2016 Continental Cup of Curling

2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling
Host city Paradise, Nevada[1]
Arena Orleans Arena
Dates January 14–17
Winner North America
Runner-up World
Score 30.5 – 29.5, North America
Score Breakdown
Discipline NA World
Team Round 1 1.5 1.5
Mixed Doubles Round 1 1.5 1.5
Team Round 2 1 2
Team Round 3 3 0
Mixed Doubles Round 2 1 2
Team Round 4 0 3
Mixed Doubles Round 3 2 4
Team Round 5 2.5 0.5
Team Round 6 2 1
Skins Round 1 8 7
Skins Round 2 8 7
Total 30.5 29.5

The 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling will be held from January 14 to 17 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. This marks the second edition of the Continental Cup held outside of Canada. The Continental Cup will feature team events, mixed doubles events, and skins competitions, and the brunt of the points will be in the skins competitions. TSN will broadcast the event, as it has in previous years.

Competition format

This edition of the Continental Cup will use a similar format as that of the previous year, with the main difference being the elimination of the singles event, which will be replaced by an additional mixed doubles event. Out of the sixty total points available, a majority of points will be needed to win the cup. The mixed doubles, and team games will be worth one point each, and ties will be worth one half point each to both teams. The skins games will be worth a total of five points. Six mixed doubles and six singles games will be 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 will compete against each other in the competition. Four teams from Canada earn the right to represent Team North America by virtue of winning certain events, namely the Canada Cup of Curling and the Canadian National Championships (the Brier and the Tournament of Hearts). Two teams from the United States, namely the winners of the United States National Championships, 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.[2][3] For Team North America, the teams participating include Canada Cup champions Kevin Koe and Rachel Homan, Tournament of Hearts champion Jennifer Jones, Brier champion Pat Simmons, and United States national champions Erika Brown and John Shuster. For Team World, the teams participating include reigning women's world champion Alina Pätz, Olympic bronze medallist Eve Muirhead, two-time world champion Niklas Edin, Japanese women's national champion Ayumi Ogasawara, Chinese men's national champion Zang Jialiang, and world champion Thomas Ulsrud.

Team Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Team
North
America 		Erika Brown Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson United States Madison, Wisconsin
Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jill Officer Dawn McEwen Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba
Rachel Homan Emma Miskew Joanne Courtney Lisa Weagle Canada Ottawa, Ontario
Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Brent Laing Ben Hebert Canada Calgary, Alberta
Pat Simmons John Morris Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen Canada Calgary, Alberta
John Shuster Tyler George Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner United States Duluth, Minnesota
Coach: Canada Rick Lang, Captain: United States Ann Swisshelm
Team
World 		Alina Pätz Nadine Lehmann Marisa Winkelhausen Nicole Schwägli Switzerland Baden
Eve Muirhead Anna Sloan Vicki Adams Sarah Reid Scotland Stirling
Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Kristian Lindström Christoffer Sundgren Sweden Karlstad
Ayumi Ogasawara Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Japan Sapporo
Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Norway Oslo
Zang Jialiang Xu Xiaoming Ba Dexin Wang Jinbo China Harbin
Coach: Norway Pål Trulsen, Captain: Germany Andy Kapp

Events

All times listed are in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8).[4] The draws for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were released on Wednesday night,[5] and the draws for Sunday will be released on Saturday afternoon.

Thursday, January 14

Team 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Homan) 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 8

½
World (Muirhead) 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 8

½
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Koe) 0 3 0 5 0 1 0 X 9

1
World (Ulsrud) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 5

0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Brown) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2

0
World (Pätz) 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 X 8

1

Mixed doubles 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Hebert/Miskew) 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 6

0
World (Ulsrud/Adams) 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 8

1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Kennedy/Lawes) 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 6

½
World (Nergård/Muirhead) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 6

½
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Rycroft/Brown) 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 9

1
World (Svae/Sloan) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 6

0

Team 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Simmons) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 6

0
World (Zang) 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 7

1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Jones) 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 X 8

1
World (Ogasawara) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3

0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Shuster) 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 5

0
World (Edin) 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 7

1

Friday, January 15

Team 8:30 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Jones) 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 X 6

1
World (Pätz) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 3

0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Shuster) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 6

1
World (Zang) 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 5

0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Homan) 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 X 7

1
World (Ogasawara) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1

0

Mixed doubles 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Laing/Jones) 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 7

0
World (Sundgren/Pätz) 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 9

1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (George/Nicholson) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 2

0
World (Xu/Winkelhausen) 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 X 8

1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Morris/Homan) 2 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 10

1
World (Eriksson/Yoshimura) 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 6

0

Team 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Koe) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3

0
World (Edin) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4

1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Brown) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2

0
World (Muirhead) 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 X 6

1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Simmons) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5

0
World (Ulsrud) 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 7

1

Saturday, January 16

Mixed doubles 9:00 am

After the first four ends, the players on each team were replaced with new players.

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Weagle/Thiessen/Courtney/Koe) 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 X 4

0
World (Petersson/Reid/Ohmiya/Edin) 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 X 8

2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Shuster/McEwen/Officer/Hamilton) 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 6

2
World (Lindström/Lehmann/Schwägli/Zang) 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5

0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Simmons/Joraanstad/Pottinger/Landsteiner) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3

0
World (Ba/Onodera/Ogasawara/Wang) 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 X 9

2

Team 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Brown) 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 X 7

1
World (Ogasawara) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2

0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Simmons) 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4

½
World (Edin) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4

½
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Jones) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 6

1
World (Muirhead) 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5

0

Team 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Shuster) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3

0
World (Ulsrud) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 5

1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Homan) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 5

1
World (Pätz) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3

0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Koe) 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 X 7

1
World (Zang) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2

0

Sunday, January 17

Skins 1:00 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 (Shuster) X X X X 3

World (Zang) 0 0 0 X 2

Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
North America (Simmons/Lawes/Rycroft/Officer) X X X X X 2½

World (Ulsrud/Pätz/Svae/Schwägli) X X X 2½

Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
North America (Brown) X 0 0 X X 2½

World (Ogasawara) 0 X X 2½

Skins 6:30 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 (Koe) X X 0 1

World (Edin) X X X 0 X 4

Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
North America (Morris/Pottinger/Thiessen/Nicholson) X X X X X 3

World (Nergård/Lehmann/Petersson/Winkelhausen) X X 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 (Jones) 0 0 X 0 X 4

World (Muirhead) 0 0 X 1

References

  1. ↑ "World Financial Group Continental Cup returns to Las Vegas". Curling Canada. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Team World named for World Financial Group Continental Cup". Curling Canada. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "U.S. squads decided for World Financial Group Continental Cup". Curling Canada. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling – Draw Schedule". Curling Canada. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Early matchups set for 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup". Curling Canada. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

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