WCT Arctic 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.

WCT Arctic Cup
Host cityDudinka, Russia
ArenaTaimyr Ice Arena
Current men's winnerRussia Alexey Stukalskiy
Current women's winnerScotland Eve Muirhead
Current mixed doubles winnerSwitzerland Briar Hürlimann / Yannick Schwaller
Current open winnerRussia Sergey Glukhov
Current2022 Nornickel Curling Cup

Men's champions
Year Winning team Runner up team Third place Fourth place Purse (USD)
2016[1]Russia Alexey Stukalskiy, Andrey Drozdov, Artur Razhabov, Anton Kalalb, Petr DronRussia Alexander Eremin (Fourth), Mikhail Vaskov (Skip), Alexey Tuzov, Alexey KulikovRussia Alexey Tselousov, Evgeny Klimov, Alexey Timofeev, Artem Shmakov, Alexey BystrovRussia Roman Kutuzov, Sergey Glukhov, Aleksandr Kozyrev, Dmitry Mironov

Women's champions
Year Winning team Runner up team Third place Fourth place Purse (USD)
2017[2]Russia Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Alexandra Raeva, Nkeirouka Ezekh, Alina KovalevaCanada Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen, Elaine JacksonRussia Victoria Moiseeva, Uliana Vasilyeva, Galina Arsenkina, Julia Guzieva, Yulia PortunovaSwitzerland Alina Pätz, Nadine Lehmann, Marisa Winkelhausen, Nicole Schwägli$100,000
2019[3]Scotland Eve Muirhead, Lauren Gray, Vicky Wright, Vicki ChalmersRussia Alina Kovaleva, Anastasia Bryzgalova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina, Uliana VasilyevaCanada Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane MeilleurRussia Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Yulia Portunova, Julia Guzieva, Nkeirouka Ezekh$50,000

Mixed doubles champions
Year Winning pair Runner up pair Third place Fourth place Purse (USD)
2018[4]Canada Rachel Homan / Sweden Niklas EdinScotland Gina Aitken / Duncan MenziesRussia Maria Komarova / Daniil GoriachevCzech Republic Zuzana Hájková / Tomáš Paul$20,000
2020Cancelled
2021[5]Switzerland Briar Hürlimann / Yannick SchwallerRussia Anna Samoylik / Mikhail VaskovRussia Alina Kovaleva / Sergey GlukhovItaly Diana Gaspari / Joël Retornaz€ 20,000

Open event champions
Year Winning team Runner up team Third place Fourth place Purse (USD)
2022[6]Russia Sergey Glukhov, Evgeny Klimov, Dmitry Mironov, Anton KalalbRussia Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Ali, Petr Dron, Daniil Goriachev, Alexander EreminRussia Alina Kovaleva, Yulia Portunova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina, Maria KomarovaRussia Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Nkeirouka Ezekh, Ekaterina Galkina

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