International Challenge Cup

(Redirected from Ennia Challenge Cup)

The International Challenge Cup (formerly known as the Ennia Challenge Cup and the Aegon Cup)[1] is an annual figure skating competition generally held in the Netherlands during the last week in February. Although the competition had been held for years in The Hague, a three-year contract was signed in 2022 with the city of Tilburg to host the competition at the IJssportcentrum Tilburg.

International Challenge Cup
Location: Netherlands

Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels.

History

In the 1970s and 1980s, the competition was titled the Ennia Challenge Cup and held in November.[2][3] The event was later renamed as the Aegon Challenge Cup after its title sponsor, Aegon N.V.[1]

Since 2017, the Dutch Figure Skating Championships have been combined with the Challenge Cup.

Senior results

Men's singles

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
1977–78 David Santee Fumio Igarashi Daniel Béland[1]
1978–79 Scott Cramer Jean-Christophe Simond Dennis Coi
1979–80 Robin Cousins Gordon Forbes Robert Wagenhoffer
1980–81 Jean-Christophe Simond Mark Cockerell Daniel Béland
1981–82 Rudi Cerne James Santee Dennis Coi
1982–83 Brian Boitano Norbert Schramm Jozef Sabovčík
1983–84 Brian Orser Takashi Mura Rudi Cerne
1984–85 Petr Barna Viktor Petrenko Christopher Bowman
2008 Kristoffer Berntsson Samuel Contesti Clemens Brummer[4]
2009 Samuel Contesti Kevin van der Perren Jamal Othman[5]
2012 Brian Joubert Jeremy Abbott Samuel Contesti[6]
2013 Brian Joubert Alexander Johnson Chafik Besseghier[7]
2014 Takahito Mura Douglas Razzano Chafik Besseghier[8]
2015 Ivan Righini Javier Raya Ryuju Hino[9]
2017 Jorik Hendrickx Jordan Moeller Morisi Kvitelashvili[10]
2018 Adrien Tesson Daniel Grassl Valtter Virtanen[11]
2019 Sōta Yamamoto Yuma Kagiyama Lukas Britschgi[12]
2020 Shoma Uno Keiji Tanaka Adrien Tesson[13]
2021 Mikhail Kolyada Romain Ponsart Adam Siao Him Fa[14]
2022 Ilia Malinin Mihhail Selevko Sōta Yamamoto[15]
2023 Shun Sato Sōta Yamamoto Matteo Rizzo[16]
2024 Mikhail Shaidorov Tatsuya Tsuboi Kazuki Tomono[17]

Women's singles

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
1977–78 Emi Watanabe Susan Broman Kristiina Wegelius[1]
1978–79 Denise Biellmann Renata Baierová Natalia Strelkova
1979–80 Renata Baierová Elaine Zayak Heather Kemkaran
1980–81 Jackie Farrell Katarina Witt Megumi Yanagihara
1981–82 Katarina Witt Elaine Zayak Diane Ogibowski
1982–83 Vikki de Vries Claudia Leistner Anna Antonova
1983–84 Katarina Witt Midori Ito Sachie Yuki
1984–85 Constanze Gensel Yukari Yoshimori Yvonne Gómez
2007 Karen Venhuizen Kathrin Freudelsperger Viviane Käser[18]
2008 Akiko Suzuki Tuğba Karademir Becky Bereswill[4]
2009 Viktoria Helgesson Joshi Helgesson Constanze Paulinus[5]
2012 Carolina Kostner Valentina Marchei Alissa Czisny[6]
2013 Carolina Kostner Maé-Bérénice Méité Kerstin Frank[7]
2014 Isabelle Olsson Haruka Imai Anna Ovcharova[8]
2015 Kanako Murakami Joshi Helgesson Niki Wories[9]
2017 Loena Hendrickx Caroline Zhang Larkyn Austman[10]
2018 Wakaba Higuchi Rika Hongo Marin Honda[11]
2019 Rika Kihira Starr Andrews Wakaba Higuchi[12]
2020 Rika Kihira Yuhana Yokoi Madeline Schizas[13]
2021 Loena Hendrickx Emmy Ma Emilea Zingas[14]
2022 Rino Matsuike Lindsay Thorngren Júlia Láng[15]
2023 Kaori Sakamoto Mai Mihara Mana Kawabe[16]
2024 Kaori Sakamoto Yuna Aoki Lorine Schild[17]

