Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

For the speed skating event, see Four Continents Speed Skating Championships.

For the 2025 edition, see 2025 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.

The Four Continents Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The ISU established the Four Continents Championships to provide skaters from non-European countries with a similar competition to the European Figure Skating Championships. The first Four Continents Championships were held in 1999 in Halifax, Canada. Only eligible skaters from ISU member countries in Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania, and South America are allowed to compete.

Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
Status	Active
Genre	International championship event
Frequency	Annual
Inaugurated	1999
Previous event	2025 Four Continents Championships
Next event	2026 Four Continents Championships
Organized by	International Skating Union

The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the men's event at the 2009 Four Continents Championships: Patrick Chan of Canada (center), Evan Lysacek of the United States (left), and Takahiko Kozuka of Japan (right)

The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the women's event at the 2017 Four Continents Championships: Mai Mihara of Japan (center), Gabrielle Daleman of Canada (left), and Mirai Nagasu of the United States (right)

The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the pairs' event at the 2011 Four Continents Championships: Pang Qing and Tong Jian of China (center), Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada (left), and Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers of Canada (right)

The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the ice dance event at the 2013 Four Continents Championships: Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States (center), Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada (left), and Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States (right)

Patrick Chan of Canada holds the record for the most Four Continents championships won in men's singles (with three),^[1] while Mao Asada and Fumie Suguri of Japan are tied for the most championships won in women's singles (with three each).^[2][3] Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China hold the record for the most championships won in pair skating (with six).^[4] Five teams are tied for the most championships won in ice dance (with three each): Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz of Canada;^[5] Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto of the United States;^[6] Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States;^[7] Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada;^[8] and Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States.^[9]

The 2026 Four Continents Championships are scheduled to be held from January 19–24 in Beijing, China.^[10]

History

From 1923 to 1971, skaters from Canada and the United States competed at the biennial North American Figure Skating Championships. This allowed Canadian and American skaters the opportunity to compete at a comparable event to the European Figure Skating Championships. At this time, medal contenders at the World Figure Skating Championships and the Winter Olympics came from either Europe or North America. However, by the mid-1970s, skaters from Asia were also successfully competing at major international events. The last North American Championships were held in 1971, so skaters from Europe had the advantage of an International Skating Union (ISU) championship event that was not accessible to skaters outside of Europe.^[11]

In order to provide equal opportunities for all skaters, the ISU established the Four Continents Championships in 1999. The name referred to the four continents outside of Europe where competitive figure skating took place: Africa, Asia, Australia (Oceania), and North America.^[11] At this time, there were no ISU member nations in South America, although Brazil was admitted as the first South American member nation in 2002.^[11]

The first Four Continents Championships took place in Halifax, Canada, in 1999. Takeshi Honda of Japan won the inaugural men's event, while Tatiana Malinina of Uzbekistan won the inaugural women's event. Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China won the inaugural pairs event, and Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz of Canada won the inaugural ice dance event.^[11] Skaters from all four of the founding continents have competed at all Four Continents Championships.^[11] The Four Continents Championships have been held every year since, except for 2021, when the championships, which had been scheduled to take place in Sydney, Australia, were cancelled on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[12]

The 2022 Four Continents Championships were originally scheduled to be held in Tianjin, China.^[13] However, the Chinese Skating Association cancelled the event on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. When the ISU could not find a suitable replacement host among non-European nations, they asked the Estonian Skating Union to host the event, as Estonia would also be hosting the 2022 European Championships. The 2022 Four Continents Championships took place one week after the European Championships at the same venue, marking the first and only time that the Four Continents Championships were held in Europe.^[14]

Qualifying

Only those competitors who are "members of a non-European ISU Member" are eligible to compete in the Four Continents Championships.^[15] Unlike the European Championships, where member nations are only entitled to enter one competitor or team per discipline, but with requirements that must be met in order to submit additional competitors, the Four Continents Championships allow member nations to enter up to three competitors or teams per discipline.^[15]

