The First Leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup took place from September 12 to 16, 2018 at the Suzhou Olympic Sports Center in Suzhou, China.
Canada had a clean sweep, winning all three disciplines. Rachel Homan's team beat out the Swedish Anna Hasselborg rink in the women's final, team Kevin Koe defeated Norway's Steffen Walstad in the men's event, and Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres beat out Sarah Anderson and Korey Dropkin from the United States for mixed doubles gold.
Format
Curling World Cup matches have eight ends, rather than the standard ten ends. Ties after eight ends will be decided by a shoot-out, with each team throwing a stone and the one closest to the button winning. A win in eight or fewer ends will earn a team 3 points, a shoot-out win 2 points, a shoot-out less 1 point, and 0 points for a loss in eight or fewer ends.
Each event will have eight teams in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles tournament. The teams will be split into two groups of four, based on the Curling World Cup rankings, whereby the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th, ranked teams will be in one group and the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th ranked teams in the other. The first place teams in each group will play against each other in the final. In the event of a tie for first place, a shoot-out will be used, with the same format used to decide matches tied after eight ends.
Qualification
For the first three legs of the Curling World Cup, the eight spots in the tournament are allocated to each of the hosting member associations, the highest ranked member association in each zone (the Americas, European, and Pacific-Asia), and two teams chosen by the World Curling Federation. Member associations may choose to send the same teams to all three legs or have different teams.
The following countries qualified for each discipline:
Qualification method Women Men Mixed doubles Hosting member association Highest ranked member association in the Americas zone Highest ranked member association in the European zone Highest ranked member association in the Pacific-Asia zone Selected by World Curling Federation
Women
Teams
Skip: Rachel Homan Third: Emma Miskew Second: Joanne Courtney Lead: Lisa WeagleFourth: Jiang Yilun Skip: Liu Sijia Second: Dong Ziqi Lead: Jiang XindiSkip: Satsuki Fujisawa Third: Chinami Yoshida Second: Yumi Suzuki Lead: Yurika YoshidaSkip: Anna Sidorova Third: Margarita Fomina Second: Julia Portunova Lead: Julia GuzievaSkip: Jennifer Dodds Third: Vicki Adams Second: Vicky Wright Lead: Lauren GraySkip: Kim Min-ji Third: Kim Hye-rin Second: Yang Tae-i Lead: Kim Su-jinSkip: Anna Hasselborg Third: Sara McManus Second: Agnes Knochenhauer Lead: Sofia MabergsSkip: Nina Roth Third: Tabitha Peterson Second: Aileen Geving Lead: Becca Hamilton
Round-robin standings
After Draw 15
Group A Country Skip W L Pts Anna Hasselborg 500115 Satsuki Fujisawa 30039 Liu Sijia 20046 Jennifer Dodds 20046
Group B Country Skip W L Pts Rachel Homan 500115 Anna Sidorova 30039 Nina Roth30039 Kim Min-ji 10053
Round-robin results
Draw 1
Wednesday, September 12, 15:00
Draw 4
Thursday, September 13, 08:30
Draw 5
Thursday, September 13, 12:00
Draw 6
Thursday, September 13, 16:00
Draw 7
Thursday, September 13, 19:30
Draw 8
Friday, September 15, 08:30
Draw 9
Friday, September 15, 12:00
Draw 10
Friday, September 15, 16:00
Draw 11
Friday, September 15, 19:30
Draw 12
Saturday, September 16, 08:30
Draw 13
Saturday, September 16, 12:00
Draw 15
Saturday, September 16, 19:30
Final
Sunday, September 17, 12:00
Men
Teams
Skip: Kevin Koe Third: B. J. Neufeld Second: Colton Flasch Lead: Ben HebertSkip: Zang Jialiang Third: Ba Dexin Second: Ma Yanlong Lead: Wang JinboFourth: Go Aoki Skip: Masaki Iwai Second: Ryotaro Shukuya Lead: Kouki OgiwaraSkip: Steffen Walstad Third: Markus Høiberg Second: Magnus Nedregotten Lead: Magnus VågbergSkip: Bruce Mouat Third: Grant Hardie Second: Bobby Lammie Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer SundgrenFourth: Benoît Schwarz Third: Sven Michel Skip: Peter de Cruz Lead: Valentin TannerFourth: Greg Persinger Skip: Rich Ruohonen Second: Sean Beighton Lead: Kroy Nernberger
Round-robin standings
After Draw 15
Group A Country Skip W L Pts Steffen Walstad 500115 Niklas Edin 21038 Rich Ruohonen 20137 Zang Jialiang 20046
Group B Country Skip W L Pts Kevin Koe 500115 Bruce Mouat 400212 Peter de Cruz 30039 Masaki Iwai 00060
Round-robin results
Draw 3
Wednesday, September 12, 21:00
Draw 5
Thursday, September 13, 12:00
Draw 7
Thursday, September 13, 19:30
Draw 9
Friday, September 14, 12:00
Draw 10
Friday, September 14, 16:00
Draw 12
Saturday, September 15, 08:30
Draw 14
Saturday, September 15, 16:00
Draw 15
Saturday, September 15, 19:30
Final
Sunday, September 17, 16:00
Mixed doubles
Teams
Female: Laura Walker Male: Kirk MuyresFemale: Yu Jiaxin Male: Wang XiangkunFemale: Kristin Skaslien Male: Sander RølvågFemale: Maria Komarova Male: Daniil GoriachevFemale: Jang Hye-ri Male: Choi Chi-wonFemale: Therese Westman Male: Robin AhlbergFemale: Jenny Perret Male: Martin RiosFemale: Sarah Anderson Male: Korey Dropkin
Round-robin standings
After Draw 14
Group A Country Athletes W L Pts Laura Walker / Kirk Muyres 500115 Kristin Skaslien / Sander Rølvåg 30039 Maria Komarova / Daniil Goriachev 20137 Therese Westman / Robin Ahlberg 11045
Group B Country Athletes W L Pts Sarah Anderson / Korey Dropkin 600018 Jenny Perret / Martin Rios 400212 Yu Jiaxin / Wang Xiangkun 10053 Jang Hye-ri / Choi Chi-won 10053
Round-robin results
Draw 2
Wednesday, September 12, 18:30
Draw 4
Thursday, September 13, 08:30
Draw 6
Thursday, September 13, 16:00
Draw 8
Friday, September 14, 08:30
Draw 9
Friday, September 14, 12:00
Draw 10
Friday, September 14, 16:00
Draw 11
Friday, September 14, 19:30
Draw 13
Saturday, September 15, 12:00
Draw 14
Saturday, September 15, 16:00
Final
Sunday, September 16, 08:30
Player percentages Sarah Anderson 77% Laura Walker 83% Korey Dropkin 69% Kirk Muyres 90% Total 72% Total 88%
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