2020 Cup of China

The 2020 SHISEIDO Cup of China was the third event in the 2020–21 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center in Chongqing, China on November 6–8. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

2020 Cup of China
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	November 6 – 8
Season:	2020–21
Location:	Chongqing
Host:	Chinese Skating Association
Venue:	Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center
Champions
Men's singles: Jin Boyang
Ladies' singles: Chen Hongyi
Pairs: Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
Ice dance: Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
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Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of modifications were made to the Grand Prix structure. The competitors consisted only of skaters from the home country, skaters already training in the host nation, and skaters assigned to that event for geographic reasons.^[1] The Chinese Skating Association was the only federation to host a wholly domestic Grand Prix event.^[2]

On July 9, 2020, the General Administration of Sport of China announced that no international sporting events would be held in China in 2020, except for 2022 Winter Olympics test events.^[3] The ISU announced on July 13 that the Cup of China would be held as scheduled in Chongqing, due to its connection to the Beijing test event, the Grand Prix Final (later cancelled).^[4] On October 29, 2020, the Chinese Skating Association announced that the event would be held with no audience present for health reasons.^[5]

Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on October 1, 2020.^[6]

Country	Men[7]	Ladies[8]	Pairs[9]	Ice dance[10]
China	Chen Yudong Jin Boyang Peng Zhiming Xu Juwen Yan Han Zhang He	Chen Hongyi Jin Minzhi Angel Li Zhang Siyang Zheng Lu	Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Wang Yuchen / Huang Yihang Zhu Daizifei / Liu Yuhang	Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming Guo Yuzhu / Zhao Pengkun Lin Yufei / Gao Zijian Ning Wanqi / Wang Chao Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu

Changes to preliminary assignments

Discipline	Withdrew		Added		Notes	Ref.
	Date	Skater(s)	Date	Skater(s)
Men	—		October 16	Peng Zhiming		[11]
				Xu Juwen
Ladies				Jin Minzhi		[12]
				Angel Li
				Zhang Siyang
				Zheng Lu
Ice dance				Lin Yufei / Gao Zijian		[13]
Pairs	October 29	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	October 29	Zhu Daizifei / Liu Yuhang	Recovery from surgery (Han)[5]	[14]
		Tang Feiyao / Yang Yongchao	—

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Jin Boyang	China	290.89	1	103.94	1	186.95
2	Yan Han	China	264.81	2	92.56	2	172.25
3	Chen Yudong	China	226.21	3	75.74	3	150.47
4	Zhang He	China	209.74	4	69.68	4	140.06
5	Peng Zhiming	China	196.28	5	69.16	5	127.12
6	Xu Juwen	China	178.00	6	61.96	6	116.04

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Chen Hongyi	China	186.53	1	64.63	1	121.90
2	Li Anqi	China	148.33	2	49.94	2	98.39
3	Jin Minzhi	China	135.43	3	47.75	4	87.68
4	Zhang Siyang	China	128.20	4	39.80	3	88.40
5	Zheng Lu	China	86.48	5	29.84	5	56.64

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Peng Cheng / Jin Yang	China	223.90	1	75.62	1	148.28
2	Wang Yuchen / Huang Yihang	China	175.40	2	63.56	2	111.84
3	Zhu Daizifei / Liu Yuhang	China	140.37	3	54.37	3	86.00

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
1	Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu	China	206.84	1	84.23	1	122.61
2	Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming	China	192.26	2	76.57	2	115.69
3	Ning Wanqi / Wang Chao	China	171.90	3	69.07	3	102.83
4	Guo Yuzhu / Zhao Pengkun	China	162.36	4	65.01	4	97.35
5	Lin Yufei / Gao Zijian	China	142.33	5	56.80	5	85.53

References

1. Associated Press (August 4, 2020). "Grand Prix figure skating series downsized to localized events". CBC.
2. McCarvel, Nick (November 7, 2020). "Big-jumping Jin Boyang defends Cup of China title; Peng and Jin capture pairs crown". Olympic Channel.
3. huaxia, ed. (July 9, 2020). "No international sport events in China this year except for Beijing 2022 trials". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020.
4. "ISU Events scheduled to be held in China in 2020". International Skating Union. July 13, 2020.
5. SHISEIDO Cup of China (October 29, 2020). "#花滑中国杯# 两个新消息：" [#CupofChina# Two New Updates] (Weibo) (in Chinese).
6. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21 assignments announced". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
7. "ISU GP Cup of China 2020: Men". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
8. "ISU GP Cup of China 2020: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
9. "ISU GP Cup of China 2020: Pairs". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
10. "ISU GP Cup of China 2020: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. October 1, 2020.
11. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Men". International Skating Union. October 16, 2020.
12. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 16, 2020.
13. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. October 16, 2020.
14. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2020/21: Pairs". International Skating Union. October 29, 2020.