| 2008–2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix | |
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| Type: | ISU Junior Grand Prix |
| Date: | August 27 – December 14, 2008 |
| Season: | 2008–2009 |
| Location: | Courchevel Merano Mexico City Ostrava Madrid Gomel Cape Town Sheffield Goyang City |
| Prize Money: | $22,500 (series) $105,000 (final) |
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The 2008–2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the twelfth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2008–2009 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for Senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singes, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Skaters earned points towards qualification at each of the eight Junior Grand Prix events. The top eight skaters/teams in the series from each discipline met at the Junior Grand Prix Final. For the first time, the Junior Grand Prix Final was held concurrently with the senior Grand Prix Final.
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The locations of the eight ISU Junior Grand Prix events change yearly. For the 2008–2009 season, the series was composed of the following events:
| Date | Event | Location | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 27–31 | 2008 JGP Courchevel | Courchevel, France | No pair competition |
| September 3–7 | 2008 JGP Merano | Merano, Italy | No pair competition |
| September 10–14 | 2008 JGP Mexico Cup | Mexico City, Mexico | |
| September 17–21 | 2008 JGP Czech Skate | Ostrava, Czech Republic | |
| September 24–28 | 2008 JGP Madrid Cup | Madrid, Spain | No pair competition |
| October 1–5 | 2008 JGP Golden Lynx | Gomel, Belarus | |
| October 8–12 | 2008 Skate Safari | Cape Town, South Africa | No pair competition |
| October 15–18 | 2008 JGP John Curry Memorial | Sheffield, Great Britain | |
| December 10–14 | 2008–2009 Junior Grand Prix Final | Goyang, South Korea |
For the first time, the Junior Grand Prix Final was held in conjunction with the Grand Prix Final.
Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2008 but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Unlike the senior ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, skaters for the Junior Grand Prix are entered by their national federations rather than seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation is determined by their skaters's placements at the previous season's World Junior Figure Skating Championships in each respective discipline.
For the 2008–2009 season, in singles, the five best placed member nations at the 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were allowed to enter two skaters in all eight events. Member nations who placed sixth through tenth were allowed to enter one skater in all eight events. Member nations with a skater who had qualified for the free skate at Junior Worlds were allowed to enter one skater in seven of the events. Member nations who did not qualify for the free skate but placed 25th through 30th in the short program were allowed to enter one skater in six of the events. All other nations were allowed to enter one skater in five of the events. There were provisions for additional entries per member country if another country did not use all of its allotted entries.
In pairs, member nations were allowed to enter up to three teams per event. The host nation was allowed to enter as many pair teams as it wanted. Pairs was contested at four events out of eight.
In ice dancing, member nations were allowed to enter one dance team per event. Member nations who placed in the top five at the 2008 World Junior Championships were allowed to enter a second dance team.
The host country was allowed to enter up to three skaters/teams in singles and dance in their event, and there was no limit to the number of pairs teams.
The general spots allowance for the 2008-2009 Junior Grand Prix events was as follows:
| Entries | Men | Ladies | Ice dancing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 per event | United States Russia China Czech Republic Canada |
United States Finland Japan Russia Sweden |
United States Canada Russia Ukraine Italy |
| 1 per event | France Switzerland Spain Ukraine Kazakhstan |
Germany Canada Estonia Spain Italy |
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| 1 in seven events | Japan Sweden Germany Slovakia Poland |
South Korea Slovakia Ukraine Austria China New Zealand Australia Hungary |
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| 1 in six events | Estonia Austria Norway Finland Israel Italy |
Czech Republic Azerbaijan Chinese Taipei Denmark |
All other member nations had one entry per discipline in five of the eight events in singles, and one entry in all eight events for ice dancing.
The total prize money for the Junior Grand Prix events in the 2008–2009 season was $22,500. Pairs and dance teams split the money. Everything is in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:
| Placement | Prize money (Singles) | Prize money (Pairs/Dance) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 2nd | $1,500 | $2,250 |
| 3rd | $1,000 | $1,500 |
The total prize money for the Junior Grand Prix Final in the 2008–2009 season was $105,000. Pairs and dance teams split the money. Everything is in US dollars. The breakdown is as follows:
| Placement | Prize money (Singles) | Prize money (Pairs/Dance) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $6,000 | $9,000 |
| 2nd | $5,000 | $7,500 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $6,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 5th | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 6th | $1,000 | $1,500 |
The following skaters have qualified for the 2008–2009 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.[1][2][3][4]
The following is the table of total medals earned by each country on the 2008–2009 Junior Grand Prix. It can be sorted by country name, number of gold medals, number of silver medals, number of bronze medals, and total medals overall.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 17 | 11 | 5 | 33 |
| 2 | Russia | 6 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | China | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | France | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| Men's medalists | ||||
| Competition | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| JGP Courchevel | Courchevel, France | Michal Březina | Armin Mahbanoozadeh | Florent Amodio |
| JGP Merano | Merano, Italy | Michal Březina | Curran Oi | Alexander Nikolaev |
| Mexico Cup | Mexico City, Mexico | Richard Dornbush | Elladj Baldé | Cheng Gongming |
| Czech Skate | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Alexander Johnson | Ivan Bariev | Akio Sasaki |
| Madrid Cup | Madrid, Spain | Armin Mahbanoozadeh | Artur Gachinski | Tatsuki Machida |
| Golden Lynx | Gomel, Belarus | Denis Ten | Yang Chao | Cheng Gongming |
| Skate Safari | Cape Town, South Africa | Richard Dornbush | Ivan Bariev | Elladj Baldé |
| John Curry Memorial | Sheffield, Great Britain | Florent Amodio | Keegan Messing | Alexander Johnson |
| ISU Junior Grand Prix Final | Goyang City, South Korea | Florent Amodio | Armin Mahbanoozadeh | Richard Dornbush |
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| Ladies medalists | ||||
| Competition | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| JGP Courchevel | Courchevel, France | Kristine Musademba | Becky Bereswill | Diane Szmiett |
| JGP Merano | Merano, Italy | Melissa Bulanhagui | Rumi Suizu | Sarah Hecken |
| Mexico Cup | Mexico City, Mexico | Amanda Dobbs | Alexe Gilles | Kwak Min-Jung |
| Czech Skate | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Yukiko Fujisawa | Angela Maxwell | Stefania Berton |
| Madrid Cup | Madrid, Spain | Kristine Musademba | Becky Bereswill | Kanako Murakami |
| Golden Lynx | Gomel, Belarus | Haruka Imai | Oksana Gozeva | Kana Muramoto |
| Skate Safari | Cape Town, South Africa | Alexe Gilles | Diane Szmiett | Amanda Dobbs |
| John Curry Memorial | Sheffield, Great Britain | Kanako Murakami | Yukiko Fujisawa | Angela Maxwell |
| ISU Junior Grand Prix Final | Goyang City, South Korea | Becky Bereswill | Yukiko Fujisawa | Alexe Gilles |
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