Red Square Classic Explained

The Red Square Classic and the Moscow Classic are annual bonspiels (curling tournaments) on the men's World Curling Tour (WCT). The Red Square Classic is played outdoors at Red Square,[1] 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 Red Square Classic ran as a solo event from 2014 to 2017. It was replaced by the Moscow Classic in 2018. In 2019, the event returned to Red Square, and in 2020 both events were held for the first time. In 2021, the events were cancelled and replaced by a mixed doubles event.

Past champions

Year Winning team Runner up team
2014[2] Brad Gushue, Geoff Walker, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey
2015[3] Craig Brown, Kroy Nernberger, Sean Beighton, Jared Zezel
2016[4] Sven Michel, Marc Pfister, Enrico Pfister, Simon Gempeler
2017[5] Alexander Orlov, Alexander Boyko, Valdislav Goncharenko, Viktor Vorobyev
2018[6] Lukáš Klíma, Jiri Candra, Marek Cernovsky, Jakub Bareš
2019[7] Alexey Timofeev, Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Razhabov, Evgeny Klimov
2020 (MC)[8] Sixten Totzek, Joshua Sutor, Jan-Lucia Haag, Magnus Sutor
2020 (RS)[9] Alexey Timofeev, Sergey Varlamov, Oleg Krasikov, Danil Kiba
2021Cancelled
2022[10]

Mixed doubles

Moscow first held a mixed doubles tour event in December 2019 called the ISS WCT Moscow Mixed Doubles.

Year Winning pair Runner up pair Third place Fourth place
2019[11] Kristina Dudko / Vladislav Velichko
2021[12] Alexandra Stoyarosova / Ivan Kazachkov

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Breaking the ice on Red Square: Curling teams preparing for Sochi Olympics. 23 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Lietuvos Kerlingo Asociacija - Livecurling.
  3. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=3693 CurlingZone
  4. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=3941 CurlingZone
  5. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=4667 CurlingZone
  6. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=5059 CurlingZone
  7. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=5593 CurlingZone
  8. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=6239
  9. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=6227 CurlingZone
  10. https://worldcurlingtour.org/men/event/579 WCT
  11. https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=6275
  12. Web site: MD Moscow Classic - World Curling Tour.