1998–1999 ISU Junior Grand Prix

The 1998–1999 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the second 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 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. The top skaters from the series met at the Junior Grand Prix Final.

[edit] Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers

The following skaters qualified for the 1998–1999 Junior Grand Prix Final, in order of qualification.^[1]

There were eight qualifiers in singles and six in pairs and ice dancing.

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Ilia Klimkin	Irina Nikolaeva	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirsky	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali
2	Vincent Restencourt	Viktoria Volchkova	Julia Obertas / Dmitri Palamarchuk	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek
3	Yosuke Takeuchi	Tamara Dorofejev	Elena Bogospasaeva / Oleg Ponomarenko	Kristina Kobaladze / Oleg Voiko
4	Stefan Lindemann	Sarah Hughes	Meliza Brozovich / Anton Nimenko	Natalia Romaniuta / Daniil Barantsev
5	Ryan Bradley	Anna Jurkiewicz	Laura Handy / Paul Binnebose	Julia Golovina / Denis Egorov
6	Alexei Vasilevsky	Daria Timoshenko	Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexey Sokolov	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo
7	Lukáš Rakowski	Gwenaelle Jullien	-	-
8	Matthew Savoie	Chisato Shiina	-	-
Alternates
1st	Matthew Davies	Júlia Sebestyén	Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov	Tatiana Kurkudym / Yury Kocherzhenko
2nd	Scott Smith	Yoshie Onda	Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino	Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai
3rd	Soshi Tanaka	Yuko Kawaguchi	Aliona Savchenko / Stanislav Morozov	Nelly Gouverst / Cedric Pernet

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	13	9	8	30
2	United States	4	8	9	21
3	Ukraine	6	2	5	13
4	Japan	3	2	3	8
5	France	3	1	2	6
6	Italy	3	2	0	5
6	Hungary	2	3	0	5
6	China	2	1	2	5
6	Germany	0	2	3	5
7	Poland	0	2	2	4
8	Canada	0	2	1	3
9	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
9	Estonia	0	1	0	1
9	United Kingdom	0	0	1	1

1998–1999 Junior Grand Prix
Men's medalists
Competition	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Grand Prix de Saint Gervais	Saint Gervais, France^{[disambiguation needed ]}	Vincent Restencourt	Ryan Bradley	Matthew Savoie
Mexico Cup	Mexico City, Mexico	Yosuke Takeuchi	Eiji Iwamoto	Jeffrey Franklin
Sofia Cup	Sofia, Bulgaria	Ilia Klimkin	Stefan Lindemann	Soshi Tanaka
Ukrainian Souvenir	Kiev, Ukraine	Andrej Kiforenko	Alexei Vasilevsky	Alexandr Smokvin
Pokal der Blauen Schwerter	Chemnitz, Germany	Vincent Restencourt	Stefan Lindemann	Scott Smith
Hungarian Grand Prix	Budapest, Hungary	Ilia Klimkin	Yosuke Takeuchi	Ryan Bradley
China Int. Junior Competition	Beijing, China	Guo Zhengxin	Gao Song	Yu Wang
Grand Prize SNP Banska	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Johnny Weir	Lukáš Rakowski	Matthew Davies
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final	Detroit, USA	Vincent Restencourt	Ilia Klimkin	Alexei Vasilevsky

