The First Leg of the

2018–19 Curling World Cup The 2018–19 Curling World Cup was the first edition of the Curling World Cup, held between men's, women's, and mixed doubles teams. It had three legs and a Grand Final, taking place in Suzhou, China, Omaha, United States, Jönköping, Sweden, ...

took place from September 12 to 16, 2018 at the Suzhou Olympic Sports Center in

Suzhou Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. Canada had a clean sweep, winning all three disciplines.

Rachel Homan Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curler. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a three-time Canadian national champion, and the 2017 world champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Cana ...

's team beat out the Swedish

Anna Hasselborg Anna Ellinor Hasselborg (born 5 May 1989) is a Swedish curler who is the 2018 Olympic Champion in women's curling, and a former World Junior Champion skip. In November 2019, she became the first curler in history to reign as the simultaneous ho ...

rink in the women's final, team

Kevin Koe Kevin Koe ( ; born January 11, 1975) is a Canadian curler. Koe is a two-time World champion and four-time Canadian champion. He was the skip of the Canadian men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Originally from Yellowknife, N ...

defeated Norway's

Steffen Walstad Steffen Walstad (born February 10, 1989 in Oppdal) is a Norwegian curler from Oppdal. He currently skips his own team. Career Juniors Walstad played in three World Junior Curling Championships, from 2008 to 2010 inclusive. At the 2008 World J ...

in the men's event, and Laura Walker and

Kirk Muyres Kirk Lyle Muyres (born June 29, 1990) is a Canadian curler. He is a former Canadian junior champion. Career Juniors As a youth, Muyres was a member of the Saskatchewan team at the 2007 Canada Winter Games, where he played 5th. For much of his ...

beat out Sarah Anderson and

Korey Dropkin Korey Dropkin (born June 11, 1995) is an American curler originally from Southborough, Massachusetts. Curling career Juniors As a junior curler, Dropkin won three United States Junior Curling Championships, playing third for brother Stephen ...

from the United States for mixed doubles gold.

Format

Curling World Cup matches have eight ends, rather than the standard ten ends. Ties after eight ends will be decided by a shoot-out, with each team throwing a stone and the one closest to the button winning. A win in eight or fewer ends will earn a team 3 points, a shoot-out win 2 points, a shoot-out less 1 point, and 0 points for a loss in eight or fewer ends. Each event will have eight teams in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles tournament. The teams will be split into two groups of four, based on the Curling World Cup rankings, whereby the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th, ranked teams will be in one group and the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th ranked teams in the other. The first place teams in each group will play against each other in the final. In the event of a tie for first place, a shoot-out will be used, with the same format used to decide matches tied after eight ends.

Qualification

For the first three legs of the Curling World Cup, the eight spots in the tournament are allocated to each of the hosting member associations, the highest ranked member association in each zone (the Americas, European, and Pacific-Asia), and two teams chosen by the World Curling Federation. Member associations may choose to send the same teams to all three legs or have different teams. The following countries qualified for each discipline:

Women

Teams

Round-robin standings

''After Draw 15''

Round-robin results

Draw 1

''Wednesday, September 12, 15:00''

Draw 4

''Thursday, September 13, 08:30''

Draw 5

''Thursday, September 13, 12:00''

Draw 6

''Thursday, September 13, 16:00''

Draw 7

''Thursday, September 13, 19:30''

Draw 8

''Friday, September 15, 08:30''

Draw 9

''Friday, September 15, 12:00''

Draw 10

''Friday, September 15, 16:00''

Draw 11

''Friday, September 15, 19:30''

Draw 12

''Saturday, September 16, 08:30''

Draw 13

''Saturday, September 16, 12:00''

Draw 15

''Saturday, September 16, 19:30''

Final

''Sunday, September 17, 12:00''

Men

Teams

Round-robin standings

''After Draw 15''

Round-robin results

Draw 3

''Wednesday, September 12, 21:00''

Draw 5

''Thursday, September 13, 12:00''

Draw 7

''Thursday, September 13, 19:30''

Draw 9

''Friday, September 14, 12:00''

Draw 10

''Friday, September 14, 16:00''

Draw 12

''Saturday, September 15, 08:30''

Draw 14

''Saturday, September 15, 16:00''

Draw 15

''Saturday, September 15, 19:30''

Final

''Sunday, September 17, 16:00''

Mixed doubles

Teams

Round-robin standings

''After Draw 14''

Round-robin results

Draw 2

''Wednesday, September 12, 18:30''

Draw 4

''Thursday, September 13, 08:30''

Draw 6

''Thursday, September 13, 16:00''

Draw 8

''Friday, September 14, 08:30''

Draw 9

''Friday, September 14, 12:00''

Draw 10

''Friday, September 14, 16:00''

Draw 11

''Friday, September 14, 19:30''

Draw 13

''Saturday, September 15, 12:00''

Draw 14

''Saturday, September 15, 16:00''

Final

''Sunday, September 16, 08:30''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2018-19 Curling World Cup - First Leg Curling World Cup Curling World Cup – First Leg Sport in Suzhou International curling competitions hosted by China Curling World Cup – First Leg Curling World Cup – First Leg