2016 Continental Cup of Curling

NA 2016 World Financial Group Contcup2016-logo.png Paradise, Nevadahttp://www.curling.ca/2016continentalcup/2015/01/09/la-coupe-continentale-de-curling-world-financial-group-retourne-a-las-vegas/ World Financial Group Continental Cup returns to Las Vegas 9 January 2015 Curling Canada 4 January 2016 Orleans Arena January 14–17 30.5 29.5 N Team Round 1 1.5 1.5 Mixed Doubles Round 1 1.5 1.5 Team Round 2 1 2 Team Round 3 3 0 Mixed Doubles Round 2 1 2 Team Round 4 0 3 Mixed Doubles Round 3 2 4 Team Round 5 2.5 0.5 Team Round 6 2 1 Skins Round 1 8 7 Skins Round 2 8 7 The 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held from January 14 to 17 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. This marked the second edition of the Continental Cup to be held outside of Canada. The Continental Cup featured team events, mixed doubles events, and skins competitions, with most points available in the skins competitions. TSN broadcast the event, as it had in previous years. The total attendance for the event was 62,498, the highest in Cup history (as of 2017). Team North America collected CAD$52,000 winners cheque and CAD$13,000 skins bonus. Team World collected CAD$26,000 losers cheque.http://www.curling.ca/2017continentalcup/2017/01/16/team-north-america-captures-title-at-2017-world-financial-group-continental-cup/ Curling Canada | Team North America captures title at 2017 World Financial Group Continental Cup Competition format This edition of the Continental Cup used a similar format as that of the previous year, with the main difference being the elimination of the singles event, which was replaced by an additional mixed doubles event. Out of the sixty total points available, a majority of points were needed to win the cup. The mixed doubles, and team games were worth one point each, with ties being 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 The teams were selected from the top teams in each region. Six teams from each region competed against each other in the competition. Four teams from Canada earned the right to represent Team North America by virtue of winning certain events, namely the Canada Cup of Curling and the Canadian National Championships (the Brier and the Tournament of Hearts). Two teams from the United States, namely the winners of the United States National Championships, were chosen to represent North America, and the teams representing Team World were selected by the World Curling Federation. The teams in the table below were announced as representatives of their respective regions.http://www.curling.ca/2016continentalcup/2015/08/27/team-world-named-for-world-financial-group-continental-cup/ Team World named for World Financial Group Continental Cup 27 August 2015 Curling Canada 4 January 2016http://www.curling.ca/2016continentalcup/2015/11/19/u-s-squads-decided-for-world-financial-group-continental-cup/ U.S. squads decided for World Financial Group Continental Cup 19 November 2015 Curling Canada 4 January 2016 For Team North America, the teams participating included Canada Cup champions Kevin Koe and Rachel Homan, Tournament of Hearts champion Jennifer Jones, Brier champion Pat Simmons, and United States national champions Erika Brown and John Shuster. For Team World, the teams participating include reigning women's world champion Alina Pätz, Olympic bronze medallist Eve Muirhead, two-time world champion Niklas Edin, Japanese women's national champion Ayumi Ogasawara, Chinese men's national champion Zang Jialiang, and world champion Thomas Ulsrud. Team Skip Third Second Lead Locale Team North America Erika Brown Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Natalie Nicholson USA Madison, Wisconsin Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jill Officer Dawn McEwen CAN Winnipeg, Manitoba Rachel Homan Emma Miskew Joanne Courtney Lisa Weagle CAN Ottawa, Ontario Kevin Koe Marc Kennedy Brent Laing Ben Hebert CAN Calgary, Alberta Pat Simmons John Morris Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen CAN Calgary, Alberta John Shuster Tyler George Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner USA Duluth, Minnesota Coach: CAN Rick Lang, Captain: USA Ann Swisshelm Team World Alina Pätz Nadine Lehmann Marisa Winkelhausen Nicole Schwägli SUI Baden Eve Muirhead Anna Sloan Vicki Adams Sarah Reid SCO Stirling Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Kristian Lindström Christoffer Sundgren SWE Karlstad Ayumi Ogasawara Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya JPN Sapporo Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson NOR Oslo Zang Jialiang Xu Xiaoming Ba Dexin Wang Jinbo CHN Harbin Coach: NOR Pål Trulsen, Captain: GER Andy Kapp Events All times listed are in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8).http://www.curling.ca/2016continentalcup/draw-schedule/ 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling – Draw Schedule Curling Canada 13 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160108121727/http://www.curling.ca/2016continentalcup/draw-schedule/ 8 January 2016 dead The draws for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were released on Wednesday night,http://www.curling.ca/2016continentalcup/2016/01/13/early-matchups-set-for-2016-world-financial-group-continental-cup/ Early matchups set for 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup 13 January 2016 Curling Canada 13 January 2016 and the draws for Sunday will be released on Saturday afternoon. Thursday, January 14 Draw 1 Team 8:30 am A North America (Homan) 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 8 ½ World (Muirhead) 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 8 ½ B North America (Koe) 0 3 0 5 0 1 0 X 9 1 World (Ulsrud) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 5 0 C North America (Brown) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2 