Grand Prix of Finland

International figure skating competition

For the Challenger Series event, see Finlandia Trophy.

Grand Prix of Finland

Status| Active
Genre| Grand Prix competition
Frequency| Annual
Country|  Finland
Inaugurated| 2018
Previous event| 2024 Finlandia Trophy
Next event| 2025 Finlandia Trophy
Organized by| Finnish Figure Skating Association

The Grand Prix of Finland is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Finnish Figure Skating Association. The first competition was held in 2018 in Helsinki as a replacement for the Cup of China. It returned in 2022 as a replacement for the Rostelecom Cup after Russia was banned from international figure skating competitions. The Grand Prix of Finland has been held under several names: the Grand Prix of Helsinki, the Grand Prix of Espoo, and the Finlandia Trophy.

Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earn points based on their results at the qualifying competitions each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to then compete at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

The 2025 Finlandia Trophy is scheduled to be held 21–23 November in Helsinki.[1]

The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the men's event at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki: Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan (center), Michal Březina of the Czech Republic (left), and Cha Jun-hwan of South Korea (right)

The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the men's event at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki: Alina Zagitova of Russia (center), Stanislava Konstantinova of Russia (left), and Kaori Sakamoto of Japan (right)

The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the pairs event at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki: Natalia Zabiiako and Alexander Enbert of Russia (center), Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise of Italy (left), and Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin of Russia (right)

The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the ice dance event at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki: Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin of Russia (center), Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy (left), and Lorraine McNamara and Quinn Carpenter of the United States (right)

## History

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Beginning with the 1995–96 season, the International Skating Union (ISU) launched the Champions Series – later renamed the Grand Prix Series – which, at its inception, consisted of five qualifying competitions and the Champions Series Final. This allowed skaters to perfect their programs earlier in the season, as well as compete against the skaters with whom they would later compete at the World Championships.[2] This series also provided the viewing public with additional televised skating, which was in high demand.[2] Skaters earned points based on their results in their respective competitions and the top skaters or teams in each discipline were invited to compete at the Champions Series Final.[3]

The first edition of the Grand Prix of Finland was held in 2018 in Helsinki as a replacement event for the Cup of China,[4] after the Chinese Skating Association declined to host any international skating events so as to prepare its venues for the 2022 Winter Olympics.[5] Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan won the inaugural men's event, while Alina Zagitova of Russia won the women's event. Natalia Zabiiako and Alexander Enbert of Russia won the pairs event, and Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin, also of Russia, won the ice dance event.[6]

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from participating in international figure skating competitions.[7][8] The ISU also ordered that no international competitions would be held in Russia or Belarus. Therefore, the Rostelecom Cup, which had been scheduled for that November, was cancelled.[9] As such, the Grand Prix of Finland – now called the Grand Prix of Espoo – was staged to serve as a replacement.[10]

## Medalists

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The reigning Grand Prix of Finland champions: Yuma Kagiyama of Japan (men's singles); Hana Yoshida of Japan (women's singles); Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada (pair skating); and Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson of Great Britain (ice dance)

### Men's singles

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Men's event medalists  Year  | Location  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Ref.

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2018 | Helsinki |  Yuzuru Hanyu |  Michal Březina |  Cha Jun-hwan | [6]
2019–21 | No competitions held
2022 | Espoo |  Ilia Malinin |  Shun Sato |  Kévin Aymoz | [11]
2023 |  Kao Miura | [12]
2024 | Helsinki |  Yuma Kagiyama |  Kévin Aymoz |  Daniel Grassl | [13]

### Women's singles

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Women's event medalists  Year  | Location  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Ref.

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2018 | Helsinki |  Alina Zagitova |  Stanislava Konstantinova |  Kaori Sakamoto | [6]
2019–21 | No competitions held
2022 | Espoo |  Mai Mihara |  Loena Hendrickx |  Mana Kawabe | [11]
2023 |  Kaori Sakamoto |  Rion Sumiyoshi |  Amber Glenn | [12]
2024 | Helsinki |  Hana Yoshida |  Rino Matsuike |  Lara Naki Gutmann | [13]

### Pairs

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Pairs event medalists  Year  | Location  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Ref.

