2008 Continental Cup of Curling

August 2011 NA 2008 Camrose, Alberta EnCana Arena December 18–21 192 208 N Women's Team Round 1 3 15 Mixed Doubles Round 1 3 15 Men's Team Round 1 12 6 Women's Team Round 2 0 18 Mixed Doubles Round 2 6 12 Men's Team Round 2 12 6 Singles 10 22 Women's Skins 43 62 Men's Skins 78 27 Mixed Skins 29 21 The 2008 Continental Cup of Curling was the 6th edition of this event and was held from December 18–21, 2008 at the EnCana Arena in Camrose, Alberta. It was the first edition of the Continental Cup in which teams outside of North America and Europe competed, due to the outstanding performance of the Chinese teams in the previous year's men's and women's world championships. To reflect the expanded participation, the team opposing North America was renamed from "Team Europe" to "Team World". The World Curling Federation named the six rinks representing Team World. The Canada Cup of Curling, Tournament of Hearts and Brier winners automatically qualify as the Canadian rinks in Team North America, while the American contingent in Team North America are represented by their men's and women's champions. The event was won by Team World by a score of 208-192, with the winning points scored in the fourth end in the men's featured skins game. The prize purse was $88,400 (CAD);http://www.seasonofchampions.ca/2008continentalcup/news282.asp World and Olympic champions headline 2008 Continental Cup 2008-07-09 Canadian Curling Association 2008-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20080714035744/http://www.seasonofchampions.ca/2008continentalcup/news282.asp 14 July 2008 dead each member of the winning team received $2000, while each member of the losing team received $1400. The Continental Divide, the entertainment centre, was located at the adjacent Border Paving Arena. The ice technician is Tim Yeo. Scoring Each match is worth a different number of points, with a total of 400 available in the event. Broadcast TSN televised every draw of the Continental Cup, with the men's team games and the women's feature skins games on tape-delay (while broadcast live on TSN2) and the remainder of the draws live. Teams Team North America was coached by CAN Jim Waite and captained by CAN Russ Howard. Team World was coached by SWE Peja Lindholm and captained by NOR Pål Trulsen. Team Country Home Skip Third Second Lead North America Madison, Wisconsin Craig Brown Rich Ruohonen John Dunlop Peter Annis North America Winnipeg, Manitoba Jennifer Jones Cathy Overton-Clapham Jill Officer Dawn Askin North America Edmonton, Alberta Kevin Koe* Blake MacDonald Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen North America Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Stefanie Lawton Marliese Kasner Teejay Surik Lana Vey North America Edmonton, Alberta Kevin Martin John Morris Marc Kennedy Ben Hebert North America Madison, Wisconsin Debbie McCormick Allison Pottinger Nicole Joraanstad Tracy Sachtjen World / Lockerbie David Murdoch Ewan MacDonald Niklas Edin Euan Byers World Härnösand Anette Norberg Kajsa Bergström Cathrine Lindahl Anna Svärd World Davos Mirjam Ott Carmen Schäfer Valeria Spälty Janine Greiner World Harbin Wang Bingyu Liu Yin Yue Qingshuang Zhou Yan World Harbin Wang Fengchun Liu Rui Xu Xiaoming Zang Jialiang World Oslo Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson * Throws third rocks Results Women's team Draw 1 (December 18) A World (Wang) 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 8 6 North America (Lawton) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 B World (Norberg) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 North America (Jones) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 3 C World (Ott) 3 2 0 4 0 1 0 X 10 6 North America (McCormick) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3 0 Draw 4 (December 19) A World (Wang) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 6 North America (Jones) 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 B World (Norberg) 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 6 North America (McCormick) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 C World (Ott) 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 8 6 North America (Lawton) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 Men's team Draw 3 (December 18) A World (Ulsrud) 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 6 North America (Koe) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 B World (Wang) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 1 0 North America (Martin) 2 2 0 3 1 1 1 X 10 6 C World (Murdoch) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 North America (Brown) 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 6 6 Draw 6 (December 19) A World (Murdoch) 4 0 5 0 0 X X X 9 6 North America (Koe) 0 2 0 0 2 X X X 4 0 B World (Ulsrud) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 North America (Martin) 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 7 6 X World (Wang) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 North America (Brown) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 6 6 Mixed doubles Draw 2 (December 18) A World (Nergård/Norberg) 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 6 North America (Brown/Pottinger) 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 B World (Lindahl/Ulsrud) 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 7 3 North America (Jones/Kennedy) 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 3 C World (MacDonald/Ott) 1 0 5 0 3 2 0 1 12 6 North America (Koe/Overton-Clapham) 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 6 0 Draw 5 (December 19) A World (Murdoch/Schafer) 3 0 3 0 3 2 2 X 13 6 North America (McCormick/Ruohonen) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2 0 B World (Wang F./Liu Y.) 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 8 6 North America (Lawton/Rycroft) 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 7 0 C World (Wang B./Liu R.) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 0 North America (Kasner/Morris) 2 0 4 0 1 0 2 3 12 6 Singles Team World wins the eight points for the greater aggregate score for singles play, 96-93. Draw 8 - December 20 A World (Wang) 0 4 5 3 5 3 20 4 North America (Koe) 0 5 5 4 1 0 15 0 B World (Murdoch) 0 5 3 2 1 5 16 0 North America (Martin) 0 5 5 3 1 5 19 4 C World (Ulsrud) 0 4 5 5 4 0 18 4 North America (Brown) 0 5 4 5 3 0 17 0 A World (Ott) 1 3 2 4 1 0 11 2 North America (McCormick) 0 5 2 2 2 2 11 2 B World (Wang) 5 3 5 2 3 0 18 4 North America (Jones) 0 5 4 5 1 1 16 0 C World (Norberg) 0 5 4 1 1 1 12 0 North America (Lawton) 0 5 5 1 4 0 15 4 Women's Skins Draw 7 contains the 20-point game, Draw 9 is the 30-point game, and Draw 10 is the feature game. Draw 7 - December 20 C World (Wang) 0 0 X 10 North America (McCormick) 0 X X X X 10 Draw 9 - December 20 C World (Ott) 0 X 0 0 X 11 North America (Lawton) 0 0 X 19 Draw 10 - December 21 A World (Norberg) 0 X 0 X X 41 North America (Jones) X X X 14 Men's Skins Draw 7 is the 20-point game, Draw 9 is the 30-point game, and Draw 10 is the feature game. Draw 7 - December 20 A World (Wang) X X X X 10 North America (Brown) 0 0 0 X 10 Draw 9 - December 20 A World (Murdoch) X X 0 0 2 North America (Koe) 0 X X X 28 Draw 10 - December 21 B World (Ulsrud) X X 0 15 North America (Martin) X 0 X X X 40 Mixed Skins Draw 7 is the 20-point game, while Draw 9 is the 30-point game. Draw 7 - December 20 B World (Murdoch/Schafer/Svae/Svard) X 0 X 0 5 North America (Morris/Kasner/MacDonald/Vey) X 0 X X 15 Draw 9 - December 20 B World (Ulsrud/Norberg/Wang B./Wang F.) X X X 16 North America (Martin/Jones/Kennedy/Askin) X 0 0 X X 14 Sources Official Site 53 01 05 N 112 49 38 W region:CA-AB_type:city(15620)_source:kolossus-dewiki title Continental Cup Of Curling, 2008 Category:Continental Cup of Curling Category:Sports in Camrose, Alberta Category:2008 in sports in Alberta Category:Curling competitions in Alberta