China Open (curling)

For other tournaments, see China Open.
China Open
Established2013
Host cityTianjin, China
Men's purse250,000 CNY (2019)
Women's purse250,000 CNY (2019)
Current champions (2019)
MenSouth Korea Kim Chang-min
WomenRussia Alina Kovaleva
Current edition

The China Open is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held in Tianjin, China, however, in 2018, the event was held in Chongqing.[1] The original event was held in 2013. The tournament is held in a round robin format. Over the three years that the tournament has been held, there has been teams from 14 different countries that have participated: Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.

Past Champions

Men

Year Winner Runner-up Purse
2013[2] Canada Mike McEwen, B. J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld China Liu Rui, Zang Jialiang, Xu Xiaoming, Ba Dexin
2018[3] Russia Sergey Glukhov, Artur Ali, Dmitry Mironov, Anton Kalalb Canada Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker $100,000 (US)
2019[4] South Korea Kim Chang-min, Lee Ki-jeong, Kim Hak-kyun, Lee Ki-bok United States Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson 250,000 (CNY)

Women

Year Winner Runner-up Purse
2013[5] South Korea Kim Ji-sun, Gim Un-chi, Shin Mi-sung, Lee Seul-bee Canada Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Titheridge
2018[6] Russia Alina Kovaleva, Anastasia Bryzgalova, Uliana Vasilyeva, Ekaterina Kuzmina Switzerland Michèle Jäggi (Fourth), Ursi Hegner (Skip), Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann $100,000 (US)
2019[7] Russia Alina Kovaleva, Maria Komarova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina Canada Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Dezaray Hawes, Ashley Klymchuk 250,000 (CNY)

References

  1. ^ "China Open Curling 2018 opens in Chongquin". CoNews. October 16, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "2013 China Open - Men's". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  3. ^ "2018 China Open - Men's". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 China Open - Men's". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "2013 China Open - Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  6. ^ "2018 China Open - Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  7. ^ "2019 China Open - Women's". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
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