Oslo Cup will be played at Snarøya curling rink in Oslo and will host at least 18 men's and 10 women'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 1pm.

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.

Game

All matches are played over 8 ends with an extra end if necessary. If no points are scored in the extra end the teams will play one draw to the button for the game.

Team with hammer in the extra end will decide which team draws first. Free choice of turn for the first team. The second team plays the opposite turn.

Teams make their own in game measurements. If the teams do not come to an agreement the umpire can be called in.

Group Stage

The women’s teams have 2 groups of 5 teams where group winners go straight to semifinals and overall ranked 3-6 go on to the quarterfinals.

3rd-6th, 4th-5th

*In playoffs the highest ranked team from groupstage gets lowest ranked team in semifinal.

The men’s teams have 3 groups of 6 teams where overall ranked 1-8 go to quarterfinals. Quarterfinals is played before the banquet on Saturday.

1st-8th, 2nd-7th, 3rd-6th, 4th-5th

Highest ranked team decides hammer or color throughout the playoffs. No 3rd prize game.

Overall ranking is based on: a) Wins b) LSD