2007–08 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

2007–08 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	October 26 – December 16, 2007
Season:	2007–08
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The 2007–08 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of international invitational competitions in the first half of the 2007–08 season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing over six events. Skaters earned a certain number of points per placement and the top six scoring skaters or teams at the end of the series qualified for the 2007–08 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, held in Turin, Italy.

The pairs medalists at the 2007 NHK Trophy.

The Grand Prix series set the stage for the 2008 European Figure Skating Championships, the 2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships, as well as each country's national championships. The Grand Prix series began on October 25, 2007 and ended on December 16, 2007.

The Grand Prix is organized by the International Skating Union. Skaters compete for prize money and for a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The corresponding series for Junior-level skaters was the 2007–08 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

Qualifying

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2007 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit. The top six skaters/teams from the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships were seeded and were guaranteed two events. Skaters/teams who placed 7th through 12th were also given two events, though they were not considered seeded.[1]

Skaters who medaled at the 2006–07 Junior Grand Prix Final or the 2007 World Junior Championships were guaranteed one event. Medaling at both guaranteed only one invitation.

The host country was allowed to send three skaters/teams of its choosing in each discipline. The remaining spots were filled from the top 75 skaters/teams in the 2006–07 Season's Best list. The International Skating Union published the list of invitations on June 8, 2007.[2]

Schedule

The series was composed of six events leading to the Grand Prix Final.[3]

Date	Event	Location
October 26–28	2007 Skate America	Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
November 1–4	2007 Skate Canada International	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
November 8–11	2007 Cup of China	Harbin, China
November 15–18	2007 Trophée Éric Bompard	Paris, France
November 22–25	2007 Cup of Russia	Moscow, Russia
Nov. 29 – Dec. 2	2007 NHK Trophy	Sendai, Japan
December 13–16	2007–08 Grand Prix Final	Turin, Italy

Medal summary

Event	Date	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Skate America	October 27	Pairs	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov
	October 27	Men	Daisuke Takahashi	Evan Lysacek	Patrick Chan
	October 28	Ice dancing	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali
	October 28	Ladies	Kimmie Meissner	Miki Ando	Caroline Zhang

Event	Date	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Skate Canada	November 3	Pairs	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov
	November 3	Ladies	Mao Asada	Yukari Nakano	Joannie Rochette
	November 4	Ice dancing	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Pernelle Carron / Mathieu Jost
	November 4	Men	Brian Joubert	Kevin van der Perren	Jeffrey Buttle

Event	Date	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cup of China	November 9	Pairs	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker	Jessica Miller / Ian Moram
	November 10	Ladies	Kim Yuna	Caroline Zhang	Carolina Kostner
		Ice dancing	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali
		Men	Johnny Weir	Evan Lysacek	Stéphane Lambiel

Event	Date	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Trophée Eric Bompard	November 17	Ice dancing	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski	Meryl Davis / Charlie White
		Men	Patrick Chan	Sergei Voronov	Alban Préaubert
		Ladies	Mao Asada	Kimmie Meissner	Ashley Wagner
		Pairs	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov

Event	Date	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cup of Russia	November 24	Ladies	Kim Yuna	Yukari Nakano	Joannie Rochette
		Pairs	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov
		Men	Johnny Weir	Stéphane Lambiel	Andrei Griazev
	November 25	Ice dancing	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat	Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo

Event	Date	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
NHK Trophy	November 30	Pairs	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison
	December 1	Ice dancing	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski
	December 1	Ladies	Carolina Kostner	Sarah Meier	Nana Takeda
	December 2	Men	Daisuke Takahashi	Tomáš Verner	Stephen Carriere

Event	Date	Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Grand Prix Final	December 15	Ice dancing	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder
		Men	Stéphane Lambiel	Daisuke Takahashi	Evan Lysacek
		Pairs	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Pang Qing / Tong Jian
		Ladies	Kim Yuna	Mao Asada	Carolina Kostner

Points

After the final event, the NHK Trophy, the six skaters/teams with the most points advanced to the Grand Prix Final. The point system was as follows:

Placement	Points (Singles/Dance)	Points (Pairs)
1st Place	15 points	15 points
2nd Place	13 points	13 points
3rd Place	11 points	11 points
4th Place	9 points	9 points
5th Place	7 points	7 points
6th Place	5 points	5 points
7th Place	4 points
8th Place	3 points

If a pairs team competed in more than two events, the teams who scored below them in their non-scoring competition did not automatically move up in gaining points. For example, if Team A placed second below Team B, and it was Team B's non-scoring event, Team A still earned 13 points, not 15.

