The 2019 World Financial Group Continental Cup was held from January 17 to 20 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.[1] This was the fourth time the event is being held in Paradise and the fourth time outside Canada. The event featured new team scramble competitions, with players from different traditional teams competing together, along with the mixed doubles, team, and skins competitions seen in previous years.

2019 World Financial Group Continental Cup
Host cityParadise, Nevada
ArenaOrleans Arena
DatesJanuary 17–20
WinnerTeam World
Score Breakdown
Discipline NA World
Draw 1 – Mixed doubles 0 3
Draw 2 – Mixed doubles 0 3
Draw 3 – Women's team play 0 3
Draw 4 – Mixed doubles 1 2
Draw 5 – Mixed Doubles 3 0
Draw 6 – Men's team play 0.5 2.5
Draw 7 – Women’s scramble 0.5 2.5
Draw 8 – Men’s scramble 1.5 1.5
Draw 9 – Mixed scramble 6 0
Draw 10 – Skins 3.5 11.5
Draw 11 – Skins 10 5
Total 26 34
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Team World was in the lead for the entirety of the event. However, a strong performance from Team North America in the final skins draw, holding Team World to 0.5 points in the first seven ends of all three matches, led to the winner being decided in the eighth and final end. The cup was decided in the women's game when Eve Muirhead made a hit and stick to win a skin worth 2.5 points against Team Rachel Homan to clinch the title.

The final result was a 34–26 victory for Team World, their first win since 2012. Team World collected CAD$85,000; Team North America collected CAD$45,000.[2]

Competition format

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This edition of the Continental Cup will use a new format. There will be sixty points available, distributed as follows:

Event Games Points Total points
Teams 6 1 6
Mixed doubles 12 1 12
Team scramble 6 1 6
Mixed team scramble 3 2 6
Skins 6 5 30
Total 33 N/A 60

The number of traditional team games is reduced under this format, with each team now playing in only one traditional team game instead of three as in past years. There is one additional mixed doubles draw, eliminating the practice of having the third mixed doubles game consisting of two pairs of players who switch after four ends of play; this in turn ensures that all players are involved in one full mixed doubles game.

The two new events are the team scramble and mixed team scramble. The team scramble will be a mix of the traditional teams into same-gender lineups. Front-end or back-end teammates cannot stay together, but a back-end player may play with a front-end teammate. The mixed teams scramble will use mixed teams, with at least one team per side skipped by a female.[3] There is one men's team scramble draw and one women's team scramble draw, with each game worth one point; each game in the single mixed scramble draw is worth two points.

Teams

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Team Skip Third Second Lead Country
Team
North
America
Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker   Canada
Rachel Homan Emma Miskew Joanne Courtney Lisa Weagle   Canada
Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jocelyn Peterman Dawn McEwen   Canada
Kevin Koe B. J. Neufeld Colton Flasch Ben Hebert   Canada
John Shuster Christopher Plys Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner   United States
Jamie Sinclair Sarah Anderson Taylor Anderson Monica Walker   United States
Coach: Jeff Stoughton, Assistant Coach: Jill Officer, Captain: Pete Fenson
Team
World
Benoît Schwarz (fourth) Sven Michel Peter de Cruz (skip) Valentin Tanner   Switzerland
Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Rasmus Wranå Christoffer Sundgren   Sweden
Anna Hasselborg Sara McManus Agnes Knochenhauer Sofia Mabergs   Sweden
Bruce Mouat Grant Hardie Bobby Lammie Hammy McMillan Jr.   Scotland
Eve Muirhead Jennifer Dodds Vicki Chalmers Lauren Gray   Scotland
Alina Pätz (fourth) Silvana Tirinzoni (skip) Esther Neuenschwander Melanie Barbezat   Switzerland
Coach: Fredrik Lindberg, Assistant Coach: Christoffer Svae, Captain: David Murdoch

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Events

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All draw times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7:00).[5]

Thursday, January 17

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Draw 1

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Mixed doubles 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Weagle/Gushue)   1 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 7 0
World (Neuenschwander/de Cruz) 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 3 10 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Homan/Koe) 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X 3 0
World (Dodds/Mouat)   6 0 2 0 3 1 X X 12 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Peterman/Gallant)   0 1 2 0 0 0 0 X 3 0
World (Chalmers/McMillan) 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 X 9 1

Draw 2

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Mixed doubles 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Jones/Nichols) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
World (Pätz/Michel)   1 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 8 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (M. Walker/Shuster) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 4 0
World (Hasselborg/Eriksson)   1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Lawes/G. Walker) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3 0
World (Knochenhauer/Wranå)   2 1 0 1 0 3 1 X 8 1

