2018 Continental Cup of Curling

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2018 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling
Contcup2018-logo.png
Host city London, Ontario
Arena The Sports Centre at Western Fair District
DatesJanuary 11–14
WinnerTeam North America
Score Breakdown
DisciplineNAWorld
Team Round 1 1 2
Mixed Doubles Round 1 1 2
Team Round 2 2 1
Team Round 3 2 1
Mixed Doubles Round 2 3 0
Team Round 4 1.5 1.5
Mixed Doubles Round 3 2 4
Team Round 5 1.5 1.5
Team Round 6 1.5 1.5
Skins Round 1 8 7
Skins Round 2 6.5 8.5
Tiebreak 0.5 0
Total 30.5 30
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The 2018 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held from January 11 to 14 at the Sports Centre at Western Fair District [1] in London, Ontario. The Continental Cup featured team events, mixed doubles events, and skins competitions, and the brunt of the points was in the skins competitions. TSN broadcast the event, as it has in previous years.

Contents

North America won the event 30.5 points to 30, with an extra half point awarded in a draw to the button competition between Brad Gushue and Thomas Ulsrud after a 30–30 tie after all events. North America collected CAD$52,000 winner's cheque. World collected $26,000 loser's cheque and $13,000 Sunday skins bonus. [2]

The total attendance for the event was 16,017. [3]

Competition format

This edition of the Continental Cup used a similar format as that of the previous year. Out of the sixty total points available, a majority of points were needed to win the cup. The mixed doubles, and team games were worth one point each, and ties were worth one half point each to both teams. The skins games were worth a total of five points. Nine mixed doubles were played, along with eighteen team games and six skins games.

Teams

The teams were selected from the top teams in each region. Six teams from each region competed against each other in the competition. Four teams from Canada earned the right to represent Team North America by virtue of winning certain events, namely the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials (which were held in lieu of a Canada Cup of Curling in 2017) and the Canadian National Championships (the Brier and the Tournament of Hearts). Two teams from the United States, namely the top point-getters of American teams on the World Curling Tour, were chosen to represent North America, and the teams representing Team World were selected by the World Curling Federation.

The teams in the table below have been announced as representatives of their respective regions. [4] As Rachel Homan had won both the 2017 Scotties and the 2017 Olympic Trials, Michelle Englot and her team was invited as 2017 Scotties runners-up.

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadLocale
Team
North
America
Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
John Shuster Tyler George Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Flag of the United States.svg Duluth, Minnesota
Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Brent Laing Ben Hebert Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary, Alberta
Rachel Homan Emma Miskew Joanne Courtney Lisa Weagle Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ottawa, Ontario
Nina Roth Tabitha Peterson Aileen Geving Becca Hamilton Flag of the United States.svg Madison, Wisconsin
Michelle Englot Kate Cameron Leslie Wilson-Westcott Raunora Westcott Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Winnipeg, Manitoba
Coach: Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rick Lang, Captain: Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Al Hackner
Team
World
Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Rasmus Wranå Christoffer Sundgren Flag of Sweden.svg Karlstad, Sweden
Benoît Schwarz Claudio Pätz Peter de Cruz (skip) Valentin Tanner Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Geneva, Switzerland
Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Flag of Norway.svg Oslo, Norway
Satsuki Fujisawa Yumi Suzuki Chinami Yoshida Yurika Yoshida Flag of Japan.svg Kitami, Japan
Anna Hasselborg Sara McManus Agnes Knochenhauer Sofia Mabergs Flag of Sweden.svg Sundbyberg, Sweden
Silvana Tirinzoni Manuela Siegrist Esther Neuenschwander Marlene Albrecht Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Zürich, Switzerland
Coach: Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindberg, Captain: Flag of Scotland.svg David Murdoch

Events

All times listed are in Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5). [5]

Thursday, January 11

Draw 1

Team 9:30 am

Sheet A12345678FinalPoints
North America (Homan)0010020X 30
World (Tirinzoni) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg3202101X 91
Sheet B12345678FinalPoints
North America (Shuster)0104031X 91
World (Edin) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1010300X 50
Sheet C12345678FinalPoints
North America (Englot)00101010 30
World (Hasselborg) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg30010101 61

Draw 2

Mixed doubles 2:30 pm

Sheet A12345678FinalPoints
North America (Homan/Gallant)00100310 50
World (Neuenschwander/Pätz) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg23011001 81
Sheet B12345678FinalPoints
North America (R. Hamilton/M. Hamilton) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1100110X 40
World (Mabergs/Edin)0032002X 71
Sheet C12345678FinalPoints
North America (Weagle/Gushue) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20102011 71
World (Eriksson/Hasselborg)01010100 30

