2013 China Open (curling)

The 2013 China Open was held from September 18 to 24 in Tianjin, China.

The Canadian representatives, Team McEwen, won the men's event, defeating China's Liu Rui 6–5 in the event final. The team, consisting of Mike McEwen, B. J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak and Denni Neufeld topped the round robin with a 6–1 record, only losing one game to Sweden's Oskar Eriksson. They then beat Scotland's Logan Gray to advance to the final where they faced China's Liu. The Canadian team led the game early 4–1 before the Chinese tied it up at five all after eight. Following a blank in the ninth end, the McEwen rink scored one in the tenth end to secure the victory.

On the women's side, South Korea's Team Kim defeated Canada's Team Carey 9–6 in the final. The team, with Kim Ji-sun, Gim Un-chi, Shin Mi-sung and Lee Seul-bee just narrowly qualified for the playoffs. After a 3–4 round robin record, the team from Gyeonggi-do beat the Chinese Jiang Yilun rink 9–6 in a tiebreaker to qualify. They then beat the undefeated Wang Bingyu Chinese rink 8–7 in the semifinal before taking on the Chelsea Carey rink in the final. After a tight first half, steals in ends six, seven and eight ultimately led to the Korean team's victory.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Locale Peter de Boer Sean Becker Scott Becker Kenny Thomson Auckland, New Zealand Benoît Schwarz (Fourth) Peter de Cruz (Skip) Dominik Märki Valentin Tanner Geneva, Switzerland Oskar Eriksson Kristian Lindström Markus Eriksson Christoffer Sundgren Karlstad, Sweden Logan Gray Glen Muirhead Ross Paterson Richard Woods Stirling, Scotland Liu Rui Zang Jialiang Xu Xiaoming Ba Dexin Harbin, China Mike McEwen B. J. Neufeld Matt Wozniak Denni Neufeld Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Rasmus Stjerne Johnny Frederiksen Mikkel Poulsen Troels Harry Hvidovre, Denmark Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Oslo, Norway

Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker Team Mike McEwen 6 1 – 59 39 33 25 3 11 Thomas Ulsrud 4 3 2–1; 1–0 50 45 32 32 6 8 Liu Rui 4 3 2–1; 0–1 57 41 32 24 0 13 Oskar Eriksson 4 3 1–2; 1–0 46 45 30 28 2 7 Logan Gray 4 3 1–2; 0–1 40 37 26 24 5 8 Peter de Cruz 3 4 – 40 41 29 27 4 11 Peter de Boer 2 5 – 35 54 24 30 6 5 Rasmus Stjerne 1 6 – 31 56 18 34 3 5

Round-robin results All draw times are listed in China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Draw 1 Thursday, September 19, 2:00 pm

Draw 2 Friday, September 20, 9:30 am

Draw 3 Friday, September 20, 6:30 pm

Draw 4 Saturday, September 21, 2:00 pm

Draw 5 Sunday, September 22, 9:30 am

Draw 6 Sunday, September 22, 6:30 pm

Draw 7 Monday, September 23, 2:00 pm

Tiebreaker Monday, September 23, 6:30 pm

Playoffs

Source:

Semifinals Tuesday, September 24, 9:30 am

Bronze medal game Tuesday, September 24, 2:30 pm

Final Tuesday, September 24, 2:30 pm

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Locale Kerry Barr Rachael Simms Rhiann Macleod Barbara McPake Stirling, Scotland Chelsea Carey Kristy McDonald Kristen Foster Lindsay Titheridge Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Anna Hasselborg Karin Rudström Agnes Knochenhauer Zandra Flyg Gävle, Sweden Jiang Yilun Wang Rui Yao Mingyue She Qiutong Harbin, China Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jill Officer Dawn McEwen Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Kim Ji-sun Gim Un-chi Shin Mi-sung Lee Seul-bee Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Lene Nielsen Helle Simonsen Jeanne Ellegaard Maria Poulsen Hvidovre, Denmark Wang Bingyu Liu Yin Yue Qingshuang Zhou Yan Harbin, China

Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker Team Wang Bingyu 7 0 – 61 16 31 13 2 15 Jennifer Jones 5 2 – 53 42 28 27 3 5 Chelsea Carey 4 3 – 46 50 25 29 4 3 Jiang Yilun 3 4 1–0 42 55 28 30 2 5 Kim Ji-sun 3 4 0–1 48 54 30 30 2 10 Kerry Barr 2 5 1–1 45 52 30 33 2 10 Lene Nielsen 2 5 1–1 41 53 27 31 0 7 Anna Hasselborg 2 5 1–1 37 51 25 31 7 5

Round-robin results All draw times are listed in China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Draw 1 Thursday, September 19, 9:30 am

Draw 2 Thursday, September 19, 6:30 pm

Draw 3 Friday, September 20, 2:00 pm

Draw 4 Saturday, September 21, 9:30 am

Draw 5 Saturday, September 21, 6:30 pm

Draw 6 Sunday, September 22, 2:00 pm

Draw 7 Monday, September 23, 9:30 am