junior Only)
5-9 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final (Russia)--All events
13-16 Golden Spin of Zagreb (Croatia)--All events (Senior Only)
18-22 Istanbul Cup (Turkey)--Ladies, Men and Dance

January
3-5 New Year Cup (Slovakia)--All events (Pairs and Dance Senior Only)
8-12 Europa Cup (Serbia)--Ladies and Men 
10-12 Mentor Nestle Nesquick Cup (Poland)--All Events (Ladies and Men Junior Only)
10-12 Coupe Internationale (France)--Dance
10-13 Volvo Open Cup (Latvia)--Ladies, Men and Dance
21-27 European Figure Skating Championships (Croatia)--All events (Senior Only)
31-Feb 3 The Nordics (Iceland)--Ladies and Men



February
6-11 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships (Japan)--All events (Senior Only)
7-10 Bavarian Open (Germany)--All events
7-10 Dragon Trophy and Tivoli Cup (Slovenia)--Ladies and Men
14-17 Hellmut Siebt Memorial (Austria)--Ladies and Men
21-24 Citta' di Torino Trophy (Italy)--Ladies, Men and Dance
21-24 Challenge Cup (Netherlands)--Ladies, Men and Pairs (Pairs Junior Only)
25-Mar 3 World Junior Figure Skating Championships (Italy)--All events (Junior Only)


March
10-17 World Figure Skating Championships (Canada)--All events (Senior Only)
22-24 Coupe de Printemps (Luxembourg)--Ladies, Men and Pairs
28-30 Mladost Trophy (Croatia)--Ladies, Men and Pairs (Junior Only)


April
1-3 Gardena Spring Trophy (Italy)--Ladies and Men
3-7 Triglav Trophy (Slovenia)--Ladies and Men
11-14 World Team Trophy (Japan)--All events (Senior Only)

Potential Grand Prix Dance

There are 30 teams on this list, including one that has split and several teams that competed junior this season. 


There are 48 Grand Prix slots (including host picks) with 42 of the 48 slots filled from this list.  Some of these teams may elect to remain junior and once the split teams are removed, there will be more opportunities for second assignments. 

Note that this season the top 6 finishers at Worlds will not be able to compete at three events.   

The assignments will be released on May 21st.  

Top 12 finishers at Worlds (guaranteed 2 GP spots, top 6 are seeded and may do 3 events)

1 Virtue/Moir

2 Davis/White

3 Pechalat/Bourzat

4 Weaver/Poje

5 Ilinykh/Katsalapov

6 Cappellini/Lanotte

7 Bobrova/Soloviev

8 Shibutani/Shibutani

9 Riazanova/Tkachenko

10 Hubbell/Donohue

11 Zhiganshina/Gazsi

12 Huang/Zheng

Top 24 Seasons Best (guaranteed 1 spot)

9 Sinitsina/Zhiganshin (Junior)
11 Stepanova/Bukin (Junior)
12 Yanovskaya/Mozgov (Junior)
13 Coomes/Buckland
15 Carron/Jones
17 Aldridge/Eaton (Junior)
18 Tobias/Stagniunas
19 Papadakis/Cizeron (Junior)
20 Chock/Bates
21 Orford/Williams (Junior)
22 Alessandrini/Vaturi
23 Zlobina/Sitnikov
24 Nazarova/Nikitin (Junior)

Top 24 World Standings (guaranteed 1 assignment)

17 Pushkash/Guerriero
18 Guignard/Fabbri
20 Yu/Wang
21 Ralph/Hill
24 Bonacorsi/Mager (split)

Top 3 at Junior Grand Prix Final and Jr. Worlds (considered for 1 spot)

All meet one of the criteria above.

Number of skaters eligible by country (not including host picks):

Russia: 7
USA: 6 (one split)

Canada: 4
France: 3
Italy: 3
China: 2
Azerbaijan: 1
Germany: 1
Great Britain: 1
Lithuania: 1
Ukraine: 1

Potential Grand Prix Pairs

There are 30 pairs on the list including several that have split but could still receive assignments.


There are 48 Grand Prix slots (including host picks) with 42 of the 48 slots filled from this list.  Some of these teams may elect to remain junior and once the split teams are removed, there will be more opportunities for second assignments. 

Note that this season the top 6 finishers at Worlds will not be able to compete at three events.  Also, teams will no longer be able to compete on both the Junior and Senior Grand Prix.  

The assignments will be released on May 21st.  

