2021 WCT Arctic Cup explained

2021 WCT Arctic Cup
Host City:Dudinka, Russia
Arena:Taimyr Ice Arena
Dates:May 27–30
Winner: Hürlimann / Schwaller
Female:Briar Hürlimann
Male:Yannick Schwaller
Finalist: Samoylik / Vaskov
Prev:2019
Next:2022

The 2021 WCT Arctic Cup, a mixed doubles curling event on the World Curling Tour, was held May 27 to 30 at the Taimyr Ice Arena in Dudinka, Russia.[1] It was the final event of the 2020–21 curling season. The total purse for the event was 20,000.[2] The event was originally scheduled for November 4 to 9, 2020, however, it was moved to the end of May due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

In the final, the reigning Swiss mixed doubles champions Briar Hürlimann and Yannick Schwaller secured a 9–2 victory over the Russian team of Anna Samoylik and Mikhail Vaskov.[4] Hürlimann and Schwaller finished 3–1 through the round robin and defeated the Italian duo of Diana Gaspari and Joël Retornaz 6–4 to advance to the championship game.[5] Samoylik and Vaskov also went 3–1 through the group stage and upset the previously undefeated team of Alina Kovaleva and Sergey Glukhov 10–5 to reach the final. In the third place game, Kovaleva and Glukhov defeated Gaspari and Retornaz 10–5.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[2] [6]

FemaleMaleLocale
Stocksund & Leksand, Sweden
Moscow, Russia[7]
Cortina d'Ampezzo & Pinerolo, Italy
Solothurn, Switzerland
Tallinn, Estonia
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Dmitrov & Saint Petersburg, Russia
Krasnoyarsk & Dmitrov, Russia
Moscow & Saint Petersburg, Russia
Budapest, Hungary

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

width=10% valign="top"
width=200Pool A !width=15W !width=15L !width=20
Kovaleva / Glukhov 4 0 53.91
Hürlimann / Schwaller 3 1 60.73
Ezekh / Stukalskiy 2 2 66.30
Morozova / Krasikov 1 3 52.71
Kaare / Lill 0 4 38.56
width=10% valign="top"
width=200Pool B !width=15W !width=15L !width=20
Gaspari / Retornaz 3 1 68.54
Samoylik / Vaskov 3 1 94.83
Sidorova / Timofeev 2 2 46.81
Bergman / Nyman 1 3 63.93
Szekeres / Nagy 1 3 75.18

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Krasnoyarsk Standard Time .[8]

Draw 1

Thursday, May 27, 16:00

Draw 2

Thursday, May 27, 19:00

Draw 3

Friday, May 28, 12:00

Draw 4

Friday, May 28, 16:00

Draw 5

Friday, May 28, 19:00

Draw 6

Saturday, May 29, 08:30

Draw 7

Saturday, May 29, 11:30

Draw 8

Saturday, May 29, 14:30

Draw 9

Saturday, May 29, 17:30

Draw 10

Saturday, May 29, 20:30

Playoffs

Source:[8]

Semifinals

Sunday, May 30, 10:00

Third place game

Sunday, May 30, 13:00

Final

Sunday, May 30, 13:00

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Команды из 6 стран сыграют в V Кубке Арктики по кёрлингу (Teams from 6 countries will play in the V Arctic Cup in curling). ru. Arctic Cup. May 19, 2021. May 23, 2021.
  2. Web site: Arctic Cup. World Curling Tour. May 23, 2021.
  3. Web site: WCT Arctic Cup. World Curling Tour. May 30, 2021.
  4. News: Кубок Арктики отправляется в Швейцарию (Arctic Cup goes to Switzerland). ru. Arctic Cup. May 30, 2021. May 30, 2021.
  5. News: Определились финалисты V Кубка Арктики (Finalists v Arctic Cup determined). ru. Arctic Cup. May 30, 2021. May 30, 2021.
  6. News: Лидеры сборной России сыграют на WCT Arctic Cup 2021 в Дудинке (The leaders of the Russian national team will play at the WCT Arctic Cup 2021 in Dudinka). ru. Arctic Cup. May 19, 2021. May 23, 2021.
  7. News: Звёзды Кубка Арктики: Кира Езех (Arctic Cup stars: Kira Ezeh). ru. Arctic Cup. May 23, 2021. May 23, 2021.
  8. Web site: СОСТАВЫ ГРУПП ARCTIC CURLING CUP 2021. ru. Arctic Cup. May 23, 2021.