Red Square Classic

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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[edit]

Year Winning team Runner up team
2014[2] Alexey Tselousov, Artem Shmakov, Alexey Timofeev, Evgeny Klimov Canada Brad Gushue, Geoff Walker, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey
2015[3] Alexander Krushelnitsky, Daniil Goriachev, Vladislav Goncherenko, Ilya Badilin United States Craig Brown, Kroy Nernberger, Sean Beighton, Jared Zezel
2016[4] Aleksandr Kirikov Switzerland Sven Michel, Marc Pfister, Enrico Pfister, Simon Gempeler
2017[5] Switzerland Marc Pfister, Enrico Pfister, Raphael Märki, Simon Gempeler Alexander Orlov, Alexander Boyko, Valdislav Goncharenko, Viktor Vorobyev
2018[6] Netherlands Jaap van Dorp, Wouter Gosgens, Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen Czech Republic Lukáš Klíma, Jiri Candra, Marek Cernovsky, Jakub Bareš
2019[7] Sergey Glukhov, Artur Ali, Dmitry Mironov, Anton Kalalb Alexey Timofeev, Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Razhabov, Evgeny Klimov
2020 (MC)[8] Italy Joël Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Simone Gonin Germany Sixten Totzek, Joshua Sutor, Jan-Lucia Haag, Magnus Sutor
2020 (RS)[9] Aleksandr Kirikov, Vadim Shkolnikov, Dmitri Abanin, Sergey Morozov Alexey Timofeev, Sergey Varlamov, Oleg Krasikov, Danil Kiba
2021 Cancelled
2022[10] Alexei Stukalskiy, Oleg Krasikov, Gleb Lianikov, Danil Kiba Alexey Timofeev, Artur Ali, Alexei Tuzov, Artur Razhabov

Mixed doubles[edit]

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] Moscow Anastasia Moskaleva / Alexander Eremin Krasnoyarsk Krai Kristina Dudko / Vladislav Velichko Moscow Oblast Daria Morozova / Saint Petersburg Daniil Goriachev Belarus Arina Sverzhinskaya / Yaroslavl Oblast Vasily Telezhkin
2021[12] Krasnoyarsk Krai Anna Samoylik / Moscow Oblast Mikhail Vaskov Italy Marta Lo Deserto / Krasnodar Krai Sergey Glukhov Italy Diana Gaspari / Joel Retornaz Novosibirsk Oblast Alexandra Stoyarosova / Ivan Kazachkov

References[edit]

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