title: 2008 European Figure Skating Championships
text: # 2008 European Figure Skating Championships
  
  The 2008 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2007–08 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held from January 21 through 27, 2008 at Dom Sportova in Zagreb, Croatia.
  
  ## Qualifying
  
  The competition was open to skaters from European ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2007. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the 2008 Four Continents Championships. Based on the results of the 2007 European Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.
  
  ## 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 26
     * 13:00 Ladies – Free skating
  * Sunday January 27
     * 15:00 Exhibition gala
  
  ## Medals table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 2 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 2 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Tomáš Verner | Czech Republic | 232.67 | 1 | 79.03 | 1 | 153.64 |
  | 2 | Stéphane Lambiel | Switzerland | 225.24 | 3 | 71.78 | 2 | 153.46 |
  | 3 | Brian Joubert | France | 219.45 | 2 | 75.25 | 4 | 144.20 |
  | 4 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 210.13 | 6 | 64.26 | 3 | 145.87 |
  | 5 | Kevin van der Perren | Belgium | 199.57 | 4 | 66.33 | 5 | 133.24 |
  | 6 | Adrian Schultheiss | Sweden | 184.94 | 8 | 63.40 | 6 | 121.54 |
  | 7 | Kristoffer Berntsson | Sweden | 182.45 | 5 | 65.62 | 10 | 116.83 |
  | 8 | Andrei Lutai | Russia | 180.46 | 9 | 63.04 | 9 | 117.42 |
  | 9 | Sergei Davydov | Belarus | 179.90 | 12 | 58.63 | 7 | 121.27 |
  | 10 | Alban Préaubert | France | 178.63 | 10 | 60.54 | 8 | 118.09 |
  | 11 | Gregor Urbas | Slovenia | 176.57 | 7 | 63.43 | 13 | 113.14 |
  | 12 | Yannick Ponsero | France | 172.43 | 11 | 59.28 | 12 | 113.15 |
  | 13 | Peter Liebers | Germany | 165.14 | 21 | 50.47 | 11 | 114.67 |
  | 14 | Clemens Brummer | Germany | 163.81 | 17 | 51.26 | 14 | 112.55 |
  | 15 | Karel Zelenka | Italy | 161.47 | 13 | 56.29 | 16 | 105.18 |
  | 16 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 160.37 | 14 | 54.13 | 15 | 106.24 |
  | 17 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 154.10 | 16 | 51.94 | 17 | 102.16 |
  | 18 | Alexandr Kazakov | Belarus | 151.98 | 18 | 51.16 | 18 | 100.82 |
  | 19 | Paolo Bacchini | Italy | 151.39 | 20 | 50.90 | 19 | 100.49 |
  | 20 | Vitali Sazonets | Ukraine | 150.78 | 22 | 50.31 | 20 | 100.47 |
  | 21 | Konstantin Tupikov | Poland | 149.80 | 15 | 52.08 | 21 | 97.72 |
  | 22 | Moris Pfeifhofer | Switzerland | 144.32 | 23 | 49.84 | 22 | 94.48 |
  | 23 | Manuel Koll | Austria | 132.02 | 19 | 51.12 | 23 | 80.90 |
  | 24 | Josip Gluhak | Croatia | 118.37 | 28 | 44.52 | 24 | 73.85 |
  | 25 | Ruben Blommaert | Belgium | 111.34 | 24 | 47.38 | 25 | 63.96 |
  | Free skating not reached ||||||||
  | 26 | Elliot Hilton | United Kingdom | | 25 | 46.26 | | |
  | 27 | Danil Privalov | Azerbaijan | | 26 | 45.93 | | |
  | 28 | Mikko Minkkinen | Finland | | 27 | 44.66 | | |
  | 29 | Alper Uçar | Turkey | | 29 | 41.10 | | |
  | 30 | Maxim Shipov | Israel | | 30 | 40.98 | | |
  | 31 | Naiden Borichev | Bulgaria | | 31 | 40.02 | | |
  | 32 | Luka Čadež | Slovenia | | 32 | 38.36 | | |
  | 33 | Igor Macypura | Slovakia | | 33 | 38.30 | | |
  | 34 | Tigran Vardanjan | Hungary | | 34 | 35.04 | | |
  | 35 | Zoltán Kelemen | Romania | | 35 | 34.82 | | |
  
