title: 2009 International Challenge Cup
text: # 2009 International Challenge Cup
  
  The 2009 International Challenge Cup (also called the AEGON Challenge Cup after its title sponsor) was held between March 4 and 8, 2009 at the De Uithof in The Hague. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating, across the levels of senior, junior, novice, and the pre-novice discipline called "Debs".
  
  ## Senior results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Samuel Contesti | Italy | 222.69 | 1 | 81.65 | 1 | 141.04 |
  | 2 | Kevin Vander Perren | Belgium | 210.46 | 2 | 73.48 | 2 | 136.98 |
  | 3 | Jamal Othman | Switzerland | 191.71 | 4 | 63.75 | 3 | 127.96 |
  | 4 | Yannick Ponsero | France | 190.93 | 3 | 65.98 | 4 | 124.95 |
  | 5 | Peter Liebers | Germany | 175.27 | 9 | 54.38 | 5 | 120.89 |
  | 6 | Maciej Cieplucha | Poland | 162.68 | 12 | 51.39 | 6 | 111.29 |
  | 7 | Andrei Griazev | Russia | 162.02 | 7 | 55.80 | 7 | 106.22 |
  | 8 | Elliot Hilton | United Kingdom | 157.24 | 8 | 55.60 | 9 | 101.64 |
  | 9 | Konstantyn Tupikov | Poland | 155.93 | 11 | 52.91 | 8 | 103.02 |
  | 10 | Moris Pfeifhofer | Switzerland | 152.46 | 6 | 57.15 | 11 | 95.31 |
  | 11 | Philipp Tischendorf | Germany | 151.45 | 13 | 51.01 | 10 | 100.4 |
  | 12 | Fabio Mascarello | Italy | 145.72 | 5 | 58.15 | 13 | 87.57 |
  | 13 | Severin Kiefer | Austria | 141.37 | 15 | 48.23 | 12 | 93.14 |
  | 14 | Laurent Alvarez | Switzerland | 134.51 | 14 | 48.65 | 14 | 85.86 |
  | 15 | Manuel Koll | Austria | 126.64 | 16 | 47.55 | 15 | 79.09 |
  | 16 | Justus Strid | Denmark | 124.72 | 10 | 53.02 | 16 | 71.70 |
  | WD | Ruben Blommaert | Belgium | | 17 | 34.28 | | |
  | WD | Brian Joubert | France | | | | | |
  | WD | Stefan Lindemann | Germany | | | | | |
  | WD | Kristoffer Berntsson | Sweden | | | | | |
  
  ### Ladies
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Viktoria Helgesson | Sweden | 148.81 | 1 | 56.40 | 1 | 92.41 |
  | 2 | Joshi Helgesson | Sweden | 133.54 | 2 | 51.70 | 4 | 81.84 |
  | 3 | Constanze Paulinus | Germany | 132.47 | 5 | 46.02 | 2 | 86.45 |
  | 4 | Jenna McCorkell | United Kingdom | 127.09 | 6 | 44.80 | 3 | 82.29 |
  | 5 | Candice Didier | France | 125.89 | 3 | 47.34 | 6 | 78.55 |
  | 6 | Laney Diggs | United States | 122.64 | 4 | 46.68 | 7 | 75.96 |
  | 7 | Kerstin Frank | Austria | 121.05 | 9 | 42.14 | 5 | 78.91 |
  | 8 | Angelica Olsson | Sweden | 115.11 | 8 | 42.88 | 10 | 72.23 |
  | 9 | Roxana Luca | Romania | 111.72 | 10 | 38.66 | 9 | 73.06 |
  | 10 | Manouk Gijsman | Netherlands | 110.18 | 14 | 35.38 | 8 | 74.80 |
  | 11 | Viviane Käser | Switzerland | 104.95 | 7 | 43.42 | 13 | 61.53 |
  | 12 | Caroline Gülke | Germany | 104.28 | 13 | 37.06 | 11 | 67.22 |
  | 13 | Aurélia Buchs | Switzerland | 101.63 | 12 | 37.80 | 12 | 63.83 |
  | 14 | Belinda Schönberger | Austria | 97.45 | 11 | 38.04 | 14 | 59.41 |
  | 15 | Henriika Hietaniemi | Finland | 90.98 | 15 | 34.02 | 15 | 56.96 |
  | 16 | Maria Lykke Kristensen | Denmark | 87.37 | 17 | 31.56 | 16 | 55.81 |
  | 17 | Jacqueline Voll | Netherlands | 76.41 | 18 | 28.94 | 17 | 47.47 |
  | WD | Bianka Padar | Hungary | | 16 | 33.76 | | |
  | WD | Isabelle Pieman | Belgium | | | | | |
  | WD | Noémie Silberer | Switzerland | | | | | |
  
