2025/26 Junior Grand Prix Calendar

[Andrea82]

The ISU Council approved the calendar of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series Season 2025/26 as follows:

August 20 – 23, 2025 Riga / LAT (including Pair Skating)
August 27 – 30, 2025 Ankara / TUR (including Pair Skating)
September 3 – 6, 2025 Varese / ITA
September 9 – 13, 2025 Bangkok / THA (including Pair Skating)
September 24 – 27, 2025 Baku / AZE
October 1 – 4, 2025 Gdansk / POL (including Pair Skating)
October 8 – 11, 2025 Abu Dhabi / UAE

Source: https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/34439-isu-communication-2671/file

 

[4everchan]

and once more... no north american JGP...

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

If you're thinking about going to Varese, take warm clothes with you. That rink is VERY cold

 

[Ivana]

Good to see Abu Dhabi and Baku on the list. I don't think they ever hosted JGP before.

 

[NoNameFace]

Gdańsk is a given, now...Riga or Varese? Maybe I should finally haul myself north to Riga, as was the initial plan this year? The rest is too far for me...

 

[elektra blue]

wow jgp Italy!

 

[Bluediamonds09]

I'm so glad that the junior girl from France is most likely going to the Final!

 

[Rebecca Moose]

and once more... no north american JGP...

Shameful. I have no idea what Skate Canada and the USFSA are thinking. May I recommend they spend less funds on tacky rebrands and cringe marketing and more on hosting events? Grow the sport, please.

 

[Skating91]

Shameful. I have no idea what Skate Canada and the USFSA are thinking. May I recommend they spend less funds on tacky rebrands and cringe marketing and more on hosting events? Grow the sport, please.

Canada and the United States are both a long way away for almost all the skaters in any JGP field. Added expense for most skaters.

Also, their immigration officials are quite paranoid and aggressive, it's just easier to take these events to places like UAE, Turkey, Thailand where there will be no visa issues, children/coaches won't be aggressively interrogated, humiliated or treated with suspicion at the airport.

Plus the ISU want to go to new markets. UAE ticks all the boxes, ease of travel, ease of visas, welcoming to foreigners, great infrastructure.

 

[ice coverage]

... I have no idea what Skate Canada and the USFSA are thinking. May I recommend they spend ... more on hosting events? Grow the sport, please.

To be fair: USFS has been hosting a steady stream of internationals.
Below is a snapshot list of U.S.-hosted internationals just from this season going back to 2018-2019 season.
(I always would welcome another JGP in the U.S.)

ISU Worlds 2025
ISU Four Continents 2023 and 2019 --

accompanied by 2023 ISU advanced novice singles workshop (among attendees were Yanhao Li of New Zealand before he later became a huge name in junior international competition; and Patrick Blackwell of USA)​

World University Games 2023 in Lake Placid
Skate America every year 2018-2024
Cranberry Cup International 2024 -- ISU Challenger, plus junior international and advanced novice international
John Nicks International Pairs Challenge 2024 -- ISU Challenger, plus junior international
U.S. International Classic 2022 (Lake Placid), 2019 (Salt Lake City), and 2018 (SLC) -- ISU Challengers
ISU Junior Grand Prix 2019 in Lake Placid
Lake Placid Ice Dance International every year 2018-2024 (except 2020 during pandemic) --

senior international and junior international​

John Nicks International Pairs Challenge every year 2021-2023 -- non-Challenger senior international and junior international
Cranberry Cup International every year 2021-2023 -- non-Challenger senior international and junior international
U.S. International Classic 2021 in Norwood, Mass. -- non-Challenger
Kings Cup International 2023 in El Segundo, Ca. -- senior international and junior international
Pacific Rim Advanced Novice Open 2023 in El Segundo, Ca. -- advanced novice international
Philadelphia Summer International 2022 and 2019 -- senior international and junior international
Philadelphia Summer International 2018 -- senior international
ISU Synchro Worlds 2023 in Lake Placid
International Classic 2025 in Norwood, Mass. -- ISU Challenger for synchro
California Cup 2019 -- ISU Challenger for synchro
Solo Ice Dance International 2025 in Atlanta
Picken Solo Ice Dance International 2024 in Reston, Va. --

five levels of international competition: senior, junior, advanced novice, intermediate novice, and basic novice​

Nation's Cup and Adult Gold Cup 2023 in Norwood, Mass. --

Theatre on Ice international competition for: senior, junior, novice, adult​

ISU International Adult Competition 2023 (Nashville) and 2019 (Lake Placid)

 

[Anna K.]

Maybe I should finally haul myself north to Riga, as was the initial plan this year?

If you want any information about Latvian crown making traditions, send me a message!

 

[lariko]

The ISU Council approved the calendar of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series Season 2025/26 as follows:

August 20 – 23, 2025 Riga / LAT (including Pair Skating)
August 27 – 30, 2025 Ankara / TUR (including Pair Skating)
September 3 – 6, 2025 Varese / ITA
September 9 – 13, 2025 Bangkok / THA (including Pair Skating)
September 24 – 27, 2025 Baku / AZE
October 1 – 4, 2025 Gdansk / POL (including Pair Skating)
October 8 – 11, 2025 Abu Dhabi / UAE

Source: https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/34439-isu-communication-2671/file

Baku! Wow, so they actually have a rink there? Last time I read about them, it was about how they didn't have the ice on the ice rink that qualified them as ISU member. Cool if they are trying to get back into the game.

 

[brblja]

I’ll definitely do Gdańsk again, but might try Varese instead of Riga next year if I manage to get leave for two JGPs.

 

[ajingmarg]

Baku! Wow, so they actually have a rink there? Last time I read about them, it was about how they didn't have the ice on the ice rink that qualified them as ISU member. Cool if they are trying to get back into the game.

Azerbaijan is rich country with oil and gas. It is not a problem for them even to build something new