Draw 3

Team 7:00 pm

Sheet A12345678FinalPoints
North America (Koe) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20010201 61
World (Ulsrud)02000020 40
Sheet B12345678FinalPoints
North America (Roth) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20020100 50
World (Fujisawa)02102011 71
Sheet C12345678FinalPoints
North America (Gushue) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0120301X 71
World (de Cruz)0001010X 20

Friday, January 12

Draw 4

Team 9:30 am

Sheet A12345678FinalPoints
North America (Englot)0010101X 30
World (Fujisawa) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1201010X 51
Sheet B12345678FinalPoints
North America (Koe)0401201X 81
World (de Cruz) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1010020X 40
Sheet C12345678FinalPoints
North America (Roth)10010201 51
World (Tirinzoni) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg00101020 40

Draw 5

Mixed doubles 2:30 pm

Sheet A12345678FinalPoints
North America (Cameron/Kennedy)01122002 81
World (Fujisawa/Svae) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg30000110 50
Sheet B12345678FinalPoints
North America (Miskew/Hebert)2103000X 61
World (McManus/Sundgren) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0010111X 40
Sheet C12345678FinalPoints
North America (Courtney/Shuster)2102002X 71
World (Tirinzoni/Tanner) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0010110X 30

Draw 6

Team 7:00 pm

Sheet A12345678FinalPoints
North America (Gushue)01010010 30
World (Edin) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20002001 51
Sheet B12345678FinalPoints
North America (Homan) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02011020 60.5
World (Hasselborg)00200202 60.5
Sheet C12345678FinalPoints
North America (Shuster) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg2111012X 81
World (Ulsrud)0000300X 30

Saturday, January 13

Draw 7

Mixed doubles 9:30 am

Sheet A12345678FinalPoints
North America (Englot/Laing & Wilson-Westcott/Nichols)10020101 50
World (Albrecht/de Cruz & Siegrist/Schwarz) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01301020 72
Sheet B12345678FinalPoints
North America (Peterson/George & Roth/Landsteiner)0203010X 60
World (Knochenhauer/Wranå & Suzuki/Nergård) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1020303X 92
Sheet C12345678FinalPoints
North America (Geving/Walker & Westcott/Koe)0410111X 82
World (Y. Yoshida/Ulsrud & C. Yoshida/Petersson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1002000X 30

Draw 8

Team 2:30 pm

Sheet A12345678FinalPoints
North America (Roth)00210101 50.5
World (Hasselborg) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01002020 50.5
Sheet B12345678FinalPoints
North America (Gushue) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg2120101X 71
World (Ulsrud)0001010X 20
Sheet C12345678FinalPoints
North America (Homan) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0100100X 20
World (Fujisawa)0021031X 71

Draw 9

Team 7:00 pm

Sheet A12345678FinalPoints
North America (Shuster)02020030 70.5
World (de Cruz) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20200102 70.5
Sheet B12345678FinalPoints
North America (Englot) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0002020X 40
World (Tirinzoni)5020101X 91
Sheet C12345678FinalPoints
North America (Koe)00402201 91
World (Edin) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg02030010 60

Sunday, January 14

Draw 10

Skins 2:30 pm

Values (points)½½½½½½115
Sheet A12345678Total
North America (Roth)XXX2
World (Fujisawa)Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svgXXXXX3
Values (points)½½½½½½115
Sheet B12345678Total
North America (Kennedy/Cameron/Hebert/Wilson)XX0X2
World (Eriksson/Hasselborg/Sundgren/Mabergs)Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0XXX3
Values (points)½½½½½½115
Sheet C12345678Total
North America (Shuster)XXXX4
World (de Cruz) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg000X1

Draw 11

Skins 7:00 pm

Values (points)½½½½½½115
Sheet A12345678ButtonTotal
North America (Homan)X00X02
World (Tirinzoni)Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svgXXXX3
Values (points)½½½½½½115
Sheet B12345678ButtonTotal
North America (Koe/Englot/Laing/Westcott)XXXX2.5
World (Edin/McManus/Wranå/Knochenhauer) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svgXXX0X2.5
Values (points)½½½½½½115
Team12345678Total
North America (Gushue) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg000X2
World (Ulsrud)00XX3

Tiebreaker

After all events, Team North America and Team World were tied at 30 points each. The tiebreak was a draw to the button with each team selecting a thrower. Brad Gushue for Team North America won the draw over Thomas Ulsrud for Team World.

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