International ZO Women's Tournament
Encyclopedia
The International ZO Women's Tournament is an annual bonspiel
, or curling
tournament, that takes place in late November at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington. The tournament is held in a triple knockout format. The tournament is part of the World Curling Tour
.
Bonspiel
A bonspiel is a curling tournament, traditionally held outdoors on a frozen freshwater loch. The word comes from the Scottish Gaelic and means league match . Though not mandatory, curling teams involved in bonspiels often wear theme costumes...
, or curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
tournament, that takes place in late November at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington. The tournament is held in a triple knockout format. The tournament is 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....
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Past champions
Only skip's name is displayed.| Year | Winning team | Runner up team | Purse (CHF) |
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| 1984 |  Marianne Flotron |
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| 1985 |  Andrea SchöppAndrea Schöpp Dr. Andrea Schöpp is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She also lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich.... |
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| 1986 | Andrea Schöpp Andrea Schöpp Dr. Andrea Schöpp is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She also lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich.... |
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| 1987 | Andrea Schöpp Andrea Schöpp Dr. Andrea Schöpp is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She also lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich.... |
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| 1988 | Almut Hege |
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| 1989 | Almut Hege |
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| 1990 |  Dordi NordbyDordi Nordby Dordi Agate Nordby, , is a Norwegian right-handed curler from Snarøya. Nordby has amassed an array of medals in major international competitions over a career spanning three decades, including two world championship gold medals and two European championship gold medals.Having made her international... |
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| 1991 | Janet Hürlimann |
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| 1992 | Andrea Schöpp Andrea Schöpp Dr. Andrea Schöpp is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She also lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich.... |
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| 1993 | Andrea Schöpp Andrea Schöpp Dr. Andrea Schöpp is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She also lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich.... |
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| 2002 | Carine Mattille |
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| 2003 | Nicole Strausak Nicole Strausak Nicole Strausak is a very successful Swiss curler who retired from competitive curling in March 2005. Amongst other awards, she received a World Junior Silver medal in 1991, a European Silver medal in 1993 and a World Silver medal in 2000.- References :... |
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| 2004 | Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Tirinzoni is a Swiss curler from Dübendorf.In 1997, Tirinzoni was the Swiss alternate for Bianca Röthlisberger at the World Junior Curling Championships. The team finished seventh. The following year, Tirinzoni was the Swiss skip, and her team finished sixth... |
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| 2005 | Irene Schori Irene Schori Irene Schori is an internationally elite curler from Switzerland.Irene Schori was relatively unknown outside of Switzerland until she was named to the Swiss Olympic Team... |
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| 2006 | Manuela Kormann Manuela Kormann Manuela Kormann is a Swiss curler.Kormann started playing curling in 1986. She plays in third position or as a skip and is right-handed.-References:... |
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| 2007 | Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott is skip of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide... |
 Liudmila Privivkova |
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| 2008 | Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott is skip of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide... |
Marlene Albrecht |
14,000 |
| 2009 |  Eve MuirheadEve Muirhead Eve Muirhead is a Scottish curler. Muirhead is a four-time world junior champion, having won in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011. She curls out of the Curling Club in Dunkeld, a small town just north of Perth.-World Junior Curling Championships:... |
Andrea Schöpp Andrea Schöpp Dr. Andrea Schöpp is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She also lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich.... |
16,000 |
| 2010 | Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott is skip of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide... |
Binia Feltscher |
16,000 |
| 2011 2011 International ZO Women's Tournament The 2011 International ZO Women's Tournament was held from November 25 to 27 at the Curling Center Wetzikon in Wetzikon, Switzerland as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was CHF16,000, and the winner, Andrea Schöpp, received CHF6,000. The event was held in a round... |
Andrea Schöpp Andrea Schöpp Dr. Andrea Schöpp is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She also lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich.... |
Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott is skip of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide... |
16,000 |