# 2018–19 Curling World Cup

The 2018–19 Curling World Cup was the first and only edition of the Curling World Cup, held between men's, women's, and mixed doubles teams. It had three legs and a Grand Final, taking place in Suzhou, China, Omaha, United States, Jönköping, Sweden, and Beijing, China respectively.

## Format

Curling World Cup matches have eight ends, rather than the standard ten ends. Ties after eight ends are 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 earns 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.
Each event has eight teams in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles tournament. The teams are split into two groups of four, based on the Curling World Cup rankings, whereby the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th, ranked teams are in one group and the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th ranked teams in the other. The first place teams in each group plays against each other in the final. In the event of a tie for first place, a shoot-out is used, with the same format used to decide matches tied after eight ends.

## 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.
The following countries qualified for each discipline:
| Qualification method | Women | Men | Mixed doubles |
| Hosting member association | China | China | China |
| United States | United States | United States |
| Sweden | Sweden | Sweden |
| Highest ranked member association in the Americas zone | Canada | Canada | Canada |
| Highest ranked member association in the European zone | Scotland | Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Highest ranked member association in the Pacific-Asia zone | South Korea | Japan | South Korea |
| Selected by World Curling Federation | Japan | Norway | Russia |
| Russia | Scotland | Norway |
The host (China), the winners of each leg, the current world champions, a team specifically invited, and the two highest remaining member associations on the Curling World Cup ranking list qualified for the Grand Final. Two separate teams from the same member association may qualify for the Grand Final.
The following countries qualified for each discipline:
| Qualification method | Women | Men | Mixed doubles |
| Hosting member association | China | China | China |
| First leg winner | Canada (Homan) | Canada (Koe) | Canada (Walker/Muyres) |
| Second leg winner | Japan (Fujisawa) | United States (Shuster) | Norway (Skaslien/Nedregotten) |
| Third leg winner | South Korea (Kim) | Canada (Dunstone) | Canada (Sahaidak/Lott) |
| Highest ranked remaining member associations | Sweden | Sweden | Switzerland |
| Russia | Scotland | United States |
| World champions | Switzerland (Tirinzoni) | Sweden (Edin) | Switzerland (Jäggi/Michel) |
| Invited by World Curling Federation | United States | Norway | Russia |

### Notes

* ^ Team Homan is being replaced by a team consisting of Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Shannon Birchard and Jill Officer due to Homan and her second Joanne Courtney being due to give birth in the summer.
* ^ The 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Champions, Michèle Jäggi and Sven Michel, were selected to compete due to the short time between the 2019 Championship and the Grand Final.
* ^ With Team Edin already qualified for the Grand Final, Switzerland, the highest-ranked country not yet qualified, was invited.
* ^ In each discipline, the WCF chose to invite the highest-ranked country not yet qualified.

### Ranking points

Ranking points were assigned in each of the first three legs to determine the final member associations qualified for the Grand Final. Member associations were awarded their points from round robin play as well as 5 points for the runner-up and 10 for the champion.
Key :
* Teams to Grand Final (leg winner)
* Teams to Grand Final (ranking points)

#### Women

| Country | First Leg | Second Leg | Third Leg | Total |
| Sweden | 20 | 9 | 20 | 49 |
| South Korea | 3 | 17 | 25 | 45 |
| Japan | 9 | 25 | 8 | 42 |
| Canada | 25 | 12 | 0 | 37 |
| Russia | 9 | 6 | 11 | 26 |
| United States | 9 | 6 | 9 | 24 |
| Scotland | 6 | 12 | 4 | 22 |
| China | 6 | 0 | 10 | 16 |

#### Men

| Country | First Leg | Second Leg | Third Leg | Total |
| Canada | 25 | 3 | 25 | 53 |
| Sweden | 8 | 20 | 20 | 48 |
| United States | 7 | 25 | 7 | 39 |
| Scotland | 12 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| Norway | 20 | 9 | 4 | 33 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 6 | 11 | 26 |
| China | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| Japan | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |

#### Mixed doubles

| Country | First Leg | Second Leg | Third Leg | Total |
| Canada | 25 | 7 | 23 | 55 |
| Norway | 9 | 22 | 17 | 48 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 22 | 12 | 46 |
| United States | 23 | 11 | 11 | 45 |
| Russia | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| Sweden | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| China | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| South Korea | 3 | 9 | 0 | 12 |

## First leg
### Women
#### Round-robin standings

Group A :
| Country | Skip | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Sweden | Anna Hasselborg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Japan | Satsuki Fujisawa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| China | Liu Sijia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Scotland | Jennifer Dodds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
Group B :
| Country | Skip | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Canada | Rachel Homan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Russia | Anna Sidorova | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| United States | Nina Roth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| South Korea | Kim Min-ji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |

#### Final

Sunday, September 17, 12:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Homan) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Sweden (Hasselborg) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Men
#### Round-robin standings

Group A :
| Country | Skip | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Norway | Steffen Walstad | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Sweden | Niklas Edin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| United States | Rich Ruohonen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| China | Zang Jialiang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
Group B :
| Country | Skip | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Canada | Kevin Koe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Scotland | Bruce Mouat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Switzerland | Peter de Cruz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Japan | Masaki Iwai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |

#### Final

Sunday, September 17, 16:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Koe) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Norway (Walstad) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |

