The European Figure Skating Championships 2019 is the 111th edition of the international sports tournament, which will be held from January 21 to 27, 2019. The championship will be hosted by the Belarusian capital - Minsk. The best skaters in Europe will gather in the main city of Belarus. A special place among them will be occupied by domestic athletes - one of the main contenders for victory! In the last edition, our team was first in the overall medal standings. Will Russia be able to repeat its success in Minsk?!

European Figure Skating Championships 2019 schedule

The 111th edition of the European Championship will take place in the first month of the year. The competition will take place from January 21 to 27, 2019.

Belarus will host the tournament for the first time. This became known during a meeting of the International Skating Union (ISU) in September 2016. Croatia, Ukraine, Austria and Estonia also applied for the role of host country.

The center of the main events of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2019 will be Minsk. Athletes will compete within the walls of the Minsk Arena.

This is a multifunctional sports and entertainment complex. Competitions among cyclists, speed skaters and even e-sportsmen are held on its territory. Minsk Arena is the home ground for the Belarusian hockey team No. 1 - Dynamo.

The Sportsarena seats just over 15,000 people. Limited number of seats. So fans who want to watch the 2019 European Figure Skating Championships live need to take care of purchasing tickets ahead of time!

European Figure Skating Championships 2019 program

Spectators will see performances in four types of competitions:

1. single men's skating;
2. dancing on Ice;
3. women's single skating;
4. pair skating.

Participants

Dozens of skaters from all parts of Europe, as well as from Israel, will come to the Belarusian capital. Russia will have the largest representation. Our athletes have the maximum number of quotas in each competition category.

To become participants in the European Championships, athletes must show a minimum technical score in tournaments preceding the European Championships. The values ​​of technical scores will be published on the official website of the 2019 European Figure Skating Championships or on the resource of the International Skating Union - www.isu.org.

The minimum technical scores for participation in the 2018 European Championship looked like this:

• men – 25 in the short program/45 in the free program;
• women – 20/36
• couples – 20/36
• ice dancers – 19/29.

Results of the 2019 European Figure Skating Championships

The main favorites of the upcoming tournament are the Russians. They are recognized masters in their sport. Another undeniable advantage is their venue. Belarus is almost Russia. Domestic athletes will compete as if they were at home!

In the last edition of the tournament, which took place in Moscow, domestic masters achieved almost 100% results. In total, the Russians won 9 medals, two of which were of the highest value.

The best Russian men were Dmitry Aliev and Mikhail Kolyada. They won silver and bronze medals respectively. The gold went to Spaniard Javier Fernandez.

Russian fans have been waiting for gold medals. It is possible that our figure skater will finally become the best among men at the 2019 European Figure Skating Championships!

In pair skating, the domestic participants had no equal! The entire top three was taken by Russian representatives. The duet between Evgenia Tarasov and Vladimir Morozov was especially good.

Our ice dancing masters did not fall flat on their faces either. The gold may have flown to France, but the silver and bronze remained with the Russians. The duo Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Solovyov won second place, and Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin took third place.

Competitions among women singles are another reason to buy tickets to the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2019. Because the strongest figure skaters in the world represent Russia!

This statement was clearly proven by the results of the 2018 European Championship. The 110th edition of the championship was remembered for the super confrontation between Alina Zagitova and Evgeniy Medvedev. As a result, yesterday’s junior Alina Zagitova sensationally won!

Our skaters could occupy the entire podium. Maria Sotskova claimed the prize. But the experienced Italian Carolina Kostner intervened in the medal situation. Therefore, the Russian showed only the 4th result.

If the team is not decimated by injuries, our women's singles will again be first at the 2019 European Figure Skating Championships!

The prestigious Minsk-Arena Ice Star figure skating tournament will be held from October 18 to 20 at the Minsk Arena. A package of tickets to the tournament can be a great gift for your friends or parents - it costs only 25 rubles for all days of the competition. By the way, the price already includes a gala concert with the participation of Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin.

