The 2021
WCT Arctic Cup
The WCT Arctic Cup (previously known as the Taimyr Cup, the CCT Arctic Cup and the Nornickel Curling Cup) is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place in late May at the Taimyr Ice Arena in Dudinka, Russia. The tournament is he ...
, a
mixed doubles curling event on the
World Curling Tour, was held May 27 to 30 at the
Taimyr Ice Arena in
Dudinka,
Russia. It was the final event of the
2020–21 curling season
The 2020–21 curling season began in August 2020 and ended in May 2021.
''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.''
World Curling Federation events
Source:
Champions ...
. The total purse for the event was
€ 20,000.
The event was originally scheduled for November 4 to 9, 2020, however, it was moved to the end of May due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
In the final, the reigning Swiss mixed doubles champions
Briar Hürlimann
Briar, Briars, Brier, or Briers may refer to:
* Briar, or brier, common name for a number of unrelated thorny plants that form thicket
People
* Brier (surname)
* Briers, a surname
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* Briar, Missouri, U.S.
* Briar, ...
and
Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller (born 31 March 1995 in Solothurn) is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. He currently skips his own team out of Geneva.
Career
Juniors
Schwaller skipped the Swiss junior men's team at three straight World Junior Curling Champ ...
secured a 9–2 victory over the Russian team of
Anna Samoylik
Anna Sergeevna Samoylik (russian: А́нна Серге́евна Само́йлик) (russian: Вене́вцева) (born August 28, 1995) is a Russian curler. She competes in mixed doubles curling on the World Curling Tour with teammate M ...
and
Mikhail Vaskov. Hürlimann and Schwaller finished 3–1 through the round robin and defeated the Italian duo of
Diana Gaspari and
Joël Retornaz 6–4 to advance to the championship game. Samoylik and Vaskov also went 3–1 through the group stage and upset the previously undefeated team of
Alina Kovaleva and
Sergey Glukhov
Sergey Andreevich Glukhov (russian: Сергей Глухов; born 7 January 1993) is a Russian curler from Chelyabinsk, currently residing in Sochi.2019 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide: Team Russia
Career
Glukhov has been to two ...
10–5 to reach the final. In the third place game, Kovaleva and Glukhov defeated Gaspari and Retornaz 10–5.
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Round robin standings
''Final Round Robin Standings''
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in
Krasnoyarsk Standard Time (
UTC+07:00).
Draw 1
''Thursday, May 27, 16:00''
Draw 2
''Thursday, May 27, 19:00''
Draw 3
''Friday, May 28, 12:00''
Draw 4
''Friday, May 28, 16:00''
Draw 5
''Friday, May 28, 19:00''
Draw 6
''Saturday, May 29, 08:30''
Draw 7
''Saturday, May 29, 11:30''
Draw 8
''Saturday, May 29, 14:30''
Draw 9
''Saturday, May 29, 17:30''
Draw 10
''Saturday, May 29, 20:30''
Playoffs
Source:
Semifinals
''Sunday, May 30, 10:00''
Third place game
''Sunday, May 30, 13:00''
Final
''Sunday, May 30, 13:00''
References
External links
World Curling TourOfficial Site
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