# 2019 WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup

The 2019 WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup was held from September 29 to October 3 in Uiseong-eup, Uiseong County, South Korea. The total purse for the event was ₩ 55,000,000 on both the men's and women's sides. The event had a mix of teams from Canada, Italy, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, United States, and the host South Korea.
In the Men's event, Canada's Mike McEwen won their first event of the season by defeating Olympic gold medalist John Shuster from the United States 7–4 in the final. Canada's Scott McDonald won the bronze medal with a 10–4 victory over South Korea's Kim Soo-hyuk.
In the Women's event, USA's Nina Roth with Tabitha Peterson throwing skip rocks defeated Olympic silver medalists Kim Kyeong-ae who took over skipping duties for Kim Eun-jung 5–4 in an extra end. Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni took the bronze medal by defeating South Korea's Kim Min-ji 6–4.

## Men
### Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Matt Dunstone | Braeden Moskowy | Catlin Schneider | Dustin Kidby | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Glenn Howard | Scott Howard | David Mathers | Tim March | Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada |
| Kim Chang-min | Lee Ki-jeong | Kim Hak-gyun | Lee Ki-bok | Uiseong, South Korea |
| Kim Soo-hyuk | Lee Jeong-jae | Jeong Byeong-jin | Hwang Hyeon-jun | Seoul, South Korea |
| Scott McDonald | Jonathan Beuk | Wesley Forget | Scott Chadwick | Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Mike McEwen | Reid Carruthers | Derek Samagalski | Colin Hodgson | West St. Paul, Manitoba, Canada |
| Park Jong-duk | Nam Yoon-ho | Yoo Min-hyeon | Kim Jeong-min | Gangwon, South Korea |
| Joël Retornaz | Amos Mosaner | Sebastiano Arman | Simone Gonin | Pinerolo, Italy |
| John Shuster | Chris Plys | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Thomas Ulsrud | Steffen Walstad | Markus Høiberg | Magnus Vågberg | Oppdal, Norway |

### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Pool A | W | L |
| Scott McDonald | 3 | 1 |
| Kim Soo-hyuk | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Dunstone | 2 | 2 |
| Park Jong-duk | 2 | 2 |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 1 | 3 |
| Pool B | W | L |
| Mike McEwen | 4 | 0 |
| John Shuster | 3 | 1 |
| Glenn Howard | 2 | 2 |
| Joël Retornaz | 1 | 3 |
| Kim Chang-min | 0 | 4 |

### Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

#### Draw 1

Sunday, September 29, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Joël Retornaz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Kim Chang-min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Matt Dunstone | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Scott McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kim Soo-hyuk | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Park Jong-duk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |

#### Draw 3

Monday, September 30, 3:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scott McDonald | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Park Jong-duk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Matt Dunstone | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Shuster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Kim Chang-min | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 8 |

#### Draw 5

Tuesday, October 1, 7:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Joël Retornaz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
| Kim Chang-min | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kim Soo-hyuk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Matt Dunstone | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Park Jong-duk | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |

#### Draw 7

Tuesday, October 1, 3:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Mike McEwen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Matt Dunstone | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | X | 9 |
| Kim Soo-hyuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Scott McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Joël Retornaz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

#### Draw 9

Wednesday, October 2, 7:00 am
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| Kim Chang-min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |

#### Draw 10

Wednesday, October 2, 11:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Park Jong-duk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scott McDonald | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 |
| Kim Soo-hyuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 6 |
| Joël Retornaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |

### Playoffs

Source:
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| B1 | Mike McEwen | 10 | | | |
| A2 | Kim Soo-hyuk | 3 | | | |
| A2 | Kim Soo-hyuk | 3 | B1 | Mike McEwen | 7 |
| | | | B2 | John Shuster | 4 |
| A1 | Scott McDonald | 3 | B2 | John Shuster | 4 |
| B2 | John Shuster | 7 | | | |
| Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| A2 | Kim Soo-hyuk | 4 |
| A1 | Scott McDonald | 10 |