The Minsk Arena will host several performances by the best figure skaters from Russia, Kazakhstan, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, Italy, Finland and Belarus. These will be competitions of the “Challenger” series, that is, participants come here to gain an international rating in order to qualify for the World and European Championships. All this will end with demonstration performances of prize-winners and celebrity guests - Alexey Yagudin, Tatyana Totmyanina and Maxim Marinin. All three are Olympic champions.

From Friday to Sunday the best in the following categories will be determined:

• women's single skating,
• men's single skating,
• sports dancing on ice.

Schedule

On Friday 18 October
13:45 to 15:30 Dance couples perform rhythmic dance
15:45 to 20:00 Girls perform a short program

Saturday 19 October
12:00 to 13:30. The boys perform a short program.
13:45 to 18:30. The girls perform their free program.
The girls' awards ceremony will take place at 6:30 p.m.
19:00 to 21:00 Dance couples perform a free program
The award ceremony for dance couples will take place at 21:00

On Sunday 20 October
12:00 to 13:45 Boys perform a free program.
The awards ceremony for young men will take place in 13:45
18:00 Gala performance with guest stars!

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This event will undoubtedly become a real decoration of the coming winter. The leaders of continental figure skating will demonstrate their skills on the ice of the capital's Minsk Arena.

If for fans this is undoubtedly a holiday that unites sports and art, then for athletes it is one of the important steps towards Olympic Games 2022 which will take place in Beijing. The main competition for Belarusian skaters will be from France and Spain, which traditionally occupy the European podium.

The winners of the European Championship will be determined in four categories:

• women's singles skating
• men's singles skating
• pair sport skating
• pair dance skating.

It is planned that more than 100 of the continent's strongest skaters will take part in the tournament. One of the brightest moments of the championship will be the festive Gala concert. The organizers also promise a rich entertainment program that will definitely appeal to the youngest guests of the championship and their parents: playgrounds and sports grounds for children, puzzles and quests for the whole family, interactive master classes. All this and, of course, the performances themselves are a reason to attend at least one of the stages of the championship. Figure skating connoisseurs say: you need to watch the skaters’ performances exclusively live, breathe the same air with the athletes, feel their excitement and internal tension.

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Schedule for every day

All day - official training

11:00 – Women – short program

18:00 — Opening ceremony on ice

18:45 — Pairs — short program

12:00 - Men - short program

19:00 - Pairs - free program

11:30 – Ice dancing – Rhythmic dance

18:00 – Women – free program

11:15 - Men - free program

16:25 – Ice dancing – Free dance

*subscription - 11 tickets for all days of the Championship

Ticket price: 5 - 30 rubles

This is the last major start before the Olympic Games, and therefore the last opportunity to say to Zhenya Medvedeva, Alina Zagitova and everyone: good luck in Pyeongchang!

Can you still buy tickets? How much?

A few days ago, sports officials reported: 70% of tickets had been sold, and they made happy faces. This is a dubious achievement - a month ago the Russian Figure Skating Championships were held in St. Petersburg, and the tickets there were completely swept away! But in Moscow you can get into a cool figure even at the last moment: the cheapest entrance costs 200 rubles. However, such bargain prices are only for those who have eagle vision or grandfather’s military binoculars. With these tickets you can come only on Wednesday, when the medals are not yet being played out, and take seats under the very roof, with a view of the tops of the skaters’ heads.

There are already tickets left for Thursday, which cost from 1000 rubles. On Saturday, when the girls will skate freestyle, there are only seats left in the boxes and they cost from 7,500 rubles. Prepare 5500 for Sunday exhibition performances. Figure skating, like any art, requires sacrifice.

The easiest day. In the morning (11:45) there will be a short program for men, and we will be able to estimate what Mikhail Kolyada, Alexander Samarin and yesterday’s junior Dmitry Aliev are capable of now. Kolyada, of course, is rated higher than all of them - he already had European bronze last year, it’s time to take another step up.

At 18:00 - opening ceremony. And at 19:00 sports couples will present their short programs.

At 12:30 the first hit of the tournament is women's short programs. Has Yevgeny Medvedev's main golden hope recovered from the fracture? How confident is young Alina Zagitova? Aren’t you tired of always being the second Maria Sotskova, who is already called “Miss Silver”? It's time to start answering these questions.

