2008 International Challenge Cup

Type:| Multi-level international
Date:| March 6 – 9
Season:| 2007–08
Location:| The Hague
Venue:| de Uithof
Champions
Men's singles:
Kristoffer Berntsson
Ladies' singles:
Akiko Suzuki

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The 2008 International Challenge Cup (also called the AEGON Challenge Cup after its title sponsor) was held between March 6 and 9, 2008 in The Hague. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing, across the levels of senior, junior, novice, and the pre-novice discipline called "Debs". The junior compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.

## Senior results[edit]

### Men[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | Total points  | SP | FS

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1 | Kristoffer Berntsson |  Sweden | 197.75 | 1 | 68.48 | 2 | 129.27
2 | Samuel Contesti |  Italy | 187.61 | 7 | 54.25 | 1 | 133.36
3 | Clemens Brummer |  Germany | 175.23 | 2 | 60.12 | 4 | 115.11
4  | Pavel Kaška |  Czech Republic | 173.85 | 5 | 57.10 | 3 | 116.75
5  | Ryo Shibata |  Japan | 168.80 | 8 | 53.70 | 5 | 115.10
6  | Martin Liebers |  Germany | 168.10 | 3 | 59.35 | 6 | 108.75
7  | Paolo Bacchini |  Italy | 163.61 | 4 | 58.92 | 7 | 104.69
8  | Yoann Deslot |  France | 158.35 | 6 | 56.19 | 8 | 102.16
9  | Stephane Walker |  Switzerland | 143.22 | 10 | 42.52 | 9 | 100.70
10  | Tomáš Janečko |  Czech Republic | 127.99 | 9 | 45.26 | 10 | 82.73
11  | Alper Uçar |  Turkey | 114.87 | 11 | 42.03 | 11 | 72.84
12  | Eray Ozbal |  Turkey | 89.40 | 12 | 31.74 | 12 | 57.66
WD  | Alban Préaubert |  France |  |  |  |  |

### Ladies[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | Total points  | SP | FS

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1 | Akiko Suzuki |  Japan | 152.02 | 1 | 53.70 | 1 | 98.32
2 | Tuğba Karademir |  Turkey | 128.17 | 3 | 46.04 | 2 | 82.13
3 | Becky Bereswill |  United States | 127.08 | 2 | 48.00 | 3 | 79.08
4  | Olga Ikonnikova |  Estonia | 114.92 | 4 | 42.92 | 4 | 72.00
5  | Victoria Helgesson |  Sweden | 111.86 | 5 | 39.92 | 5 | 71.94
6  | Eva Lim |  Netherlands | 100.40 | 7 | 33.22 | 6 | 67.18
7  | Henriika Hietaniemi |  Finland | 99.41 | 8 | 33.18 | 7 | 66.23
8  | Martina Bocek |  Czech Republic | 87.99 |  | 29.48 | 8 | 58.51
9  | Kirsten Verbist |  Belgium |  |  |  | 9 | 54.55
10  | Jacqueline Voll |  Netherlands | 80.32 | 6 | 33.46 | 10 | 46.86
WD  | Kerstin Frank |  Austria |  | 9 | 31.74 |  |
WD  | Isabel Heintges |  Germany |  |  |  |  |

## Junior results[edit]

### Men[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | Total points  | SP | FS

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1 | Andrew Gonzales, Jr. |  United States | 156.68 | 1 | 56.85 | 2 | 99.83
2 | Daniel O'Shea |  United States | 152.87 | 5 | 45.19 | 1 | 107.68
3 | Yukihiro Yoshida |  Japan | 143.38 | 3 | 47.36 | 3 | 96.02
4  | Laurent Alvarez |  Switzerland | 140.37 | 2 | 47.91 | 5 | 92.46
5  | Javier Raya |  Spain | 137.66 | 6 | 42.85 | 4 | 94.81
6  | Mario-Rafael Ionian |  Austria | 129.43 | 4 | 46.49 | 6 | 82.94
7  | Saverio Giacomelli |  Italy | 124.86 | 7 | 42.67 | 7 | 82.19
8  | Kamil Białas |  Poland | 115.46 | 10 | 37.55 | 9 | 77.91
9  | Jorik Hendrickx |  Belgium | 115.23 | 9 | 38.09 | 10 | 77.14
10  | Ruben Blommaert |  Belgium | 113.62 | 11 | 35.69 | 8 | 77.93
11  | Aritz Maestu |  Spain | 113.10 | 8 | 38.53 | 11 | 74.57
12  | Joos Kündig |  Switzerland | 95.23 | 12 | 31.87 | 12 | 63.36
13  | Boyito Mulder |  Netherlands | 87.93 | 13 | 28.11 | 13 | 59.82
WD  | Marco Zakouril |  Czech Republic |  |  |  |  |