#### Semifinals

Wednesday, October 2, 7:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | X | 10 |
| Kim Soo-hyuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scott McDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |
| John Shuster | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |

#### Bronze medal game

Thursday, October 3, 1:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kim Soo-hyuk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Scott McDonald | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 |

#### Final

Thursday, October 3, 5:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 7 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |

## Women
### Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Theresa Cannon | Karen Klein | Vanessa Foster | Raunora Westcott | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Gim Un-chi | Um Min-ji | Kim Su-ji | Seol Ye-eun | Gyeonggido, South Korea |
| Kim Kyeong-ae | Kim Cho-hi | Kim Seon-yeong | Kim Yeong-mi | Uiseong, South Korea |
| Kim Min-ji | Ha Seung-youn | Kim Hye-rin | Kim Su-jin | Chuncheon, South Korea |
| Oh Eun-jin | Chung Jae-yi | Kim Ji-hyeon | Shin Ga-yeong | Jeonbuk, South Korea |
| Tabitha Peterson | Becca Hamilton | Tara Peterson | Nina Roth | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Anna Sidorova | Yulia Portunova | Olga Kotelnikova | Julia Guzieva | Moscow, Russia |
| Jamie Sinclair | Cory Christensen | Vicky Persinger | Taylor Anderson | Chaska, Minnesota |
| Briar Hürlimann (Fourth) | Elena Stern (Skip) | Lisa Gisler | Céline Koller | Brig-Glis, Switzerland |
| Alina Pätz (Fourth) | Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) | Esther Neuenschwander | Melanie Barbezat | Aarau, Switzerland |

### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Pool A | W | L |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | 4 | 0 |
| Kim Min-ji | 2 | 2 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 2 | 2 |
| Gim Un-chi | 1 | 3 |
| Anna Sidorova | 1 | 3 |
| Pool B | W | L |
| Kim Kyeong-ae | 4 | 0 |
| Team Roth | 3 | 1 |
| Elena Stern | 2 | 2 |
| Theresa Cannon | 1 | 3 |
| Oh Eun-jin | 0 | 4 |

### Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

#### Draw 2

Monday, September 30, 11:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Kim Min-ji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Gim Un-chi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Elena Stern | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Theresa Cannon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kim Kyeong-ae | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Oh Eun-jin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |

#### Draw 4

Monday, September 30, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Theresa Cannon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Oh Eun-jin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Elena Stern | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Team Roth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kim Min-ji | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Anna Sidorova | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |

#### Draw 6

Tuesday, October 1, 11:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anna Sidorova | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |
| Gim Un-chi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Team Roth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Kim Kyeong-ae | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Elena Stern | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Oh Eun-jin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |

#### Draw 8

Tuesday, October 1, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Team Roth | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
| Oh Eun-jin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anna Sidorova | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 3 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Theresa Cannon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |
| Kim Kyeong-ae | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 7 |

#### Draw 9

Wednesday, October 2, 7:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Gim Un-chi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Kim Min-ji | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Theresa Cannon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Team Roth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

#### Draw 11

Wednesday, October 2, 3:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Gim Un-chi | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kim Min-ji | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Anna Sidorova | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Elena Stern | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kim Kyeong-ae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |

### Playoffs

Source:
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Silvana Tirinzoni | 6 | | | |
| B2 | Team Roth | 7 | | | |
| B2 | Team Roth | 7 | B2 | Team Roth | 5 |
| | | | B1 | Kim Kyeong-ae | 4 |
| B1 | Kim Kyeong-ae | 3 | B1 | Kim Kyeong-ae | 4 |
| A2 | Kim Min-ji | 2 | | | |
| Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| A1 | Silvana Tirinzoni | 6 |
| A2 | Kim Min-ji | 4 |

#### Semifinals

Thursday, October 3, 9:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Team Roth | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kim Kyeong-ae | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Kim Min-ji | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |

#### Bronze medal game

Thursday, October 3, 1:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Kim Min-ji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |

#### Final

Thursday, October 3, 5:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Team Roth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Kim Kyeong-ae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |