The 2004

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 ...

was held in

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from November 25 to 28. North America won its second title, defeating Team Europe 228-172.

Teams

Europe

Sebastian Stock Sebastian Stock (born 15 November 1977 in Immenstadt, Bavaria) is a German curler living in Bönigen, Switzerland. He is currently the national coach of the Swiss Curling Association. Stock's junior career included a silver medal at the 1995 Wo ...

Daniel Herberg Daniel Herberg (born 7 March 1974) is an internationally elite curler from Germany. Daniel Herberg was born in Oberstdorf, West Germany. He has been selected as the Alternate for Team Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Col ...

, Stephan Knoll,

Patrick Hoffman Patrick Hoffman (born 25 July 1974 in Munich) is a German curler. He is a former World men's silver medallist and a two time European men's champion. He competed at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially t ...

; ''EC Oberstdorf'' *

David Murdoch David Matthew Murdoch (born 17 April 1978) is a retired Scottish curler from Stirling. As the Scotland skip, he and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith are the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champion ...

, Craig Wilson, Neil Murdoch,

Euan Byers Euan Byers (born 30 July 1974) is a Scottish curler. Byers started playing curling in 1983. He plays in first position and is right-handed. Byers is a double world champion and triple European champion. Teammates 2010 Vancouver Olympic Ga ...

; ''Lockerbie CC'' *

Peja Lindholm Peter "Peja" Rutger Lindholm (born 2 June 1970 in Östersund, Sweden) is a retired Swedish curler. Lindholm is currently a coach of the Chinese Curling Association.https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profi ...

Tomas Nordin Tomas Nordin (born 9 October 1969) is a Swedish curler and world champion. 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 ...

, Magnus Swartling,

Peter Narup Peter Narup (born 22 June 1969 in Östersund) is a Sweden, Swedish Curling, curler and world champion. He won gold medals in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 World Curling Championships, and received silver medals in 1998 and 2000, all t ...

; ''Östersunds CK'' *

Dordi Nordby Dordi Agate Nordby (born 8 April 1964 in Bærum) is a retired Norwegian curler from Snarøya. Nordby has amassed an array of medals in major international competitions over a career spanning three decades, including two world championship gol ...

Linn Githmark Linn Catharina Cavallius Githmark (born 26 September 1982) is a Norwegian curler who has skipped her country to a world junior title, and also played on the Norwegian team that won a silver medal at the world championships. Githmark played on t ...

Marianne Haslum Marianne Haslum (born 31 January 1974 in Lillehammer, Norway) is a Norwegian curler. At major championships, she won bronze medals in 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2002, and silver in 1997 and 2004. She has so far, however, failed in her quest to wi ...

Camilla Holth Camilla Holth (born 25 December 1978) is a Norwegian curler. She won a silver medal at the 2004 World Curling Championships The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Cur ...

; ''Snarøen CC'' *

Anette Norberg Anette Norberg (born 12 November 1966) is a retired Swedish curler from Härnösand. She and her team were the Olympic women's curling champions in 2006 and 2010. After winning the 2006 Women's Curling tournament in Turin over Mirjam Ott's Swis ...

Eva Lund Eva Lund (born 1 May 1971) is a Swedish curler. , . Born in Stockholm, Sweden, as Eva Eriksson, she lives in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm, with her husband and Swedish national curling coach Stefan Lund and her son Adam and daughter Anna . Eva L ...

Cathrine Lindahl Cathrine Lindahl (born 26 February 1970 in Härnösand as Cathrine Norberg) is a Swedish curler from Östersund. Curling career Lindahl played second for her sister Anette Norberg's team, until they split up in 2010. They won gold medals at ...

, Anna Bergström; ''Härnösands CK'' *

Luzia Ebnöther Luzia Ebnöther (born 19 October 1971) is a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital an ...

Carmen Küng Carmen Küng (born 30 January 1978) is a curler from Solothurn, Switzerland. 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 ...

, Yvonne Schlunegger, Laurence Bidaud; ''CC Bern''

North America

Mark Dacey Mark Dacey (born June 22, 1966) is a Canadian curler originally from Saskatchewan. He was based at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dacey is a former Canadian men's curling champion skip, having won the 2004 Nokia Brier. He ...

Bruce Lohnes Bruce D. Lohnes (born October 10, 1958) is a Canadian curler from Valley, Nova Scotia. Lohnes is a former Brier champion and World Championship bronze medallist. Lohnes is currently a high performance junior coach with the Nova Scotia Curling Ass ...

, Rob Harris, Andrew Gibson; '' Mayflower CC'' *

David Nedohin David Nedohin (born December 20, 1973) is a Canadian curler. Nedohin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and now plays out of Sherwood Park, Alberta. He is best known as the longtime fourth for Randy Ferbey. Curling career Nedohin joined the Randy ...

Randy Ferbey Randy S. Ferbey (born May 30, 1959) is a Canadian retired curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion. He currently coaches the Rachel Homan women's team. Born in Edmonton, Albert ...

Scott Pfeifer Scott Pfeifer (born January 5, 1977 in St. Albert, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada who plays out of the St. Albert Curling Club in St. Albert. He was the long-time second for the Randy Ferbey rink from 1998 to ...

