2025 World Team Trophy

[npavel]

Hi, how is the standing now after worlds?

 

[4rkidz]

Ohhh I totally forgot about this event

 

[skatingguy]

Hi, how is the standing now after worlds?

 

[Karen-W]

The picture you posted is grainy, but the countries that qualified look correct to me, based upon the table I've been keeping.

 

[Karen-W]

Here's the table I have -

	GP/GPF/JPG Man 1	GP/GPF/JPG Man 2	GP/GPF/JPG Woman 1	GP/GPF/JPG Woman 2	GP/GPF/JGP Pair 1	GP/GPF/JGP Dance 1	ISU Champ Man 1	ISU Champ Man 2	ISU Champ Woman 1	ISU Champ Woman 2	ISU Champ Pair 1	ISU Champ Dance 1	TOTAL
USA	800	324	800	324	525	800	1200	574	1200	875	709	1200	9331
	Malinin	Torgashev	Glenn	Levito	KamOSh	ChoBat	Malinin	Brown	Liu	Levito	EfiMit	ChoBat
JPN	720	648	720	648	720	148	972	709	1080	972	1200	402	8939
	Kagiyama	Sato	Chiba	Sakamoto	MiuKih	KishTam	Kagiyama	Sato	Sakamoto	Chiba	MiuKih	YoMori
ITA	583	262	324	182	583	720	465	339	551	339	972	875	6195
	Grassl	Rizzo	Gutmann	Pezzetta	ConMac	GuigFab	Memola	Grassl	Pezzetta	Gutmann	ConMac	GuigFab
FRA	472	400	236	225	236	472	875	787	293	275	362	574	5207
	Aymoz	Siao Him Fa	Schild	Gladki	Les Kovs	LopBri	Siao Him Fa	Aymoz	Serna	Schild	Les Kovs	LopBri
CAN	213	164	262	191	400	583	305	264	418	325	787	1080	4992
	Rakic	Bondar	Schizas	Ruiter	SDDes	LajLag	Sadovsky	Newnham	Schizas	Dupuis	SDDes	GilPoir
GEO	292		191	164	648	292	517	0	756	295	875	465	4495
	Egadze		Gubanova	Gurgenidze	MetBeru	DavSmo	Egadze	Supatashvili - jr	Gubanova	Gurgenidze - jr	MetBeru	DavSmo
KOR	324	250	324	262	0	213	638	446	517	465	0	200	3639
	Cha	Seo	C Kim	Yun	n/a	LimQuan	Cha	Hy Kim	H Lee	C Kim	n/a	LimQuan
GER	203		148		800	213	0	266	0	0	1080	247	2957
	Gartung		Gerke		MiNiki	JvRStef	Starostin	Gartung - jr	Isaev	Gerke - jr	MiNiki	JvRStef

 

[zebobes]

While I will miss team Korea, they really need to get their rest and recovery in. And Gubanova can have a happier end to her season!

Wait, if the invitation is based on World Standings, does this mean that even though Alysa is the World Champion, she won't be invited to go? How will they pick the US women when they are all on such equal footing?

 

[Karen-W]

While I will miss team Korea, they really need to get their rest and recovery in. And Gubanova can have a happier end to her season!

Wait, if the invitation is based on World Standings, does this mean that even though Alysa is the World Champion, she won't be invited to go? How will they pick the US women when they are all on such equal footing?

The Announcement is here -

https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.azurefd.net/isudamcontainer/CMS/event/eventdocuments/WTT2025AnnouncementFinal004018800_17388507831890.pdf

It doesn't explicitly state that the entries must be according to World Standings - what it says is if the fed doesn't select their highest ranked skaters then the entire fed can be disinvited & the next fed on the list will be invited. In practice, that isn't how it's worked in the past - we were discussing it in the US Women's thread & someone pointed out that the USFS sent Gracie Gold when she was our Jr Champ but not one of the 2 highest ranked US women.

I'd be shocked if Alysa & Amber don't wind up being the US selections for the Women. With them going 1-2 at Nationals, Alysa winning Worlds & Amber winning the GPF, it would be hard to complain about them getting the nod over Isabeau, despite her being the highest ranked of the three. Heck, even Bradie & Elyce are higher ranked than Alysa, lol.

