Total number of dance teams competing at 2015 World Figure Skating Championships: 30
Canada = three; USA = three
Total number of pairs competing at 2015 World Figure Skating Championships: 19
Canada = three; USA = two
Dance teams overall returning from 2014 Worlds: 17
Pairs overall returning from 2014 Worlds: 9
Percent change in number of total entries from first Worlds contest:
Dance (debuted 1952) = 233% (9 –> 30)
Pairs (debuted 1908) = 533% (3 –> 19)
Combined previous Worlds appearances as a team, N.A. ice dance: 15
Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje (5)
Maia & Alex Shibutani (4)
Madison Chock & Evan Bates (2)
Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier (2)
Madison Hubbell & Zach Donohue (1)
Alexandra Paul & Mitch Islam (1)
Combined previous Worlds appearances as a team, N.A. pairs: 5
Meagan Duhamel & Eric Radford (4)
Alexa Scimeca & Chris Knierim (1)
Haven Denney & Brandon Frazier (0)
Lubov Iliushechkina & Dylan Moscovitch (0)
Julianne Séguin & Charlie Bilodeau (0)
First-time senior Worlds competitors: 2*
*Denney & Frazier, Séguin & Bilodeau; Lubov Iliushechkina is also making her Worlds debut
Individuals possessing Junior Worlds medals, both disciplines: 14*
*Weaver & Poje (bronze, 2007); Bates (gold, 2008); Poirier (silver, 2008); Iliushechkina (silver, 2008; gold, 2009); Chock (gold, 2009); Shibutani & Shibutani (silver, 2009); Paul & Islam (silver, 2010); Denney & Frazier (gold, 2013); Séguin & Bilodeau (silver, 2015)
Coaches as represented by dance teams at Worlds:
Number of dance teams overall training at least part-time in North America: 18
Number of pairs overall training at least part-time in North America: 7*
*All five North American pairs plus Valentina Marchei & Ondrej Hotarek and Narumi Takahashi & Ryuichi Kihara
Best Worlds placements by team or partner, dance:
Weaver & Poje = 2nd (2014)
Shibutani & Shibutani = 3rd (2011)
Chock & Bates = 5th (2014)
Gilles & Poirier = 8th (2014)
Hubbell & Donohue = 10th (2012)
Paul & Islam = 10th (2014)
Best Worlds placements by team or partner, pairs:
Duhamel & Radford = 3rd (2013, 2014)
Dylan Moscovitch = 4th (2013, 2014)
Scimeca & Knierim = 9th (2013)
Potential number of Paso Doble dresses at least 50% red in composition: 11
Number of different film scores used in pairs event: 11*
*Angels and Demons, Corpse Bride, From Russia with Love, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Harry Potter, La Strada, The Mask of Zorro, The Master and Margarita, Moulin Rouge, Petersburg’s Secrets, Requiem for a Dream
Previous years in IJS era in which all North American dance teams skated in final two groups of first segment: 1 (2009)
Previous years in IJS era in which same country began and concluded pairs short: 0