2018–19 Curling World Cup – Grand Final

2018–19 Curling World Cup Grand Final
Host city	Beijing, China
Dates	May 8–12, 2019
« Third Leg

The Grand Final of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup will take place from May 8 to 12, 2019 in Beijing, China.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

Qualification

The host (China), the winners of each leg, the current world champions, a team specifically invited, and the two highest remaining teams on the Curling World Cup ranking list will qualify for the Grand Final. Two separate teams from the same member association may qualify for the Grand Final.^[3]

The following countries qualified for each discipline:^[3]

Qualification method	Women	Men	Mixed doubles
Hosting member association	China	China	China
First leg winner	Canada (Homan)	Canada (Koe)	Canada (Walker/Muyres)
Second leg winner
Third leg winner
World champions
Invited by World Curling Federation
Highest ranked remaining teams

Women

Teams

China
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Men

Teams

China
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Mixed doubles

Teams

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References

External links

• Official website