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International Challenge Cup

The International Challenge Cup is an annual figure skating competition, organized by the Royal Dutch Skating Federation (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond) and held at the IJssportcentrum Tilburg in Tilburg, Netherlands. Originally known as the Ennia Challenge Cup, the first installment was held in Heerenveen in 1976, and featured only an event for women. The following year, the competition relocated to The Hague, and in addition to the men's, women's, and ice dance events, it featured a team award. The competition in 1984 was the last for many years. It returned in 2007, and since 2017, the Dutch Figure Skating Championships have been contested as part of the International Challenge Cup; the top Dutch competitors are then recognized as the Dutch national champions.

International Challenge Cup
Logo of the International Challenge Cup
StatusActive
GenreInternational competition
FrequencyAnnual
VenueIJssportcentrum Tilburg
LocationTilburg
CountryNetherlands Netherlands
Inaugurated1976
Organized byRoyal Dutch Skating Federation

Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels, although each discipline may not necessarily be held every year due to a lack of participants. Brian Joubert of France holds the record for winning the most titles in men's singles (with two), while four skaters are tied for winning the most titles in women's singles (also with two each): Rika Kihira of Japan, Carolina Kostner of Italy, Kaori Sakamoto of Japan, and Katarina Witt of East Germany. Three teams are tied for winning the most titles in pair skating (with two each): Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii of Italy, Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov of the Soviet Union, and Irina Vorobieva and Igor Lisovsky of the Soviet Union. Loïcia Demougeot and Théo le Mercier of France hold the record in ice dance (with three).

History

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Originally known as the Ennia Challenge Cup, the first installment of this competition was held in November 1976 at the Thialf in Heerenveen. It was sponsored by the Heerenveen Figure Skating Club and the Ennia insurance company, and was a competition only for women. Eleven women representing Australia, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, West Germany, as well as the Netherlands, competed. Jel Geldof, secretary of the Heerenveen Figure Skating Club, explained that Ennia wanted to sponsor the competition in order to give figure skating more prominence in the Netherlands. However, as planning began late, it was not included on the calendar of the International Skating Union, and it was too late for many nations, especially those in the Eastern Bloc, to schedule their skaters.[1] Though the competition was considered a success, Ennia made certain demands in exchange for their continued sponsorship: the competition in 1997 had to be expanded to include the men's and pairs events, be placed on the official ISU calendar and scheduled such that it didn't conflict with the Richmond Trophy in Great Britain, and it had to attract top-tier skaters, including those from Eastern Europe.[2]

In 1977, the Ennia Challenge Cup was relocated to The Hague. Herman van Laer, chairman of the Royal Dutch Skating Federation, cited Dianne de Leeuw as the source of inspiration for a resurgence of interest in skating in the Netherlands, and hoped to capitalize on that with an international skating competition. It was the first such competition in Dutch history. In addition to events in men's singles, women's singles, and ice dance, a special event was staged on the last day of the competition, where team members from the different disciplines competed together to accumulate points based on their performances.[3]

Due to a request from the ISU, the Ennia Challenge Cup omitted compulsory figures and compulsory dances from the competition beginning in 1978. The ISU explained that the omission was a trial experiment to help guide future decision-making.[4] Compulsory figures were discontinued internationally after the 1990 World Figure Skating Championships.[5] At the 1978 competition, Denise Biellmann of Switzerland, winner of the women's event, had her name given to a new strain of tulip, and a bouquet of her namesake tulips was presented to her by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands.[6]

In 1983, Ennia announced a merger with AGO to form Aegon; the competition was renamed the Aegon Challenge Cup.[7] However, the 1984 event was the last for several years. The competition – now called the International Challenge Cup – returned in 2007, and instead of being held in the fall, it was now held in the spring. It also featured events for junior-level skaters, but did not include the team event.[8] Since 2017, the Dutch Figure Skating Championships have been held in conjunction with the International Challenge Cup, and the top Dutch competitors are recognized as the Dutch national champions.[9] In 2023, the competition was relocated to Tilburg.[10]

Senior medalists

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Niki Wories at the 2018 Autumn Classic International
Loïcia Demougeot and Théo le Mercier at the 2025 World Championships
The 2026 International Challenge Cup champions: Niki Wories of the Netherlands (women's singles), and Loïcia Demougeot and Théo le Mercier of France (ice dance)

