Curling World Cup 2018/19

The Curling World Cup 2018/19 is the first edition of the newly introduced 2018 Curling World Cup . It will be held from September 2018 to May 2019 with a series of four tournaments for women, men and mixed doubles teams.

qualification

Tournaments 1, 2 and 3

Eight nations are each qualified for the first three tournaments. The World Curling Federation nominates two nations per tournament. The three host countries as well as the highest ranked nation from Europe, America and Pacific-Asia are also qualified. Which team plays is determined by the national associations. You can send the same team to all three tournaments, but you don't have to.

The following nations are qualified:

qualification	Women	Men	Mixed doubles
Host nations	People's Republic of China	People's Republic of China	People's Republic of China
United States	United States	United States
Sweden	Sweden	Sweden
Best-placed nation America	Canada	Canada	Canada
Best-placed nation Europe	Scotland	Switzerland	Switzerland
Best-placed nation Pacific-Asia	South Korea	Japan	South Korea
Nominated by the World Curling Federation	Japan	Norway	Russia
Russia	Scotland	Norway

Final tournament

The host China, the winners of the first three tournaments, the reigning world champion, a specially invited team and the two best-placed teams in the World Cup rankings after the winners are qualified for the final tournament (Grand Final). If the same team of a nation wins more than one tournament, it receives a starting place, the further place or places are allocated according to the World Cup ranking list. If different teams from a nation win more than one tournament, they are each also qualified for the Grand Final.

Tournament 1

The first tournament ( First Leg ) took place from September 12 to 16, 2018 at the Suzhou Sports Center in Suzhou , People's Republic of China .

Women

Teams

People's Republic of China	Japan	Canada	Russia
Fourth: Jiang Yilun Skip: Liu Sijia Second: Dong Ziqi Lead: Jiang Xindi	Skip: Satsuki Fujisawa Third: Chinami Yoshida Second: Yūmi Suzuki Lead: Yurika Yoshida	Skip: Rachel Homan Third: Emma Miskew Second: Joanne Courtney Lead: Lisa Weagle	Skip: Anna Sidorowa Third: Margarita Fomina Second: Julija Portunowa Lead: Julija Gusijowa
Scotland	Sweden	South Korea	United States
Skip: Jennifer Dodds Third: Vicki Chalmers Second: Vicky Wright Lead: Lauren Gray	Skip: Anna Hasselborg Third: Sara McManus Second: Agnes Kniehauer Lead: Sofia Mabergs	Skip: Kim Min-ji Third: Kim Hye-rin Second: Yang Tae-i Lead: Kim Su-jin	Fourth: Nina Roth Skip: Tabitha Peterson Second: Aileen Geving Lead: Becca Hamilton

Final score round robin

Group A
country	Skip	Victories	Dutch	Points
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	5	1	15th
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	3	3	9
People's Republic of China	Liu Sijia	2	4th	6th
Scotland	Jennifer Dodds	2	4th	6th

Group B
country	Skip	Victories	Dutch	Points
Canada	Rachel Homan	5	1	15th
Russia	Anna Sidorova	3	3	9
United States	Nina Roth	3	3	9
South Korea	Kim Min-ji	1	5	3

final

Sunday, September 17th, 12:00

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	total
Canada		0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	7th
Sweden		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3

Men

Teams

People's Republic of China	Japan	Canada	Norway
Skip: Zang Jialiang Third: Ba Dexin Second: Ma Yanlong Lead: Wang Jinbo	Fourth: Go Aoki Skip: Masaki Iwai Second: Ryotaro Shukuya Lead: Kouki Ogiwara	Skip: Kevin Koe Third: BJ Neufeld Second: Colton Flasch Lead: Ben Hebert	Skip: Steffen Walstad Third: Markus Høiberg Second: Magnus Nedregotten Lead: Magnus Vågberg
Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Skip: Bruce Mouat Third: Grant Hardie Second: Bobby Lammie Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.	Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren	Fourth: Benoît Schwarz Third: Sven Michel Skip: Peter de Cruz Lead: Valentin Tanner	Fourth: Rich Ruohonen Skip: Greg Persinger Second: Sean Beighton Lead: Kroy Nernberger

Final score round robin

Group A
country	Skip	Victories	Dutch	Points
Norway	Steffen Walstad	5	1	15th
Sweden	Niklas Edin	3	3	8th
United States	Rich Ruohonen	2	4th	7th
People's Republic of China	Zang Jialiang	2	4th	6th

Group B
country	Skip	Victories	Dutch	Points
Canada	Kevin Koe	5	1	15th
Scotland	Bruce Mouat	4th	2	12
Switzerland	Peter de Cruz	3	3	9
Japan	Masaki Iwai	0	6th	0

final

Sunday, September 17th, 4:00 pm

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	total
Canada		0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	6th
Norway		1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	5

