The official list of qualifiers for this season's 2013 ISU World Team Trophy was released today by the International Skating Union. It included the four powerhouses of skating - Canada, Japan, Russia, United States - as well as China and France. The list was complete following the conclusion of the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships.
Update 3/25/2013: All six teams have been announced.
Stay tuned to this page for the list of entrants for each country when they are released. The list of entrants will be announced on or before March 25. The 2013 World Team Trophy takes place April 11-14, in Tokyo, Japan.
- Canada - 7,824 points
- MEN: Chan, Reynolds (sub: Rogozine)
- LADIES: Daleman, Osmond (sub: Chartrand)
- PAIRS: Duhamel/Radford (sub: Moore-Towers/Moscovitch)
- DANCE: Weaver/Poje (sub: Gilles/Poirier) - United States - 7,156 points (announced 3/20/13)
- MEN: Aaron, Abbott (sub: Miner)
- LADIES: Gold, Wagner (sub: Nagasu)
- PAIRS: Castelli/Shnapir (sub: Denney/Frazier)
- DANCE: Chock/Bates (sub: Hubbell/Donohue) - Japan - 6,823 points (announced 3/20/13)
- MEN: Mura, Takahashi (subs: Kozuka, Oda)
- LADIES: Asada, Suzuki (subs: Hongo, Murakami, Nishino)
- PAIRS: None
- DANCE: Reed/Reed - Russia - 6,648 points (announced 3/20/13)
- MEN: Kovtun, Menshov (sub: Voronov)
- LADIES: Sotnikova, Tuktamysheva (sub: Lipnitskaia)
- PAIRS: Volosozhar/Trankov (sub: Kavaguti/Smirnov)
- DANCE: Monko/Khaliavin - Bobrova/Soloviev withdrawn - France - 4,826 points
- MEN: Ponsart, Joubert - Amodio withdrawn
- LADIES: Gilleron-Gorry, Meite (sub: Marrocco)
- PAIRS: James/Cipres (sub: Popova/Massot)
- DANCE: Carron/Jones - Pechalat/Bourzat withdrawn - China - 4,702 points
- MEN: Wang, Yan (subs: Guan) - Song withdrawn
- LADIES: Li, Zhang (sub: Zhao)
- PAIRS: Peng/Zheng (sub: Sui/Han)
- DANCE: Yu/Wang (sub: Huang/Zheng)
Qualifiers to the World Team Trophy are chosen based on competition placements by the top skaters of each ISU member country. For more information on procedures of selection and qualification, refer to the World Team Trophy announcement.



















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