The Second Leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup took place from December 5 to 9, 2018 at the Ralston Arena in Omaha, United States. Satsuki Fujisawa and her rink won the women's competition. John Shuster and his rink won the men's competition. Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten won the mixed doubles competition.
Format
Curling World Cup matches have eight ends, rather than the standard ten ends. Ties after eight ends will be 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 will earn a team 3 points, a shoot-out win 2 points, a shoot-out less 1 point, and 0 points for a loss in eight or fewer ends.
Each event will have eight teams in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles tournament. The teams will be split into two groups of four, based on the Curling World Cup rankings, whereby the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th, ranked teams will be in one group and the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th ranked teams in the other. The first place teams in each group will play against each other in the final. In the event of a tie for first place, a shoot-out will be 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 Highest-ranked member association in the Americas zone Highest-ranked member association in the European zone Highest-ranked member association in the Pacific-Asia zone Selected by World Curling Federation
Women
Teams
Skip: Tracy Fleury Third: Selena Njegovan Second: Liz Fyfe Lead: Kristin MacCuishSkip: Yang Ying Third: He Ying Second: Meng Xu Lead: Sun ChengyuSkip: Satsuki Fujisawa Third: Chinami Yoshida Second: Yumi Suzuki Lead: Yurika YoshidaSkip: Alina Kovaleva Third: Anastasia Bryzgalova Second: Uliana Vasilyeva Lead: Ekaterina KuzminaSkip: Eve Muirhead Third: Jennifer Dodds Second: Victoria Chalmers Lead: Lauren GraySkip: Kim Min-ji Third: Kim Hye-rin Second: Yang Tae-i Lead: Kim Su-jinSkip: Anna Hasselborg Third: Sara McManus Second: Agnes Knochenhauer Lead: Sofia MabergsSkip: Jamie Sinclair Third: Sarah Anderson Second: Taylor Anderson Lead: Monica Walker
Round-robin standings
Group A Country Skip W L Pts Kim Min-ji 400212 Tracy Fleury 400212 Alina Kovaleva 20046 Jamie Sinclair 20046
Group B Country Skip W L Pts Satsuki Fujisawa 500115 Eve Muirhead 400212 Anna Hasselborg 30039 Yang Ying 00060
Round-robin results
Draw 1
Wednesday, December 5, 15:00
Draw 4
Thursday, December 6, 08:30
Draw 5
Thursday, December 6, 12:00
Draw 6
Thursday, December 6, 16:00
Draw 7
Thursday, December 6, 19:30
Draw 8
Friday, December 7, 08:30
Draw 9
Friday, December 7, 12:00
Draw 10
Friday, December 7, 16:00
Draw 11
Friday, December 7, 19:30
Draw 12
Saturday, December 8, 08:30
Draw 13
Saturday, December 8, 12:30
Draw 15
Saturday, December 8, 19:30
Final
Sunday, December 9, 12:00
Men
Teams
Skip: Jason Gunnlaugson Third: Alex Forrest Second: Denni Neufeld Lead: Connor NjegovanSkip: Zou Qiang Third: Jiang Dongxu Second: Shao Zhilin Lead: Xu JingtaoSkip: Yuta Matsumura Third: Tetsuro Shimizu Second: Yasumasa Tanida Lead: Shinya AbeSkip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Vad PeterssonSkip: Bruce Mouat Third: Grant Hardie Second: Bobby Lammie Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer SundgrenSkip: Yannick Schwaller Third: Romano Meier Second: Michael Brunner Lead: Marcel KäufelerSkip: John Shuster Third: Chris Plys Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner
Round-robin standings
Group A Country Skip W L Pts John Shuster 500115 Zou Qiang 30039 Bruce Mouat 30039 Jason Gunnlaugson 10053
Group B Country Skip W L Pts Niklas Edin 500115 Thomas Ulsrud 30039 Yuta Matsumura 20046 Yannick Schwaller 20046
Round-robin results
Draw 3
Wednesday, December 5, 21:00
Draw 5
Thursday, December 6, 12:00
Draw 7
Thursday, December 6, 19:30
Draw 9
Friday, December 7, 12:00
Draw 10
Friday, December 7, 16:00
Draw 12
Saturday, December 8, 08:30
Draw 14
Saturday, December 8, 16:00
Draw 15
Saturday, December 8, 19:30
Final
Sunday, December 9, 16:00
Mixed doubles
Teams
Female: Kalynn Park Male: John MorrisFemale: Wang Rui Male: Ba DexinFemale: Kristin Skaslien Male: Magnus NedregottenFemale: Anastasia Moskaleva Male: Alexander EreminFemale: Jang Hye-ri Male: Choi Chi-wonFemale: Malin Wendel Male: Fabian WingforsFemale: Jenny Perret Male: Martin RiosFemale: Tabitha Peterson Male: Joe Polo
Round-robin standings
Group A Country Athletes W L Pts Jenny Perret / Martin Rios 510017 Jang Hye-ri / Choe Chi-won 30039 Kalynn Park / John Morris 20137 Malin Wengdel / Fabian Wingfors 10053
Group B Country Athletes W L Pts Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten 400212 Tabitha Peterson / Joe Polo 310211 Wang Rui / Ba Dexin 20137 Anastasia Moskaleva / Alexander Eremin 20046
Round-robin results
Draw 2
Wednesday, December 5, 18:30
Draw 4
Thursday, December 6, 08:30
Draw 6
Thursday, December 6, 16:00
Draw 8
Friday, December 7, 08:30
Draw 9
Friday, December 7, 12:00
Draw 10
Friday, December 7, 16:00
Draw 11
Friday, December 7, 19:30
Draw 13
Saturday, December 8, 12:00
Draw 14
Saturday, December 8, 16:00
Final
Sunday, December 9, 08:30
Player percentages Jenny Perret 63% Kristin Skaslien 80% Martin Rios 69% Magnus Nedregotten 89% Total 67% Total 86%
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