Mixed doubles

Teams

People's Republic of China	Canada	Norway	Russia
Woman: Yu Jiaxin Man: Wang Xiangkun	Woman: Laura Walker Man: Kirk Muyres	Woman: Kristin Skaslien Man: Sander Rølvåg	Woman: Marija Komarowa Man: Daniil Goryachev
Sweden	Switzerland	South Korea	United States
Woman: Therese Westman Man: Robin Ahlberg	Woman: Jenny Perret Man: Martin Rios	Woman: Jang Hye-ji Man: Choi Chi-won	Woman: Sarah Anderson Man: Korey Dropkin

Final score round robin

Group A
country	Victories	Dutch	Points
Canada	5	1	15th
Norway	3	3	9
Russia	2	4th	7th
Sweden	2	4th	5

Group B
country	Victories	Dutch	Points
United States	6th	0	18th
Switzerland	4th	2	12
People's Republic of China	1	5	3
South Korea	1	5	3

final

Sunday, September 17th, 8:30 am

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	total
United States		2	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	3
Canada		0	1	0	1	3	1	1	X	7th

Tournament 2

The second tournament ( Second Leg ) took place from December 5th to 9th, 2018 at the Ralston Arena in Omaha , USA .

Women

Teams

People's Republic of China	Japan	Canada	Russia
Skip: Yang Ying Third: He Ying Second: Meng Xu Lead: Sun Chengyu	Skip: Satsuki Fujisawa Third: Chinami Yoshida Second: Yūmi Suzuki Lead: Yurika Yoshida	Skip: Tracy Fleury Third: Selena Njegovan Second: Liz Fyfe Lead: Kristin MacCuish	Skip: Alina Kowaljowa Third: Anastassija Brysgalowa Second: Galina Arsenkina Lead: Jekaterina Kusmina
Scotland	Sweden	South Korea	United States
Skip: Eve Muirhead Third: Jennifer Dodds Second: Vicki Chalmers Lead: Lauren Gray	Skip: Anna Hasselborg Third: Sara McManus Second: Agnes Kniehauer Lead: Sofia Mabergs	Skip: Kim Min-ji Third: Kim Hye-rin Second: Yang Tae-i Lead: Kim Su-jin	Skip: Jamie Sinclair Third: Sarah Anderson Second: Taylor Anderson Lead: Monica Walker

Final score round robin

Group A
country	Skip	Victories	Dutch	Points
South Korea	Kim Min-ji	4th	2	12
Canada	Tracy Fleury	4th	2	12
Russia	Alina Kovalyova	2	4th	6th
United States	Jamie Sinclair	2	4th	6th

South Korea qualified for the final despite being tied on points, as the team beat Canada in both round robins.

Group B
country	Skip	Victories	Dutch	Points
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	5	1	15th
Scotland	Eve Muirhead	4th	2	12
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	3	3	9
People's Republic of China	Yang Ying	0	6th	0

final

Sunday 9 November at 12:00

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	total
South Korea		0	4th	0	1	1	0	0	0	6th
Japan		2	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	7th

Men

Teams

People's Republic of China	Japan	Canada	Norway
Skip: Zou Qiang Third: Wang Zhiyu Second: Shao Zhilin Lead: Xu Jingtao	Skip: Yuta Matsumura Third: Tetsurō Shimizu Second: Yasumasa Tanida Lead: Shinya Abe	Skip: Jason Gunnlaugson Third: Alex Forrest Second: Denni Neufeld Lead: Connor Njegovan	Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Petersson
Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Skip: Bruce Mouat Third: Grant Hardie Second: Bobby Lammie Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.	Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren	Skip: Yannick Schwaller Third: Romano Meier Second: Michael Brunner Lead: Marcel Kaufeler	Skip: John Shuster Third: Chris Plys Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner

Final score round robin

Group A
country	Skip	Victories	Dutch	Points
United States	John Shuster	5	1	15th
People's Republic of China	Zou Qiang	3	3	9
Scotland	Bruce Mouat	3	3	9
Canada	Jason Gunnlaugson	1	5	3

Group B
country	Skip	Victories	Dutch	Points
Sweden	Niklas Edin	5	1	15th
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	3	3	9
Japan	Yuta Matsumura	2	4th	6th
Switzerland	Yannick Schwaller	2	4th	6th

final

Sunday, November 9th, 4:00 pm

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	total
United States		0	1	0	0	0	1	1	X	3
Sweden		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1

