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World Curling Tour event 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
 2019 China Open (curling)

The China Open is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held in Tianjin, China, however, in 2018, the event was held in Chongqing. 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 Canada Mike McEwen, B. J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld China Liu Rui, Zang Jialiang, Xu Xiaoming, Ba Dexin
2018 Russia Sergey Glukhov, Artur Ali, Dmitry Mironov, Anton Kalalb Canada Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker $100,000 (US)
2019 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 South Korea Kim Ji-sun, Gim Un-chi, Shin Mi-sung, Lee Seul-bee Canada Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Titheridge
2018 Russia Alina Kovaleva, Anastasia Bryzgalova, Uliana Vasilyeva, Ekaterina Kuzmina Switzerland Michèle Jäggi (Fourth), Ursi Hegner (Skip), Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann $100,000 (US)
2019 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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