# 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup

The 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup is the final Grand Slam of curling event of the 2017–18 curling season. It was held April 24–29, 2018 at the WinSport Arena, Canada Olympic Park, in Calgary, Alberta.

## Men
### Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Kurt Balderston | Karsten Sturmay | Rob Bucholz | Del Shaughnessy | Grande Prairie, Alberta |
| Brendan Bottcher | Darren Moulding | Brad Thiessen | Karrick Martin | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Reid Carruthers | John Morris | Derek Samagalski | Colin Hodgson | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Niklas Edin | Oskar Eriksson | Rasmus Wranå | Christoffer Sundgren | Karlstad, Sweden |
| Colton Flasch | Kevin Marsh | Dan Marsh | Dallan Muyres | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | Alex Forrest | Matt Dunstone | Connor Njegovan | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Brad Gushue | Mark Nichols | Brett Gallant | Geoff Walker | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Glenn Howard | Adam Spencer | David Mathers | Scott Howard | Tiny, Ontario |
| Brad Jacobs | Ryan Fry | E. J. Harnden | Ryan Harnden | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| Kevin Koe | Marc Kennedy | Brent Laing | Ben Hebert | Calgary, Alberta |
| Mike McEwen | B. J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Bruce Mouat | Grant Hardie | Bobby Lammie | Hammy McMillan Jr. | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Greg Persinger (Fourth) | Rich Ruohonen (Skip) | Colin Hufman | Phil Tilker | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Marc Pfister | Dominik Märki | Raphael Märki | Simon Gempeler | Adelboden, Switzerland |
| Tyler Tardi | Sterling Middleton | Jordan Tardi | Jacques Gauthier | Langley, British Columbia |

### Round-robin standings

| Pool A | W | L | PF | PA | SO# |
| Bruce Mouat | 4 | 0 | 32 | 18 | 3 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 3 | 1 | 28 | 21 | 13 |
| Colton Flasch | 2 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 8 |
| Niklas Edin | 1 | 3 | 20 | 25 | 12 |
| Marc Pfister | 0 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 15 |
| Pool B | W | L | PF | PA | SO# |
| Brad Gushue | 4 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 1 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 2 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 6 |
| Brad Jacobs | 2 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 7 |
| Reid Carruthers | 1 | 3 | 18 | 28 | 4 |
| Tyler Tardi | 1 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 5 |
| Pool C | W | L | PF | PA | SO# |
| Glenn Howard | 3 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 2 |
| Kevin Koe | 3 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 9 |
| Mike McEwen | 2 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 10 |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | 2 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 11 |
| Kurt Balderston | 0 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 14 |

### Tiebreakers

| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Colton Flasch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike McEwen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Brad Gushue | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Jason Gunnlaugson | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Jason Gunnlaugson | 2 | 1 | Brad Gushue | 7 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Kevin Koe | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Kevin Koe | 5 | 4 | Kevin Koe | 5 | | | |
| 5 | Brendan Bottcher | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Brendan Bottcher | 2 | | | | 1 | Brad Gushue | 8 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Glenn Howard | 2 |
| 2 | Bruce Mouat | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | Glenn Howard | 2 |
| 7 | Mike McEwen | 6 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Mike McEwen | 6 | 2 | Bruce Mouat | 5 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Glenn Howard | 9 | | | |
| 3 | Glenn Howard | 7 | 3 | Glenn Howard | 9 | | | |
| 6 | Rich Ruohonen | 6 | | | | | | |

#### Quarterfinals

April 28, 4:00pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jason Gunnlaugson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Bruce Mouat | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Mike McEwen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Glenn Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Rich Ruohonen | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kevin Koe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Brendan Bottcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |

#### Semifinals

April 28, 8:00pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Bruce Mouat | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Glenn Howard | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Kevin Koe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

#### Final

April 29, 2:00pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Brad Gushue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Glenn Howard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |

## Women
### Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Chelsea Carey | Cathy Overton-Clapham | Jocelyn Peterman | Laine Peters | Calgary, Alberta |
| Janais DeJong (Fourth) | Delia DeJong (Skip) | Kayla Skrlik | Amy Janko | Grande Prairie, Alberta |
| Kerri Einarson | Selena Kaatz | Liz Fyfe | Kristin MacCuish | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Binia Feltscher | Carole Howald | Franziska Kaufmann | Larissa Hari | Flims, Switzerland |
| Chinami Yoshida | Mari Motohashi | Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | Kitami, Hokkaido |
| Anna Hasselborg | Sara McManus | Agnes Knochenhauer | Sofia Mabergs | Sundbyberg, Sweden |
| Rachel Homan | Emma Miskew | Joanne Courtney | Lisa Weagle | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jill Officer | Dawn McEwen | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Kaitlyn Jones | Karlee Burgess | Lauren Lenentine | Lindsey Burgess | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Kristen MacDiarmid | Marie Christianson | Liz Woodworth | Julia Colter | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Eve Muirhead | Anna Sloan | Vicki Adams | Lauren Gray | Stirling, Scotland |
| Alina Pätz | Nadine Lehmann | Marisa Winkelhausen | Nicole Schwägli | Baden, Switzerland |
| Jamie Sinclair | Alex Carlson | Vicky Persinger | Monica Walker | Blaine, Minnesota |
| Val Sweeting | Lori Olson-Johns | Dana Ferguson | Rachelle Brown | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | Esther Neuenschwander | Manuela Siegrist | Marlene Albrecht | Aarau, Switzerland |

