The Grand Prix Bern Inter, also known as the Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge, is an annual tournament on the men's World Curling Tour. [1] It is held annually on the last weekend of October or the first weekend of November at the Curlingbahn Allmend Bern in Bern, Switzerland. [2]
The purse for the event is CHF 18,100, with the winning team receiving CHF 5,500. [2]
The event has been held since 1997, and has been part of the World Curling Tour since 2018.
Although it's a men's event, Andrea Schöpp won the event in 2010.
The champions for this event are as follows: [2]
Year | Winning team | Runner up team | Purse (CHF) | Winner's share (CHF) |
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2018 [3] | Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Daniele Ferrazza, Andrea Pilzer | Robin Brydone, Craig Waddell, Gregor Cannon, Derrick Sloan, Fraser Davidson | 18,100 | 5,000 |
2019 [4] | Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Simone Gonin | Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle | 18,100 | 5,000 |
2020 | Not held | |||
2021 [5] | Philipp Hösli, Yves Stocker (skip), Marco Hefti, Justin Hausherr | Sixten Totzek, Marc Muskatewitz, Joshua Sutor, Dominik Greindl | 18,100 | 5,000 |
2022 [6] | Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella | Wouter Gosgens, Jaap van Dorp, Laurens Hoekman, Tobias van den Hurk, Alexander Magan | 18,100 | 5,500 |
2023 | James Craik, Mark Watt, Angus Bryce, Blair Haswell | Marc Muskatewitz (Fourth), Benny Kapp (Skip), Felix Messenzehl, Johannes Scheuerl | 18,100 | 5,000 |
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