# 2021 WCT Arctic Cup

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. It was the final event of the 2020–21 curling season. The total purse for the event was € 20,000. 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.
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. 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. 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:
| Female | Male | Locale |
| Sofie Bergman | Fredrik Nyman | Stocksund & Leksand, Sweden |
| Nkeirouka Ezekh | Alexey Stukalskiy | Moscow, Russia |
| Diana Gaspari | Joël Retornaz | Cortina d'Ampezzo & Pinerolo, Italy |
| Briar Hürlimann | Yannick Schwaller | Solothurn, Switzerland |
| Karoliine Kaare | Harri Lill | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Alina Kovaleva | Sergey Glukhov | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Daria Morozova | Oleg Krasikov | Dmitrov & Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Anna Samoylik | Mikhail Vaskov | Krasnoyarsk & Dmitrov, Russia |
| Anna Sidorova | Alexey Timofeev | Moscow & Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Ildikó Szekeres | György Nagy | Budapest, Hungary |

## Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Pool A | W | L | DSC |
| 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 |
| Pool B | W | L | DSC |
| 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 (UTC+07:00).

### Draw 1

Thursday, May 27, 16:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kovaleva / Glukhov | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Kaare / Lill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ezekh / Stukalskiy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Morozova / Krasikov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 2

Thursday, May 27, 19:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Szekeres / Nagy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Gaspari / Retornaz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sidorova / Timofeev | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Bergman / Nyman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |

### Draw 3

Friday, May 28, 12:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kaare / Lill | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Ezekh / Stukalskiy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Hürlimann / Schwaller | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Kovaleva / Glukhov | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |

### Draw 4

Friday, May 28, 16:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Gaspari / Retornaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sidorova / Timofeev | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Samoylik / Vaskov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Szekeres / Nagy | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |

### Draw 5

Friday, May 28, 19:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Morozova / Krasikov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Kovaleva / Glukhov | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Kaare / Lill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Hürlimann / Schwaller | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |

### Draw 6

Saturday, May 29, 08:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Bergman / Nyman | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Szekeres / Nagy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Gaspari / Retornaz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Samoylik / Vaskov | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Draw 7

Saturday, May 29, 11:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ezekh / Stukalskiy | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Hürlimann / Schwaller | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Morozova / Krasikov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Kaare / Lill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Draw 8

Saturday, May 29, 14:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sidorova / Timofeev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Samoylik / Vaskov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Bergman / Nyman | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Gaspari / Retornaz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |

### Draw 9

Saturday, May 29, 17:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Hürlimann / Schwaller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Morozova / Krasikov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kovaleva / Glukhov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Ezekh / Stukalskiy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |

### Draw 10

Saturday, May 29, 20:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Samoylik / Vaskov | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Bergman / Nyman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Szekeres / Nagy | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 11 |
| Sidorova / Timofeev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |

## Playoffs

Source:
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Kovaleva / Glukhov | 5 | | | |
| B2 | Samoylik / Vaskov | 10 | | | |
| B2 | Samoylik / Vaskov | 10 | B2 | Samoylik / Vaskov | 2 |
| | | | A2 | Hürlimann / Schwaller | 9 |
| B1 | Gaspari / Retornaz | 4 | A2 | Hürlimann / Schwaller | 9 |
| A2 | Hürlimann / Schwaller | 6 | | | |
| Third place game | Third place game | Third place game |
| A1 | Kovaleva / Glukhov | 10 |
| B1 | Gaspari / Retornaz | 5 |

### Semifinals

Sunday, May 30, 10:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Gaspari / Retornaz | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Hürlimann / Schwaller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kovaleva / Glukhov | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Samoylik / Vaskov | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 10 |

### Third place game

Sunday, May 30, 13:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kovaleva / Glukhov | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Gaspari / Retornaz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

### Final

Sunday, May 30, 13:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Samoylik / Vaskov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Hürlimann / Schwaller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | X | 9 |