The 2020 European Figure Skating Championships were held in Graz, Austria, on 20–26 January 2020.[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dance. The competition determined the entry quotas for each federation at the 2021 European Championships.
Qualification
Age and minimum TES requirements
The competition is open to skaters from all European member nations of the International Skating Union. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters is the 2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.
Skaters are eligible for the 2020 European Championships if they turned 15 years of age before 1 July 2019 and have met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepts scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships.[1]
| Minimum technical scores (TES) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | SP / RD | FS / FD |
| Men | 28 | 46 |
| Ladies | 23 | 40 |
| Pairs | 25 | 42 |
| Ice dance | 28 | 44 |
| Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP and FS scores may be attained at different events. | ||
Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2019 European Championships, each country can field one to three entries per discipline.[2]
| Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Russia  Italy
|
Russia  France  Finland
|
Russia France Italy
|
Russia France
|
| 2 |  Czech Republic France  Georgia  Israel  Spain  Sweden
|
Czech Republic  Slovakia  Switzerland
|
 Croatia  Germany  Great Britain Spain
|
Great Britain Italy  Poland Spain
|
| If not listed above, one entry is allowed. | ||||
Entries
Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2019. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on 3 January 2020.
Changes to preliminary assignments
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 January 2020 | Men | Daniel Samohin
|
Mark Gorodnitsky
|
Injury | [7] |
| Ladies | Alina Iushchenkova
|
Nelli Ioffe
|
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| 10 January 2020 | Ladies |  Loena Hendrickx
|
N/A | ||
| 19 January 2020 | Men |  Ivan Shmuratko
|
Andrey Kokura
|
||
| 20 January 2020 | Ladies |  Julia Sauter
|
N/A |
Medal summary
Medalists
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Dmitri Aliev
|
Artur Danielian
|
Morisi Kvitelashvili
|
| Ladies | Alena Kostornaia
|
Anna Shcherbakova
|
Alexandra Trusova
|
| Pairs | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
|
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
|
Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin
|
| Ice dance | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
|
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
|
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Michal Březina
|
Dmitri Aliev
|
Artur Danielian
|
| Ladies | Alena Kostornaia
|
Anna Shcherbakova
|
Alexandra Trusova
|
| Pairs | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
|
Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin
|
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
|
| Ice dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
|
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
|
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Dmitri Aliev
|
Daniel Grassl
|
Morisi Kvitelashvili
|
| Ladies | Anna Shcherbakova
|
Alena Kostornaia
|
Alexandra Trusova
|
| Pairs | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
