Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Explained

Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
Status:Active
Genre:Sporting event
Date:Varying
Frequency:Annual
Country:Varying
First:1999
Organised:International Skating Union

The Four Continents Figure Skating Championships (4CC) is an annual figure skating competition. The International Skating Union established it in 1999 to provide skaters representing non-European countries with a similar competition to the much older European Figure Skating Championships. The event's name refers to the Americas (North America and South America), Africa, Asia and Oceania (four of the five continents represented in the Olympic rings, omitting Europe). Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance.

Historically, the 4CC has been dominated by just four countries – the United States, Japan, Canada, and China – which have won a combined 287 out of 300 possible medals. South Korea (9), Kazakhstan (2), North Korea (1), and Uzbekistan (1) are the only other countries to have earned Four Continents medals.

Qualifying

Skaters must belong to a non-European member nation of the ISU. Each member country may enter up to three skaters or teams in each discipline, provided they obtain the minimum TES in the current or previous season. National governing bodies select their entries according to their own criteria. As with the other senior ISU Championships, eligible skaters must be at least seventeen before July 1 of the previous year.

As of 2018 Championships, the following countries are eligible to send skaters to the competition: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, New Zealand, North Korea, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, the United States, and Uzbekistan.[1]

Medalists

Men's singles

YearLocationGoldSilverBronze
1999 Halifax
2000 Osaka
2001 Salt Lake City
2002 Jeonju
2003 Beijing
2004 Hamilton
2005 Gangneung
2006 Colorado Springs
2007 Colorado Springs
2008 Goyang
2009 Vancouver
2010 Jeonju
2011 Taipei
2012 Colorado Springs
2013 Osaka
2014 Taipei
2015 Seoul
2016 Taipei
2017 Gangneung
2018 Taipei
2019 Anaheim
2020 Seoul
2021 SydneyCompetition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Tallinn
2023 Colorado Springs
2024 Shanghai
2025 Seoul
2026 Beijing

Women's singles

YearLocationGoldSilverBronze
1999 Halifax
2000 Osaka
2001 Salt Lake City Fumie Suguri
2002 Jeonju
2003 Beijing
2004 Hamilton
2005 Gangneung
2006 Colorado Springs
2007 Colorado Springs
2008 Goyang
2009 Vancouver
2010 Jeonju
2011 Taipei
2012 Colorado Springs
2013 Osaka
2014 Taipei
2015 Seoul
2016 Taipei
2017 Gangneung
2018 Taipei
2019 Anaheim
2020 Seoul
2021 SydneyCompetition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Tallinn
2023 Colorado Springs
2024 Shanghai
2025 Seoul
2026 Beijing

Pairs

YearLocationGoldSilverBronze
1999 Halifax
2000 Osaka
2001 Salt Lake City
2002 Jeonju
2003 Beijing
2004 Hamilton
2005 Gangneung
2006 Colorado Springs
2007 Colorado Springs
2008 Goyang
2009 Vancouver
2010 Jeonju
2011 Taipei
2012 Colorado Springs
2013 Osaka
2014 Taipei
2015 Seoul
2016 Taipei
2017 Gangneung
2018 Taipei
2019 Anaheim
2020 Seoul
2021 SydneyCompetition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Tallinn
2023 Colorado Springs
2024 Shanghai
2025 Seoul
2026 Beijing

Ice dance

YearLocationGoldSilverBronze
1999 Halifax
2000 Osaka
2001 Salt Lake City
2002 Jeonju
2003 Beijing
2004 Hamilton
2005 Gangneung
2006 Colorado Springs
2007 Colorado Springs
2008 Goyang
2009 Vancouver
2010 Jeonju
2011 Taipei
2012 Colorado Springs
2013 Osaka
2014 Taipei
2015 Seoul
2016 Taipei
2017 Gangneung
2018 Taipei
2019 Anaheim
2020 Seoul
2021 SydneyCompetition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Tallinn
2023 Colorado Springs
2024 Shanghai
2025 Seoul
2026 Beijing

Cumulative medal count

See main article: Four Continents Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count.

References

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: International Skating Union Communication No. 2103 Entries ISU Championships 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171207071246/http://isu.org/communications/599-isu-communication-2103/file . dead . 2017-12-07 . 2017-12-07 .