2019 WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup

2019 WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup
Host cityUiseong, South Korea
ArenaUiseong Curling Club
DatesSeptember 29 – October 3
Men's winnerCanada Team McEwen
Curling clubWest St. Paul CC, West St. Paul
SkipMike McEwen
ThirdReid Carruthers
SecondDerek Samagalski
LeadColin Hodgson
FinalistUnited States John Shuster
Women's winnerUnited States Team Roth
Curling clubSt. Paul CC, Saint Paul
SkipTabitha Peterson
ThirdBecca Hamilton
SecondTara Peterson
LeadNina Roth
FinalistSouth Korea Kim Kyeong-ae

The 2019 WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup was held from September 29 to October 3 in Uiseong-eup, Uiseong County, South Korea. The total purse for the event was ₩ 55,000,000 on both the men's and women's sides.[1][2] The event had a mix of teams from Canada, Italy, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, United States, and the host South Korea.

In the Men's event, Canada's Mike McEwen won their first event of the season by defeating Olympic gold medalist John Shuster from the United States 7–4 in the final. Canada's Scott McDonald won the bronze medal with a 10–4 victory over South Korea's Kim Soo-hyuk.[3]

In the Women's event, USA's Nina Roth with Tabitha Peterson throwing skip rocks defeated Olympic silver medalists Kim Kyeong-ae who took over skipping duties for Kim Eun-jung 5–4 in an extra end.[4] Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni took the bronze medal by defeating South Korea's Kim Min-ji 6–4.[5]

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[6]

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Matt Dunstone Braeden Moskowy Catlin Schneider Dustin Kidby Canada Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Glenn Howard Scott Howard David Mathers Tim March Canada Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada
Kim Chang-min Lee Ki-jeong Kim Hak-gyun Lee Ki-bok South Korea Uiseong, South Korea
Kim Soo-hyuk Lee Jeong-jae Jeong Byeong-jin Hwang Hyeon-jun South Korea Seoul, South Korea
Scott McDonald Jonathan Beuk Wesley Forget Scott Chadwick Canada Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Mike McEwen Reid Carruthers Derek Samagalski Colin Hodgson Canada West St. Paul, Manitoba, Canada
Park Jong-duk Nam Yoon-ho Yoo Min-hyeon Kim Jeong-min South Korea Gangwon, South Korea
Joël Retornaz Amos Mosaner Sebastiano Arman Simone Gonin Italy Pinerolo, Italy
John Shuster Chris Plys Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner United States Duluth, Minnesota
Thomas Ulsrud Steffen Walstad Markus Høiberg Magnus Vågberg Norway Oppdal, Norway

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings[7]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L
Canada Scott McDonald 3 1
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 2 2
Canada Matt Dunstone 2 2
South Korea Park Jong-duk 2 2
Norway Thomas Ulsrud 1 3
Pool B W L
Canada Mike McEwen 4 0
United States John Shuster 3 1
Canada Glenn Howard 2 2
Italy Joël Retornaz 1 3
South Korea Kim Chang-min 0 4

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[8]

Draw 1

Sunday, September 29, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Glenn Howard (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
United States John Shuster 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Italy Joël Retornaz (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 5
South Korea Kim Chang-min 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Matt Dunstone (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4
Canada Scott McDonald 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 7
South Korea Park Jong-duk (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6

Draw 3

Monday, September 30, 3:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Scott McDonald (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 X 3
South Korea Park Jong-duk 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Matt Dunstone (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 6
Norway Thomas Ulsrud 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States John Shuster 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 8
South Korea Kim Chang-min (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Glenn Howard 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
Canada Mike McEwen (has hammer) 0 1 2 2 0 3 X X 8

Draw 5

Tuesday, October 1, 7:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Mike McEwen 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 6
Italy Joël Retornaz (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Glenn Howard (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 X 7
South Korea Kim Chang-min 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Norway Thomas Ulsrud 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Canada Matt Dunstone (has hammer) 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 8
South Korea Park Jong-duk 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 9

Draw 7

Tuesday, October 1, 3:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States John Shuster (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Canada Mike McEwen 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Matt Dunstone (has hammer) 3 3 0 0 3 0 X X 9
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 0 0 1 1 0 2 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Norway Thomas Ulsrud 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 7
Canada Scott McDonald (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Canada Glenn Howard (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 8
Italy Joël Retornaz 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 7

Draw 9

Wednesday, October 2, 7:00 am

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Mike McEwen (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 1 3 X X 9
South Korea Kim Chang-min 0 0 0 3 0 0 X X 3

Draw 10

Wednesday, October 2, 11:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Norway Thomas Ulsrud 0 0 1 0 X X X X 1
South Korea Park Jong-duk (has hammer) 3 2 0 2 X X X X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Scott McDonald (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 X 5
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States John Shuster (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 X 6
Italy Joël Retornaz 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1

Playoffs

Source:[9]

Semifinals Final
      
B1 Canada Mike McEwen 10
A2 South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 3
B1 Canada Mike McEwen 7
B2 United States John Shuster 4
A1 Canada Scott McDonald 3
B2 United States John Shuster 7
Bronze medal game
   
