Oslo cup

Oslo Cup 2024 prizemoney

Competition & rules

About the event

Oslo Cup will be played at Snarøya curling rink in Oslo and will host 20 men's and 12 women's teams. The tournament is played according to the World Curling Federation rules and applying the five-rock rule as well as the no tick rule.

The event starts Thursday afternoon 2pm and finishes with final  Sunday 2pm.

Practice & LSD

10 minutes before scheduled starting time there is 5 min practice per team where team first on the schedule plays first with red stones. Team that has had practice plays one LSD. First team chooses anti clockwise or clockwise rotation. Next team plays the opposite rotation.

This LSD is to decide hammer and later used if internal results isn’t enough to decide playoff-teams. The worst LSD is later removed from results.

Practice and LSD will be announced.

Game

All matches are played over 8 ends with an extra end if necessary. If no points are scored in the extra end the teams will play one draw to the button for the game.

Team with hammer in the extra end will decide which team draws first. Free choice of turn for the first team. The second team plays the opposite turn.

Group Stage

The women’s teams have 2 groups of 6 teams where groupwinners advance straight to semifinal. Overall ranked 3-8 go on to the quarterfinals.

3rd-8th, 4th-7th, 5th-6th

The men’s teams have 4 groups of 5 teams where overall ranked 1-8 go to quarterfinals. 

1st-8th, 2nd-7th, 3rd-6th, 4th-5th

Highest ranked team decides hammer or color throughout the playoffs. No 3rd prize game.

Overall ranking is based on: a) Wins b) LSD

• Dinner Saturday included for 4 people. Additional people can pay through webshop

Registration

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Confirmed teams