### Ladies[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | Total points  | SP | FS

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1 | Brittney Rizo |  United States | 150.35 | 1 | 53.06 | 1 | 97.29
2 | Shoko Ishikawa |  Japan | 134.98 | 2 | 44.84 | 2 | 90.14
3 | Amanda Dobbs |  United States | 122.65 | 3 | 39.60 | 3 | 83.05
4  | Joshi Helgesson |  Sweden | 113.06 | 5 | 37.22 | 4 | 75.84
5  | Roberta Rodeghiero |  Italy | 110.41 | 4 | 37.78 | 5 | 72.63
6  | Angelica Olsson |  Sweden | 101.64 | 9 | 32.52 | 6 | 69.12
7  | Alice Garlisi |  Italy | 98.76 | 6 | 36.10 | 10 | 62.66
8  | Manouk Gijsman |  Netherlands | 96.81 | 8 | 33.42 | 9 | 63.39
9  | Oona Lindahl |  Finland | 95.78 | 11 | 31.66 | 8 | 64.12
10  | Reetta Romppanen |  Finland | 94.22 | 15 | 29.18 | 7 | 65.04
11  | Anna Weinberger |  France | 92.77 | 7 | 34.74 | 11 | 58.03
12  | Stephanie Ellensohn |  Austria | 88.58 | 14 | 30.74 | 12 | 57.84
13  | Barbora Svédová |  Czech Republic | 86.41 | 13 | 31.00 | 13 | 55.41
14  | Alexandria Riordan |  Poland | 80.46 | 10 | 31.98 | 15 | 48.48
15  | Sylvie Hauert |  Switzerland | 79.53 | 12 | 31.02 | 14 | 48.51
16  | Britt Vanmal |  Belgium | 72.48 | 18 | 26.46 | 16 | 46.02
17  | Jamie Van Besouw |  Netherlands | 71.00 | 20 | 25.10 | 17 | 45.90
18  | Michelle Couwenberg |  Netherlands | 69.19 | 16 | 27.38 | 20 | 41.81
19  | Lydia Fuentes Caporali |  Andorra | 69.02 | 19 | 25.82 | 18 | 43.20
20  | Kaat Van Daele |  Belgium | 68.77 | 17 | 26.70 | 19 | 42.07

### Ice dancing[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | Total points  | CD | OD | FD

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1 | Kaylyn Patitucci / Karl Edelman |  United States | 125.44 | 1 | 25.88 | 1 | 39.41 | 1 | 60.15
2 | Justyna Plutowska / Dawid Pietrzyński |  Poland | 120.78 | 2 | 22.13 | 2 | 38.63 | 2 | 60.02
3 | Sonja Pauli / Tobias Eisenbauer |  Austria | 108.53 | 3 | 16.30 | 3 | 36.61 | 3 | 55.62
4  | Lora Semova / Dimitar Lichev |  Bulgaria | 91.96 | 4 | 13.39 | 4 | 31.42 | 4 | 47.15

## Novice results[edit]

### Boys[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | Total points  | SP | FS

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1 | Keiji Tanaka |  Japan | 130.79 | 1 | 47.40 | 1 | 83.39
2 | David Wang |  United States | 107.36 | 2 | 37.65 | 2 | 69.71
3 | Filippo Ambrosini |  Italy | 93.65 | 4 | 33.86 | 3 | 59.79
4  | Sebastian Lofek |  Poland | 90.22 | 3 | 35.59 | 5 | 54.63
5  | Toby Connock |  Netherlands | 89.33 | 7 | 29.74 | 4 | 59.59
6  | Julian Lagus |  Finland | 84.93 | 5 | 32.07 | 6 | 52.86
7  | Maximilian Obsieger |  Austria | 77.66 | 10 | 26.27 | 7 | 51.39
8  | Francesc Palau |  Spain | 77.61 | 6 | 29.88 | 8 | 47.73
9  | Dmitry Epstein |  Netherlands | 74.50 | 9 | 27.70 | 9 | 46.80
10  | Florian Gostelie |  Netherlands | 74.21 | 8 | 27.97 | 10 | 46.24

