2025 Nebelhorn Trophy: General Info and Pregame Chat

[gsk8]

2025 Nebelhorn Trophy is the fifth of 11 events of the 2025-26 Figure Skating Challenger Series and is scheduled to take place in Oberstdorf, Germany, September 25-27, 2025.

This event will feature the Singles & Pair skating and Ice Dance disciplines in the Senior category. The competition will be conducted in accordance with the ISU Constitution and General Regulations, the ISU Special Regulations for Singles & Pair skating and Ice Dance, and relevant ISU Communications.

Participation is open to all Skaters/Couples of ISU Members with a maximum of 3 entries per category (except for the Host ISU Member), who are eligible for International “Senior” Competitions by age (Rule 108) and by citizenship (109) and entered through the respective ISU Member. There is a limitation for the Skaters/Couples to three (3) participations in the Challenger Series Competitions.

The event will count towards ISU World Standing Points, Minimum Total Technical Score, Challenger Series in Figure Skating Ranking and Prize Money.

• ISU Event Page
• Announcement
• Schedule
• Entries
• Results
• ISU Communication 2683 & ISU Communication 2706 (Challenger Series in Figure Skating for 2025-26)
• ISU Communication 2550 (ISU World Standing and Season World Ranking for Single & Pairs Skating and Ice Dance)

Streaming Info

• All competitions and the gala of the Nebelhorn Trophy 2025 will be broadcast live on Sporteurope.TV (Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3).
• On Thursday the Short Program of Pairs (from 17:10) and on Friday the Free Program of Men and Free Program of Pairs (from 21:00) will also be broadcast on BR24Sport in the ARD Mediathek (free of charge, worldwide, no geoblocking).

Challenger Standings
Men | Women | Pairs | Ice Dance

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Team Japan entries:
Tatsuya Tsuboi, Kazuki Tomono, Mone Chiba, Hana Yoshida, Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara

Also Jia Shin (KOR) will be there!

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

There has been a change regarding tickets this year: they can be bought online (Here). Also there is no Walser Card discount.

 

[Ruthypegs]

There has been a change regarding tickets this year: they can be bought online (Here). Also there is no Walser Card discount.

Thank you for the link - tickets bought, plus train tickets and hotel booked. Here's hoping for a great line-up!

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Thank you for the link - tickets bought, plus train tickets and hotel booked. Here's hoping for a great line-up!

I hope pairs will have some of the Italians. Chances are good for that I think since none of them are at John Nicks and Kinoshita.

 

[NoNameFace]

I guess I *summoned* those tickets lol, thought about Nebelhorn today and what I see? Tickets are here!
Now I need to overcome my irrational fear about getting to Oberstdorf as of travelling. I just, don't know, I'm not confident about my travelling skills anymore and I doubt myself a lot. But staying put with fear won't help anything. So I need to focus more on skaters, line-up, new experience instead travelling doubts.

 

[Jeanie19]

I guess I *summoned* those tickets lol, thought about Nebelhorn today and what I see? Tickets are here!
Now I need to overcome my irrational fear about getting to Oberstdorf as of travelling. I just, don't know, I'm not confident about my travelling skills anymore and I doubt myself a lot. But staying put with fear won't help anything. So I need to focus more on skaters, line-up, new experience instead travelling doubts.

You will be fine. You have traveled a lot and certainly the skaters will be happy to see you.

 

[Kiki5375]

I guess I *summoned* those tickets lol, thought about Nebelhorn today and what I see? Tickets are here!
Now I need to overcome my irrational fear about getting to Oberstdorf as of travelling. I just, don't know, I'm not confident about my travelling skills anymore and I doubt myself a lot. But staying put with fear won't help anything. So I need to focus more on skaters, line-up, new experience instead travelling doubts.

Me and my friend will be there the whole week. It's free seating. So if you are alone we can meet and sit together if you want. Don't worry, Oberstdorf is such a cute small village. You will not get lost there ;-) And the trainstation is an one way station. Just stay in the train until they kick you out and the train arrives in the center and you can reach most hotels and B&Bs in walking distance.

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

I don't have the link at hand now but apparently Lia and Trennt will compete here

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Minerva's latest insta post confirmed that Miniki will start their season at Nebelhorn again so we have already two out of three pairs medalists from Worlds Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel MIGHT be there if Robert's recovery allows it.

 

[Kiki5375]

There will be livestreams on these websites

SportDeutschland TV pay-TV

ARD Mediathek might be countryprotected (if you need help with that send me a message)

and somewhere on www.BR24Sport.de

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

There will be livestreams on these websites

SportDeutschland TV pay-TV

ARD Mediathek might be countryprotected (if you need help with that send me a message)

and somewhere on www.BR24Sport.de

Will ARD/BR be showing the whole event this year or just a few again?

 

[Kiki5375]

Will ARD/BR be showing the whole event this year or just a few again?

I think they said men's and pair's free program only. Not sure though

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

I think they said men's and pair's free program only. Not sure though

That would be the same as last year then.

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Entries are not online yet but starting times have already been updated to 1 PM on Thursday and Friday (was originally 2 PM) and 11:30 AM on Saturday (was originally 11 AM). I guess we have a big pairs field coming up.

 

[saine]

Skate Canada updated the International Assignments page before the entries have come out.

Men:
Roman Sadovsky
Stephen Gogolev

Women:
Katherine Medland Spence
Kaiya Ruiter

Pairs:
Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud

Ice Dance:
Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain Le Gac
Lily Hensen/Nathan Lickers

 

[NoNameFace]

My girl Katherine will be there!! This time I need to do a matching crown...
Oh and Lily and Nathan, sort of always wanted to see them live. Plus boys and Lia/Trennt.

 

[NoNameFace]

Entries are not online yet but starting times have already been updated to 1 PM on Thursday and Friday (was originally 2 PM) and 11:30 AM on Saturday (was originally 11 AM). I guess we have a big pairs field coming up.

This was my first thought checking my emails and seeing info on change in schedule hehe, "there has to be bigger field!"

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

This was my first thought checking my emails and seeing info on change in schedule hehe, "there has to be bigger field!"

I think Lombardia having no pairs Challenger this year will have a visible effect

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Also now I hope entries will drop tomorrow...SC also released their entries one day before the full list was out last year