1998–1999 Junior Grand Prix
Ladies medalists
Competition	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Grand Prix de Saint Gervais	Saint Gervais, France^{[disambiguation needed ]}	Irina Nikolaeva	Anna Jurkiewicz	Darys Tymoshenko
Mexico Cup	Mexico City, Mexico	Yuko Kawaguchi	Sarah Hughes	Chisato Shiina
Sofia Cup	Sofia, Bulgaria	Tamara Dorofejev	Daria Timoshenko	Sabina Wojtala
Ukrainian Souvenir	Kiev, Ukraine	Viktoria Volchkova	Galina Maniachenko	Anna Neshcheret
Pokal der Blauen Schwerter	Chemnitz, Germany	Irina Nikolaeva	Anna Jurkiewicz	Sara Wheat
Hungarian Grand Prix	Budapest, Hungary	Júlia Sebestyén	Sarah Hughes	Chisato Shiina
China Int. Junior Competition	Beijing, China	Yoshie Onda	Gwenaelle Jullien	Wang Huan
Grand Prize SNP Banska	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Viktoria Volchkova	Tamara Dorofejev	Erin Pearl
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final	Detroit, USA	Viktoria Volchkova	Sarah Hughes	Daria Timoshenko

1998–1999 Junior Grand Prix
Pairs medalists
Competition	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Grand Prix de Saint Gervais	Saint Gervais, France^{[disambiguation needed ]}	Yulia Obertas / Dmitry Palamarchuk	Viktorya Shklover / Vladis Mintals	Jaisa Mac Adam / Garrett Lucash
Mexico Cup	Mexico City, Mexico	Meliza Brozovich / Anton Nimenko	Eve Butchart / Clinton Petersen	Larisa Spielberg / Craig Joeright
Sofia Cup	Sofia, Bulgaria	Victoria Maksuita / Vladislav Zhovnirsky	Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov	Aneta Kowalska / Łukasz Różycki
Ukrainian Souvenir	Kiev, Ukraine	Yulia Obertas / Dmitry Palamarchuk	Elena Bogospasaeva / Oleg Ponomarenko	Aliona Savchenko / Stanislav Morozov
Pokal der Blauen Schwerter	Chemnitz, Germany	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirsky	Laura Handy / Paul Binnebose	Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov
Hungarian Grand Prix	Budapest, Hungary	Elena Bogospasaeva / Oleg Ponomarenko	Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexey Sokolov	Stefanie Weiss / Matthias Bleyer
China Int. Junior Competition	Beijing, China	Zhang Xiaodan / Zhang Hao	Melica Brozovich / Anton Nimenko	Anna Kaverzina / Vitali Dybina
Grand Prize SNP Banska	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Laura Handy / Paul Binnebose	Jacinth Lariviere / Lenny Faustino	Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexey Sokolov
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final	Detroit, USA	Yulia Obertas / Dmitry Palamarchuk	Laura Handy / Paul Binnebose	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirsky

1998–1999 Junior Grand Prix
Ice dancing medalists
Competition	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Grand Prix de Saint Gervais	Saint Gervais, France^{[disambiguation needed ]}	Tatania Kurkudym / Yuri Kocherzhenko	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek	Nelly Gourvest / Cédric Pernet
Mexico Cup	Mexico City, Mexico	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo	Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai	Jill Vernekohl / Jan Luggenholscher
Sofia Cup	Sofia, Bulgaria	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Skali	Natalia Romaniuta / Danil Barantsev	Emilie Nussear / Brandon Forsyth
Ukrainian Souvenir	Kiev, Ukraine	Kristina Kobaladze / Oleg Voiko	Julia Golovina / Denis Egorov	Olga Kudym / Anton Tereshenko
Pokal der Blauen Schwerter	Chemnitz, Germany	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo	Tatiana Kurkudym / Yury Kocherzhenko
Hungarian Grand Prix	Budapest, Hungary	Julia Golovina / Denis Egorov	Zita Gebora / Andras Visontai	Emilie Nussear / Brandon Forsyth
China Int. Junior Competition	Beijing, China	Flavia Ottaviani / Massimo Scali	Melissa Gregory / James Shufford	Nelly Gourvest / Cedric Pernet
Grand Prize SNP Banska	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	Natalia Romanyuta / Daniel Barantsev	Kristina Kobaladze / Oleg Voiko	Jill Vernekohl / Jan Luggenhoelscher
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final	Detroit, USA	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek	Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo	Natalia Romanyuta / Daniel Barantsev