2025 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | March 25 – March 30 |
Season: | 2024-25 |
Location: | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
Venue: | TD Garden |
Defending champions | |
Men's singles: Ilia Malinin | |
Women's singles: Kaori Sakamoto | |
Pairs: Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps | |
Ice dance: Madison Chock and Evan Bates | |
Previous: 2024 World Championships | |
Next: 2026 World Championships |
The 2025 World Figure Skating Championships will be held from March 25-30, 2025, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. [1] The competition will determine the entry quotas for each skating federation at the 2026 World Championships and the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Skaters are eligible for the 2025 World Championships if they turned 17 years of age before July 1, 2024, and if they met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepts technical minimum 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 preceding season. [1]
Discipline | CTES |
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Men | 104 |
Women | 90 |
Pairs | 88 |
Ice dance | 94 |
Based on the results of the 2024 World Championships, each ISU member nation could field one to three entries per discipline. [2] Russia and Belarus were banned from participating "until further notice" [3] due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. If not listed on this table, the nation could field one entry.
Spots | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
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3 | Japan United States | Japan South Korea United States | Canada Germany Japan | Canada United States |
2 | France Italy Switzerland | Belgium Switzerland | Australia Georgia Hungary Italy United States | Czech Republic Finland France Great Britain Italy Lithuania |
All times are listed in local time (UTC-04:00). [1]
Date | Disc. | Time | Segment |
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Wednesday, March 26 | Women | 11:05 | Short program |
Pairs | 18:45 | ||
Thursday, March 27 | Men | 11:10 | |
Pairs | 18:15 | Free skating | |
Friday, March 28 | Ice dance | 11:20 | Rhythm dance |
Men | 18:00 | Free skating | |
Saturday, March 29 | Ice dance | 13:30 | Free dance |
Men | 18:00 | Free skating | |
Sunday, March 24 | — | 14:00 | Exhibition gala |
Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2024.
Country | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
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Japan [4] | Yuma Kagiyama | Mone Chiba | ||
Shun Sato | Kaori Sakamoto | — | ||
Tatsuya Tsuboi | Wakaba Higuchi | [a] | ||
Spain [5] | Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté | — | [a] |
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