title: WCT Arctic Cup
text: # WCT Arctic Cup
  
  The WCT Arctic Cup (previously known as the Taimyr Cup, the CCT Arctic Cup and the Nornickel Curling Cup) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place in late May at the Taimyr Ice Arena in Dudinka, Russia. The tournament is held in a Round Robin format. The tournament is part of the World Curling Tour. In 2016, the inaugural event was held between Russian men's teams. In 2017 and 2019 it was a women's event, and in 2018 and 2021 it was a mixed doubles event. In 2022, it was held in an open entry format where men's and women's teams competed against each other.
  
  ## Men's champions
  
  | Year | Winning team | Runner up team | Third place | Fourth place | Purse (USD) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2016 | Alexey Stukalskiy, Andrey Drozdov, Artur Razhabov, Anton Kalalb, Petr Dron | Alexander Eremin (Fourth), Mikhail Vaskov (Skip), Alexey Tuzov, Alexey Kulikov | Alexey Tselousov, Evgeny Klimov, Alexey Timofeev, Artem Shmakov, Alexey Bystrov | Roman Kutuzov, Sergey Glukhov, Aleksandr Kozyrev, Dmitry Mironov | |
  
  ## Women's champions
  
  | Year | Winning team | Runner up team | Third place | Fourth place | Purse (USD) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2017 | Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Alexandra Raeva, Nkeirouka Ezekh, Alina Kovaleva | Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen, Elaine Jackson | Victoria Moiseeva, Uliana Vasilyeva, Galina Arsenkina, Julia Guzieva, Yulia Portunova | Alina Pätz, Nadine Lehmann, Marisa Winkelhausen, Nicole Schwägli | $100,000 |
  | 2019 | Eve Muirhead, Lauren Gray, Vicky Wright, Vicki Chalmers | Alina Kovaleva, Anastasia Bryzgalova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina, Uliana Vasilyeva | Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Meilleur | Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Yulia Portunova, Julia Guzieva, Nkeirouka Ezekh | $50,000 |
  
  ## Mixed doubles champions
  
  | Year | Winning pair | Runner up pair | Third place | Fourth place | Purse (USD) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2018 | Rachel Homan / Niklas Edin | Gina Aitken / Duncan Menzies | Maria Komarova / Daniil Goriachev | Zuzana Hájková / Tomáš Paul | $20,000 |
  | 2020 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
  | 2021 | Briar Hürlimann / Yannick Schwaller | Anna Samoylik / Mikhail Vaskov | Alina Kovaleva / Sergey Glukhov | Diana Gaspari / Joël Retornaz | € 20,000 |
  
  ## Open event champions
  
  | Year | Winning team | Runner up team | Third place | Fourth place | Purse (USD) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2022 | Sergey Glukhov, Evgeny Klimov, Dmitry Mironov, Anton Kalalb | Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Ali, Petr Dron, Daniil Goriachev, Alexander Eremin | Alina Kovaleva, Yulia Portunova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina, Maria Komarova | Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Nkeirouka Ezekh, Ekaterina Galkina | |
  