World Figure Skating Championships 2020

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World Figure Skating Championships 2020
The Bell Center in Montreal

The Bell Center in Montreal
Type: ISU championships
Date: March 16-22, 2020
Venue: Center Bell , Montreal , Canada
Defending champion
Men's: Nathan Chen
Women: Alina Sagitova
Couples: Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Ice dance: Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
World figure skating championships
2019 ◄ 2020 ► 2021

The 2020 World Figure Skating Championships should take place from March 16-22, 2020 in the Canadian metropolis of Montreal . This was announced by the Council of the International Skating Union (ISU) in June 2017. After the 1932 World Cup, Montreal would have hosted the World Figure Skating Championships for the second time. The venue should be the Center Bell .

On March 11, 2020, the government decided the province of Quebec the cancellation of the tournament because of the coronavirus - pandemic . Health Secretary Danielle McCann cited the risk of transmission as the reason. The last time the World Figure Skating Championships were canceled was in 1961 when the plane carrying the US team crashed on the way to Prague . A total of 73 people died at the time. Maybe the championships can be rescheduled, but in no case will this happen before October 2020.

On April 16, 2020, the World Championships were finally canceled by the ISU.

Starting places

The following countries were entitled to several starting places for the 2020 World Championships based on the previous year's results.

Starting places Men's Ladies Couples Ice dance
3 United StatesUnited States United States Japan
JapanJapan 
RussiaRussia Russia Kazakhstan Japan
KazakhstanKazakhstan 
JapanJapan  		China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Russia
RussiaRussia  		RussiaRussia Russia United States Canada
United StatesUnited States 
CanadaCanada 
2 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Russia Italy Czech Republic
RussiaRussia 
ItalyItaly 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
United StatesUnited States United States South Korea Canada
Korea SouthSouth Korea 
CanadaCanada  		FranceFrance France Canada Italy United States Austria Germany
CanadaCanada 
ItalyItaly 
United StatesUnited States 
AustriaAustria 
GermanyGermany  		FranceFrance France Italy
ItalyItaly 

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Montreal to host 2020 World Figure Skating Championships. In: iheartradio.ca. Canadian Press, September 21, 2017, accessed January 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Figure skating: World Cup 2020 in Montreal - Graz venue of the EM. In: focus.de . SID , June 6, 2017, accessed January 24, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Figure skating World Championships in Montreal canceled due to Corona. In: ran.de . March 11, 2020, accessed March 11, 2020 .
  4. ↑ ISU Statement - ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2020, Montreal. In: isu.org. International Ice Skating Union , March 11, 2020, accessed March 11, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Karsten Heimberger: Figure Skating World Championships 2020 finally canceled by the ISU. In: salsa-und-tango.de. April 16, 2020, accessed April 17, 2020 .