2018–19 Curling World Cup – Third Leg

2018–19 Curling World Cup Third Leg
Host city	Jönköping, Sweden
Arena	Jönköping Curling Club
Dates	May 8–12, 2019
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The Third Leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup will take place from January 30 to February 3, 2019 at the Jönköping Curling Club in Jönköping, Sweden.^[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

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.^[3]

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

Qualification method	Women	Men	Mixed doubles
Hosting member association	China	China	China
United States	United States	United States
Sweden	Sweden	Sweden
Highest ranked member association in the Americas zone	Canada	Canada	Canada
Highest ranked member association in the European zone	Scotland	Switzerland	Switzerland
Highest ranked member association in the Pacific-Asia zone	South Korea	Japan	South Korea
Selected by World Curling Federation	Japan	Norway	Russia
Russia	Scotland	Norway

Women

Teams

China	United States	Sweden
Skip: TBA Third: TBA Second: TBA Lead: TBA	Skip: Cory Christensen Third: Vicky Persinger Second: Jenna Martin Lead: Madison Bear [4]	Skip: TBA Third: TBA Second: TBA Lead: TBA
Canada	Scotland	South Korea
Skip: Jennifer Jones Third: Kaitlyn Lawes Second: Jocelyn Peterman Lead: Dawn McEwen [5]	Skip: TBA Third: TBA Second: TBA Lead: TBA	Skip: TBA Third: TBA Second: TBA Lead: TBA
Japan	Russia
Skip: TBA Third: TBA Second: TBA Lead: TBA	Skip: TBA Third: TBA Second: TBA Lead: TBA

Men

Teams

China	United States	Sweden
Skip: TBA Third: TBA Second: TBA Lead: TBA	Skip: Mark Fenner Third: Tom Howell Second: Korey Dropkin Lead: Alex Fenson [4]	Skip: TBA Third: TBA Second: TBA Lead: TBA
Canada	Switzerland	Japan
Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Brett Gallant Lead: Geoff Walker [5]	Skip: TBA Third: TBA Second: TBA Lead: TBA	Skip: TBA Third: TBA Second: TBA Lead: TBA
Norway	Scotland
Skip: TBA Third: TBA Second: TBA Lead: TBA	Skip: TBA Third: TBA Second: TBA Lead: TBA

Mixed doubles

Teams

China	United States	Sweden
Female: TBA Male: TBA	Female: Becca Hamilton Male: Matt Hamilton [4]	Female: TBA Male: TBA
Canada	Switzerland	South Korea
Female: TBA Male: TBA	Female: TBA Male: TBA	Female: TBA Male: TBA
Russia	Norway
Female: TBA Male: TBA	Female: TBA Male: TBA

References

External links

• Official website