2025 World Team Trophy: Info and pre-game chat

[DizzyFrenchie]

As per the announcement, Inori (the Medalist's main character), or rather the actress Natsumi Haruse, will host the opening ceremony
There will also be a thematic photo booth at the venue where people can pose and take shots if they like.
They also mention distribution of "gold medal style cards" among the audience.
I also expect the anime's opening song "Bow and Arrrow" will be played a lot at the venue. It's a big hit in Japan right now, both the song itself (by Japanese superstar Kenshi Yonezu), and the music video clip (featuring Yuzuru Hanyu skating to it, yes, no less!) topping the charts.
This anime is focused on skating and hugely popular now in Japan, both in terms of views on D+ and social media engagement / comments. So is the manga. Hence the buzz

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This looks like a better idea from the Japanese Federation, than what I've seen lately from ISU... It's probably not very expensive (not needing costly special stage devices etc), not long term, but able to do a buzz and generate positive associations as most advertising try to do; this, while World Team Trophy as an event, may well be threatened by the chronic loss of revenue at JSF.

 

[Magill]

This looks like a better idea from the Japanese Federation, than what I've seen lately from ISU... It's probably not very expensive (not needing costly special stage devices etc), not long term, but able to do a buzz and generate positive associations as most advertising try to do; this, while World Team Trophy as an event, may well be threatened by the chronic loss of revenue at JSF.

TBH I am not sure it comes from JSF. If I were to guess, I would point to TV Asahi who is a special sponsor of the event, which I understand as saying they will broadcast it for Japan This is too media savvy either for ISU or for JSF, lol
The announcement comes from TV Asahi's website so.....

 

[Skater Boy]

The 2024 World Team Trophy event is almost here. This competition generally marks the end of the competitive skating season. It needs to be clear this format is very different than the Olympic team event. Mainly it seems designed for Japan with two singles skaters in men and women unlike the Olympic event which has one only. This obviously famours countries known for singles skating ie Japan.

I believe we have six teams - USA, Japan, France, Italy, Georgia and Canada. There is a prediction thread but it woudl be interesting to talk about the teams.

USA and Japan look like the strongest with the US being strong in all four events with the weakest being probably pairs. It will be interesting to see who represents each nation. For example the current ladies world champion is not even in the top 3 in her country to represent them.

Canada named its team and it is eveident they are hurting in the singles department for both men and women. On the otherhand US and Japan are full of talented singles skaters. THe top two spots in my mind are made up USA and Japan. Who gets bronze. I am thinking Italy. But a lot will depend in the battle of the men Italy versus France they both have top male skaters at least 2 each.

 

[FlossieH]

There is already a discussion thread for the WTT here: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/2025-world-team-trophy-info-and-pre-game-chat.98411/

mods - can this be merged with the existing thread?

 

[saine]

Team Captains from here:

Canada - Piper Gilles
France - Kevin Aymoz
Georgia - Nika Egadze
Italy - Charlene Guignard
Japan - Kaori Sakamoto
USA - Jason Brown

 

[CoyoteChris]

Team Challenge Cup was a different event...

Whatever it is, WTT or TCC, the fluff is real. The skating can be real too. One doesn't prevent the other.

Its is????
Actually, both events have their charms....the skating order in Spokane was...unusual....but it was fun....if a certain Swiss coach/skater/promoter hadnt stolen Yuzu from us, the place would have been packed with wonderful Japanese fans....
Sometimes, our local branch of Mukogawa University shows up in force and sits together...lots of fun.

 

[elbkup]

Team Captains from here:

Canada - Piper Gilles
France - Kevin Aymoz
Georgia - Nika Egadze
Italy - Charlene Guignard
Japan - Kaori Sakamoto
USA - Jason Brown

Kevin?! OMG cannot wait

 

[Skater Boy]

The men will be interesting. Mind you with a lot less skaters a Aymoz or Fa or one of the Italian boys crashing and burning is less likely. You just don't know which Italian or French guy is going to show up. Jason Brown will be affected a lot by those 4 skaters. This does seem to be a made for Japan kind of event.

 

[CoyoteChris]

We certainly do. Some events, even ISU certified events are fluffier than others. TCC and WTT, or the famous Mordavian ornament.

While there were events this season that maybe in the grand scheme of things were not that important, I would not have called them fluff. They were run seriously. Fluff is found in events where skaters cheering each other on dress up in costumes or funny glasses and sit in funny boxes and just have fun. If your team maybe does not do its best ....you are out some bucks...but you still have fun. Just like the old pro championships of the last century.

