The ISU Junior World Challenge Cup was an international synchronized skating competition that determined the best junior teams in the world. Held for the first time in 2001, the competition was sanctioned by International Skating Union. From 2013 to 2016, after the 2013 launch of the World Junior Championships which was to be held in odd-numbered years, the event was held bi-annually in even-numbered years. [1] However, because the World Junior Championships have been held annually since 2017, [2] the last ISU Junior World Challenge Cup took place in 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] |
2013 | (not held, see the article for the Junior World Championships ) | |||||||||||||
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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