WCT Tallinn Mens Challenger

WCT Tallinn Mens Challenger
Established	2015
Host city	Tallinn, Estonia
Arena	Tondiraba Ice Hall
Purse	€ 6,000
2025 champion	Fredrik Nyman

The WCT Tallinn Mens Challenger, also known as the Tallinn Mens International Challenger, and the Tallinn Season Starter is an annual tournament on the men's World Curling Tour. ^[1] It is held annually on the last weekend of September at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. ^[2]

The purse for the event is €3,000, ^[2] with the winning team receiving €1,200. ^[3]

The event has been held since 2015, and has been part of the World Curling Tour since 2017.

The 2022 event included 18 teams from 11 countries, including Norway, Spain, Poland, Latvia, Italy, Estonia, the Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine. ^{[4] [5]}

Champions

Year	Winning team	Runner up team	Purse (€)	Winner's share (€)
2015 [6]	Rasmus Wranå	György Nagy
2016 [7] [8]	Gustav Eskilsson	Harri Lill
2017 [9]	Cameron Bryce, Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Euan Kyle	Ritvars Gulbis, Raivis Bušmanis, Aivars Avotiņš, Roberts Krusts	€1,700	€700
2018 [10]	Ilya Shalamitski, Pavel Petrov, Dzimitry Rudnitski, Yevgeny Tamkovich	Tomi Rantamäki, Jere Sullanmaa, Iikko Santti, Jermu Pollanen	€3,000	€1,200
2019 [11]	Jere Sullanmaa, Jason Moore, Iikko Santti, Jermu Pollanen (skip)	Mārtiņš Trukšāns, Jānis Klīve, Sandris Buholcs, Artūrs Gerhards	€3,000	€1,200
2020	Not held
2021 [12]	Marco Hösli, Philipp Hösli, Marco Hefti, Justin Hausherr	Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Leo Ouni, Paavo Kuosmanen	€3,000 [13]	€1,200
2022 [3]	Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall	Wouter Gösgens, Jaap van Dorp, Laurens Hoekman, Tobias van den Hurk	€3,000	€1,200
2023	Yves Stocker, Kim Schwaller, Felix Eberhard, Tom Winkelhausen	Fredrik Nyman, Patric Mabergs, Simon Olofsson, Johannes Patz	€3,000	€1,200
2024 [14]	Fredrik Nyman, Patric Mabergs, Simon Olofsson, Johannes Patz	Andreas Hårstad, Mathias Brænden, Michael Mellemseter, Willhelm Næss	€3,000	€1,200
2025	Fredrik Nyman, Patric Mabergs, Simon Olofsson, Johannes Patz	Max Winz (fourth), Jan Iseli (skip), Sandro Fanchini, Tom Winkelhausen	€6,000

References

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