Projected Women's Entries -
USA - Liu, Glenn
Japan - Sakamoto, Chiba
Italy - Gutmann, Pezzetta
France - Schild, Serna
Canada - Schizas, Dupuis (Ruiter is higher - 54 v 78, but Dupuis is their reigning silver medalist & was the highest Canadian woman at 4CCs)
Georgia - Gubanova, no #2 woman

Projected Men's Entries -
USA - Malinin, Brown (please, make an argument for Pulkinen WS 20 over Brown WS 24, lol)
Japan - Kagiyama, Sato
Italy - Memola, Rizzo (WS 9 v Grassl WS 14)
France - Siao Him Fa, Aymoz
Canada - Sadovsky, Chiu or Rakic (WS 41 v WS 46 - I'd send Chiu, if he's healthy, so he can try to move up the SB list)
Georgia - Egadze, no #2 man

Projected Pairs Entries -
USA - Efimova/Mitrofanov (Chan/Howe WS 12 & Plazas/Fernandez WS 16 are higher, but PlaFern are just coming back from his surgery & ChanHowe could have earned it by skating better at Nats)
Japan - Miura/Kihara
Italy - Conti/Macii
France - Kovalev/Kovalev
Canada - Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps
Georgia - Metelkina/Berulava

Projected Ice Dance Entries -
USA - Chock/Bates
Japan - Yoshida/Morita
Italy - Guignard/Fabbri
France - Lopareva/Brissaud
Canada - Gilles/Poirier
Georgia - Davis/Smolkin

 

[Barbara Manatee]

I'd love to see Chock/Bates decline. Car/Pon would benefit far more from the experience and the cash. Madi and Evan would get time for a nice vacation and an early start on much better programs for the Olympic season.

 

[pairsicedance]

The Announcement is here -

https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.azurefd.net/isudamcontainer/CMS/event/eventdocuments/WTT2025AnnouncementFinal004018800_17388507831890.pdf

It doesn't explicitly state that the entries must be according to World Standings - what it says is if the fed doesn't select their highest ranked skaters then the entire fed can be disinvited & the next fed on the list will be invited. In practice, that isn't how it's worked in the past - we were discussing it in the US Women's thread & someone pointed out that the USFS sent Gracie Gold when she was our Jr Champ but not one of the 2 highest ranked US women.

I'd be shocked if Alysa & Amber don't wind up being the US selections for the Women. With them going 1-2 at Nationals, Alysa winning Worlds & Amber winning the GPF, it would be hard to complain about them getting the nod over Isabeau, despite her being the highest ranked of the three. Heck, even Bradie & Elyce are higher ranked than Alysa, lol.

Projected Women's Entries -
USA - Liu, Glenn
Japan - Sakamoto, Chiba
Italy - Gutmann, Pezzetta
France - Schild, Serna
Canada - Schizas, Dupuis (Ruiter is higher - 54 v 78, but Dupuis is their reigning silver medalist & was the highest Canadian woman at 4CCs)
Georgia - Gubanova, no #2 woman

Projected Men's Entries -
USA - Malinin, Brown (please, make an argument for Pulkinen WS 20 over Brown WS 24, lol)
Japan - Kagiyama, Sato
Italy - Memola, Rizzo (WS 9 v Grassl WS 14)
France - Siao Him Fa, Aymoz
Canada - Sadovsky, Chiu or Rakic (WS 41 v WS 46 - I'd send Chiu, if he's healthy, so he can try to move up the SB list)
Georgia - Egadze, no #2 man

Projected Pairs Entries -
USA - Efimova/Mitrofanov (Chan/Howe WS 12 & Plazas/Fernandez WS 16 are higher, but PlaFern are just coming back from his surgery & ChanHowe could have earned it by skating better at Nats)
Japan - Miura/Kihara
Italy - Conti/Macii
France - Kovalev/Kovalev
Canada - Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps
Georgia - Metelkina/Berulava

Projected Ice Dance Entries -
USA - Chock/Bates
Japan - Yoshida/Morita
Italy - Guignard/Fabbri
France - Lopareva/Brissaud
Canada - Gilles/Poirier
Georgia - Davis/Smolkin

Daniel Grassl said in an interview yesterday he's going to WTT

 

[Karen-W]

I'd love to see Chock/Bates decline. Car/Pon would benefit far more from the experience and the cash. Madi and Evan would get time for a nice vacation and an early start on much better programs for the Olympic season.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing both ChoBat and GilPoir decline. They probably won't, since they're both booked on the SOI Japan spring tour, but your rationale is solid. It would be a fun experience for both CarPon and LajLag.

