2025-26 USFS International Assignments

[Karen-W]

Time to start a new thread for the new season!

2025-26 International Assignments page now is available on USFS Fan Zone.

2025-26 International Assignments and Results

2025-26 International Assignments and Results

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(With only previously-announced GP entries named so far.)

And 2025-26 events now are listed on Schedule Page on Fan Zone.

2025-26 Figure Skating Schedule - U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

The official figure skating, synchronized skating and adult skating schedules for Team USA, the U.S. Qualifying Season and the U.S. Figure Skating Championships®.

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(Included are Bolero Cup GBR, Sep 5-6; and Mezzaluna Cup ITA, Oct 15-19 -- which both are dance-only events.)

Also listed on the Int'l Assignments page are:

Santa Claus Cup HUN Nov 28-Dec 3
Challenge Cup NED Jan 22-25, 2026
Bavarian Open GER Jan 27-Feb 1, 2026
Denver Cup Int'l USA Mar 11-14, 2026
Coupe de Printemps LUX Mar 13-15, 2026

 

[Karen-W]

Skaters currently listed on the ISP (skaters/teams with * are only junior age-eligible):

Men
Ryan Azadpour
Patrick Blackwell
Lucas Broussard
Nicholas Brooks
Jason Brown
Thomas Chen
Lorenzo Elano
Goku Endo
Caleb Farrington *
Aleksandr Fegan *
Henry Gao
Kirk Haugeto *
Tomoki Hiwatashi
Liam Kapeikis
Joonsoo Kim
Joseph Klein
Kai Kovar
Zachary LoPinto *
Jimmy Ma
Ilia Malinin
Louis Mallane *
Brendan Man *
Daniel Martynov
Samuel Mindra
Daniil Murzin
Maxim Naumov
Evan Neuhaus *
Yaroslav Paniot
Camden Pulkinen
Marlo Rosen
Ryedin Rudedenmen *
Jacob Sanchez
Emmanuel Savary
Jared Sedlis
Taira Shinohara
Beck Strommer
Alek Tankovic
Andrew Torgashev
Vaclav Vasquez
Michael Xie

Women
Starr Andrews
Mia Barghout *
Sofia Bezkorovainaya *
Alina Bonillo
Allison Brooks (not sure if she's sr age-eligible or not - thinking she isn't since she competed Novice last season)
Annika Chao *
Madison Chong *
Alayna Coats *
Ting Cui
Alex Evans
Sarah Everhardt
Alexa Gasparotto
Brooke Gewalt
Amber Glenn
Jill Heiner
Sonja Hilmer
Logan Higase-Chen *
Jiaying Ellyse Johnson *
Jessica Jurka *
Mia Kalin
Hannah Kim *
Teryn Kim *
Josephine Lee
Michelle Lee
Isabeau Levito
Elyce Lin-Gracey
Alysa Liu
Erica Machida
Emilia Nemirovsky *
Cleo Park *
Rachel Samiri *
Angela Shao *
Leah Sharpe *
Katie Shen
Bradie Tennell
Kaya Tiernan *
Sophie Joline von Felten *
Anabel Wallace
Lindsay Wang
Annabelle Wilkins *
Sherry Zhang *
Ava Ziegler

Pairs
Saya Carpenter and Jon Maravilla *
Emily Chan and Spencer Howe
Nica Digerness and Mark Sadusky
Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov
Olivia Flores and Luke Wang
Sofia Jarmoc and Luke Witkowski *
Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea
Milada Kovar and Jared McPike *
Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman
Addyson McDanold and Aaron Felberbaum
Juliet Meek and Devin Meek *
Reagan Moss and Jakub Galbavy
Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez
Audrey Shin and Balazs Nagy
Naomi Williams and Lachlan Lewer

Ice Dance
Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin *
Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville
Oona Brown and Gage Brown
Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko
Madison Chock and Evan Bates
Amy Cui and Jonathan Rogers
Michelle Deych and Ryan Hu *
Caroline Green and Michael Parsons
Olivia Ilin and Dylan Cain *
Raffaella Koncius and Alexey Shchepetov
Anaelle Kouevi and Yann Homawoo *
Caroline Mullen and Brendan Mullen
Leah Neset and Artem Markelov
Eva Pate and Logan Bye
Elliana Peal and Ethan Peal
Vanessa Pham and Anton Spiridonov
Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani
Annelise Stapert and Maxim Korotcov *
Aneta Vaclavikova and William Lissauer * (not eligible for int'l assignments until March 2026 when she gets her release from SVK)
Katarina Wolfkostin and Dimitry Tsarevski
Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik

