Bids for ISU Championships 2022 & 2023 and known provisional allotments

[Sylvia]

Summary of Championships Applications (7 Sept. 2020): https://www.isu.org/isu-news/news/6...-season-2021-2022-to-2024-25?templateParam=15

Further to ISU Communication No 2319, the Summary of Championships applications received by the ISU for Seasons 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 (the seasons 2023/24 and 2024/25 are tentative allotments and only concern Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating) is now available.

Direct link (deadline for latest round of ISU Championships bids was August 31, 2020): https://www.isu.org/docman-document...-summary-applications-2021-22-to-2024-25/file

ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2022 (provisional allotment)
Jan 10 - Jan 16, 2022 Tallinn / EST

ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2022
CHN Tianjin January 17-22, 2022
TPE Taipei City January 17-22, 2022
USA Colorado Springs or Lake Placid January 17-22, 2022
UZB Tashkent January 17-22, 2022

ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2022 (provisional allotment; ISU Communication No. 2316 dated April 22, 2020)
March 7-13, 2022 Sofia / BUL

ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022 (provisional allotment)
Mar 21 - Mar 27, 2022 Montpellier / FRA

ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2023
ARM Yerevan January 23-29, 2023
BLR Minsk January 23-29, 2023
BUL Sofia January 23-29, 2023
CZE Ostrava January 23-29, 2023
FIN Helsinki January 23-29, 2023
GER Essen January 16-22, 2023
HUN Budapest January 9-15, 2023
ITA Torino January 23-29, 2023

ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2023
USA Colorado Springs or Las Vegas February 7-12, 2023

ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2023
BLR Minsk February 27-March 5, 2023
CAN Calgary or Regina or Winnipeg February 27-March 5, 2023
TPE Taipei City February 27-March 5, 2023

ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2023
BLR Minsk March 20-26, 2023
HUN Budapest March 20-26, 2023
JPN Saitama March 20-26, 2023 - Sept. 2nd article: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/...-2023-world-figure-skating-championships.html

ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships 2023
No bids

ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2023
FRA Lyon April 7-8, 2023
USA Las Vegas or Lake Placid April 7-8, 2023

ETA:

ISU Communication No 2319 (dated April 29, 2020) stated:
"The ISU Council will review and decide upon the ISU Championships allotments during its meeting scheduled for October 16-18, 2020."

 

[Colonel Green]

ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2023
USA Colorado Springs or Las Vegas February 7-12, 2023

For God's sake, pick Vegas.

ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2023
BLR Minsk February 27-March 5, 2023
CAN Calgary or Regina or Winnipeg February 27-March 5, 2023
TPE Taipei City February 27-March 5, 2023

I hadn't heard that Canada was bidding on Junior Worlds. There hasn't been a Junior Worlds in North America since 2005, so this is a bit overdue. Not necessarily the cities I would have chosen to put forward, but of those, go with Calgary; don't send the poor kids to Winnipeg.

ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2023
BLR Minsk March 20-26, 2023
HUN Budapest March 20-26, 2023
JPN Saitama March 20-26, 2023

I bet the ISU will have to think long and hard about this one.

 

[mocha-ice]

Is there a reason Montreal wasn’t automatically awarded Worlds in 2023? Did they not want it? Was the bidding process done before worlds got cancelled?

 

[Colonel Green]

Is there a reason Montreal wasn’t automatically awarded Worlds in 2023? Did they not want it? Was the bidding process done before worlds got cancelled?

The bidding process wasn't done, though it was obviously underway. But Skate Canada didn't bid on 2023 Worlds. I believe there have been reports that they are planning a future bid, but hadn't decided on a year. Perhaps they're holding out for the pre-Olympic Worlds in 2025.

 

[Vagabond]

Yerevan in January would be chilly, but at least the food would be good.

 

[cygnus]

Lake Placid is a lovely place, but 4CC in January would be difficult, given the difficulties of getting there.

 

[Colonel Green]

Lake Placid is a lovely place, but 4CC in January would be difficult, given the difficulties of getting there.

The 2022 4CC bids are quite a mix:

• Lake Placid, very remote;
• Colorado Springs, the lung-buster;
• Tianjin, which would mean Olympic-year 4CC in the same country as the Olympics, which has never happened before (it did happen once with Euros in 1936);
• Taipei, would that ruffle feathers in the PRC?;
• and then Tashkent.

 

[Debbie S]

Interesting that USFS is bidding on both 22 and 23 4CC. Do they want to host in back to back years or are they just hedging their bets, hoping to get one of them?

And yeah, while it would be nice to have a major int'l on the east coast, Lake Placid is the last place I'd want to go in Feb. But I'm not sure CO Springs is that much better. Vegas in Feb sounds nice if the airfares are reasonable.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

I wonder what happened to the supposed US bid for Worlds 2023. It will be at least 8 years between Worlds in North America now.

 

[Colonel Green]

I wonder what happened to the supposed US bid for Worlds 2023. It will be at least 8 years between Worlds in North America now.

Wasn't the report that they were eyeing 2024?

 

[litenkyckling]

I wonder what happened to the supposed US bid for Worlds 2023. It will be at least 8 years between Worlds in North America now.

