The 2014 Baden Masters were held from August 29 to 31 at the Curling Center Baden Regio in Baden, Switzerland as part of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour and the European Curling Champions Tour.[1] The event was the first tournament of the season for both tours. The event was held in a round robin format, and the purse for the event was CHF 32,500, of which the winner, Thomas Ulsrud, received CHF 13,030.[2] Ulsrud and his team from Norway defeated the Peter de Cruz rink from Geneva in the final with a score of 6–5. It was the second time the Ulrsud rink won the event (they had previously won in 2008).

2014 Baden Masters
Host cityBaden, Switzerland
ArenaCurling Center Baden Regio
DatesAugust 29–31
WinnerNorway Thomas Ulsrud
Curling clubSnarøen CC, Oslo
SkipThomas Ulsrud
ThirdTorger Nergård
SecondChristoffer Svae
LeadHåvard Vad Petersson
FinalistSwitzerland Peter de Cruz

Teams edit

The teams are listed as follows:[3]

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Felix Attinger Bastian Brun Daniel Schifferli Urs Kuhn   Dubendorf, Switzerland
Alexander Baumann Manuel Walter Sebastian Schweizer Marc Bastian   Füssen, Germany
Tom Brewster Glen Muirhead Ross Paterson Hammy McMillan, Jr.   Aberdeen, Scotland
Michael Brunner Marc Wagenseil Remo Herzog Raymond Krenger   Switzerland
Benoît Schwarz (fourth) Peter de Cruz (skip) Claudio Pätz Valentin Tanner   Geneva, Switzerland
Alexey Stukalskiy (fourth) Evgeniy Arkhipov Andrey Drozdov (skip) Petr Dron   Moscow, Russia
Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Kristian Lindström Christoffer Sundgren   Karlstad, Sweden
Mario Freiberger Sven Iten Reto Seiler Paddy Käser   Zug, Switzerland
Ritvars Gulbis Normunds Šaršūns Aivars Avotiņš Artūrs Gerhards   Riga, Latvia
Christian Bangerter (fourth) Stefan Häsler (skip) Patrick Ryf Chahan Karnusian   Bern, Switzerland
Steve Laycock Kirk Muyres Colton Flasch Dallan Muyres   Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Sven Michel Florian Meister Simon Gempeler Stefan Meienberg   Adelboden, Switzerland
David Murdoch Greg Drummond Scott Andrews Michael Goodfellow   Stirling, Scotland
Marc Pfister Enrico Pfister Reto Keller Raphael Märki   Bern, Switzerland
Manuel Ruch Jean-Nicolas Longchamp Roman Ruch Mathias Graf   Uitikon, Switzerland
Jiří Snítil Lukas Klima Martin Snítil Jindřich Kitzberger   Prague, Czech Republic
Rasmus Stjerne Mikkel Krause Oliver Dupont Troels Harry   Hvidovre, Denmark
Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson   Oslo, Norway
Mikel Unanue Inaki Lasuen Victor Mirete Avelino Garcia   San Sebastián, Spain
Jaap van Dorp Carlo Glasbergen Wouter Gosgens Joey Bruinsma   Zoetermeer, Netherlands

Round robin standings edit

After Draw 10

Pool A W L
  Sven Michel 3 1
  Andrey Drozdov 3 1
  Steve Laycock 3 1
  Michael Brunner 1 3
  Mikel Unanue 0 4
Pool B W L
  Thomas Ulsrud 4 0
  Marc Pfister 3 1
  Tom Brewster 2 2
  Ritvars Gulbis 1 3
  Stefan Häsler 0 4
Pool C W L
  Peter de Cruz 4 0
  Niklas Edin 3 1
  Felix Attinger 2 2
  Jiří Snítil 1 3
  Alexander Baumann 0 4
Pool D W L
  Manuel Ruch 3 1
  David Murdoch 3 1
  Mario Freiberger 2 2
  Jaap van Dorp 1 3
  Rasmus Stjerne 1 3

Playoffs edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
  Thomas Ulsrud 8
  Andrey Drozdov 3
  Thomas Ulsrud 7
  Niklas Edin 6
  Manuel Ruch 3
  Niklas Edin 5
  Thomas Ulsrud 6
  Peter de Cruz 5
  Sven Michel 5
  Marc Pfister 4
  Sven Michel 2
  Peter de Cruz 4
  Peter de Cruz 8
  David Murdoch 3

References edit

  1. ^ "Events - Curling Champions Tour". www.curlingchampionstour.org. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26.
  2. ^ "Baden Masters – Prize Money". badenmasters.ch. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Baden Masters 2014 – Team Liste" (in German). badenmasters.ch. Retrieved 9 August 2014.

External links edit

  • Results from the CurlingZone database