2025 World Figure Skating Championships
| 2025 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 25 – March 30 |
| Season: | 2024-25 |
| Location: | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | TD Garden |
| Defending champions | |
Men's singles:  Ilia Malinin | |
Women's singles:  Kaori Sakamoto | |
Pairs:  Deanna Stellato-Dudekand Maxime Deschamps | |
| Ice dance: Madison Chock and Evan Bates | |
| Previous: 2024 World Championships | |
| Next: 2026 World Championships | |
The 2025 World Figure Skating Championships will be held from March 25-30, 2025, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States.[1] The competition will determine the entry quotas for each skating federation at the 2025 World Championships and the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Qualification
[edit]Age and minimum TES requirements
[edit]Skaters are eligible for the 2025 World Championships if they turned 17 years of age before July 1, 2024, and if they met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepts technical minimum scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions during the ongoing season at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships or during the preceding season.[1]
| Discipline | CTES |
|---|---|
| Men | 104 |
| Women | 90 |
| Pairs | 88 |
| Ice dance | 94 |
Number of entries per discipline
[edit]Based on the results of the 2024 World Championships, each ISU member nation could field one to three entries per discipline.[2] Russia and Belarus were banned from participating "until further notice"[3] due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. If not listed on this table, the nation could field one entry.
| Spots | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Japan United States
|
Japan South Korea
|
Canada Germany Japan
|
Canada United States
|
| 2 |  France Italy Switzerland
|
 Belgium Switzerland
|
 Australia Georgia Hungary Italy Japan
|
 Czech Republic Finland France Great Britain Italy Lithuania
|
Schedule
[edit]All times are listed in local time (UTC-04:00).[1]
| Date | Disc. | Time | Segment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, March 26 | Women | 11:05 | Short program |
| Pairs | 18:45 | ||
| Thursday, March 27 | Men | 11:10 | |
| Pairs | 18:15 | Free skating | |
| Friday, March 28 | Ice dance | 11:20 | Rhythm dance |
| Men | 18:00 | Free skating | |
| Saturday, March 29 | Ice dance | 13:30 | Free dance |
| Men | 18:00 | Free skating | |
| Sunday, March 24 | — | 14:00 | Exhibition gala |
Entries
[edit]Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2024.
| Country | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan[4]
|
Yuma Kagiyama | Mone Chiba | ||
| Shun Sato | Kaori Sakamoto | — | ||
| Tatsuya Tsuboi | Wakaba Higuchi | [a] |
- ^ Footnote 1
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "2025 World Figure Skating Championships Announcements". International Skating Union. September 2, 2024.
- ^ "Communication No. 2657: Entries for ISU Figure Skating and Synchronized Skating Championships 2025". International Skating Union. July 30, 2024.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (7 June 2022). "ISU extends ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes, but motion on changing suspension rules fails". Inside the Games. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ @skatejapanews (December 22, 2024). "Team Japan 2025 World Championships team" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
[edit]- 2025 World Championships at the International Skating Union
- 2025 World Championships at SkatingScores