International ZO Women's Tournament

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The International ZO Women's Tournament is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place in late November in Wetzikon, Switzerland. The tournament is held in a triple knockout format. The tournament is part of the World Curling Tour. It is traditionally held a week before the European Curling Championships.

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Past champions

Only skip's name is displayed. [1]

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (CHF)
1984 Flag of Switzerland.svg Marianne Flotron
1985 Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Schöpp
1986 Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Schöpp
1987 Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Schöpp
1988 Flag of Germany.svg Almut Hege
1989 Flag of Germany.svg Almut Hege
1990 Flag of Norway.svg Dordi Nordby
1991 Flag of Switzerland.svg Janet Hürlimann
1992 Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Schöpp
1993 Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Schöpp
2002 Flag of Switzerland.svg Carine Mattille
2003 Flag of Switzerland.svg Nicole Strausak
2004 Flag of Switzerland.svg Silvana Tirinzoni
2005 Flag of Switzerland.svg Irene Schori
2006 Flag of Switzerland.svg Manuela Kormann
2007 Flag of Switzerland.svg Mirjam Ott Flag of Russia.svg Liudmila Privivkova
2008 Flag of Switzerland.svg Mirjam Ott Flag of Switzerland.svg Marlene Albrecht 14,000
2009 Flag of Scotland.svg Eve Muirhead Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Schöpp 16,000
2010 Flag of Switzerland.svg Mirjam Ott Flag of Switzerland.svg Binia Feltscher 16,000
2011 Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Schöpp Flag of Switzerland.svg Mirjam Ott 16,000
2012 Flag of Switzerland.svg Michèle Jäggi Flag of Switzerland.svg Mirjam Ott 16,000
2013 Flag of Russia.svg Anna Sidorova Flag of Switzerland.svg Silvana Tirinzoni 14,000
2014 Flag of Russia.svg Anna Sidorova Flag of Switzerland.svg Lisa Gisler 14,000
2015 Flag of Switzerland.svg Binia Feltscher Flag of Russia.svg Anna Sidorova 14,000
2016 Flag of Switzerland.svg Melanie Barbezat Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Schöpp 14,000
2017 [2] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Anna Kubešková Flag of Russia.svg Anna Sidorova 14,000
2018 [3] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Anna Kubešková Flag of Russia.svg Alina Kovaleva 16,000

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References

  1. "International ZO Women's Tournament – Former Champions".
  2. CurlingZone
  3. http://www.curling-wetzikon.ch/cms/zo-frauencurlingturnier/en/index_en.php [ dead link ]