Curling Continental Cup

The Curling Continental Cup is an annual curling tournament , except in the Olympic season, between teams from North America and the rest of the world. Each team consists of 6 teams (3 women and 3 men). The model is the Ryder Cup for golfers.

Attendees

The World Curling Federation determines the team of the world team. The North American team consists of 4 Canadian teams from the Canadian Curling Association and 2 teams from the United States from the United States Curling Association .

Mixed

year	Mixed doubles winner	Result
2002	Europe	24:12
2003	North America	24:12
2004	North America	21:15
2006	North America	24:12
2007	North America	27: 9
2008	world	27: 9

singles

There are six individual encounters (three per gender). The winner receives four points per encounter. In addition, the team with the better total number of points receives eight additional points.

The game has the following point system:

• 0 points for a missing stone
• 1 point if the stone remains in play but does not land in the house
• A higher score depends on where the stone finally lands, up to a maximum of 5 points when the stone lands in the center.

year	Winning team	Result	Best player	Best player
2002	Europe	24: 8	Kevin Martin (27 points)	Katarina Nyberg (24 points)
2003	Europe	20:12	Magnus Swartling (22 points)	Marianne Haslum (15 points)
2004	North America	28: 4	Randy Ferbey (21 points)	Patti Lank (20 points)
2006	Europe	18:14	Flemming Davanger (22 points) Markku Uusipaavalniemi (22 points)	Kelly Scott (22 points)
2007	North America	28: 4	Team Glenn Howard (26 points)	Team Jennifer Jones (26 points)
2008	world	22:10	Team Wang Fengchun (20 points)	Team Wang Bingyu (18 points)

team

The team section consists of 12 eight-end games, with each team playing 2 games. The winner gets 6 points, in case of a tie each team gets 3 points.

year	Winning team	Result
2002	North America	48:24
2003	Europe	42:30
2004	North America	45:27
2006	draw	36:36
2007	draw	36:36
2008	world	45:27

Skins

This is the last section and the one where you can get the most points.

The points for the games are distributed as follows:

game	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
20 points (2007-current)	1	1	2	2	2	2	4th	6th
30 points (2002-2006)	2	2	3	3	3	4th	6th	7th
30 points (2007-current)	1	1	3	3	3	4th	6th	9
40 points (2002-2006)	2	2	4th	4th	5	6th	7th	10
55 points (2007-current)	4th	4th	5	6th	6th	8th	10	12
60 points (2002-2006)	4th	4th	6th	6th	7th	9	11	13

year	Skins winner	Points	Men's	Ladies
2002	North America	139: 121	Kevin Martin 43:17 Peja Lindholm	Colleen Jones 41:19 Elisabet Gustafson
2003	Europe	134: 113	Randy Ferbey 30:17 Peja Lindholm	Anette Norberg 60: 0 Sherry Middaugh
2004	North America	134: 126	Randy Ferbey 47:13 Peja Lindholm	Anette Norberg 41:19 Colleen Jones
2006	Europe	163: 97	Brad Gushue 43:17 David Murdoch	Anette Norberg 32:28 Shannon Kleibrink
2007	North America	199: 61	Glenn Howard 47: 8 David Murdoch	Kelly Scott 33:22 Kelly Wood
2008	North America	150: 110	Kevin Martin 40:15 Thomas Ulsrud	Anette Norberg 41:14 Jennifer Jones

Continental Cups

year	venue	winner	North America	World / Europe
2002 details	Regina , Saskatchewan	North America	207	193
2003 details	Thunder Bay , Ontario	Europe	208	179
2004 details	Medicine Hat , Alberta	North America	228	172
2006 details	Chilliwack , British Columbia	Europe	229	171
2007 details	Medicine Hat , Alberta	North America	290	110
2008 details	Camrose , Alberta	World team	208	192
2011 details	St. Albert , Alberta	North America	298	102
2012 details	Langley , British Columbia	World team	165	235
2013 details	Penticton , British Columbia	North America	37	23
2014 details	Las Vegas , Nevada	North America	36	24
2015 details	Calgary , Alberta	Canada	42	18th
2016 details	Las Vegas , Nevada

Web links

• Website of the Curling Continental Cup (English)