Marcel Rocque Marcel Rocque (born June 22, 1971 in St. Paul, Alberta) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He is a four-time winner of The Brier, the annual Canadian men's curling championship and a three-time World Champion as the lead for the Randy ...

; ''Avonair CC'' *

Jason Larway Jason Larway (born March 23, 1970) is an American curler from Lynnwood, Washington. He is a and a four-times United States men's curling champion (1989, 1992, 2001, 2004). In addition to representing the United States at the , winning the Nat ...

Doug Pottinger Doug Pottinger (born September 18, 1973) is a Canadian-American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He is originally from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. At the national level, he is a 2004 United States men's curling champion. Teams Men's Mi ...

Joel Larway Joel Larway (born May 14, 1968, in Columbus, Ohio, United States) is an American curling, curler from Mukilteo, Washington. He is a and a three-times United States men's curling champion (1992, 2001, 2004). Awards *USA Curling Male Athlete of ...

Bill Todhunter Bill Todhunter (born October 10, 1959, in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada) is an American curler and curling coach from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is a and a two-time US Men's champion (2004, 2007). Teams Record as a coach of nation ...

; ''Granite CC (Seattle)'' *

Colleen Jones Colleen Patricia Jones (born December 16, 1959) is a Canadian curler and television personality. She is best known as the skip of two women's world championship teams and six Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's championships, including an un ...

Kim Kelly Kim Kelly (born April 4, 1962 in Halifax, Nova Scotia as Kim Ackles) is a Canadian curler from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She currently throws skip stones for Colleen Jones, whom she has won five national championships and two world championship ...

Mary-Anne Arsenault Mary-Anne Arsenault (born August 19, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, also known as Mary-Anne Waye when she was married) is a Canadian curler from Lake Country, British Columbia. She is a five-time Canadian Champion, and two-time World Curling Ch ...

Nancy Delahunt Nancy Dale Delahunt (born January 5, 1959) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Delahunt currently plays third for Colleen Jones. Career Delahunt was born in Montreal, Quebec. She was a member of the Colleen Jones team which won five ...

; ''Mayflower CC *

Marie-France Larouche Marie-France Larouche (born June 5, 1980 in Lévis, Quebec) is a Canadian curler, who currently skips her own team out of the Club de curling Etchemin in Saint-Romuald, Quebec. In 2022 she won the World Mixed Curling Championship playing third f ...

, Karo Gagnon, Anne Lemay, Veronique Grégoire; ''Etchemin CC, St-Romauld, Victoria CC'' *

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 ...

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 Winter ...

Nicole Joraanstad Nicole Joraanstad ( ; born November 10, 1980 in Seattle, Washington) is an American curler from Verona, Wisconsin. She currently plays second for Erika Brown. Career At the 2000 World Junior Curling Championships, Joraanstad played third for La ...

, Natalie Nicholson; ''Madison CC''

Mixed doubles

(Each game worth six points) *Europe (Murdoch/Githmark) 10-5 North America (Jones/Lohnes) *North America (Larway/Brown) 11-4 Europe (Lindholm/Lund) *North America (Nedohin/Gagnon) 6-5 Europe (Stock/Ebnöther) *North America (Dacey/Kelly) 9-4 Europe (Wilson/Nordby) *Europe (Herberg/Küng) 7-7 North America (Pottinger/Larouche) (each team gets 3 points) *Europe (Nordin/Norberg) 8-3 North America (Ferbey/Lank) North America wins 21-15

Women's team

(Each game worth six points) *North America (Jones) 4-3 Europe (Nordby) *Europe (Norberg) 6-4 North America (Lank) *Europe (Ebnöther) 10-3 North America (Larouche) *North America (Larouche) 9-4 Europe (Nordby) *Europe (Norberg) 8-2 North America (Jones) *North America (Lank) 6-5 (Ebnöther) Tie 18-18

Men's team

(Each game worth six points) *Europe (Lindholm) 5-5 North America (Dacey) (each team gets 3 points) *Europe (Stock) 5-4 North America (Larway) *North America (Ferbey) 5-3 Europe (Murdoch) *North America (Dacey) 6-5 Europe (Stock) *North America (Ferbey) 7-6 Europe (Lindholm) *North America (Larway) 5-3 Europe (Murdoch) North America wins 27-9

Singles

(Each game worth four points, eight bonus points awarded to top aggregate score) *Küng (Europe) 14-12 Larouche (North America) *Jones (North America) 13-12 Bergström (Europe) *Lank (North America) 20-15 Haslum (Europe) *Larway (North America) 19-13 Narup (Europe) *Ferbey (North America) 21-17 Murdoch (Europe) *Dacey (North America) 17-15 Stock (Europe) North America wins 28-4

Women's skins

(Each skin is worth one point) *Europe (Nordby) 17-13 North America (Larouche) *Europe (Ebnöther) 24-16 North America (Lank) *Europe (Norberg) 41-19 North America (Jones) Europe wins 82-48

Men's skins

(Each skin is worth one point) *Europe (Murdoch) 21-9 North America (Larway) *North America (Dacey) 30-10 Europe (Stock) *North America (Ferbey) 47-13 Europe (Lindholm) North America wins 86-44 ''North America wins aggregate 228-172''

References

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