2012 Continental Cup of Curling

2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling


Host city Langley, British Columbia
Arena Langley Events Centre
Dates January 12–15
Winner United Nations World
Runner-up Canada North America United States
Score 235 – 165, World
Score Breakdown
Discipline NA World
Women's Team Round 1 9 9
Mixed Doubles Round 1 6 12
Men's Team Round 1 9 9
Women's Team Round 2 9 9
Mixed Doubles Round 2 0 18
Men's Team Round 2 9 9
Skins A 26 34
Singles 8 24
Skins B 44 46
Women's Skins C 25 30
Men's Skins C 20 35
Total 165 235

The 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held from Thursday, January 12 to Sunday, January 15 at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia.[1] Just like in the previous year's event, the Continental Cup featured team events, mixed doubles events, singles competitions, and skins competitions, and the brunt of the points were won in the skins competitions.[2] TSN broadcast the event, as it has in previous years.[3]

Team World aimed to level the field after Team North America won the previous cup, which brought the overall total to 4–3 in favour of North America, and was successful, tying the overall total at 4–4. Team World's win ensured that no defending champion to date would successfully defend its title from the previous Cup, continuing a pattern that has occurred since the inception of the event. In their win, Team World also won the most points that they have won in this event, topping their score of 229 points won in 2006.

Event summary

Team World and Team North America started off the event relatively close in points. On Thursday, both teams tied their team draws[4][5] and Team World took a small lead after the first mixed doubles draw.[6] The second day, Friday, also resulted in tied draws in the team games,[7] but Team World won three close mixed doubles games[8] to take a larger lead heading into Day 3.[9] Saturday saw the singles competition, where Team World swept the women's competition and won the aggregate bonus,[10] and two very close skins draws, which Team North America used to make up their deficit.[11][12] In the Skins B games, a series of carryovers had resulted in the games' final skins worth a combined total of 52 points. Team North America had the opportunity to take their first lead in the event, but only managed to win one of the three final skins, giving Team World a big advantage.[12] Team North America was able to prevent Team World from winning the Cup on Saturday, but Team World entered Sunday needing only 31 points to win the Cup.

In the Women's Skins C game, Stefanie Lawton and her team were able to prevent Wang Bingyu from winning the Cup in their skins game by winning the first five ends, but Wang and her team came back to pick up the last three skins and thirty points, placing Team World on the brink of victory at 200 points, one point short of the 201 point total needed to win the Cup.[13] The pressure shifted to Jeff Stoughton to keep the North Americans' hopes of a comeback alive. Team World's position at 200 points meant that it was possible for Team North America to tie the event, if Stoughton won all of the skins in his game versus Thomas Ulsrud, a feat that Anette Norberg accomplished in 2003 against Sherry Middaugh. In the event that the Continental Cup ended in a tie, the rules stipulated that the defending champion, North America, would retain the cup, similar to that in the rules of the Ryder Cup in golf.[14] If there was a tie, the purses would have been split equally among all players.[14] The Men's Skins C game saw Ulsrud and his team capitalize on a mistake by Stoughton to secure a skin of five points and win the eighth edition of the Continental Cup.[15] The winning team, Team World, received a purse of CAD$52,000, CAD$2,000 per player, and the losing team received a purse of CAD$26,000, CAD$1,000 per player. The winning team of the last men's skin game (the Men's Skins C game), Team World, received a bonus of CAD$13,000.[3]

Teams

The teams were selected from the top teams in each region. Six teams from each region will compete against each other in the competition. Teams from Canada get to represent North America by virtue of winning certain events, such as the Tim Hortons Brier and the Canada Cup of Curling. The teams from the United States are chosen by the United States Curling Association to represent North America, and the teams representing Team World are selected by the World Curling Federation.

The teams in the table below have been announced as representatives of their respective regions.[3][16][17] For Team North America, the teams participating include Canada Cup champions Stefanie Lawton and Glenn Howard, Tournament of Hearts champion Amber Holland, Brier champion Jeff Stoughton, and the United States men's and women's champions Pete Fenson and Patti Lank. For Team World, the teams participating include world champion Anette Norberg, former world champion Wang Bingyu, world junior champion Eve Muirhead, world bronze medalist Niklas Edin, world silver medalist Tom Brewster, and Olympic silver medalist Thomas Ulsrud.