0 World (Pätz) 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 X 8 1 Draw 2 Mixed doubles 1:00 pm A North America (Hebert/Miskew) 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 6 0 World (Ulsrud/Adams) 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 8 1 B North America (Kennedy/Lawes) 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 6 ½ World (Nergård/Muirhead) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 6 ½ C North America (Rycroft/Brown) 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 9 1 World (Svae/Sloan) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 6 0 Draw 3 Team 6:30 pm A North America (Simmons) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 6 0 World (Zang) 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 7 1 B North America (Jones) 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 X 8 1 World (Ogasawara) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 0 C North America (Shuster) 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 World (Edin) 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 7 1 Friday, January 15 Draw 4 Team 8:30 am A North America (Jones) 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 X 6 1 World (Pätz) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 3 0 B North America (Shuster) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 6 1 World (Zang) 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 5 0 C North America (Homan) 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 X 7 1 World (Ogasawara) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1 0 Draw 5 Mixed doubles 1:00 pm A North America (Laing/Jones) 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 7 0 World (Sundgren/Pätz) 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 9 1 B North America (George/Nicholson) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 2 0 World (Xu/Winkelhausen) 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 X 8 1 C North America (Morris/Homan) 2 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 10 1 World (Eriksson/Yoshimura) 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 0 Draw 6 Team 6:30 pm A North America (Koe) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 World (Edin) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 B North America (Brown) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2 0 World (Muirhead) 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 X 6 1 C North America (Simmons) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 World (Ulsrud) 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 1 Saturday, January 16 Draw 7 Mixed doubles 9:00 am After the first four ends, the players on each team were replaced with new players. A North America (Weagle/Thiessen/Courtney/Koe) 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 X 4 0 World (Petersson/Reid/Ohmiya/Edin) 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 X 8 2 B North America (Shuster/McEwen/Officer/Hamilton) 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 6 2 World (Lindström/Lehmann/Schwägli/Zang) 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 C North America (Simmons/Joraanstad/Pottinger/Landsteiner) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 0 World (Ba/Onodera/Ogasawara/Wang) 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 X 9 2 Draw 8 Team 1:00 pm A North America (Brown) 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 X 7 1 World (Ogasawara) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 0 B North America (Simmons) 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 ½ World (Edin) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 ½ C North America (Jones) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 6 1 World (Muirhead) 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 0 Draw 9 Team 6:30 pm A North America (Shuster) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 World (Ulsrud) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 B North America (Homan) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 5 1 World (Pätz) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 C North America (Koe) 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 X 7 1 World (Zang) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2 0 Sunday, January 17 Draw 10 Skins 1:00 pm points ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 A North America (Shuster) X X X X 0 3 World (Zang) 0 0 0 Xhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=eLJ3kjwmfr4&t=2h10m8s 2:10:08 Team World vs. Team North America - Skins (Mixed Teams) - 2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup The Sports Network 2 points ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 B North America (Simmons/Lawes/Rycroft/Officer) X X X X X 0 2½ World (Ulsrud/Pätz/Svae/Schwägli) X X X 2½ points ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 C North America (Brown) X 0 0 X X 2½ World (Ogasawara) 0 X X 2½ Draw 11 Skins 6:30 pm points ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 A North America (Koe) X X 0 0 1 World (Edin) X X X 0 Xhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtKiNNXnf1c&t=2h9m49s 2:09:49 Niklas Edin vs. Kevin Koe - 2016 WFG Continental Cup - Skins The Sports Network 4 points ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 B North America (Morris/Pottinger/Thiessen/Nicholson) X X X X X 3 World (Nergård/Lehmann/Petersson/Winkelhausen) X X X 2 points ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 C North America (Jones) 0 0 X 0 X 4 World (Muirhead) 0 0 X 1 References External links http://www.curling.ca/2016continentalcup/ 2016 Category:2016 in curling Category:International curling competitions hosted by the United States Continental Cup of Curling 2016 Category:2016 in sports in Nevada Category:Curling in Nevada Category:January 2016 sports events in the United States