2015 Continental Cup of Curling

European-American contest EU 2015 World Financial Group Continental cup 2015 logo.png Calgary, Alberta Markin MacPhail Centre January 8–11 North America 42 18 N 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 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.http://www.curling.ca/2013/12/11/canadian-curlings-first-triple-crown-headed-to-alberta/ Canadian curling's first Triple Crown headed to Alberta! 11 December 2013 Canadian Curling Association 13 November 2014 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. The total attendance for the event was 22,606. Team Canada collected CAD$52,000 winners cheque and CAD$13,000 skins bonus. Team Europe collected CAD$26,000 losers cheque. Competition background In their 2013-2014 Annual Review,https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/media.worldcurling.org/media.worldcurling.org/wcf_worldcurling/2019/08/20140334/WCF_Annual_Review_13_14.pdf Annual Review 2013-2014 Season World Curling Federation the WCF invested almost $2,000,000 USD [...] and unfortunately it has not really caught on beyond the North American TV market. 11 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.https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/continental-cup-of-curling-continues-reinvention/ The Canadian Press January 7, 2015 Continental Cup of Curling continues reinvention [CCA] has taken over complete control 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.http://www.curling.ca/2013/12/11/new-direction-set-for-curlings-wfg-continental-cup/ New direction set for curling's WFG Continental Cup 11 December 2013 Canadian Curling Association 13 November 2014 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 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.http://www.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/2014/09/19/team-europe-confirmed-for-2015-wfg-continental-cup/ Team Europe confirmed for 2015 WFG Continental Cup! 19 September 2014 Curling Canada 13 November 2014 Team Skip Third Second Lead Locale Team Canada CAN Rachel Homan Emma Miskew Joanne Courtney Lisa Weagle CAN Ottawa, Ontario Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jill Officer Dawn McEwen CAN Winnipeg, Manitoba Val Sweeting Lori Olson-Johns Dana Ferguson Rachelle Brown CAN Edmonton, Alberta Brad Jacobs Ryan Fry E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden CAN Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario John Morris Pat Simmons Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen CAN Calgary, Alberta Mike McEwen B. J. Neufeld Matt Wozniak Ben Hebert CAN Winnipeg, Manitoba Coach: Rick Lang, Captain: Randy Ferbey Team Europe EU Eve Muirhead Anna Sloan Vicki AdamsAdamsWennerström Wennerström did not play for Sigfridsson in Draw 1, and was substituted by Adams. Sarah Reid SCO Stirling Anna Sidorova Margarita Fomina Alexandra Saitova Ekaterina GalkinaGalkinaWennerström Wennerström did not play for Sigfridsson in Draw 9 and Draw 10. Sigfridsson skipped at second, and Galkina played lead. RUS Moscow Maria Prytz (fourth) Christina Bertrup Maria WennerströmAdamsWennerströmGalkinaWennerström Margaretha Sigfridsson (skip)GalkinaWennerström SWE Umeå Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Kristian Lindström Christoffer Sundgren SWE Karlstad David Murdoch Greg Drummond Scott Andrews Michael Goodfellow SCO Stirling Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson NOR Oslo Coach: SCO David Hay, Captain: SWE Peja Lindholm Events All times listed are in Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7).http://www.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/draw-schedule/ 2015 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling – Draw Schedule Canadian Curling Association 14 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150109203919/http://www.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/draw-schedule/ 9 January 2015 dead The draws for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were released on Wednesday night,http://www.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/2015/01/07/early-matchups-set-at-world-financial-group-continental-cup/ Early matchups set at World Financial Group Continental Cup 7 January 2015 Canadian Curling Association 14 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150110222415/http://www.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/2015/01/07/early-matchups-set-at-world-financial-group-continental-cup/ 10 January 2015 dead and the draws for Sunday were released on Saturday afternoon.http://www.