Men's singles

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Senior men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1976 Heerenveen No senior men's competition [2]
1977 The Hague United States David Santee Japan Fumio Igarashi Canada Daniel Béland [11]
1978 United States Scott Cramer France Jean-Christophe Simond Canada Dennis Coi [12]
1979 United Kingdom Robin Cousins Canada Gordon Forbes United States Robert Wagenhoffer [13]
1980 France Jean-Christophe Simond United States Mark Cockerell Canada Daniel Béland [14]
1981 West Germany Rudi Cerne United States James Santee Canada Dennis Coi [15]
1982 United States Brian Boitano Czechoslovakia Jozef Sabovčík East Germany Falko Kirsten [16]
1983 Canada Brian Orser Japan Takashi Mura West Germany Rudi Cerne [7]
1984 Czechoslovakia Petr Barna Soviet Union Viktor Petrenko United States Christopher Bowman [17]
2007 The Hague No senior men's competitors [8]
2008 Sweden Kristoffer Berntsson Italy Samuel Contesti Germany Clemens Brummer [18]
2009 Italy Samuel Contesti Belgium Kevin van der Perren Switzerland Jamal Othman [19]
2010–11 No competitions held [20]
2012 France Brian Joubert United States Jeremy Abbott Italy Samuel Contesti [21]
2013 United States Alexander Johnson France Chafik Besseghier [22]
2014 Japan Takahito Mura United States Douglas Razzano [23]
2015 Italy Ivan Righini Spain Javier Raya Japan Ryuju Hino [24]
2016 No competition held [20]
2017 Belgium Jorik Hendrickx United States Jordan Moeller Georgia (country) Morisi Kvitelashvili [25]
2018 France Adrien Tesson Italy Daniel Grassl Finland Valtter Virtanen [26]
2019 Japan Sōta Yamamoto Japan Yuma Kagiyama Switzerland Lukas Britschgi [27]
2020 Japan Shoma Uno Japan Keiji Tanaka France Adrien Tesson [28]
2021 Russia Mikhail Kolyada France Romain Ponsart France Adam Siao Him Fa [29]
2022 United States Ilia Malinin Estonia Mihhail Selevko Japan Sōta Yamamoto [30]
2023 Tilburg Japan Shun Sato Japan Sōta Yamamoto Italy Matteo Rizzo [10]
2024 Kazakhstan Mikhail Shaidorov Japan Tatsuya Tsuboi Japan Kazuki Tomono [31]
2025 Japan Sena Miyake Mexico Donovan Carrillo Israel Mark Gorodnitsky [32]
2026 No senior men's competitors [33]

Women's singles

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Senior women's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1976 Heerenveen Netherlands Bibiana Pruyn Netherlands Annemarie Verlaan Australia Belinda Coulthard [2]
1977 The Hague Japan Emi Watanabe Finland Susan Broman Finland Kristiina Wegelius [11]
1978 Switzerland Denise Biellmann Czechoslovakia Renata Baierová Soviet Union Natalia Strelkova [12]
1979 Czechoslovakia Renata Baierová United States Elaine Zayak Canada Heather Kemkaran [34]
1980 United States Jackie Farrell East Germany Katarina Witt Japan Megumi Yanagihara [14]
1981 East Germany Katarina Witt United States Elaine Zayak Canada Diane Ogibowski [15]
1982 United States Vikki de Vries East Germany Janina Wirth Canada Charlene Wong [16]
1983 East Germany Katarina Witt Japan Midori Ito Japan Sachie Yuki [35]
1984 East Germany Constanze Gensel Japan Yukari Yoshimori United States Yvonne Gómez [17]
2007 The Hague Netherlands Karen Venhuizen Austria Kathrin Freudelsperger Switzerland Viviane Käser [8]
2008 Japan Akiko Suzuki Turkey Tuğba Karademir United States Becky Bereswill [18]
2009 Sweden Viktoria Helgesson Sweden Joshi Helgesson Germany Constanze Paulinus [19]
2010–11 No competitions held [20]
2012 Italy Carolina Kostner Italy Valentina Marchei United States Alissa Czisny [21]
2013 France Maé-Bérénice Méité Austria Kerstin Frank [22]
2014 Sweden Isabelle Olsson Japan Haruka Imai Switzerland Anna Ovcharova [23]
2015 Japan Kanako Murakami Sweden Joshi Helgesson Netherlands Niki Wories [24]
2016 No competition held [20]
2017 Belgium Loena Hendrickx United States Caroline Zhang Canada Larkyn Austman [25]
2018 Japan Wakaba Higuchi Japan Rika Hongo Japan Marin Honda [26]
2019 Japan Rika Kihira United States Starr Andrews Japan Wakaba Higuchi [27]
2020 Japan Yuhana Yokoi Canada Madeline Schizas [28]
2021 Belgium Loena Hendrickx Chinese Taipei Emmy Ma Cyprus Emilea Zingas [29]
2022 Japan Rino Matsuike United States Lindsay Thorngren Hungary Júlia Láng [30]
2023 Tilburg Japan Kaori Sakamoto Japan Mai Mihara Japan Mana Kawabe [10]
2024 Japan Yuna Aoki France Lorine Schild [31]
2025 Japan Rinka Watanabe Japan Rion Sumiyoshi Japan Mako Yamashita [32]
2026 Netherlands Niki Wories Germany Sarah Marie Pesch Netherlands Jolanda Vos [33]