  ## Junior results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Daisuke Murakami | Japan | 178.46 | 1 | 64.50 | 2 | 113.96 |
  | 2 | Joshua Farris | United States | 161.33 | 6 | 46.75 | 1 | 114.58 |
  | 3 | Jorik Hendrickx | Belgium | 157.46 | 2 | 57.10 | 4 | 100.36 |
  | 4 | Stéphane Walker | Switzerland | 149.98 | 3 | 49.20 | 3 | 100.78 |
  | 5 | Saverio Giacomelli | Italy | 146.32 | 5 | 48.09 | 5 | 98.23 |
  | 6 | Paul Fentz | Germany | 132.22 | 4 | 48.27 | 6 | 83.95 |
  | 7 | Matthias Versluis | Finland | 127.29 | 7 | 44.52 | 7 | 82.77 |
  | 8 | Jelle Butzen | Belgium | 115.77 | 9 | 41.31 | 8 | 74.46 |
  | 9 | Markus Ramisch | Germany | 104.53 | 10 | 39.99 | 11 | 64.54 |
  | 10 | Filippo Ambrosini | Italy | 103.34 | 8 | 43.11 | 13 | 60.23 |
  | 11 | Joos Kündig | Switzerland | 103.29 | 13 | 37.54 | 9 | 65.75 |
  | 12 | Maximilian Obsieger | Austria | 101.60 | 12 | 38.36 | 12 | 63.24 |
  | 13 | Florian Gostelie | Netherlands | 96.94 | 16 | 32.24 | 10 | 64.70 |
  | 14 | Boyito Mulder | Netherlands | 96.06 | 11 | 39.53 | 15 | 56.53 |
  | 15 | Simon Bergersen | Norway | 95.20 | 14 | 36.25 | 14 | 58.95 |
  | 16 | Kim Nilsen | Norway | 89.51 | 15 | 35.72 | 17 | 53.79 |
  | 17 | Jesper Holkjær | Denmark | 84.87 | 17 | 29.75 | 16 | 55.12 |
  | WD | Julian Lagus | Finland | | | | | |
  
