WCT Arctic Cup explained

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Above:WCT Arctic Cup
Label1:Host city
Data1:Dudinka, Russia
Label2:Arena
Data2:Taimyr Ice Arena
Label3:Current men's winner
Data3: Alexey Stukalskiy
Label4:Current women's winner
Data4: Eve Muirhead
Label5:Current mixed doubles winner
Data5: Briar Hürlimann / Yannick Schwaller
Label6:Current open winner
Data6: Sergey Glukhov
Label7:Current
Data7:2022 Nornickel Curling Cup

The WCT Arctic Cup (previously known as the Taimyr Cup, the CCT Arctic Cup and the Nornickel Curling Cup) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place in late May at the Taimyr Ice Arena in Dudinka, Russia. The tournament is held in a Round Robin format. The tournament is part of the World Curling Tour. In 2016, the inaugural event was held between Russian men's teams. In 2017 and 2019 it was a women's event, and in 2018 and 2021 it was a mixed doubles event. In 2022, it was held in an open entry format where men's and women's teams competed against each other.

Women's champions

YearWinning teamRunner up teamThird placeFourth placePurse (USD)
2017[2] Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen, Elaine Jackson $100,000
2019[3] $50,000

Mixed doubles champions

YearWinning pairRunner up pairThird placeFourth placePurse (USD)
2018[4] $20,000
2020 Cancelled
2021[5] 20,000

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Last year, Dudinka hosted its first curling event - Taimyr Cup 2016, with five Russian men's teams to compete with each other.. arctic_cup. Instagram. April 9, 2017. June 24, 2022.
  2. Web site: CCT Arctic Cup. CurlingZone. May 23, 2021.
  3. News: WCT Arctic Curling Cup finished in Dudinka, Russia. Arctic Cup. May 26, 2019. May 23, 2021.
  4. News: Arctic Curling Cup 2018: Homan and Edin won the title. Arctic Cup. May 27, 2018. May 23, 2021.
  5. News: Кубок Арктики отправляется в Швейцарию (Arctic Cup goes to Switzerland). ru. Arctic Cup. May 30, 2021. May 30, 2021.
  6. News: Команда Сергея Глухова выиграла VI Nornickel Curling Cup (Sergey Glukhov's team won the VI Nornickel Curling Cup). ru. Arctic Cup. May 29, 2022. June 23, 2022.