Mixed doubles

Teams

People's Republic of China	Canada	Norway	Russia
Woman: Wang Rui Man: Ba Dexin	Woman: Kalynn Park Man: John Morris	Woman: Kristin Skaslien Man: Magnus Nedregotten	Woman: Anastassija Moskaljowa Man: Alexander Jerjomin
Sweden	Switzerland	South Korea	United States
Woman: Malin Wendel Man: Fabian Wingfors	Woman: Jenny Perret Man: Martin Rios	Woman: Jang Hye-ri Man: Choi Chi-won	Woman: Tabitha Peterson Man: Joe Polo

Final score round robin

Group A
country	Victories	Shoot-out victory	Shoot-Out-Niederl.	Dutch	Points
Switzerland	5	1	0	0	17th
South Korea	3	0	0	3	9
Canada	2	0	1	3	7th
Sweden	1	0	0	5	3

Group B
country	Victories	Shoot-out victory	Shoot-Out-Niederl.	Dutch	Points
Norway	4th	0	0	2	12
United States	3	1	0	2	11
People's Republic of China	2	0	1	3	7th
Russia	2	0	0	4th	6th

final

Sunday, November 9th, 8:30 am

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	total
Switzerland		4th	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	5
Norway		0	2	1	2	1	0	4th	X	10

Tournament 3

The third tournament ( Third Leg ) will take place from January 30th to February 3rd, 2019 at Jönköping Curling Club in Jönköping , Sweden .

Women

Teams

People's Republic of China	Japan	Canada	Russia
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:	Skip: Third: Second: Lead:	Skip: Jennifer Jones Third: Kaitlyn Lawes Second: Jocelyn Peterman Lead: Dawn McEwen	Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Scotland	Sweden	South Korea	United States
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:	Skip: Third: Second: Lead:	Skip: Third: Second: Lead:	Skip: Cory Christensen Third: Vicky Persinger Second: Jenna Martin Lead: Madison Bear

Final score round robin

final

Men

Teams

People's Republic of China	Japan	Canada	Norway
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:	Skip: Third: Second: Lead:	Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Brett Gallant Lead: Geoff Walker	Skip: Third: Second: Lead:
Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Skip: Third: Second: Lead:	Skip: Third: Second: Lead:	Skip: Third: Second: Lead:	Skip: Mark Fenner Third: Tom Howell Second: Korey Dropkin Lead: Alex Fenson

Final score round robin

final

Mixed doubles

Teams

People's Republic of China	Canada	Norway	Russia
Woman: man:	Woman: man:	Woman: man:	Woman: man:
Sweden	Switzerland	South Korea	United States
Woman: man:	Woman: man:	Woman: man:	Woman: Becca Hamilton Man: Matt Hamilton

Final score round robin

final

Final tournament (Grand Final)

The final tournament called Grand Final will take place from May 8th to 12th, 2019 in Beijing , People's Republic of China.

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ ^{a b c} Hosts announce teams to play in Suzhou. In: curlingworldcup.com. September 3, 2018, accessed September 10, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Japan confirm teams to compete in Suzhou. In: curlingworldcup.com. September 5, 2018, accessed September 10, 2018 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} 2018-19 National Team Program lineup, High Performance staff unveiled by Curling Canada. In: curling.ca. July 17, 2018, accessed August 6, 2018 . 
5. ^ Sidorova to represent Russia in Suzhou. In: curlingworldcup.com. August 30, 2018, accessed September 10, 2018 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Teams Mouat and Muirhead prepare for the first Curling World Cup in China. In: britishcurling.org.uk. August 28, 2018, accessed September 10, 2018 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Svensk Curling. In: facebook.com. July 27, 2018, accessed August 7, 2018 (Swedish). 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Surprise korean trieal Winner head to Suzhou. In: curlingworldcup.com. August 31, 2018, accessed September 10, 2018 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Teams announced for new World Cup of Curling events. In: teamusa.org. August 3, 2018, accessed on August 6, 2018 . 
10. ^ ^{A b} Norway announce their line-up for Suzhou. In: curlingworldcup.com. August 31, 2018, accessed September 10, 2018 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Swiss reveal line-up for Suzhou. In: curlingworldcup.com. August 29, 2018, accessed September 10, 2018 . 
12. ^ New-look Team Koe to fly flag for Canada in Suzhou. In: curlingworldcup.com. August 10, 2018, accessed on August 13, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Goriachev and Komarova hail 'dynamic' Curling World Cup format. In: curlingworldcup.com. August 6, 2018, accessed August 8, 2018 . 
14. ^ Asia rivals to meet again in Omaha women's final. In: curlingworldcup.com. December 9, 2018, accessed December 9, 2018 .