### Mixed doubles
#### Round-robin standings

Group A :
| Country | Athletes | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Canada | Laura Walker / Kirk Muyres | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Norway | Kristin Skaslien / Sander Rølvåg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Russia | Maria Komarova / Daniil Goriachev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Sweden | Therese Westman / Robin Ahlberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Group B :
| Country | Athletes | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| United States | Sarah Anderson / Korey Dropkin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Switzerland | Jenny Perret / Martin Rios | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| China | Yu Jiaxin / Wang Xiangkun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| South Korea | Jang Hye-ri / Choi Chi-won | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |

#### Final

Sunday, September 16, 08:30
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Anderson/Dropkin) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Canada (Walker/Muyres) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |

## Second leg
### Women
#### Round-robin standings

Group A :
| Country | Skip | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| South Korea | Kim Min-ji | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Canada | Tracy Fleury | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Russia | Alina Kovaleva | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| United States | Jamie Sinclair | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
Group B :
| Country | Skip | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Japan | Satsuki Fujisawa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Scotland | Eve Muirhead | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Sweden | Anna Hasselborg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| China | Yang Ying | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |

#### Final

Sunday, December 9, 12:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Japan (Fujisawa) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |

### Men
#### Round-robin standings

Group A :
| Country | Skip | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| United States | John Shuster | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| China | Zou Qiang | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Scotland | Bruce Mouat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Canada | Jason Gunnlaugson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Group B :
| Country | Skip | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Sweden | Niklas Edin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Norway | Thomas Ulsrud | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Japan | Yuta Matsumura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Switzerland | Yannick Schwaller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |

#### Final

Sunday, December 9, 16:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Shuster) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Sweden (Edin) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |

### Mixed doubles
#### Round-robin standings

Group A :
| Country | Athletes | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Switzerland | Jenny Perret / Martin Rios | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| South Korea | Jang Hye-ri / Choe Chi-won | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Canada | Kalynn Park / John Morris | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Sweden | Malin Wengdel / Fabian Wingfors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Group B :
| Country | Athletes | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Norway | Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| United States | Tabitha Peterson / Joe Polo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| China | Wang Rui / Ba Dexin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Russia | Anastasia Moskaleva / Alexander Eremin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |

#### Final

Sunday, December 9, 08:30
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Perret/Rios) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Norway (Skaslien/Nedregotten) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 10 |

## Third leg
### Women
#### Round-robin standings

Group A :
| Country | Skip | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Sweden | Anna Hasselborg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Russia | Anna Sidorova | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| China | Jiang Yilun | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Canada | Darcy Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Group B :
| Country | Skip | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| South Korea | Kim Min-ji | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| United States | Cory Christensen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Japan | Tori Koana | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Scotland | Sophie Jackson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |

#### Final

Sunday, February 3, 16:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Hasselborg) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |

### Men
#### Round-robin standings

Group A :
| Country | Skip | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Sweden | Niklas Edin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Switzerland | Yannick Schwaller | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| United States | Mark Fenner | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Japan | Masaki Iwai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Group B :
| Country | Skip | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Canada | Matt Dunstone | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Scotland | Ross Paterson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Norway | Steffen Walstad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| China | Ma Xiuyue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |

#### Final

Sunday, February 3, 12:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Edin) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Canada (Dunstone) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |

### Mixed doubles
#### Round-robin standings

Group A :
| Country | Athletes | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Canada | Kadriana Sahaidak / Colton Lott | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Switzerland | Jenny Perret / Martin Rios | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Sweden | Camilla Noreen / Per Noreen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| South Korea | Jang Hye-ri / Choe Chi-won | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Group B :
| Country | Athletes | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Norway | Kristin Skaslien / Thomas Ulsrud | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| United States | Becca Hamilton / Matt Hamilton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Russia | Maria Komarova / Daniil Goriachev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| China | Chang Cao / Minjie Yuan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |

#### Final

Sunday, February 3, 08:30
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Sahaidak/Lott) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Norway (Skaslien/Ulsrud) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |

## Grand Final
### Women
#### Round-robin standings

Group A :
| Team | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Canada (Jones) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Japan (Fujisawa) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| China (Jiang) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| United States (Roth) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Group B :
| Team | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Switzerland (Tirinzoni) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Russia (Sidorova) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Sweden (Hasselborg) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |

#### Final

Sunday, May 12, 16:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Jones) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Switzerland (Tirinzoni) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Men
#### Round-robin standings

Group A :
| Team | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| China (Zou) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Sweden (Edin) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| United States (Shuster) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Canada (Dunstone) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Group B :
| Team | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Canada (Koe) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Scotland (Paterson) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Switzerland (Schwaller) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Norway (Ulsrud) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |

#### Final

Sunday, May 12, 09:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Zou) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Canada (Koe) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |

### Mixed doubles
#### Round-robin standings

Group A :
| Team | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Canada (Walker/Muyres) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| United States (Anderson/Dropkin) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Switzerland (Jäggi/Michel) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| China (Cao/Yuan) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Group B :
| Team | W | SOW | SOL | L | Pts |
| Norway (Skaslien/Nedregotten) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Canada (Sahaidak/Lott) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Switzerland (Perret/Rios) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Russia (Komarova/Goriachev) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |

#### Final

Sunday, May 12, 13:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Walker/Muyres) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Norway (Skaslien/Nedregotten) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |