Continental Cup of Curling
The Continental Cup is a curling tournament held annually between teams from North America (sometimes just Canada) against teams from the rest of the World (sometimes just Europe). Each side is represented by six teams (three women's teams and thr ...
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Regina, Saskatchewan
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November 7–10. It was the very first edition of the event. North America defeated their European counterparts 207-193. Despite the fact that all the teams were from Europe, North America's opposition was known as Team World. Later events would name the team "Team Europe" until 2008, when "Team World" was re-adopted after the inclusion of Chinese teams.
Teams
World
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Luzia Ebnöther
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Carmen Küng
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Carmen Küng began her senior elite career as the Third for 2002 Olympic Silver medalist Luzia Ebnöther during the 2006–2007 season. (During this season ...
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Tanya Frei
Tanya Frei (born 31 May 1972) is a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
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Nadia Röthlisberger
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Elisabet Gustafson
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Gustafson made her debut onto the ...
Peja Lindholm
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Tomas Nordin
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Born in Härnösand, Sweden, Nordin won a gold medal in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 World Curling Championships, all three times with skip Peja Lindholm
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Hammy McMillan
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Rhona Martin
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Debbie Knox
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In the 2002 Olympics, Knox played ...
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Fiona MacDonald
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Career
Trulsen participated in both the and World Junior Championships, finishing both tourn ...
David Nedohin
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Nedohin joined the Randy ...
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Randy Ferbey
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Born in Edmonton, Albert ...
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Scott Pfeifer
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Marcel Rocque
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Colleen Jones
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Kim Kelly
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Nancy Delahunt
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Career
Delahunt was born in Montreal, Quebec. She was a member of the Colleen Jones team which won fi ...
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Patti Lank
Patti Lank (born July 4, 1964) is an American curler from Lewiston, New York.
Career
Patti Lank began curling at the age of eleven and competed at her first US National Championships in 1994 and her team placed fourth. She has since gone on to ...
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Erika Brown
Erika Lynn Brown (born January 25, 1973) is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed.
Career
As a 15-year-old, Brown represent the United States at the 1988 Winte ...
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Nicole Joraanstad
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Career
At the 2000 World Junior Curling Championships, Joraanstad played third for La ...
Kelley Law
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Julie Skinner
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Georgina Wheatcroft
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Wheatcroft made her Scott Tourna ...
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Diane Dezura
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Don Walchuk
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Carter Rycroft
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Rycroft joined the Marti ...
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Don Bartlett
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Paul Pustovar
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Mike Fraboni
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Geoff Goodland
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At the national level, he is a 2002 United States men's curling champion and two-time United States mixed curling champion (1991, 1993). Also ...
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Richard Maskel
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He is a and a two-time United States men's curling champion (1986, 2002).
Teams Men's
Mixed
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Mixed doubles
(Each game worth six points)
*World (Vågberg/Ebnöther) 9-6 North America (Walchuk/Law)
*World (Nordin/Gustafson) 7-5 North America (Ferbey/Jones)
*World (Brown/R. Martin) 6-2 North America (Fraboni/Lank)
*World (Lindholm/Nyberg) 6-1 North America (K. Martin/Skinner)
*North America (Pustovar/E. Brown) 5-4 World (McMillan/Knox)
*North America (Nedohin/Kelly) 9-2 World (Trulsen/Küng)
World wins 24-12
Women's team
(Each game worth six points)
*World (R. Martin) 9-2 North America (Law)
*North America (Lank) 8-4 World (Gustafson)
*North America (Jones) 5-2 World (Ebnöther)
*North America (Lank) 8-6 World (Ebnöther)
*North America (Jones) 5-4 World (Gustafson)
*World (R. Martin) 7-3 North America (Law)
North America wins 24-12
Men's team
(Each game worth six points)
*North America (Pustovar) 8-4 World (McMillan)
*World (Lindholm) 8-4 North America (Ferbey)
*North America (K. Martin) 6-5 World (Trulsen)
*World (Lindholm) 7-6 North America (Pustovar)
*North America (Ferbey) 8-3 World (Trulsen)
*North America (K. Martin) 4-2 World (McMillan)
North America wins 24-12
Singles
(Each game worth two points, eight bonus points awarded to top aggregate score)
*World (Nyberg) 24-12 North America (Waye)
*World (MacDonald) 17-14 North America (E. Brown)
*North America (Wheatcroft) 14-10 World (Frei)
*North America (Pfeifer) 22-19 World (Narup)
*North America (Goodland) 20-13 World (McIntyre)
*World (Ramsfjell) 16-15 North America (Walchuk)
*World (Knox) 17-11 North America (Jones)
*World (Küng) 19-15 North America (Lank)
*World (Gustafson) 20-15 North America (Law)
*North America (K. Martin) 27-13 World (Swartling)
*World (Aitken) 20-17 North America (Pustovar)
*World (Davanger) 22-21 North America (Nedohin)
World wins 24-8
Women's skins
North America wins 66–64
Men's skins
North America wins 73–57
''North America wins aggregate 207–193''
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Continental Cup of Curling
The Continental Cup is a curling tournament held annually between teams from North America (sometimes just Canada) against teams from the rest of the World (sometimes just Europe). Each side is represented by six teams (three women's teams and thr ...
Continental Cup of Curling
The Continental Cup is a curling tournament held annually between teams from North America (sometimes just Canada) against teams from the rest of the World (sometimes just Europe). Each side is represented by six teams (three women's teams and thr ...
Continental Cup of Curling
The Continental Cup is a curling tournament held annually between teams from North America (sometimes just Canada) against teams from the rest of the World (sometimes just Europe). Each side is represented by six teams (three women's teams and thr ...