2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix

2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix
2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix
Type:	ISU Junior Grand Prix
Date:	August 31 – December 11, 2011
Season:	2011–12
Location:	Riga ; Brisbane ; Gdańsk ; Braşov ; Innsbruck ; Milan ; Tallinn ; Quebec City
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The 2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 15th season of the series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2011–12 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating contested by senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.^[1]

Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the final at each of the seven Junior Grand Prix events. The top six skaters/teams in the series from each discipline met at the 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final, which was held concurrently with the senior final.

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2011–12 season, the series was composed of the following events in autumn 2011:

Date	Event	Location	Other notes
September 1–3	2011 JGP Volvo Cup	Riga, Latvia
September 8–10	2011 JGP Brisbane	Brisbane, Australia	No pair competition
September 15–17	2011 JGP Baltic Cup	Gdańsk, Poland
September 22–24	2011 JGP Brasov Cup	Braşov, Romania	No pair competition
Sept. 29 – Oct. 1	2011 JGP Cup of Austria	Innsbruck, Austria
October 6–8	2011 JGP Trofeo W. Lombardi	Milan, Italy	No pair competition
October 13–15	2011 JGP Tallinn Cup	Tallinn, Estonia
December 8–11	2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final	Quebec City, Canada

The JGP Final was held in conjunction with the senior-level version.

Qualifying

Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2011, but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Unlike the senior Grand Prix, skaters for the JGP were not seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation was determined by their skaters' placements at the previous season's Junior World Championships in each respective discipline.

For the 2011–2012 season, in singles, the three best placed member nations at the 2011 Junior Worlds were allowed to enter two skaters in all seven events. Member nations which placed 4th through 6th were allowed to enter one skater in all seven events, those which placed 7th through 12th were allowed one skater in six of the seven events, and those with a skater who qualified for the free skate were allowed one skater in five of the events. Member nations which did not qualify for the free skate but placed 25th through 30th in the short program were allowed to enter one skater in four of the events, those which placed 31st and lower in the short program were allowed one skater in three of the events, and those countries which did not participate in the 2011 Junior Worlds were allowed one skater in two events. There were provisions for additional entries per member country if another country did not use all of its allotted entries.

In pairs, member nations which placed in the top five at the 2011 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter three entries in all four events which included pairs. Member nations which qualified for the free skate were allowed two entries in all four events, and all others were allowed one entry in all four events. There was no limit on host nation pair entries.

In ice dance, the multiple spots allowance was the same as for singles, through one entry in five events.

The host country was allowed to enter up to three skaters/teams in singles and dance, with no limit for pair teams from the host nation.

The general spots allowance for the 2011–2012 Junior Grand Prix events was as follows:

Entries	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dance
3 per event			Canada China Japan Russia United States
2 per event	Canada Japan Sweden	Japan Russia United States	Austria Czech Republic Hungary Italy Poland Switzerland Ukraine	France Russia United States
1 per event	China Russia United States	Belgium China France		Canada Spain Slovakia
1 in six events	Belgium Czech Republic Estonia France Kazakhstan Ukraine	Austria Estonia Finland Italy Switzerland Slovakia		Estonia United Kingdom Germany Kazakhstan Switzerland Ukraine
1 in five events	Belarus Finland Germany Poland	Australia Germany South Korea Slovenia Sweden		Italy
1 in four events	Italy South Korea Spain Switzerland Chinese Taipei	Canada Denmark Latvia Poland Turkey		Austria Uzbekistan China Switzerland Estonia Belarus Romania
1 in three events	Armenia Australia Brazil Bulgaria United Kingdom Georgia Hong Kong Latvia Lithuania Malaysia Netherlands Romania Thailand Turkey	Armenia Belarus Brazil Bulgaria United Kingdom Hong Kong Hungary Israel Kazakhstan Lithuania Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Netherlands Norway New Zealand Philippines South Africa Singapore Serbia Spain Thailand Chinese Taipei Ukraine		Australia Finland Israel Japan Latvia Lithuania New Zealand Turkey

All other member nations had one entry per discipline in two of the seven events in singles and ice dance and one entry in all four events in pairs.

Junior Grand Prix Final qualification and qualifiers

Qualification rules

At each event, skaters/teams earned points toward qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the 7th event, the top six highest scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement was as follows:

Placement	Points (Singles/Dance)	Points (Pairs)
1st	15	15
2nd	13	13
3rd	11	11
4th	9	9
5th	7	7
6th	5	5
7th	4	4
8th	3	3
9th	2	–
10th	1	–

There were seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:

Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker was the 1st place, and that beat a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
Participated in two events.
Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events.
Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event.
Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
Highest number of total participants at the events.

