2019 World Financial Group Continental Cup |
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Host city | Paradise, Nevada |
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Arena | Orleans Arena |
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Dates | January 17–20 |
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Winner | Team World |
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Score Breakdown |
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Discipline | NA | World |
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Draw 1 – Mixed doubles | 0 | 3 |
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Draw 2 – Mixed doubles | 0 | 3 |
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Draw 3 – Women's team play | 0 | 3 |
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Draw 4 – Mixed doubles | 1 | 2 |
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Draw 5 – Mixed Doubles | 3 | 0 |
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Draw 6 – Men's team play | 0.5 | 2.5 |
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Draw 7 – Women’s scramble | 0.5 | 2.5 |
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Draw 8 – Men’s scramble | 1.5 | 1.5 |
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Draw 9 – Mixed scramble | 6 | 0 |
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Draw 10 – Skins | 3.5 | 11.5 |
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Draw 11 – Skins | 10 | 5 |
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Total | 26 | 34 |
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The 2019 World Financial Group Continental Cup was held from January 17 to 20 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.[1] This was the fourth time the event is being held in Paradise and the fourth time outside Canada. The event featured new team scramble competitions, with players from different traditional teams competing together, along with the mixed doubles, team, and skins competitions seen in previous years.
Team World was in the lead for the entirety of the event. However, a strong performance from Team North America in the final skins draw, holding Team World to 0.5 points in the first seven ends of all three matches, led to the winner being decided in the eighth and final end. The cup was decided in the women's game when Eve Muirhead made a hit and stick to win a skin worth 2.5 points against Team Rachel Homan to clinch the title.
The final result was a 34–26 victory for Team World, their first win since 2012. Team World collected CAD$85,000; Team North America collected CAD$45,000.[2]
This edition of the Continental Cup will use a new format. There will be sixty points available, distributed as follows:
Event | Games | Points | Total points |
Teams | 6 | 1 | 6 |
Mixed doubles | 12 | 1 | 12 |
Team scramble | 6 | 1 | 6 |
Mixed team scramble | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Skins | 6 | 5 | 30 |
Total | 33 | N/A | 60 |
The number of traditional team games is reduced under this format, with each team now playing in only one traditional team game instead of three as in past years. There is one additional mixed doubles draw, eliminating the practice of having the third mixed doubles game consisting of two pairs of players who switch after four ends of play; this in turn ensures that all players are involved in one full mixed doubles game.
The two new events are the team scramble and mixed team scramble. The team scramble will be a mix of the traditional teams into same-gender lineups. Front-end or back-end teammates cannot stay together, but a back-end player may play with a front-end teammate. The mixed teams scramble will use mixed teams, with at least one team per side skipped by a female.[3] There is one men's team scramble draw and one women's team scramble draw, with each game worth one point; each game in the single mixed scramble draw is worth two points.
Teams
[4][3]
Events
All draw times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7:00).[5]
Thursday, January 17
Draw 1
Mixed doubles 8:30 am
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | Points |
North America (Homan/Koe) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 | 0 |
World (Dodds/Mouat) | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | X | 12 | 1 |
Draw 2
Mixed doubles 1:30 pm
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | Points |
North America (Jones/Nichols) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
World (Pätz/Michel) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | Points |
North America (Lawes/G. Walker) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 0 |
World (Knochenhauer/Wranå) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 8 | 1 |
Draw 3
Women's team play 6:30 pm
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | Points |
North America (Jones) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
World (Muirhead) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | Points |
North America (Homan) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 0 |
World (Hasselborg) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 8 | 1 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | Points |
North America (Sinclair) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
World (Tirinzoni) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Friday, January 18
Draw 4
Mixed doubles 8:30 am
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | Points |
North America (S. Anderson/Landsteiner) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
World (Muirhead/Lammie) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Draw 5
Mixed doubles 1:30 pm
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | Points |
North America (Miskew/Hamilton) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 | 1 |
World (Gray/Hardie) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 0 |
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | Points |
North America (Sinclair/Plys) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
World (McManus/Edin) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | Points |
North America (T. Anderson/Flasch) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
World (Barbezat/Tanner) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Draw 6
Men's team play 6:30 pm[6]
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | Points |
North America (Koe) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 | 0 |
World (de Cruz) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 | 1 |
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | Points |
North America (Shuster) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
World (Edin) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | Points |
North America (Gushue) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 |
World (Mouat) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.5 |
Saturday, January 19
Draw 7
Women's team scramble 8:30 am
Draw 8
Men's team scramble 1:30 pm
Draw 9
Mixed team scramble 6:30 pm
Sunday, January 20
Draw 10
Skins 11:00 am
Values (points) | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | | 5 |
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Button | Total |
North America (Jones) | | | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | X | | | 3 |
World (Tirinzoni) | 0 | X | | | | | | 0 | X | 2 |
Values (points) | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
North America (Shuster) | | | | | | | | | 0 |
World (de Cruz) | 0 | X | X | X | 0 | X | 0 | X | 5 |
Draw 11
Skins 4:00 pm
Values (points) | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
North America (Homan) | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | | | | 2.5 |
World (Muirhead) | | | | | | 0 | 0 | X | 2.5 |
Values (points) | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
North America (Koe) | 0 | X | X | X | X | | X | | 3.5 |
World (Mouat) | | | | | | X | | X | 1.5 |
References
- ^ Cameron, Al (April 8, 2018). "Canada falls short in gold-medal game; WFG Continental Cup returning to Vegas". Curling Canada. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
- ^ "TEAM WORLD NAILS DOWN WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP CONTINENTAL CUP VICTORY". Curling Canada. January 20, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ^ a b "Lineups, new format set for 2019 WFG Continental Cup in Las Vegas". Curling Canada. September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- ^ "Teams". lasvegascurlingrocks. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
- ^ "Draw Schedule". Retrieved October 23, 2018.
- ^ @CurlingCanada (January 18, 2019). "REMINDER: If you're coming to watch draw 6 at @therealwfg Continental Cup, please note that the game time is 6:30 p.m. (not 7 p.m.) https://www.curling.ca/2019continentalcup/ … #ContCup2019" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
- "Official website". Archived from the original on March 5, 2019.
- Media Guide (web archive)