The 2024 Mixed Doubles Prague Trophy was held from April 4 to 7 at the Curling Arena Prague in Prague, Czech Republic. The event was held in a round robin format with a purse of € 3,350. Many international teams competed in the event as it was held two weeks before the 2024 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship which was played in Östersund, Sweden.
China's Han Yu and Zou Qiang went undefeated to win the event, defeating Germany's Emira Abbes and Klaudius Harsch 8–5 in the championship game. After taking three in the first end, the Chinese rink scored four in the fourth end to take an 8–1 lead which the Germans did not recover from. To reach the championship game, Han and Zou won all five of their preliminary round matches, being the only team to do so. They then defeated Estonia's Marie Kaldvee and Harri Lill 7–5 in the quarterfinals and won 6–4 over Denmark's Jasmin Lander and Henrik Holtermann in the semifinals. For Abbes and Harsch, they qualified for the playoffs as the eighth and final seeds with a 4–1 record. They then scored a 9–8 upset win over top seeds Yang Ying and Tian Jiafeng of China in the quarterfinals before going on to beat Australia's Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt in the semifinals. Turkey's Dilşat Yıldız and Bilal Ömer Çakır and Czech Republic's Zuzana Paulová and Tomáš Paul rounded out the playoff teams.
In the third place game, Lander and Holtermann won 8–3 over Gill and Hewitt.
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Female Male Locale Emira Abbes Klaudius Harsch Füssen, Germany Aleksandra Bigosińska Arkadiusz Polak Kraków, Poland Klára Cihlářová Tomáš Maček Prague, Czech Republic Kristýna Farková David Jákl Prague, Czech Republic Tahli Gill Dean Hewitt Brisbane, Australia Han Yu Zou Qiang Beijing, China Lea Hüppi Jonas Weiss Dübendorf, Switzerland Lotta Immonen Markus Sipilä Espoo, Finland Marie Kaldvee Harri Lill Tallinn, Estonia Kim Ji-yoon Jeong Byeong-jin Seoul, South Korea Sofie Krupičková Ondřej Bláha Prague, Czech Republic Jasmin Lander Henrik Holtermann Hvidovre, Denmark Daniela Matulová Milan Moravčík Bratislava, Slovakia Oihane Otaegi Mikel Unanue San Sebastián, Spain Zuzana Paulová Tomáš Paul Prague, Czech Republic Jenny Perret Martin Rios Glarus, Switzerland Pia-Lisa Schöll Joshua Sutor Oberstdorf, Germany Kseniya Shevchuk Wilfrid Coulot Megève, France Eliška Srnská Jaroslav Vedral Prague, Czech Republic Emma Erzsébet Szurmay Baján Kán Ferenci Budapest, Hungary Adela Walczak Andrzej Augustyniak Łódź, Poland Yang Ying Tian Jiafeng Beijing, China Dilşat Yıldız Bilal Ömer Çakır Erzurum, Turkey Julie Zelingrová Vít Chabičovský Prague, Czech Republic
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Pool A W L PF PA Yıldız / Çakır 4 1 1–0 33 19 23 Kaldvee / Lill 4 1 0–1 46 22 6 Kim / Jeong 3 2 – 36 33 13 Otaegi / Unanue 2 3 – 33 32 18 Bigosińska / Polak 1 4 1–0 19 40 24 Srnská / Vedral 1 4 0–1 22 43 22 Pool B W L PF PA Lander / Holtermann 4 1 1–0 33 25 5 Paulová / Paul 4 1 0–1 41 29 11 Schöll / Sutor 3 2 – 37 22 16 Krupičková / Bláha 2 3 1–0 25 33 9 Shevchuk / Coulot 2 3 0–1 30 35 17 Hüppi / Weiss 0 5 – 19 41 19 Pool C W L PF PA Han / Zou 5 0 – 43 20 10 Gill / Hewitt 4 1 – 41 25 2 Walczak / Augustyniak 3 2 – 33 26 7 Farková / Jákl 2 3 – 26 32 8 Immonen / Sipilä 1 4 – 18 31 11 Szurmay / Ferenci 0 5 – 16 43 20 Pool D W L PF PA Yang / Tian 4 1 1–0 40 28 1 Abbes / Harsch 4 1 0–1 45 23 15 Perret / Rios 3 2 1–0 37 30 4 Zelingrová / Chabičovský 3 2 1–0 38 25 3 Cihlářová / Maček 1 4 – 19 40 14 Matulová / Moravčík 0 5 – 18 51 21
Round robin results All draw times listed in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Draw 1 Thursday, April 4, 5:00 pm
Draw 2 Thursday, April 4, 7:15 pm
Draw 3 Thursday, April 4, 9:30 pm
Draw 4 Friday, April 5, 8:00 am
Draw 5 Friday, April 5, 10:15 am
Draw 6 Friday, April 5, 1:30 pm
Draw 7 Friday, April 5, 3:45 pm
Draw 8 Friday, April 5, 7:15 pm
Draw 9 Friday, April 5, 9:30 pm
Draw 10 Saturday, April 6, 8:00 am
Draw 11 Saturday, April 6, 10:15 am
Draw 12 Saturday, April 6, 1:30 pm
Draw 13 Saturday, April 6, 3:45 pm
Draw 14 Saturday, April 6, 7:15 pm
Draw 15 Saturday, April 6, 9:30 pm
Playoffs
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The top two teams in each pool advanced to the playoffs. The teams that finished first in their pool were ranked 1–4 based on their shootout total, regardless of round robin record. The second placing teams were then ranked 5–8.
Quarterfinals Sunday, April 7, 8:00 am
Semifinals Sunday, April 7, 11:00 am
Third place game Sunday, April 7, 2:00 pm
Final Sunday, April 7, 2:00 pm
References
External links Official Website CurlingZone