2013 European Championships in Zagreb - Entries & Tv schedule

The 2013 European Figure Skating Championships will be  held from January 21 through January 27, 2013 in Zagreb, Croatia.

Based on the results of the 2012 European Championships, each country is allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations select their entries based on their own criteria but those skaters have to achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. The minimum TES for each discipline and segment are:

Discipline    Short Free

Men              25 45

Ladies           20 36

Pairs              20 36

Ice dance      18 28

Defending champions are:

Men: Evgeni Plushenko

Ladies: Carolina Kostner

Pairs: Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov

Ice dancing: Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat

Entries for the 2013 European Championships are as follow:

Country	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
Austria	Viktor Pfeifer	Kerstin Frank	Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer	Kira Geil / Tobias Eisenbauer
Azerbaijan				Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov
Belarus	Pavel Ignatekno	Belinda Schoenberger	Maria Paliakova / Nikita Bochkov	Lesia Valadzenkava / Vitali Vakunov
Belgium		Kaat Van Deale
Bulgaria	Manol Atanassov	Anna Afonkina	Elizabeta Makarova / Leri Kenchadze	Sarah Coward / Georgi Kenchadze
Croatia		Mirna Libric
Czech Republic	Michal Brezina Pavel Kaska Tomas Verner	Eliska Brezinova
Denmark	Justus Strid	Anita Masden
Estonia	Viktor Romanenkov	Elena Glebova		Lucie Mysliveckova / Neil Brown
Finland	Valter Virtanen	Alisa Mikonsaari Juulia Turkkila		Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm
France	Florent Amodio Chafik Besseghier Brian Joubert	Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry Mae Berenice Meite	Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres Daria Popova / Bruno Massot	Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat
Georgia		Elene Gedevanishvili		Angelina Telegina / Otar Japaridze
Germany	Peter Liebers	Nathalie Weinzierl	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave	Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso Nelli Zhigashina / Alexander Gazsi
United Kingdom	Harry Mattick	Jenna McCorkell	Stacey Kemp / David King	Charlotte Aiken / Josh Whidborne Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
Greece		Isabella Schuster-Velissariou
Hungary	Marton Marko*			Zsuzsanna Nagy / Mate Fejes
Israel	Alexei Bychenko			Allison Reed / Vasili Rogov
Italy	Paolo Bacchini Paul Bonifacio Parkinson	Carolina Kostner Valentina Marchei Roberta Rodeghiero	Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Charlene Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Latvia		Alina Fjodorova
Lithuania	Saulius Ambrulevičius	Inga Janulevičiūtė		Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas
Luxembourg		Fleur Maxwell
Netherlands		Michelle Couwenberg
Norway		Anne Line Gjersem
Monaco	Kim Lucine
Poland	Maciej Cieplucha		Magdalena Klatka / Radosław Chruściński	Alexandra Zvorigina / Maciej Bernadowski
Romania	Zoltan Kelemen
Russia	Maxim Kovtun Evgeni Plushenko Sergei Voronov	Nikol Gosviani Adelina Sotnikova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko
Slovakia		Monika Simancikova		Federica Testa / Lukas Csolley
Slovenia		Patricia Glescic
Spain	Javier Fernandez Javier Raya	Sonia Lafuente		Sara Hurtado / Adria Diaz
Sweden	Alexander Majorov	Joshi Helgesson Viktoria Helgesson
Switzerland	Stephane Walker	Tina Stuerzinger		Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost
Turkey	Ali Demirboga	Sila Saygi		Alisa Agafonova / Alper Ucar
Ukraine	Yakov Godorozha	Natalia Popova	Julia Lavrentieva / Yuri Rudyk	Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun

The TV schedule SHOULD be as follow. Remember that times are GMT+1 and in this time zone now it is 

- Wednesday, Jan. 23

11:45 - 16:00 SD on спорт 2 
18:00 - 18:45 SD on спорт 2 
18:45 - 21:15 Pairs SP on спорт 2 

11:40 - 14:45 SD on RaiSport2 (geoblocked outside Italy) 
18:40 - 21:55 Pairs SP on RaiSport2 (geoblocked outside Italy) 

11:40 - 15:45 SD on LTV7 
20:40 - 21:55 Pairs SP on LTV7 


- Thursday, Jan. 24

11:45 - 16:10 Men SP on спорт 2 
17:45 - 19:00 Pairs SP on спорт 2 
19:00 - 22:00 Pairs FP on спорт 2 

11:35 - 16:00 Men SP on RaiSport2 (geoblocked outside Italy) 
18:55 - 22:05 Pairs FP on RaiSport2 (geoblocked outside Italy) 

21:00 - 22:00 Pairs FP on Eurosport International 

11:44 - 15:45 Men SP on LTV7 
19:00 - 22:00 Pairs FP on LTV7 


- Friday, Jan. 25

10:55 - 15:55 Ladies SP on спорт 2 
18:30 - 21:50 FD on on спорт 2 

10:40 - 15:40 Ladies SP on RaiSport2 (geoblocked outside Italy) 
18:25 - 21:50 FD on RaiSport2 (geoblocked outside Italy) 

21:00 - 22:00 FD on Eurosport International 

10:45 - 15:40 Ladies SP on LTV7 
18:30 - 21:50 FD on LTV7 


- Saturday, Jan. 26

12:45 - 16:50 Men FP on спорт 2 
18:00 - 21:55 Ladies FP on спорт 2 

12:40 - 17:15 Men FP on RaiSport2 (geoblocked outside Italy) 
17:55 - 22:00 Ladies FP on RaiSport2 (geoblocked outside Italy) 

21:00 - 22:00 Ladies FP on Eurosport International 
22:00 - 23:00 Men FP on Eurosport International 

12:45 - 17:15 Men FP on LTV7 
18:00 - 22:00 Ladies FP on LTV7 


- Sunday, Jan. 27

15:00 - 17:20 Gala on спорт 2 

14:55 - 17:05 Gala on RaiSport2 (geoblocked outside Italy) 

For those having problems watching the competition (stream not loading, broadcasters that changed their schedule...) try

- here

- here

- here

Please note: live streams will be available approximately 30/60 minutes before start time. You can change the time zone to see changing the times of the streams.

Keep an eye on HBHP Facebook Page and Twitter for any news, changes or new links, I'll keep you updated there.

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