  ### Ladies
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kanako Murakami | Japan | 136.14 | 1 | 48.16 | 1 | 87.98 |
  | 2 | Ellie Kawamura | United States | 129.51 | 2 | 47.00 | 3 | 82.51 |
  | 3 | Isabelle Olsson | Sweden | 124.39 | 6 | 41.60 | 2 | 82.79 |
  | 4 | DeeDee Leng | United States | 115.93 | 3 | 45.50 | 4 | 70.43 |
  | 5 | Alice Garlisi | Italy | 110.37 | 4 | 41.84 | 6 | 68.53 |
  | 6 | Carlotta Ortenzi | Italy | 107.06 | 8 | 38.10 | 5 | 68.96 |
  | 7 | Malin Magnusson-Ruf | Sweden | 103.11 | 5 | 41.70 | 8 | 61.41 |
  | 8 | Victoria Hübler | Austria | 100.24 | 7 | 39.22 | 9 | 61.02 |
  | 9 | Anita Anderberg Madsen | Denmark | 97.45 | 11 | 35.54 | 7 | 61.91 |
  | 10 | Cecilia Törn | Finland | 92.84 | 14 | 33.72 | 11 | 59.12 |
  | 11 | Manon Van Huijgevoort | Netherlands | 92.52 | 15 | 32.34 | 10 | 60.18 |
  | 12 | Céline Mysen | Norway | 91.61 | 12 | 34.38 | 12 | 57.23 |
  | 13 | Alessandra Laurencik | Austria | 89.51 | 10 | 35.70 | 16 | 53.81 |
  | 14 | Michelle Couwenberg | Netherlands | 86.75 | 13 | 34.22 | 17 | 52.53 |
  | 15 | Kaat Van Daele | Belgium | 86.59 | 16 | 32.10 | 14 | 54.49 |
  | 16 | Josephine Klinger | Germany | 85.38 | 18 | 28.80 | 13 | 56.58 |
  | 17 | Ines Karvinen | Finland | 83.87 | 9 | 35.82 | 20 | 48.05 |
  | 18 | Marta Olczak | Poland | 79.72 | 17 | 29.32 | 18 | 50.40 |
  | 19 | Signe Svane Magnussen | Denmark | 78.30 | 22 | 24.20 | 15 | 54.10 |
  | 20 | Kim Bell | Netherlands | 77.24 | 20 | 27.02 | 19 | 50.22 |
  | 21 | Paulina Turkowska | Poland | 72.64 | 19 | 27.14 | 22 | 45.50 |
  | 22 | Martina Pfirter | Switzerland | 72.27 | 21 | 26.22 | 21 | 46.05 |
  | WD | Ira Vannut | Belgium | | | | | |
  
  ## Novice results
  
  ### Boys
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sei Kawahara | Japan | 116.52 | 1 | 42.14 | 1 | 74.38 |
  | 2 | Carlo Röthlisberger | Switzerland | 95.24 | 3 | 32.28 | 2 | 62.96 |
  | 3 | Sergey Balashov | Switzerland | 91.81 | 2 | 33.25 | 3 | 58.56 |
  | 4 | Giorgio Settembrini | Italy | 89.10 | 4 | 31.11 | 4 | 57.99 |
  | 5 | Giorgio Savoldi | Italy | 82.57 | 5 | 27.31 | 5 | 55.26 |
  | WD | Thomas Kennes | Netherlands | | 6 | 23.95 | | |
  
  ### Girls
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mao Watanabe | Japan | 111.89 | 3 | 37.70 | 1 | 74.19 |
  | 2 | Camilla Gjersem | Norway | 103.64 | 2 | 37.90 | 3 | 65.74 |
  | 3 | Ayaka Osamura | Japan | 102.26 | 4 | 36.08 | 2 | 66.18 |
  | 4 | Sabrina Schulz | Austria | 101.84 | 1 | 39.16 | 4 | 62.68 |
  | 5 | Jennifer Seyffer | Switzerland | 94.41 | 5 | 33.40 | 5 | 61.01 |
  | 6 | Veera Suutari | Finland | 92.20 | 6 | 32.70 | 7 | 59.50 |
  | 7 | Anaïs Claes | Belgium | 89.82 | 9 | 30.20 | 6 | 59.62 |
  | 8 | Tina Stürzinger | Switzerland | 89.39 | 11 | 30.16 | 8 | 59.23 |
  | 9 | Sara Angelsiöö | Sweden | 86.18 | 12 | 29.74 | 10 | 56.44 |
  | 10 | Nea Viiri | Finland | 84.65 | 8 | 30.68 | 12 | 53.97 |
  | 11 | Caterina Andermarcher | Italy | 84.36 | 15 | 27.06 | 9 | 57.30 |
  | 12 | Daria Podtelejnikova | Denmark | 82.21 | 14 | 27.94 | 11 | 54.27 |
  | 13 | Kathrine Østby | Norway | 81.13 | 13 | 28.06 | 13 | 53.07 |
  | 14 | Marta Kubiak | Poland | 78.98 | 10 | 30.18 | 16 | 48.80 |
  | 15 | Pauline Blåder | Sweden | 78.12 | 16 | 26.64 | 14 | 51.48 |
  | 16 | Niki Wories | Netherlands | 76.26 | 17 | 26.36 | 15 | 49.90 |
  | 17 | Laura Van Der Linden | Netherlands | 72.62 | 19 | 26.04 | 17 | 46.58 |
  | 18 | Monique Maas | Belgium | 72.18 | 18 | 26.20 | 18 | 45.98 |
  | 19 | Francesca Piccineli | Italy | 70.93 | 7 | 30.96 | 21 | 39.97 |
  | 20 | Karolin Salatzki | Germany | 67.58 | 20 | 26.00 | 20 | 41.58 |
  | 21 | Crissy De Hondt | Netherlands | 67.18 | 21 | 23.08 | 19 | 44.10 |
  | WD | Jenny Lin | Austria | | 22 | 22.64 | | |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Magdalena Klatka / Radosław Chruscinski | Poland | 84.17 | 1 | 33.94 | 1 | 50.23 |
  | 2 | Karolin Salatzki / Nolan Seegert | Germany | 75.71 | 2 | 30.16 | 2 | 45.55 |
  | 3 | Rachel Epstein / Dmitry Epstein | Netherlands | 68.83 | 3 | 27.46 | 3 | 41.37 |
  
