2023 World Team Trophy - General Info

[gsk8]

The 2023 World Team Trophy is scheduled to take place Apr 13-16, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan. The event is a figure skating team competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union and was first held in April 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Selected skaters from various countries with the best results during the season will compete in each discipline in a team format.

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• Entries/Results
• Entries per Team

 

[SubRosa]

I hope this isn’t a dumb question, but was wondering if:

(a) South Korea stands a chance of qualifying, and, if so,
(b) could Lim/Quan senior-ize their programs and compete in the Ice Dance portion?

I know SK has no pair, but they should be able to rack up a lot of points in the other three disciplines.

So, probably Japan, USA, Canada, Italy, France, and . . . ?

 

[Jumping_Bean]

I hope this isn’t a dumb question, but was wondering if:

(a) South Korea stands a chance of qualifying, and, if so,
(b) could Lim/Quan senior-ize their programs and compete in the Ice Dance portion?

I know SK has no pair, but they should be able to rack up a lot of points in the other three disciplines.

So, probably Japan, USA, Canada, Italy, France, and . . . ?

A) I think it's possible, as Japan took part in the 2013 WTT without a pairs entry, but they were also the host country and thus were entitled to a WTT spot. Apart from that it has never happened, so I don't know if the situation would be the same if the affected ISU member is not the host country.

B) They'd probably have to in order for Korea to compete (and it's definitely possible, there are a few teams that have done both Jr and Sr competitions this season), as the ISU requires its members to send their best skaters and can choose to exclude teams based on non-participation of top athletes.

I'd say there is a large number of teams vying for that last spot, a lot of middling teams with some stand-out athletes, like Georgia, Germany, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, ... I'm sure there are more countries I didn't think about, and I think the last spot will not be securely in one country's hand until Worlds have happened.

 

[almiranara]

I hope this isn’t a dumb question, but was wondering if:

(a) South Korea stands a chance of qualifying, and, if so,
(b) could Lim/Quan senior-ize their programs and compete in the Ice Dance portion?

I know SK has no pair, but they should be able to rack up a lot of points in the other three disciplines.

So, probably Japan, USA, Canada, Italy, France, and . . . ?

South Korea has a pair team, competed at Korean Nationals in January, Hye-Jin Cho/Steven Adcock

 

[yesterday]

First euler combo of the night?

 

[4everchan]

South Korea has a pair team, competed at Korean Nationals in January, Hye-Jin Cho/Steven Adcock

I don't think they have ever competed outside of Korean Nationals. Steven has represented a few countries (GBR and Canada, maybe more..) but I don't think he does need a release from Canada because he may not have competed internationally recently. So, I guess they could go to WTT if SK qualifies with strong singles scores and junior points from Lim and Quan...

 

[Jumping_Bean]

South Korea has a pair team, competed at Korean Nationals in January, Hye-Jin Cho/Steven Adcock

They do, but they've not competed internationally, so they won't be counting into the points collected by South Korea for WTT qualification.

They're also currently not being sent out to international competitions (despite having the technical arsenal to have a good shot at getting Worlds minimums), which might be an indication of a) lack of support by the Korean Fed or b) eligibility issues (maybe Hye-Jin has competed internationally at smaller events as a singles skater within the past year?). While they could make their international debut at WTT, that's only a possibility if they're actually allowed to compete by that point.

 

[4everchan]

Not sure Cho competed internationally. She was at 2020 Novice Canadian nationals... but then, everything shut down... and I don't think she was ever named to next gen, or even competed at all.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Not sure Cho competed internationally. She was at 2020 Novice Canadian nationals... but then, everything shut down... and I don't think she was ever named to next gen, or even competed at all.

She did some competitions in the US, but not as a member of the Canadian Skating Union, but in the same way anyone who trains in the US can compete at domestic events as a club member.

But still, there are pretty few options as to why they're not competing internationally, and one of them having competed internationally would be the simplest and generally most common reason when skaters switch countries. The Korean fed seems to be ok with assigning skaters to competitions, even if they won't fund them (the reason the third Korean Jr Ice Dance team never competed internationally), so I don't think they would deliberately block them from competing, but money might be an issue.

 

[icewhite]

I think the last spot will be between Korea and Georgia.

 

[Dreamer57]

I think the last spot will be between Korea and Georgia.

If it's based on this year's worlds and the grand prix season we just had, I was thinking Germany had a chance.

That being said, I personally think Ukraine should be given a one-off wild card, they have a full team and the prize money would go a long way for them. Or at the very least invite them all to the exhibition gala as guest skaters!

 

[icewhite]

If it's based on this year's worlds and the grand prix season we just had, I was thinking Germany had a chance.

That being said, I personally think Ukraine should be given a one-off wild card, they have a full team and the prize money would go a long way for them. Or at the very least invite them all to the exhibition gala as guest skaters!

I would not appreciate a wild card for Ukraine, but to invite them to the exhibition gala as guest skaters sounds like a good idea.

 

[ladyjane]

Seeing Ivan Shmuratko doing an exhibition programme at the gala would be an excellent idea!

 

[yesterday]

Seeing Ivan Shmuratko doing an exhibition programme at the gala would be an excellent idea!

Yes, as he could not do it at Euros.

 

[SubRosa]

If my math is right, after the JGP/GP/GPF fall season, the standings would be as follows:

Japan - 3939
USA - 3430
Canada - 2390
Italy - 2092
France - 1747
South Korea - 1662
Georgia - 1540
China - 960
Germany - 943
Switzerland - 853

 

[SubRosa]

Japan: 3939

Woman 1 - Mihara - 800 - GPF
Woman 2 - Watanabe - 583 - GPF
Man 1 - Uno - 800 - GPF
Man 2 - Yamamoto - 720 - GPF
Pair - Miura/Kihara - 800 - GPF
Dance - Muramoto/Takahashi - 236 - GP USA

 

[SubRosa]

USA: 3430

Woman 1 - Levito - 720 - GPF
Woman 2 - Andrews - 360 - GP USA
Man 1 - Malinin - 648 - GPF
Man 2 - Pulkinen - 262 - GP CAN
Pair - Knierim/Frazier - 720 - GPF
Dance - Chock/Bates - 720 - GPF

 

[SubRosa]

Canada: 2390

Woman 1 - Schizas - 262 - GP FIN
Woman 2 - Daleman - 191 - GP GBR
Man 1 - Messing - 292 - GP CAN
Man 2 - Sadovsky - 262 - GP USA
Pair - Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps - 583 - GPF
Dance - Gilles/Poirier - 800 - GPF

 

[SubRosa]

Italy: 2092

Woman 1 - no points from fall season
Woman 2 - no points from fall season
Man 1 - Grassl - 472 - GPF
Man 2 - Rizzo - 324 - GP CAN
Pair - Conti/Macii - 648 - GPF
Dance - Guignard/Fabbri - 648 - GPF

 

[SubRosa]

France: 1747

Woman 1 - Meite - 191 - GP FRA
Woman 2 - Schild - 148 - JGP
Man 1 - Saio Him Fa - 400 - GP FRA
Man 2 - Aymoz - 324 - GP FIN
Pair - Kovalev/Kovalev - 360 - GP FRA
Dance - Lopareva/Brissaud - 324 - GP FRA