ISU Provisional Allotments for 2024-2028

[Karen-W]

I don't know where to post this, but:

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ISU Comm 2640

Ecuadorian Skating Federation has been granted full membership

The 2025 ISU Figure Skating Awards will be held in conjunction with the gala and closing banquet at 2025 Worlds in Boston.

I'd have posted this in the ISU Congress thread.

 

[Frau Muller]

I don't know where to post this, but:

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ISU Comm 2640

Ecuadorian Skating Federation has been granted full membership

The 2025 ISU Figure Skating Awards will be held in conjunction with the gala and closing banquet at 2025 Worlds in Boston.

Ah…so the 2024/25 ISU Awards will be announced at Worlds and not during a livestream of Art on Ice, as in the last couple of years!

 

[On My Own]

Ah…so the 2024/25 ISU Awards will be announced at Worlds and not during a livestream of Art on Ice, as in the last couple of years!

And it still quite literally doesn't matter and nobody will like it!

 

[Frau Muller]

And it still quite literally doesn't matter and nobody will like it!

But FSU will watch and complain to the max!

 

[ice coverage]

I don't know where to post this, but:

x.com

x.com

ISU Comm 2640

Ecuadorian Skating Federation has been granted full membership

The 2025 ISU Figure Skating Awards will be held in conjunction with the gala and closing banquet at 2025 Worlds in Boston.

And it still quite literally doesn't matter and nobody will like it!

Speak for yourself. Do not speak for me.

I am willing to keep an open mind about the 2025 edition.
After I actually have seen it take place in Boston, I will decide for myself whether or not I liked the 2025 edition

If you claim that the change for ISU Awards "still quite literally doesn't matter," then why did you feel the need to post about it yourself in the first place?
(What I mean is: You could have reposted the tweet and then repeated the part about Ecuador -- without then repeating yourself the part about ISU Awards from the tweet.)

 

[Hanna]

Is there any news about Grenoble GPF ticket sales? Or any gossip whether it's still being held there at all as I've literally seen zero info about the existence of the event.

 

[4rkidz]

Is there any news about Grenoble GPF ticket sales? Or any gossip whether it's still being held there at all as I've literally seen zero info about the existence of the event.

Well they are just recruiting volunteers? So just slow I think. I am totally booked for trip there and Paris an Iceland on way back so they had best be doing it lol

 

[Lanie]

Well they are just recruiting volunteers? So just slow I think. I am totally booked for trip there and Paris an Iceland on way back so they had best be doing it lol

When will you be in Paris? I think I’m skipping this one and going to Paris instead. it is such a pain to get to Grenoble!!

 

[litenkyckling]

The ISU: oh nooo why does no one watch our sport
Also the ISU: accepts bids to have events in cities that are awkward and expensive to get to

Almost every international airport in Europe has frequent flights to Paris - having the event there would draw the crowds. I’d love to attend GPF but it would mean 2 long and expensive travel days (despite only being 1k miles away) therefore more annual leave I don’t have. If it was in Paris I could manage it well time wise and money wise. People do want to attend events, it’s just not easy when you don’t live in a major city.

 

[Miezekatze]

The ISU cant force small federations to hold Events in big expensive European cities, where the federations most likely cant afford the potential venues.

I‘d guess the Alternative to having Events in affordable places, is not having them at all.

 

[MsZem]

I‘d guess the Alternative to having Events in affordable places, is not having them at all.

The alternative is to hold them all in Tallinn, obviously

 

[On My Own]

Speak for yourself. Do not speak for me.

It's one of my talents to be speaking for others.

 

[YukiNieve]

Maybe this has already been discussed somewhere - but the ISU is looking for a member country to host an Olympic Qualifying Event in the fall of 2025. Does this mean that the qualifying event will not be at Nebelhorn this time?

https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-communications/34239-isu-communication-2665/file

 

[ice coverage]

Maybe this has already been discussed somewhere - but the ISU is looking for a member country to host an Olympic Qualifying Event in the fall of 2025. Does this mean that the qualifying event will not be at Nebelhorn this time?

https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-communications/34239-isu-communication-2665/file

From Minutes of the 58th Ordinary Congress Phuket 2022 (p. 133)

Proposal No. 11. made by the ISU Council
Rule 100 paragraph 3.b) to make the Figure Skating Olympic Qualifying Competition an ISU Event.

Fredi Schmid expressed the gratitude of the ISU to the Deutsche Eislauf-Union for organizing the Figure Skating Olympic Qualifying Competition over many years and for managing the organizational and financial challenges created by combining the Qualifying Competition with the regular International Competition. The Council felt it would be simpler and more efficient for the Qualifying Competition to be run as a separate ISU Event.

The proposal was accepted by an obvious show of hands, with 2 votes against and 1 abstention.

https://isu.org/inside-isu/rules-regulations/isu-congresses/32519-minutes-of-the-58th-ordinary-congress-phuket-2022/file

 

[kwanfan1818]

For what it’s worth, the Olympic Qualifier is listed in Comm 2550, the World Standings doc, among those “competitions, which are open only to certain groups of skaters” that don’t qualify for World Standings points. (The other examples were Universiade and European Youth Olympic Festival and other types that are regionals, with Nordics and Asian Winter Games as examples, and by-invite, except for the ISU GP.)

It would be neat if Everett, WA applied for it.

