Curling World Cup
- Not to be confused with the Masters of Curling, which was known as the "World Cup of Curling" from 2009 to 2011.
Curling World Cup | |
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Established | 2018 |
2018–19 host city |
Suzhou, China (First Leg) Omaha, United States (Second Leg) Jönköping, Sweden (Third Leg) Beijing, China (Grand Final) |
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The Curling World Cup is a curling tournament to be first held as part of the 2018–19 curling season, organized by the World Curling Federation and Kingdomway Sports. The tournament will have four legs: three qualifying legs and a Grand Final.
History
In September 2017, the World Curling Federation announced they had reached an agreement with Kingdomway Sports to create a World Series of Curling, to help develop the sport in the lead-up to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The tournament would consist of four legs, the first being in the Pacific-Asia Zone, the second in the European Zone, the third in the Americas Zone, and a Grand Final in Beijing.[1] In January 2018, the World Curling Federation announced the name of the tournament would be changed to the Curling World Cup, and consist of men's, women's, and mixed doubles events.[2]
On July 19, 2018, details about the Curling World Cup were announced, including the host cities, format, qualification rules, and logos for each leg of the event.[3]
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 loss 1 point, and 0 points for a loss in eight or fewer ends.[4]
Champions
Event | First leg winning team | Second leg winning team | Third leg winning team | Grand Final winning team | ||||
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2018–19 | W | W | W | W | ||||
M | M | M | M | |||||
MD | MD | MD | MD |
References
- ↑ "World Series of Curling given major boost towards implementation". World Curling Federation. September 16, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ↑ "New four-stage curling competition to be named Curling World Cupwork=World Curling Federation". January 16, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Everything you need to know about the Curling World Cup". World Curling Federation. July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ↑ "Format". Curling World Cup. Retrieved July 19, 2018.