2026 Finlandia Trophy

2026 Finlandia Trophy
Type:Grand Prix
Date:21 – 23 November
Season:2026–27
Location:Helsinki, Finland
Host:Skating Finland
Venue:Helsinki Ice Hall
Previous:
2025 Finlandia Trophy
Next:
2027 Finlandia Trophy
Previous Grand Prix:
2026 Skate America
Next Grand Prix:
2026 NHK Trophy

The 2026 Finlandia Trophy is a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). Organized and hosted by Skating Finland, it is the fourth event of the 2026–27 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It will be held from 21 to 23 November at the Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki, Finland. Medals will be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters will earn points based on their results, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline at the end of the season will be invited to then compete at the 2026–27 Grand Prix Final in Chongqing, China.

Background

The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of seven events sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and held during the autumn: six qualifying events and the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. This allows skaters to perfect their programs earlier in the season, as well as compete against the skaters whom they would later encounter at the World Championships. Skaters earn points based on their results in their respective competitions and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to compete at the Grand Prix Final.[1] The first edition of the Grand Prix of Finland was held in 2018 in Helsinki as a replacement event for the Cup of China – a long-time event in the Grand Prix series – after the Chinese Skating Association declined to host any international skating events in order to prepare its venues for the 2022 Winter Olympics.[2][3] Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Rostelecom Cup, which had been scheduled in Russia for that November, was cancelled.[4] As such, the Grand Prix of Finland was staged to serve as its replacement.[5] In 2024, the Grand Prix of Finland adopted the name Finlandia Trophy,[6] which had previously been the name of Finland's Challenger Series event.[7]

The 2026 Finlandia Trophy is the fifth event of the 2026–27 Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, and will be held from 21 to 23 November at the Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki, Finland.[8]

Entries

The International Skating Union published the initial list of entrants on June 16, 2026.[9]

Country Men Women Pairs Ice dance
 Austria N/a
N/a
 Canada Stephen Gogolev N/a
 Estonia Arlet Levandi Niina Petrõkina N/a
Mihhail Selevko N/a
 Finland TBA Iida Karhunen N/a
N/a Olivia Lisko
TBA N/a
 France Adam Siao Him Fa N/a
  • Louise Ehrhard
  • Matthis Pellegris
 Georgia Nika Egadze N/a
 Germany Genrikh Gartung N/a N/a
 Hungary N/a N/a
 Italy Matteo Rizzo Anna Pezzetta N/a
 Japan Kazuki Tomono Mao Shimada N/a
N/a Rion Sumiyoshi
Rinka Watanabe
 South Korea N/a Kim Seo-yeong N/a
Lee Hae-in
 Lithuania N/a
 Sweden Andreas Nordebäck N/a
 Ukraine Kyrylo Marsak N/a
N/a
 United States Andrew Torgashev Isabeau Levito
N/a N/a N/a

Changes to preliminary assignments

Changes to preliminary assignments
Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Women N/a 17 June Host pick [10]
Pairs July 31 August 4 Schaller/Mayr retired. [11][12]
Women August 25th Taking season off [13]

References

  1. ↑ Hines, James R. (2006). Figure Skating: A History. University of Illinois Press. pp. 246–247, 332–335. ISBN 978-0-252-07286-4.
  2. ↑ "China will not host any ISU event during 2018–19 season, CSA says". Xinhuanet. June 13, 2018. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ "ISU announces 2018-19 Grand Prix assignments". Figure Skaters Online. June 28, 2018. Archived from the original on December 16, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Russia stripped of hosting Grand Prix figure skating event due to the invasion in Ukraine". Voice of America. April 25, 2022. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  5. ↑ Sharma, Hritika (July 15, 2022). "Finland replaces Russia as host of Grand Prix event". Reuters. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  6. ↑ "2024 GP Finlandia Trophy". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on December 17, 2024. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  7. ↑ "2023 Finlandia Trophy". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on December 17, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  8. ↑ Slater, Paula (June 16, 2026). "ISU announces 2026-27 international figure skating events". Golden Skate. Retrieved June 22, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ "2026/27 Grand Prix Assignments #GPFigure". X. Anything GOEs. Retrieved June 16, 2026.
  10. ↑ "🇫🇮 The Finnish federation confirm Iida Karhunen is assigned one of the host picks at Finlandia Trophy". X. Anything GOEs. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
  11. ↑ Skate Austria [@skateaustria]; (July 31, 2026). "Danke, Sophia & Livio" [Thanks, Sophia and Livio.] – via Instagram.
  12. ↑ "ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix Finlandia Trophy 2026". isu-skating.com. Retrieved August 7, 2026.
  13. ↑ {{cite Instagram | postid = Dce0d1tOkYZ | date = August 25, 2026 | user = alysaxliu | author = Alysa Liu | title = To my supporters
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