Top 12 finishers at Worlds (guaranteed 2 GP spots, top 6 are seeded and may do 3 events)

1 Savchenko/Szolkowy

2 Volosozhar/Trankov

3 Takahashi/Tran

4 Pang/Tong

5 Duhamel/Radford

6 Bazarova/Larionov

7 Kavaguti/Smirnov

8 Denney/Coughlin

9 Sui/Han

10 Marley/Brubaker

11 Berton/Hotarek

12 Dube/Wolfe

Top 24 Seasons Best (guaranteed 1 spot)

10 Zhang/Zhang (split)
12 Moore-Towers/Moscovitch
13 Stolbova/Klimov
14 Evora/Ladwig (split)
16 Yu/Jin (Junior)
17 Iliushechkina/Maisuradze (split)
18 Lawrence/Swiegers
20 Vise/Baldwin
21 Vartmann/Van Cleave
22 Davankova/Deputat (Junior)
23 Bobak/Beharry (rumored to have split)
24 James/Cipres

Top 24 World Standings (guaranteed 1 assignment)

10 Hausch/Wende
15 Gerboldt/Enbert
21 Dong/Wu
22 Kadlecova/Bidar (split)
23 Kemp/King

Top 3 at Junior Grand Prix Final and Jr. Worlds (considered for 1 spot)

JGPF
3 Simpson/Blackmer (Junior)

Number of skaters eligible by country (not including host picks):

Russia: 7 (one split)
Canada: 5 (one split)
China: 5 (one split)
USA: 5 (one split)
Czech Republic: 1 (split)
France: 1
Germany: 3
Great Britain: 1
Italy: 1
Japan: 1

Potential Grand Prix Men

There are 28 men on the list including Kevin van der Perren who announced his retirement but could still receive assignments and several skaters that competed as juniors and may choose to move up to seniors or return to the Junior Grand Prix.


There are 60 Grand Prix slots (including host picks) with 40 of the 60 slots filled from this list, meaning approximately half of the skaters outside of top 12 finishers at worlds will be given a 2nd assignment.  If some of these men choose to remain junior, more spots will be available.  

If the "comeback skater clause is still in effect this season, Evan Lysacek would be eligible as he received assignments last season due to his World Ranking and would not have forfeited his comeback eligibility.

Note that this season the top 6 finishers at Worlds will not be able to compete at three events.


The assignments will be released on May 21st.  

Top 12 finishers at Worlds (guaranteed 2 GP spots, top 6 are seeded and may do 3 events)

1 Patrick Chan

2 Daisuke Takahashi

3 Yuzuru Hanyu

4 Brian Joubert

5 Florent Amodio

6 Michal Brezina

7 Denis Ten

8 Jeremy Abbott

9 Javier Fernandez

10 Samuel Contesti

11 Takahiko Kozuka

12 Kevin Reynolds

Top 24 Seasons Best (guaranteed 1 spot)

3 Evgeni Plushenko
6 Artur Gachinski
13 Nobunari Oda
14 Nan Song
15 Tomas Verner
17 Ross Miner
18 Adam Rippon
19 Han Yan (Junior)
20 Joshua Farris (Junior)
22 Takahito Mura
23 Jason Brown (Junior)
24 Kevin van der Perren

Top 24 World Standings (guaranteed 1 assignment)

15 Alexander Majorov
20 Richard Dornbush
21 Konstantin Menshov
24 Tatsuki Machida

Top 3 at Junior Grand Prix Final and Jr. Worlds (considered for 1 spot)

All meet one of the criteria above

Number of skaters eligible by country (not including host picks):

Japan: 6 
USA: 6
Russia: 3
Canada: 2
China: 2
Czech Republic: 2
France: 2
Belgium: 1
Kazakhstan: 1 
Italy: 1
Spain: 1
Sweden: 1

Potential Grand Prix Ladies

There are 33 ladies on the list including Miki Ando who did not compete last season but could still receive assignments and several skaters that competed as juniors and may choose to move up to seniors or return to the Junior Grand Prix.


There are 60 Grand Prix slots (including host picks) with 45 of the 60 slots filled from this list, meaning few skaters outside of top 12 finishers at worlds will be given a 2nd assignment unless they are given a host pick.  If some of these ladies choose to remain junior, more spots will be available. 

Note that this season the top 6 finishers at Worlds will not be able to compete at three events. 


The assignments will be released on May 21st. 

