2008 Cup of Russia
The arena during the competition
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	November 20 ? 23
Season:	2008?09
Location:	Moscow
Host:	Figure Skating Federation of Russia
Venue:	Megasport Arena
Champions
Men's singles: Brian Joubert
Ladies' singles: Carolina Kostner
Pairs: Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao
Ice dance: Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski
Navigation
Previous: 2007 Cup of Russia
Next: 2009 Rostelecom Cup
Previous GP: 2008 Trophee Eric Bompard
Next GP: 2008 NHK Trophy

The 2008 Cup of Russia was the fifth event of six in the 2008?09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating , a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Megasport Arena in Moscow on November 20?23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing . Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008?09 Grand Prix Final . The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz.

Schedule [ edit ]

• Friday, November 21
  • Compulsory dance
  • Ladies' short program
  • Pairs' short program
  • Men's short program
• Saturday, November 22
  • Ladies' free skating
  • Original dance
  • Pairs' free skating
  • Men's free skating
• Sunday, November 23
  • Free dance
  • Exhibition gala

Results [ edit ]

Men [ edit ]

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Brian Joubert	France	230.78	1	86.10	4	144.68
2	Toma? Verner	Czech Republic	222.94	2	73.20	1	149.74
3	Alban Preaubert	France	219.08	4	71.60	3	147.48
4	Jeremy Abbott	United States	217.48	6	68.80	2	148.68
5	Adam Rippon	United States	207.93	3	71.62	5	136.31
6	Kevin van der Perren	Belgium	199.13	5	69.68	7	129.45
7	Sergei Voronov	Russia	190.31	12	58.50	6	131.81
8	Kristoffer Berntsson	Sweden	185.07	7	66.21	9	118.86
9	Artem Borodulin	Russia	180.04	11	58.84	8	121.20
10	Alexander Uspenski	Russia	174.24	9	62.60	10	111.64
11	Li Chengjiang	China	163.60	8	62.95	12	100.65
12	Vaughn Chipeur	Canada	161.49	10	59.60	11	101.89

Ladies [ edit ]

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Carolina Kostner	Italy	170.72	2	57.02	1	113.70
2	Rachael Flatt	United States	166.06	3	55.92	2	110.14
3	Fumie Suguri	Japan	162.04	1	58.30	3	103.74
4	Alissa Czisny	United States	151.03	5	53.50	4	97.53
5	Alena Leonova	Russia	145.93	7	50.96	5	94.97
6	Jelena Glebova	Estonia	140.67	6	51.02	6	89.65
7	Julia Sebestyen	Hungary	131.54	4	53.64	10	77.90
8	Kimmie Meissner	United States	131.36	8	48.08	7	83.28
9	Kim Na-young	South Korea	125.95	10	43.26	8	82.69
10	Nina Petushkova	Russia	125.61	9	43.30	9	82.31

Pairs [ edit ]

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	China	177.42	1	67.06	2	110.36
2	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov	Russia	169.27	2	58.76	1	110.51
3	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Ukraine	167.86	3	58.34	3	109.52
4	Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze	Russia	150.79	5	49.96	4	100.83
5	Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert	Russia	147.88	4	52.26	5	95.62
6	Monica Pisotta / Michael Stewart	Canada	129.33	6	47.86	6	81.47
7	Amanda Velenosi / Mark Fernandez	Canada	98.85	7	35.56	8	63.29
8	Ekaterina Sokolova / Fedor Sokolov	Israel	97.73	8	31.06	7	66.67

Ice dancing [ edit ]

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski	Russia	187.62	2	36.19	1	59.33	1	92.10
2	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin	Russia	184.66	1	38.77	2	58.64	3	87.25
3	Meryl Davis / Charlie White	United States	170.61	3	35.77	8	43.68	2	91.16
4	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Italy	169.76	4	32.57	3	54.25	4	82.94
5	Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski	Israel	151.43	7	29.33	7	45.99	5	76.11
6	Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagni?nas	Lithuania	151.19	6	29.57	5	47.65	7	73.97
7	Anastasia Platonova / Alexander Grachev	Russia	151.14	8	28.46	6	47.04	6	75.64
8	Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo	Ukraine	145.72	5	30.16	4	48.38	10	67.18
9	Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno	Canada	138.51	9	26.43	9	41.49	8	70.59
10	Zoe Blanc / Pierre-Loup Bouquet	France	132.28	10	24.43	10	40.47	9	67.38

External links [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2008 Cup of Russia .

• 2008 Cup of Russia at the International Skating Union
• "2008?09 Grand Prix Announcement" . Archived from the original on 28 September 2008 . Retrieved 12 June 2008 .
• "Men's Entries" . Archived from the original on 2008-12-03 . Retrieved 2008-11-12 .
• "Ladies' Entries" . Archived from the original on 2011-07-24 . Retrieved 2008-11-16 .
• "Pairs' Entries" . Archived from the original on 2011-07-24 . Retrieved 2008-11-14 .
• "Ice dancing Entries" . Archived from the original on 2011-07-24 . Retrieved 2008-11-14 .