If there was still a tie, the tie was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the 2011–2012 Junior Grand Prix Final.

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Yan Han	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin
2	Joshua Farris	Polina Shelepen	Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer	Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
3	Jason Brown	Vanessa Lam	Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry	Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov
4	Maxim Kovtun	Risa Shoji	Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang	Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk
5	Ryuju Hino	Zijun Li	Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurduykov	Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski
6	Keiji Tanaka	Polina Korobeynikova	~~Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu~~ (withdrew)	Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton
Alternates
1st	Artur Dmitriev, Jr.	Samantha Cesario	Tatiana Tudvaseva / Sergei Lisiev (called up)	Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager
2nd	Zhang He	Polina Agafonova	Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro	Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin
3rd	Lee June-hyoung	Satoko Miyahara	Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař	Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin

Medalists

Men

In Milan, Italy, Lee June-hyoung became the first Korean male skater to medal at an ISU competition.^[2]

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
JGP Latvia	Ryuju Hino	Zhang He	Timothy Dolensky	Details
JGP Australia	Jason Brown	Keiji Tanaka	Liam Firus	Details
JGP Poland	Joshua Farris	Artur Dmitriev, Jr.	Ryuichi Kihara	Details
JGP Romania	Maxim Kovtun	Ryuju Hino	Nam Nguyen	Details
JGP Austria	Han Yan	Gordei Gorshkov	Keiji Tanaka	Details
JGP Italy	Han Yan	Jason Brown	Lee June-hyoung	Details
JGP Estonia	Joshua Farris	Maxim Kovtun	Shoma Uno	Details
JGP Final	Jason Brown	Yan Han	Joshua Farris	Details

Ladies

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
JGP Latvia	Polina Shelepen	Li Zijun	Polina Agafonova	Details
JGP Australia	Courtney Hicks	Risa Shoji	Vanessa Lam	Details
JGP Poland	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Satoko Miyahara	Samantha Cesario	Details
JGP Romania	Polina Shelepen	Polina Korobeynikova	Kim Hae-jin	Details
JGP Austria	Vanessa Lam	Li Zijun	Polina Agafonova	Details
JGP Italy	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Anna Shershak	Hannah Miller	Details
JGP Estonia	Gracie Gold	Risa Shoji	Samantha Cesario	Details
JGP Final	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Polina Shelepen	Polina Korobeynikova	Details

Pairs

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
JGP Latvia	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang	Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro	Details
JGP Australia	No pairs competition held
JGP Poland	Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer	Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry	Tatiana Tudvaseva / Sergei Lisiev	Details
JGP Romania	No pairs competition held
JGP Austria	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang	Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurduykov	Details
JGP Italy	No pairs competition held
JGP Estonia	Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry	Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer	Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu	Details
JGP Final	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry	Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer	Details

Ice dance

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
JGP Latvia	Maria Nosulia / Evgeni Kholoniuk	Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin	Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton	Details
JGP Australia	Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams	Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager	Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin	Details
JGP Poland	Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin	Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski	Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov	Details
JGP Romania	Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin	Anastasia Galyeta / Alexei Shumski	Mackenzie Bent / Garrett MacKeen	Details
JGP Austria	Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin	Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton	Maria Nosulia / Evgeni Kholoniuk	Details
JGP Italy	Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin	Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin	Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager	Details
JGP Estonia	Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov	Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand	Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin	Details
JGP Final	Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin	Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov	Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin	Details

Medals table

The following is the table of total medals earned by each country on the 2011–2012 Junior Grand Prix. It can be sorted by country name, number of gold medals, number of silver medals, number of bronze medals, and total medals overall. The table is numbered by number of total medals.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	12	9	9	30
2	United States (USA)	8	4	10	22
3	China (CHN)	5	6	0	11
4	Canada (CAN)	2	2	4	8
5	Japan (JPN)	1	5	3	9
6	Ukraine (UKR)	1	2	1	4
7	Estonia (EST)	0	1	0	1
8	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	2	2
Totals (8 entries)		29	29	29	87

