China Open (curling)

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China Open
Established2013
Host city Tianjin, China
Men's purse250,000 CNY (2019)
Women's purse250,000 CNY (2019)
Current champions (2019)
Men Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Chang-min
Women Flag of Russia.svg Alina Kovaleva
Current edition

The China Open is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held in Tianjin, China, however, in 2018, the event was held in Chongqing. [1] 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.

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Past Champions

Men

YearWinnerRunner-upPurse
2013 [2] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike McEwen, B. J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Rui, Zang Jialiang, Xu Xiaoming, Ba Dexin
2018 [3] Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Glukhov, Artur Ali, Dmitry Mironov, Anton Kalalb Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker $100,000 (US)
2019 [4] Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Chang-min, Lee Ki-jeong, Kim Hak-kyun, Lee Ki-bok Flag of the United States.svg Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson 250,000 (CNY)

Women

YearWinnerRunner-upPurse
2013 [5] Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ji-sun, Gim Un-chi, Shin Mi-sung, Lee Seul-bee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Titheridge
2018 [6] Flag of Russia.svg Alina Kovaleva, Anastasia Bryzgalova, Uliana Vasilyeva, Ekaterina Kuzmina Flag of Switzerland.svg Michèle Jäggi (Fourth), Ursi Hegner (Skip), Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann $100,000 (US)
2019 [7] Flag of Russia.svg Alina Kovaleva, Maria Komarova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Dezaray Hawes, Ashley Klymchuk 250,000 (CNY)

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References

  1. ↑ "China Open Curling 2018 opens in Chongquin". CoNews. October 16, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  2. ↑ "2013 China Open - Men's". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ "2018 China Open - Men's". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  4. ↑ "2019 China Open - Men's". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  5. ↑ "2013 China Open - Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  6. ↑ "2018 China Open - Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  7. ↑ "2019 China Open - Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
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