2025 Four Continents Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | February 19 – February 23 |
Season: | 2024-25 |
Location: | Seoul, South Korea |
Host: | Korean Skating Union |
Venue: | Mokdong Ice Rink |
Defending champions | |
Men's singles: Yuma Kagiyama | |
Women's singles: Mone Chiba | |
Pairs: Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps | |
Ice dance: Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier | |
Previous: 2024 Four Continents Championships | |
Next: 2026 Four Continents Championships |
The 2025 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships will be held from February 19 to February 23, 2025, at the Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul, South Korea. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
The competition was awarded to South Korea in January 2023, originally scheduled to February 4 - 9. [1] In April 2024, it was rescheduled to February 18 - 23. [2]
Nations from non-European countries were able to send three entries at most for each discipline. [3]
The competition was open to skaters from all non-European member nations of the International Skating Union. The corresponding competition for European skaters was the 2025 European Championships.
Skaters were eligible for the 2025 Four Continents Championships if they turned 17 years of age before July 1, 2024, and met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepted scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions during the ongoing season at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships or during the two preceding seasons. [3]
Discipline | CTES |
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Men | 86 |
Women | 75 |
Pairs | 75 |
Ice dance | 85 |
Date | Disc. | Time | Segment |
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Thursday, February 19 | Pairs | 11:50 | Short program |
Ice Dance | 14:30 | Rhythm Dance | |
Men | 18:00 | Short Program | |
Friday, February 20 | Pairs | 11:50 | Free Program |
Women | 18:00 | Short Program | |
Saturday, February 21 | Men | 13:00 | Free Program |
Ice Dance | 18:00 | Free Dance | |
Sunday, February 23 | Women | 11:00 | Free Program |
— | 17:00 | Exhibition |
Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2024.
Country | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
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Japan [4] | Kao Miura | Mone Chiba | ||
Tatsuya Tsuboi | Wakaba Higuchi | |||
Kazuki Tomono | Rino Matsuike | — | ||
South Korea [5] | Cha Jun-hwan | Kim Chae-yeon | — | |
Kim Hyun-gyeom | Lee Hae-in | — | ||
Lee Si-hyeong | Yun Ah-sun |
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