Team Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Team
North
America
United States Canada 		Stefanie Lawton Sherry Anderson Sherri Singler Marliese Kasner Canada Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Amber Holland Kim Schneider Tammy Schneider Heather Kalenchuk Canada Kronau, Saskatchewan
Patti Lank Nina Spatola Caitlin Maroldo Mackenzie Lank United States Lewiston, New York
Glenn Howard Wayne Middaugh Brent Laing Craig Savill Canada Coldwater, Ontario
Jeff Stoughton Jon Mead Reid Carruthers Ben Hebert1 Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba
Pete Fenson Shawn Rojeski Joe Polo Ryan Brunt United States Bemidji, Minnesota
Coach: Canada Julie Skinner, Captain: Canada Rick Lang
Team
World
United Nations 		Anette Norberg Cecilia Östlund Sara Carlsson Liselotta Lennartsson Sweden Karlstad
Wang Bingyu Sun Yue Yue Qingshuang Zhou Yan China Harbin
Eve Muirhead Anna Sloan Vicki Adams Claire Hamilton Scotland Lockerbie
Niklas Edin Sebastian Kraupp Fredrik Lindberg Viktor Kjäll Sweden Karlstad
Tom Brewster Greg Drummond Scott Andrews Michael Goodfellow Scotland Aberdeen
Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Norway Oslo
Coach: Scotland David Hay, Captain: Sweden Peja Lindholm
Notes
  1. ^ Steve Gould, Stoughton's lead, was not able to participate in the event due to illness, so Hebert, Kevin Martin's lead, was chosen as his replacement.[18]

Events

All times listed are Pacific Standard Time.[19][20] The draws for Thursday and Friday were released on Wednesday night,[21] and the draws for Saturday and Sunday were released on Friday afternoon.[22]

Thursday, January 12

Women's team 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Lank) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 5

0
World (Wang) 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 6

6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Lawton) 1 0 1 4 0 4 1 0 11

6
World (Norberg) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3

0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Holland) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5

3
World (Muirhead) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 5

3

Mixed doubles 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Middaugh/Spatola) 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 7

3
World (Brewster/Yue) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 7

3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Carruthers/K. Schneider) 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 X 4

0
World (Kraupp/Norberg) 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 X 8

6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Rojeski/Kasner) 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 0 9

3
World (Ulsrud/Östlund) 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 9

3

Men's team 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Fenson) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1

0
World (Brewster) 2 1 0 0 2 2 X X 7

6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Stoughton) 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 X 8

6
World (Edin) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 3

0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Howard) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4

3
World (Ulsrud) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

3

Friday, January 13

Women's team 8:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Lank) 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 X 8

6
World (Norberg) 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 X 5

0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Holland) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4

0
World (Wang) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6

6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Lawton) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3

3
World (Muirhead) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3

3

Mixed doubles 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Savill/P. Lank) 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 4

0
World (Nergård/Wang) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 X 5

6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Hebert/Lawton) 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 7

0
World (Lindberg/Muirhead) 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 8

6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Polo/Holland) 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 X 5

0
World (Drummond/Sloan) 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 X 7

6

Men's team 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Howard) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 X 6

6
World (Edin) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 4

0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Fenson) 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4

3
World (Ulsrud) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4

3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Points
North America (Stoughton) 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 6

0
World (Brewster) 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 7

6

Saturday, January 14

A Skins 9:00 am

Each skins game has 20 points available.

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
North America (Lank) X X 4
World (Norberg) X X X 0 X X 16
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
North America (Howard/Anderson/Laing/Singler) X X X 0 X 18
World (Edin/Muirhead/Svae/Yue) 0 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
North America (Fenson) 0 X X 4
World (Brewster) X X X X X 16

Singles 1:30 pm

Each singles game has 4 points available, for a total of 32 points in the singles competition.

