The Cup of China is an annual international figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The Cup of China is organized by the Chinese Skating Association and joined the series in 2003. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

Cup of China
Type:ISU Grand Prix
Location: China
Host:Chinese Skating Association
Sui Wenjing and Han Cong compete at the 2017 Cup of China.

China declined to host any ISU-sanctioned figure skating events during the 2018–19 season in order to, among other stated reasons, prepare its venues for the 2022 Winter Olympics.[1] Finland hosted a replacement event on November 2–4, 2018, in Helsinki.[2]

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of modifications were made to the structure of the 2020 Cup of China. Only skaters from China or skaters already training in China were permitted to compete.[3] On July 9, 2020, the General Administration of Sport of China announced that no international sporting events would be held in China in 2020, except for 2022 Winter Olympics test events.[4] The ISU announced on July 13 that the 2020 Cup of China would be held as scheduled in Chongqing due to its connection to the Beijing test event, the Grand Prix Final.[5] On October 29, 2020, the Chinese Skating Association announced that the Cup of China would be held with no audience presence.[6]

The 2021 Cup of China was cancelled due to travel and quarantine restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and was replaced by the Gran Premio d'Italia.[7] On July 21, 2022, it was confirmed that the MK John Wilson Trophy would be held as a replacement for the 2022 Cup of China due to China's on-going COVID-19 travel restrictions.[8]

Medalists

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Men's singles

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2003 Beijing   Timothy Goebel   Brian Joubert   Li Chengjiang [9]
2004   Jeffrey Buttle   Li Chengjiang   Stefan Lindemann [10]
2005   Emanuel Sandhu   Stéphane Lambiel   Andrei Griazev [11]
2006 Nanjing   Evan Lysacek   Sergei Davydov   Emanuel Sandhu [12]
2007 Harbin   Johnny Weir   Evan Lysacek   Stéphane Lambiel [13]
2008 Beijing   Jeremy Abbott   Stephen Carriere   Tomáš Verner [14]
2009   Nobunari Oda   Evan Lysacek   Sergei Voronov [15]
2010   Takahiko Kozuka   Brandon Mroz   Tomáš Verner [16]
2011 Shanghai   Jeremy Abbott   Nobunari Oda   Song Nan [17]
2012   Tatsuki Machida   Daisuke Takahashi   Sergei Voronov [18]
2013 Beijing   Yan Han   Maxim Kovtun   Takahiko Kozuka [19]
2014 Shanghai   Maxim Kovtun   Yuzuru Hanyu   Richard Dornbush [20]
2015 Beijing   Javier Fernández   Jin Boyang   Yan Han [21]
2016   Patrick Chan   Jin Boyang   Sergei Voronov [22]
2017   Mikhail Kolyada   Jin Boyang   Max Aaron [23]
2018 Cancelled (replaced by the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki)
2019 Chongqing   Jin Boyang   Yan Han   Matteo Rizzo [24]
2020   Jin Boyang   Yan Han   Chen Yudong [25]
2021 Cancelled (replaced by the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia)
2022 Cancelled (replaced by the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy)
2023 Chongqing   Adam Siao Him Fa   Shoma Uno   Mikhail Shaidorov [26]
2024

Women's singles

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2003 Beijing   Elena Liashenko   Yoshie Onda   Fumie Suguri [9]
2004   Irina Slutskaya   Viktoria Volchkova   Joannie Rochette [10]
2005   Irina Slutskaya   Mao Asada   Shizuka Arakawa [11]
2006 Nanjing   Júlia Sebestyén   Yukari Nakano   Emily Hughes [12]
2007 Harbin   Yuna Kim   Caroline Zhang   Carolina Kostner [13]
2008 Beijing   Yuna Kim   Miki Ando   Laura Lepistö [14]
2009   Akiko Suzuki   Kiira Korpi   Joannie Rochette [15]
2010   Miki Ando   Akiko Suzuki   Alena Leonova [16]
2011 Shanghai   Carolina Kostner   Mirai Nagasu   Adelina Sotnikova [17]
2012   Mao Asada   Yulia Lipnitskaya   Kiira Korpi [18]
2013 Beijing   Anna Pogorilaya   Adelina Sotnikova   Carolina Kostner [19]
2014 Shanghai   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Yulia Lipnitskaya   Kanako Murakami [20]
2015 Beijing   Mao Asada   Rika Hongo   Elena Radionova [21]
2016   Elena Radionova   Kaetlyn Osmond   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva [22]
2017   Alina Zagitova   Wakaba Higuchi   Elena Radionova [23]
2018 Cancelled (replaced by the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki)
2019 Chongqing   Anna Shcherbakova   Satoko Miyahara   Elizaveta Tuktamysheva [24]
2020   Chen Hongyi   Angel Li   Jin Minzhi [25]
2021 Cancelled (replaced by the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia)
2022 Cancelled (replaced by the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy)
2023 Chongqing   Hana Yoshida   Rinka Watanabe   Loena Hendrickx [26]
2024

Pairs

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2003 Beijing
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2004 [10]
2005 [11]
2006 Nanjing [12]
2007 Harbin [13]
2008 Beijing [14]
2009 [15]
2010 [16]
2011 Shanghai [17]
2012 [18]
2013 Beijing [19]
2014 Shanghai [20]
2015 Beijing [21]
2016 [22]
2017 [23]
2018 Cancelled (replaced by the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki)
2019 Chongqing [24]
2020 [25]
2021 Cancelled (replaced by the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia)
2022 Cancelled (replaced by the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy)
2023 Chongqing [26]
2024

Ice dance

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2003 Beijing [9]
2004 [10]
2005 [11]
2006 Nanjing [12]
2007 Harbin [13]
2008 Beijing [14]
2009 [15]
2010 [16]
2011 Shanghai [17]
2012 [18]
2013 Beijing [19]
2014 Shanghai [20]
2015 Beijing [21]
2016 [22]
2017 [23]
2018 Cancelled (replaced by the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki)
2019 Chongqing [24]
2020 [25]
2021 Cancelled (replaced by the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia)
2022 Cancelled (replaced by the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy)
2023 Chongqing [26]
2024

References

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  2. ^ "2018 Grand Prix Assignments – International Figure Skating". International Figure Skating. June 28, 2018. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  3. ^ Associated Press (August 4, 2020). "Grand Prix figure skating series downsized to localized events". CBC.
  4. ^ huaxia, ed. (July 9, 2020). "No international sport events in China this year except for Beijing 2022 trials". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "ISU Events scheduled to be held in China in 2020". International Skating Union. July 13, 2020.
  6. ^ SHISEIDO Cup of China (October 29, 2020). "#花滑中国杯# 两个新消息:" [#CupofChina# Two New Updates] (Weibo) (in Chinese).
  7. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Cup of China 2021 cancelled". International Skating Union. August 16, 2021.
  8. ^ Влад, Жуков (27 March 2022). "ISU INTENDS TO TRANSFER THE GRAND PRIX STAGES FROM RUSSIA AND CHINA IN THE NEXT SEASON - SOURCE (ISU НАМЕРЕН ПЕРЕНЕСТИ ЭТАПЫ ГРАН-ПРИ ИЗ РОССИИ И КИТАЯ В СЛЕДУЮЩЕМ СЕЗОНЕ — ИСТОЧНИК)". Match TV. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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