|
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
|
Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin
|
| Ice dance | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
|
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
|
Medals by country
Table of medals for overall placement:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Records
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pairs | Short program | Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
|
82.34 | 22 January 2020 | [8] |
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dmitri Aliev | Russia
|
272.89 | 2 | 88.45 | 1 | 184.44 |
| 2 | Artur Danielian | Russia
|
246.74 | 3 | 84.63 | 4 | 162.11 |
| 3 | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Georgia
|
246.71 | 4 | 82.77 | 3 | 163.94 |
| 4 | Daniel Grassl | Italy
|
244.88 | 11 | 76.61 | 2 | 168.27 |
| 5 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy
|
237.01 | 7 | 79.07 | 5 | 157.94 |
| 6 | Deniss Vasiļjevs |  Latvia
|
232.67 | 5 | 80.44 | 7 | 152.23 |
| 7 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic
|
231.25 | 1 | 89.77 | 11 | 141.48 |
| 8 | Paul Fentz | Germany
|
230.01 | 6 | 80.41 | 9 | 149.60 |
| 9 | Vladimir Litvintsev |  Azerbaijan
|
221.09 | 17 | 70.04 | 8 | 151.05 |
| 10 | Alexander Samarin | Russia
|
220.43 | 13 | 74.77 | 10 | 145.66 |
| 11 | Adam Siao Him Fa | France
|
219.89 | 24 | 65.21 | 6 | 154.68 |
| 12 | Alexei Bychenko | Israel
|
219.03 | 8 | 78.27 | 13 | 140.76 |
| 13 | Gabriele Frangipani | Italy
|
218.00 | 10 | 76.91 | 12 | 141.09 |
| 14 | Irakli Maysuradze | Georgia
|
214.47 | 15 | 74.13 | 14 | 140.34 |
| 15 | Nikolaj Majorov | Sweden
|
212.57 | 14 | 74.39 | 15 | 138.18 |
| 16 | Aleksandr Selevko |  Estonia
|
210.68 | 9 | 77.45 | 16 | 133.23 |
| 17 | Mark Gorodnitsky | Israel
|
206.83 | 12 | 76.20 | 17 | 130.63 |
| 18 | Slavik Hayrapetyan |  Armenia
|
194.61 | 20 | 66.89 | 18 | 127.72 |
| 19 | Lukas Britschgi | Switzerland
|
190.75 | 22 | 66.32 | 19 | 124.43 |
| 20 | Matyáš Bělohradský | Czech Republic
|
190.54 | 18 | 67.69 | 20 | 122.85 |
| 21 | Sondre Oddvoll Bøe |  Norway
|
189.25 | 19 | 67.35 | 21 | 121.90 |
| 22 | Alexander Lebedev |  Belarus
|
188.00 | 21 | 66.43 | 22 | 121.57 |
| 23 | Larry Loupolover |  Bulgaria
|
177.26 | 16 | 70.36 | 24 | 106.90 |
| 24 | Burak Demirboğa |  Turkey
|
173.31 | 23 | 66.12 | 23 | 107.19 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Illya Solomin | Sweden
|
64.91 | 25 | 64.91 | — | |
| 26 | Kévin Aymoz | France
|
64.40 | 26 | 64.40 | — | |
| 27 | Peter James Hallam | Great Britain
|
64.17 | 27 | 64.17 | — | |
| 28 | Maurizio Zandron |  Austria
|
62.45 | 28 | 62.45 | — | |
| 29 | Davide Lewton Brain |  Monaco
|
61.35 | 29 | 61.35 | — | |
| 30 | Andrey Kokura | Ukraine
|
58.65 | 30 | 58.65 | — | |
| 31 | Roman Galay | Finland
|
56.10 | 31 | 56.10 | — | |
| 32 | Michael Neuman | Slovakia
|
53.08 | 32 | 53.08 | — | |
| 33 | Thomas Kennes |  Netherlands
|
52.56 | 33 | 52.56 | — | |
| 34 | Conor Stakelum |  Ireland
|
48.28 | 34 | 48.28 | — | |
| 35 | András Csernoch |  Hungary
|
47.30 | 35 | 47.30 | — | |
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alena Kostornaia | Russia
|
240.81 | 1 | 84.92 | 2 | 155.89 |
| 2 | Anna Shcherbakova | Russia
|
237.76 | 2 | 77.95 | 1 | 159.81 |
| 3 | Alexandra Trusova | Russia
|
225.34 | 3 | 74.95 | 3 | 150.39 |