### Girls[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | Total points  | SP | FS

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1 | Marissa Secundy |  United States | 104.77 | 1 | 36.46 | 1 | 68.31
2 | Maé Bérénice Méité |  France | 101.50 | 2 | 36.44 | 3 | 65.06
3 | Roanna Sari Oshikawa |  Japan | 99.39 | 5 | 32.46 | 2 | 66.93
4  | Sera Väistö |  Finland | 95.23 | 3 | 35.08 | 4 | 60.15
5  | Ira Vannut |  Belgium | 92.11 | 4 | 33.82 | 5 | 58.29
6  | Ariana Tarrado Ribes |  Andorra | 84.76 | 6 | 31.72 | 7 | 53.04
7  | Laura Junod |  Switzerland | 83.39 | 12 | 27.46 | 6 | 55.93
8  | Barbara Lagas |  Netherlands | 82.30 | 7 | 30.88 | 10 | 51.42
9  | Patricia Ortiz |  Spain | 79.86 | 10 | 27.98 | 8 | 51.88
10  | Celia Robledo |  Spain | 79.14 | 11 | 27.66 | 9 | 51.48
11  | Jennifer Cucinella |  Italy | 77.40 | 9 | 28.88 | 13 | 48.52
12  | Sofia Curci |  Italy | 76.75 | 15 | 26.38 | 11 | 50.37
13  | Monique Maas |  Belgium | 74.29 | 8 | 29.60 | 18 | 44.69
14  | Anna Hofmann |  Austria | 74.00 | 13 | 27.26 | 15 | 46.74
15  | Deborah Pisa |  Switzerland | 72.45 | 18 | 23.40 | 12 | 49.05
16  | Lianne Smit |  Netherlands | 72.27 | 14 | 26.62 | 16 | 45.65
17  | Mylon Vonk |  Netherlands | 71.15 | 17 | 23.62 | 14 | 47.53
18  | Rosa-Maria Salonen |  Finland | 70.43 | 16 | 25.12 | 17 | 45.31

## Debs results[edit]

### Boys[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | Total points  | SP | FS

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1 | Giorgio Settembrini |  Italy | 80.73 | 2 | 27.67 | 1 | 53.06
2 | Kamil Dymowski |  Poland | 77.49 | 1 | 34.37 | 3 | 43.12
3 | Thomas Kennes |  Netherlands | 74.66 | 3 | 26.32 | 2 | 48.34
4  | Junya Watanabe |  Japan | 66.40 | 4 | 25.10 | 4 | 41.30
5  | Manuel Drechsler |  Austria | 53.40 | 5 | 20.05 | 5 | 33.35

### Girls[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Nation  | Total points  | SP | FS

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1 | Mariko Kihara |  Japan | 89.32 | 13 | 25.96 | 1 | 63.36
2 | Satoko Miyahara |  Japan | 88.96 | 7 | 27.72 | 2 | 61.24
3 | Victoria Hübler |  Austria | 85.55 | 10 | 26.78 | 3 | 58.77
4  | Anais Claes |  Belgium | 82.66 | 1 | 29.40 | 5 | 53.26
5  | Tina Stürzinger |  Switzerland | 80.22 | 9 | 26.92 | 4 | 53.30
6  | Andrina Sigron |  Switzerland | 80.03 | 2 | 28.50 | 6 | 51.53
7  | Victoria Manni |  Italy | 78.94 | 3 | 28.34 | 7 | 50.60
8  | Jasmine Tessari |  Italy | 77.50 | 4 | 28.28 | 10 | 49.22
9  | Niki Wories |  Netherlands | 77.47 | 5 | 28.24 | 9 | 49.23
10  | Anouk Bergsma |  Netherlands | 75.74 | 6 | 27.74 | 12 | 48.00
11  | Maria Jimenez |  Spain | 75.56 | 11 | 26.22 | 8 | 49.34
12  | Jenny Lin |  Austria | 75.12 | 12 | 26.16 | 11 | 48.96
13  | Rosaliina Kuparinen |  Finland | 73.15 | 8 | 27.12 | 14 | 46.03
14  | Chantal Maas |  Belgium | 68.56 | 16 | 21.54 | 13 | 47.02
15  | Gina Ponzio |  Netherlands | 65.64 | 14 | 25.40 | 15 | 40.24
16  | Elina Kuutti |  Finland | 62.96 | 15 | 23.88 | 16 | 39.08

## External links[edit]

* 2008 International Challenge Cup (Archived 2009-05-21)

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