Changan Ford International Curling Elite

Last updated
Changan Ford International Curling Elite
Established2016
Host city Xining, Qinghai, China
Purse CNY 225,000 (2019)
Current champions (2019)
Men Flag of the United States.svg Rich Ruohonen
Women Flag of Russia.svg Alina Kovaleva
Current edition

The Changan Ford International Curling Elite (known formally as the Qinghai Curling Elite, Qinghai International and originally as the Qinghai China International) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held in Xining, Qinghai, China. It has been a part of both the Men's and Women's World Curling Tour since 2016. The tournament is held in a round robin format. Over the three years that the tournament has been held, there has been teams from 15 different countries that have participated: Canada, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.

Contents

Past Champions

Men

YearWinnerRunner upPurse
2016 [1] Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergård, Christoffer Svae, Håvard Vad Petersson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg William Lyburn, Jared Kolomaya, Richard Daneault, Braden Zawada $23,996 (CDN)
2017 [2] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yannick Schwaller, Romano Meier, Michael Brunner, Marcel Käufeler Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Rui, Xu Xiaoming, Jiang Dongxu, Zang Jialiang $18,000 (USD)
2018 [3] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Klíma, Jiri Candra, Marek Černovský, Samuel Mokriš $30,000 (USD)
2019 [4] Flag of the United States.svg Greg Persinger (Fourth), Rich Ruohonen (Skip), Colin Hufman, Phil Tilker Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wouter Gösgens (Fourth), Jaap van Dorp (Skip), Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen ¥ 225,000

Women

YearWinnerRunner upPurse
2016 [5] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Corryn Brown, Marika Van Osch, Dezaray Hawes, Samantha Fisher Flag of Scotland.svg Hannah Fleming, Jennifer Dodds, Alice Spence, Vicky Wright $23,996 (CDN)
2017 [6] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ursi Hegner, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann Flag of Russia.svg Victoria Moiseeva, Uliana Vasilyeva, Galina Arsenkina, Julia Guzieva $18,000 (USD)
2018 [7] Flag of Germany.svg Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes, Analena Jentsch, Klara-Hermine Fomm Flag of Russia.svg Alina Kovaleva, Anastasia Bryzgalova, Uliana Vasilyeva, Ekaterina Kuzmina $30,000 (USD)
2019 [8] Flag of Russia.svg Alina Kovaleva, Maria Komarova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi ¥ 225,000

Related Research Articles

Daniela Jentsch, , is a retired German curler from Füssen. She was the skip of the German National Women's Curling Team.

Binia Feltscher is a Swiss retired curler from Flims. She was the skip of the 2014 and 2016 World championship curling teams from Switzerland. From 2006 to 2013 she was known as Binia Feltscher-Beeli.

The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's and women's versions of junior and senior championships. There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's started in 1979. The mixed doubles championship was started in 2008. Since 2005, the men's and women's championships have been held in different venues, with Canada hosting one of the two championships every year: the men's championship in odd years, and the women's championship in even years. Canada has dominated both the men's and women's championships since their inception, although Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Scotland, the United States, Norway and China have all won at least one championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kim Eun-jung (curler)</span> South Korean curler (born 1990)

Kim Eun-jung, nicknamed "Annie" is a South Korean curler from Uiseong. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. Kim skipped the national team from 2016 to 2018 and represented Korea on home ice at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where her team won a silver medal.

Galina Petrovna Arsenkina is a retired Russian curler from Moscow. She competed at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics as the second on the Olympic Athletes from Russia and Russian Olympic Committee women's curling teams, skipped by Victoria Moiseeva and Alina Kovaleva respectively. She won two medals at the World Women's Curling Championship: a silver in 2021 and a bronze in 2018. She was also the second on Team Moiseeva when they won the 2016 European Curling Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kim Kyeong-ae (curler)</span> South Korean curler (born 1994)

Kim Kyeong-ae, nicknamed "Steak" is a South Korean curler. She currently plays third on Team Kim Eun-jung. The Kim team represented South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where they won a silver medal.

Kim Seon-yeong, nicknamed "Sunny" is a South Korean curler. She was the second, but now plays lead on Team Kim Eun-jung. The Kim team represented South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where they won a silver medal.

The Icebreaker Challenge is an annual cashspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place in Manitoba. The Event was part of the World Curling Tour from 2017 to 2019. The 2016 event was known as the 2016 Performance Spider Midweek Special and was held in Waterloo, Ontario and was only part of the Ontario Curling Tour. The 2016 event included both genders, and in 2017 a separate women's event was added. Both the 2017 and 2018 events were held at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg. The 2017 event was known as the Spider Performance Icebreaker At The Granite and in 2018 it was known as the GOLDLINE Icebreaker At The Granite. Beginning in 2019 the event is being held at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Manitoba. After a four-season hiatus, the event returned in 2023 with only a women's field. In 2024, both a men's and women's event were contested.

Kim Yeong-mi, nicknamed "Pancake" is a South Korean curler. She was the lead, but now is the alternate on Team Kim Eun-jung. The Kim team represented South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where they won a silver medal.

Carole Howald is a Swiss curler from Langenthal. She is a six-time women's world champion, winning five titles as alternate and one as second in 2023. She currently plays lead on Team Silvana Tirinzoni.

Kim Cho-hi, nicknamed Chocho is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She was the alternate, but now plays second for Team Kim Eun-jung. The Kim team represented South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where they won a silver medal.

Emira Abbes is a German curler from Füssen. She currently skips the German National Women's Curling Team. She previously played third on the team led by Daniela Jentsch.

Analena Jentsch is a retired German curler from Füssen. She formerly played lead on the German National Women's Curling Team skipped by her sister Daniela Jentsch.

The 2019–20 curling season began in June 2019 and was scheduled to end in May 2020. However, the coronavirus pandemic declared in March 2020 resulted in the cancellation of events and the premature ending of the season.

The 2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite was held from December 5 to 10 in Xining, Qinghai, China. The total purse for the event was CNY 225,000.

The China Open is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held in Tianjin, China, however, in 2018, the event was held in Chongqing. The original event was held in 2013. The tournament is held in a round robin format. Over the three years that the tournament has been held, there has been teams from 14 different countries that have participated: Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.

<i>Curling Night in America</i> Television program

Curling Night in America is an American television program broadcasting a made-for-television curling tournament called the U.S. Curling Grand Prix. The first season aired originally on Universal Sports, starting on January 22, 2015. It has since run for five additional seasons, from 2016 to 2020, on NBCSN.

Larissa Hari is a Swiss curler from Adelboden.

Stefanie Berset, is a Swiss curler from Bern. She is currently the alternate on Team Corrie Hürlimann. She won a gold medal at the 2023 European Curling Championships and silver medal at the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship as alternate for Team Silvana Tirinzoni.

The Curling Store Cashspiel is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held at the Lakeshore Curling Club in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. It has been an on and off event of the Men's and Women's World Curling Tour since 2004 under many different names. The tournament is held in a round robin format. In 2004, it was held as an open event to both men's and women's teams.

References

  1. "2016 Qinghai China Men's International". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  2. "2017 Qinghai International". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  3. "2018 Qinghai Curling Elite". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  4. "2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  5. "2016 Qinghai China Women's International". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  6. "2017 Qinghai International". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  7. "2018 Qinghai Curling Elite". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  8. "2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.