 

[Karen-W]

A great, intrepid FSUer sent me the ISP Criteria for all disciplines for the coming season. Copying & pasting from the doc:

SINGLES:
Senior Men:
• 210.00 in a senior event at a 2024-25 international competition, the 2025 U.S. Championships, a 2025 U.S National Qualifying Series competition, or a nonqualifying competition

Junior Men:
• 165.00 in a junior event at a 2024-25 international competition, the 2025 U.S. Championships, a 2025 U.S National Qualifying Series competition, or a nonqualifying competition

Novice Men:
• Novice athletes that competed in the Junior event at the 2025 U.S. Championships will be added to the ISP if they are age eligible
• 145.00 in a novice event at a 2025 U.S. National Qualifying Series competition or a 2024-25 international competition, or a nonqualifying competition

Senior Women:
• 160.00 in a senior event at a 2024-25 international competition, the 2025 U.S. Championships, a 2025 U.S National Qualifying Series competition, or a nonqualifying competition

Junior Women:
• 150.00 in a junior event at a 2024-25 international competition, the 2025 U.S. Championships, a 2025 U.S National Qualifying Series competition, or a nonqualifying competition

Novice Women:
• Novice athletes that competed in the Junior event at the 2025 U.S. Championships will be added to the ISP if they are age eligible
• 140.00 in a novice event at a 2025 U.S. National Qualifying Series competition or a 2024-25 international, or a nonqualifying competition

Additional Singles Criteria:
• Athletes who achieve the senior ISP score while competing in junior will be added to the ISP.
• Athletes who achieve the junior ISP score while competing in novice will be added to the ISP.
• Athletes who achieve the adjusted* junior ISP score as a senior will be added to the ISP.
*The adjusted score is calculated by removing the value of the StSq from the senior protocol.
• Athletes who achieve the junior ISP score but age out of junior will be kept in the ISP for one season.
• Athletes who did not earn a score at any of the included events above have the opportunity to qualify for the 2025-26 ISP at a U.S. National Qualifying Series competition or a nonqualifying competition between April 1 and the conclusion of sectionals.

PAIRS:
Senior Pairs:
• 155.00 in a senior event at a 2024-25 international competition, 2025 U.S. Championships, an approved 2025-26 competition* or the 2025 National Qualifying Series

Junior Pairs:
• 125.00 in a junior event at a 2024-25 international competition, 2025 U.S. Championships, an approved 2025-26 competition* or the 2025 National Qualifying Series

Advanced Novice Pairs:
• 125.00 in a novice event at a 2024-25 international competition, 2025 U.S. Championships, an approved 2025-26 competition* or the 2025 National Qualifying Series

Additional Pairs Criteria:
• If aging out of junior, the top four junior pairs and the top eight senior pairs at the 2024 U.S. Championships, and the 2024
World Junior Championships who achieved the junior ISP score at each respective event will be kept in the ISP for one season
• Athletes who did not earn a score at any of the included events above, may have the opportunity to qualify for the 2025-26 ISP at non-qualifying events
• A new senior pair team may petition to be placed into ISP when the following criteria are met:
o One partner was on the podium at U.S. Championships in championship pairs with a former partner within 3 years in which a full international competitive season was held of the date of petition
o The other new partner was in the ISP for championship pairs for at least one season within 3 years in which a full international competitive season was held of the date of petition
*Eligible 2025-26 competitions will be approved in advance by the Pairs Discipline Subcommittee.

Pairs ISP Inclusion – Video Submission Opportunity:
• Videos of program performances can be submitted to the Pairs Discipline Subcommittee for evaluation of technical score by a majority of ISU technical panel officials and a minimum of three national level judges and at least one being of the ISU Championship level
• Teams should submit video when they feel they are able to achieve the score – there are no specified dates or times for these programs to be skated
• Short program and free skate scores do not need to be earned at the same time
• The committee will notify coaches of scores following evaluation
• Alternatively, protocols from an event showing achievement of one or more of these technical scores can be submitted

