2016 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling Host city Paradise , Nevada [1] Arena Orleans Arena Dates January 14–17 Winner Team North America Discipline
NA
World 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 Total
30.5
29.5
The 2016 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.[2]
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
World Curling Federation
.
The teams in the table below were announced as representatives of their respective regions.[3] [4]
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 .
Events
All times listed are in
UTC−8).
[5] The draws for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were released on Wednesday night,
[6] and the draws for Sunday will be released on Saturday afternoon.
Thursday, January 14
Draw 1
Team
8:30 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
North America (Hebert /Miskew )
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
6
0
World ( Adams
)
1
1
0
1
0
4
0
1
8
1
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Draw 6
Team
6:30 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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.
Draw 8
Team
1:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Points
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
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 (Shuster )
X
X
X
X
0
3
World (Zang )
0
0
0
X[7]
2
Values (points)
½
½
½
½
½
½
1
1
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Total
North America (Brown )
X
0
0
X
X
2½
World (Ogasawara )
0
X
X
2½
Draw 11
Skins
6:30 pm
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 (Koe )
X
X
0
0
1
World (Edin )
X
X
X
0
X[8]
4
Values (points)
½
½
½
½
½
½
1
1
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Total
North America (Jones )
0
0
X
0
X
4
World (Muirhead )
0
0
X
1
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