The Halloween Cup 2026 brought 214 figure skaters to the Odesa Palace of Sports for the first stage of the all-Ukrainian youth competition. The event ran from October 26 through October 28 and featured athletes listed as being between the ages of 5 and 23.

The details were reported by Telegram channel @odesaoda on Wednesday, October 28. Competitors represented Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Kyiv and Vinnytsia, while a delegation from the Bulgarian city of Varna also joined the tournament.

Viktor Syniavskyi, acting head of the Odesa regional administration’s physical culture and sports department, addressed the participants. Organizers also recognized two of the youngest skaters during the opening ceremony: four-year-old Tema Baranets and five-year-old Maksym Semeshko received gifts from a tournament partner.