 

[Karen-W]

Daniel Grassl said in an interview yesterday he's going to WTT

And there would be yet another example of the feds not really having to follow the WS rankings explicitly, lol.

 

[kwanfan1818]

For what it's worth, Grassl is the highest Man from ITA in the World Rankings: he's 7th vs. 10th for Rizzo and 11th for Memola.
https://results.isu.org/ws/wr2024-25/wrmen.htm

Since that's this year only, it's a good argument to use those as well.

But considering that this is a cheezefest team event with SB and $$$ benefits and made for the Japanese audience, bypassing the WS or WR for skaters who are popular in Japan and/or had great results in the last week at Worlds is a smart move.

 

[Karen-W]

For what it's worth, Grassl is the highest Man from ITA in the World Rankings: he's 7th vs. 10th for Rizzo and 11th for Memola.
https://results.isu.org/ws/wr2024-25/wrmen.htm

Since that's this year only, it's a good argument to use those as well.

But considering that this is a cheezefest team event with SB and $$$ benefits and made for the Japanese audience, bypassing the WS or WR for skaters who are popular in Japan and/or had great results in the last week at Worlds is a smart move.

Interesting... Going by the 24-25 World Rankings - here's who would be the top ranked entries from each country:

Men -
USA - Malinin, Sanchez
Japan - Kagiyama, Sato
Italy - Grassl, Rizzo
France - Siao Him Fa, Aymoz
Canada - Sadovsky, Rakic
Georgia - Egadze, no #2 age-eligible man

Women -
USA - Liu, Glenn
Japan - Sakamoto, Chiba
Italy - Gutmann, Pezzetta
France - (Gladki - age-ineligible) Schild, Serna
Canada - Schizas, Dupuis
Georgia - Gubanova, no #2 age-eligible woman

Pairs -
USA - Kam/O'Shea (injured), Efimova/Mitrofanov
Japan - Miura/Kihara
Italy - Conti/Macii
France - Kovalev/Kovalev
Canada - Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps
Georgia - Metelkina/Berulava

Ice Dance -
USA - Chock/Bates
Japan - Yoshida/Morita
Italy - Guignard/Fabbri
France - Lopareva/Brissaud
Canada - Gilles/Poirier
Georgia - Davis/Smolkin

ETA - I would in no way be averse to the USFS sending Jacob instead of Jason - no time like WTT to get his quest for a 2026 Olympic spot started; but I feel like the USFS is probably going to disregard the standings & select Jason because of his immense popularity in Japan and I don't think the ISU will tell them no. But, Jacob also has solid credentials with his JGPF title.

 

[kwanfan1818]

That might explain the "in" that Kam/O'Shea are now out of, due to his injury. I could never underestimate the knots USFS will tie themselves into to get the result they want, although this is something they couldn't control.

I would never wish for an injury, but given one, huge fun and $$$ for Efimova/Mitrofanov.

 

[Jarrett]

That might explain the "in" that Kam/O'Shea are now out of, due to his injury. I could never underestimate the knots USFS will tie themselves into to get the result they want, although this is something they couldn't control.

I would never wish for an injury, but given one, huge fun and $$$ for Efimova/Mitrofanov.

I really want to see E/M hit their programs in the same competition. Maybe it will happen at WTT. They were my favorite programs this year by the U.S. pair teams by far.

 

[YukiNieve]

That might explain the "in" that Kam/O'Shea are now out of

Where can I find that information?

 

[kwanfan1818]

There was a discussion in the US Pairs thread starting about here:
https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2024-25-us-pairs-discussion-triple-twisting-through-tornado-alley.111829/post-6762379

I don't open twitter links, so I'm taking the discussion for its word that the tweets called O'Shea out of WTT because of injury.

 

[YukiNieve]

Thanks!

 

[victorskid]

Where can I find that information?

This is what Jackie Wong posted on Bluesky (and I shared in the Sekret thread)

Jackie Wong | Rocker Skating (@rockerskating.com)

Just bumped into Danny O'Shea - he has a fractured metatarsal on his right foot after a bad landing in off-ice warmup last weekend Followed USFS injury protocols; got xrays back yesterday & found out it was a fracture; out of WTT, will have surgery in the off-season #WorldFigure

bsky.app

 

[nylynnr]

Honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing both ChoBat and GilPoir decline. They probably won't, since they're both booked on the SOI Japan spring tour, but your rationale is solid. It would be a fun experience for both CarPon and LajLag.

Very difficult as a hard-working athlete to decline good $$$, as well as a trip to Japan. As you know most if not all skaters very much enjoy performing in Japan.

 

[Karen-W]

ISU confirmation of the 6 teams who will be competing at WTT -

Top Figure Skating Teams Set to Compete at ISU World Team Trophy 2025 in Tokyo

For the world’s top six figure skating teams, the season is not over yet. The spotlight now shifts to Tokyo, Japan, where they will compete in the ISU World Team Trophy 2025 from April 17 to 20. Team USA leads the standings heading into the event, having accumulated 9,331 points, ahead of Japan...

isu-skating.com

Georgia doesn't have a 2nd senior age-eligible man that we know of - their only other man who has competed internationally this season is Konstantin Supatashvili, in juniors. He's not senior age-eligible until next season. Of course, Morisi is still skating professionally, so there's nothing stopping the Georgian fed from asking him if he wants to participate & have an easy payday.

Looking over their list of junior women, they do have one who is already senior age-eligible, Ekaterine Iazadzhi. She really would be there for an easy payday, seeing as her SB & PB is 109.37 at JGP Riga last fall.

 

[Karen-W]

Seems like I was on the right track about un-retiring Morisi. And the Georgian fed may also ask Alina Urushadze to dust off her programs from last season too - which I'd be down with as I remember liking her SP.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1907209055665357149

 

[YukiNieve]

Japan announced WTT team:
Yuma Kagiyama, Shun Sato
Kaori Sakamoto, Mone Chiba
Miura/Kihara
Yoshida/Morita

https://x.com/figure365/status/1907304083809272034

 

[YukiNieve]

Ilia, Alysa and Amber talked with Japanese media about their expectations for WTT.
(Yes, Alysa is going!)

mah/まぁ on Instagram: "https://youtu.be/49itdD1KiDY?si=Altw-68CMqMcKGLy WTT Team Japan Press Conference Ilia, Alysa and Amber's enthusiasm for WTT starting at about 3:21 #iliamalinin #alysaliu #amberglenn #worldteamtrophy 「マリニンです。僕の4回転見てね👋」 “I’m Ma

52 likes, 0 comments - iliamalininerd1202 on April 2, 2025: "https://youtu.be/49itdD1KiDY?si=Altw-68CMqMcKGLy WTT Team Japan Press Conference Ilia, Alysa and Amber's enthusiasm for WTT starting at about 3:21 #iliamalinin #alysaliu #amberglenn #worldteamtrophy 「マリニンです。僕の4回転見てね👋」 “I’m Malinin...

www.instagram.com

 

[Karen-W]

Skate Canada's WTT entries -

https://twitter.com/x/status/1907532407256776740

As expected:
Women - Schizas, Dupuis
Men - Sadovsky, Rakic
Pairs - Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps
Dance - Gilles/Poirier

 

[victorskid]

The members of all the teams are now shown on the event website

出場選手｜世界フィギュアスケート国別対抗戦2025｜テレビ朝日

テレビ朝日「世界フィギュアスケート国別対抗戦2025」公式サイト

www.tv-asahi.co.jp

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

The members of all the teams are now shown on the event website

出場選手｜世界フィギュアスケート国別対抗戦2025｜テレビ朝日

テレビ朝日「世界フィギュアスケート国別対抗戦2025」公式サイト

www.tv-asahi.co.jp

YAYYYYY ANNAAAAAA.. Slay it girl.

 

[rinettoii]

Morisi and Alina un-retiring for WTT

 

[MacMadame]

So every team is splitting the Men and the Women?

 

[kwanfan1818]

Men and Women get two entries each to WTT. Pairs and Dance get one.