Oslo cup

Oslo Cup 2026 prizemoney

(If 24 teams)

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

Group stage with quarterfinals.

Games will be played over 8 ends. If there is a tie after 8 ends there will be a draw to the button for the win. Team that would have hammer will have choice of first or second draw. Teams can choose same side. No practice draws.

Points for group games:

Win in reg: 3

Win in shootout: 2

Loss in shootout: 1

Loss in reg: 0

(Wins from shootout will rank lower than normal wins)

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.

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