Oslo cup

Oslo Cup 2026 prizemoney

Competition & rules

About the event

Oslo Cup will be played at Snarøya curling rink in Oslo and will host 24 men's teams. The tournament is played according to the World Curling Federation rules. Measurement will be done by 1 point measuerement.

The event starts Thursday mid-day around 12 and finishes with final Sunday around 2pm.

Group Stage & Playoff Qualification

Games will be played over 8 ends. If the game is tied after 8 ends, the winner will be decided by a draw to the button. The team that would have hammer will have the choice of drawing first or second. Both teams may choose the same side. No practice draws will be permitted.

Points

• Regulation win: 3 points
• Shootout win: 2 points
• Shootout loss: 1 point
• Regulation loss: 0 points

The top three teams in each group will qualify for the quarterfinals.

The remaining two quarterfinal spots will be awarded to the two highest-ranked teams from either group based on points percentage (points earned divided by the maximum number of points available).

If teams are tied on points percentage, the team with more regulation wins will be ranked higher. If still tied, the pre-competition Draw Shot Challenge (DSC) will determine the ranking.

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.

If your LSD is on the button you will be as asked to play another draw without sweepers.

Teams that have Vacant team in their schedule gets to practice instead but plays their DSC during their first games regular DSC.

Practice and LSD will be announced.

Playoffs

Groupstage ranking into the playoffs: Points, LSD

Top 8 overall qualifies to the quarters.

Shootout instead of extra ends until the final where there will be extra end if tied.

Highest ranked team from groupstage gets choice of hammer throughout the playoffs. The other team gets choice of stones and will get 2nd practice.

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

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

Registration

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Confirmed teams