The 2018

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was held from January 11 to 14 at the Sports Centre at Western Fair District in

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. The Continental Cup featured team events, mixed doubles events, and skins competitions, and the brunt of the points was in the skins competitions.

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broadcast the event, as it has in previous years. North America won the event 30.5 points to 30, with an extra half point awarded in a draw to the button competition between

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and

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after a 30–30 tie after all events. North America collected

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$52,000 winner's cheque. World collected $26,000 loser's cheque and $13,000 Sunday skins bonus. The total attendance for the event was 16,017.

Competition format

This edition of the Continental Cup used a similar format as that of the previous year. 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, and ties were worth one half point each to both teams. The skins games were worth a total of five points. Nine mixed doubles 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

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(which were held in lieu of a

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in 2017) and the Canadian National Championships (the

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and the

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). Two teams from the United States, namely the top point-getters of American teams on the

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, were chosen to represent North America, and the teams representing Team World were selected by the

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. The teams in the table below have been announced as representatives of their respective regions. As

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had won both the 2017 Scotties and the 2017 Olympic Trials,

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and her team was invited as 2017 Scotties runners-up.

Events

All times listed are in

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( UTC−5).

Thursday, January 11

Draw 1

Team 9:30 am

Draw 2

Mixed doubles 2:30 pm

Draw 3

Team 7:00 pm

Friday, January 12

Draw 4

Team 9:30 am

Draw 5

Mixed doubles 2:30 pm

Draw 6

Team 7:00 pm

Saturday, January 13

Draw 7

Mixed doubles 9:30 am

Draw 8

Team 2:30 pm

Draw 9

Team 7:00 pm

Sunday, January 14

Draw 10

Skins 2:30 pm

Draw 11

Skins 7:00 pm

Tiebreaker

After all events, Team North America and Team World were tied at 30 points each. The tiebreak was a draw to the button with each team selecting a thrower.

for Team North America won the draw over

for Team World.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Continental Cup of Curling, 2018

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