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

YearWinning teamRunner up team
2014[2]Alexey Tselousov, Artem Shmakov, Alexey Timofeev, Evgeny KlimovBrad Gushue, Geoff Walker, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey
2015[3]Alexander Krushelnitsky, Daniil Goriachev, Vladislav Goncherenko, Ilya BadilinCraig Brown, Kroy Nernberger, Sean Beighton, Jared Zezel
2016[4]Aleksandr KirikovSven Michel, Marc Pfister, Enrico Pfister, Simon Gempeler
2017[5]Marc Pfister, Enrico Pfister, Raphael Märki, Simon GempelerAlexander Orlov, Alexander Boyko, Valdislav Goncharenko, Viktor Vorobyev
2018[6]Jaap van Dorp, Wouter Gosgens, Laurens Hoekman, Carlo GlasbergenLukáš Klíma, Jiri Candra, Marek Cernovsky, Jakub Bareš
2019[7]Sergey Glukhov, Artur Ali, Dmitry Mironov, Anton KalalbAlexey Timofeev, Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Razhabov, Evgeny Klimov
2020 (MC)[8]Joël Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Simone GoninSixten Totzek, Joshua Sutor, Jan-Lucia Haag, Magnus Sutor
2020 (RS)[9]Aleksandr Kirikov, Vadim Shkolnikov, Dmitri Abanin, Sergey MorozovAlexey Timofeev, Sergey Varlamov, Oleg Krasikov, Danil Kiba
2021Cancelled
2022[10]Alexei Stukalskiy, Oleg Krasikov, Gleb Lianikov, Danil KibaAlexey Timofeev, Artur Ali, Alexei Tuzov, Artur Razhabov

Mixed doubles

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

YearWinning pairRunner up pairThird placeFourth place
2019[11]Anastasia Moskaleva / Alexander EreminKristina Dudko / Vladislav VelichkoDaria Morozova / Daniil GoriachevArina Sverzhinskaya / Vasily Telezhkin
2021[12]Anna Samoylik / Mikhail VaskovMarta Lo Deserto / Sergey GlukhovDiana Gaspari / Joel RetornazAlexandra Stoyarosova / Ivan Kazachkov

References

  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. ^ "Moscow Classic". Archived 2020-09-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  9. ^ CurlingZone
  10. ^ WCT
  11. ^ "ISS WCT Moscow Mixed Doubles". Archived 2020-09-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  12. ^ "MD Moscow Classic - World Curling Tour"