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2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Logo of the Nebelhorn Trophy
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:25 – 27 September
Season:2025–26
Location:Oberstdorf, Germany
Host:German Ice Skating Union
Venue:Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf
Champions
Men's singles:
Canada Stephen Gogolev
Women's singles:
United States Amber Glenn
Pairs:
Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase
& Nikita Volodin
Ice dance:
United Kingdom Lilah Fear
& Lewis Gibson
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The 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Deutsche Eislauf Union, and the fifth event of the 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series.[1] It was held at the Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf in Oberstdorf, Germany, from 25 to 27 September 2025.[1] Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance, and skaters earned ISU World Standing points based on their results. Stephen Gogolev of Canada won the men's event, Amber Glenn of the United States won the women's event, Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany won the pairs event, and Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson of Great Britain won the ice dance event.

Background

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The ISU Challenger Series was introduced in 2014. It is a series of international figure skating competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and organized by ISU member nations. The objective was to ensure consistent organization and structure within a series of international competitions linked together, providing opportunities for senior-level skaters to compete at the international level and also earn ISU World Standing points.[2] The 2025–26 Challenger Series consists of eleven events, of which the Nebelhorn Trophy was the fifth.

Changes to preliminary assignments

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The International Skating Union published the initial list of entries on 26 August 2025.[3][4][5][6]

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Ref.
2 September Pairs
  • United States
 [7]
5 September — [8]
14 September Men — [9]
18 September Women — [10]
Ice dance —
24 September [6]
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Required performance elements

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Single skating

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Men and women competing in single skating first performed their short programs on Thursday, 25 September.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[12] the short program had to include the following elements:

For men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[13]

For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning spin, camel spin, or sit spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.[13]

Women performed their free skates on Saturday, 27 September, while men performed theirs on Friday, 26 September.[1] The free skate performance for both men and women could last no more than 4 minutes,[12] and had to include the following: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one had to be a flying spin, and one had to be a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.[14]

Pairs

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Couples competing in pair skating first performed their short programs on Thursday, 25 September.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[12] the short program had to include the following elements: one pair lift, one double or triple twist lift, one double or triple throw jump, one double or triple solo jump, one solo spin combination with a change of foot, one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[15]

Couples performed their free skates on Friday, 26 September.[1] The free skate performance could last no more than 4 minutes,[12] and had to include the following: three pair lifts, of which one has to be a twist lift; two different throw jumps; one solo jump; one jump combination or sequence; one pair spin combination; one death spiral; and a choreographic sequence.[16]

Ice dance

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See also: Competition elements in ice dance

Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on Friday, 26 September.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds,[12] the theme of the rhythm dance this season was "music, dance styles, and feeling of the 1990s". Examples of applicable dance styles and music included, but were not limited to: pop, Latin, house, techno, hip-hop, and grunge.[17] The rhythm dance had to include the following elements: one pattern dance step sequence, one choreographic rhythm sequence, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence.[17]

Couples then performed their free dances on Saturday, 27 September.[1] The free dance performance could last no longer than 4 minutes,[12] and had to include the following: three dance lifts, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one step sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements.[17]

Judging

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See also: ISU Judging System

For the 2025–26 season, all of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such as jumps and spins – were assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of seven or nine judges on a scale from -5 to 5 based on their quality of execution.[18] The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (that is, an average after deleting the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total element score.[19] At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on three program components – skating skills, presentation, and composition – and assigned a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments.[20] The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.[21]

Program component factoring[22]
Discipline Short progam
or Rhythm dance 		Free skate
or Free dance
Men 1.67 3.33
Women 1.33 2.67
Pairs 1.33 2.67
Ice dance 1.33 2.00

Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.[23] The total element score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.[24]

Medal summary

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Stephen Gogolev at the 2023 Four Continents Championships
Amber Glenn at the 2024 Grand Prix de France
Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin at the 2024 World Championships
Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson at the 2024 World Championships
The 2025 Nebelhorn Trophy champions: Stephen Gogolev of Canada (men's singles); Amber Glenn of the United States (women's singles); Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany (pair skating); and Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson of Great Britain (ice dance)
Medalists[25]
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Canada Stephen Gogolev United States Andrew Torgashev Switzerland Lukas Britschgi
Women United States Amber Glenn Japan Mone Chiba South Korea Shin Ji-a
Pairs
Ice dance