 

[CoyoteChris]

Wanna see Mao! Mao!

 

[nguyhm]

Wanna see Mao! Mao!

And Rino too

 

[CoyoteChris]

And Rino too

So many great skaters. Reminds me of the old Champions on Ice days.

 

[dorispulaski]

The detailed Results and Protocols are up.

https://results.isu.org/results/season2425/wtt2025/

 

[AlexRus]

In order of Season Best this season, separately SP/RD and FS/FD.

Men SP
1 Ilia MALININ USA 110.41
2 Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN 107.09
3 Shun SATO JPN 98.75
4 Adam SIAO HIM FA FRA 96.74
5 Nika EGADZE GEO 93.89
6 Kevin AYMOZ FRA 93.63
7 Daniel GRASSL ITA 90.36
8 Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA 87.89
9 Jason BROWN USA 84.72
10 Roman SADOVSKY CAN 80.50
11 Aleksa RAKIC CAN 76.74
- Morisi KVITELASHVILI GEO -

Men FS
1 Ilia MALININ USA 208.15
2 Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN 194.39
3 Kevin AYMOZ FRA 190.84
4 Adam SIAO HIM FA FRA 188.26
5 Shun SATO JPN 187.49
6 Daniel GRASSL ITA 181.84
7 Jason BROWN USA 180.68
8 Nikolaj MEMOLA ITA 177.69
9 Nika EGADZE GEO 172.64
10 Roman SADOVSKY CAN 160.13
11 Aleksa RAKIC CAN 145.75
- Morisi KVITELASHVILI GEO -

Women SP
1 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN 78.93
2 Amber GLENN USA 78.14
3 Alysa LIU USA 74.58
4 Mone CHIBA JPN 73.44
5 Madeline SCHIZAS CAN 69.18
6 Anastasiia GUBANOVA GEO 69.07
7 Anna PEZZETTA ITA 67.14
8 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA 67.06
9 Lea SERNA FRA 64.81
10 Lorine SCHILD FRA 63.48
11 Sara-Maude DUPUIS CAN 62.35
- Alina URUSHADZE GEO -

Women FS
1 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN 152.95
2 Alysa LIU USA 148.39
3 Amber GLENN USA 144.70
4 Mone CHIBA JPN 141.80
5 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA 131.43
6 Anastasiia GUBANOVA GEO 129.62
7 Madeline SCHIZAS CAN 124.76
8 Anna PEZZETTA ITA 123.46
9 Lorine SCHILD FRA 123.14
10 Lea SERNA FRA 116.74
11 Sara-Maude DUPUIS CAN 116.01
- Alina URUSHADZE GEO -

Pairs SP
1 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 77.79
2 Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS CAN 75.89
3 Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII ITA 74.67
4 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 72.26
5 Alisa EFIMOVA / Misha MITROFANOV USA 67.59
6 Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 57.13

Pairs FS
1 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 143.22
2 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 142.77
3 Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS CAN 141.26
4 Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII ITA 138.62
5 Alisa EFIMOVA / Misha MITROFANOV USA 135.59
6 Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 110.50

Dance RD
1 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA 90.18
2 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA 87.45
3 Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN 87.22
4 Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA 82.75
5 Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO 80.32
6 Utana YOSHIDA / Masaya MORITA JPN 68.94

Dance FD
1 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA 132.12
2 Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN 131.24
3 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA 128.18
4 Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA 124.01
5 Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO 121.55
6 Utana YOSHIDA / Masaya MORITA JPN 102.65

 

[TontoK]

I've forgotten how the scoring works here.

Is it ordinal based like the Olympic Team Event? So many points for first, less for second, etc?

Or is it score based? Add up all the scores?

 

[el henry]

I've forgotten how the scoring works here.

Is it ordinal based like the Olympic Team Event? So many points for first, less for second, etc?

Or is it score based? Add up all the scores?

Scoring is based on skater placements for each event. Win by .50, win by 30, the team gets the same score.

Won’t stop Ilia from going for all the quads, because that’s how he rolls but he doesn’t “need” to.

 

[labgoat]

Not to mention Morisi wasn't in his best shape the months before he retired....

Saw a post where Morisi said he had never done TT and was asked to train for it. He said it was hard but he wanted to be there - good for him. I hope he enjoys himself and maybe brings back The Mask.

 

[labgoat]

Just realized I will be at work for the entire first and second day. Sorry but I will miss chatting with you folks.

 

[4everchan]

Salome is on 3/4 of the panels...

 

[Jeanie19]

Which short program will Kevin skate to? Last years short or this years. I like both. But I predict he will skate to this years "Everybody". What do you think?