The China Open is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held in Tianjin, China, however, in 2018, the event was held in Chongqing. The original event was held in 2013. The tournament is held in a round robin format. Over the three years that the tournament has been held, there has been teams from 14 different countries that have participated: Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.
Past Champions
Men Year Winner Runner-up Purse 2013 Mike McEwen, B. J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld Liu Rui, Zang Jialiang, Xu Xiaoming, Ba Dexin 2018 Sergey Glukhov, Artur Ali, Dmitry Mironov, Anton Kalalb Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker $100,000 (US) 2019 Kim Chang-min, Lee Ki-jeong, Kim Hak-kyun, Lee Ki-bok Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson 250,000 (CNY)
Women Year Winner Runner-up Purse 2013 Kim Ji-sun, Gim Un-chi, Shin Mi-sung, Lee Seul-bee Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Titheridge 2018 Alina Kovaleva, Anastasia Bryzgalova, Uliana Vasilyeva, Ekaterina Kuzmina Michèle Jäggi (Fourth), Ursi Hegner (Skip), Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann $100,000 (US) 2019 Alina Kovaleva, Maria Komarova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Dezaray Hawes, Ashley Klymchuk 250,000 (CNY)
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