Changan Ford International Curling Elite

The Changan Ford International Curling Elite (known formally as the Qinghai Curling Elite, Qinghai International and originally as the Qinghai China International) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, held in Xining, Qinghai, China. It has been a part of both the Men's and Women's World Curling Tour since 2016. The tournament is held in a round robin format. Over the three years that the tournament has been held, there has been teams from 15 different countries that have participated: Canada, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.

Changan Ford International Curling Elite
Established	2016
Host city	Xining, Qinghai, China
Purse	CNY 225,000 (2019)
Current champions (2019)
Men	Rich Ruohonen
Women	Alina Kovaleva
Current edition
2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite

Past Champions

Men

Year	Winner	Runner up	Purse
2016^[1]	Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergård, Christoffer Svae, Håvard Vad Petersson	William Lyburn, Jared Kolomaya, Richard Daneault, Braden Zawada	$23,996 (CDN)
2017^[2]	Yannick Schwaller, Romano Meier, Michael Brunner, Marcel Käufeler	Liu Rui, Xu Xiaoming, Jiang Dongxu, Zang Jialiang	$18,000 (USD)
2018^[3]	Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby	Lukáš Klíma, Jiri Candra, Marek Černovský, Samuel Mokriš	$30,000 (USD)
2019^[4]	Greg Persinger (Fourth), Rich Ruohonen (Skip), Colin Hufman, Phil Tilker	Wouter Gösgens (Fourth), Jaap van Dorp (Skip), Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen	¥ 225,000

Women

Year	Winner	Runner up	Purse
2016^[5]	Corryn Brown, Marika Van Osch, Dezaray Hawes, Samantha Fisher	Hannah Fleming, Jennifer Dodds, Alice Spence, Vicky Wright	$23,996 (CDN)
2017^[6]	Ursi Hegner, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann	Victoria Moiseeva, Uliana Vasilyeva, Galina Arsenkina, Julia Guzieva	$18,000 (USD)
2018^[7]	Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes, Analena Jentsch, Klara-Hermine Fomm	Alina Kovaleva, Anastasia Bryzgalova, Uliana Vasilyeva, Ekaterina Kuzmina	$30,000 (USD)
2019^[8]	Alina Kovaleva, Maria Komarova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina	Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi	¥ 225,000

References

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5. "2016 Qinghai China Women's International". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
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