### Round-robin standings

| Pool A | W | L | PF | PA | SO# |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | 3 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 1 |
| Kerri Einarson | 3 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 2 |
| Jennifer Jones | 2 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 4 |
| Val Sweeting | 2 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 14 |
| Kaitlyn Jones | 0 | 4 | 14 | 30 | |
| Pool B | W | L | PF | PA | SO# |
| Jamie Sinclair | 4 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 8 |
| Anna Hasselborg | 3 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 3 |
| Rachel Homan | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 6 |
| Binia Feltscher | 1 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 5 |
| Kristen MacDiarmid | 0 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 9 |
| Pool C | W | L | PF | PA | SO# |
| Eve Muirhead | 3 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 11 |
| Chelsea Carey | 3 | 1 | 24 | 23 | 13 |
| Alina Pätz | 2 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 10 |
| Delia DeJong | 2 | 2 | 22 | 25 | 15 |
| Team Fujisawa | 0 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 12 |

### Tiebreakers

April 27, 8:00pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rachel Homan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Alina Pätz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Delia DeJong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Val Sweeting | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
April 28, 8:30am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jennifer Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | X | 10 |
| Val Sweeting | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jamie Sinclair | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rachel Homan | 6 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rachel Homan | 6 | 8 | Rachel Homan | 9 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Eve Muirhead | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Anna Hasselborg | 3 | 5 | Eve Muirhead | 6 | | | |
| 5 | Eve Muirhead | 4 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Eve Muirhead | 4 | | | | 8 | Rachel Homan | 7 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Kerri Einarson | 6 |
| 2 | Silvana Tirinzoni | 5 | | | | | | | 3 | Kerri Einarson | 6 |
| 7 | Jennifer Jones | 6 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Jennifer Jones | 6 | 7 | Jennifer Jones | 4 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Kerri Einarson | 6 | | | |
| 3 | Kerri Einarson | 5 | 3 | Kerri Einarson | 6 | | | |
| 6 | Chelsea Carey | 3 | | | | | | |

#### Quarterfinals

April 28, 12:00pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kerri Einarson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Chelsea Carey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anna Hasselborg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Eve Muirhead | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Silvana Tirinzoni | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jennifer Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jamie Sinclair | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rachel Homan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |

#### Semifinals

April 28, 8:00pm
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rachel Homan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Eve Muirhead | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jennifer Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Kerri Einarson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

#### Final

April 29, 10:00am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Rachel Homan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Kerri Einarson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

