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The 2026 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was held from 3 to 8 March at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. The competition determined the entry quotas for each skating federation at the 2027 World Junior Championships. Medals were awarded in men’s singles, women’s singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

Qualification

Skaters were eligible for the 2026 World Junior Championships if they turned 13 years of age before 1 July 2025, and if they have not yet turned 19 (singles) or 21 (ice dancers and female pairs skaters) or 23 (male pairs skaters).

Based on the results of the 2025 World Junior Championships, each ISU member nation could field between one and three entries per discipline.[1]

Number of entries per discipline
Spots Men Women Pairs Ice dance
3  Japan
 South Korea 		 Japan  Canada
 Georgia
 Ukraine 		 United States
2  Estonia
 Germany
 New Zealand
 Slovakia
 United States 		 Australia
 Estonia
 France
 Georgia
 South Korea
 Switzerland
 United States 		 China
 France
 Italy
 Switzerland
 United States 		 Canada
 France
 Germany
 Italy
 Ukraine

Changes to preliminary assignments

Member nations started announcing their entries in December 2025. The International Skating Union released the official list of entrants on 9 February 2026.[2]

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
19 February Women Italy Anna Pezzetta Italy Amanda Ghezzo [3]
Ice dance Visa/Passport issues (Zheltyshev) [4][5]
25 February Men Injury [6][7]
Women [8]
27 February
1 March
Men

Medal summary

Medalists

Medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest overall placements in each discipline:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Women
Pairs
Ice dance

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Women
Pairs
Ice dance

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Women
Pairs
Ice dance

Medals by country

Table of medals for overall placement:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan2024
2 Canada1102
3 United States1001
4 Australia0101
 France0101
 South Korea0101
7 Ukraine0022
Totals (7 entries)44412

Records and achievements

For the all-time highest junior scores, see list of highest junior scores in figure skating.

The following new record high scores were set during this competition.

Record high scores
Date Skater(s) Event Segment Score Ref.
4 March Men Short program 89.51 [9]

Results

Men’s singles

Men’s results[10]
Rank Skater Nation Total SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rio Nakata  Japan 268.47 1 89.51 1 176.96
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Seo Min-kyu  South Korea 243.91 2 86.33 3 157.58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Taiga Nishino  Japan 241.23 4 81.14 2 160.09
4 Jacob Sanchez  United States 229.10 5 81.03 5 148.07
5 Choi Ha-bin  South Korea 224.36 9 75.78 4 148.58
6 Lucius Kazanecki  United States 219.36 11 74.89 7 144.47
7 Lee Jae-keun  South Korea 218.20 6 79.27 10 138.93
8 Yanhao Li  New Zealand 217.58 7 77.18 9 140.40
9 Daiya Ebihara  Japan 217.52 3 81.53 12 135.99
10 Denis Krouglov  Belgium 216.70 10 75.22 8 141.48
11 Genrikh Gartung  Germany 209.68 17 63.67 6 146.01
12 Yehor Kurtsev  Ukraine 208.45 13 70.05 11 138.40
13 Li Yu-Hsiang  Chinese Taipei 202.54 12 71.06 16 131.48
14 David Bondar  Canada 202.06 14 69.09 13 132.97
15 Ean Weiler  Switzerland 198.91 8 76.77 19 122.14
16 Nikita Sheiko  Israel 198.88 15 67.12 15 131.76
17 Hiro Kaewtathip  Thailand 194.38 20 61.93 14 132.45
18 Matias Lindfors  Finland 192.90 16 66.70 17 125.20
19 Li Jiarui  Hong Kong 187.81 19 62.38 18 125.43
20 Zhao Qihan  China 181.83 22 61.55 20 120.28
21 Leon Rojkov  Germany 169.14 24 60.68 21 108.46
22 Konstantin Supatashvili  Georgia 165.39 21 61.62 22 103.77
23 Matvii Yefymenko  Poland 159.98 18 62.89 24 97.09
24 Albin Samuelsson  Sweden 158.70 23 60.93 23 97.77
25 Matteo Marchioni  Italy 60.16 25 60.16 Did not advance
to free skate
26 Luka Imedashvili  Lithuania 59.77 26 59.77
27 Jānis Znotiņš  Latvia 57.68 27 57.68
28 Lukáš Václavík  Slovakia 57.35 28 57.35
29 Maksym Petrychenko  Austria 55.66 29 55.66
30 Arin Yorke  Great Britain 54.51 30 54.51
31 Vladislav Churakov  Estonia 54.47 31 54.47
32 Mikayel Salazaryan  Armenia 54.05 32 54.05
33 Daniil Valanov  Norway 53.95 33 53.95
34 Dmitry Rudenko  Slovakia 52.96 34 52.96
35 Tadeáš Václavík  Czech Republic 52.73 35 52.73
36 André Zapata  Spain 52.55 36 52.55
37 Artur Smagulov  Kazakhstan 51.76 37 51.76
38 Deyan Mihaylov  Bulgaria 51.72 38 51.72
39 Furkan Emre İncel  Turkey 50.66 39 50.66
40 Ilya Nesterov  Estonia 47.90 40 47.90
41 Jean Médard  France 46.10 41 46.10
42 Aleksei Vlasenko  Hungary 45.93 42 45.93
43 Julio Potapenko  Australia 40.37 43 40.37

