2010 Bern Open
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The 2010 Bern Open
is a curling tournament that will be held at the Bern Curling Club in Bern, Switzerland
from October 22-24, as a part of the World Curling Tour
. 32 teams will be playing in a triple-knockout format to qualify for 8 quarterfinal spots.
Bern Open
The Bern Open is an annual curling tournament held at the Bern CC in Bern, Switzerland. It is part of the World Curling Tour, and takes place during the 7th week of the tour. The tournament is held using a triple-knockout format.-Past champions:...
is a curling tournament that will be held at the Bern Curling Club in Bern, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
from October 22-24, as a part of the World Curling Tour
World Curling Tour
The Asham World Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male curlers in the world. A Women's World Curling Tour also exists....
. 32 teams will be playing in a triple-knockout format to qualify for 8 quarterfinal spots.
Teams
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Attinger | Felix Attinger | Florian Zurrer | Florian Meister |  Switzerland |
| Per Carlsén Per Carlsén Per Carlsén is a Swedish curler.Carlsén started playing curling in 1975. He plays in fourth position as a skip and is right-handed.-References:... |
Nils Carlsén Nils Carlsén Nils Carlsén is a Swedish curler.Carlsén who began curling in 1996, had been a very successful junior curler for Sweden. He has curled in six World Junior Curling Championships - finishing in the top-2 in the last five. In 2001, Carlsén played lead for the Swedish team skipped by Eric Carlsén, and... |
Eric Carlsén Eric Carlsén Eric Carlsén is a Swedish curler from Sundsvall, Sweden. Playing for Härnösand Curling Club, he was the Swedish national Champion for 2005 and represented Sweden as skip at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. His team finished 9th... |
Mikael Norberg Mikael Norberg Mikael Norberg is a Swedish curler.Norberg started playing curling in 1978. He plays in third position as a vice skip and is right-handed.-References:... |
 Sweden |
| Giorgio Da Rin | Alessandro Zisa | Alberto Alvera | Marco Mariani |  Italy |
| Benoit Schwarz (fourth) | Peter de Cruz Peter de Cruz Peter de Cruz is a Swiss curler.De Cruz skipped the Swiss team at both the 2010 and 2011 World Junior Curling Championships. He won the gold medal in 2010, defeating Scotland, skipped by Ally Fraser. In 2011, he took Switzerland to the finals once again, but this time lost to Sweden in the... (skip) |
Roger Goulka | Valentin Tanner | Switzerland |
| Thomas Due Thomas Due Thomas Due is a Norwegian curler.Thomas Due has been part of the Norwegian National Curling team since he was a junior. Altogether he holds 6 Norwegian Championship Gold Medals... |
Øystein Sørum | Magnus Nedregotten | Sander Rølvaag |  OsloOslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
| Thomas Dufour Thomas Dufour Thomas Dufour is a French curler. He currently skips the French national team.Dufour has played in five World Junior Curling Championships , 12 European Curling Championships , five World Curling Championships and two... |
Tony Angiboust Tony Angiboust Tony Angiboust is an internationally elite curler from France.Tony Angiboust started curling in 1992 and curls out of the Sport Club of Chamonix.... |
Lionel Roux | Wilfrid Coulot |  ChamonixChamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the 1924 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
| Duncan Fernie | David Edwards | Richard Woods | Colin Campbell |  PerthPerth, Scotland Perth is a town and former city and royal burgh in central Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... |
| Mario Freiberger | Bernhard Lips | Christian Oker | Peter Maurer | Urdorf Urdorf Urdorf is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley .-Geography:... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
| Kevin Froidevaux | Didier Rappo | Kim-Lloyd Sciboz | Valentin Loup | Switzerland |
| Marcus Hasselborg | Peder Folke | Goran Carlsson | Anton Sandstrom | Sweden |
| Pascal Hess | Yves Hess | Stefan Meienberg | Stefan Schori | Switzerland |
| Andy Kapp Andy Kapp Andreas "Andy" Kapp is a German curler from Unterthingau. After a number of unsuccessful tournaments at the Junior, Olympic and World Championship levels, Kapp surprised many by winning the 1992 European championship. The next year however, he finished only 7th, but at the 1994 World Championships... |
Andy Lang | Holger Hoehne | Andreas Kempf Andreas Kempf Andreas "Kempfi" Kempf is a German curler from Munich. He currently plays lead for the German national team, skipped by Andy Kapp.... |
 Fuessen, GermanyGermany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
| Toni Müller Toni Müller Toni Müller is a curler from Baden, Switzerland. He currently throws fourth stones for Thomas Lips.He is mostly known for serving as the Alternate for Ralph Stöckli's team which finished fourth at the 2009 Moncton World Championships, won a silver at the 2009 Aberdeen European Championships and a... |
Thomas Lips Thomas Lips Thomas Lips is a Swiss curler. Lips was a member of the Swiss team that won the 2006 European Curling Championships.... |
Remo Schmid | Simon Strübin Simon Strübin Simon Strübin is a Swiss curler from Erlenbach. He currently plays lead for Ralph Stöckli.Strübin played second for Stöckli at the 1998 World Junior Curling Championships where they picked up a bronze medal. In 2003, he moved to lead on the team where they won the silver medal at the 2003 Ford... |
Baden-Regio, Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
| Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold Thomas Løvold is a Norwegian curler.At Junior level, Løvold competed as skip and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.... |
Steffen Walstad | Markus Snøve Høiberg | Frode Tobias Bjerke | Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
