The Red Square Classic and the Moscow Classic are annual bonspiels (curling tournaments) on the men's World Curling Tour (WCT). The Red Square Classic is played outdoors at Red Square, [1] while the Moscow Classic is played at the New League curling club in Moscow, Russia. Both events are held in early February within a week of each other.
The Red Square Classic ran as a solo event from 2014 to 2017. It was replaced by the Moscow Classic in 2018. In 2019, the event returned to Red Square, and in 2020 both events were held for the first time. In 2021, the events were cancelled and replaced by a mixed doubles event.
Moscow first held a mixed doubles tour event in December 2019 called the ISS WCT Moscow Mixed Doubles.
Year | Winning pair | Runner up pair | Third place | Fourth place |
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2019 [11] | Anastasia Moskaleva / Alexander Eremin | Kristina Dudko / Vladislav Velichko | Daria Morozova / Daniil Goriachev | Arina Sverzhinskaya / Vasily Telezhkin |
2021 [12] | Anna Samoylik / Mikhail Vaskov | Marta Lo Deserto / Sergey Glukhov | Diana Gaspari / Joel Retornaz | Alexandra Stoyarosova / Ivan Kazachkov |
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