2021 The Challenger | |
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Host city | Basel, Switzerland |
Arena | Curlingzentrum Region Basel |
Dates | September 24–26 |
Winner | Team GB Red |
Curling club | National CA, Stirling |
Skip | Eve Muirhead |
Third | Vicky Wright |
Second | Jennifer Dodds |
Lead | Hailey Duff |
Finalist | Irene Schori |
The 2021 The Challenger was held from September 24 to 26 at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Basel, Switzerland. [1] The event was held in a round-robin format with a purse of CHF 4,200.
Team GB Red won the event, topping the previously undefeated Irene Schori 7–5 in the final. [2] GB Red consisted of Eve Muirhead, Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds and Hailey Duff. Team Schori topped the round robin with a 4–0 record, followed by GB Red, Silvana Tirinzoni and Anna Hasselborg all at 3–1. Schori then defeated Hasselborg 6–4 in one semifinal and Muirhead's team beat Tirinzoni 7–5 in the other. Teams Kaldvee, Raphaela Keiser, Nora Wüest and GB Blue (Gina Aitken) all missed the playoffs.
The teams are listed as follows: [3]
Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
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Gina Aitken [lower-alpha 1] | Lauren Gray | Rebecca Morrison | Mili Smith | Sophie Sinclair | Stirling, Scotland |
Anna Hasselborg | Sara McManus | Agnes Knochenhauer | Sofia Mabergs | Sundbyberg, Sweden | |
Selina Witschonke (Fourth) | Elena Mathis | Raphaela Keiser (Skip) | Marina Lörtscher | St. Moritz, Switzerland | |
Eve Muirhead [lower-alpha 1] | Vicky Wright | Jennifer Dodds | Hailey Duff | Stirling, Scotland | |
Irene Schori | Carole Howald | Lara Stocker | Stefanie Berset | Langenthal, Switzerland | |
Alina Pätz (Fourth) | Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) | Esther Neuenschwander | Melanie Barbezat | Aarau, Switzerland | |
Kerli Laidsalu (Fourth) | Liisa Turmann (Skip) | Heili Grossmann | Erika Tuvike | Tallinn, Estonia | |
Ladina Müller (Fourth) | Nora Wüest (Skip) | Anna Stern | Karin Winter | Lisa Gugler | Wetzikon, Switzerland |
Final Round Robin Standings [5]
Key | |
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Teams to Playoffs |
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All draw times listed in Central European Time (UTC+01:00). [6]
Friday, September 24, 1:00 pm
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Anna Hasselborg | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
Liisa Turmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Irene Schori | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | X | 8 |
Raphaela Keiser | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Nora Wüest | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Silvana Tirinzoni | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
GB Red | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 10 |
GB Blue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
Friday, September 24, 6:00 pm
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
GB Red | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Raphaela Keiser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Irene Schori | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Silvana Tirinzoni | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Anna Hasselborg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | X | X | X | 7 |
GB Blue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Nora Wüest | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
Liisa Turmann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
Saturday, September 25, 9:00 am
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Nora Wüest | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | X | 11 |
GB Blue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
GB Red | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
Silvana Tirinzoni | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 5 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Anna Hasselborg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
Raphaela Keiser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Irene Schori | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 6 |
Liisa Turmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
Saturday, September 25, 2:00 pm
Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Anna Hasselborg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
Silvana Tirinzoni | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Irene Schori | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
GB Blue | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
GB Red | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 7 |
Liisa Turmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Raphaela Keiser | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 7 |
Nora Wüest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
Source: [7]
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
1 | Irene Schori | 6 | |||||||
4 | Anna Hasselborg | 4 | |||||||
1 | Irene Schori | 5 | |||||||
2 | GB Red | 7 | |||||||
2 | GB Red | 7 | |||||||
3 | Silvana Tirinzoni | 5 |
Saturday, September 25, 7:00 pm
Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Irene Schori | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Anna Hasselborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
GB Red | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Silvana Tirinzoni | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Sunday, September 26, 10:00 am
Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Irene Schori | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
GB Red | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
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