A2 South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 4
A1 Canada Scott McDonald 10

Semifinals

Wednesday, October 2, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Mike McEwen 1 0 5 0 4 0 X X 10
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 1 X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Scott McDonald 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
United States John Shuster (has hammer) 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 X 7

Bronze medal game

Thursday, October 3, 1:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
Canada Scott McDonald (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 2 0 3 X 10

Final

Thursday, October 3, 5:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Mike McEwen (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 X 7
United States John Shuster 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 4

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[10]

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Theresa Cannon Karen Klein Vanessa Foster Raunora Westcott Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Gim Un-chi Um Min-ji Kim Su-ji Seol Ye-eun South Korea Gyeonggido, South Korea
Kim Kyeong-ae[a] Kim Cho-hi[a] Kim Seon-yeong Kim Yeong-mi South Korea Uiseong, South Korea
Kim Min-ji Ha Seung-youn Kim Hye-rin Kim Su-jin South Korea Chuncheon, South Korea
Oh Eun-jin Chung Jae-yi Kim Ji-hyeon Shin Ga-yeong South Korea Jeonbuk, South Korea
Tabitha Peterson Becca Hamilton Tara Peterson Nina Roth United States Saint Paul, Minnesota
Anna Sidorova Yulia Portunova Olga Kotelnikova Julia Guzieva Russia Moscow, Russia
Jamie Sinclair Cory Christensen Vicky Persinger Taylor Anderson United States Chaska, Minnesota
Briar Hürlimann (Fourth) Elena Stern (Skip) Lisa Gisler Céline Koller Switzerland Brig-Glis, Switzerland
Alina Pätz (Fourth) Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) Esther Neuenschwander Melanie Barbezat Switzerland Aarau, Switzerland

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings[11]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 4 0
South Korea Kim Min-ji 2 2
United States Jamie Sinclair 2 2
South Korea Gim Un-chi 1 3
Russia Anna Sidorova 1 3
Pool B W L
South Korea Kim Kyeong-ae 4 0
United States Team Roth 3 1
Switzerland Elena Stern 2 2
Canada Theresa Cannon 1 3
South Korea Oh Eun-jin 0 4

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[12]

Draw 2

Monday, September 30, 11:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 5
South Korea Kim Min-ji (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
South Korea Gim Un-chi 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4
United States Jamie Sinclair (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Elena Stern (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 6
Canada Theresa Cannon 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Kyeong-ae (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 X 7
South Korea Oh Eun-jin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1

Draw 4

Monday, September 30, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Theresa Cannon (has hammer) 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 8
South Korea Oh Eun-jin 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Elena Stern (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 5
United States Team Roth 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Min-ji (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 X 8
United States Jamie Sinclair 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 7
Russia Anna Sidorova 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6

Draw 6

Tuesday, October 1, 11:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Anna Sidorova (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 6
South Korea Gim Un-chi 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 8
United States Jamie Sinclair (has hammer) 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States Team Roth (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 6
South Korea Kim Kyeong-ae 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Elena Stern (has hammer) 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
South Korea Oh Eun-jin 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 5

Draw 8

Tuesday, October 1, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States Team Roth (has hammer) 3 3 0 1 0 2 X X 9
South Korea Oh Eun-jin 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Anna Sidorova 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 3
United States Jamie Sinclair (has hammer) 4 0 2 0 2 0 X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada Theresa Cannon 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X 2
South Korea Kim Kyeong-ae (has hammer) 2 2 1 0 2 0 X X 7

Draw 9

Wednesday, October 2, 7:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Gim Un-chi (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 8
South Korea Kim Min-ji 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Canada Theresa Cannon (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6
United States Team Roth 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 7

Draw 11

Wednesday, October 2, 3:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 8
South Korea Gim Un-chi 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Min-ji (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 5
Russia Anna Sidorova 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Elena Stern 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
South Korea Kim Kyeong-ae (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 7

Playoffs

Source:[13]

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 6
B2 United States Team Roth 7
B2 United States Team Roth 5
B1 South Korea Kim Kyeong-ae 4
B1 South Korea Kim Kyeong-ae 3
A2 South Korea Kim Min-ji 2
Bronze medal game
   
A1 Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 6
A2 South Korea Kim Min-ji 4

Semifinals

Thursday, October 3, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni (has hammer) 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 6
United States Team Roth 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Kim Kyeong-ae (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
South Korea Kim Min-ji 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2

Bronze medal game

Thursday, October 3, 1:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni (has hammer) 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 6
South Korea Kim Min-ji 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4

Final

Thursday, October 3, 5:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
United States Team Roth 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5
South Korea Kim Kyeong-ae (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4

Notes

  1. ^ a b As their skip Kim Eun-jung was still on maternity leave, third Kim Kyeong-ae took over as skip and alternate Kim Cho-hi stepped in as third.

References

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  2. ^ "Women's Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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  4. ^ "USA's Roth wins Uiseong International Curling Cup". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  5. ^ "WCT Recap: Rocque, Tardi back in win column; Jacobs tops Koe in Toronto". TSN. October 5, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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  7. ^ "Men's Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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