Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup

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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]

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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]

Past champions

YearWinning pairRunner up pairThird placeFourth placePurse
2018 [5] Flag of Russia.svg Alina Biktimirova / Timur Gadzhikanov Flag of Sweden.svg Therese Westman / Robin Ahlberg Flag of Poland.svg Alexandra Bylina / Karol Nowakowski Flag of Latvia.svg Dace Regza / Ansis Regza SEK 12,500
2019 [6] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michèle Jäggi / Marc Pfister Flag of Norway.svg Martine Rønning / Mathias Brænden Flag of Sweden.svg Therese Westman / Robin Ahlberg Flag of Denmark.svg Natalie Wiksten / Kasper Wiksten SEK 17,000
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden [1]
2021 [7] Flag of Norway.svg Kristin Moen Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten Flag of Sweden.svg Almida de Val / Oskar Eriksson Flag of Scotland.svg Jennifer Dodds / Bruce Mouat Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jenny Perret / Martin Rios SEK 75,000
2022 [8] Flag of Sweden.svg Therese Westman / Robin Ahlberg Flag of Norway.svg Kristin Moen Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten Flag of Denmark.svg Jasmin Lander / Henrik Holtermann Flag of Norway.svg Maia Ramsfjell / Magnus Ramsfjell SEK 95,000
2023 [9] Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Hasselborg / Oskar Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg Isabella Wranå / Rasmus Wranå Flag of Denmark.svg Jasmin Lander / Henrik Holtermann Flag of Sweden.svg Almida de Val / Daniel Magnusson SEK 75,000

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