Women’s singles

Women’s results[11]
Rank Skater Nation Total SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mao Shimada  Japan 208.91 1 71.90 2 137.01
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hana Bath  Australia 205.39 3 66.95 1 138.44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mayuko Oka  Japan 197.17 2 69.77 4 127.40
4 Sophia Shifrin  Israel 193.80 4 65.38 3 128.42
5 Wang Yihan  China 185.37 6 63.44 6 121.93
6 Inga Gurgenidze  Georgia 182.60 5 64.28 10 118.32
7 Huh Ji-yu  South Korea 180.55 10 62.16 9 118.39
8 Valeriya Ezhova  Switzerland 179.17 7 62.65 12 116.52
9 Angela Shao  United States 178.93 9 62.24 11 116.69
10 Mei Okada  Japan 177.77 24 53.70 5 124.07
11 Leandra Tzimpoukakis  Switzerland 176.54 17 56.37 8 120.17
12 Sophie Joline von Felten  United States 176.10 8 62.62 14 113.48
13 Kim Yu-seong  South Korea 175.90 13 59.44 13 116.46
14 Elina Goidina  Estonia 175.76 20 54.44 7 121.32
15 Alica Lengyelová  Slovakia 168.30 12 61.14 17 107.16
16 Stefania Gladki  France 168.01 14 58.65 16 109.36
17 Maria Eliise Kaljuvere  Estonia 165.39 19 54.45 15 110.94
18 Anna Gerke  Germany 158.14 15 57.77 19 100.37
19 Jana Horčičková  Czech Republic 156.38 22 54.12 18 102.26
20 Amanda Ghezzo  Italy 155.14 16 57.00 20 98.14
21 Angel Delevaque  Netherlands 151.11 23 54.03 21 97.08
22 Venla Sinisalo  Finland 150.47 18 54.70 22 95.77
23 Ariel Guo  Hong Kong 146.23 21 54.27 23 91.96
24 Polina Dzsumanyijazova  Hungary 144.48 11 61.37 24 83.11
25 Hannah Frank  Austria 53.54 25 53.54 Did not advance
to free skate
26 Milana Siniavskytė  Lithuania 52.33 26 52.33
27 Alice Smith  Great Britain 52.20 27 52.20
28 Megan Woodley  Canada 52.17 28 52.17
29 Leyla Çetin  Turkey 51.72 29 51.72
30 Ariadna Gupta Espada  Spain 51.66 30 51.66
31 Kira Baranovska  Latvia 51.13 31 51.13
32 Lilou Remeysen  Belgium 51.03 32 51.03
33 Tsai Yu-Feng  Chinese Taipei 49.73 33 49.73
34 Zhasmin Shlaga  Kyrgyzstan 48.56 34 48.56
35 Sofiia Rymshyna  Ukraine 48.47 35 48.47
36 Pernille With  Norway 48.43 36 48.43
37 Vasilisa Bogomolova  Cyprus 47.90 37 47.90
38 Renee Tsai  New Zealand 46.47 38 46.47
39 Ula Zadnikar  Slovenia 45.06 39 45.06
40 Krista Georgieva  Bulgaria 43.72 40 43.72
41 Nora Coppens  Sweden 43.07 41 43.07
42 Ketevan Makharadze  Georgia 42.30 42 42.30
43 Izabella Esaian  Armenia 41.59 43 41.59
44 Karina Sheina  Kazakhstan 40.06 44 40.06
45 Milana Mozeiko  France 39.82 45 39.82
46 Weronika Ferlin  Poland 38.47 46 38.47
47 Phattaratida Kaneshige  Thailand 38.29 47 38.29
48 Paula Kasnar  Croatia 37.54 48 37.54
49 Camille Vinther Poulsen  Denmark 36.22 49 36.22
50 Sienna Kaczmarczyk  Australia 35.94 50 35.94
WD Ekaterina Balaganskaia  Serbia Withdrew from competition