## Qualification
### Men

| Qualification method | Qualifying team | Scenario if team has already qualified | Notes |
| Defending Champion 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup | Brad Jacobs | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of GSOC Tour Challenge | Brad Gushue | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of The Masters Grand Slam of Curling | Brad Gushue | WCT Event Winner (not already qualified) | |
| Winner of The National | Bruce Mouat | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of 2017 European Championship | Niklas Edin | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of 2017 Asia/Pacific Championship | Kim Chang-min | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of Canadian Open of Curling | Peter de Cruz | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of 2018 Winter Olympics | John Shuster | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of 2018 U.S. National Championship | Greg Persinger | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of 2018 World Junior Championship | Tyler Tardi | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of 2018 Tim Hortons Brier | Brad Gushue | WCT Event Winner (not already qualified) | |
| Winner of 2018 Elite 10 | Mike McEwen | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of 2018 World Championship | Niklas Edin | WCT Event Winner (not already qualified) | |
| Winner of 2018 Players' Championship | Kevin Koe | None (first qualifier) | |
| WCT #1 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Brad Jacobs | Already qualified | AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic (SFM: 10.5938) |
| WCT #2 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Reid Carruthers | None (first qualifier) | Canad Inns Men's Classic (SFM: 8.6231) |
| WCT #3 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Brad Gushue | Already qualified | Swiss Cup Basel (SFM: 8.2928) |
| WCT #4 - Winner of 2016-18 Ranked Event | Liu Rui | None (first qualifier) | Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic (SFM: 8.2344) |
| WCT #5 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Kevin Koe | Already qualified | Ashley Home Store Fall Classic (SFM: 7.8483) |
| WCT #6 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Colton Flasch | None (first qualifier) | College Clean Restoration Curling Classic (SFM: 7.6823) |
| WCT #7 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Brad Gushue | Already qualified | Stu Sells Toronto Tankard (SFM: 7.3069) |
| WCT #8 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Niklas Edin | Already qualified | Mercure Perth Masters (SFM: 6.8809) |
| WCT #9 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Liu Rui | Already qualified, declined invite | Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (SFM: 6.8314) |
| WCT #10 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Bruce Mouat | Already qualified | Stu Sells Oakville Tankard (SFM: 6.6939) |
| WCT #11 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Jason Gunnlaugson | None (first qualifier) | GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 (SFM: 6.6456) |
| WCT #12 - Winner of 2017-17 Ranked Event | Niklas Edin | Already qualified | Curling Masters Champery (SFM: 6.2031) |
| WCT #13 - Winner of 2017-17 Ranked Event | Niklas Edin | Already qualified | Baden Masters (SFM: 5.8101) |
| WCT #14 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Brendan Bottcher | None (first qualifier) | Red Deer Curling Classic (SFM: 5.0877) |
| WCT #15 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Bruce Mouat | Already qualified | Oakville OCT Fall Classic (SFM: 5.0662) |
| WCT #16 - Winner of 2016-17 Ranked Event | Mike McEwen | Already qualified | Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic (SFM: 4.9849) |
| WCT #17 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Brendan Bottcher | Already qualified | Medicine Hat Charity Classic (SFM: 4.6272) |
| WCT #18 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Kurt Balderston | None (first qualifier) | Original 16 WCT Bonspiel (SFM: 4.5434) |
| WCT #19 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Marc Pfister | None (first qualifier) | German Masters (SFM: 4.5412) |
| WCT #20 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Glenn Howard | None (first qualifier) | Huron ReproGraphics Oil Heritage Classic (SFM: 4.4091) |

### Women

| Qualification method | Qualifying team | Scenario if team has already qualified | Notes |
| Defending Champion 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup | Rachel Homan | |
| Winner of 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge | Val Sweeting | None (first qualifier) | .. |
| Winner of 2017 Masters | Jennifer Jones | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of 2017 Pacific-Asia Championship | Kim Eun-jung |
| Winner of 2017 Boost National | Jennifer Jones | Already Qualified | |
| Winner of 2017 European Championship | Eve Muirhead | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of 2018 Canadian Open | Chelsea Carey | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of 2018 U.S. National Championship | Jamie Sinclair | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts | Jennifer Jones | Already qualified | |
| Winner of the 2018 Winter Olympics | Anna Hasselborg | | |
| Winner of 2018 World Junior Championship | Kaitlyn Jones | None (first qualifier) | |
| Winner of 2018 World Championship | Jennifer Jones | Already Qualified | |
| Winner of 2018 Players' Championship | Jamie Sinclair | Already qualified | |
| WCT #1 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Nina Roth | None (first qualifier) | Canad Inns Women's Classic (SFM: 10.6180) |
| WCT #2 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Rachel Homan | Already qualified | Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic (SFM: 9.8021) |
| WCT #3 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Eve Muirhead | Already qualified | HDF Insurance Shoot-Out (SFM: 7.9346) |
| WCT #4 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Alina Pätz | None (first qualifier) | Stockholm Ladies Curling Cup (SFM: 7.8806) |
| WCT #5 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Silvana Tirinzoni | None (first qualifier) | Stu Sells Oakville Tankard (SFM: 7.4915) |
| WCT #6 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Rachel Homan | Already qualified | Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic (SFM: 7.3069) |
| WCT #7 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Satsuki Fujisawa | None (first qualifier) | Karuizawa International (SFM: 6.6069) |
| WCT #8 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Kerri Einarson | None (first qualifier) | GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 (SFM: 6.5875) |
| WCT #9 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Wang Bingyu | None (first qualifier) | Women's Masters Basel (SFM: 6.5544) |
| WCT #10 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Jamie Sinclair | Already qualified | AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic (SFM: 5.9702) |
| WCT #11 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Anna Sidorova | None (first qualifier) | CCT Arctic Cup (SFM: 5.878) |
| WCT #11 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Delia DeJong | None (first qualifier) | Red Deer Curling Classic (SFM: 5.2766) |
| WCT #12 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Binia Feltscher | None (first qualifier) | Glynhill Ladies International (SFM: 5.1354) |
| WCT #13 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Julie Tippin | None (first qualifier) | Stu Sells Toronto Tankard (SFM: 5.0898) |
| WCT #14 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Kelsey Rocque | None (first qualifier) | Curl Mesabi Classic (SFM: 4.5996) |
| WCT #15 - Winner of 2017-18 Ranked Event | Kristen MacDiarmid | None (first qualifier) | Royal LePage OVCA Women's Fall Classic (SFM: 4.3588) |