Results

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Men's singles

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Men's results[26]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Stephen Gogolev  Canada 255.06 1 90.19 1 164.87
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Andrew Torgashev  United States 239.54 2 87.35 4 152.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lukas Britschgi  Switzerland 236.06 4 84.16 5 151.90
4 Kazuki Tomono  Japan 234.59 3 86.43 6 148.16
5 Roman Sadovsky  Canada 233.39 5 78.44 2 154.95
6 Liam Kapeikis  United States 227.45 6 73.91 3 153.54
7 Lee Jae-keun  South Korea 219.99 7 73.02 7 146.97
8 Tatsuya Tsuboi  Japan 209.01 12 63.35 8 145.66
9 Gabriele Frangipani  Italy 198.37 10 63.76 9 134.61
10 Landry Le May  France 193.63 8 65.97 10 127.66
11 Kornel Witkowski  Poland 190.78 9 64.59 11 126.19
12 Arthur Mai  Germany 179.47 13 61.61 13 117.86
13 Kai Jagoda  Germany 179.22 11 63.50 15 115.72
14 Filip Šcerba  Czech Republic 176.93 14 61.03 14 115.90
15 Lim Ju-heon  South Korea 171.55 15 53.41 12 118.14
16 Luca Fünfer  Germany 159.09 16 52.62 16 106.47
17 Lucas Fitterer  Great Britain 153.24 18 50.54 17 102.70
18 Iker Oyarzabal  Spain 148.36 19 45.68 18 102.68
19 Ken Fitterer  Great Britain 137.10 17 52.55 19 84.55

Women's singles

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Amber Glenn of the United States finished second in both the short program and the free skate, but won the gold medal. Shin Ji-a of South Korea had been in first place after the short program, but finished fourth in the free skate; while Mone Chiba of Japan, who had been in fourth place after the short program, finished first in the free skate. This wild swap in placements allowed Glenn to ultimately win the competition.[27]

Women's results[28]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Amber Glenn  United States 214.49 2 73.69 2 140.80
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mone Chiba  Japan 213.64 4 69.24 1 144.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shin Ji-a  South Korea 208.45 1 74.47 4 133.98
4 Isabeau Levito  United States 207.21 3 71.10 3 136.11
5 Kaiya Ruiter  Canada 178.44 5 64.46 6 113.98
6 Iida Karhunen  Finland 174.01 8 54.50 5 119.51
7 Léa Serna  France 168.58 6 63.88 7 104.70
8 Hana Yoshida  Japan 155.84 11 51.78 8 104.06
9 Olga Mikutina  Austria 151.91 10 53.13 9 98.78
10 Katherine Medland Spence  Canada 151.57 9 54.16 10 97.41
11 Julia Sauter  Romania 144.71 7 54.75 11 89.96
12 Linnea Kilsand  Norway 124.80 12 46.13 14 78.67
13 Selma Välitalo  Finland 122.69 15 41.93 13 80.76
14 Nela Snebergerova  Czech Republic 122.66 16 38.91 12 83.75
15 Anna Grekul  Germany 117.11 14 42.87 15 74.24
16 Oona Ounasvuori  Finland 99.45 17 34.79 16 64.66
WD Livia Kaiser  Switzerland Withdrew 13 43.82 Withdrew from competition

Pairs

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Pairs results[29]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany 221.38 2 77.61 1 143.77
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan 221.03 1 78.19 2 142.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 193.79 3 67.42 3 126.37
4  Italy 193.03 4 66.82 4 126.21
5  United States 183.81 6 64.24 6 119.57
6  Canada 183.57 11 60.35 5 123.22
7  Italy 181.22 7 62.96 7 118.26
8  Germany 180.04 10 62.11 8 117.93
9  Switzerland 179.80 5 65.85 9 113.95
10  Austria 171.24 9 62.13 10 109.11
11  Great Britain 165.02 12 60.05 11 104.97
12  Netherlands 159.53 8 62.69 13 96.84
13  Poland 158.38 13 57.01 12 101.37
14  Germany 142.50 15 53.35 15 89.15
15  France 139.48 16 46.12 14 93.36
16  Italy 131.85 14 54.68 17 77.17
17  France 127.89 17 44.32 16 83.57

Ice dance

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Ice dance results[30]
Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain 201.51 1 78.87 1 122.64
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 192.35 2 76.11 2 116.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 180.17 4 71.73 3 111.19
4  Germany 180.05 3 68.98 4 108.32
5  France 161.94 5 62.91 5 99.03
6  Canada 154.24 6 58.22 6 96.02
7  Germany 150.73 7 56.16 7 94.57
8  Germany 136.60 8 53.65 8 82.95
9  Italy 124.39 9 47.43 9 76.96
10  France 110.16 11 46.57 10 63.59
WD  Hungary Withdrew 10 47.18 Withdrew from competition

References

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