Draw 3

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Women's team play 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Jones) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
World (Muirhead)   0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Homan) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 3 0
World (Hasselborg)   1 1 0 3 0 1 2 X 8 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Sinclair)   2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0
World (Tirinzoni) 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 6 1

Friday, January 18

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Draw 4

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Mixed doubles 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Courtney/Neufeld)   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 0
World (Tirinzoni/Schwarz) 0 2 0 1 0 5 1 X 9 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (S. Anderson/Landsteiner) 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0
World (Muirhead/Lammie)   3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 8 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (McEwen/Hebert) 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 X 6 1
World (Mabergs/Sundgren)   0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3 0

Draw 5

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Mixed doubles 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Miskew/Hamilton)   2 1 2 1 0 2 0 X 8 1
World (Gray/Hardie) 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 X 4 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Sinclair/Plys)   2 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 8 1
World (McManus/Edin) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (T. Anderson/Flasch)   0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 7 1
World (Barbezat/Tanner) 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 6 0

Draw 6

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Men's team play 6:30 pm[6]

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Koe) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 4 0
World (de Cruz)   2 0 0 3 1 0 2 X 8 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Shuster) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
World (Edin)   2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Gushue) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0.5
World (Mouat)   0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0.5

Saturday, January 19

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Draw 7

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Women's team scramble 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Jones/S. Anderson/Peterman/M. Walker)   0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 6 0.5
World (Muirhead/Pätz/Chalmers/Barbezat) 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 6 0.5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Homan/Lawes/Courtney/McEwen)   0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 5 0
World (Hasselborg/Dodds/Knochenhauer/Gray) 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 6 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Sinclair/Miskew/T. Anderson/Weagle) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 0
World (Tirinzoni/McManus/Neuenschwander/Mabergs)   2 1 0 3 1 0 1 X 8 1

Draw 8

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Men's team scramble 1:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Koe/Plys/Gallant/Hebert)   1 0 0 0 3 0 3 X 7 1
World (Mouat/Michel/Lammie/Tanner) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 3 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Gushue/Neufeld/Hamilton/G. Walker) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0.5
World (Edin/Hardie/Wranå/McMillan)   0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 0.5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Shuster/Nichols/Flasch/Landsteiner) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2 0
World (Schwarz/Eriksson/de Cruz/Sundgren)   0 0 2 1 2 1 0 X 6 1

Draw 9

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Mixed team scramble 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Gushue/Lawes/Gallant/McEwen)   0 2 0 1 0 2 2 X 7 2
World (Mouat/Dodds/Lammie/Gray) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Homan/Neufeld/Courtney/Hebert) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 7 2
World (Hasselborg/Eriksson/Knochenhauer/Sundgren)   0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Shuster/Sinclair/Hamilton/M. Walker)   0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 6 2
World (Schwarz/Pätz/de Cruz/Barbezat) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0

Sunday, January 20

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Draw 10

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Skins 11:00 am

Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Button Total
North America (Jones) 0 X 0 0 X 3
World (Tirinzoni)   0 X 0 X 2
Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
North America (Nichols/Sinclair/Gallant/T. Anderson) X 0.5
World (Eriksson/Hasselborg/Sundgren/Mabergs)   X X 0 X X X X 4.5
Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
North America (Shuster) 0
World (de Cruz)   0 X X X 0 X 0 X 5

Draw 11

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Skins 4:00 pm

Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
North America (Homan) 0 0 X X X 2.5
World (Muirhead)   0 0 X 2.5
Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
North America (Gushue/S. Anderson/G. Walker/M. Walker) X X 0 0 0 0 X 4
World (Edin/McManus/Wranå/Knochenhauer)   X 1
Values (points) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
North America (Koe) 0 X X X X X 3.5
World (Mouat)   X X 1.5

References

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  1. ^ Cameron, Al (April 8, 2018). "Canada falls short in gold-medal game; WFG Continental Cup returning to Vegas". Curling Canada. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. ^ "TEAM WORLD NAILS DOWN WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP CONTINENTAL CUP VICTORY". Curling Canada. January 20, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Lineups, new format set for 2019 WFG Continental Cup in Las Vegas". Curling Canada. September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  4. ^ "Teams". lasvegascurlingrocks. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  5. ^ "Draw Schedule". Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  6. ^ @CurlingCanada (January 18, 2019). "REMINDER: If you're coming to watch draw 6 at @therealwfg Continental Cup, please note that the game time is 6:30 p.m. (not 7 p.m.) https://www.curling.ca/2019continentalcup/ … #ContCup2019" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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