The 2018

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was held December 5–9 at

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. The tournament winners qualified for the

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. Both the men's and women's events have a total purse of $70,000 with the winners receiving $14,000 and the runners up winning $9,000.2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup Media Guide: Fact Sheet, pg 7

Men

Teams

A revised version of the

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's Order of Merit ranking system, allowing the many new teams for the 2018–19 curling season to carry over points individual players earned on their former teams, as of May 1, 2018, was used to qualify the first six men's teams. Team Dunstone qualified as the top-ranking non-qualified team on the

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as of November 11, 2018.

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

Draw 1

''Wednesday, December 5, 9:00 am''

Draw 2

''Wednesday, December 5, 2:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, December 5, 7:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Thursday, December 6, 9:00 am''

Draw 5

''Thursday, December 6, 2:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, December 6, 7:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Friday, December 7, 9:00 am''

Draw 8

''Friday, December 7, 2:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Friday, December 7, 7:00 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Saturday, December 8, 9:00 am''

Playoffs

Semifinal

''Saturday, December 8, 2:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, December 9, 7:00 pm''

Player percentages

''After Round Robin Play; Includes games played at other positions''

Women

Teams

A revised version of the

's Order of Merit ranking system, allowing the many new teams for the 2018–19 curling season to carry over points individual players earned on their former teams, as of May 1, 2018, was used to qualify the first six teams. However, due to a virtual tie, a seventh women's teams was invited using this method. Team Flaxey qualified as the top-ranking non-qualified team on the

as of November 11, 2018. Team

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