2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix


The 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 19th season of a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. At each event, skaters also earned points toward qualifying for the final. The top six skaters or teams from each discipline met at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final, held together with the senior final.

Competitions

The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2015–16 season, the series was composed of the following events in autumn 2015:
DateEventLocationDetailsOther notes
August 19–232015 ISU Junior Grand Prix in SlovakiaBratislava, SlovakiaNo pairs
August 26–302015 ISU Junior Grand Prix in LatviaRiga, Latvia
September 2–62015 ISU Junior Grand Prix in the United StatesColorado Springs, United States
September 9–132015 ISU Junior Grand Prix in AustriaLinz, Austria
September 23–272015 JGP Toruń CupToruń, Poland
September 30 – October 42015 ISU Junior Grand Prix in SpainLogroño, SpainNo pairs
October 7–112015 JGP Croatia CupZagreb, CroatiaNo pairs
December 10–132015–16 Junior Grand Prix FinalBarcelona, SpainHeld with senior GPF

Qualifying

Skaters who had reached the age of 13 before July 1, 2015 but had not turned 19 or 21 were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Unlike the senior Grand Prix, skaters for the JGP are not seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation was determined by their skaters' placements in each discipline at the 2015 World Junior Championships.

Medalists

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dance

Overall standings

Medal standings

Standings per nation

For the first season, the ISU added standings per nation. Points are calculated for each discipline separately before being combined for a total score per nation. For each discipline, each nation combines the points from up to four JGP events. A country does not have to use the same events for each discipline. For each discipline at each event, each nation combines the points from up to two skaters/couples. The points each skater/couple earns is based on placement. [|Placement to point conversion is the same as for qualification], with first place earning 15 points, second earning 13 points, etc. In the event ties in the total scores, the country with the fewer skaters/couples, wins the tie breaker. If the tie is not broken, the nations will have the same rank.
The final standings were:
RankNationMenLadiesPairsIce danceTotal points
1629810292354
266483592241
3469000136
43303551119
523426356
603851356
79003241
82670033
90022830
1011107028

JGP Final qualification standings

Qualification rules

At each event, skaters earn points toward qualification for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Following the 7th event, the top six highest scoring skaters advance to the Final. The points earned per placement are as follows:
PlacementPoints Points
1st1515
2nd1313
3rd1111
4th99
5th77
6th55
7th44
8th33
9th2–
10th1–

There are seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Participated in two events.
  4. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dance portion of both events.
  5. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dance portion from one event.
  6. Highest combined scores in the short program/short dance of both events.
  7. Highest number of total participants at the events.
If there is still a tie, it is considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all advance to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Qualifiers

Top JGP scores

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dance