Norway Open mixed doubles 2025 will be played as round robin with six teams.
GAMES All games will be of 8 ends, minimum 4 ends. The winning team gets 3 points, losing team gets 0 points. If games are tied after 8 ends, one player from each team will draw to decide the winner. The winning team gets 2 points, losing team gets 1 point. Red team will draw first, then yellow.
RANKING The following criteria will be used to rank the teams at the completion of group stage: 1) Points (win = 3 points, win by draw = 2 points, loss by draw = 1 point). 2) The record of the games between the tied teams. 3) Draw Shot Challenge (DSC) – total distance of all the individual LSDs which were delivered by a team during the group stage.
PRE-GAME Teams listed first in the schedule for the group games play the stones with red colored handles, teams listed second play the stones with yellow colored handles. Before the first game each team gets 5 minutes training, starting with the red team. At the end of training, both players will do one draw each to decide hammer. For the next games, draws will be made after games have ended. All draws count in the tournment's DSC. No rules for draw direction (clockwise/counter-clockwise).
GAME TIMING No clock will be used, but the officials will follow time usage closely.
TEAM TIME-OUTS Each team may call one 60-second time-out during each game and one 60-second time-out in each extra end.
Otherwise, standard WCF RULES are applied.
PRIZE MONEY Depends on how many teams are playing and sponsorship.
