The Sirus Cup, formerly International Mixed Doubles Sochi is an annual mixed doubles curling tournament on the ISS Mixed Doubles World Curling Tour. It is held annually in late February/early March at the training centre of the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia. [1] Prior to 2020, the event was held twice a year, with an event held in November as well.
The purse for the event is US$5,000. [2] and its event categorization is 300 (highest calibre is 1000). [3]
The event has been held since 2017.
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's and women's versions of junior and senior championships. There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's started in 1979. The mixed doubles championship was started in 2008. Since 2005, the men's and women's championships have been held in different venues, with Canada hosting one of the two championships every year: the men's championship in odd years, and the women's championship in even years. Canada has dominated both the men's and women's championships since their inception, although Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Scotland, the United States, Norway and China have all won at least one championship.
Alina Pätz is a Swiss curler. She currently throws fourth stones on Team Silvana Tirinzoni. She is a six-time world champion and was the alternate player for the Mirjam Ott rink, which represented Switzerland at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Agnes Ellinor Knochenhauer is a Swedish curler who competed at 5 World Curling Championships and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, winning a silver and a gold medal respectively.
Alina Romanovna Kovaleva is a Russian curler from Saint Petersburg. Her major achievement to date was winning the 2015 European Curling Championships as alternate. Kovaleva is Merited Master of Sports of Russia (2016).
The WCT Arctic Cup is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place in late May at the Taimyr Ice Arena in Dudinka, Russia. The tournament is held in a Round Robin format. The tournament is part of the World Curling Tour. In 2016, the inaugural event was held between Russian men's teams. In 2017 and 2019 it was a women's event, and in 2018 and 2021 it was a mixed doubles event. In 2022, it was held in an open entry format where men's and women's teams competed against each other.
The Red Square Classic and the Moscow Classic are annual bonspiels on the men's World Curling Tour (WCT). The Red Square Classic is played outdoors at Red Square, 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 2019–20 curling season began in June 2019 and was scheduled to end in May 2020. However, the coronavirus pandemic declared in March 2020 resulted in the cancellation of events and the premature ending of the season.
Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. She is currently the alternate on Team Corrie Hürlimann. She won a World Women's Championship for Switzerland playing lead for Team Silvana Tirinzoni in 2023.
The 2020–21 curling season began in August 2020 and ended in May 2021.
The Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup is an annual mixed doubles curling tournament on the ISS Mixed Doubles World Curling Tour. It is held annually in early September at the Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf in Oberstdorf, Germany.
The Mixed Doubles Bern is an annual mixed doubles curling tournament on the ISS Mixed Doubles World Curling Tour. It is held annually in the Fall at Curling Bern in Bern, Switzerland.
The WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup is an annual mixed doubles curling series on the ISS Mixed Doubles World Curling Tour. There are two events held annually, usually held a week apart in April. They take place at the Kērlinga halle in Riga, Latvia. For the 2020–21 curling season, the first event was held in November 2020, while the second event was held in April 2021. For the 2021–22 curling season, the first event was held in November 2021, while the second event was held in April 2022.
The Mixed Doubles Łódź is an annual mixed doubles curling tournament on the ISS Mixed Doubles World Curling Tour. It is held annually in the Fall at Curling Łódź in Łódź, Poland.
The Westbay Hungarian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup, also known as the Westbay ISS WCT Hungarian Open Mixed Doubles Championship is an annual mixed doubles curling tournament on the ISS Mixed Doubles World Curling Tour. It is held annually in March at the Kamaraerdei Curling Club in Budapest, Hungary.
The 2021–22 curling season began in June 2021 and ended in May 2022.
The WCT Tallinn Mixed Doubles International is an annual mixed doubles curling tournament on the ISS Mixed Doubles World Curling Tour. It is held annually in mid-September at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia.
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.
The Hvidovre Mixed Doubles Cup is an annual mixed doubles curling tournament on the ISS Mixed Doubles World Curling Tour. It is held annually in February at the Hvidovre Curling Club in Hvidovre, Denmark.
The WCT Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles is an annual mixed doubles curling tournament on the ISS Mixed Doubles World Curling Tour. It is held annually at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia.
The 2022–23 curling season began in June 2022 and ended in May 2023.
