2018–19 Curling World Cup – Third Leg Explained

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Above:	2018–19 Curling World Cup Third Leg
Label1:	Host city
Data1:	Jönköping, Sweden
Label2:	Arena
Data2:	Jönköping Curling Club
Label3:	Dates
Data3:	January 30–February 3, 2019
Label4:	Women's winner
Label5:	Curling club
Label6:	Skip
Data6:	Kim Min-ji
Label7:	Third
Data7:	Kim Hye-rin
Label8:	Second
Label9:	Lead
Data9:	Kim Su-jin
Label10:	Alternate
Label11:	Coach
Data11:	Lee Sung-jun
Label12:	Finalist
Data12:	(Hasselborg)
Label13:	Men's winner
Label14:	Curling club
Label15:	Skip
Data15:	Matt Dunstone
Label16:	Third
Data16:	Braeden Moskowy
Label17:	Second
Data17:	Catlin Schneider
Label18:	Lead
Data18:	Dustin Kidby
Label19:	Alternate
Label20:	Coach
Data20:	Scott Pfeifer
Label21:	Finalist
Data21:	(Edin)
Label22:	Mixed doubles winner
Label23:	Curling club
Label24:	Female
Data24:	Kadriana Sahaidak
Label25:	Male
Data25:	Colton Lott
Label26:	Coach
Data26:	Scott Pfeifer
Label27:	Finalist
Data27:	(Skaslien/Ulsrud)
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The Third Leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup took place from January 30 to February 3, 2019 at the Jönköping Curling Club in Jönköping, Sweden.^[1] Korea's Kim Min-ji defeated Sweden's Anna Hasselborg in the women's final. Canada's Matt Dunstone defeated Sweden's Niklas Edin in the men's final. Canada's Kadriana Sahaidak and Colton Lott beat Norway's Kristin Skaslien and Thomas Ulsrud for mixed doubles gold.

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


Highest ranked member association in the Americas zone
Highest ranked member association in the European zone
Highest ranked member association in the Pacific-Asia zone
Selected by World Curling Federation

Women

Teams

Canada	China	Japan	Russian Federation
Skip: Darcy Robertson Third: Karen Klein Second: Vanessa Foster Lead: Theresa Cannon^[4]	Skip: Jiang Yilun Third: Zhang Lijun Second: Dong Ziqi Lead: Jiang Xindi^[5]	Skip: Tori Koana Third: Junko Nishimuro Second: Mao Ishigaki Lead: Arisa Kotani Alternate: Yuna Kotani^[6]	Skip: Anna Sidorova Third: Margarita Fomina Second: Julia Portunova Lead: Julia Guzieva
	Korea, Republic of	Sweden	United States
Skip: Sophie Jackson Third: Naomi Brown Second: Mili Smith Lead: Sophie Sinclair^[7]	Skip: Kim Min-ji Third: Kim Hye-rin Second: Yang Tae-i Lead: Kim Su-jin^[8]	Skip: Anna Hasselborg Third: Sara McManus Second: Agnes Knochenhauer Lead: Sofia Mabergs	Skip: Cory Christensen Third: Vicky Persinger Second: Jenna Martin Lead: Madison Bear^[9]

Round robin standings

Group A
width=125	Country !	width=125	Skip !	width=40	W !	width=40	!	width=40	!	width=40	L !	width=40	Pts
		5	0	0	1	15
		3	1	0	2	11
		3	0	1	2	10
		0	0	0	6	0

Group B
width=125	Country !	width=125	Skip !	width=40	W !	width=40	!	width=40	!	width=40	L !	width=40	Pts
		5	0	0	1	15
		2	1	1	2	9
		2	0	2	2	8
		0	2	0	4	4

Round robin results

Draw 3

Wednesday, January 30, 20:30

Draw 5

Thursday, January 31, 12:00

Draw 7

Thursday, January 31, 20:00

Draw 9

Friday, February 1, 12:00

Draw 10

Friday, February 1, 16:00

Draw 12

Saturday, February 2, 08:30

Draw 14

Saturday, February 2, 16:00

Draw 15

Saturday, February 2, 20:00

Final

Sunday, February 3, 16:00