Pairs

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Senior pairs' event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
No senior pairs competitions prior to 1978
1978 The Hague
  • United States
  • Sheryl Franks
  • Michael Botticelli
 [12]
1979 [36]
1980 [14]
1981
  • United States
 [15]
1982 [16]
1983 [37]
1984 [17]
2007–12 The Hague No senior pairs competitions
2013 [22]
2014
  • Italy
 [23]
2015 [24]
2016 No competition held [20]
2017
  • Finland
 No other competitors [25]
2018
  • Switzerland
 [26]
2019 [27]
2020 [28]
2021 [29]
2022 [30]
2023 Tilburg [10]
2024 [31]
2025 [32]
2026 No senior pairs competitors [33]

Ice dance

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Senior ice dance event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1976 Heerenveen No senior ice dance competition [2]
1977 The Hague
  • Soviet Union
  • Elena Skorochodwa
  • Aleksei Badajnov
 [11]
1978 [38]
1979 [39]
1980 [14]
1981 [15]
1982 [16]
1983 [7]
1984 [17]
2007–19 The Hague No senior ice dance competitions
2020 No other competitors [28]
2021 [29]
2022 [30]
2023 Tilburg [10]
2024 [31]
2025 [32]
2026 [33]

Team event

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Team event champions
Year Location Gold Ref.
1977 The Hague United States United States [11]
1978 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia [40]
1979 [41]
1980 United States United States [14]
1981 [15]
1982 [16]
1983 Canada Canada [7]
1984 Soviet Union Soviet Union [17]

Junior medalists

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Men's singles

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Junior men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2007 The Hague No junior men's competitors [8]
2008 United States Andrew Gonzales United States Daniel O'Shea Japan Yukihiro Yoshida [18]
2009 Japan Daisuke Murakami United States Joshua Farris Belgium Jorik Hendrickx [19]
2010–11 No competitions held [20]
2012 United Kingdom Peter James Hallam Turkey Osman Akgün United Kingdom Charlie Parry-Evans [21]
2013 No junior-level competition held [22]
2014 Japan Sei Kawahara Japan Kazuki Tomono Germany Joti Polizoakis [23]
2015 United States Tomoki Hiwatashi Finland Juho Pirinen Spain Héctor Alonso Serrano [24]
2016 No competition held [20]
2017 Switzerland Nurullah Sahaka Spain Aleix Gabara Xanco Germany Thomas Junski [42]
2018 Japan Taichiro Yamakuma Japan Yuto Kishina Germany Kai Jagoda [26]
2019 Japan Shun Sato Germany Daniel Sapozhnikov Germany Tim England [27]
2020 Japan Nozomu Yoshioka Germany Denis Gurdzhi United Kingdom Edward Appleby [28]
2021 No junior-level competition held [29]
2022 Japan Shunsuke Nakamura Switzerland Naoki Rossi United States Taira Shinohara [30]
2023 Tilburg Japan Haruya Sasaki Japan Haru Kakiuchi Switzerland Georgii Pavlov [10]
2024 Sweden Hugo Bostedt Germany Robert Wildt Italy Nikolay di Tria [31]
2025 France Gianni Motilla Austria Tobia Oellerer United States Lorenzo Elano [32]
2026 Belgium Denis Krouglov South Africa Cody Kock Spain André Zapata [33]

