The 2017–18 ISU Junior Grand Prix was a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that were held from August 2017 through December 2017. It was the junior-level complement to the 2017–18 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their placement at each event and the top six in each discipline qualified to compete at the 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan.
Competitions The locations of the JGP events change yearly. This season, the series was composed of the following events.
Date Event Location Notes Results August 23–26 2017 JGP Australia Brisbane, Australia No pairs Details August 31 – September 2 2017 JGP Austria Salzburg, Austria No pairs Details September 6–9 2017 JGP Latvia Riga, Latvia Details September 20–24 2017 JGP Belarus Minsk, Belarus Details September 27–30 2017 JGP Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Details October 4–7 2017 JGP Poland Gdańsk, Poland Details October 11–14 2017 JGP Italy Egna, Italy No pairs Details December 7–10 2017–18 JGP Final Nagoya, Japan Details
Entries Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2017, but had not turned 19 (singles skaters and female pairs or ice dance skaters) or 21 (male pairs or ice dance skaters) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Competitors were chosen by their countries according to their federations' selection procedures. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation was determined by their skaters' placements at the 2017 World Junior Championships in each discipline.
Medalists Men's singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results JGP Australia Alexei Krasnozhon Roman Savosin Egor Rukhin JGP Austria Camden Pulkinen Luc Economides Egor Murashov JGP Latvia Mitsuki Sumoto Makar Ignatov Tomoki Hiwatashi JGP Belarus Alexey Erokhov Andrew Torgashev Igor Efimchuk JGP Croatia Alexei Krasnozhon Joseph Phan Makar Ignatov JGP Poland Alexey Erokhov Camden Pulkinen Conrad Orzel JGP Italy Matteo Rizzo Vladimir Samoilov Tomoki Hiwatashi 2017–18 JGP Final Alexei Krasnozhon Camden Pulkinen Mitsuki Sumoto
Ladies' singles Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results JGP Australia Alexandra Trusova Anastasia Gulyakova Riko Takino JGP Austria Anastasia Tarakanova Lim Eun-soo Mako Yamashita JGP Latvia Daria Panenkova Rika Kihira Emmy Ma JGP Belarus Alexandra Trusova Nana Araki Stanislava Konstantinova JGP Croatia Sofia Samodurova Mako Yamashita Anastasia Tarakanova JGP Poland Alena Kostornaia Daria Panenkova Rino Kasakake JGP Italy Sofia Samodurova Alena Kostornaia Rika Kihira 2017–18 JGP Final Alexandra Trusova Alena Kostornaia Anastasia Tarakanova
Pairs Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results JGP Latvia Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud JGP Belarus Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov JGP Croatia Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin Gao Yumeng / Xie Zhong Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii JGP Poland Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot 2017–18 JGP Final Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin
Ice dance Competition Gold Silver Bronze Results JGP Australia Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov JGP Austria Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Ksenia Konkina / Grigory Yakushev Natacha Lagouge / Corentin Rahier JGP Latvia Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov Caroline Green / Gordon Green JGP Belarus Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov JGP Croatia Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko Ksenia Konkina / Grigory Yakushev JGP Poland Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov Caroline Green / Gordon Green JGP Italy Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov Alicia Fabbri / Claudio Pietrantonio 2017–18 JGP Final Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov
Overall standings Medal standings
Standings per nation Starting in the 2015–16 season, the ISU added standings per nation. Points were calculated for each discipline separately before being combined for a total score per nation. For each discipline, each nation combined the points from up to four JGP events. A country did not have to use the same events for each discipline (e.g. a country can combine points from JGP events in France, Japan, Russia, and Slovenia for pairs while using Czech Republic, Japan, Estonia, and Germany for ice dance). For each discipline at each event, each nation combined the points from up to two skaters/teams. The points that each skater/team earned is based on placement. Placement to point conversion was the same as for qualification, with first place earning 15 points, second earning 13 points, etc. In the event ties in the total scores, the country with the fewer skaters/teams (only counting skaters/teams from whom points were combined), won the tie breaker. If the tie was not broken, the nations would have the same rank.
The current standings were: Nation Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance Total 1 141 184 132 167 624 2 70 43 35 71 219 3 37 11 32 73 153 4 50 80 0 0 130 5 10 0 39 0 49 26 0 3 20 49 7 0 45 0 0 45 8 30 6 0 9 45 9 12 11 0 21 44 10 0 0 24 0 24
Qualification At each event, skaters earned points toward qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the seventh event, the top six highest-scoring skaters/teams advanced to the Final. The points earned per placement were as follows.
Placement Singles Pairs/Ice dance 1st 15 15 2nd 13 13 3rd 11 11 4th 9 9 5th 7 7 6th 5 5 7th 4 4 8th 3 3 9th 2 rowspan="2" 10th 1
There were originally seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points: Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another. Participated in two events. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event. Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events. Highest number of total participants at the events.
If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advanced to the Junior Grand Prix Final.