  ## Debs results
  
  ### Boys
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Shoma Uno | Japan | 99.76 | 1 | 35.93 | 1 | 63.83 |
  | 2 | Carlo Vittorio Palermo | Italy | 79.27 | 2 | 27.45 | 3 | 51.82 |
  | 3 | Mandus Thorman | Sweden | 78.70 | 3 | 25.82 | 2 | 52.88 |
  | WD | Manuel Drechsler | Austria | | | | | |
  | WD | Alberto Vanz | Italy | | | | | |
  
  ### Girls
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Laura Ponzio | Netherlands | 96.94 | 1 | 33.48 | 1 | 63.46 |
  | 2 | Alisson Perticheto | Switzerland | 92.45 | 3 | 30.86 | 2 | 61.59 |
  | 3 | Andrina Sigron | Switzerland | 87.22 | 4 | 30.68 | 3 | 56.54 |
  | 4 | Anne-Sophie Goossens | Netherlands | 85.54 | 8 | 29.20 | 4 | 56.34 |
  | 5 | Isabella Schuster | Austria | 84.64 | 6 | 30.36 | 5 | 54.28 |
  | 6 | Anna Pevtsova | Russia | 81.75 | 2 | 31.12 | 7 | 50.63 |
  | 7 | Yuka Sakoyama | Japan | 80.25 | 5 | 30.50 | 8 | 49.75 |
  | 8 | Janne Van Den Biggelaar | Netherlands | 77.81 | 10 | 28.32 | 9 | 49.49 |
  | 9 | Pernille Sørensen | Denmark | 76.25 | 14 | 25.08 | 6 | 51.17 |
  | 10 | Jasmine Tessari | Italy | 76.17 | 7 | 29.98 | 12 | 46.19 |
  | 11 | Chantal Maas | Belgium | 75.31 | 11 | 26.86 | 10 | 48.45 |
  | 12 | Kristinna Vagtborg Jensen | Denmark | 74.43 | 9 | 29.00 | 13 | 45.43 |
  | 13 | Maria Nguyen | Denmark | 73.29 | 12 | 25.88 | 11 | 47.41 |
  | 14 | Lieselotte Swerts | Belgium | 65.76 | 13 | 25.10 | 14 | 40.66 |
  | 15 | Arina Klinovitskaja | Finland | 62.45 | 15 | 22.74 | 15 | 39.71 |
  | WD | Victoria Kovacs | Austria | | | | | |
  