The Second Leg of the

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took place from December 5 to 9, 2018 at the

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and her rink won the women's competition.

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and his rink won the men's competition. Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten won the mixed doubles competition.

Format

Curling World Cup matches have eight ends, rather than the standard ten ends. Ties after eight ends will be decided by a shoot-out, with each team throwing a stone and the one closest to the button winning. A win in eight or fewer ends will earn a team 3 points, a shoot-out win 2 points, a shoot-out less 1 point, and 0 points for a loss in eight or fewer ends. Each event will have eight teams in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles tournament. The teams will be split into two groups of four, based on the Curling World Cup rankings, whereby the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th, ranked teams will be in one group and the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th ranked teams in the other. The first place teams in each group will play against each other in the final. In the event of a tie for first place, a shoot-out will be used, with the same format used to decide matches tied after eight ends.

Qualification

For the first three legs of the Curling World Cup, the eight spots in the tournament are allocated to each of the hosting member associations, the highest-ranked member association in each zone (the Americas, European, and Pacific-Asia), and two teams chosen by the World Curling Federation. Member associations may choose to send the same teams to all three legs or have different teams. The following countries qualified for each discipline:

Women

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

''Wednesday, December 5, 15:00''

Draw 4

''Thursday, December 6, 08:30''

Draw 5

''Thursday, December 6, 12:00''

Draw 6

''Thursday, December 6, 16:00''

Draw 7

''Thursday, December 6, 19:30''

Draw 8

''Friday, December 7, 08:30''

Draw 9

''Friday, December 7, 12:00''

Draw 10

''Friday, December 7, 16:00''

Draw 11

''Friday, December 7, 19:30''

Draw 12

''Saturday, December 8, 08:30''

Draw 13

''Saturday, December 8, 12:30''

Draw 15

''Saturday, December 8, 19:30''

Final

''Sunday, December 9, 12:00''

Men

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 3

''Wednesday, December 5, 21:00''

Draw 5

''Thursday, December 6, 12:00''

Draw 7

''Thursday, December 6, 19:30''

Draw 9

''Friday, December 7, 12:00''

Draw 10

''Friday, December 7, 16:00''

Draw 12

''Saturday, December 8, 08:30''

Draw 14

''Saturday, December 8, 16:00''

Draw 15

''Saturday, December 8, 19:30''

Final

''Sunday, December 9, 16:00''

Mixed doubles

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 2

''Wednesday, December 5, 18:30''

Draw 4

''Thursday, December 6, 08:30''

Draw 6

''Thursday, December 6, 16:00''

Draw 8

''Friday, December 7, 08:30''

Draw 9

''Friday, December 7, 12:00''

Draw 10

''Friday, December 7, 16:00''

Draw 11

''Friday, December 7, 19:30''

Draw 13

''Saturday, December 8, 12:00''

Draw 14

''Saturday, December 8, 16:00''

Final

''Sunday, December 9, 08:30''

References

External links

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