The Baden Masters is an annual men's curling tournament, held in early September/late August in Baden, Switzerland. It is the first curling tournament of the European Curling Champions Tour (CCT) season and is part of the World Curling Tour. It was first held in 2000 and it became a CCT event in 2005.[1]

Baden Masters
Established2000
2023 host cityBaden, Switzerland
2023 arenaCurling Club Baden Regio
PurseCHF 35,000
2023 championItaly Joël Retornaz
Current edition

In 2021, for the first time in the event's twenty-one year history, two women's teams competed alongside the men's field: 2018 Olympic Gold Medalists Team Anna Hasselborg from Sweden and Team Irene Schori of Limmattal, Switzerland.[2]

Past champions edit

Year Winner Runner-up Purse (CHF)
2000   Andreas Schwaller
2002   Andre Flotron   Ralph Stöckli 9,500
2003   Sebastian Stock
2004   Andreas Schwaller, Christof Schwaller, Marco Ramstein, Roland Moser
2005[3]   Andreas Schwaller, Andreas Hänni, Thomas Lips, Damian Grichting   Pål Trulsen, Lars Vågberg, Flemming Davanger, Bent Anund Ramsfjell 26,500
2006[4]   Kerry Burtnyk, Dan Kammerlock, Richard Daneault, Cory Naharnie   Andreas Schwaller, Andreas Hänni, Thomas Lips, Damian Grichting 25,000
2007   Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, David Noftall   Andy Kapp, Uli Kapp, Andreas Lang, Andreas Kempf 25,000
2008   Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergård, Christoffer Svae, Jan Thoresen   David Murdoch, Graeme Connal, Peter Smith, Euan Byers 26,500
2009[5]   Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab   Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergård, Christoffer Svae, Håvard Vad Petersson 26,500
2010[6]   Toni Müller, Thomas Lips, Remo Schmid, Simon Strübin   Brad Gushue, Randy Ferbey, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry 26,500
2011[7]   Sven Michel, Claudio Pätz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler   Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow 31,000
2012[8]   Sven Michel, Claudio Pätz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler   Peter de Cruz, Benoît Schwarz, Dominik Märki, Valentin Tanner 31,000
2013[9]   Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker   Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergård, Christoffer Svae, Håvard Vad Petersson 32,500
2014[10]   Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergård, Christoffer Svae, Håvard Vad Petersson   Benoît Schwarz (Fourth), Peter de Cruz (Skip), Claudio Pätz, Valentin Tanner 31,000
2015[11]   Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Kristian Lindström, Christoffer Sundgren   Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan, Jr. 32,500
2016[12]   Benoît Schwarz (Fourth), Claudio Pätz, Peter de Cruz (Skip), Valentin Tanner   Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergård, Christoffer Svae, Håvard Vad Petersson 32,500
2017[13]   Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, Christoffer Sundgren   Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergård, Christoffer Svae, Håvard Vad Petersson 33,000
2018[14]   Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergård, Christoffer Svae, Håvard Vad Petersson   Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, Christoffer Sundgren 33,000
2019[15]   Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Meier, Marcel Käufeler   Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, Christoffer Sundgren 33,000
2020[16][17]   Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, Christoffer Sundgren   Wouter Gösgens (Fourth), Jaap van Dorp (Skip), Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen 33,000
2021[18]   Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Meier, Marcel Käufeler   Benoît Schwarz (Fourth), Sven Michel, Peter de Cruz (Skip), Valentin Tanner 35,000
2022[19]   Steffen Walstad, Magnus Nedregotten, Mathias Brænden, Magnus Vågberg   Wouter Gösgens, Laurens Hoekman, Jaap van Dorp, Alexander Magan 35,000
2023[20]   Joël Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella   Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall 35,000

References edit

  1. ^ "Baden Masters Website". Baden Masters. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. ^ Christian Hoffmann (August 13, 2021). "Frauen- und Schweden-Power am Curling-Turnier Baden Masters". aargauersport.ch. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "2005 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  4. ^ "2006 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  5. ^ "2009 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  6. ^ "2010 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  7. ^ "2011 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  8. ^ "2012 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  9. ^ "2013 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  10. ^ "2014 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  11. ^ "2015 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  12. ^ "2016 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  13. ^ "2017 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  14. ^ "2018 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  15. ^ "2019 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  16. ^ "2020 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  17. ^ "2020 Baden Masters Program" (PDF). Baden Masters. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  18. ^ "2021 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  19. ^ "2022 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  20. ^ "2023 Baden Masters". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 18, 2023.

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