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In the weekend finished 1st Baltic Cup, in which participated strongest teams from five countries. Gold in men's competition goes to Russia-2 team and in woman's contest Latvia-2 got first place.

Latvian curling association and Estonian curling association organized 1st Baltic Cup in two rounds, in which participated strongest teams from Baltic Sea eastern coast countries – Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Russia. First round was played in Jelgava, Latvia September 24 – 26, 2005 and second in Tallinn, Estonia January 20 – 22, 2006.

In the first round in men competition triumphed Latvia-2 team, following Estonia-1 and Russia-2, but in women competition first place got Russia-1 team, second and third was Latvia-2 and Latvia-3.

In the second round overall leaders in men competition Latvia-2 lost already in semis, so the new overall leader was decided in final game between Russia-2 and Estonia-1. After the 7th end the result was 7:7, but in the final end Estonian skips draw was too strong and Russians won the game. In overall ranking Russia-2 and Latvia-2 got equal points, but better result in second round gave Russia-2 first place, second were Latvia-2 and third Estonia-1.

In women competition fully dominated Latvian teams – they got all medal places in this round. First round winners Russia-1 got just the 7th place. Overall gold got the Latvia-2 team, following Latvia-3 and Russia-1.

Every round participated 12 men teams and 8 women teams. In men's competition 1st place got 20 points, 2nd – 16, 3rd – 13, 4th – 10, 5th – 8, 6th – 7, 7th – 6, 8th – 5, 9th – 4, 10th – 3, 11th – 2 and 12th – 1. In women competition 1st place got 16 points, 2nd – 13, 3rd – 9, 4th – 6, 5th – 4, 6th – 3, 7th – 2, 8th – 1.

In every round could participate two strongest teams in national championship and invited teams by the round organizers. Russia was represented by St.Petersburg strongest teams.

OVERALL RANKING:
Men: (place, team, points)
1. Russia-2 / 33 (13 + 20)
2. Latvia-2 / 33 (20 + 13)
3. Estonia-1 / 32 (16 + 16)
4. Poland-1 / 16 (6 + 10)
5. Latvia-1 / 15 (8 + 7)
6. Russia-1 / 11 (5 + 6)
7. Latvia-5 / 10 (10 + 0)
8. Poland-2 / 8 (0 + 8)
9. Estonia-2 / 8 (3 + 5)
10. Latvia-3 / 7 (7 + 0)
11. Lithuania-1 / 4,5 (1,5 + 3)
12. Estonia-3 / 4 (0 + 4)
13. Latvia-4 / 4 (4 + 0)
14. Lithuania-2 / 3 (1,5 + 1,5)
15. Estonia-4 / 1,5 (0 + 1,5)

Woman: (place, team, points)
1. Latvia-2 / 28 (12 + 16)
2. Latvia-3 / 21 (9 + 12)
3. Russia-1 / 18 (16 + 2)
4. Latvia-1 / 15 (6 + 9)
5. Poland-2 / 8 (2 + 6)
6. Estonia-1 / 7 (3 + 4)
7. Latvia-4 / 4 (4 + 0)
8. Estonia-2 / 3 (0 + 3)
9. Poland-1 / 2 (1 + 1)

Baltijas Kauss