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2025 World Team Trophy
2025 World Team Trophy
The 2025 World Team Trophy is scheduled to take place Apr 17-20, 2025, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Qualifying countries for this event are:
Canada
France
Georgia
Italy
Japan
USA
The ISU World Team Trophy (in Figure Skating) is an ISU Event announced in respect of the current ISU Constitution and Regulations. As per ISU Regulations, Rule 100, paragraphs 3. a) & b) the ISU owns all rights to the ISU World Team Trophy. The ISU World Team Trophy will be held with the approval and the assistance of the International Skating Union, under the responsibility of the organizing ISU Members concerned (in this case the Japan Skating Federation – JSF) and in accordance with the current ISU Constitution and General Regulations 2024, the ISU Special Regulations & Technical Rules Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance 2024 and all relevant ISU Communications.
The ISU World Team Trophy format is based on a competition consisting of the six (6) best national Teams from ISU Members with a special provision for the host ISU Member to be included as Qualified Member. Each Team will be composed of 2 Men Single Skaters, 2 Women Single Skaters, 1 Pair and 1 Ice Dance team (a total of 8 Skaters per Team). Each Team nominates a Captain from Team Skaters who represents the Team including during the medal giving ceremony.
Six (6) ISU Members will qualify based on the scoring scale used for the ISU World Standing points (see applicable scale in sub-paragraph e) below) scored by its best 2 Women Single Skaters, best 2 Men Single Skaters, the best Pair and the best Ice Dance Couple primarily at ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating events and Final season 2024/25 and the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025, plus possibly the ISU European Figure Skating Championships / ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2025, the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2025 and ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating season 2024/25.
The 6 Teams, having accumulated the highest number of points by the above-mentioned number and discipline of Skaters/Couples in the above-mentioned ISU Events and the criteria outlined below, will qualify. If a Team would qualify by points with less than the above-mentioned number and disciplines of Skater/Couples contributing to the qualification points, such Team would only be considered qualified, if points are achieved in at least 3 disciplines, otherwise the Team with the next highest amount of points fulfilling the criteria will be considered qualified. If there is a tie among Teams’ subject to qualify, the Team having earned the higher number of points at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2024 will be qualified. If a tie persists, the qualifying ISU Member will be decided by draw. The Team of the host ISU Member, if not qualified under the applicable Qualifying System, will receive a wild card entry as Team number 6 replacing the Team finishing in that place in the Standings.
