iSU World Team Trophy 2013

World Team Trophy 2013

ollowing the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2013, the following six teams are qualified for the ISU World Team Trophy 2013 in Tokyo / Japan, April 11 to 14:



Rank

Nation

Points

1

CAN - Canada

7824

2

USA - United States of America

7156

3

JPN - Japan

6823

4

RUS - Russia

6648

5

FRA - France

4826

6

CHN - China

4702



The members of the teams will be announced at a later date.

The first teams have been announced:-

Japan (with no pairs couple) - Daisuke Takahashi, Takahito Mura, Mao Asada, Akiko Suzuki, Cathy Reed/Chris Reed.

Russia- Konstantin Menshov, Maxim Kovtun, Adelina Sotnikova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev.

Can Japan compete with no pairs team? Or will they announce them later?

cravey wrote:

Can Japan compete with no pairs team? Or will they announce them later?

Yes,team Japan will participate without a pair team because Narumi takahashi has just gotten her new partner Ryuichi Kihara,and they are not ready to compete yet. They train under Jason Dungjen in DSC.

thanks gis

Is this official? I can't find anything on the FFSG website.

If it is, interesting - France looks to be the only country sending the strongest possible team to Tokyo. If everyone is in good form, they could finish on the podium, which would be a signal for the Sochi team event.

I hope this means that P/B will be fully prepared; another loss to B/S would be a disaster.

Wow, I didn't expect Amodio and P/B. It's great that they are sending such a strong team! But on the otherhand, they have announced also the replacements (IIRC, no else Team has) so they could pull out in a last minute. So I'm not sure about this yet.

But I'm looking forward to this competition, it's such a fun one and Team France is always so entertaining in the K&C

Yulie, isn't Russia also sending their strongest team possible?

Bladette wrote:

Yulie, isn't Russia also sending their strongest team possible?

Technically no, but I guess it depends on how one views the Russian men. It is the first time that they're sending something close to their best team, though - last year they certainly didn't.

They'll never be as fun as Team France, of course. Only Team Italy, which sadly did not make it this year, is in the same league.

I have read that USA & China have announced their teams:-

China - Han YAN, Nan SONG, Zijun LI, Ziquan ZHAO, PENG / ZHANG, YU / WANG

US -Gracie Gold, Ashley Wagner, Max Aaron, Jeremy Abbott, Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir, Madison Chock/Evan Bates

http://hotbladeshotpassion.blogspot.fr/2013/03/2013-world-team-trophy.html#.UVBQZypnpUg.facebook

Oki http://www.isuresults.com/events/wtt-13_team-fra.htm
Officiel

ISU World Team Trophy 2013


Team France

Name
Category
Florent AMODIO
Men
Brian JOUBERT
Men
Lenaelle GILLERON-GORRY
Ladies
Mae Berenice MEITE
Ladies
Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES
Pairs
Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT
Ice Dance

ISU WORLD TEAM TROPHY 2013
http://www.isuresults.com/events/WTT2013_TimeandPracticeSchedule.pdf

thanks gis

You're welcome sevda.

from: Tatjana Flade @Tatjana21

ISU WTT Trophy 11.-14.4. will be available on ISU skating channel:
http://livemanager.eurovision.edgesuite.net/isu/site/index.html … except for JPN, KOR and maybe few others

I've read that the Canadian team is as follows:-

Chan, Reynolds, Osmond, Daleman, Duhamel/Radford, Weaver/Poje

Sorry for the not-technically-related question. But, I've read somewhere over the internet that next year the format will change. That there only will be two single skaters per team instead of 4, and that the number of countries will be 10. Already official or just rumours?

nCherry95 wrote:

Sorry for the not-technically-related question. But, I've read somewhere over the internet that next year the format will change. That there only will be two single skaters per team instead of 4, and that the number of countries will be 10. Already official or just rumours?

That's the Olympic team event, it's a different format than the regular WTT. No idea whether the WTT will also change the format in the future.

http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/480035_10151376471553450_1860982598_n.jpg

thanks gis

2013 ISU World Team Trophy, Tokyo, Japan Event Schedule

Day 1, April 11 Japan Time USA EDT USA PDT
Open Ceremony 14:35 1:35 am 10:35 pm (Weds)

Dance (SD 15:15 - 2:15 am 11:15 pm (Weds)
Men (short) 16:35 - 3:35 am 12:35 am (Thurs)
Women (short) 18:40 - 5:40 am 2:40 am (Thurs)

Day 2 - April 12 (Friday)
Pairs (short) 16:00 - 3:00 am 12:00 am (Fri)
Dance (Free Dance) 17:25 - 4:25 am 1:25 am (Fri)
Men's (free) 19:00 - 6:00 am 3:00 am (Fri)

Day 3 - April 13 (Saturday)
Pairs (Free) 15:15 - 2:15 am 11:15 pm (Fri)
Women (Free) 16:50 - 3:50 am 12:50 am (Sat)
Awards ceremony 18:50 - 5:50 am 2:50 am (Sat)

Day 4 - April 14 (Sunday)
Exhibition 14:00 - 1:00 am 10:00 pm (Sat)

Florent's out. This means that Ponsart is going and Team France has probably lost whatever chance it had of a podium finish. But I'm sure it'll still be a fun experience for everyone and I hope whatever's wrong with Florent isn't too serious.

ETA: it's been reported that Bobroba/Soloviev are also out.

Nouvelle sélection de la FFSG pour le Word Team Trophy

Dames

Titulaires: Maé Bérénice MEITE (Vitry ESV), Lénaëlle GILLERON-GORRY (Annecy)

Remplaçante : Léna MARROCCO (Annecy)

Hommes

Titulaires: Brian JOUBERT (Poitiers), Romain PONSART (Charleville-Mézières)

Couples

Titulaires: Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES (Français Volants de Paris – Dammarie-les-Lys)

Remplaçants : Daria POPOVA / Bruno MASSOT (Caen)

Danse sur glace

Titulaires: Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES (Courchevel)

The French team has been decimated, but I'm sure they will still give a good account of themselves!

https://twitter.com/waccosky/status/320904315940241408/photo/1