2024 Cortina Curling Cup

The 2024 Cortina Curling Cup was held from January 11 to 13 at the Olympic Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy as part of the World Curling Tour.[1] The event was held in a round-robin format with a 20,000 purse.[2]

2024 Cortina Curling Cup
Host cityCortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
ArenaOlympic Ice Stadium
DatesJanuary 11–13
WinnerTurkey Team Yıldız
Curling clubMilli Piyango CA, Erzurum
SkipDilşat Yıldız
ThirdÖznur Polat
Secondİfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu
LeadBerfin Şengül
Alternateİclal Karaman
CoachBilal Ömer Çakır
FinalistSwitzerland Xenia Schwaller

In the final, the Turkish women's team, led by Dilşat Yıldız won their first tour title, defeating Zürich's Xenia Schwaller 6–4 in the championship game. Yıldız, with Öznur Polat, İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu, Berfin Şengül and İclal Karaman opened the scoring with two in the first and took two more in the fourth to maintain a two point lead. After Schwaller got two back in the sixth, the Turkish team scored a single in the seventh before stealing one in the eighth for the victory. Coming in as the eighth seeds, Team Yıldız finished 3–1 through the round robin to qualify for the quarterfinals, which included an upset victory over the host Stefania Constantini rink. In the playoffs, they beat Germany's Emira Abbes 9–3 in the quarters before defeating Norway's Marianne Rørvik 4–2 in the semis to qualify for the final. Team Schwaller went 4–0 through pool play and beat Korea's Gim Eun-ji 7–4 in the semifinals. In the third place game, Team Rørvik won 6–2 over Team Gim.

The inaugural event was held as a test event for the 2026 Winter Olympics, utilizing the venue that the curling competition will be played on during the Games. Because of this, it attracted many national teams, all with the hopes of qualifying for the 2026 Games.[3]

Ten teams from eight nations made up the field for the event.[4] Among them were Italy's own Team Stefania Constantini rink of Cortina d'Ampezzo, world number two ranked Team Gim Eun-ji of South Korea and reigning world silver medalists Team Marianne Rørvik of Norway.

Teams

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The teams are listed as follows:[5]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Emira Abbes (Fourth) Mia Höhne (Skip) Pia-Lisa Schöll[a] Maike Beer   Füssen, Germany
Stefania Constantini Elena Mathis Angela Romei [b]   Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Gim Eun-ji Kim Min-ji Kim Su-ji Seol Ye-eun Seol Ye-ji   Uijeongbu, South Korea
Corrie Hürlimann Celine Schwizgebel Sarah Müller Marina Lörtscher   Zug, Switzerland
Erika Tuvike (Fourth)[c] Kerli Laidsalu (Skip) Liisa Turmann Heili Grossmann   Tallinn, Estonia
Rebecca Mariani Camilla Gilberti Lucrezia Grande Rachele Scalesse   Trentino, Italy
Robyn Munro Lisa Davie Holly Wilkie-Milne Laura Watt   Stirling, Scotland
Kristin Skaslien (Fourth) Marianne Rørvik (Skip) Mille Haslev Nordbye Martine Rønning   Lillehammer, Norway
Xenia Schwaller Selina Gafner Fabienne Rieder Selina Rychiger Marion Wüest   Zürich, Switzerland
Dilşat Yıldız Öznur Polat İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu Berfin Şengül İclal Karaman   Erzurum, Turkey

WCF ranking

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Year to date World Curling Federation order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.[6]

Team Rank Points
  Gim Eun-ji 2 283.5
  Stefania Constantini 8 206.8
  Xenia Schwaller 14 128.8
  Marianne Rørvik 24 114.4
  Corrie Hürlimann 39 70.6
  Robyn Munro 50 46.8
  Marie Kaldvee 77 24.4
  Dilşat Yıldız 83 21.3
  Emira Abbes 87 20.4
  Rebecca Mariani 235 1.1

Round robin standings

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Final Round Robin Standings[7]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L PF PA
  Marianne Rørvik 3 1 25 15
  Gim Eun-ji 3 1 26 12
  Team Abbes 2 2 20 22
  Corrie Hürlimann 1 3 10 26
  Team Kaldvee 1 3 20 26
Pool B W L PF PA
  Xenia Schwaller 4 0 28 14
  Dilşat Yıldız 3 1 26 13
  Stefania Constantini 2 2 19 20
  Robyn Munro 1 3 17 26
  Rebecca Mariani 0 4 12 29

