We look back at all the fun shenanigans and terrific performances from the 2025 World Team Trophy competition in Japan, including a dominant win from Team USA and first WTT medal for Team Italy.

Chapters

0:00 — Intro 1:51 — Predictions and Results 3:09 — Women's Competition 15:49 — Pairs Competition 23:27 — Men's Competition 33:00 — Ice Dance Competition 40:05 — Mao Shimada in the Gala 41:50 — Gold in our Hearts 46:16 — Wrap-Up

Recap of 2025 Figure Skating World Team Trophy

The 2024/2025 figure skating season finally came to its official end in Tokyo, Japan, at the World Team Trophy — and, WOW, did it go out with its sense of humor fully on display!

From team wigs to furry onesies to Kevin Aymoz’s schoolgirl-clad antics, the kiss-and-cry was almost as entertaining as the skating itself! However, as we are a figure skating show, we should probably talk about the skating.

This competition was really a battle for 1st between Team USA vs. Team Japan… And Team USA was once again victorious, with the highest point total ever achieved at World Team Trophy.

Team USA was bolstered by having three of the four reigning World Champs — Ilia Malinin, Alysa Liu, and Chock & Bates — show up like the champions they are, winning the short and long in each of their disciplines.

However, the biggest “winners” may have been Jason Brown and Amber Glenn, who each had incredible moments here. Jason landed in the top 3 in both the short and long. Amber scored a personal best for her near-flawless free skate!

Team Japan did put on quite a show, though. Team captain, Kaori Sakamoto, gave two of her best performances of the season as she worked hard to support everyone else throughout the competition. World Champions Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara also brought their best again here, with their short program being especially spectacular, taking top spot in both pairs events.

Team Italy took their first medal at World Team Trophy, led by strong performances from Conti & Macii, Lara Naki Gutmann, and Daniel Grassl. 

Off the ice, the Team Spirit award went to Team USA, which was wonderfully accepted by Team Captain Jason Brown. However, if we’re being honest, Team France had our hearts with their pure wackiness.

RESULTS

GOLD — Team United States (126 points) SILVER — Team Japan (110 points) BRONZE — Team Italy (86 points) 4th — Team France (78 points) 5th — Team Canada (72 points) 6th — Team Georgia (68 points)

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