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.
Past Champions Men YearWinnerRunner upPurse 2016 Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergård, Christoffer Svae, Håvard Vad Petersson William Lyburn, Jared Kolomaya, Richard Daneault, Braden Zawada $23,996 (CDN) 2017 Yannick Schwaller, Romano Meier, Michael Brunner, Marcel Käufeler Liu Rui, Xu Xiaoming, Jiang Dongxu, Zang Jialiang $18,000 (USD) 2018 Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby Lukáš Klíma, Jiri Candra, Marek Černovský, Samuel Mokriš $30,000 (USD) 2019 Greg Persinger (Fourth), Rich Ruohonen (Skip), Colin Hufman, Phil Tilker Wouter Gösgens (Fourth), Jaap van Dorp (Skip), Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen ¥ 225,000
Women YearWinnerRunner upPurse 2016 Corryn Brown, Marika Van Osch, Dezaray Hawes, Samantha Fisher Hannah Fleming, Jennifer Dodds, Alice Spence, Vicky Wright $23,996 (CDN) 2017 Ursi Hegner, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann Victoria Moiseeva, Uliana Vasilyeva, Galina Arsenkina, Julia Guzieva $18,000 (USD) 2018 Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes, Analena Jentsch, Klara-Hermine Fomm Alina Kovaleva, Anastasia Bryzgalova, Uliana Vasilyeva, Ekaterina Kuzmina $30,000 (USD) 2019 Alina Kovaleva, Maria Komarova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi ¥ 225,000
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