Pairs

Pairs’ results[12]
Rank Skater Nation Total SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada 167.90 2 62.22 1 105.68
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada 162.25 1 62.84 4 99.41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ukraine 160.15 5 56.95 2 103.20
4  China 157.99 6 56.74 3 101.25
5  United States 149.99 4 57.96 5 92.03
6  China 146.83 3 58.34 9 88.49
7  United States 144.50 7 53.25 6 91.25
8  France 140.68 10 49.95 7 90.73
9  Canada 139.91 9 51.27 8 88.64
10  Italy 136.72 11 49.56 10 87.16
11  Spain 135.76 8 51.48 11 84.28
12  Slovakia 129.63 14 47.14 12 82.49
13  Italy 123.73 12 49.54 14 74.19
14  France 121.64 15 46.07 13 75.57
15  Great Britain 118.80 13 47.44 16 71.36
16  Switzerland 118.58 16 44.42 15 74.16
17  Hungary 43.61 17 43.61 Did not advance
to the free skate
18  Czech Republic 43.54 18 43.54

Ice dance

Ice dance results[13]
Rank Skater Nation Total RD FD
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 166.71 1 66.45 1 100.26
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France 164.88 2 66.31 3 98.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ukraine 164.32 3 65.45 2 98.87
4  Canada 160.58 4 63.81 4 96.77
5  France 153.00 6 60.60 5 92.40
6  Italy 148.81 5 61.55 7 87.26
7  Italy 147.51 8 57.94 6 89.57
8  Germany 139.85 9 56.50 10 83.35
9  Czech Republic 138.70 11 52.67 8 86.03
10  Austria 138.22 10 54.67 9 83.55
11  United States 135.38 7 59.16 15 76.22
12  Ukraine 133.94 12 51.55 11 82.39
13  Switzerland 129.98 17 49.21 12 80.77
14  Japan 127.56 15 50.13 13 77.43
15  Canada 126.22 16 49.38 14 76.84
16  United States 125.87 13 50.78 16 75.09
17  Great Britain 123.46 14 50.66 18 72.80
18  China 123.36 18 48.79 17 74.57
19  Hong Kong 119.25 20 47.09 19 72.16
20  Spain 115.65 19 47.54 20 68.11
21  Germany 46.03 21 46.03 Did not advance
to the free dance
22  Estonia 45.88 22 45.88
23  Finland 45.41 23 45.41
24  Poland 43.48 24 43.48
25  Sweden 41.38 25 41.38
26  Hungary 39.32 26 39.32
27  Israel 39.09 27 39.09
28  Azerbaijan 38.79 28 38.79
29  Slovakia 38.47 29 38.47
30  Bulgaria 30.10 30 30.10

References

  1. ^ “Communication No. 2732: Entries for ISU Figure Skating and Synchronized Skating Championships 2026” (PDF). International Skating Union. 18 July 2025.
  2. ^ “ISU World Junior Championships 2026”. International Skating Union. 9 February 2026. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  3. ^ “ISU World Junior Championships 2026 Junior Women Entries”. Archived from the original on 21 February 2026.
  4. ^ “A figure skater with a Russian passport was banned from entering Estonia”. www.oreanda-news.com. 26 February 2026. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  5. ^ “ISU World Junior Championships 2026 Junior Ice Dance Entries”. Archived from the original on 21 February 2026.
  6. ^ @AnythingGOE (25 February 2026). “🇨🇦 Grayson Long’s withdrawal is due to an injury sustained in practice” (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  7. ^ @AnythingGOE (25 February 2026). “🇨🇦 David Bondar replaces Grayson Long at #WorldJFigure” (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  8. ^ @eve.dubecq.skating; (25 February 2026). “Il y a 1 mois de cela j’ai découvert que j’avais une blessure au fibulaire ce qui m’a empêché de participer aux championnats de France Junior” – via Instagram.
  9. ^ “ISU Judging System – Highest Total Scores: Men”. International Skating Union.
  10. ^ “ISU World Junior Championships 2026 – Junior Men”. International Skating Union. 4 March 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  11. ^ “2026 WJC Womens Final Result”.
  12. ^ “ISU World Junior Championships 2026 – Junior Pairs”. International Skating Union. 5 March 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  13. ^ “2026 WJC Jr Ice Dance Final Results”.