The grand final of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup took place from May 8 to 12, 2019 in Beijing, China.
Canada's Jennifer Jones defeated Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni in the women's final. Canada's Kevin Koe defeated China's Zou Qiang in the men's final and Norway's Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten defeated Canada's pair of Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres in the mixed doubles final.
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 loss 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
The host (China), the winners of each leg, the current world champions, a team specifically invited, and the two highest remaining member associations on the Curling World Cup ranking list will qualify for the grand final. Two separate teams from the same member association may qualify for the grand final.
The following countries qualified for each discipline:
Qualification method Women Men Mixed doubles Hosting member association First leg winner (Homan) (Koe) (Walker/Muyres) Second leg winner (Fujisawa) (Shuster) (Skaslien/Nedregotten) Third leg winner (Kim) (Dunstone) (Sahaidak/Lott)Highest ranked remainingmember associations World champions (Tirinzoni) (Edin) (Jäggi/Michel) Invited by World Curling Federation
Women
Teams
Skip: Jennifer Jones Third: Kaitlyn Lawes Second: Shannon Birchard Lead: Jill OfficerSkip: Jiang Yilun Third: Zhang Lijun Second: Dong Ziqi Lead: Jiang XindiSkip: Satsuki Fujisawa Third: Chinami Yoshida Second: Yumi Suzuki Lead: Yurika YoshidaSkip: Anna Sidorova Third: Margarita Fomina Second: Julia Portunova Lead: Julia GuzievaSkip: 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 MabergsFourth: Alina Pätz Skip: Silvana Tirinzoni Second: Esther Neuenschwander Lead: Melanie BarbezatSkip: Nina Roth Third: Tabitha Peterson Second: Aileen Geving Lead: Becca Hamilton
Round-robin standings
Group A Team W L Pts (Jones) 220210 (Fujisawa) 301210 (Jiang) 30039 (Roth) 20137
Group B Team W L Pts (Tirinzoni) 401113 (Sidorova) 400212 (Hasselborg) 20046 (Kim) 11045
Round-robin results
Draw 1 Wednesday, May 8, 15:00
Draw 4 Thursday, May 9, 08:30
Draw 5 Thursday, May 9, 12:00
Draw 6 Thursday, May 9, 16:00
Draw 7 Thursday, May 9, 19:30
Draw 8 Friday, May 10, 08:30
Draw 9 Friday, May 10, 12:00
Draw 10 Friday, May 10, 16:00
Draw 11 Friday, May 10, 19:30
Draw 12 Saturday, May 11, 08:30
Draw 13 Saturday, May 11, 12:00
Draw 15 Saturday, May 11, 19:30
Final Sunday, May 12, 16:00
Men
Teams
Skip: Matt Dunstone Third: Braeden Moskowy Second: Catlin Schneider Lead: Dustin KidbySkip: Kevin Koe Third: B.J. Neufeld Second: Colton Flasch Lead: Denni NeufeldFourth: Ba Dexin Skip: Zou Qiang Second: Wang Zhiyu Lead: Xu JingtaoSkip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Vad PeterssonSkip: Ross Paterson Third: Duncan Menzies Second: Kyle Waddell Lead: Michael GoodfellowSkip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer SundgrenSkip: Yannick Schwaller Third: Michael Brunner Second: Romano Meier Lead: Marcel KaeufelerSkip: John Shuster Third: Chris Plys Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner
Round-robin standings
Group A Team W L Pts (Zou) 400212 (Edin) 30039 (Shuster) 21038 (Dunstone) 20137
Group B Team W L Pts (Koe) 400212 (Paterson) 400212 (Schwaller) 30039 (Ulsrud) 10053
Round-robin results
Draw 3 Wednesday, May 8, 21:00
Draw 5 Thursday, May 9, 12:00
Draw 7 Thursday, May 9, 19:30
Draw 9 Friday, May 10, 12:00
Draw 10 Friday, May 10, 16:00
Draw 12 Saturday, May 11, 08:30
Draw 14 Saturday, May 11, 16:00
Final Sunday, May 12, 09:00
Mixed doubles
Teams
Female: Kadriana Sahaidak Male: Colton LottFemale: Laura Walker Male: Kirk MuyresFemale: Cao Chang Male: Yuan MingjieFemale: Kristin Skaslien Male: Magnus NedregottenFemale: Maria Komarova Male: Daniil GoriachevFemale: Michèle Jäggi Male: Sven MichelFemale: Jenny Perret Male: Martin RiosFemale: Sarah Anderson Male: Korey Dropkin
Round-robin standings
Group A Team W L Pts (Walker/Muyres) 410114 (Anderson/Dropkin) 400212 (Jäggi/Michel) 20137 (Cao/Yuan) 10053
Group B Team W L Pts (Skaslien/Nedregotten) 501016 (Sahaidak/Lott) 310211 (Perret/Rios)20137 (Komarova/Goriachev) 01052
Round-robin results
Draw 2 Wednesday, May 8, 18:30
Draw 4 Thursday, May 9, 08:30
Draw 6 Thursday, May 9, 16:00
Draw 8 Friday, May 10, 08:30
Draw 9 Friday, May 10, 12:00
Draw 10 Friday, May 10, 16:00
Draw 11 Friday, May 10, 19:30
Draw 13 Saturday, May 11, 12:00
Draw 14 Saturday, May 11, 16:00
Draw 15 Saturday, May 11, 19:30
Final Sunday, May 12, 13:00
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