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2015 Continental Cup of Curling

The 2015 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held from January 8 to 11 at the Markin MacPhail Centre International Arena in Calgary, Alberta.[1] The Continental Cup featured team events, mixed doubles events, singles competitions, and skins competitions, and the brunt of the points were in the skins competitions. TSN broadcast the event, as it has in previous years.[1]

2015 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling
Host cityCalgary, Alberta
ArenaMarkin MacPhail Centre
DatesJanuary 8–11
WinnerTeam Canada
Score Breakdown
Discipline Canada Europe
Team Round 1 2 1
Mixed Doubles Round 1 2.5 0.5
Team Round 2 2.5 0.5
Team Round 3 1.5 1.5
Singles 3.5 2.5
Team Round 4 3 0
Mixed Doubles Round 2 2 1
Team Round 5 3 0
Team Round 6 2 1
Skins Round 1 10.5 4.5
Skins Round 2 9.5 5.5
Total 42 18
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The total attendance for the event was 22,606.[2] Team Canada collected CAD$52,000 winners cheque and CAD$13,000 skins bonus. Team Europe collected CAD$26,000 losers cheque.[3]

Competition background edit

In their 2013-2014 Annual Review,[4] the World Curling Federation reported that they can no longer justify further involvement in the Continental Cup, and that the Canadian Curling Association will operate the event starting in 2015.[5]

This edition of the Continental Cup would be the first in which the new system of competing teams would be implemented. It was intended that in this and future editions of the Continental Cup, Team North America would be replaced by an all-Canadian team entry, where team Canada would compete alternatively against Team Europe in odd years and Team World, made up of teams from the United States and non-European curling nations, in even years. However, this format would only last for the 2015 event. In this edition of the Continental Cup, six teams from Canada competed against six teams from Europe.[6]

The same competition format as that of the previous year was used. Out of the sixty total points available, a majority of points would be needed to win the cup. The mixed doubles, singles, and team games were worth one point each, and ties were worth one half point each to both teams. The skins games were worth a total of five points. Six mixed doubles and six singles games were played, along with eighteen team games and six skins games.

Teams edit

The teams will be selected from the top teams in each region. Six teams from each region will compete against each other in the competition. The teams from Canada earn the right to represent Team Canada by virtue of winning certain events, namely the Canada Cup of Curling and the Canadian National Championships (the Brier and the Tournament of Hearts). The final two teams are the teams who represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

For Team Europe, the teams participating include Olympic bronze medallist Eve Muirhead, Olympic silver medallist Margaretha Sigfridsson, world bronze medallist Anna Sidorova, Olympic bronze medallist Niklas Edin, two-time world champion David Murdoch, and two-time European champion Thomas Ulsrud.[3]

Team Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Team
Canada
 		 Rachel Homan Emma Miskew Joanne Courtney Lisa Weagle   Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jill Officer Dawn McEwen   Winnipeg, Manitoba
Val Sweeting Lori Olson-Johns Dana Ferguson Rachelle Brown   Edmonton, Alberta
Brad Jacobs Ryan Fry E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden   Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
John Morris Pat Simmons Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen   Calgary, Alberta
Mike McEwen B. J. Neufeld Matt Wozniak Ben Hebert   Winnipeg, Manitoba
Coach: Rick Lang, Captain: Randy Ferbey
Team
Europe
 		 Eve Muirhead Anna Sloan Vicki Adams[a] Sarah Reid   Stirling
Anna Sidorova Margarita Fomina Alexandra Saitova Ekaterina Galkina[b]   Moscow
Maria Prytz (fourth) Christina Bertrup Maria Wennerström[a][b] Margaretha Sigfridsson (skip)[b]   Umeå
Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Kristian Lindström Christoffer Sundgren   Karlstad
David Murdoch Greg Drummond Scott Andrews Michael Goodfellow   Stirling
Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson   Oslo
Coach:   David Hay, Captain:   Peja Lindholm
  1. ^ a b Wennerström did not play for Sigfridsson in Draw 1, and was substituted by Adams.[7]
  2. ^ a b c Wennerström did not play for Sigfridsson in Draw 9[8] and Draw 10.[9] Sigfridsson skipped at second, and Galkina played lead.

