2018 South Korean Figure Skating Championships Explained

The 2018 South Korean Figure Skating Championships (Korean: 제72회 전국 남녀 피겨스케이팅 종합선수권대회) were held from January 5–7, 2018 at the Mokdong Ice Rink in Seoul. It was organized by Korea Skating Union. This was the 72nd edition of those championships held.

Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, ice dancing on the senior, junior levels and pair skating on the senior levels for the title of national champion of South Korea. The results of the national championships were used to choose the Korean teams to the 2018 World Junior Championships, 2018 World Championships and 2018 Winter Olympics.

Senior results

Cha Jun-hwan and You Young both won their second senior national titles.

Senior men

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1	Cha Jun-hwan	252.65	1	84.05	1	168.60
2	Kim Jin-seo	227.65	3	76.05	2	151.18
3	Lee June-hyoung	222.98	2	76.80	3	146.18
4	Lee Si-hyeong	208.49	4	70.46	4	138.03
5	Cha Young-hyun	195.42	7	61.23	5	134.19
6	Byun Se-jong	191.27	5	63.00	6	128.27
7	An Geon-hyeong	184.00	9	58.04	7	125.96
8	Park Sung-hoon	166.99	8	58.12	8	108.87
9	Kyeong Jae-seok	164.20	6	61.80	9	102.40

Senior ladies

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1	You Young	204.68	1	69.53	1	135.15
2	Choi Da-bin	190.12	4	64.11	2	126.01
3	Lim Eun-soo	185.88	2	66.10	4	119.78
4	Kim Ha-nul	176.92	6	62.18	5	114.74
5	Park So-youn	176.57	5	62.74	6	113.83
6	Kim Ye-lim	176.02	3	64.53	8	111.49
7	To Ji-hun	172.11	13	51.30	3	120.81
8	Choi Yu-jin	166.34	8	54.55	7	111.79
9	Lee Hae-in	165.24	7	57.64	10	107.60
10	Lee Hyun-soo	162.98	11	53.74	9	109.24
11	Jeon Su-Been	161.26	9	54.48	12	106.78
12	Choi So-eun	154.79	14	51.16	13	103.63
13	An So-hyun	153.69	20	46.77	11	106.92
14	Kim Na-hyun	147.27	10	53.83	15	93.44
15	Lee Ji-won	145.43	18	49.32	14	96.11
16	Yu Seung-been	139.18	15	51.00	19	88.18
17	Choi Hyun-soo	138.81	12	51.88	20	86.93
18	Kim Hae-jin	138.36	21	46.54	16	91.82
19	Park Mi-seon	138.21	19	46.91	18	91.30
20	Lee Ji-hyun	137.69	22	46.21	17	91.48
21	Lee Seo-young	136.99	17	50.85	21	86.14
22	Jeon Geo-hee	133.90	16	51.00	22	82.90
23	Seo Ye-eun	124.83	23	45.79	23	79.04
24	Noh Chae-eun	119.44	24	44.39	24	75.05
Did not advance to free skating
25	Kim Bo-young	43.46	25	43.46	colspan=2
26	Kim Se-na	43.09	26	43.09	colspan=2
27	Ko Eun-bi	42.36	27	42.36	colspan=2
28	Kwon Ye-na	39.13	28	39.13	colspan=2
29	Kang Soo-min	37.19	29	37.19	colspan=2
30	Lee Yu-rim	36.97	30	36.97	colspan=2
31	Son Suh-hyun	35.17	31	35.17	colspan=2
32	Jang Hyun-su	34.16	32	34.16	colspan=2
33	Cho Yu-bin	29.33	33	29.33

Senior ice dance

International team selections

Four Continents Championships

The 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships will be held on 22–28 January 2018, in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei. Based on the results of the 2017 KSU President Cup Ranking Competition from December 1–3, 2017.

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Lee June-hyoung	Choi Da-bin	Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam	Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin
2	Cha Jun-hwan	Kim Ha-nul
3	Lee Si-hyeong	Park So-youn
1st alt.	An Geon-hyeong	Choi Yu-jin

Winter Olympic Games

The 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 9–25, 2018.

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1		Choi Da-bin	Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam	Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin
2		Kim Ha-nul
1st alt.	Lee June-hyoung	Park So-youn

World Junior Championships

The 2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, March 5–11, 2018.

	Men	Ladies
1		You Young
2	Lee Si-hyeong	Lim Eun-soo
1st alt.	Cha Young-hyun	Kim Ye-lim

World Championships

The 2018 World Figure Skating Championships will be held in Milan, Italy, March 19–25, 2018.

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	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1		Choi Da-bin	Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam	Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin
2		Kim Ha-nul
1st alt.	Lee June-hyoung	Park So-youn