Top scores

Men's singles

Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total
No.	Skater	Nation	Score	Event
1	Han Yan	China	219.37	2011 JGP Italy
2	Jason Brown	United States	208.41	2011–12 JGP Final
3	Joshua Farris	United States	207.67	2011 JGP Estonia
4	Artur Dmitriev, Jr.	Russia	197.09	2011 JGP Poland
5	Maxim Kovtun	Russia	193.76	2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final
6	Keiji Tanaka	Japan	192.36	2011 JGP Australia
7	Ryuju Hino	Japan	182.71	2011 JGP Latvia
8	Zhang He	China	182.38	2011 JGP Latvia
9	Gordei Gorshkov	Russia	180.25	2011 JGP Austria
10	Liam Firus	Canada	180.00	2011 JGP Australia

Women's singles

Top 10 best scores in the women's combined total
No.	Skater	Nation	Score	Event
1	Yulia Lipnitskaya	Russia	183.05	2011 JGP Italy
2	Gracie Gold	United States	172.69	2011 JGP Estonia
3	Polina Shelepen	Russia	162.34	2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final
4	Satoko Miyahara	Japan	162.20	2011 JGP Poland
5	Risa Shoji	Japan	157.83	2011 JGP Estonia
6	Vanessa Lam	United States	156.58	2011 JGP Austria
7	Li Zijun	China	156.40	2011 JGP Austria
8	Samantha Cesario	United States	153.84	2011 JGP Poland
9	Courtney Hicks	United States	151.91	2011 JGP Australia
10	Polina Korobeynikova	Russia	151.18	2011–12 JGP Final

Pairs

Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total
No.	Team	Nation	Score	Event
1	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	China	167.14	2011 JGP Austria
2	Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang	China	154.37	2011 JGP Austria
3	Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry	Canada	152.65	2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final
4	Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer	United States	146.35
5	Ekaterina Petaikina / Maxim Kurduykov	Russia	146.17
6	Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu	United States	139.32	2011 JGP Estonia
7	Li Meiyi / Jiang Bo	China	138.92	2011 JGP Austria
8	Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin	Russia	134.88	2011 JGP Austria
9	Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro	Canada	134.46	2011 JGP Latvia
10	Tatiana Tudvaseva / Sergei Lisiev	Russia	133.79	2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final

Ice dance

Top 10 season's best scores in the combined total (ice dance)
No.	Team	Nation	Score	Event
1	Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin	Russia	151.10	2011 JGP Austria
2	Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin		149.98	2011 JGP Italy
3	Anna Yanovskaia / Sergei Mozgov		142.72	2011 JGP Estonia
4	Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton	United States	136.85	2011 JGP Austria
5	Valeria Zenkova / Valerie Sinitsin	Russia	130.58	2011 JGP Italy
6	Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager	United States	129.63	2011 JGP Italy
7	Maria Nosulia / Evgen Kholoniuk	Ukraine	128.34	2011 JGP Austria
8	Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams	Canada	127.21	2011 JGP Australia
9	Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand	Estonia	126.51	2011 JGP Estonia
10	Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern	Germany	124.35	2011 JGP Italy

References

^ "Series files; Single & Pair Skating/Ice Dance Calendar of Events". Archived from the original on 2006-09-30. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
^ "Korean Claims First Medal at ISU-Sanctioned Men's Figure Skating Event". The Chosun Ilbo. October 10, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2011.

External links

Overall standings: Men, Ladies, Pairs, Ice dance
Top scores: Men, Ladies, Pairs, Ice dance
JGP Volvo Cup (Riga, Latvia): Detailed results at the International Skating Union, ISU videos, ISU photos
JGP Brisbane (Australia): Detailed results at the International Skating Union, ISU videos, ISU photos
JGP Baltic Cup (Gdansk, Poland): Detailed results at the International Skating Union, ISU videos, ISU photos, Pixie World
JGP Brasov Cup (Brasov, Romania): Detailed results at the International Skating Union, ISU videos
JGP Austria (Innsbruck): Detailed results at the International Skating Union, ISU videos, ISU photos
JGP Trofeo Walter Lombardi (Milan, Italy): Detailed results at the International Skating Union, ISU videos, ISU photos
JGP Tallinn Cup (Tallinn, Estonia): Detailed results at the International Skating Union, ISU videos, ISU photos, Pixie World
JGP Final (Quebec City, Canada): Detailed results at the International Skating Union ISU videos, ISU photos
International Skating Union

[seriesfiles-1] "Series files; Single & Pair Skating/Ice Dance Calendar of Events". Archived from the original on 2006-09-30. Retrieved 2011-09-08.

[korfirst-2] "Korean Claims First Medal at ISU-Sanctioned Men's Figure Skating Event". The Chosun Ilbo. October 10, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2011.

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