Age restrictions have changed throughout the history of the Four Continents Championships. Until the 2023–24 figure skating season, skaters had to be at least 15 years old before July 1 of the previous year.^[16] At the ISU Congress held in June 2022, members of the ISU Council accepted a proposal to gradually increase the minimum age limit for senior competition to 17 years old beginning from the 2024–25 season. To avoid forcing skaters who had already competed in the senior category to return to juniors, the age limit remained unchanged during the 2022–23 season, before increasing to 16 years old during the 2023–24 season, and then to 17 years old during the 2024–25 season.^[17]

As of 2025, the following countries are eligible to send skaters to the Four Continents Championships: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, New Zealand, North Korea, Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Thailand, Turkmenistan, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.^[18]

Medalists

The reigning Four Continents figure skating champions: Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan (men's singles); Kim Chae-yeon of South Korea (women's singles); Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan (pair skating); and Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada (ice dance)

Men's singles

Men's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1999	Halifax	Takeshi Honda	Li Chengjiang	Elvis Stojko	[19]
2000	Osaka	Elvis Stojko	Li Chengjiang	Zhang Min
2001	Salt Lake City	Li Chengjiang	Takeshi Honda	Michael Weiss	[20]
2002	Jeonju	Jeffrey Buttle	Takeshi Honda	Gao Song	[21]
2003	Beijing	Takeshi Honda	Zhang Min	Li Chengjiang	[22]
2004	Hamilton	Jeffrey Buttle	Emanuel Sandhu	Evan Lysacek	[23]
2005	Gangneung	Evan Lysacek	Li Chengjiang	Daisuke Takahashi	[24]
2006	Colorado Springs	Nobunari Oda	Christopher Mabee	Matthew Savoie	[25]
2007	Colorado Springs	Evan Lysacek	Jeffrey Buttle	Jeremy Abbott	[26]
2008	Goyang	Daisuke Takahashi	Jeffrey Buttle	Evan Lysacek	[27]
2009	Vancouver	Patrick Chan	Evan Lysacek	Takahiko Kozuka	[28]
2010	Jeonju	Adam Rippon	Tatsuki Machida	Kevin Reynolds	[29]
2011	Taipei City	Daisuke Takahashi	Yuzuru Hanyu	Jeremy Abbott	[30]
2012	Colorado Springs	Patrick Chan	Daisuke Takahashi	Ross Miner	[31]
2013	Osaka	Kevin Reynolds	Yuzuru Hanyu	Yan Han	[32]
2014	Taipei City	Takahito Mura	Takahiko Kozuka	Song Nan	[33]
2015	Seoul	Denis Ten	Joshua Farris	Yan Han	[34]
2016	Taipei City	Patrick Chan	Jin Boyang	Yan Han	[35]
2017	Gangneung	Nathan Chen	Yuzuru Hanyu	Shoma Uno	[36]
2018	Taipei City	Jin Boyang	Shoma Uno	Jason Brown	[37]
2019	Anaheim	Shoma Uno	Jin Boyang	Vincent Zhou	[38]
2020	Seoul	Yuzuru Hanyu	Jason Brown	Yuma Kagiyama	[39]
2021	Sydney	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[12]
2022	Tallinn	Cha Jun-hwan	Kazuki Tomono	Kao Miura	[40]
2023	Colorado Springs	Kao Miura	Keegan Messing	Shun Sato	[41]
2024	Shanghai	Yuma Kagiyama	Shun Sato	Cha Jun-hwan	[42]
2025	Seoul	Mikhail Shaidorov	Cha Jun-hwan	Jimmy Ma	[43]