| Hammy McMillan Hammy McMillan Hammy McMillan is a Scottish curler and world champion. He won a gold medal as skip for the Scottish team at the 1999 Ford World Curling Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick. He has received five gold medals at the European Curling Championships... |
Hamilton McMillan | Ross Paterson | Sandy Gilmore | Stranraer Stranraer Stranraer is a town in the southwest of Scotland. It lies in the west of Dumfries and Galloway and in the county of Wigtownshire.Stranraer lies on the shores of Loch Ryan on the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland... , Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... |
| Sven Michel Sven Michel Sven Michel is a Swiss curler from Adelboden.Michel won a silver medal at the 2010 European Mixed Curling Championship, playing second for Claudio Pätz... |
Sandro Trolliet | Simon Gempeler | Mathias Graf | Adelboden Adelboden Adelboden is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland.-Geography:Adelboden lies in the west of the Berner Oberland, at the end of the valley of the Engstlige river, which flows in Frutigen into the Kander river.Adelboden is a... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
| David Murdoch David Murdoch David Murdoch is a Scottish curler from Lockerbie. Murdoch and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith were the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions.-Background:... |
Warwick Smith Warwick Smith Warwick B. Smith is a Scottish curler from Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross.Smith made his international debut at the 1996 World Curling Championships as the skip for the Scotland team... |
Glen Muirhead | Ross Hepburn | Lockerbie Lockerbie Lockerbie is a town in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. It lies approximately from Glasgow, and from the English border. It had a population of 4,009 at the 2001 census... . Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the... |
| Daniel Neuner | Florian Zahler | Dominik Greindl | Laynes Lauterbach | Germany |
| Claudio Pescia Claudio Pescia Claudio Pescia is a Swiss curler from Wettswil. Originally the skip of the Italian national team, Pescia now skips under the Swiss flag.... |
Sven Iten | Reto Seiler | Rainer Kobler | St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on the service sector for its economic... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
| Tomi Rantamaki | Kimmo Ilvonen | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jermu Pollanen |  Finland |
| Joël Retornaz Joël Retornaz Joël Thierry Retornaz is an Italian curler. He was in 2006 the leader of the Italian men's curling team.Retornaz gained sudden notoriety in Italy in occasion of the 2006 Winter Olympics... |
Silvio Zanotelli | Davide Zanotelli | Mirco Ferretti | Italy |
| Gabor Riesz | Lajos Belleli | Krisztian Hall | Gabor Molnar |  Hungary |
| Manuel Ruch | Claudio Paetz | Daniel Graf | Andreas Klauenbosch | Switzerland |
| Christof Schwaller Christof Schwaller Christof Schwaller is a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.... |
Robert Hurlimann Robert Hürlimann Robert Hürlimann is a Swiss curler. He currently plays second for Stefan Karnusian.Hürlimann was a member of the Swiss team that won a gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport... |
Urs Eichhorn | Marco Ramstein Marco Ramstein Marco Ramstein is a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.He played for the Swiss team that received a silver medal at the 2001 world championships.... |
Switzerland |
| David Sik | Marek David | Erik Sik | Pavel Mensik |  Czech Republic |
| Jiří Snítil Jiří Snítil Jiří Snítil is a curler from the Czech Republic. He currently skips the Czech Republic national team, but throws third stones. He started curling at the age of 21.... |
Martin Snítil | Jindřich Kitzberger | Marek Vydra | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... , Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... |
| Alexey Tselousov Alexey Tselousov Alexey Tselousov is a Russian curler from Moscow.Tselousov has played in seven European Curling Championships , skipping all but two when he played second for the Russian team. While playing on the Russian team, their best performance was 2004 when Tselousov played second for Alexander Kirikov... |
Artur Rajabov | Aleksey Kamnev | Petr Dron |  MoscowMoscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
| Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud is a Norwegian curler.Ulsrud has curled professionally since 1983. In his second World Junior Curling Championship in 1988, Ulsrud skipped Norway to a bronze medal.... |
Torger Nergård Torger Nergård Torger Nergård is a Norwegian curler.Nergård has curled professionally since 1987 and currently plays third for Team Thomas Ulsrud. At Junior level, he played third at the 1991 and 1992 World Junior Curling Championships for Thomas Due, and skipped his own team in 1996... |
Christoffer Svae Christoffer Svae Christoffer Svae is a Norwegian curler who currently plays second for Team Thomas Ulsrud.At Junior level, Svae played second for Team Thomas Løvold and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments.Svae formally joined Team Ulsrud in 2007 having played... |
Håvard Vad Petersson | Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
| Jakub Bares (fourth) | Michal Vojtus (skip) | Martin Hejhal | Martin Stepanek | Czech Republic |
| Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi is a Finnish curler and politician.-Personal life:Uusipaavalniemi lives in Hyvinkää with his wife and three children. His older brother Jussi taught him how to curl.-Curling career:... |
Kasper Hakunti | Joni Ikonen | Toni Anttila | Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
| Patrick Vuille | Gilles Vuille | Martin Rios | Jürg Bamert | Switzerland |
| Bernhard Werthemann | Roger Stucki | Daniel Widmer | Bastian Brun | Switzerland |