The ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships (WJSSC) are the junior world championships for the sport of synchronized skating. Held first time in 2013 and originally planned to be held biennially, the WJSSC is now an annual event sanctioned by the International Skating Union. [1]
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Year | Location | Gold | Total | SP | FS | Silver | Total | SP | FS | Bronze | Total | SP | FS | Source(s) |
2013 | Helsinki, Finland | Musketeers | 183.20 | 61.57 | 121.63 | Team Fintastic | 183.00 | 64.32 | 118.68 | Spartak Junost' | 171.56 | 55.11 | 116.45 | [2] [3] |
2014 | (not held, see the article for the Junior World Challenge Cup ) | |||||||||||||
2015 | Zagreb, Croatia | Musketeers | 172.98 | 59.08 | 113.90 | Team Fintastic | 166.73 | 60.95 | 105.78 | Les Suprêmes | 162.09 | 54.99 | 107.10 | [4] [5] |
2016 | (not held, see the article for the Junior World Challenge Cup ) | |||||||||||||
2017 | Mississauga, Canada | Spartak Junost | 168.83 | 62.34 | 106.49 | Team Fintastic | 158.06 | 61.55 | 96.51 | Musketeers | 156.24 | 57.72 | 98.52 | [6] |
2018 | Zagreb, Croatia | Spartak Junost | 174.58 | 68.50 | 106.08 | Team Skyliners | 169.82 | 65.15 | 104.67 | Team Crystal Ice | 167.14 | 63.33 | 103.81 | [7] |
2019 | Neuchatel, Switzerland | Spartak Junost | 200.74 | 76.46 | 124.28 | Team Crystal Ice | 199.99 | 79.44 | 120.55 | Team Skyliners | 193.42 | 75.79 | 117.63 | [8] |
2020 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Team Fintastic | 205.94 | 73.79 | 132.15 | Spartak Junost | 205.23 | 76.09 | 129.14 | Team Crystal Ice | 200.09 | 75.93 | 124.16 | [9] [10] |
2021 | Lyon, France | (Originally scheduled for 12 to 14 March 2021 to be held in Angers, France. The event was eventually cancelled. [11] ) | ||||||||||||
2022 | Innsbruck, Austria | Team Fintastic | 205.61 | 72.83 | 132.78 | Team Skyliners | 204.39 | 72.34 | 132.05 | Teams Elite | 204.11 | 72.41 | 131.70 | [12] [13] |
2023 | Angers, France | Team Fintastic | 191.72 | 67.18 | 124.54 | Team Nexxice | 186.65 | 66.12 | 122.53 | Team Skyliners | 186.63 | 69.40 | 117.23 | [14] |
2024 | Neuchatel, Switzerland | Les Supremes | 205.14 | 74.01 | 131.13 | Team Fintastic | 199.71 | 71.89 | 127.82 | Team Skyliners | 196.68 | 70.93 | 125.75 | [15] |
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