 

[Karen-W]

For what it’s worth, the Olympic Qualifier is listed in Comm 2550, the World Standings doc, among those “competitions, which are open only to certain groups of skaters” that don’t qualify for World Standings points. (The other examples were Universiade and European Youth Olympic Festival and other types that are regionals, with Nordics and Asian Winter Games as examples, and by-invite, except for the ISU GP.)

It would be neat if Everett, WA applied for it.

It would be even neater if Portland OR applied for it.

 

[On My Own]

So there's still just one qualifier??

 

[Karen-W]

So there's still just one qualifier??

Yes, but it's not going to be one of the designated Challengers or any other B competitions. It's going to be a standalone competition, open only to countries that haven't qualified for the Olympics in each discipline.

 

[kwanfan1818]

Plus the countries that qualified more spots than they had skaters in the Free at prior Worlds. Unless I missed a change at the last congress.

 

[Karen-W]

Plus the countries that qualified more spots than they had skaters in the Free at prior Worlds. Unless I missed a change at the last congress.

No, that hasn't changed - still have to confirm those spots through the Olympic Qualifier.

 

[ice coverage]

... the ISU is looking for a member country to host an Olympic Qualifying Event in the fall of 2025. ...

https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-communications/34239-isu-communication-2665/file

1. Olympic Winter Games 2026 Qualifying Competition Figure Skating
The Council decided to allocate the Figure Skating Qualifying Competition for the Olympic Winter Games 2026 to Beijing, China on September 17-21, 2025.

Source: ISU Communication No. 2677, Decisions of the Council (which met online on December 11, 2024)​

https://twitter.com/x/status/1756009190647111874

...

Updates to 2025/26 GP calendar also are in Communication 2677.
(ISU published original version in Feb 2024.)

2. ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Season 2025/26​

The Council agreed a swap of the dates of the Cup of China and Skate Canada International and also allocated the sixth Grand Prix to Helsinki, Finland.​

The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Season 2025/26 Calendar is therefore as follows:​

Skate America, USA: October 17-19, 2025​

Cup of China, CHN: October 24-26, 2025​

Skate Canada International, CAN: October 31-November 2, 2025​

NHK Trophy, JPN: November 7-9, 2025​

Grand Prix de France, FRA: November 14-16, 2025​

Finlandia Trophy, FIN: November 21-23, 2025​

ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final (Junior & Senior), JPN: December 4-7, 2025​

Sylvia's post from Apr 2024 re GPF venue:

December 2025 Grand Prix Final is being planned to be held in a brand new arena in Nagoya:

2025年のフィギュアスケートGPファイナル、名古屋で開催 | 毎日新聞

国際スケート連盟（ISU）フィギュアスケート競技のグランプリシリーズの年間トップ6が競う2025年のグランプリファイナルが、名古屋市北区で建設中の「IGアリーナ（愛知県新体育館）」（25年夏オープン予定）で開催されることになった。12月に行われるが、詳細な日程は明らかにされていない。

mainichi.jp

The 2025 Grand Prix Final, where the top six of the International Skating Union (ISU) figure skating competition Grand Prix series will compete, will be held at the IG Arena (Aichi Prefectural New Gymnasium) currently under construction in Kita Ward, Nagoya (scheduled to open in summer 2025). It was decided to be held. It will be held in December, but the exact date has not been disclosed.​

　On the 19th, Japan Skating Federation Chairman Akihisa Nagashima, a member of the House of Representatives, and others reported on the event being held in Nagoya to Governor Hideaki Omura and Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura at the Aichi Prefectural Assembly Building. ``It is no exaggeration to say that Aichi is the kingdom of figure skating.I hope that the local power will lead us to great success,'' he said, requesting cooperation.​

​

Dates listed currently on the ISU's event page are Dec. 4-7, 2025: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...nd-prix-of-figure-skating-final-junior-senior​

 

[YukiNieve]

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[kwanfan1818]

They took away one more same continent back-to-back GP competitions. The only one left is France to Finland.

Interesting, but smart for China to bid for the qualifying event: they might need it for their own skaters for multiple disciplines. Those training in NA and Europe at an equal travel disadvantage, since it’s relatively early in the season, and skaters won’t have their best travel legs or miles on their programs yet. Japan and Korea in close enough time zones, will likely need it for Pairs (second slot, maybe third for JPN) and Dance (only spot for JPN and borderline for KOR) possibly a singles spot for KOR. Plus AUS, NZ, and some other SE Asia countries vying for singlets.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

1. Olympic Winter Games 2026 Qualifying Competition Figure Skating
The Council decided to allocate the Figure Skating Qualifying Competition for the Olympic Winter Games 2026 to Beijing, China on September 17-21, 2025.

Does that mean it will not be Nebelhorn?

 

[kwanfan1818]

Yes. It will be a separate, stand-alone competition without WS points.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Yes. It will be a separate, stand-alone competition without WS points.

If it was not broke, why fix it?

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

It also looks like the GP season will start one week earlier than usual.

 

[kwanfan1818]

If it was not broke, why fix it?

Why do you think it wasn’t broke?

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Pairs (second slot, maybe third for JPN)

For clarity, Japan could only qualify a 3rd spot if they had a second pair make the free and earned 3 spots.

 

[Karen-W]

For clarity, Japan could only qualify a 3rd spot if they had a second pair make the free and earned 3 spots.

Which is not likely to happen. Nagaoka/Moriguchi will probably make the FS in Boston, but it would take a miracle for them to finish 12th and Miura/Kihara to win, which is what Japan would need to earn the right to try for a 3rd spot at the OQE.