Sun City Cup

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Sun City Cup
Established2023
Host city Karlstad, Sweden
Arena Karlstads Curlingklubb
Men's purse kr 55,000
Women's purse kr 55,000
Current champions (2025)
Men Flag of Scotland.svg James Craik
Women Flag of Sweden.svg Isabella Wranå

The Sun City Cup is an annual curling tournament, held in February in Karlstad, Sweden. [1] It is the final event of the season on the Nordic Curling Tour, attracting many top teams from across Europe and Asia. It was established in 2023. [2]

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The inaugural event was won by the hometown Niklas Edin rink on the men's side, who defeated the Netherlands' Wouter Gösgens 5–2 in the championship game. Norway's Marianne Rørvik took the women's title with a 4–3 extra end victory over Sundbyberg's Anna Hasselborg. [3]

In 2024, Gösgens's Dutch rink claimed the title with an undefeated record, doubling up on Cameron Bryce of Scotland 10–5 in the final. On the women's side, Sweden won again, with Isabella Wranå and her team from Sundbyberg defeating Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa 6–5. [4]

Wranå's Swedish side repeated as champions in 2025, taking down reigning world junior champion Xenia Schwaller of Switzerland 7–4. Scotland's James Craik was victorious in the men's event, beating Switzerland's Jan Iseli 6–5. [5]

Past champions

Men

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (kr)
2023 [6] Flag of Sweden.svg Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, Christoffer Sundgren Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wouter Gösgens, Jaap van Dorp, Laurens Hoekman, Tobias van den Hurk 55,000
2024 [7] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wouter Gösgens, Laurens Hoekman, Jaap van Dorp, Tobias van den Hurk Flag of Scotland.svg Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall 55,000
2025 [8] Flag of Scotland.svg James Craik, Mark Watt, Angus Bryce, Blair Haswell Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marco Hefti (Fourth), Jan Iseli (Skip), Max Winz, Sandro Fanchini 55,000

Women

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (kr)
2023 [9] Flag of Norway.svg Kristin Skaslien (Fourth), Marianne Rørvik (Skip), Mille Haslev Nordbye, Martine Rønning Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs 55,000
2024 [10] Flag of Sweden.svg Isabella Wranå, Almida de Val, Maria Larsson, Linda Stenlund Flag of Japan.svg Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida 55,000
2025 [11] Flag of Sweden.svg Isabella Wranå, Almida de Val, Maria Larsson, Linda Stenlund Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Xenia Schwaller, Selina Gafner, Fabienne Rieder, Selina Rychiger 55,000

References

  1. "Sun City Cup". Nordic Curling Tour. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  2. "This event in Karlstad will be held for the first time and with the history of curling in this town this is the perfect ending for the first season of Nordic Curling Tour". Facebook. Sun City Cup Karlstad 2023. February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  3. "Rørvik vinner Sun City Cup i Karlstad". Norges Curlingforbund. February 27, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  4. "Sun City Cup 2024". Curlingresultat.se. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  5. "Sun City Cup 2025". Curlingresultat.se. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  6. "2023 Sun City Cup – Men". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  7. "2024 Sun City Cup – Men". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  8. "2025 Sun City Cup – Men". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  9. "2023 Sun City Cup – Women". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  10. "2024 Sun City Cup – Women". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  11. "2025 Sun City Cup – Women". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 23, 2025.