I don't know when bidding began for this, but if it was pre-cancellation they maybe decided that bidding for 2024 would be a stronger argument as that would give 4 years between NA World's slots than if it were only 3? (Obviously assuming they will bid for 2024, but I'm not sure why they wouldn't? It seems silly not to, especially when they might have an Olympic champion on team USA at that point).

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Wasn't the report that they were eyeing 2024?

I thought the first rumbling I heard was 2023 but that may have changed.

 

[SpeedySucks]

I thought the first rumbling I heard was 2023 but that may have changed.

Phil Hersh reported several months ago that the U.S. is planning to bid for 2024. Detroit will likely be one of the bid cities.

 

[Sylvia]

Phil Hersh reported several months ago that the U.S. is planning to bid for 2024.

Hersh's 1/23/20 tweet: https://twitter.com/olyphil/status/1220429316179271682

 

[Finnice]

Please do not give anything to BLR until they get rid of Lukashenko!

 

[clairecloutier]

I wonder what happened to the supposed US bid for Worlds 2023. It will be at least 8 years between Worlds in North America now.

Wasn't the report that they were eyeing 2024?

The first initial rumors of a U.S. bid were for 2023 and the host city was supposedly going to be Detroit. It seems it's still going to be Detroit, but now it's 2024.

 

[litenkyckling]

Please do not give anything to BLR until they get rid of Lukashenko!

That was my thinking as soon as I saw this, there is surely no way that they will want to give the event to a host city that has so much current political turmoil

 

[muffinplus]

Minsk? NO.

 

[Jeschke]

Minsk? NO.

Well they are going hard for everything

Of course I am rooting for GER; it has been a while since 2004worlds but I would be happy with the smaller feds like ARM or BUL too.
Either way, great to see 8 feds want to host this!

 

[lexeoe]

Wasn't Taskent the lone bidder for 2022 Jr Worlds before they finally settled on Sofia?

Japan going with Saitama is getting a bit repetitive. Can't they put in Tokyo or even Osaka?

I remember Essen sounding off a year or 2 ago about Euros 2023. Hungary hasn't hosted Worlds since 1988.

 

[Immortelle]

Wasn't Taskent the lone bidder for 2022 Jr Worlds before they finally settled on Sofia?

Japan going with Saitama is getting a bit repetitive. Can't they put in Tokyo or even Osaka?

I remember Essen sounding off a year or 2 ago about Euros 2023. Hungary hasn't hosted Worlds since 1988.

Saitama is really big and handy for transport links domestically and internationally. It’s also very close to Tokyo anyway so there would be no point in moving it a few kms down the road so to speak.
I’m not sure about infrastructure further south in Osaka, but they might want to stick with Saitama because it’s tried and tested and there would be fewer organisational issues to sort out.

 

[Miezekatze]

I wonder how big Essen's chances are.
It's not a very interesthing part of Germany, but it would be cool to have a big event here again!

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

Interesting that USFS is bidding on both 22 and 23 4CC. Do they want to host in back to back years or are they just hedging their bets, hoping to get one of them?

And yeah, while it would be nice to have a major int'l on the east coast, Lake Placid is the last place I'd want to go in Feb. But I'm not sure CO Springs is that much better. Vegas in Feb sounds nice if the airfares are reasonable.

US Skating hosted Four Continents back to back in 2006 and 2007.

 

[Sylvia]

October 16th press release: https://www.isu.org/isu-news/news/1...of-isu-events-season-2020-22?templateParam=15

ISU Four Continents Championships 2021 cancelled & provisionally allotted to AUS for 2023 - link to GSD news thread: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/4-cc-2021-in-sydney-are-cancelled.107680/

The ISU Council decided to provisionally allot the following ISU Championships for the seasons 2021/22 and 2022/23.

Season 2021/22

2022 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Tianjin, China

Season 2022/23

2023 ISU European Figure Skating Championships, Helsinki, Finland

2023 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Sydney, Australia

2023 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Calgary, Canada

2023 ISU World Figure Skating Championships, Saitama, Japan

Synchronized Skating

2023 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships, Lake Placid, USA (cancelled in Lake Placid, NY earlier this year)

 

[Colonel Green]

(((Minsk)))

I have friends and family in Calgary, it may be time to start planning a cross-country trip.

 

[MsZem]

The ISU Council decided to provisionally allot the following ISU Championships for the seasons 2021/22 and 2022/23.
...

2023 ISU World Figure Skating Championships, Saitama, Japan

Is there like a rule that Worlds have to held in Saitama on a regular basis?

 

[Sylvia]

Is there like a rule that Worlds have to held in Saitama on a regular basis?

No, but I bet if you took a poll of skaters they would vote to have Japan host Worlds more frequently than not.

 

[MsZem]

No, but I bet if you took a poll of skaters they would vote to have Japan host Worlds more frequently than not.

Well, sure. But I am reliably informed that there are other cities in Japan that can host figure skating competitions

 

[Jeschke]

#germanywasrobbed

 

[MacMadame]

How much does it cost to go to Japan from the US normally? Anyone have some ballpark figures?