Qualifiers Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance 1 Alexey Erokhov Alexandra Trusova Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko 2 Alexei Krasnozhon Sofia Samodurova Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin 3 Camden Pulkinen Alena Kostornaia Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov 4 Mitsuki Sumoto Daria Panenkova Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha 5 Makar Ignatov Anastasia Tarakanova Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko 6 Andrew Torgashev Rika Kihira Gao Yumeng / Xie Zhong Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov Alternates Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance 1 Joseph Phan Mako Yamashita Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin Ksenia Konkina / Grigory Yakushev 2 Luc Economides Nana Araki Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov 3 Roman Savosin Eunsoo Lim Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow Caroline Green / Gordon Green
Top scores
Men's singles +Top 10 best scores in the men's combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alexei Krasnozhon 236.35 2017–18 JGP Final 2 Alexey Erokhov 232.79 2017 JGP Belarus 3 Matteo Rizzo 229.18 2017 JGP Italy 4 Joseph Phan 221.07 2017 JGP Croatia 5 Makar Ignatov 219.22 6 Camden Pulkinen 217.10 2017–18 JGP Final 7 Mitsuki Sumoto 214.45 8 Andrew Torgashev 212.71 2017 JGP Belarus 9 Vladimir Samoilov 211.74 2017 JGP Italy 10 Tomoki Hiwatashi 206.28 +Top 10 best scores in the men's short program Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alexei Krasnozhon 81.33 2017–18 JGP Final 2 Alexey Erokhov 78.83 2017 JGP Poland 3 Vladimir Samoilov 77.65 2017 JGP Italy 4 Matteo Rizzo 77.24 5 Mitsuki Sumoto 77.10 2017–18 JGP Final 6 Igor Efimchuk 76.10 2017 JGP Belarus 7 Joseph Phan 76.09 2017 JGP Croatia 8 Makar Ignatov 75.78 2017–18 JGP Final 9 Andrew Torgashev 74.34 2017 JGP Belarus 10 Tomoki Hiwatashi 73.28 2017 JGP Italy +Top 10 best scores in the men's free skating Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alexey Erokhov 155.27 2017 JGP Belarus 2 Alexei Krasnozhon 155.02 2017–18 JGP Final 3 Matteo Rizzo 151.94 2017 JGP Italy 4 Makar Ignatov 147.22 2017 JGP Croatia 5 Camden Pulkinen 146.20 2017–18 JGP Final 6 Joseph Phan 144.98 2017 JGP Croatia 7 Mitsuki Sumoto 140.26 2017 JGP Latvia 8 Andrew Torgashev 138.37 2017 JGP Belarus 9 Conrad Orzel 134.98 2017 JGP Poland 10 Vladimir Samoilov 134.09 2017 JGP Italy
Ladies' singles +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' combined total Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alexandra Trusova 205.61 2017–18 JGP Final 2 Alena Kostornaia 204.58 3 Anastasia Tarakanova 199.64 4 Daria Panenkova 196.55 2017 JGP Poland 5 Rika Kihira 192.45 2017–18 JGP Final 6 Sofia Samodurova 192.19 2017 JGP Italy 7 Lim Eun-soo 186.34 2017 JGP Austria 8 Nana Araki 183.00 2017 JGP Belarus 9 Stanislava Konstantinova 181.98 10 Anastasia Gulyakova 181.43 2017 JGP Australia +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' short program Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alexandra Trusova 73.25 2017–18 JGP Final 2 Alena Kostornaia 71.65 3 Anastasia Tarakanova 67.90 4 Rika Kihira 66.82 5 Sofia Samodurova 66.67 2017 JGP Italy 6 Daria Panenkova 66.65 2017 JGP Latvia 7 Mako Yamashita 65.22 2017 JGP Croatia 8 Lim Eun-soo 64.79 2017 JGP Austria 9 Nana Araki 64.57 2017 JGP Italy 10 Alisa Fedichkina 63.48 2017 JGP Latvia +Top 10 best scores in the ladies' free skating Skater Nation Score Event 1 Alena Kostornaia 132.93 2017–18 JGP Final 2 Alexandra Trusova 132.36 3 Anastasia Tarakanova 131.74 4 Daria Panenkova 130.91 2017 JGP Poland 5 Rika Kihira 125.63 2017–18 JGP Final 6 Sofia Samodurova 125.52 2017 JGP Italy 7 Stanislava Konstantinova 122.13 2017 JGP Belarus 8 Lim Eun-soo 121.55 2017 JGP Austria 9 Nana Araki 120.02 2017 JGP Belarus 10 Anastasia Gulyakova 117.96 2017 JGP Australia
Pairs +Top 10 best scores in the pairs' combined total Team Nation Score Event 1 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor 173.85 2017–18 JGP Final 2 Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov 173.01 3 Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin 172.94 4 Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin 165.48 2017 JGP Croatia 5 Gao Yumeng / Xie Zhong 165.032017–18 JGP Final 6 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 163.212017 JGP Croatia 7 Anastasia Poluianova / Dmitry Sopot 162.14 2017 JGP Belarus 8 Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud 153.73 2017 JGP Latvia 9 Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow 151.27 10 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov 150.65 2017 JGP Belarus