Round robin results

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All draw times listed in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).[8][9]

Draw 1

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Thursday, January 11, 10:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Gim Eun-ji 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4
  Marianne Rørvik   0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Stefania Constantini   0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 5
  Xenia Schwaller 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Corrie Hürlimann   1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
  Team Abbes 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 X 7

Draw 2

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Thursday, January 11, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Robyn Munro 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 3
  Dilşat Yıldız   0 2 0 5 0 1 1 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Team Kaldvee   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
  Gim Eun-ji 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Rebecca Mariani 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
  Stefania Constantini   0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 6

Draw 3

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Thursday, January 11, 6:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Team Abbes 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 7
  Team Kaldvee   1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Marianne Rørvik   0 1 1 0 3 2 X X 7
  Corrie Hürlimann 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Xenia Schwaller 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 X 7
  Robyn Munro   1 0 0 0 1 1 1 X 4

Draw 4

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Friday, January 12, 8:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Stefania Constantini   1 0 2 0 2 0 2 X 7
  Robyn Munro 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Dilşat Yıldız   0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 7
  Rebecca Mariani 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Gim Eun-ji   2 0 3 1 2 X X X 8
  Corrie Hürlimann 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1

Draw 5

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Friday, January 12, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Xenia Schwaller   1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5
  Dilşat Yıldız 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Corrie Hürlimann   0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 5
  Team Kaldvee 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Marianne Rørvik   1 0 1 0 2 0 2 X 6
  Team Abbes 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2

Draw 6

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Friday, January 12, 4:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Team Abbes 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4
  Gim Eun-ji   2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Robyn Munro 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 X 7
  Rebecca Mariani   0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3

Draw 7

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Friday, January 12, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Rebecca Mariani 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2
  Xenia Schwaller   3 0 1 0 1 0 4 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Dilşat Yıldız   2 0 1 1 1 2 X X 7
  Stefania Constantini 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Team Kaldvee 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 8
  Marianne Rørvik   0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 7

Playoffs

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Source:[10]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
A1   Marianne Rørvik 2
B2   Dilşat Yıldız 9 B2   Dilşat Yıldız 4
A3   Team Abbes 3 B2   Dilşat Yıldız 6
B1   Xenia Schwaller 4
B1   Xenia Schwaller 7
A2   Gim Eun-ji 6 A2   Gim Eun-ji 4
B3   Stefania Constantini 0 Third place game
A1   Marianne Rørvik 6
A2   Gim Eun-ji 2

Quarterfinals

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Saturday, January 13, 8:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Gim Eun-ji   0 2 0 4 X X X X 6
  Stefania Constantini 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Dilşat Yıldız   0 1 0 4 0 4 X X 9
  Team Abbes 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 3

Semifinals

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Saturday, January 13, 11:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Marianne Rørvik 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2
  Dilşat Yıldız   0 0 0 1 0 0 3 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Xenia Schwaller 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 X 7
  Gim Eun-ji   2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4

Third place game

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Saturday, January 13, 3:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Marianne Rørvik   0 2 0 1 3 0 X X 6
  Gim Eun-ji 1 0 0 0 0 1 X X 2

Final

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Saturday, January 13, 3:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Dilşat Yıldız   2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 6
  Xenia Schwaller 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4

Notes

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  1. ^ Pia-Lisa Schöll spared for Lena Kapp.
  2. ^ Team Constantini played with three players.
  3. ^ With skip Marie Kaldvee absent, the team shuffled their lineup

References

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  1. ^ "Cortina Curling Cup". Fondazione Cortina (in Italian). Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "Menu". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "Allo Stadio Olimpico è tempo di Cortina Curling Cup" (in Italian). Cortina Curling Cup. January 9, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "Dieci squadre e otto nazioni per la prima edizione della Cortina Curling Cup" (in Italian). Cortina Curling Cup. December 27, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "2023–24 World Curling Federation Rankings". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  7. ^ "Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  8. ^ "Draw Schedule". Fondazione Cortina (in Italian). Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  9. ^ "Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  10. ^ "Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
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