Pairs

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
1977–78
[1]
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
2013[7]
2014
[8]
2015[9]
2017No other competitors[10]
2018
[11]
2019[12]
2020[13]
2021[14]
2022
  • Karina Akopova
  • Nikita Rakhmanin
[15]
2023[16]
2024[17]

Ice dance

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
1977–78[1]
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
2020No other competitors[13]
2021[14]
2022[15]
2023[16]
2024[17]

Junior results

Men's singles

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2008 Andrew Gonzales Jr. Daniel O'Shea Yukihiro Yoshida[4]
2009 Daisuke Murakami Joshua Farris Jorik Hendrickx[5]
2012 Peter James Hallam Osman Akgun Charlie Parry-Evans[6]
2014 Sei Kawahara Kazuki Tomono Panagiotis Polizoakis[8]
2015 Tomoki Hiwatashi Juho Pirinen Héctor Alonso[9]
2017 Nurullah Sahaka Aleix Gabara Xanco Thomas Junski[10]
2018 Taichiro Yamakuma Yuto Kishina Kai Jagoda[11]
2019 Shun Sato Daniel Sapozhnikov Tim England[12]
2020 Nozomu Yoshioka Denis Gurdzhi Edward Appleby[13]
2022 Shunsuke Nakamura Naoki Rossi Taira Shinohara[15]
2023 Haruya Sasaki Haru Kakiuchi Georgii Pavlov[16]
2024 Hugo Bostedt Robert Wildt Nikolay di Tria[17]

Women's results

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2007 Rachael Flatt Alexe Gilles Chrissy Hughes[18]
2008 Brittney Rizo Shoko Ishikawa Amanda Dobbs[4]
2009 Kanako Murakami Ellie Kawamura Isabelle Olsson[5]
2012 Leah Keiser Gabrielle Daleman Giada Russo[6]
2014 Kaori Sakamoto Elena Taylor Emmi Peltonen[8]
2015 Rebecca Peng Kyarha van Tiel Loena Hendrickx[9]
2017 Emmy Ma Olivia Gran Smilla Szalkai[10]
2018 Nana Araki Yuhana Yokoi Stefanie Pesendorfer[11]
2019 Yuhana Yokoi Maria Aimeé Renne Selma Välitalo[12]
2020 Mone Chiba Ginevra Lavinia Negrello Shiika Yoshioka[13]
2022 Mone Chiba Ayumi Shibayama Anna Pezzetta[15]
2023 Ayumi Shibayama Ikura Kushida Yurina Okuno[16]
2024 Alexandra Odman Julia Grabowski Danielle Verbinnen[17]

Pairs

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2012
[6]
2014
  • Jessica Lee
  • Robert Hennings
  • Marin Ono
[8]
2015
  • Gabriella Marvaldi
[9]
2019No other competitors[12]
2023
  • Katalin Janne Salatzki
  • Lukas Röseler
[16]
2024
  • Zarah Wood
  • Alex Lapsky
No other competitors[17]

Ice dance

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2008
  • Kaylin Patitucci
  • Karl Edelman
[4]
2023
  • Ambre Perrier-Gianesi
  • Samuel Blanc-Klaperman
  • Sofiia Beznosikova
  • Max Leleu
  • Eliška Žáková
  • Filip Mencl
[16]
2024
  • Beatrice Ventura
  • Stefano Fransca
  • Vittoria Petracchi
  • Daniel Basile
  • Enna Kesti
  • Oskari Liedenpohja
[17]

References