Grand Prix Bern Inter

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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]

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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.

Champions

The champions for this event are as follows: [2]

YearWinning team
1997 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Karnusian, Richard Baumer, Kurt Reichenbach, Martin Stähli
1998 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Bernhard Werthemann, Raphael Brütsch, Thomas Lips, Philipp Raspe
1999 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patrick Hürlimann, Dominic Andres, Martin Romang, Diego Perren
2000 Flag of Denmark.svg Johnny Frederiksen, Henrik Jakobsen, Lars Vilandt, Bo Jensen
2001 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Stock, Stephan Knoll, Markus Messenzehl, Patrick Hoffman
2002 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Werner Attinger, Stephan Rüdisühli, Markus Foitek, Maurus Müller
2003 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Andreas Östreich, Markus Eggler (skip), Damian Grichting, Rouven Welschen
2004 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ralph Stöckli, Claudio Pescia, Pascal Sieber, Simon Strübin, Marco Battilana
2005 Flag of Italy.svg Joel Retornaz, Fabio Alverà, Gianpaolo Zandegiacomo, Alessandro Zisa, Antonio Menardi
2006 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Stock, Daniel Herberg, Markus Messenzehl, Patrick Hoffman
2007 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Karnusian, Christof Schwaller, Robert Hürlimann, Rolf Iseli
2008 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pascal Hess, Yves Hess, Florian Zürrer, Felix Attinger
2009 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg David Bärtschiger, Marc Pfister, Roger Meier, Enrico Pfister, Marianne Zürcher
2010 Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Schöpp, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Corinna Scholz, Stella Heiss
2011 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sven Michel, Claudio Pätz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler
2012 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Manuel Ruch, Jean-Nicolas Longchamp, Daniel Graf, Mathias Graf
2013 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Nicolas Longchamp, Manuel Ruch, Renato Hächler, Mathias Graf, Christian Moser
2014 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Pfister, Enrico Pfister, Roger Meier, Raphael Märki, Michael Bösiger
2015 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christian Haller, Yves Hess (skip), Rainer Kobler, Fabian Schmid
2016 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kevin Wunderlin, Reto Gribi, Mike Wenger, Mats Perret
2017 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Martin Rios, Christof Schwaller (skip), Kevin Spychiger, Peju Hartmann, Henä Hügli
YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (CHF)Winner's share (CHF)
2018 [3] Flag of Italy.svg Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Daniele Ferrazza, Andrea Pilzer Flag of Scotland.svg Robin Brydone, Craig Waddell, Gregor Cannon, Derrick Sloan, Fraser Davidson18,1005,000
2019 [4] Flag of Italy.svg Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Simone Gonin Flag of Scotland.svg Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle 18,1005,000
2020Not held
2021 [5] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Philipp Hösli, Yves Stocker (skip), Marco Hefti, Justin Hausherr Flag of Germany.svg Sixten Totzek, Marc Muskatewitz, Joshua Sutor, Dominik Greindl 18,1005,000
2022 [6] Flag of Italy.svg Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wouter Gosgens, Jaap van Dorp, Laurens Hoekman, Tobias van den Hurk, Alexander Magan 18,1005,500
2023 Flag of Scotland.svg James Craik, Mark Watt, Angus Bryce, Blair Haswell Flag of Germany.svg Marc Muskatewitz (Fourth), Benny Kapp (Skip), Felix Messenzehl, Johannes Scheuerl 18,1005,000

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