Stockholm Ladies Cup
Encyclopedia
The Stockholm Ladies Cup is an annual bonspiel
, or curling
tournament, that takes place at the Danderyds Curling AB in Stockholm
, Switzerland
. The tournament is held in a triple-knockout format. The tournament was started in 2006 as 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 at the Danderyds Curling AB in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, 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....
. The tournament is held in a triple-knockout format. The tournament was started in 2006 as 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....
.
Past champions
Only skip's name is displayed.| Year | Winning team | Runner up team | Purse (SEK Swedish krona The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value... ) |
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| 2006 |  Rhona MartinRhona Martin Rhona Martin MBE is a Scottish curler who has skipped the Scotland women's team at both the European and World Championships, but is most famous as the skip of the Great Britain team that claimed the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in 2002.-Early career:For a long time best known in... |
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| 2007 |  Anette NorbergAnette Norberg Anette Norberg is a Swedish curler from Nacka. She and her team are the current Olympic women's curling champions, having won the 2010 Women's Curling tournament in Vancouver... |
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| 2008 | Stina Viktorsson Stina Viktorsson Stina Viktorsson is a Swedish curler from Umeå. She is a skip.Viktorsson had an accomplished Junior career in Sweden winning a bronze medal at the 2004 World Junior Curling Championships and a silver at the 2005 Juniors... |
 Binia Feltscher-BeeliBinia Feltscher-Beeli Binia Feltscher-Beeli is a Swiss curler.Feltscher-Beeli started playing curling in 1989. Since 2007, she plays skip and is right-handed.-References:... |
50,500 |
| 2009 | Karin Rudström |
 Anna SidorovaAnna Sidorova Anna Vladimirovna Sidorova is a curler from Russia.She was named late to the Russian Olympic Team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Originally Olga Jarkova was named to the team; however, Jarkova was taken out at the last minute and Sidorova was added to the team... |
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| 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... |
Anna Hasselborg Anna Hasselborg Anna Hasselborg is a Swedish curler. She is a former World Junior Champion skip.Hasselborg made her international debut at the 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship, playing third for Niklas Edin, winning a bronze medal. In 2009, Hasselborg played in her first World Juniors, skipping Sweden to... |
75,750 |
| 2011 | Liudmila Privivkova |
Anna Hasselborg Anna Hasselborg Anna Hasselborg is a Swedish curler. She is a former World Junior Champion skip.Hasselborg made her international debut at the 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship, playing third for Niklas Edin, winning a bronze medal. In 2009, Hasselborg played in her first World Juniors, skipping Sweden to... |
75,750 |