Competition rules
The Baden Masters is open for 20 teams playing a round robin in 4 groups of 5 teams.
Each game is played over 8 ends. If the game is tied after 8 ends, an extra end will be played.
If this end has no score, the team without the hammer in this end has won the game.
After the first game, each team will play a stone game.
The best two teams from each group will play in the quarter finals, were the first ranked
teams will play the second ranked teams from another group.
If two or more teams are in the same rank after the round robin, the stone game will decide
on the final ranking.
For the drawing of the quarter final, the stone game will also be used. (Q1-Q4; Q2-Q3)
The winners of the quarter final qualify for the semi final; the other 4 teams are equally
ranked in the 5th place.
The winners of the semi final will play in the final for first and second place,
the two other teams for 3rd and 4th place.
All games are played with no time constraint to the rules of the Swiss Curling Association (SCA).

Stone game
At the conclusion of the team's first round robin game, a stone game is played.
Each player delivers one stone, with sweeping allowed, to the tee at the home end.
All stones finishing in the house are measured. Stones that do not finish in the house
are recorded as 185.4cm (6 ft. 1 in.) Stones that finish so close to the tee that they
cannot be measured are recorded as 0.0cm.
The five teams with the least distance will receive price money.

Ranking procedure round robin
1) Teams will be ranked according to their win/loss record.
2) If two teams are tied, the team that won their round robin game will be ranked higher.
3) Where three or more teams are tied, the record of the games between the tied teams
shall provide the ranking (should this procedure provide a ranking for some teams but
not all, then the stone game shall determine the ranking).