Events edit

All times listed are in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).[10] The draws for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were released on Wednesday night,[11] and the draws for Sunday were released on Saturday afternoon.[12]

Thursday, January 8 edit

Draw 1 edit

Team 8:30 am[7]

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Sweeting) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 3 0
Europe (Sidorova)   1 1 2 0 2 1 0 X 7 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Jacobs)   0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 1
Europe (Edin) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Homan)   0 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 1
Europe (Sigfridsson) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0

Draw 2 edit

Mixed doubles 1:30 pm[13]

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Eriksson/Galkina) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0
Canada (Rycroft/Olson-Johns) 3 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 10 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Edin/Sidorova) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 6 0
Canada (Miskew/Fry) 1 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 9 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Prytz/Nergård) 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 5 ½
Canada (Homan/E. Harnden) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 ½

Draw 3 edit

Team 6:30 pm[14]

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Morris)   2 0 1 0 1 2 0 X 6 1
Europe (Ulsrud) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Jones)   1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 ½
Europe (Muirhead) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 ½
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (McEwen) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 1
Europe (Murdoch)   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0

Friday, January 9 edit

Draw 4 edit

Team 8:30 am[15]

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Jones) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4 0
Europe (Sigfridsson)  [16] 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 9 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (McEwen)   0 2 0 2 0 0 3 X 7 1
Europe (Ulsrud) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Sweeting) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 ½
Europe (Muirhead)   0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 ½

Draw 5 edit

Singles 1:30 pm[17]

Sheet A Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
Canada (Sweeting) 0 5 5 4 5 0 19 1
Europe (Sigfridsson) 0 5 3 5 2 1 16 0
Sheet B Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
Canada (Homan) 0 5 5 5 1 4 20 1
Europe (Sidorova) 0 3 2 4 1 1 11 0
Sheet C Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
Canada (Jones) 3 3 5 3 1 5 20 1
Europe (Muirhead) 0 4 4 3 0 3 14 0
Sheet A Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
Canada (Morris) 0 3 0 5 5 0 13 0
Europe (Murdoch) 5 3 5 3 5 0 21 1
Sheet B Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
Canada (McEwen) 0 5 5 5 4 3 22 0
Europe (Ulsrud) 5 4 4 5 5 0 23 1
Sheet C Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
Canada (Jacobs) 0 3 5 4 1 3 16 0.5
Europe (Edin) 5 3 5 0 3 0 16 0.5

Draw 6 edit

Team 6:30 pm[18]

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Jacobs)   0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 6 1
Europe (Murdoch) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 5 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Homan)   0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 1
Europe (Sidorova) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Morris) 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 X 8 1
Europe (Edin)   0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3 0

Saturday, January 10 edit

Draw 7 edit

Mixed doubles 10:00 am[19]

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Andrews/Sigfridsson) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Canada (Wozniak/Sweeting) 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 8 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Sloan/Svae) 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 7 1
Canada (D. McEwen/M. McEwen) 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 6 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Europe (Muirhead/Murdoch) 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 0
Canada (Lawes/Morris) 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 8 1

Draw 8 edit

Team 2:00 pm[20]

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Homan)   0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 6 1
Europe (Muirhead) 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 5 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Morris)   2 0 0 0 2 1 2 X 7 1
Europe (Murdoch) 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 X 5 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Jones) 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 7 1
Europe (Sidorova)   2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0

Draw 9 edit

Team 6:30 pm[8]

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (McEwen) 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 X 7 1
Europe (Edin)  1 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 4 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Sweeting)   0 2 0 3 1 1 0 X 7 1
Europe (Sigfridsson) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
Canada (Jacobs) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 3 0
Europe (Ulsrud)   1 3 0 3 0 0 1 X 8 1

Sunday, January 11 edit

Draw 10 edit

Skins 11:30 am[9]

Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Europe (Sigfridsson) 0 0 X X 1½
Canada (Homan)   X 0 X X 3½
Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Button Total
Europe (Nergård/Sidorova/Petersson/Saitova)   0 0 X 0 X[21] 1½
Canada (Simmons/Olson-Johns/Rycroft/Brown) X X X X 3½
Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Europe (Edin) X 0 X 1½
Canada (McEwen)   X X X X X 3½

Draw 11 edit

Skins 6:30 pm[2]

Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Europe (Murdoch) 0 X 0 1
Canada (Jacobs)   X X 0 X X 4
Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Europe (Ulsrud/Fomina/Svae/Galkina)   X X X 2
Canada (Morris/Sweeting/Thiessen/Ferguson) X X X X X 3
Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Europe (Muirhead)   X X X 2½
Canada (Jones) X X X X X 2½

Statistics edit

The statistics for team play, including team skins play, are listed below.[2] The percentages are calculated for each player by rating their shots in each game. Each shot the player attempts is scored out of four based on how well the shot is made.

Player percentages edit

Men edit

Leads %
  Michael Goodfellow 88
  Ryan Harnden 86
  Christoffer Sundgren 85
  Ben Hebert 85
  Nolan Thiessen 83
  Håvard Vad Petersson 76
Seconds %
  E. J. Harnden 87
  Matt Wozniak 86
  Carter Rycroft 83
  Christoffer Svae 81
  Scott Andrews 83
  Kristian Lindström 78
Thirds %
  B. J. Neufeld 85
  Oskar Eriksson 85
  Greg Drummond 84
  Ryan Fry 83
  Pat Simmons 81
  Torger Nergård 75
Skips %
  Mike McEwen 84
  John Morris 82
  Thomas Ulsrud 80
  Brad Jacobs 78
  David Murdoch 67
  Niklas Edin 66

Women edit

Leads %
  Dawn McEwen 90
  Ekaterina Galkina 85
  Rachelle Brown 81
  Sarah Reid 80
  Lisa Weagle 77
  Margaretha Sigfridsson 75
Seconds %
  Joanne Courtney 88
  Alexandra Saitova 83
  Dana Ferguson 77
  Vicki Adams 76
  Jill Officer 74
  Maria Wennerström 68
Thirds %
  Margarita Fomina 83
  Emma Miskew 83
  Lori Olson-Johns 80
  Christina Bertrup 79
  Kaitlyn Lawes 75
  Anna Sloan 71
Skips %
  Jennifer Jones 82
  Rachel Homan 80
  Val Sweeting 80
  Anna Sidorova 77
  Maria Prytz 76
  Eve Muirhead 70

Team percentages edit

Men edit

Team %
  Mike McEwen 85
  Brad Jacobs 84
  John Morris 82
  David Murdoch 85
  Niklas Edin 78
  Thomas Ulsrud 78

Women edit

Team %
  Rachel Homan 82
  Anna Sidorova 81
  Jennifer Jones 80
  Val Sweeting 79
  Margaretha Sigfridsson 78
  Eve Muirhead 74

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Canadian curling's first Triple Crown headed to Alberta!". Canadian Curling Association. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b "Team Europe confirmed for 2015 WFG Continental Cup!". Curling Canada. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Annual Review 2013-2014 Season" (PDF). World Curling Federation. p. 11: the WCF invested almost $2,000,000 USD [...] and unfortunately it has not really caught on beyond the North American TV market.
  5. ^ "Continental Cup of Curling continues reinvention". The Canadian Press. January 7, 2015. [CCA] has taken over complete control
  6. ^ "New direction set for curling's WFG Continental Cup". Canadian Curling Association. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "2015 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling – Draw Schedule". Canadian Curling Association. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Early matchups set at World Financial Group Continental Cup". Canadian Curling Association. 7 January 2015. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Canada builds 20-7 lead at Continental Cup with afternoon sweep". Canadian Curling Association. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2015-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^ Jones vs. Sigfridsson - 2015 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling (Draw 4). TSN. Event occurs at 19:54.
  17. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. ^ McEwen vs. Edin (Skins)- 2015 World Financial Group Continental Cup Skins (Draw 10). The Sports Network. Event occurs at 2:03:41.

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