*If submitting a protocol from a live event for ISP inclusion, the following scores must be met:
• Senior Pairs TES:
o 30 in short program
o 50 in free skate
• Junior Pairs TES:
o 23 in short program
o 35 in free skate
*If submitting a video for ISP inclusion, the following scores must be met:
• Senior Pairs TES:
o 33 in short program
o 55 in free skate
• Junior Pairs TES:
o 25 in short program
o 39 in free skate

ICE DANCE
Senior Ice Dance:
• 151.00 in a senior event at a 2024-25 international competition, 2025 U.S. Championships, an approved 2025-26 competition* or the 2025 National Qualifying Series

Junior Ice Dance:
• 126.00 in a junior event at a 2024-25 Junior Grand Prix event, 2025 U.S. Championships, anapproved 2025-26 competition* or the 2025 National Qualifying Series
• Junior teams from 2024-25 who are moving up to senior for 2025-26 and who achieved the senior ISP score (151.00) at a 2024-25 international competition or the 2025 U.S. Championships will be added to the ISP

Advanced Novice Ice Dance:
• Novice teams from 2024-25 who are moving up to Junior for 2025-26 and who achieved the junior ISP score (126.00) at an international advanced novice competition will be added to the Junior ISP

*Eligible 2025 competitions will be approved in advance by the Dance Discipline Subcommittee.

Ice Dance ISP Inclusion – Video Submission Opportunity:
• In exceptional circumstances, teams may submit videos of both their Rhythm Dance and Free Dance performance to the Dance
Discipline Subcommittee for evaluation. These videos must be submitted together as a package to be considered for a total score
qualifying for ISP inclusion - Senior - 151, Junior - 126
• Submissions must include both the Rhythm Dance and Free Dance performances. The video submission time frame of when the programs are to be skated will be determined in consultation with the coaches. Partial submissions will not be accepted.
• This option is intended for extenuating circumstances only, not as a means to bypass competition. Such circumstances are to be
disclosed to the Senior Director of High Performance and to the International Committee Chair and the Dance Discipline Subcommittee Vice Chair.
• The Dance Discipline Subcommittee Vice Chair, in consultation with the Senior Director of High Performance and the International Committee Chair will confer regarding the situation and will provide notice of the decision of the use of the video
submission opportunity for the team.
• The committee will notify the coaches of the score following the evaluation

The following criteria were also used to determine the 2025-26 ISP (all disciplines):
To be included in the International Selection Pool, athletes/team must be age-eligible to be selected for Junior or Senior International competitions.

If the skater/team achieves a score within 0.5 (half of a point) from the identified minimum score for the ISP, the committee will round the score up to meet the minimum score.

Any athlete/team that is guaranteed or is selected for a 2025-26 Grand Prix assignment will be added to the ISP.

Any athlete/team that competed in one of the three most recent World Championships but did not compete in a later season may be included in the ISP.

Athletes/teams are eligible to be added to the ISP once they meet the criteria above. If you have a skater who has met the above criteria but was not included in the current ISP, please send the detailed protocols to the International Chair, your Discipline Vice Chair, and the Team USA Manager.

If you achieved the required score for your discipline and level at a nonqualifying competition, please email your protocol to Justin Dillon and Courtney Burson to being the ISP inclusion process.

Please note that if the International Committee requests a video of the performance, the video must be provided for the score to count for ISP qualification.

Note: the international committee and the respective discipline groups reserves the right to amend the above criteria at any time.

 

[YukiNieve]

Denver Cup Int'l USA Mar 11-14, 2026

Is this new?

 

[Karen-W]

Is this new?

Yup.

ETA - I forgot that it was held last year as a singles-only company for Jrs & Adv Nov.

 

[ice coverage]

Denver Cup Int'l USA Mar 11-14, 2026

Is this new?

Denver Cup International also was held in March 2025 (which was the first edition, AFAIK).

Per ISU calendar, 2026 Denver Cup will have singles and pairs, and all three disciplines will have Senior, Junior, Novice.
2025 edition was only for singles, and only for Junior and Advanced Novice; no competition for Senior.

