2016 Continental Cup of Curling

The 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held from January 14 to 17 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. This marked the second edition of the Continental Cup to be held outside of Canada. The Continental Cup featured team events, mixed doubles events, and skins competitions, with most points available in the skins competitions. TSN broadcast the event, as it had in previous years.

2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling
Host cityParadise, Nevada[1]
ArenaOrleans Arena
DatesJanuary 14–17
WinnerTeam 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
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The total attendance for the event was 62,498, the highest in Cup history (as of 2017).[2]

Competition format

This edition of the Continental Cup used a similar format as that of the previous year, with the main difference being the elimination of the singles event, which was replaced by an additional mixed doubles event. Out of the sixty total points available, a majority of points were needed to win the cup. The mixed doubles, and team games were worth one point each, with ties being worth one half point each to both teams. The skins games were worth a total of five points. Six mixed doubles and six singles games were 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 competed against each other in the competition. Four teams from Canada earned 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 were announced as representatives of their respective regions.[3][4] For Team North America, the teams participating included 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.

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadLocale
Team
North
America		Erika BrownAllison PottingerNicole JoraanstadNatalie Nicholson Madison, Wisconsin
Jennifer JonesKaitlyn LawesJill OfficerDawn McEwen Winnipeg, Manitoba
Rachel HomanEmma MiskewJoanne CourtneyLisa Weagle Ottawa, Ontario
Kevin KoeMarc KennedyBrent LaingBen Hebert Calgary, Alberta
Pat SimmonsJohn MorrisCarter RycroftNolan Thiessen Calgary, Alberta
John ShusterTyler GeorgeMatt HamiltonJohn Landsteiner Duluth, Minnesota
Coach: Rick Lang, Captain: Ann Swisshelm
Team
World		Alina PätzNadine LehmannMarisa WinkelhausenNicole Schwägli Baden
Eve MuirheadAnna SloanVicki AdamsSarah Reid Stirling
Niklas EdinOskar ErikssonKristian LindströmChristoffer Sundgren Karlstad
Ayumi OgasawaraSayaka YoshimuraKaho OnoderaAnna Ohmiya Sapporo
Thomas UlsrudTorger NergårdChristoffer SvaeHåvard Vad Petersson Oslo
Zang JialiangXu XiaomingBa DexinWang Jinbo Harbin
Coach: Pål Trulsen, Captain: Andy Kapp

Events

All times listed are in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8).[5] The draws for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were released on Wednesday night,[6] 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 A 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 15
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Total
North America (Shuster) X X X X 3
World (Zang) 0 0 0 X 2
Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 15
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Total
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 15
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Total
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 15
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Total
North America (Koe) X X 0 1
World (Edin) X X X 0 X 4
Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 15
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Total
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 15
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Total
North America (Jones) 0 0 X 0 X 4
World (Muirhead) 0 0 X 1
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References
  1. "World Financial Group Continental Cup returns to Las Vegas". Curling Canada. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. http://www.curling.ca/2017continentalcup/2017/01/16/team-north-america-captures-title-at-2017-world-financial-group-continental-cup/
  3. "Team World named for World Financial Group Continental Cup". Curling Canada. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  4. "U.S. squads decided for World Financial Group Continental Cup". Curling Canada. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  5. "2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling – Draw Schedule". Curling Canada. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  6. "Early matchups set for 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup". Curling Canada. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
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