Events and Competitions
Championship Events
Annual Championship events are approved by the Board of Directors. Athletes who compete at these events have qualified through the U.S. Figure Skating qualifying structure.
U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
2020 – Awarded to Greensboro, North Carolina, January 20-26, 2020
2021 – Awarded to San Jose, California, January 11-17, 2021
2022 – Awarded to Nashville, Tennessee, January 3-9, 2022
2023 – RFP not yet available
U.S. SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
2020 – Awarded to Providence, Rhode Island, February 26-29, 2020
2021 – Currently under review
2022 – RFP not yet available
U.S. ADULT FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
2020 – Awarded to Newark, Delaware, April 14-18, 2020
2021 – RFP available here; deadline December 31, 2019
2022 – RFP available here; deadline June 1, 2020
2023 – RFP available here; deadline December 31, 2020
U.S. COLLEGIATE FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
2019 – Awarded to Philadelphia Summer Classic
2020 – RFP available here; deadline March 1, 2020
Qualifying Events
Qualifying events are competitions that lead up to Championship events. For more information about the U.S. Figure Skating Qualifying Structures, click here.
NATIONAL QUALIFYING SERIES
2020-21 - Currently under review, Approved Competition List will be available March 2 (NQS Skater Application will open via EMS on April 15)
CHALLENGES & FINALS FOR SINGLES, PAIRS & ICE DANCE
2021 – Currently under review, announcement will be made in early March
Dates:
- Challenge Week 1 - Wednesday, September – Sunday, October 4, 2020
- Challenge Week 2 – Wednesday, October 8 – Sunday, October 11, 2020
- Challenge Week 3 – Wednesday, October 14 – Sunday, October 18, 2020
- Finals – Tuesday, November 10 – Sunday, November 15, 2020
2022– RFP available here; deadline March 1, 2020
SYNCHRONIZED SKATING SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
2020 - Awarded
2021 – Awarded
ADULT SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
2020 – Awarded
2021 – Awarded
2022 – RFP available here; deadline June 1, 2020
2023 – RFP available here; deadline December 31, 2020
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting provides educational opportunities for member clubs and serves as the location of governance meetings.
GOVERNING COUNCIL
2020 – Awarded to Las Vegas, Nevada, April 29-May 2, 2020
2021 – Awarded to Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 28-May 2, 2021
2022 – RFP available here
Nonqualifying Competitions
Nonqualifying competitions are events sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating and hosted by member clubs. These events provide an opportunity for any U.S. Figure Skating member to participate in competition. U.S. Figure Skating sanctioned competitions follow U.S. Figure Skating rules and are officiated by U.S. Figure Skating approved officials. Any member club that follows appropriate procedure may host a nonqualifying competition.
Programs & Series
U.S. Figure Skating offers skaters many opportunities to compete outside of the qualifying competition structure. The competitive opportunities below are either the program’s national competition or a Series Final, which is a culmination of competitions which skaters must compete in order to participate in the Final.
EXCEL NATIONAL FESTIVAL
2020 – Awarded to Strongsville, Ohio, for June 18-21, 2020
2021 – RFP not yet available
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FINAL
2020 – Currently under review
2021 – RFP not yet available
NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE FINAL
2020 – Awarded to University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 27-29, 2020
2021 – RFP not yet available
NATIONAL SHOWCASE
2020 – Awarded to Fort Collins, Colorado, August 4-9, 2020
2021 – RFP not yet available
NATIONAL SOLO DANCE FINAL
2020 – Awarded to Kalamazoo, Michigan, September 10-13, 2020
2021 – RFP not yet available
NATIONAL THEATRE ON ICE
2020 – Awarded to Wichita, Kansas, June 26-30, 2020
2021 – RFP not yet available
Camps
Learn more about U.S. Figure Skating hosted camps. To submit a bid to host a U.S. Figure Skating camp, please contact us using the form below.
Competition Sanctions
An application for a competition sanction must be submitted online via EMS for review at least 90 days prior to the start of the competition. All applications must receive approval from their regional vice chair (RVC) of the competitions committee prior to accepting registrations. In order to submit a sanction application, you must have a completed standard nonqualifying announcement.
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