The 2019 WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup was held from September 29 to October 3 in

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. The total purse for the event was

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55,000,000 on both the men's and women's sides. The event had a mix of teams from Canada, Italy, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, United States, and the host South Korea. In the Men's event, Canada's Mike McEwen won their first event of the season by defeating Olympic gold medalist

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from the United States 7–4 in the final. Canada's

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won the bronze medal with a 10–4 victory over South Korea's

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. In the Women's event, USA's

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with

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throwing skip rocks defeated Olympic silver medalists Kim Kyeong-ae who took over skipping duties for Kim Eun-jung 5–4 in an extra end. Switzerland's

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took the bronze medal by defeating South Korea's Kim Min-ji 6–4.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC+09:00).

Draw 1

''Sunday, September 29, 7:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Monday, September 30, 3:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Tuesday, October 1, 7:00 am''

Draw 7

''Tuesday, October 1, 3:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Wednesday, October 2, 7:00 am''

Draw 10

''Wednesday, October 2, 11:00 am''

Playoffs

Source:

Semifinals

''Wednesday, October 2, 7:00 pm''

Bronze medal game

''Thursday, October 3, 1:00 pm''

Final

''Thursday, October 3, 5:00 pm''

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC+09:00).

Draw 2

''Monday, September 30, 11:00 am''

Draw 4

''Monday, September 30, 7:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Tuesday, October 1, 11:00 am''

Draw 8

''Tuesday, October 1, 7:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Wednesday, October 2, 7:00 am''

Draw 11

''Wednesday, October 2, 3:00 pm''

Playoffs

Source:

Semifinals

''Thursday, October 3, 9:00 am''

Bronze medal game

''Thursday, October 3, 1:00 pm''

Final

''Thursday, October 3, 5:00 pm''

Notes

References

External links

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