Top 12 finishers at Worlds (guaranteed 2 GP spots, top 6 are seeded)

1 Carolina Kostner

2 Alena Leonova

3 Akiko Suzuki

4 Ashley Wagner

5 Kanako Murakami

6 Mao Asada

7 Kexin Zhang

8 Valentina Marchei

9 Ksenia Makarova

10 Elene Gedevanishvili

11 Viktoria Helgesson

12 Yretha Silete

Top 24 Seasons Best (guaranteed 1 spot)

5 Julia Lipnitskaia (Junior)
7 Elizaveta Tuktamisheva
8 Alissa Czisny
9 Caroline Zhang
11 Mirai Nagasu
12 Gracie Gold (Junior)
13 Adelina Sotnikova
14 Kiira Korpi
15 Sofia Biryukova
17 Polina Korobeynikova
19 Polina Shelepen (Junior)
20 Satoko Miyahara (Junior)
23 Risa Shoji (Junior)
24 Zijun Li (Junior)

Top 24 World Standings (guaranteed 1 assignment)

15 Mae Berenice Meite

17 Joshi Helgesson

18 Haruka Imai

19 Agnes Zawadzki

21 Amelie Lacoste

22 Miki Ando (did not compete in 2011-2012)

24 Sarah Hecken

Top 3 at Junior Grand Prix Final and Jr. Worlds (considered for 1 spot)

All meet one of the criteria above

Number of skaters eligible by country (not including host picks):

Russia: 8
Japan: 7
USA: 6
China: 2 
France: 2
Italy: 2
Sweden: 2
Canada: 1
Finland: 1 
Georgia: 1
Germany: 1

2012-2013 US International Selection Pool

These skaters will be considered for international assignments in the upcoming season.  Skaters may be added to this list after being monitored at summer events.  I have also indicated their level of international eligibility (determined by age unless a skater has been competing as a senior even though they are age eligible for junior).

Ladies

Kiri Baga
Mariah Bell
Ashley Cain
Samantha Cesario
Alissa Czisny (Senior only)
McKinzie Daniels
Polina Edmunds
Rachael Flatt (Senior only)
Christina Gao (Senior only)
Gracie Gold
Jenelle Herman
Courtney Hicks
Nina Jiang
Leah Keiser
Katarina Kulgeyko
Vanessa Lam
Barbie Long
Hannah Miller
Mirai Nagasu (Senior only)
Gwendolyn Prescott
Yasmin Siraj
Ashley Wagner (Senior only)
Angela Wang
Agnes Zawadzki (Senior only)
Caroline Zhang (Senior only)

Men

Max Aaron (Senior Only)
Jeremy Abbott (Senior Only)
Jason Brown
Stephen Carriere (Senior Only)
Jonathan Cassar (Senior Only)
Nathan Chen (Junior Only)
Harrison Choate
Timothy Dolensky (Senior Only)
Richard Dornbush (Senior Only)
Scott Dyer (Senior Only)
Joshua Farris
Grant Hochstein (Senior Only)
Spencer Howe
Alexander Johnson (Senior Only)
Lukas Kaugars
Evan Lysacek (Senior Only)
Armin Mahbanozzadeh (Senior Only)
Keegan Messing (Senior Only)
Ross Miner (Senior Only)
Brandon Mroz (Senior Only)
Shotaro Omori
Douglas Razzano (Senior Only)
Adam Rippon (Senior Only)
James Schetelich
Kevin Shum
Troy Tomasello
David Wang
Philip Warren (Senior Only)
Johnny Weir (Senior Only)
Jay Yostanto

Pairs

Madeline Aaron & Max Settlage
Caitlin Belt & Michael Johnson
Jessica Noelle Calalang & Zack Sidhu
Marissa Castelli & Simon Shnapir (Senior Only)
Lindsay Davis & Mark Ladwig (Senior Only)
Brianna de la Mora & Taylor Wilson (Junior Only)
Caydee Denney & John Coughlin (Senior Only)
Haven Denney & Brandon Frazier
Gretchen Donlan & Andrew Speroff (Senior Only)
Kylie Duarte & Colin Grafton (Senior Only)
Audrey Goldberg & Joseph Dolkiewicz
Mary Beth Marley & Rockne Brubaker (Senior Only)
Olivia Oltmanns & Joshua Santillan
Jessica Pfund & AJ Reiss
Britney Simpson & Matthew Blackmer
Tiffany Vise & Don Baldwin (Senior Only)
Caitlin Yankowskas & Joshua Reagan (Senior Only)
Christina Zaitsev & Ernie Stevens (Junior Only)
Felicia Zhang & Nathan Bartholomay (Senior Only)

Dance

Alexandra Aldridge & Daniel Eaton
Anastasia Cannuscio & Colin McManus (Senior Only)
Madison Chock & Evan Bates (Senior Only)
Meryl Davis & Charlie White (Senior Only)
Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker
Madeline Heritage & Nathaniel Fast
Madison Hubbell & Zach Donohue (Senior Only)
Lynn Kriengkrairut & Logan Giulietti-Schmitt (Senior Only)
Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter (Junior Only)
Whitney Miller & Kyle MacMillan (Junior Only)
Holly Moore & Daniel Klaber
Anastasia Olson & Keiffer Hubbell
Rachel Parsons & Michael Parsons
Elliana Pogrebinsky & Ross Gudis
Hannah Rosinski & Jacob Jaffe
Maia Shibutani & Alex Shibutani (Senior Only)