At 18:55 the first medals will begin to be played out - the pairs will show free programs. We have Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov. All this means that we have excellent chances of winning.

At 12:15 ice dancing – short dance.

And at 17:45 the men's free program. We are waiting for Javier Fernandez's benefit performance. The Spaniard has not let go of European gold for five years in a row, and now it is unlikely to be any different. But all Fernandez’s thoughts are about the Olympics, first place in it still remains his dream. In a month he will have his last chance. “I don’t think I can last another four years,” says Javier himself. And he will probably be thinking about the same thing when he wins the next European Championship.

13:40 Ice dancing – free dance.

18:30 Women – free program. For the first time, Evgenia Medvedeva and Alina Zagitova will come face to face at major competitions. Of course, they know each other a little more than completely: both are wards of coach Eteri Tutberdze. Both have not lost recently. But never before have Zhenya and Alina fought for the same “gold” on the same ice in the same tournament. Will sparks fly from their collision? It's better to check now than at the Olympics.

14:00 - demonstration performances. Farewell show before the 2018 Olympics. The composition of the Russian national team will be announced after the European Figure Skating Championships 2018. And on Sunday there will be the last opportunity to show Medvedeva, Zagitova, Sotskova, Kolyada, Tarasova and Morozova, Stolbova and Klimov and everyone else that people in Russia will still root for them. Despite the flag and the strange team name.

Greetings from the President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation and Olympic champion Alexander Gorshkov

Dear friends! I am sincerely pleased to welcome athletes, coaches, officials, all guests and fans of our wonderful sport - figure skating at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow!

Over the course of more than 100 years of history of the European Championships, the International Skating Union has four times granted our country the right to organize this prestigious figure skating tournament. In 1911, the European Championship was hosted by St. Petersburg for the first time. The next European Championship, held in 1965 in Moscow, gave a powerful impetus to the rapid development of domestic figure skating. Subsequently, the championships of the European continent were held twice in Leningrad in 1970 and 1990. And now, after more than half a century, the right to host the most prestigious tournament with the participation of the best figure skaters in Europe has again been granted to Moscow; the European Championship will be held in the Russian capital from January 16 to 21, 2018.

The arena for the athletes’ competitions will be the hospitable Megasport ice arena, already well known to Russian and foreign figure skaters, where in 2011 the World Figure Skating Championships were organized in the shortest possible time, which, according to the unanimous opinion of all its participants and guests, was a great success.

A distinctive feature of the Moscow European Championship 2018 will be that it starts literally on the eve of the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, the official opening of which will take place on February 9. This circumstance makes the upcoming championship even more intriguing, since almost all the best figure skaters in Europe will take part in it, who will then soon be involved in the fiercest competition in the Olympic arenas. Therefore, there is no doubt that the Moscow tournament will arouse great interest among loyal fans, figure skating enthusiasts, and representatives of the world media.

All figure skating competitions held in our country always receive the highest ratings and favorable reviews due to their impeccable organization. I am confident that the upcoming European Championship will traditionally be held at the highest level. An exciting fight, brilliant performances await us, and the audience will receive unforgettable emotions and impressions! We are waiting for you at the Megasport Ice Palace on Khodynka!

Russian national team composition

Pair skating

• Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov,
• Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov,
• Natalya Zabiyako/Alexander Enbert.

Substitutes - Kristina Astakhova/Alexei Rogonov, Alexandra Boykova/Dmitry Kozlovsky;

Dancing on Ice

• Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Solovyov,
• Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin,
• Tiffany Zagorski/Jonathan Gureiro.

Substitutes - Betina Popova/Sergey Mozgov, Sofya Evdokimova/Egor Bazin;

Men's single skating

• Mikhail Kolyada,
• Alexander Samarin,
• Dmitry Aliev.

Substitutes - Sergei Voronov, Artur Dmitriev;

Women's single skating -

• Alina Zagitova,
• Maria Sotskova,
• Evgenia Medvedeva.

Substitutes - Stanislava Konstantinova, Polina Tsurskaya.

Schedule of the European Figure Skating Champion 2018