2013–2014 figure skating season
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The 2013–2014 figure skating season begins on July 1, 2013, and ends on June 30, 2014. During this season
, elite skaters will compete on the ISU Championship level at the 2014 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships
. They will also compete in elite events such as the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final.
Figure skating season
The figure skating season is the period of time in which competitions are contested in the sport of figure skating. The skating season begins on July 1 of one year and goes until the end of June of the next. The seasons are referred to by the years they span...
, elite skaters will compete on the ISU Championship level at the 2014 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships
2014 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2014 World Figure Skating Championships will be the World Figure Skating Championships for the 2013–2014 season. They are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion....
. They will also compete in elite events such as the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final.
Season notes
To be eligible for the senior World, European, or Four Continents Championships, skaters must be 15 by July 1, 2013. For other senior international competitions, including the Grand Prix series, skaters are required to have turned 14 by the same date. Skaters competing on the junior level must be at least 13 but cannot have turned 19 (or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers) by July 1.Competitions
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December 5-8 | Grand Prix Final | Grand Prix | Sen.-Jun. | All | TBD, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
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January | European Championships | ISU Champ. | Senior | All | Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... , Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The... |
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January | Four Continents Championships | ISU Champ. | Senior | All | Taipei City Taipei Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean... , ROC Republic of China The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor... |
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February | Winter Olympics Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics The figure skating competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics will be held at Sochi Olympic Skating Centre in February, 2014. It will be the 24th edition of the figure skating event at the Olympics, and the 22nd edition at the Winter Olympics.-Notes:... |
ISU Champ. | Senior | All | Sochi Sochi Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
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March | World Junior Championships | ISU Champ. | Junior | All | Sofia Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated... , Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east... |
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March | World Championships 2014 World Figure Skating Championships The 2014 World Figure Skating Championships will be the World Figure Skating Championships for the 2013–2014 season. They are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.... |
ISU Champ. | Senior | All | TBD, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
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Type: ISU Champ. = ISU Championships; Other int. = International events except ISU Championships and Grand Prix; Nats. = National championships; Other nat. = Other national events Levels: Sen. = Senior; Jun. = Junior; Nov. = Novice; Juv. = Juvenile Disciplines: M = Men's singles; L = Ladies' singles; P = Pair skating; D = Ice dancing; All = All four disciplines |