Figure skating competition
The2025–26 Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of senior international competitions organized by theInternational Skating Union that will be held from October 2025 to December 2025. Medals will be awarded inmen's singles, women's singles ,pair skating , andice dance . Skaters will earn points based on their placements at each event and the top six in each discipline will qualify to compete at theGrand Prix Final inNagoya, Japan . The corresponding series for junior-level skaters is the2025–26 ISU Junior Grand Prix .
This series will include the following events. The competitions were amended in April 2025 after a request to change dates.[ 1]
2025-26 Grand Prix competitions[ 2] Date Event Location Ref. October 17–19 2025 Grand Prix de France Angers, France [ 3] October 24–26 2025 Cup of China Chongqing, China [ 4] October 31 – November 2 2025 Skate Canada International Saskatoon, Saskatchewan , Canada[ 5] November 7–9 2025 NHK Trophy Kadoma, Osaka ,Japan [ 6] November 14–16 2025 Skate America Lake Placid, New York , United States[ 7] November 21–23 2025 Finlandia Trophy Helsinki, Finland [ 8] December 5–8 2025–26 Grand Prix Final Nagoya, Japan
TheInternational Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 6, 2025.
Pairs' assignments Nation Skater Assignment(s) Canada Skate Canada International Skate America Finlandia Trophy Grand Prix de France Skate Canada International China Cup of China NHK Trophy Finlandia Trophy France Grand Prix de France NHK Trophy Georgia Cup of China Skate America Germany Skate Canada International Finlandia Trophy Cup of China Skate America Hungary Grand Prix de France NHK Trophy Italy Cup of China NHK Trophy Finlandia Trophy Japan Grand Prix de France Skate America NHK Trophy Finlandia Trophy Poland Skate Canada International United States NHK Trophy Skate America Finlandia Trophy Skate Canada International Grand Prix de France Cup of China Armenia Skate America France Grand Prix de France Great Britain Skate Canada International Netherlands NHK Trophy Switzerland Skate Canada International United States Skate America Grand Prix de France
Ice dance assignments Nation Skater Assignment(s) Canada NHK Trophy Skate America Skate Canada International Finlandia Trophy Skate America Grand Prix de France Skate Canada International Czech Republic Skate Canada International Skate America NHK Trophy Finlandia Trophy Finland France Cup of China Skate America Grand Prix de France Finlandia Trophy Skate America Cup of China Georgia Grand Prix de France Finlandia Trophy Germany Skate Canada International NHK Trophy Great Britain Grand Prix de France Skate America Finlandia Trophy Italy Grand Prix de France NHK Trophy Lithuania Skate Canada International South Korea Cup of China Spain Finlandia Trophy United States Grand Prix de France Skate Canada International Skate America Finlandia Trophy Skate Canada International Skate America Cup of China NHK Trophy NHK Trophy Finlandia Trophy Cup of China China Cup of China France Grand Prix de France Japan NHK Trophy United States Skate Canada International Grand Prix de France NHK Trophy
Changes to preliminary assignments [ edit ] Grand Prix de France [ edit ] Changes to preliminary assignments (Grand Prix de France) Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref. Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s) Men — July 30 Host picks [ 9] Women Pairs Women September 2 [ 10] Pairs Ice dance Pairs September 29 September 29 — [ 11] [ 12] Women October 7 October 9 Medical reasons (Petrõkina) [ 13] [ 14]
Changes to preliminary assignments (Cup of China) Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref. Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s) Pairs August 13 August 14 — [ 15] [ 16] Men — August 18 Host picks [ 17] Women Pairs Ice dance Pairs August 22 — [ 18] September 24 September 25 [ 19] [ 20] Men October 13 October 14 Injury (Pulkinen) [ 21] [ 22] Women October 14 October 15 Injury (Repond) [ 23] [ 22] [ 24] October 21 — Injury (An) [ 25]
Skate Canada International [ edit ] Changes to preliminary assignments (Skate Canada International) Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref. Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s) Men September 10 September 21 — [ 26] [ 27] Women — September 15 Host picks [ 28] Ice dance Pairs October 6 October 7 — [ 29] [ 13] Women October 16 October 28 Injury (Pinzarrone) [ 30] [ 31] [ 32] Ice dance October 23 October 27 Injury (Versluis) [ 33] [ 34] [ 35]
Changes to preliminary assignments (NHK Trophy) Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref. Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s) Ice dance July 11 July 29 Retirement (Tanaka) [ 36] [ 37] Men — September 14 Host picks [ 38] Women September 15 [ 28] Pairs Women October 14 October 15 Injury (Repond) [ 22] [ 39] [ 24] October 16 October 21 Injury (Pinzarrone) [ 30] [ 31] [ 40]
Changes to preliminary assignments (Skate America) Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref. Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s) Women — July 14 Host picks [ 41] Pairs September 2 September 15 — [ 10] [ 42] Men — Host picks [ 28] Pairs Ice dance October 28 November 3 Injury (Lafornara) [ 32] [ 43] [ 44] Pairs November 7 November 10 — [ 45] [ 46] November 9 November 9 [ 47]
Changes to preliminary assignments (Finlandia Trophy) Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref. Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s) Men — September 15 Host picks [ 48] Women Men October 13 October 15 — [ 49] [ 39] Women November 10 Injury (Petrõkina) [ 50] [ 51] Ice dance November 13 November 14 Injury (Versluis) [ 52] [ 34] [ 53]
At each event, skaters earn points toward qualifying for theGrand Prix Final . Following the sixth event, the top six highest-scoring skaters/teams advance to the Final. The points earned per placement are 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 — 8th 3
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 Grand Prix Final.
Qualification standings [ edit ] Pts. Men[ 60] Women[ 61] Pairs[ 62] Ice dance[ 63] 30 — 28 — — — 26 — 24 — 22 — — 20 — — 18 — — 16 — 15 — 14 — — — 13 — — 12 — — 11 — — — 10 — 9 — 8 — 7 — 6 — 5 — — 4 — — 3
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RetrievedOctober 25, 2025 .^ @AnythingGOE (October 27, 2025)."🇰🇷 Hannah Lim/Ye Quan have been assigned to Skate Canada" (Tweet ) – viaTwitter . ^ "あずしん、カップル解散を発表 田中梓沙は引退、西山真瑚は競技続行 アイスダンスの冬季アジア大会銅メダリスト" [Azushin announces breakup of their partnership; Azusa Tanaka retires, Shingo Nishiyama continues competing. They are bronze medalists in ice dance at the Winter Asian Games.].Kyodo News . 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