| 2011 Cup of China | |
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Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov at the 2011 China Cup
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| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 3 – 6 |
| Season: | 2011–12 |
| Location: | Shanghai |
| Host: | Chinese Skating Association |
| Venue: | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Jeremy Abbott | |
Ladies' singles:  Carolina Kostner | |
Pairs:  Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | |
| Ice dance: Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | |
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The 2011 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2011–12 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports CenterinShanghai on November 3–6. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2011–12 Grand Prix Final.
Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2011 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.
In July 2011, minimum score requirements were added to the Grand Prix series and were set at two-thirds of the top scores at the 2011 World Championships. Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to earn the following:[1]
| Discipline | Minimum |
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| Men | 168.60 |
| Ladies | 117.48 |
| Pairs | 130.71 |
| Ice dancing | 111.15 |
The entries were as follows.[2] Brian Joubert was assigned to the event but withdrew due to a back injury.[3] Jinlin Guan of China also withdrew; as both skaters had withdrawn just days prior to the event, no replacements were assigned and the men's field consisted of eight skaters.
(Local time, UTC +08:00):[4]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
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| 1 | Jeremy Abbott |  United States
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228.49 | 3 | 79.32 | 3 | 149.17 |
| 2 | Nobunari Oda |  Japan
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227.11 | 4 | 77.65 | 2 | 149.46 |
| 3 | Song Nan |  China
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226.75 | 5 | 72.72 | 1 | 154.03 |
| 4 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
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226.53 | 2 | 81.37 | 4 | 145.16 |
| 5 | Artur Gachinski | Russia
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222.54 | 1 | 81.64 | 6 | 140.90 |
| 6 | Richard Dornbush | United States
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205.27 | 8 | 62.93 | 5 | 142.34 |
| 7 | Kevin Reynolds |  Canada
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204.41 | 7 | 64.31 | 7 | 140.10 |
| 8 | Wu Jialiang | China
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182.49 | 6 | 65.06 | 8 | 117.43 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
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| 1 | Carolina Kostner | Italy
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182.14 | 1 | 61.88 | 1 | 120.26 |
| 2 | Mirai Nagasu | United States
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173.22 | 2 | 60.96 | 2 | 112.26 |
| 3 | Adelina Sotnikova | Russia
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159.95 | 3 | 53.74 | 3 | 106.21 |
| 4 | Zhang Kexin | China
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153.32 | 5 | 52.85 | 5 | 100.47 |
| 5 | Christina Gao | United States
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152.48 | 8 | 51.99 | 4 | 100.49 |
| 6 | Kanako Murakami | Japan
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150.20 | 4 | 53.09 | 7 | 97.11 |
| 7 | Ksenia Makarova | Russia
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143.47 | 9 | 45.90 | 6 | 97.57 |
| 8 | Geng Bingwa | China
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142.09 | 6 | 52.61 | 8 | 89.48 |
| 9 | Valentina Marchei | Italy
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133.86 | 7 | 45.90 | 9 | 81.44 |
| 10 | Zhu Qiuying | China
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108.57 | 10 | 35.28 | 10 | 73.29 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
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| 1 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Russia
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186.74 | 1 | 64.45 | 1 | 122.29 |
| 2 | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | China
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177.67 | 3 | 60.57 | 2 | 117.10 |
| 3 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch | Canada
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172.04 | 2 | 60.78 | 4 | 111.26 |
| 4 | Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig | United States
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170.63 | 5 | 57.88 | 3 | 112.75 |
| 5 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China
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169.47 | 4 | 60.00 | 5 | 109.47 |
| 6 | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | China
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162.96 | 6 | 54.42 | 6 | 108.54 |
| 7 | Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz | Canada
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141.84 | 7 | 48.25 | 7 | 93.59 |
| 8 | Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař |  Czech Republic
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120.95 | 8 | 38.34 | 8 | 82.61 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | FD | ||
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| 1 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia
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163.52 | 1 | 65.73 | 1 | 97.79 |
| 2 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States
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148.40 | 2 | 57.79 | 2 | 90.61 |
| 3 | Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones |  France
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130.97 | 4 | 52.41 | 3 | 78.56 |
| 4 | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland |  United Kingdom
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130.39 | 3 | 53.89 | 4 | 76.50 |
| 5 | Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun | China
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120.11 | 6 | 45.07 | 5 | 75.04 |
| 6 | Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen | China
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115.59 | 5 | 48.36 | 7 | 67.23 |
| 7 | Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely | United States
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109.61 | 8 | 40.26 | 6 | 69.35 |
| 8 | Emily Samuelson / Todd Gilles | United States
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106.74 | 7 | 43.64 | 8 | 63.10 |
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