2014 World Figure Skating Championships
| 2014 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 24–30, 2014 |
| Season: | 2013–2014 |
| Location: |  Saitama |
| Host: | Japan Skating Federation |
| Venue: | Saitama Super Arena |
| Defending champions | |
Men's singles:  Patrick Chan | |
Ladies' singles:  Kim Yuna | |
Pairs:  Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | |
Ice dance:  Meryl Davis / Charlie White | |
| Previous: 2013 World Championships | |
| Next: 2015 World Championships | |
The 2014 World Figure Skating Championships will be an international figure skating competition in the 2013–2014 season. The event will be held in Saitama, Japan at Saitama Super Arena from March 24–30, 2014. Medals will be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing. The event will also determine the number of entries a country may send to the 2015 World Championships.
Japan was named as the host in June 2011.[1] Saitama was confirmed as the city in February 2013.[2]
Qualification
All skaters that represent an ISU member nation and have reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2013 are eligible to compete at the World Figure Skating Championships. National associations select entries according to their own criteria but the ISU rules mandate that their athletes must have achieved the required minimum technical score at an international event prior to the World Championships in order to be eligible to contest this event.
Minimum TES
| Minimum technical scores (TES)[3] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | SP / SD | FS / FD |
| Men | 34 | 63 |
| Ladies | 26 | 46 |
| Pairs | 24 | 41 |
| Ice dance | 28 | 38 |
| Must be achieved at an ISU-sanctioned international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP and FS scores may be attained at different events. | ||
Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2013 World Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline.
| Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Canada Japan
|
Japan South Korea  United States
|
Canada Russia
|
Canada Russia United States
|
| 2 |  Czech Republic  France  Kazakhstan  Spain United States
|
Canada  China  Italy Russia
|
China France  Germany Italy United States
|
France Germany Italy
|
| If not listed above, one entry is allowed. | ||||
Entries
Member nations have announced the following entries:
- On 3 March 2014, U.S. Figure Skating stated that Meryl Davis / Charlie White would be replaced by second alternates Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton. First alternates Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue are unable to compete due to injury — Hubbell sustained a torn labrum.[20]
- On 4 March, the Spanish federation said that Javier Raya would not compete due to injury.[22]
- On 7 March, Ukrainian ice dancers Nadezhda Frolenkova / Vitali Nikiforov withdrew due to Frolenkova's back injury.[17]
- On 20 March, American pair Caydee Denney / John Coughlin withdrew due to Denney's ankle injury and were replaced by Felicia Zhang / Nathan Bartholomay.[21]
- On 21 March, France's Florent Amodio withdrew from the men's event.[13]
References
- ^ "Japan gets 2014 figure skating world championships". Associated Press. USA Today. 14 June 2011.
- ^ "フィギュアスケート、さいたまで世界選手権 来年". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Yomiri Online. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
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- ^ "Entries: Men". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Entries: Ladies". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014.
- ^ "Entries: Ladies". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Entries: Pairs". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014.
- ^ "Entries: Pairs". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Entries: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014.
- ^ "Skate Canada announces ISU World Figure Skating Championship teams". Skate Canada. 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Champ. du Monde - Saitama (JAP): Sélection française" (PDF) (in French). Fédération Française des Sports de Glace. 27 February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2014.
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- ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Announces 2014 World, World Junior, Four Continents Teams". U.S. Figure Skating. 12 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Davis and White Elect Not to Compete at 2014 World Championships". U.S. Figure Skating. 3 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Ankle injury knocks Denney, Coughlin out of worlds". U.S. Figure Skating. IceNetwork. 20 March 2014.
- ^ "Javier Raya dice adiós al Mundial de Saitama por una lesión en su pierna izquierda" (in Spanish). Federación Española de Hielo. 4 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.
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