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/2015/01/10/canada-builds-20-7-lead-at-continental-cup-with-afternoon-sweep/ Canada builds 20-7 lead at Continental Cup with afternoon sweep 10 January 2015 Canadian Curling Association 14 January 2015 Thursday, January 8 Draw 1 Team 8:30 amhttp://cloudfront10.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-1-Media-Report.pdf Archived copy 2015-01-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20150922091931/http://cloudfront10.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-1-Media-Report.pdf 2015-09-22 dead A Canada (Sweeting) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 3 0 Europe (Sidorova) 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 X 7 1 B Canada (Jacobs) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 Europe (Edin) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 C 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 Mixed doubles 1:30 pmhttp://cloudfront8.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-2-Media-Report.pdf Archived copy 2015-01-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20150922101743/http://cloudfront8.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-2-Media-Report.pdf 2015-09-22 dead A 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 B 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 C 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 Team 6:30 pmhttp://cloudfront7.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-3-Media-Report.pdf Archived copy 2015-01-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20150922103659/http://cloudfront7.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-3-Media-Report.pdf 2015-09-22 dead A Canada (Morris) 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 X 6 1 Europe (Ulsrud) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3 0 B Canada (Jones) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 ½ Europe (Muirhead) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 ½ C 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 Draw 4 Team 8:30 amhttp://cloudfront10.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-4-Media-Report.pdf Archived copy 2015-01-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20150112234653/http://cloudfront10.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-4-Media-Report.pdf 2015-01-12 dead A Canada (Jones) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4 0 Europe (Sigfridsson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2qhaOCcgjk&t=19m54s Jones vs. Sigfridsson - 2015 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling (Draw 4) TSN 19:54 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 9 1 B Canada (McEwen) 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 X 7 1 Europe (Ulsrud) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2 0 C 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 Singles 1:30 pmhttp://cloudfront8.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-5-Media-Report.pdf Archived copy 2015-01-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150922101607/http://cloudfront8.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-5-Media-Report.pdf 2015-09-22 dead A Canada (Sweeting) 0 5 5 4 5 0 19 1 Europe (Sigfridsson) 0 5 3 5 2 1 16 0 B Canada (Homan) 0 5 5 5 1 4 20 1 Europe (Sidorova) 0 3 2 4 1 1 11 0 C Canada (Jones) 3 3 5 3 1 5 20 1 Europe (Muirhead) 0 4 4 3 0 3 14 0 A Canada (Morris) 0 3 0 5 5 0 13 0 Europe (Murdoch) 5 3 5 3 5 0 21 1 B Canada (McEwen) 0 5 5 5 4 3 22 0 Europe (Ulsrud) 5 4 4 5 5 0 23 1 C Canada (Jacobs) 0 3 5 4 1 3 16 0.5 Europe (Edin) 5 3 5 0 3 0 16 0.5 Draw 6 Team 6:30 pmhttp://cloudfront10.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-6-Media-Report.pdf Archived copy 2015-01-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150922091935/http://cloudfront10.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-6-Media-Report.pdf 2015-09-22 dead A Canada (Jacobs) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 6 1 Europe (Murdoch) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 5 0 B Canada (Homan) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 1 Europe (Sidorova) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 C 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 Draw 7 Mixed doubles 10:00 amhttp://cloudfront9.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-7-Media-Report.pdf Archived copy 2015-01-13 2015-09-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20150922092306/http://cloudfront9.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-7-Media-Report.pdf dead A 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 B 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 C 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 Team 2:00 pmhttp://cloudfront8.