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2018 | Helsinki |

* Natalia Zabiiako
* Alexander Enbert

* Nicole Della Monica
* Matteo Guarise

* Daria Pavliuchenko
* Denis Khodykin

| [6]
2019–21 | No competitions held
2022 | Espoo |

* Rebecca Ghilardi
* Filippo Ambrosini

* Alisa Efimova
* Ruben Blommaert

* Anastasia Metelkina
* Daniil Parkman

| [11]
2023 |

* Minerva Fabienne Hase
* Nikita Volodin

* Sara Conti
* Niccolò Macii

* Maria Pavlova
* Alexei Sviatchenko

| [12]
2024 | Helsinki |

* Deanna Stellato-Dudek
* Maxime Deschamps

* Maria Pavlova
* Alexei Sviatchenko

* Rebecca Ghilardi
* Filippo Ambrosini

| [13]

### Ice dance

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Ice dance event medalists  Year  | Location  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Ref.

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2018 | Helsinki |

* Alexandra Stepanova
* Ivan Bukin

* Charlène Guignard
* Marco Fabbri

* Lorraine McNamara
* Quinn Carpenter

| [6]
2019–21 | No competitions held
2022 | Espoo |

* Piper Gilles
* Paul Poirier

* Kaitlin Hawayek
* Jean-Luc Baker

* Juulia Turkkila
* Matthias Versluis

| [11]
2023 |

* Madison Chock
* Evan Bates

* Laurence Fournier Beaudry
* Nikolaj Sørensen

| [12]
2024 | Helsinki |

* Lilah Fear
* Lewis Gibson

* Piper Gilles
* Paul Poirier

| [13]

## Cumulative medal count

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### Men's singles

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Total number of Grand Prix of Finland medals in men's singles by nationRank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Japan| 3| 2| 0| 5
2|  United States| 1| 0| 0| 1
3|  France| 0| 1| 2| 3
4|  Czech Republic| 0| 1| 0| 1
5|  Italy| 0| 0| 1| 1
South Korea| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (6 entries)| 4| 4| 4| 12

### Women's singles

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Total number of Grand Prix of Finland medals in women's singles by nationRank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Japan| 3| 2| 2| 7
2|  Russia| 1| 1| 0| 2
3|  Belgium| 0| 1| 0| 1
4|  Italy| 0| 0| 1| 1
United States| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (5 entries)| 4| 4| 4| 12

### Pairs

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Total number of Grand Prix of Finland medals in pairs by nationRank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Italy| 1| 2| 1| 4
2|  Germany| 1| 1| 0| 2
3|  Russia| 1| 0| 1| 2
4|  Canada| 1| 0| 0| 1
5|  Hungary| 0| 1| 1| 2
6|  Georgia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (6 entries)| 4| 4| 4| 12

### Ice dance

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Total number of Grand Prix of Finland medals in ice dance by nationRank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Canada| 1| 2| 0| 3
2|  United States| 1| 1| 1| 3
3|  Great Britain| 1| 0| 0| 1
Russia| 1| 0| 0| 1
5|  Italy| 0| 1| 0| 1
6|  Finland| 0| 0| 3| 3
Totals (6 entries)| 4| 4| 4| 12

### Total medals

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Total number of Grand Prix of Finland medals by nationRank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Japan| 6| 4| 2| 12
2|  Russia| 3| 1| 1| 5
3|  Canada| 2| 2| 0| 4
4|  United States| 2| 1| 2| 5
5|  Italy| 1| 3| 3| 7
6|  Germany| 1| 1| 0| 2
7|  Great Britain| 1| 0| 0| 1
8|  France| 0| 1| 2| 3
9|  Hungary| 0| 1| 1| 2
10|  Belgium| 0| 1| 0| 1
Czech Republic| 0| 1| 0| 1
12|  Finland| 0| 0| 3| 3
13|  Georgia| 0| 0| 1| 1
South Korea| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (14 entries)| 16| 16| 16| 48

## References

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3. ^ "Champions Series Final". Ice Skating International. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009.
4. ^ "ISU announces 2018-19 Grand Prix assignments". Figure Skaters Online. 28 June 2018. Archived from the original on 16 December 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
5. ^ "China will not host any ISU event during 2018–19 season, CSA says". Xinhuanet. 13 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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7. ^ Dunbar, Graham; Ellingworth, James (1 March 2022). "Russia excluded from more sports as sanctions mount". ABC News. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022.
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