| 4 | Alexia Paganini | Switzerland
|
192.88 | 4 | 68.82 | 4 | 124.06 |
| 5 | Emmi Peltonen | Finland
|
181.79 | 5 | 66.49 | 7 | 115.30 |
| 6 | Ekaterina Ryabova | Azerbaijan
|
181.49 | 6 | 62.22 | 6 | 119.27 |
| 7 | Eva-Lotta Kiibus | Estonia
|
181.24 | 11 | 59.70 | 5 | 121.54 |
| 8 | Alessia Tornaghi | Italy
|
172.17 | 7 | 61.27 | 11 | 110.90 |
| 9 | Maé-Bérénice Méité | France
|
172.08 | 8 | 60.64 | 10 | 111.44 |
| 10 | Ekaterina Kurakova | Poland
|
170.24 | 13 | 58.49 | 9 | 111.75 |
| 11 | Maïa Mazzara | France
|
170.06 | 16 | 57.11 | 8 | 112.95 |
| 12 | Linnea Ceder | Finland
|
166.16 | 15 | 58.01 | 12 | 108.15 |
| 13 | Nicole Schott | Germany
|
162.26 | 14 | 58.06 | 14 | 104.20 |
| 14 | Viktoriia Safonova | Belarus
|
159.91 | 20 | 53.33 | 13 | 106.58 |
| 15 | Alina Urushadze | Georgia
|
154.81 | 12 | 59.56 | 18 | 95.25 |
| 16 | Léa Serna | France
|
154.73 | 10 | 59.90 | 19 | 94.83 |
| 17 | Alexandra Feigin | Bulgaria
|
154.43 | 18 | 53.87 | 16 | 100.56 |
| 18 | Anita Östlund | Sweden
|
152.91 | 9 | 60.57 | 21 | 92.34 |
| 19 | Yasmine Kimiko Yamada | Switzerland
|
152.62 | 24 | 51.77 | 15 | 100.85 |
| 20 | Daša Grm |  Slovenia
|
150.90 | 17 | 56.07 | 20 | 94.83 |
| 21 | Ivett Tóth | Hungary
|
150.36 | 22 | 52.69 | 17 | 97.67 |
| 22 | Eliška Březinová | Czech Republic
|
145.35 | 19 | 53.61 | 22 | 91.74 |
| 23 | Natasha McKay | Great Britain
|
142.14 | 23 | 52.47 | 23 | 89.67 |
| 24 | Olga Mikutina | Austria
|
130.15 | 21 | 53.19 | 24 | 76.96 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Nelli Ioffe | Israel
|
51.70 | 25 | 51.70 | — | |
| 26 | Aleksandra Golovkina |  Lithuania
|
50.88 | 26 | 50.88 | — | |
| 27 | Anastasia Galustyan | Armenia
|
50.08 | 27 | 50.08 | — | |
| 28 | Valentina Matos | Spain
|
49.02 | 28 | 49.02 | — | |
| 29 | Ema Doboszová | Slovakia
|
46.27 | 29 | 46.27 | — | |
| 30 | Angelīna Kučvaļska | Latvia
|
45.09 | 30 | 45.09 | — | |
| 31 | Antonina Dubinina |  Serbia
|
43.62 | 31 | 43.62 | — | |
| 32 | Sinem Kuyucu | Turkey
|
43.16 | 32 | 43.16 | — | |
| 33 | Jenni Saarinen | Finland
|
42.61 | 33 | 42.61 | — | |
| 34 | Anastasia Gozhva | Ukraine
|
40.49 | 34 | 40.49 | — | |
| 35 | Niki Wories | Netherlands
|
38.19 | 35 | 38.19 | — | |
| 36 | Klára Štěpánová | Czech Republic
|
37.83 | 36 | 37.83 | — | |
| 37 | Hana Cvijanović | Croatia
|
36.22 | 37 | 36.22 | — | |
Pairs
- Sofiia Nesterova / Artem Darenskyi were disqualified.[9]
Ice dance
References
- ^ a b "2020 European Figure Skating Championships Announcement". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Entries for ISU Figure Skating and Synchronized Skating Championships 2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019.
- ^ "ISU European Championships 2020: Men". International Skating Union. 3 January 2020.
- ^ "ISU European Championships 2020: Ladies". International Skating Union. 3 January 2020.
- ^ "ISU European Championships 2020: Pairs". International Skating Union. 3 January 2020.
- ^ "ISU European Championships 2020: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 3 January 2020.
- ^ In the Loop [@InTheLoPodcast] (6 January 2020). "Team Israel updates their #EuroFigure entries" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. 22 January 2020.
- ^ "European Figure Skating Championships 2020 - Protocol, Pairs result revised" (PDF). International Skating Union. 3 April 2020.