  ### Ladies
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 171.28 | 1 | 59.31 | 2 | 111.97 |
  | 2 | Sarah Meier | Switzerland | 169.44 | 4 | 56.44 | 1 | 113.00 |
  | 3 | Laura Lepistö | Finland | 165.65 | 3 | 56.96 | 3 | 108.69 |
  | 4 | Júlia Sebestyén | Hungary | 162.89 | 5 | 55.54 | 4 | 107.35 |
  | 5 | Kiira Korpi | Finland | 162.22 | 2 | 58.60 | 5 | 103.62 |
  | 6 | Valentina Marchei | Italy | 153.34 | 6 | 53.69 | 6 | 99.65 |
  | 7 | Elene Gedevanishvili | Georgia | 147.09 | 8 | 53.43 | 8 | 93.66 |
  | 8 | Jenna McCorkell | United Kingdom | 145.57 | 7 | 53.68 | 10 | 91.89 |
  | 9 | Ksenia Doronina | Russia | 144.20 | 10 | 50.91 | 9 | 93.29 |
  | 10 | Jenni Vähämaa | Finland | 142.40 | 12 | 47.05 | 7 | 95.35 |
  | 11 | Tuğba Karademir | Turkey | 138.73 | 11 | 50.28 | 11 | 88.45 |
  | 12 | Annette Dytrt | Germany | 132.95 | 9 | 51.99 | 13 | 80.96 |
  | 13 | Stefania Berton | Italy | 130.59 | 13 | 46.84 | 12 | 83.75 |
  | 14 | Karen Venhuizen | Netherlands | 126.30 | 15 | 45.53 | 14 | 80.77 |
  | 15 | Nella Simaová | Czech Republic | 124.39 | 14 | 45.64 | 17 | 78.75 |
  | 16 | Tamar Katz | Israel | 123.41 | 17 | 43.77 | 16 | 79.64 |
  | 17 | Nina Petushkova | Russia | 122.97 | 19 | 42.58 | 15 | 80.39 |
  | 18 | Viktoria Helgesson | Sweden | 121.42 | 16 | 44.07 | 19 | 77.35 |
  | 19 | Anna Jurkiewicz | Poland | 120.76 | 20 | 42.55 | 18 | 78.21 |
  | 20 | Sonia Lafuente | Spain | 119.66 | 18 | 43.26 | 21 | 76.40 |
  | 21 | Katherine Hadford | Hungary | 115.99 | 22 | 39.46 | 20 | 76.53 |
  | 22 | Roxana Luca | Romania | 104.72 | 23 | 39.29 | 22 | 65.43 |
  | 23 | Viviane Käser | Switzerland | 103.83 | 24 | 39.06 | 23 | 64.77 |
  | 24 | Olga Ikonnikova | Estonia | 101.20 | 21 | 40.71 | 24 | 60.49 |
  | 25 | Maria Dikanovic | Croatia | 76.24 | 40 | 23.88 | 25 | 52.36 |
  | Free skating not reached ||||||||
  | 26 | Gwendoline Didier | France | | 25 | 37.91 | | |
  | 27 | Julia Sheremet | Belarus | | 26 | 37.89 | | |
  | 28 | Bettina Heim | Switzerland | | 27 | 36.73 | | |
  | 29 | Ekaterina Proyda | Ukraine | | 28 | 35.85 | | |
  | 30 | Jacqueline Belenyesiová | Slovakia | | 29 | 34.08 | | |
  | 31 | Erle Harstad | Norway | | 30 | 33.51 | | |
  | 32 | Barbara Klerk | Belgium | | 31 | 32.99 | | |
  | 33 | Denise Koegl | Austria | | 32 | 32.28 | | |
  | 34 | Sonia Radeva | Bulgaria | | 33 | 31.66 | | |
  | 35 | Stasia Rage | Latvia | | 34 | 30.94 | | |
  | 36 | Teodora Poštič | Slovenia | | 35 | 30.34 | | |
  | 37 | Ksenia Jastsenjski | Serbia | | 36 | 30.30 | | |
  | 38 | Mérovée Ephrem | Monaco | | 37 | 28.34 | | |
  | 39 | Maria-Elena Papasotiriou | Greece | | 38 | 25.92 | | |
  | 40 | Beatrice Rozinskaite | Lithuania | | 39 | 24.07 | | |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Germany | 202.39 | 1 | 70.36 | 1 | 132.03 |
  | 2 | Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov | Russia | 169.41 | 2 | 62.73 | 2 | 106.68 |
  | 3 | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov | Russia | 167.25 | 4 | 61.25 | 3 | 106.00 |
  | 4 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov | Ukraine | 163.43 | 3 | 61.29 | 4 | 102.14 |
  | 5 | Arina Ushakova / Sergei Karev | Russia | 130.34 | 5 | 49.43 | 6 | 80.91 |
  | 6 | Stacey Kemp / David King | United Kingdom | 129.13 | 7 | 46.05 | 5 | 83.08 |
  | 7 | Mari Vartmann / Florian Just | Germany | 119.86 | 6 | 47.23 | 8 | 72.63 |
  | 8 | Mélodie Chataigner / Medhi Bouzzine | France | 116.48 | 8 | 41.97 | 7 | 74.51 |
  | 9 | Dominika Piątkowska / Dmitri Khromin | Poland | 112.96 | 9 | 41.23 | 10 | 71.73 |
  | 10 | Marika Zanforlin / Federico Degli Esposti | Italy | 112.11 | 10 | 40.08 | 9 | 72.03 |
  | 11 | Laura Magitteri / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy | 109.88 | 11 | 39.54 | 11 | 70.34 |
  | 12 | Ekaterina Sosinova / Fedor Sokolov | Israel | 104.40 | 12 | 38.06 | 13 | 66.34 |
  | 13 | Ekaterina Kostenko / Roman Talan | Ukraine | 103.06 | 13 | 36.68 | 12 | 66.38 |
  | 14 | Amy Ireland / Michael Bahoric | Croatia | 78.44 | 14 | 29.50 | 15 | 48.94 |
  | 15 | Ariel Fay Gagnon / Chad Tsagris | Greece | 72.07 | 15 | 20.92 | 14 | 51.15 |
  
