Red Square Classic

{{short description|World Curling Tour event}}

The Red Square Classic and the Moscow Classic are annual bonspiels (curling tournaments) on the men's World Curling Tour (WCT). The Red Square Classic is played outdoors at Red Square,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbth.com/multimedia/video/2014/01/23/breaking_the_ice_on_red_square_curling_teams_preparing_for_s_33469|title = Breaking the ice on Red Square: Curling teams preparing for Sochi Olympics|date = 23 January 2014}} while the Moscow Classic is played at the New League curling club in Moscow, Russia. Both events are held in early February within a week of each other.

The Red Square Classic ran as a solo event from 2014 to 2017. It was replaced by the Moscow Classic in 2018. In 2019, the event returned to Red Square, and in 2020 both events were held for the first time. In 2021, the events were cancelled and replaced by a mixed doubles event.

Past champions

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YearWinning teamRunner up team
2014{{Cite web|url=http://www.curling.lt/livecurling?tour=13|title = Lietuvos Kerlingo Asociacija - Livecurling}}23px Alexey Tselousov, Artem Shmakov, Alexey Timofeev, Evgeny Klimov{{flagicon|CAN}} Brad Gushue, Geoff Walker, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey
2015[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&eventid=3693 CurlingZone]23px Alexander Krushelnitsky, Daniil Goriachev, Vladislav Goncherenko, Ilya Badilin{{flagicon|USA}} Craig Brown, Kroy Nernberger, Sean Beighton, Jared Zezel
2016[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=3941 CurlingZone]23px Aleksandr Kirikov{{flagicon|SUI}} Sven Michel, Marc Pfister, Enrico Pfister, Simon Gempeler
2017[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=4667 CurlingZone]{{flagicon|SUI}} Marc Pfister, Enrico Pfister, Raphael Märki, Simon Gempeler23px Alexander Orlov, Alexander Boyko, Valdislav Goncharenko, Viktor Vorobyev
2018[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=5059 CurlingZone]{{flagicon|NED}} Jaap van Dorp, Wouter Gosgens, Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen{{flagicon|CZE}} Lukáš Klíma, Jiri Candra, Marek Cernovsky, Jakub Bareš
2019[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=5593 CurlingZone]23px Sergey Glukhov, Artur Ali, Dmitry Mironov, Anton Kalalb23px Alexey Timofeev, Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Razhabov, Evgeny Klimov
2020 (MC){{Cite web | title=Moscow Classic | url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=6239 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911174654/https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=6239 | access-date=2025-02-18 | archive-date=2020-09-11}}{{flagicon|ITA}} Joël Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Simone Gonin{{flagicon|GER}} Sixten Totzek, Joshua Sutor, Jan-Lucia Haag, Magnus Sutor
2020 (RS)[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=6227 CurlingZone]23px Aleksandr Kirikov, Vadim Shkolnikov, Dmitri Abanin, Sergey Morozov23px Alexey Timofeev, Sergey Varlamov, Oleg Krasikov, Danil Kiba
2021

| colspan="2" | Cancelled

2022[https://worldcurlingtour.org/men/event/579 WCT]23px Alexei Stukalskiy, Oleg Krasikov, Gleb Lianikov, Danil Kiba23px Alexey Timofeev, Artur Ali, Alexei Tuzov, Artur Razhabov

Mixed doubles

Moscow first held a mixed doubles tour event in December 2019 called the ISS WCT Moscow Mixed Doubles.

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scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Winning pair

! scope="col"| Runner up pair

! scope="col"| Third place

! scope="col"| Fourth place

2019{{Cite web | title=ISS WCT Moscow Mixed Doubles | url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=6275 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911174908/https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?task=Event&view=Main&eventid=6275 | access-date=2025-02-18 | archive-date=2020-09-11}}{{flagicon|Moscow}} Anastasia Moskaleva / Alexander Eremin{{flagicon|Krasnoyarsk Krai}} Kristina Dudko / Vladislav Velichko{{flagicon|Moscow Oblast}} Daria Morozova / {{flagicon|Saint Petersburg}} Daniil Goriachev{{flagicon|BLR}} Arina Sverzhinskaya / {{flagicon|Yaroslavl Oblast}} Vasily Telezhkin
2021{{Cite web|url=https://worldcurlingtour.org/md/event/532|title = MD Moscow Classic - World Curling Tour}}{{flagicon|Krasnoyarsk Krai}} Anna Samoylik / {{flagicon|Moscow Oblast}} Mikhail Vaskov{{flagicon|ITA}} Marta Lo Deserto / {{flagicon|Krasnodar Krai}} Sergey Glukhov{{flagicon|ITA}} Diana Gaspari / Joel Retornaz{{flagicon|Novosibirsk Oblast}} Alexandra Stoyarosova / Ivan Kazachkov

References