# 2011 World Cup of Curling

The 2011 GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling was held from November 2 to 6 at the Essar Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2011–12 curling season and the eleventh time the tournament has been held. The purse for the event was CAD$100,000. Glenn Howard won his fifth World Cup of Curling and his ninth Grand Slam title overall after he and his team defeated John Epping in the final with a score of 6–4.

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Greg Balsdon | Chris Ciasnocha | Tyler Morgan | Jamie Farnell | Kingston, Ontario |
| Jim Cotter | Kevin Folk | Tyrel Griffith | Rick Sawatsky | Kelowna/Vernon, British Columbia |
| Niklas Edin | Sebastian Kraupp | Fredrik Lindberg | Viktor Kjäll | Karlstad, Sweden |
| John Epping | Scott Bailey | Scott Howard | David Mathers | Toronto, Ontario |
| David Nedohin (fourth) | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Ted Appelman | Brendan Melnyk | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Rob Fowler | Allan Lyburn | Richard Daneault | Derek Samagalski | Brandon, Manitoba |
| Brad Gushue | Ryan Fry | Geoff Walker | Adam Casey | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Glenn Howard | Wayne Middaugh | Brent Laing | Craig Savill | Coldwater, Ontario |
| Brad Jacobs | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Scott Seabrook | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| Mark Kean | Andrew Clayton | Patrick Janssen | Tim March | Toronto, Ontario |
| Kevin Koe | Pat Simmons | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Steve Laycock | Joel Jordison | Brennen Jones | Dallan Muyres | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Kevin Martin | John Morris | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Dale Matchett | Ryan Werenich | Jeff Gorda | Shawn Kaufman | Bradford, Ontario |
| Mike McEwen | B. J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Robert Schlender | Chris Lemishka | Darcy Hafso | Don Bartlett | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jon Mead | Reid Carruthers | Steve Gould | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Oslo, Norway |

## Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreakers
| Pool A | W | L |
| Kevin Martin | 4 | 1 |
| Greg Balsdon | 3 | 2 |
| Niklas Edin | 3 | 2 |
| Randy Ferbey | 3 | 2 |
| Dale Matchett | 1 | 4 |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 1 | 4 |
| Pool B | W | L |
| Brad Gushue | 4 | 1 |
| Mike McEwen | 4 | 1 |
| Kevin Koe | 3 | 2 |
| Rob Fowler | 2 | 3 |
| Steve Laycock | 1 | 4 |
| Robert Schlender | 1 | 4 |
| Pool C | W | L |
| Jeff Stoughton | 5 | 0 |
| Glenn Howard | 4 | 1 |
| John Epping | 3 | 2 |
| Brad Jacobs | 2 | 3 |
| Jim Cotter | 1 | 4 |
| Mark Kean | 0 | 5 |

## Round robin results
### Draw 1

Wednesday, November 2, 7:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Randy Ferbey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Brad Jacobs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| Rob Fowler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Jim Cotter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Brad Gushue | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

### Draw 2

Thursday, November 3, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Mark Kean | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Brad Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| John Epping | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Jim Cotter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Dale Matchett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 7 |
| Greg Balsdon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Draw 3

Thursday, November 3, 12:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Brad Gushue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Mark Kean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| John Epping | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |

### Draw 4

Thursday, November 3, 4:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Rob Fowler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Randy Ferbey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Greg Balsdon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Brad Gushue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Dale Matchett | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 5

Thursday, November 3, 7:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Glenn Howard | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Brad Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Jim Cotter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | X | X | 7 |
| Mark Kean | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Greg Balsdon | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Randy Ferbey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |

### Draw 6

Friday, November 4, 9:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Dale Matchett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Greg Balsdon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| John Epping | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 6 |
| Randy Ferbey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Rob Fowler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 7

Friday, November 4, 12:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Steve Laycock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | 6 |
| Robert Schlender | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |
| Dale Matchett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jim Cotter | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Mark Kean | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |

### Draw 8

Friday, November 4, 4:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Jim Cotter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rob Fowler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Brad Gushue | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | X | 5 |
| Mark Kean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Greg Balsdon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Brad Jacobs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Draw 9

Friday, November 4, 7:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Brad Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Dale Matchett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Randy Ferbey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Steve Laycock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Robert Schlender | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |

## Tiebreakers

Saturday, November 5, 8:30 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Randy Ferbey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Greg Balsdon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jeff Stoughton | 3 | | | | | | |
| Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 5 | | | | | | |
| Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 5 | Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 2 | | | |
| | | | Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 5 | | | |
| Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 4 | Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 5 | | | |
| Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 2 | | | | | | |
| Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 2 | | | | Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 6 |
| | | | | | | John Epping | John Epping | 4 |
| Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | 4 | | | | | | | John Epping | John Epping | 4 |
| John Epping | John Epping | 7 | | | | | | |
| John Epping | John Epping | 7 | John Epping | John Epping | 4 | | | |
| | | | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 3 | | | |
| Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 8 | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 3 | | | |
| Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 3 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Saturday, November 5, 12:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jeff Stoughton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| John Epping | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Martin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |

### Semifinals

Saturday, November 5, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Niklas Edin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Glenn Howard | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| John Epping | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kevin Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Final

Sunday, November 6, 1:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| John Epping | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |