2008 European Figure Skating Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	January 22 – January 27
Season:	2007–2008
Location:	Zagreb, Croatia
Venue:	Dom Sportova
Champions
Men's singles: Tomáš Verner
Ladies singles: Carolina Kostner
Pair skating: Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy
Ice dancing: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin
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The 2008 European Figure Skating Championships were European Figure Skating Championships of the 2007/2008 season. Skaters competed in the categories of men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing. Skaters must have reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2007 in order to compete. The competition was open to skaters from a European Member nation of the International Skating Union. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters will be the 2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.

The 2008 competition was held from January 22 through January 27, 2008, at Dom Sportova in Zagreb, Croatia.

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	1	1	2	4
2	Switzerland	0	2	0	2
2	France	0	1	1	2
3	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
3	Germany	1	0	0	1
3	Italy	1	0	0	1
3	Finland	0	0	1	1

[edit] Schedule

Times are CET

• Tuesday, January 22
  • 14:00 Ice Dancing – Compulsory Dance
  • 18:30 Opening Ceremony
  • 19:15 Pairs – Short Program
• Wednesday, January 23
  • 12:15 Men – Short Program
  • 18:30 Pairs – Free Skating
• Thursday, January 24
  • 13:30 Ice Dancing – Original Dance
  • 18:30 Men – Free Skating
• Friday, January 25
  • 12:15 Ladies – Short Program
  • 18:30 Ice Dancing – Free Dance
• Saturday, January 26th
  • 13:00 Ladies – Free Skating
• Sunday January 27
  • 15:00 Exhibition Gala

[edit] Results

[edit] Men

The men's podium. From left: Stéphane Lambiel (2nd), Tomáš Verner (1st), Brian Joubert (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Tomáš Verner	Czech Republic	232.67	1	1
2	Stéphane Lambiel	Switzerland	225.24	3	2
3	Brian Joubert	France	219.45	2	4
4	Sergei Voronov	Russia	210.13	6	3
5	Kevin van der Perren	Belgium	199.57	4	5
6	Adrian Schultheiss	Sweden	184.94	8	6
7	Kristoffer Berntsson	Sweden	182.45	5	10
8	Andrei Lutai	Russia	180.46	9	9
9	Sergei Davydov	Belarus	179.90	12	7
10	Alban Préaubert	France	178.63	10	8
11	Gregor Urbas	Slovenia	176.57	7	13
12	Yannick Ponsero	France	172.43	11	12
13	Peter Liebers	Germany	165.14	21	11
14	Clemens Brummer	Germany	163.81	17	14
15	Karel Zelenka	Italy	161.47	13	16
16	Michal Březina	Czech Republic	160.37	14	15
17	Javier Fernandez	Spain	154.10	16	17
18	Alexandr Kazakov	Belarus	151.98	18	18
19	Paolo Bacchini	Italy	151.39	20	19
20	Vitali Sazonets	Ukraine	150.78	22	20
21	Konstantin Tupikov	Poland	149.80	15	21
22	Moris Pfeifhofer	Switzerland	144.32	23	22
23	Manuel Koll	Austria	132.02	19	23
24	Josip Gluhak	Croatia	118.37	28	24
25	Ruben Blommaert	Belgium	111.34	24	25
Free Skate Not Reached
26	Elliot Hilton	United Kingdom	46.26	25
27	Danil Privalov	Azerbaijan	45.93	26
28	Mikko Minkkinen	Finland	44.66	27
29	Alper Uçar	Turkey	41.10	29
30	Maxim Shipov	Israel	40.98	30
31	Naiden Borichev	Bulgaria	40.02	31
32	Luka Čadež	Slovenia	38.36	32
33	Igor Macypura	Slovakia	38.30	33
34	Tigran Vardanjan	Hungary	35.04	34
35	Zoltan Kelemen	Romania	34.82	35