Sheet A Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
North America (Holland) 0 5 3 2 1 0 11

0
World (Muirhead) 1 5 5 2 2 0 15

4
Sheet B Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
North America (Lawton) 5 4 5 3 2 1 20

0
World (Wang) 4 4 5 4 4 0 21

4
Sheet C Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
North America (Lank) 3 3 5 0 0 0 11

0
World (Norberg) 0 5 4 3 2 5 19

4
Sheet A Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
North America (Fenson) 0 5 3 5 2 0 15

4
World (Edin) 0 5 2 3 1 3 14

0
Sheet B Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
North America (Stoughton) 2 4 5 4 5 5 25

4
World (Brewster) 0 5 5 2 4 0 16

0
Sheet C Runthrough Button Port Raise Hit-and-Roll Double Total Points
North America (Howard) 3 3 2 1 1 5 15

0
World (Ulsrud) 0 5 5 4 3 0 17

4

Team World receives a bonus of 8 points in the singles competition by earning an aggregate total higher than that of Team North America, with 102 points to Team North America's 97 points.

B Skins 6:30 pm

Each skins game has 30 points available.

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
North America (Holland) X X 0 0 4
World (Muirhead) X X 0 X 26
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
North America (Stoughton/P. Lank/Mead/M. Lank) 0 0 X 15
World (Ulsrud/Wang/Drummond/Carlsson) 0 0 0 0 X 15
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
North America (Howard) 0 0 X X X 25
World (Edin) X X 0 5

Sunday, January 15

Both skins games have 55 points available.

Women's C Skins 10:30 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Button Points
North America (Lawton) 0 X X 0 25
World (Wang) 0 0 X X X 30

Men's C Skins 5:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points
North America (Stoughton) X X X X 20
World (Ulsrud) X X X X 35

With an in-off tap for two in the third end, Ulsrud won the skin of five points and clinched the Continental Cup for Team World.[15] Later on, in the eighth end, Ulsrud and his team took advantage of crucial mistakes from Stoughton to steal the last skin and win the game and the bonus $13,000 for Team World.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Curling's elite set to compete in Langley". Canadian Curling Association. 20 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup Disciplines". Canadian Curling Association. 20 January 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Teams announced for 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup". World Curling Federation. 5 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Fit to be tied: 9-9 after Draw 1". Canadian Curling Association. 12 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Draw 3: More saw-offs as World clings to six-point margin". Canadian Curling Association. 13 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Draw 2: World edges ahead with splits". Canadian Curling Association. 12 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Another split of points at WFG Continental Cup". Canadian Curling Association. 13 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "World team explodes for doubles sweep". Canadian Curling Association. 13 January 2012.
  9. ↑ "Men’s split leaves Team World calling Continental Cup tune". Canadian Curling Association. 14 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "Relentless the word for Team World at Continental Cup". Canadian Curling Association. 14 January 2012.
  11. ↑ "Team World adds eight points to Continental Cup lead". Canadian Curling Association. 14 January 2012.
  12. 1 2 "Team World closer to Continental Cup victory". Canadian Curling Association. 15 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "Continental Cup — down to the last point". Canadian Curling Association. 15 January 2012.
  14. 1 2 "World Financial Group Continental Cup 2012 - Could end in tie". World Curling Federation. 15 January 2012.
  15. 1 2 3 "Team World wraps up fourth Continental Cup title". Canadian Curling Association. 16 January 2012.
  16. ↑ "2012 Continental Cup of Curling – Teams". World Curling Federation.
  17. ↑ "The Cups are Filling Up!". Canadian Curling Association. 1 April 2011.
  18. ↑ "Stoughton, Howard team up against World at Continental Cup". TSN Curling. 11 January 2012.
  19. ↑ "2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling – Draw Schedule". Canadian Curling Association.
  20. ↑ "World Financial Group Continental Cup 2012". World Curling Federation.
  21. ↑ "Thursday and Friday pairings announced for WFG Continental Cup". Canadian Curling Association. 12 January 2012.
  22. ↑ "Saturday and Sunday match-ups announced". Canadian Curling Association. 14 January 2012.

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