The 2026 World Figure Skating Championships will take place March 24-29, 2026, in Prague, Czech Republic, at the O2 Arena. Worlds is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. ISU Member nations select their entries according to their own criteria and skaters must be at least seventeen before July 1 preceding the Championships.
The ISU Figure Skating World Championships 2026 will be conducted in accordance with the ISU Constitution and General Regulations 2024, ISU Constitution 2025, the ISU Special Regulations & Technical Rules Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance 2024, as well as all pertinent ISU Communications.
Skaters/teams participating must have reached the following Combined Total Elements Scores (SP/RD + FS/FD) during the ongoing season (2025/26) or the immediately preceding season (2024/25):
Men: 109.00Â |Â Women: 88.00Â |Â Pairs: 91.00Â |Â Ice Dance: 98.00
The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and they have been held ever since with only four interruptions. A separate competition for women was established in 1905, with the men’s and women’s events held as separate competitions for several years. Pair skating was added in 1908 and ice dance in 1952.
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