2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix
| 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix | |
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| Type: | ISU Junior Grand Prix |
| Date: | August 27 – December 14, 2008 |
| Season: | 2008–09 |
| Location: |
 Courchevel Merano Mexico City Ostrava Madrid Gomel Cape Town Sheffield Goyang
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| Prize money: | $22,500 (series) $105,000 (final) |
| Previous: 2007–08 ISU Junior Grand Prix |
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| Next: 2009–10 ISU Junior Grand Prix |
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The 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 12th season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for Senior-level skaters. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singes, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Skaters earned points towards qualification at each of the eight Junior Grand Prix events. The top eight skaters/teams in the series from each discipline met at the Junior Grand Prix Final. For the first time, the Junior Grand Prix Final was held concurrently with the senior Grand Prix Final.
The locations of the JGP events change yearly. In the 2008–09 season, the series was composed of the following events:
For the first time, the Junior Grand Prix Final was held in conjunction with the Grand Prix Final.
Skaters who reached the age of 13 by July 1, 2008 but had not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) were eligible to compete on the junior circuit. Unlike the senior ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, skaters for the Junior Grand Prix are entered by their national federations rather than seeded by the ISU. The number of entries allotted to each ISU member federation is determined by their skaters's placements at the previous season's World Junior Figure Skating Championships in each respective discipline.
For the 2008–09 season, in singles, the five best placed member nations at the 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were allowed to enter two skaters in all eight events. Member nations who placed sixth through tenth were allowed to enter one skater in all eight events. Member nations with a skater who had qualified for the free skate at Junior Worlds were allowed to enter one skater in seven of the events. Member nations who did not qualify for the free skate but placed 25th through 30th in the short program were allowed to enter one skater in six of the events. All other nations were allowed to enter one skater in five of the events. There were provisions for additional entries per member country if another country did not use all of its allotted entries.
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