Women's results

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Junior women's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2007 The Hague United States Rachael Flatt United States Alexe Gilles United States Chrissy Hughes [8]
2008 United States Brittney Rizo Japan Shoko Ishikawa United States Amanda Dobbs [18]
2009 Japan Kanako Murakami United States Ellie Kawamura Sweden Isabelle Olsson [19]
2010–11 No competitions held [20]
2012 United States Leah Keiser Canada Gabrielle Daleman Italy Giada Russo [21]
2013 No junior-level competition held [22]
2014 Japan Kaori Sakamoto United States Elena Taylor Finland Emmi Peltonen [23]
2015 United States Rebecca Peng Netherlands Kyarha van Tiel Belgium Loena Hendrickx [24]
2016 No competition held [20]
2017 United States Emmy Ma Canada Olivia Gran Sweden Smilla Szalkai [42]
2018 Japan Nana Araki Japan Yuhana Yokoi Austria Stefanie Pesendorfer [26]
2019 Japan Yuhana Yokoi Germany Maria Aimeé Renne Finland Selma Välitalo [27]
2020 Japan Mone Chiba Italy Ginevra Lavinia Negrello Japan Shiika Yoshioka [28]
2021 No junior-level competition held [29]
2022 Japan Mone Chiba Japan Ayumi Shibayama Italy Anna Pezzetta [30]
2023 Tilburg Japan Ayumi Shibayama Japan Ikura Kushida Japan Yurina Okuno [10]
2024 Sweden Alexandra Ödman Germany Julia Grabowski Belgium Danielle Verbinnen [31]
2025 United States Sherry Zhang United States Angela Shao Netherlands Lucca Dijkhuizen [32]
2026 Belgium Lilou Remeysen France Stefania Gladki Germany Anna Gerke [33]

Pairs

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Junior pairs' event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
No junior pairs competitions prior to 2012
2012 The Hague
  • United States
  • Russia
 [21]
2013 No junior-level competition held [22]
2014
  • United States
  • Jessica Lee
  • Robert Hennings
  • United States
  • Hong Kong
  • Marin Ono
  • Hon Lam To
 [23]
2015
  • United States
  • Gabriella Marvaldi
  • Cody Dolkiewicz
 [24]
2016 No competition held [20]
2017–18 No junior pairs competitions
2019 No other competitors [27]
2020–22 No junior pairs competitions
2023 Tilburg
  • Austria
  • Germany
  • Katalin Janne Salatzki
  • Lukas Röseler
 [10]
2024
  • United Kingdom
  • Zarah Wood
  • Alex Lapsky
 No other competitors [31]
2025
  • France
  • Romane Télémaque
  • Lucas Coulon
  • United States
  • Sofia Jarmoc
  • Luke Witkowski
  • United States
  • Elizabeth Hansen
  • William Church
 [32]
2026
  • United States
  • Reagan Moss
  • Jakub Galbavy
  • Spain
  • Anita Mapelli
  • Noah Quesada Grau
  • United States
  • Sofia Jarmoc
  • Luke Witkowski
 [33]

Ice dance

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Junior ice dance event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2007 The Hague No junior ice dance competitors [8]
2008
  • United States
  • Kaylin Patitucci
  • Karl Edelman
  • Austria
 [18]
2009–22 No junior ice dance competitions
2023 Tilburg
  • France
  • Ambre Perrier-Gianesi
  • Samuel Blanc-Klaperman
  • Belgium
  • Sofiia Beznosikova
  • Max Leleu
  • Czech Republic
  • Eliška Žáková
  • Filip Mencl
 [10]
2024
  • Italy
  • Beatrice Ventura
  • Stefano Fransca
  • Italy
  • Vittoria Petracchi
  • Daniel Basile
  • Finland
  • Enna Kesti
  • Oskari Liedenpohja
 [31]
2025
  • France
  • Dania Mouaden
  • Théo Bigot
  • Austria
  • Anita Straub
  • Andreas Straub
 [32]
2026
  • Italy
  • Zoe Bianchi
  • Daniel Basile
  • United States
  • Jasmine Robertson
  • Chase Rohner
  • France
  • Lea Hienne
  • Louis Varescon
 [33]

