title: 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
text: # 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
  
  The 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held in September 2018 at the Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf. It is part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
  
  ## Entries
  
  The International Skating Union published the list of entries on August 28, 2018.
  
  | Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Australia | | Brooklee Han | | |
  | Austria | | Natalie Klotz | | |
  | Belgium | | Loena Hendrickx | | |
  | Canada | Keegan Messing | Alaine Chartrand | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier |
  | Chinese Taipei | | Amy Lin | | |
  | Croatia | | | Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru | |
  | Finland | Valtter Virtanen | | | |
  | Germany | Paul Fentz Thomas Stoll | Nathalie Weinzierl | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck Jennifer Urban / Benjamin Steffan |
  | Israel | Daniel Samohin | Netta Schreiber | | |
  | Italy | | | Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini | |
  | Japan | | Marin Honda Mai Mihara | | |
  | Philippines | | Alisson Krystle Perticheto | | |
  | Poland | | | | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev |
  | Russia | Artur Dmitriev | Alina Zagitova | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | |
  | Sweden | Alexander Majorov | Matilda Algotsson | | |
  | Switzerland | | | Ioulia Chtchetinina / Mikhail Akulov | |
  | Ukraine | | | | Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin |
  | United Kingdom | | | | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson |
  | United States | Timothy Dolensky Alexei Krasnozhon | Mariah Bell Ashley Lin | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons |
  
  ### Changes to preliminary assignments
  
  | Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | September 4 | Men | N/A | Valtter Virtanen |
  | September 4 | Pairs | N/A | Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert |
  | September 10 | Men | N/A | Timothy Dolensky |
  | September 11 | Pairs | Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov |
  | September 12 | Ladies | Lea Johanna Dastich | N/A |
  | September 12 | Ladies | Nicole Schott | N/A |
  | September 12 | Ice dance | Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland | N/A |
  | September 19 | Pairs | Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert | Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini |
  | September 20 | Ladies | Amelia Scarlett Jackson | Alina Zagitova |
  | September 21 | Pairs | N/A | Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay |
  | September 24 | Ladies | Emmi Peltonen | N/A |
  | September 25 | Men | Nicola Todeschini | N/A |
  | September 26 | Ladies | Gerli Liinamäe | N/A |
  
  ## Records
  
  The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
  
  | Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ladies | Short program | Alina Zagitova | 79.93 | 27 September 2018 |
  | Ladies | Free skating | Alina Zagitova | 158.50 | 28 September 2018 |
  | Ladies | Total score | Alina Zagitova | 238.43 | 28 September 2018 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Keegan Messing | Canada | 257.16 | 1 | 90.63 | 1 | 166.53 |
  | 2 | Alexander Majorov | Sweden | 226.64 | 3 | 78.86 | 2 | 147.78 |
  | 3 | Artur Dmitriev | Russia | 225.31 | 2 | 81.06 | 3 | 144.25 |
  | 4 | Timothy Dolensky | United States | 209.02 | 5 | 67.80 | 4 | 141.22 |
  | 5 | Alexei Krasnozhon | United States | 194.10 | 6 | 67.32 | 5 | 126.78 |
  | 6 | Daniel Samohin | Israel | 189.03 | 4 | 71.60 | 6 | 117.43 |
  | 7 | Valtter Virtanen | Finland | 162.85 | 7 | 58.29 | 8 | 104.56 |
  | 8 | Thomas Stoll | Germany | 160.08 | 8 | 52.68 | 7 | 107.43 |
  | WD | Paul Fentz | Germany | withdrew | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |
  
  ### Ladies
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Alina Zagitova | Russia | 238.43 | 1 | 79.93 | 1 | 158.50 |
  | 2 | Mai Mihara | Japan | 209.22 | 3 | 70.94 | 2 | 138.28 |
  | 3 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium | 204.16 | 2 | 71.50 | 3 | 132.66 |
  | 4 | Mariah Bell | United States | 188.97 | 4 | 70.02 | 6 | 118.95 |
  | 5 | Ashley Lin | United States | 181.21 | 5 | 59.45 | 5 | 121.76 |
  | 6 | Marin Honda | Japan | 178.89 | 7 | 56.66 | 4 | 122.23 |
  | 7 | Nathalie Weinzierl | Germany | 157.45 | 6 | 57.53 | 7 | 99.92 |
  | 8 | Alaine Chartrand | Canada | 150.02 | 8 | 53.60 | 8 | 96.42 |
  | 9 | Brooklee Han | Australia | 140.81 | 9 | 49.71 | 9 | 91.10 |
  | 10 | Natalie Klotz | Austria | 134.59 | 12 | 46.40 | 10 | 88.19 |
  | 11 | Amy Lin | Chinese Taipei | 129.78 | 10 | 47.13 | 11 | 82.65 |
  | 12 | Matilda Algotsson | Sweden | 121.46 | 11 | 46.87 | 12 | 74.59 |
  | 13 | Netta Schreiber | Israel | 109.04 | 13 | 37.83 | 13 | 71.21 |
  | WD | Alisson Krystle Perticheto | Philippines | withdrew | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | Russia | 178.94 | 4 | 56.42 | 1 | 122.52 |
  | 2 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States | 177.22 | 1 | 61.73 | 3 | 115.49 |
  | 3 | Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay | United States | 174.91 | 3 | 58.19 | 2 | 116.72 |
  | 4 | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Germany | 161.61 | 2 | 58.27 | 6 | 103.34 |
  | 5 | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | United States | 157.22 | 6 | 49.47 | 4 | 107.75 |
  | 6 | Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini | Italy | 155.39 | 8 | 47.71 | 5 | 107.68 |
  | 7 | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Canada | 153.71 | 5 | 51.85 | 7 | 101.86 |
  | 8 | Lana Petranović / Antonio Souza-Kordeiru | Croatia | 144.02 | 7 | 49.28 | 8 | 94.74 |
  | 9 | Ioulia Chtchetinina / Mikhail Akulov | Switzerland | 126.17 | 9 | 40.93 | 9 | 85.24 |
  
  ### Ice dance
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada | 194.12 | 1 | 77.40 | 1 | 116.72 |
  | 2 | Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons | United States | 180.95 | 2 | 70.02 | 2 | 110.93 |
  | 3 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States | 177.49 | 3 | 69.56 | 3 | 107.93 |
  | 4 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | United Kingdom | 160.61 | 6 | 57.30 | 4 | 103.31 |
  | 5 | Shari Koch / Christian Nüchtern | Germany | 152.68 | 4 | 60.11 | 6 | 92.57 |
  | 6 | Jennifer Urban / Benjamin Steffan | Germany | 150.73 | 7 | 56.91 | 5 | 93.82 |
  | 7 | Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck | Germany | 147.15 | 5 | 57.82 | 7 | 89.33 |
  | 8 | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev | Poland | 141.63 | 8 | 54.54 | 8 | 87.09 |
  | 9 | Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin | Ukraine | 127.59 | 9 | 43.52 | 9 | 84.07 |
  