Women's singles

Women's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1999	Halifax	Tatiana Malinina	Amber Corwin	Angela Nikodinov	[44]
2000	Osaka	Angela Nikodinov	Stacey Pensgen	Annie Bellemare
2001	Salt Lake City	Fumie Suguri	Angela Nikodinov	Yoshie Onda	[20]
2002	Jeonju	Jennifer Kirk	Shizuka Arakawa	Yoshie Onda	[21]
2003	Beijing	Fumie Suguri	Shizuka Arakawa	Yukari Nakano	[22]
2004	Hamilton	Yukina Ota	Cynthia Phaneuf	Amber Corwin	[23]
2005	Gangneung	Fumie Suguri	Yoshie Onda	Jennifer Kirk	[24]
2006	Colorado Springs	Katy Taylor	Yukari Nakano	Beatrisa Liang	[25]
2007	Colorado Springs	Kimmie Meissner	Emily Hughes	Joannie Rochette	[26]
2008	Goyang	Mao Asada	Joannie Rochette	Miki Ando	[27]
2009	Vancouver	Yuna Kim	Joannie Rochette	Mao Asada	[28]
2010	Jeonju	Mao Asada	Akiko Suzuki	Caroline Zhang	[29]
2011	Taipei City	Miki Ando	Mao Asada	Mirai Nagasu	[30]
2012	Colorado Springs	Ashley Wagner	Mao Asada	Caroline Zhang	[31]
2013	Osaka	Mao Asada	Akiko Suzuki	Kanako Murakami	[32]
2014	Taipei City	Kanako Murakami	Satoko Miyahara	Li Zijun	[33]
2015	Seoul	Polina Edmunds	Satoko Miyahara	Rika Hongo	[34]
2016	Taipei City	Satoko Miyahara	Mirai Nagasu |	Rika Hongo	[35]
2017	Gangneung	Mai Mihara	Gabrielle Daleman	Mirai Nagasu	[36]
2018	Taipei City	Kaori Sakamoto	Mai Mihara	Satoko Miyahara	[37]
2019	Anaheim	Rika Kihira	Elizabet Tursynbaeva	Mai Mihara	[38]
2020	Seoul	Rika Kihira	You Young	Bradie Tennell	[39]
2021	Sydney	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[12]
2022	Tallinn	Mai Mihara	Lee Hae-in	Kim Ye-lim	[40]
2023	Colorado Springs	Lee Hae-in	Kim Ye-lim	Mone Chiba	[41]
2024	Shanghai	Mone Chiba	Kim Chae-yeon	Rinka Watanabe	[42]
2025	Seoul	Kim Chae-yeon	Bradie Tennell	Sarah Everhardt	[43]