Records

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Brian Joubert at the 2010 European Championships
Rika Kihira at the 2018 Grand Prix de France
From left to right: Brian Joubert of France won two International Challenge Cup titles in men's singles, and Rika Kihira of Japan won two International Challenge Cup titles in women's singles.
Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii at the 2024 World Championships
Loïcia Demougeot and Théo le Mercier at the 2025 Skate America
From left to right: Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii of Italy have won two International Challenge Cup titles in pair skating, and Loïcia Demougeot and Théo le Mercier of France have won three International Challenge Cup titles in ice dance.
Records
Discipline Most titles
Skater(s) No. Years Ref.
Men's singles 2 2012–13 [43]
Women's singles 2 2019–20 [44]
2012–13 [45]
2023–24 [46]
1981,
1983		 [15]
[35]
Pairs 2 2023–24 [47]
1982,
1984		 [17]
1978–79 [12]
Ice dance 3 2024–26 [48]

Cumulative medal count (senior medalists)

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Men's singles

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Total number of International Challenge Cup medals in men's singles by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan56314
2 United States46212
3 France42410
4 Italy2226
5 Canada1146
6 Belgium1102
 Czechoslovakia1102
8 West Germany1012
9 Great Britain1001
 Kazakhstan1001
 Russia1001
 Sweden1001
13 Estonia0101
 Mexico0101
 Soviet Union0101
 Spain0101
17 Switzerland0022
18 East Germany0011
 Finland0011
 Georgia0011
 Germany0011
 Israel0011
Totals (22 entries)23232369

Women's singles

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Total number of International Challenge Cup medals in women's singles by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan108624
2 East Germany3205
3 Netherlands3126
4 United States25310
5 Sweden2204
6 Italy2103
7 Belgium2002
8 Czechoslovakia1102
9 Switzerland1023
10 Austria0112
 Finland0112
 France0112
 Germany0112
14 Chinese Taipei0101
 Turkey0101
16 Canada0055
17 Australia0011
 Cyprus0011
 Hungary0011
 Soviet Union0011
Totals (20 entries)26262678

Pairs

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Total number of International Challenge Cup medals in pairs by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union3306
2 Italy2136
3 France2013
4 East Germany2002
 Russia2002
6 United States1427
7 Germany1236
8 Canada1214
9 Hungary1113
10 Austria1102
11 West Germany1012
12 Georgia1001
 Spain1001
14 Netherlands0224
15 Great Britain0123
16 Finland0101
 Switzerland0101
18 Czechoslovakia0011
 Poland0011
Totals (19 entries)19191856

Ice dance

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Total number of International Challenge Cup medals in ice dance by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France62210
2 Soviet Union47011
3 Czechoslovakia2103
4 Great Britain1012
 Netherlands1012
 United States1012
7 Finland0213
8 Hungary0112
9 Spain0101
10 Canada0044
11 Austria0033
Totals (11 entries)15141443

Total medals

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Total number of International Challenge Cup medals by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan1514938
2 France125825
3 United States815831
4 Soviet Union711119
5 Italy64515
6 East Germany5218
7 Netherlands43512
8 Czechoslovakia4318
9 Sweden3205
10 Belgium3104
11 Russia3003
12 Canada231419
13 Great Britain2136
14 West Germany2024
15 Germany1359
16 Austria1247
17 Hungary1236
18 Spain1203
19 Switzerland1146
20 Georgia1012
21 Kazakhstan1001
22 Finland0437
23 Chinese Taipei0101
 Estonia0101
 Mexico0101
 Turkey0101
27 Australia0011
 Cyprus0011
 Israel0011
 Poland0011
Totals (30 entries)838281246

References

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