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-8-media-report.pdf Archived copy 2015-01-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150922101613/http://cloudfront8.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-8-media-report.pdf 2015-09-22 dead A Canada (Homan) 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 6 1 Europe (Muirhead) 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 5 0 B Canada (Morris) 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 X 7 1 Europe (Murdoch) 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 X 5 0 C 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 Team 6:30 pmhttp://cloudfront5.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-9-media-report.pdf Archived copy 2015-01-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150922093921/http://cloudfront5.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-9-media-report.pdf 2015-09-22 dead A Canada (McEwen) 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 X 7 1 Europe (Edin) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 4 0 B Canada (Sweeting) 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 X 7 1 Europe (Sigfridsson) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2 0 C 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 Draw 10 Skins 11:30 amhttp://cloudfront10.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-10-media-report-CORRECTED.pdf Archived copy 2015-01-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150922094008/http://cloudfront10.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-10-media-report-CORRECTED.pdf 2015-09-22 dead points ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 A Europe (Sigfridsson) 0 0 X X 1½ Canada (Homan) X 0 X X 3½ points ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 B Europe (Nergård/Sidorova/Petersson/Saitova) 0 0 X 0 Xhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Di7_9HhEM&t=2h3m41s 2:03:41 McEwen vs. Edin (Skins)- 2015 World Financial Group Continental Cup Skins (Draw 10) The Sports Network 1½ Canada (Simmons/Olson-Johns/Rycroft/Brown) X X X X 3½ points ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 C Europe (Edin) X 0 X 1½ Canada (McEwen) X X X X X 3½ Draw 11 Skins 6:30 pmhttp://cloudfront8.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-11-media-report.pdf Archived copy 2015-01-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150922094152/http://cloudfront8.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/files/2015/01/Draw-11-media-report.pdf 2015-09-22 dead points ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 A Europe (Murdoch) 0 X 0 1 Canada (Jacobs) X X 0 X X 4 points ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 B Europe (Ulsrud/Fomina/Svae/Galkina) X X X 2 Canada (Morris/Sweeting/Thiessen/Ferguson) X X X X X 3 points ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 C Europe (Muirhead) X X X 2½ Canada (Jones) X X X X X 2½ Statistics The statistics for team play, including team skins play, are listed below. 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 Men Leads % SCO Michael Goodfellow 88 CAN Ryan Harnden 86 SWE Christoffer Sundgren 85 CAN Ben Hebert 85 CAN Nolan Thiessen 83 NOR Håvard Vad Petersson 76 Seconds % CAN E. J. Harnden 87 CAN Matt Wozniak 86 CAN Carter Rycroft 83 NOR Christoffer Svae 81 SCO Scott Andrews 83 SWE Kristian Lindström 78 Thirds % CAN B. J. Neufeld 85 SWE Oskar Eriksson 85 SCO Greg Drummond 84 CAN Ryan Fry 83 CAN Pat Simmons 81 NOR Torger Nergård 75 Skips % CAN Mike McEwen 84 CAN John Morris 82 NOR Thomas Ulsrud 80 CAN Brad Jacobs 78 SCO David Murdoch 67 SWE Niklas Edin 66 Women Leads % CAN Dawn McEwen 90 RUS Ekaterina Galkina 85 CAN Rachelle Brown 81 SCO Sarah Reid 80 CAN Lisa Weagle 77 SWE Margaretha Sigfridsson 75 Seconds % CAN Joanne Courtney 88 RUS Alexandra Saitova 83 CAN Dana Ferguson 77 SCO Vicki Adams 76 CAN Jill Officer 74 SWE Maria Wennerström 68 Thirds % RUS Margarita Fomina 83 CAN Emma Miskew 83 CAN Lori Olson-Johns 80 SWE Christina Bertrup 79 CAN Kaitlyn Lawes 75 SCO Anna Sloan 71 Skips % CAN Jennifer Jones 82 CAN Rachel Homan 80 CAN Val Sweeting 80 RUS Anna Sidorova 77 SWE Maria Prytz 76 SCO Eve Muirhead 70 Team percentages Men Team % CAN Mike McEwen 85 CAN Brad Jacobs 84 CAN John Morris 82 SCO David Murdoch 85 SWE Niklas Edin 78 NOR Thomas Ulsrud 78 Women Team % CAN Rachel Homan 82 RUS Anna Sidorova 81 CAN Jennifer Jones 80 CAN Val Sweeting 79 SWE Margaretha Sigfridsson 78 SCO Eve Muirhead 74 References External links http://www.curling.ca/2015continentalcup-en/ Category:Continental Cup of Curling Continental Cup Category:Curling competitions in Calgary Continental Cup Continental Cup of Curling Category:2015 in Calgary