Pairs

Pairs event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1999	Halifax	Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo	Kristy Sargeant Kris Wirtz	Danielle Hartsell Steve Hartsell	[45]
2000	Osaka	Jamie Salé David Pelletier	Kyoko Ina John Zimmerman	Tiffany Scott Philip Dulebohn
2001	Salt Lake City	Jamie Salé David Pelletier	Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo	Kyoko Ina John Zimmerman	[20]
2002	Jeonju	Pang Qing Tong Jian	Anabelle Langlois Patrice Archetto	Zhang Dan Zhang Hao	[21]
2003	Beijing	Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo	Pang Qing Tong Jian	Zhang Dan Zhang Hao	[22]
2004	Hamilton	Pang Qing Tong Jian	Zhang Dan Zhang Hao	Valérie Marcoux Craig Buntin	[23]
2005	Gangneung	Zhang Dan Zhang Hao	Pang Qing Tong Jian	Kathryn Orscher Garrett Lucash	[24]
2006	Colorado Springs	Rena Inoue John Baldwin	Utako Wakamatsu Jean-Sébastien Fecteau	Elizabeth Putnam Sean Wirtz	[25]
2007	Colorado Springs	Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo	Pang Qing Tong Jian	Rena Inoue John Baldwin	[26]
2008	Goyang	Pang Qing Tong Jian	Zhang Dan Zhang Hao	Brooke Castile Benjamin Okolski	[27]
2009	Vancouver	Pang Qing Tong Jian	Jessica Dubé Bryce Davison	Zhang Dan Zhang Hao	[28]
2010	Jeonju	Zhang Dan Zhang Hao	Keauna McLaughlin Rockne Brubaker	Meagan Duhamel Craig Buntin	[29]
2011	Taipei City	Pang Qing Tong Jian	Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford	Paige Lawrence Rudi Swiegers	[30]
2012	Colorado Springs	Sui Wenjing Han Cong	Caydee Denney John Coughlin	Mary Beth Marley Rockne Brubaker	[31]
2013	Osaka	Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford	Kirsten Moore-Towers Dylan Moscovitch	Marissa Castelli Simon Shnapir	[32]
2014	Taipei City	Sui Wenjing Han Cong	Tarah Kayne Danny O'Shea	Alexa Scimeca Chris Knierim	[33]
2015	Seoul	Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford	Peng Cheng Zhang Hao	Pang Qing Tong Jian	[34]
2016	Taipei City	Sui Wenjing Han Cong	Alexa Scimeca Chris Knierim	Yu Xiaoyu Jin Yang	[35]
2017	Gangneung	Sui Wenjing Han Cong	Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford	Liubov Ilyushechkina Dylan Moscovitch	[36]
2018	Taipei City	Tarah Kayne Danny O'Shea	Ashley Cain Timothy LeDuc	Ryom Tae-ok Kim Ju-sik	[37]
2019	Anaheim	Sui Wenjing Han Cong	Kirsten Moore-Towers Michael Marinaro	Peng Cheng Jin Yang	[38]
2020	Seoul	Sui Wenjing Han Cong	Peng Cheng Jin Yang	Kirsten Moore-Towers Michael Marinaro	[39]
2021	Sydney	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[12]
2022	Tallinn	Audrey Lu Misha Mitrofanov	Emily Chan Spencer Akira Howe	Evelyn Walsh Trennt Michaud	[40]
2023	Colorado Springs	Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara	Emily Chan Spencer Akira Howe	Deanna Stellato-Dudek Maxime Deschamps	[41]
2024	Shanghai	Deanna Stellato-Dudek Maxime Deschamps	Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara	Ellie Kam Danny O'Shea	[42]
2025	Seoul	Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara	Deanna Stellato-Dudek Maxime Deschamps	Lia Pereira Trennt Michaud	[43]

Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1999	Halifax	Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz	Chantal Lefebvre Michel Brunet	Naomi Lang Peter Tchernyshev	[46]
2000	Osaka	Naomi Lang Peter Tchernyshev	Marie-France Dubreuil Patrice Lauzon	Jamie Silverstein Justin Pekarek
2001	Salt Lake City	Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz	Naomi Lang Peter Tchernyshev	Marie-France Dubreuil Patrice Lauzon	[20]
2002	Jeonju	Naomi Lang Peter Tchernyshev	Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto	Megan Wing Aaron Lowe	[21]
2003	Beijing	Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz	Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto	Naomi Lang Peter Tchernyshev	[22]
2004	Hamilton	Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto	Marie-France Dubreuil Patrice Lauzon	Megan Wing Aaron Lowe	[23]
2005	Gangneung	Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto	Melissa Gregory Denis Petukhov	Lydia Manon Ryan O'Meara	[24]
2006	Colorado Springs	Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto	Morgan Matthews Maxim Zavozin	Tessa Virtue Scott Moir	[25]
2007	Colorado Springs	Marie-France Dubreuil Patrice Lauzon	Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto	Tessa Virtue Scott Moir	[26]
2008	Goyang	Tessa Virtue Scott Moir	Meryl Davis Charlie White	Kimberly Navarro Brent Bommentre	[27]
2009	Vancouver	Meryl Davis Charlie White	Tessa Virtue Scott Moir	Emily Samuelson Evan Bates	[28]
2010	Jeonju	Kaitlyn Weaver Andrew Poje	Allie Hann-McCurdy Michael Coreno	Madison Hubbell Keiffer Hubbell	[29]
2011	Taipei City	Meryl Davis Charlie White	Maia Shibutani Alex Shibutani	Vanessa Crone Paul Poirier	[30]
2012	Colorado Springs	Tessa Virtue Scott Moir	Meryl Davis Charlie White	Kaitlyn Weaver Andrew Poje	[31]
2013	Osaka	Meryl Davis Charlie White	Tessa Virtue Scott Moir	Madison Chock Evan Bates	[32]
2014	Taipei City	Madison Hubbell Zachary Donohue	Piper Gilles Paul Poirier	Alexandra Aldridge Daniel Eaton	[33]
2015	Seoul	Kaitlyn Weaver Andrew Poje	Madison Chock Evan Bates	Maia Shibutani Alex Shibutani	[34]
2016	Taipei City	Maia Shibutani Alex Shibutani	Madison Chock Evan Bates	Kaitlyn Weaver Andrew Poje	[35]
2017	Gangneung	Tessa Virtue Scott Moir	Maia Shibutani Alex Shibutani	Madison Chock Evan Bates	[36]
2018	Taipei City	Kaitlin Hawayek Jean-Luc Baker	Carolane Soucisse Shane Firus	Kana Muramoto Chris Reed	[37]
2019	Anaheim	Madison Chock Evan Bates	Kaitlyn Weaver Andrew Poje	Piper Gilles Paul Poirier	[38]
2020	Seoul	Madison Chock Evan Bates	Piper Gilles Paul Poirier	Madison Hubbell Zachary Donohue	[39]
2021	Sydney	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			[12]
2022	Tallinn	Caroline Green Michael Parsons	Kana Muramoto Daisuke Takahashi	Christina Carreira Anthony Ponomarenko	[40]
2023	Colorado Springs	Madison Chock Evan Bates	Laurence Fournier Beaudry Nikolaj Sørensen	Marjorie Lajoie Zachary Lagha	[41]
2024	Shanghai	Piper Gilles Paul Poirier	Laurence Fournier Beaudry Nikolaj Sørensen	Christina Carreira Anthony Ponomarenko	[42]
2025	Seoul	Piper Gilles Paul Poirier	Madison Chock Evan Bates	Marjorie Lajoie Zachary Lagha	[43]

Records

From left to right: Patrick Chan of Canada holds the record for winning the most Four Continents championships in men's singles (with three); Mao Asada and Fumie Suguri, both of Japan, are tied for winning the most Four Continents championships in women's singles (with three each); and Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China hold the record for winning the most Four Continents championships in pair skating (with six).

Five teams are tied for the winning most Four Continents championships in ice dance (with three each). From left to right: Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz of Canada; Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto of the United States; Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States; Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada; and Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States

Records

Discipline	Most championship titles			Medal sweeps
Men's singles	Patrick Chan	3	2009; 2012; 2016	—
Women's singles	Mao Asada	3	2009; 2012; 2016	Japan	2003; 2013; 2018
	Fumie Suguri	3	2001; 2003; 2005
Pairs	Sui Wenjing Han Cong	6	2012; 2014; 2016–17; 2019–20	China	2003
Ice dance	Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto	3	2004–06	United States	2005
	Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz	3	1999; 2001; 2003
	Madison Chock Evan Bates	3	2019–20; 2023
	Meryl Davis Charlie White	3	2009; 2011; 2013
	Tessa Virtue Scott Moir	3	2008; 2012; 2017

Cumulative medal count

Main article: Four Continents Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count

Total number of Four Continents Championship medals by nation^[47]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	28	30	44	102
2	Japan	28	24	19	71
3	Canada	23	30	24	77
4	China	18	14	14	46
5	South Korea	4	5	2	11
6	Kazakhstan	2	1	0	3
7	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
8	North Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		104	104	104	312