The ISU Junior World Challenge Cup is an international synchronized skating competition that determines the best junior teams in the world. Held for the first time in 2001, the competition is sanctioned by International Skating Union. From 2013 to 2016, the event was held biennially in even-numbered years, after the 2013 launch of the World Junior Championships which was to be held in odd-numbered years. [1] However, because the World Junior Championships has been held annually since 2017, [2] there has not been any ISU Junior World Challenge Cup after 2016.
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Year | Location | Gold | Total | SP | FS | Silver | Total | SP | FS | Bronze | Total | SP | FS | Source(s) |
2001 | Neuchâtel, Switzerland | Team Fintastic | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | Les Suprêmes | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | Superettes | 4.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | [3] |
2002 | Zagreb, Croatia | Ice Image | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | Spartak Leader | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | Musketeers | 5.5 | 1.5 | 4.0 | [4] [5] |
2003 | Kungsbacka, Sweden | Musketeers | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | Burlington Ice Image | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | Les Suprêmes | 4.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | [6] |
2004 | Milan, Italy | Musketeers | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | Team Mystique | 3.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | Gold Ice | 4.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | [7] |
2005 | Neuchâtel, Switzerland | Musketeers | 150.93 | 55.95 | 95.58 | Team Mystique | 148.07 | 52.11 | 96.56 | Gold Ice | 138.60 | 50.89 | 88.31 | [8] |
2006 | Helsinki, Finland | Musketeers | 141.61 | 49.77 | 91.84 | Team Fintastic | 135.66 | 43.42 | 92.24 | Chicago Jazz | 123.08 | 39.69 | 83.39 | [9] |
2007 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Team Fintastic | 162.08 | 61.92 | 100.16 | Les Suprêmes | 159.22 | 60.70 | 98.52 | Chicago Jazz | 150.32 | 56.82 | 93.50 | [10] |
2008 | Rouen, France | Team Fintastic | 181.18 | 68.63 | 112.55 | Gold Ice | 161.57 | 61.73 | 99.84 | Musketeers | 160.01 | 64.37 | 95.64 | [11] |
2009 | Neuchâtel, Switzerland | Team Fintastic | 186.88 | 72.07 | 114.81 | NEXXICE | 184.32 | 70.38 | 113.94 | Musketeers | 176.57 | 68.52 | 108.05 | [12] |
2010 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Team Fintastic | 192.63 | 75.40 | 117.23 | NEXXICE | 181.99 | 70.10 | 111.89 | Musketeers | 178.82 | 66.88 | 111.94 | [13] |
2011 | Neuchâtel, Switzerland | Team Fintastic | 176.61 | 59.52 | 117.09 | Musketeers | 175.77 | 61.79 | 113.98 | Team Braemar | 172.48 | 56.02 | 116.46 | [14] |
2012 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Team Fintastic | 171.67 | 55.90 | 115.77 | Musketeers | 168.76 | 54.04 | 114.72 | Les Suprêmes | 146.30 | 48.64 | 97.66 | [15] |
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2014 | Neuchâtel, Switzerland | Team Fintastic | 173.77 | 56.96 | 116.81 | Les Suprêmes | 170.89 | 54.71 | 116.18 | Musketeers | 167.63 | 54.53 | 113.10 | [16] |
2015 | (not held, see the article for the Junior World Championships ) | |||||||||||||
2016 | Zagreb, Croatia | Les Suprêmes | 179.44 | 63.71 | 115.73 | Team Fintastic | 172.91 | 61.11 | 111.80 | Spartak Junost' | 169.93 | 62.02 | 107.91 | [17] |
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