2025 World Figure Skating Championships

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2025 World Figure Skating Championships
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:
Flag of the United States.svg Ilia Malinin
Women's singles:
Flag of Japan.svg Kaori Sakamoto
Pairs:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Deanna Stellato-Dudek
and Maxime Deschamps
Ice dance:
Flag of the United States.svg Madison Chock
and Evan Bates
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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.

Contents

Qualification

Age and minimum TES requirements

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]

Minimum technical scores
DisciplineCTES
Men104
Women90
Pairs88
Ice dance94

Number of entries per discipline

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 Russian invasion of Ukraine. If not listed on this table, the nation could field one entry.

Number of entries per discipline
SpotsMenWomenPairsIce dance
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania

Schedule

All times are listed in local time (UTC-04:00). [1]

Schedule
DateDisc.TimeSegment
Wednesday, March 26Women11:05Short program
Pairs18:45
Thursday, March 27Men11:10
Pairs18:15Free skating
Friday, March 28Ice dance11:20Rhythm dance
Women18:00Free skating
Saturday, March 29Ice dance13:30Free dance
Men18:00Free skating
Sunday, March 3014:00Exhibition gala

Entries

Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2024.

Entries
CountryMenWomenPairsIce dance
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [4] TBD Madeline Schizas
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan [5] Yuma Kagiyama Mone Chiba
Shun Sato Kaori Sakamoto
Tatsuya Tsuboi Wakaba Higuchi [a]
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea [6] Cha Jun-hwan Kim Chae-yeon
Lee Si-hyeong Lee Hae-in
Yun Ah-sun
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [7] Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté [a]
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States [8] [9] [10] [11] Jason Brown [b] Amber Glenn
Ilia Malinin Isabeau Levito [b]
Andrew Torgashev Alysa Liu
  1. 1 2 Pending receipt of minimum TES scores
  2. 1 2 Pending Return to Play Protocol

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