The Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup is an annual mixed doubles curling tournament on the ISS Mixed Doubles World Curling Tour. It is held annually at the end of the calendar year at the Gothenburg Curling Hall in Gothenburg, Sweden. [1] [2]
The purse for the event is SEK75,000 with the winning team receiving SEK 30,000 [2] and its event categorization is 500 (highest calibre is 1000). [3]
The event has been held since 2018. It became a World Curling Tour event in 2019.
The 2021 event featured many of the teams that had qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics. [4]
Year | Winning pair | Runner up pair | Third place | Fourth place | Purse |
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2018 [5] | Alina Biktimirova / Timur Gadzhikanov | Therese Westman / Robin Ahlberg | Alexandra Bylina / Karol Nowakowski | Dace Regza / Ansis Regza | SEK 12,500 |
2019 [6] | Michèle Jäggi / Marc Pfister | Martine Rønning / Mathias Brænden | Therese Westman / Robin Ahlberg | Natalie Wiksten / Kasper Wiksten | SEK 17,000 |
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden [1] | ||||
2021 [7] | Kristin Moen Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten | Almida de Val / Oskar Eriksson | Jennifer Dodds / Bruce Mouat | Jenny Perret / Martin Rios | SEK 75,000 |
2022 [8] | Therese Westman / Robin Ahlberg | Kristin Moen Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten | Jasmin Lander / Henrik Holtermann | Maia Ramsfjell / Magnus Ramsfjell | SEK 95,000 |
2023 [9] | Anna Hasselborg / Oskar Eriksson | Isabella Wranå / Rasmus Wranå | Jasmin Lander / Henrik Holtermann | Almida de Val / Daniel Magnusson | SEK 75,000 |
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