Skaters were required to competed in two events in order to qualify for the Final.

Final points

Skaters in bold qualified for the Grand Prix Final.

Points	Men[4]	Ladies[5]	Pairs[6]	Ice dance[7]
30	Daisuke Takahashi Johnny Weir	Kim Yuna Mao Asada	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
28		Kimmie Meissner	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison Pang Qing / Tong Jian	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
26	Patrick Chan Evan Lysacek	Carolina Kostner Yukari Nakano	Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
24	Stéphane Lambiel	Caroline Zhang		Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski
22	Kevin van der Perren	Sarah Meier Miki Ando Joannie Rochette	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali
20	Stephen Carriere Jeffrey Buttle		Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Meryl Davis / Charlie White
19
18	Tomáš Verner Alban Préaubert	Ashley Wagner Emily Hughes		Pernelle Carron / Mathieu Jost
17
16		Nana Takeda Fumie Suguri	Jessica Miller / Ian Moram Tiffany Vise / Derek Trent Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay	Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo Sinead Kerr / John Kerr Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
15	Brian Joubert Andrei Griazev
14	Sergei Davydov	Mira Leung		Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin
13	Sergei Voronov			Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski
12	Christopher Mabee Jeremy Abbott Ryan Bradley		Li Jiaqi / Xu Jiankun
11	Alexander Uspenski	Laura Lepistö Júlia Sebestyén	Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov
10	Takahiko Kozuka Yannick Ponsero			Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azrojan Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre
9		Kiira Korpi	Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig Zhang Yue / Wang Lei	Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
8		Jelena Glebova Elene Gedevanishvili Beatrisa Liang
7	Vaughn Chipeur Sergei Dobrin Kensuke Nakaniwa		Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh Meeran Trombley / Laureano Ibarra	Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi
6
5	Karel Zelenka	Alissa Czisny Nina Petushkova	Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia Laura Magitteri / Ondřej Hotárek Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov
4	Andrei Lutai Pavel Kaška Shawn Sawyer	Lesley Hawker Fang Dan Viktória Pavuk Alexandra Ievleva		Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov
3	Kevin Reynolds Jamal Othman	Susanna Pöykiö Mai Asada Gwendoline Didier		Chris Reed / Cathy Reed Zoé Blanc / Pierre-Loup Bouquet Barbora Silná / Dmitri Matsjuk Carolina Hermann / Daniel Hermann

Prize money

The total prize money is $180,000 per individual event and $272,000 for the Final.[1] All amounts are in U.S. dollars. Pairs and dance teams split the money. The breakdown is as follows:

Placement	Prize money (series)	Prize money (Final)
1st	$18,000	$25,000
2nd	$13,000	$18,000
3rd	$9,000	$12,000
4th	$3,000	$6,000
5th	$2,000	$4,000
6th	-	$3,000

References

"2007/08 Grand Prix Announcement" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007.
"Lineup Announced for 2007-08 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series". U.S. Figure Skating. 8 June 2007. Archived from the original on 15 July 2007.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"2007 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007.
"Grand Prix Standings: Men". International Skating Union.
"Grand Prix Standings: Ladies". International Skating Union.
"Grand Prix Standings: Pairs". International Skating Union.
"Grand Prix Standings: Ice dancing". International Skating Union.

External links

2007 Skate America at the International Skating Union
2007 Skate Canada International at the International Skating Union
2007 Cup of China at the International Skating Union
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard at the International Skating Union
2007 Cup of Russia at the International Skating Union
2007 NHK Trophy at the International Skating Union
2007–2008 Grand Prix Final at the International Skating Union

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[Announce-1] "2007/08 Grand Prix Announcement" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007.

[USFS070608-2] "Lineup Announced for 2007-08 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series". U.S. Figure Skating. 8 June 2007. Archived from the original on 15 July 2007.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[Main-3] "2007 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007.

[Standings-M-4] "Grand Prix Standings: Men". International Skating Union.

[Standings-L-5] "Grand Prix Standings: Ladies". International Skating Union.

[Standings-P-6] "Grand Prix Standings: Pairs". International Skating Union.

[Standings-D-7] "Grand Prix Standings: Ice dancing". International Skating Union.

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