The 2020

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(French: ''Cup Suisse'') was held from August 20 to 23 in

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. The total purse for the event was 11,000

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s on both the men's and women's sides. Similar to the

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held in

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, the Schweizer Cup is an annual event where the top teams in Switzerland compete in a round robin and playoff round. Team

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from

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opted out of the tournament as they prepared for the Baden Masters the following week. In the men's event, Andrin Schnider and his team from

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took the title in a draw to the button against

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. In the bronze medal game, Jan Hess came from behind, scoring four points in the seventh end and stealing one in the eighth to defeat Jan Klossner. On the women's side of the draw, Elena Stern from

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came back from a 4–1 deficit at the half way point to defeat

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. Stern also upended Tirinzoni in the final of the 2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship earlier in the year. Team Irene Schori claimed the bronze medal with a 9–6 win over Raphaela Keiser.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC+02:00).

Draw 1

''Thursday, August 20, 6:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Friday, August 21, 1:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Friday, August 21, 7:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Saturday, August 22, 1:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Saturday, August 22, 7:00 pm''

Playoffs

Source:

Semifinals

''Sunday, August 23, 12:00 pm''

Bronze medal game

''Sunday, August 23, 3:30 pm''

Final

''Sunday, August 23, 3:30 pm''

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC+02:00).

Draw 1

''Thursday, August 20, 3:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Thursday, August 20, 9:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Friday, August 21, 10:00 am''

Draw 4

''Friday, August 21, 5:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Saturday, August 22, 10:00 am''

Draw 6

''Saturday, August 22, 5:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Sunday, August 23, 9:00 am''

Playoffs

Source:

Bronze medal game

''Sunday, August 23, 3:30 pm''

Final

''Sunday, August 23, 3:30 pm''

References

External links

Men's EventWomen's Event

Women's results (Swiss Curling Association)
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