 

[Karen-W]

Grand Prix Assignments:

Grand Prix de France - Angers, FRA - Oct 17-19
Men - Ilia Malinin, Maxim Naumov, Andrew Torgashev
Women - Isabeau Levito, Elyce Lin-Gracey
Pairs - Audrey Shin/Balazs Nagy
Ice Dance - Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville, Eva Pate/Logan Bye

Cup of China - Chongqing, CHN - Oct 24-26
Men - Camden Pulkinen, Jacob Sanchez
Women - Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu
Pairs - Katie McBeath/Daniil Parkman
Ice Dance - Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Caroline Green/Michael Parsons, Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik

Skate Canada Int'l - Saskatoon, SK, CAN - Oct 31-Nov 2
Men - Lucas Broussard, Ilia Malinin
Women - Sarah Everhardt, Isabeau Levito, Bradie Tennell
Pairs - Ellie Kam/Danny O'Shea
Ice Dance - Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville, Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko, Leah Neset/Artem Markelov

NHK Trophy - Osaka, JPN - Nov 7-9
Men - Jimmy Ma, Andrew Torgashev
Women - Sarah Everhardt, Elyce Lin-Gracey
Pairs - Alisa Efimova/Misha Mitrofanov, Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe
Ice Dance - Caroline Green/Michael Parsons, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, Katarina Wolfkostin/Dimitry Tsarevski

Skate America - Lake Placid, NY, USA - Nov 14-16
Men - Jason Brown, TBD
Women - Alysa Liu, TBD, TBD
Pairs - Olivia Flores/Luke Wang, Valentina Plazas/Maximiliano Fernandez, TBD
Ice Dance - Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko, TBD
Finlandia Trophy - Helsinki, FIN - Nov 21-23
Men - Lucas Broussard, Jason Brown, Jimmy Ma
Women - Amber Glenn, Bradie Tennell
Pairs - Alisa Efimova/Misha Mitrofanov, Ellie Kam/Danny O'Shea
Ice Dance - Oona Brown/Gage Brown, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik

Junior Grand Prix Spots:

JGP Riga Cup 2025 - Riga, LAT - Aug 20-23
Men - 1
Women - 2
Pairs - 2
Ice Dance - 2

JGP Ankara 2025 - Ankara, TUR - Aug 27-30
Men - 2
Women - 2
Pairs - 2
Ice Dance - 2

JGP Varese 2025 - Varese, ITA - Sept 3-6
Men - 2
Women - 2
Ice Dance - 2

JGP Bangkok 2025 - Bangkok, THA - Sept 9-13
Men - 1
Women - 2
Pairs - 2
Ice Dance - 2

JGP Baku 2025 - Baku, AZE - Sept 24-27
Men - guaranteed 1, could pick up a 2nd
Women - 2
Ice Dance - 2

JGP Solidarity Cup 2025 - Gdansk, POL - Oct 1-4
Men - guaranteed 1, could pick up a 2nd
Women - 2
Pairs - 2
Ice Dance - 2

JGP Abu Dhabi 2025 - Abu Dhabi, UAE - Oct 8-11
Men - guaranteed 1, could pick up a 2nd
Women - 2
Ice Dance - 2

 

[ice coverage]

(Included are Bolero Cup GBR, Sep 5-6; and Mezzaluna Cup ITA, Oct 15-19 -- which both are dance-only events.)

Also listed on the Int'l Assignments page are:

Santa Claus Cup HUN Nov 28-Dec 3
Challenge Cup NED Jan 22-25, 2026
Bavarian Open GER Jan 27-Feb 1, 2026
Denver Cup Int'l USA Mar 11-14, 2026
Coupe de Printemps LUX Mar 13-15, 2026

Plus:

Robin Cousins Cup GBR, Aug 21-22
Tayside Trophy GBR, Oct 11-12​

(I originally was just highlighting the two dance-only events in autumn because I think Bolero Cup is brand-new, and because I think USFS has not sent anyone to Mezzaluna Cup in previous seasons. And because I am a dance fan.

I think Robin Cousins Cup, for singles and pairs, also is brand-new?)

 

[Karen-W]

Plus:

Robin Cousins Cup GBR, Aug 21-22
Tayside Trophy GBR, Oct 11-12​

(I originally was just highlighting the two dance-only events in autumn because I think Bolero Cup is brand-new, and because I think USFS has not sent anyone to Mezzaluna Cup in previous seasons. And because I am a dance fan.

I think Robin Cousins Cup, for singles and pairs, also is brand-new?)

Ahhh, yes. I was only thinking about the comps we hadn't discussed in the 25-26 US Nats Bye thread.

And, yes, Robin Cousins Cup is, like Bolero Cup, another new international supported by British Ice Skating.