2024 European Figure Skating Championships
The 2024 European Figure Skating Championships is scheduled to be held in January 8–14, 2024, in Kaunas, Lithuania.[1][2]
| 2024 European Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | 8 – 14 January |
| Season: | 2023-24 |
| Location: | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Host: | Lithuanian Skating Federation |
| Venue: | Žalgiris Arena |
| Defending champions | |
Men's singles:  Adam Siao Him Fa | |
Ladies' singles:  Anastasia Gubanova | |
Pair skating:  Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii | |
| Ice dance: Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | |
| Previous: 2023 European Championships | |
| Next: 2025 European Championships | |
Host selection
In 2021 ISU received 6 applications to host 2024 European Championships from Budapest (Hungary), Minsk (Belarus), Sofia (Bulgaria), Zagreb (Croatia), Bratislava (Slovakia) and Ostrava (Czechia) with Budapest winning the rights to host the championships.[3]
In early 2023 Hungary withdrew from hosting the championships due financial difficulties.[4] ISU received 3 new bids for hosting 2024 championships from Sofia (Bulgaria), Warsaw (Poland) and Kaunas (Lithuania).[5] On 12th of June 2023 Lithuanian Skating Federation announced that they have received confirmation from ISU that Kaunas was selected as a host for 2024 Championships.[2]
Qualification
Age and minimum TES requirements
The competition will be open to skaters from all European member nations of the International Skating Union. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters is the 2024 Four Continents Championships.
Skaters will be eligible if they turn 16 years of age before 1 July 2023 and met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepted scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions during the ongoing season at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships or during the preceding season.[6]
| Minimum technical scores (TES) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | SP / RD | FS / FD |
| Men | 28 | 46 |
| Women | 25 | 42 |
| Pairs | 25 | 42 |
| Ice dance | 30 | 48 |
| Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP/RD and FS/FD scores may be attained at different events. | ||
Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2023 European Championships, each European ISU member nations can field one to three entries per discipline.[6]
| Spots | Men | Women | Pairs | Dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | France Italy |
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Italy Germany |
Italy Great Britain France |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland Latvia Georgia Estonia Sweden |
Switzerland Poland Estonia Finland Italy Germany Romania |
 Hungary France Netherlands Ukraine Great Britain |
Finland Lithuania Czech Republic Georgia Germany Hungary Ukraine |
| If not listed above, one entry is allowed. | ||||
References
- "Lietuva pirmąkart priims Europos dailiojo čiuožimo čempionatą". delfi.lt. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- "Lithuania to host ISU European Figure Skating Championships in 2024". lrt.lt. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- В 2023 году чемпионат мира по фигурному катанию пройдет в Сайтаме, чемпионат Европы – в Хельсинки
- Венгрия отказалась от проведения ЧЕ-2024 по фигурному катанию из-за влияния конфликта на Украине на экономику и цены на энергоносители
- София, Варшава и Каунас подали заявки на проведение чемпионата Европы по фигурному катанию 2024 года
- "Communication No. 2577 - Entries for ISU Figure Skating and Synchronized Skating Championships 2024". International Skating Union.