[edit] Ladies

The ladies podium. From left: Sarah Meier (2nd), Carolina Kostner (1st), Laura Lepisto (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Carolina Kostner	Italy	171.28	1	2
2	Sarah Meier	Switzerland	169.44	4	1
3	Laura Lepisto	Finland	165.65	3	3
4	Júlia Sebestyén	Hungary	162.89	5	4
5	Kiira Korpi	Finland	162.22	2	5
6	Valentina Marchei	Italy	153.34	6	6
7	Elene Gedevanishvili	Georgia	147.09	8	8
8	Jenna McCorkell	United Kingdom	145.57	7	10
9	Ksenia Doronina	Russia	144.20	10	9
10	Jenni Vahamaa	Finland	142.40	12	7
11	Tuğba Karademir	Turkey	138.73	11	11
12	Annette Dytrt	Germany	132.95	9	13
13	Stefania Berton	Italy	130.59	13	12
14	Karen Venhuizen	Netherlands	126.30	15	14
15	Nella Simaova	Czech Republic	124.39	14	17
16	Tamar Katz	Israel	123.41	17	16
17	Nina Petushkova	Russia	122.97	19	15
18	Viktoria Helgesson	Sweden	121.42	16	19
19	Anna Jurkiewicz	Poland	120.76	20	18
20	Sonia Lafuente	Spain	119.66	18	21
21	Katherine Hadford	Hungary	115.99	22	20
22	Roxana Luca	Romania	104.72	23	22
23	Viviane Kaeser	Switzerland	103.83	24	23
24	Olga Ikonnikova	Estonia	101.20	21	24
25	Maria Dikanovic	Croatia	76.24	40	25
Free Skate Not Reached
26	Gwendoline Didier	France	37.91	25
27	Julia Sheremet	Belarus	37.89	26
28	Bettina Heim	Switzerland	36.73	27
29	Ekaterina Proyda	Ukraine	35.85	28
30	Jacqueline Belenyesiová	Slovakia	34.08	29
31	Erle Harstad	Norway	33.51	30
32	Barbara Klerk	Belgium	32.99	31
33	Denise Koegl	Austria	32.28	32
34	Sonia Radeva	Bulgaria	31.66	33
35	Stasia Rage	Latvia	30.94	34
36	Teodora Poštič	Slovenia	30.34	35
37	Ksenia Jastsenjski	Serbia	30.30	36
38	Merovee Ephrem	Monaco	28.34	37
39	Maria-Elena Papasotiriou	Greece	25.92	38
40	Beatrice Rozinskaite	Lithuania	24.07	39

[edit] Pairs

The pairs podium. From left: Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov (2nd), Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (1st), Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Germany	202.39	1	1
2	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Russia	169.41	2	2
3	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov	Russia	167.25	4	3
4	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Ukraine	163.43	3	4
5	Arina Ushakova / Sergei Karev	Russia	130.34	5	6
6	Stacey Kemp / David King	United Kingdom	129.13	7	5
7	Mari Vartmann / Florian Just	Germany	119.86	6	8
8	Melodie Chataigner / Medhi Bouzzine	France	116.48	8	7
9	Dominika Piatkowska / Dmitri Khromin	Poland	112.96	9	10
10	Marika Zanforlin / Federico Degli Esposti	Italy	112.11	10	9
11	Laura Magitteri / Ondrej Hotarek	Italy	109.88	11	11
12	Ekaterina Sosinova / Fedor Sokolov	Israel	104.40	12	13
13	Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan	Ukraine	103.06	13	12
14	Amy Ireland / Michael Bahoric	Croatia	78.44	14	15
15	Ariel Fay Gagnon / Chad Tsagris	Greece	72.07	15	14

[edit] Ice Dancing

The ice dancing podium. From left: Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder (2nd), Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin (1st), Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski (3rd).

Rank	Name	Nation	Points	CD	OD	FD
1	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin	Russia	207.14	2	2	1
2	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	France	205.92	1	1	2
3	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski	Russia	197.06	3	3	3
4	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali	Italy	190.95	4	4	4
5	Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat	France	185.26	5	6	5
6	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr	United Kingdom	182.06	6	5	6
7	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Italy	172.64	10	7	7
8	Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski	Israel	171.70	7	9	9
9	Pernelle Carron / Mathieu Jost	France	170.62	11	8	8
10	Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin	Azerbaijan	168.87	8	10	10
11	Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo	Ukraine	165.11	9	12	11
12	Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas	Lithuania	158.98	14	11	12
13	Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer	Russia	156.59	12	13	13
14	Alla Beknazarova / Vladimir Zuev	Ukraine	154.02	13	14	15
15	Christina Beier / William Beier	Germany	150.57	16	15	14
16	Barbora Silna / Dmitri Matsjuk	Austria	142.58	15	17	16
17	Kamila Hájková / David Vincour	Czech Republic	141.32	18	16	17
18	Phillipa Towler-Green / Phillip Poole	United Kingdom	135.63	19	18	18
19	Joanna Budner / Jan Mościcki	Poland	132.05	20	19	19
20	Leonie Krail / Oscar Peter	Switzerland	127.61	21	21	20
21	Krisztina Barta / Ádám Tóth	Hungary	126.23	22	20	21
22	Ksenia Shmirina / Egor Maistrov	Belarus	116.63	23	22	22
23	Kristina Kiudmaa / Aleksei Trohlev	Estonia	99.06	25	24	23
WD	Ina Demireva / Juri Kurakin	Bulgaria		24	23
Free Dance Not Reached
25	Nadine Ahmed / Bruce Porter	Azerbaijan	FNR	26	25
WD	Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azrojan	Armenia		17

[edit] Multiple spots for the 2009 European Championships

The following countries have earned more than one entry to the 2009 European Figure Skating Championships based on performance at the 2008 European Championships.^[1]

Spots	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Dance
3	France  Russia  Sweden	Finland  Italy	Germany  Russia	France  Italy  Russia
2	Belarus  Belgium  Czech Republic  Germany  Switzerland	Georgia  United Kingdom  Hungary  Russia  Switzerland	France  United Kingdom  Italy  Poland  Ukraine	Azerbaijan  United Kingdom  Israel  Ukraine

[edit] References

• Definite Allotment of ISU Championships 2008PDF (74.8 KiB)
• ISU Communcation No. 1469: Entries ISU Championships 2008PDF
• Competitors list

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