  ### Ice dancing
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | CD | OD | OD | FD | FD |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin | Russia | 207.14 | 2 | 40.25 | 2 | 61.90 | 1 | 104.99 |
  | 2 | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder | France | 205.92 | 1 | 41.25 | 1 | 62.72 | 2 | 101.95 |
  | 3 | Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski | Russia | 197.06 | 3 | 37.37 | 3 | 60.03 | 3 | 99.66 |
  | 4 | Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali | Italy | 190.95 | 4 | 36.87 | 4 | 58.79 | 4 | 95.29 |
  | 5 | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | France | 185.26 | 5 | 34.58 | 6 | 56.97 | 5 | 93.71 |
  | 6 | Sinead Kerr / John Kerr | United Kingdom | 182.06 | 6 | 33.55 | 5 | 58.54 | 6 | 89.97 |
  | 7 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 172.64 | 10 | 30.97 | 7 | 54.07 | 7 | 87.60 |
  | 8 | Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski | Israel | 171.70 | 7 | 33.12 | 9 | 53.31 | 9 | 85.27 |
  | 9 | Pernelle Carron / Mathieu Jost | France | 170.62 | 11 | 30.15 | 8 | 53.52 | 8 | 86.95 |
  | 10 | Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin | Azerbaijan | 168.87 | 8 | 33.02 | 10 | 52.07 | 10 | 83.78 |
  | 11 | Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo | Ukraine | 165.11 | 9 | 31.28 | 12 | 50.86 | 11 | 82.97 |
  | 12 | Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas | Lithuania | 158.98 | 14 | 28.81 | 11 | 51.29 | 12 | 78.88 |
  | 13 | Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer | Russia | 156.59 | 12 | 29.18 | 13 | 49.69 | 13 | 77.72 |
  | 14 | Alla Beknazarova / Vladimir Zuev | Ukraine | 154.02 | 13 | 28.90 | 14 | 47.92 | 15 | 77.20 |
  | 15 | Christina Beier / William Beier | Germany | 150.57 | 16 | 25.97 | 15 | 47.10 | 14 | 77.50 |
  | 16 | Barbora Silná / Dmitri Matsjuk | Austria | 142.58 | 15 | 26.44 | 17 | 44.79 | 16 | 71.35 |
  | 17 | Kamila Hájková / David Vincour | Czech Republic | 141.32 | 18 | 24.88 | 16 | 45.92 | 17 | 70.52 |
  | 18 | Phillipa Towler-Green / Phillip Poole | United Kingdom | 135.63 | 19 | 24.27 | 18 | 42.80 | 18 | 68.56 |
  | 19 | Joanna Budner / Jan Mościcki | Poland | 132.05 | 20 | 22.47 | 19 | 42.30 | 19 | 67.28 |
  | 20 | Leonie Krail / Oscar Peter | Switzerland | 127.61 | 21 | 21.50 | 21 | 40.13 | 20 | 65.98 |
  | 21 | Krisztina Barta / Ádám Tóth | Hungary | 126.23 | 22 | 21.17 | 20 | 40.41 | 21 | 64.65 |
  | 22 | Ksenia Shmirina / Egor Maistrov | Belarus | 116.63 | 23 | 20.25 | 22 | 35.36 | 22 | 61.02 |
  | 23 | Kristina Kiudmaa / Aleksei Trohlev | Estonia | 99.06 | 25 | 15.26 | 24 | 32.08 | 23 | 51.72 |
  | WD | Ina Demireva / Juri Kurakin | Bulgaria | 51.91 | 24 | 17.31 | 23 | 34.60 | | |
  | Free dance not reached ||||||||||
  | 25 | Nadine Ahmed / Bruce Porter | Azerbaijan | 42.89 | 26 | 15.15 | 25 | 27.74 | | |
  | WD | Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azroyan | Armenia | | 17 | 25.41 | | | | |
  