# 2018 WCT Arctic Cup

The 2018 WCT Arctic Cup, a mixed doubles curling event on the World Curling Tour, was held May 24 to 27 at the Taimyr Ice Arena in Dudinka, Russia. It was the final event of the 2017–18 curling season. The total purse for the event was $US 20,000.
In the final, the duo of Rachel Homan from Canada and Niklas Edin from Sweden defeated the Scottish pair of Gina Aitken and Duncan Menzies 7–6 to claim the championship title. Maria Komarova and Daniil Goriachev from Russia secured third place in the tournament with an 8–3 victory over Zuzana Hájková and Tomáš Paul from Czech Republic.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Female | Male | Locale |
| Gina Aitken | Duncan Menzies | Stirling, Scotland |
| Anastasia Bryzgalova | Alexey Timofeev | Moscow, Russia |
| Joanne Courtney | Reid Carruthers | Alberta & Manitoba, Canada |
| Zuzana Hájková | Tomáš Paul | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Rachel Homan | Niklas Edin | Alberta, Canada / Karlstad, Sweden |
| Eszter Juhász | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Hyvinkää, Finland |
| Maria Komarova | Daniil Goriachev | Moscow, Russia |
| Jenny Perret | Matthias Perret | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Anna Venevtseva | Vasiliy Groshev | Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
| Malin Wendel | Fabian Wingfors | Gothenburg, Sweden |

## Round robin standings

Final round robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Pool A | W | L |
| Aitken / Menzies | 3 | 1 |
| Hájková / Paul | 3 | 1 |
| Bryzgalova / Timofeev | 2 | 2 |
| Courtney / Carruthers | 2 | 2 |
| Wendel / Wingfors | 0 | 4 |
| Pool B | W | L |
| Homan / Edin | 3 | 1 |
| Komarova / Goriachev | 3 | 1 |
| Juhász / Uusipaavalniemi | 3 | 1 |
| Perret / Perret | 1 | 3 |
| Venevtseva / Groshev | 0 | 4 |

## Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Krasnoyarsk Standard Time (UTC+07:00).

### Draw 1

Thursday, May 24, 15:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Aitken / Menzies | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Wendel / Wingfors | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Hájková / Paul | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Courtney / Carruthers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

### Draw 2

Thursday, May 24, 17:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Venevtseva / Groshev | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Perret / Perret | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Juhász / Uusipaavalniemi | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Homan / Edin | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |

### Draw 3

Friday, May 25, 09:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Wendel / Wingfors | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Hájková / Paul | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Bryzgalova / Timofeev | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Aitken / Menzies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Draw 4

Friday, May 25, 12:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Perret / Perret | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Juhász / Uusipaavalniemi | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Komarova / Goriachev | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | X | 10 |
| Venevtseva / Groshev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |

### Draw 5

Friday, May 25, 16:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Courtney / Carruthers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Aitken / Menzies | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Wendel / Wingfors | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Bryzgalova / Timofeev | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 13 |

### Draw 6

Friday, May 25, 19:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Homan / Edin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Venevtseva / Groshev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Perret / Perret | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Komarova / Goriachev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |

### Draw 7

Saturday, May 26, 09:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Hájková / Paul | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Bryzgalova / Timofeev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Courtney / Carruthers | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 10 |
| Wendel / Wingfors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Draw 8

Saturday, May 26, 12:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Juhász / Uusipaavalniemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Komarova / Goriachev | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Homan / Edin | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Perret / Perret | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |

### Draw 9

Saturday, May 26, 16:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Bryzgalova / Timofeev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |
| Courtney / Carruthers | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Aitken / Menzies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Hájková / Paul | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Draw 10

Saturday, May 26, 19:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Komarova / Goriachev | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Homan / Edin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Venevtseva / Groshev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Juhász / Uusipaavalniemi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |

## Playoffs

Source:
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Aitken / Menzies | 7 | | | |
| B2 | Komarova / Goriachev | 6 | | | |
| B2 | Komarova / Goriachev | 6 | A1 | Aitken / Menzies | 6 |
| | | | B1 | Homan / Edin | 7 |
| B1 | Homan / Edin | 11 | B1 | Homan / Edin | 7 |
| A2 | Hájková / Paul | 7 | | | |
| Third place game | Third place game | Third place game |
| B2 | Komarova / Goriachev | 8 |
| A2 | Hájková / Paul | 3 |

### Semifinals

Sunday, May 27, 09:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Aitken / Menzies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Komarova / Goriachev | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Homan / Edin | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| Hájková / Paul | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |

### Third place game

Sunday, May 27, 14:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Komarova / Goriachev | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Hájková / Paul | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Final

Sunday, May 27, 14:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Aitken / Menzies | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Homan / Edin | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |