2021 Champions Cup
2021 Champions Cup
Dates April 15–19, 2021
Curling club Gogar Park CC, Edinburgh « 2020 (cancelled)2022
The 2021 Humpty's Champions Cup , a curling Grand Slam event, was held April 15–19, 2021 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary , Alberta . Two days before the event was supposed to begin on Monday, April 12, the organizers delayed its start time by one day due to the (false) positive COVID-19 tests from the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship , which was held at the same site from April 2–11.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada , it was announced that both the Champions Cup and the Players' Championship Grand Slam of Curling events would still be held in the 2020–21 curling season but would move to a centralized "bubble " (similar to that of the NHL as in Edmonton ) at Canada Olympic Park alongside Curling Canada 's national championships. All events will be held behind closed doors with no spectators. Due to the pandemic, it is the first Grand Slam event to be held since the 2020 Canadian Open held in January 2020.
The event utilized the "no tick rule", an experimental rule in which any guard rock touching the centre line may not be moved off of the centre line by an opposing stone until the sixth rock of the end.
On the men's side, Bruce Mouat of Scotland won his second career Grand Slam by defeating Team Brendan Bottcher 6–3 in the final. Mouat previously won the 2017 Boost National .
On the women's side, Rachel Homan of Ottawa also won 6–3 in the final, doubling up on Team Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland. It was Homan's eleventh Grand Slam title.
Qualification The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Federation 's world team rankings qualified for the event. In the event that a team declines their invitation, the next-ranked team on the world team ranking is invited until the field is complete.
Men Top world team ranking men's teams:
Ontario Brad Jacobs Ontario John Epping Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue Alberta Brendan Bottcher Scotland Bruce Mouat Switzerland Yannick Schwaller Manitoba Mike McEwen Sweden Niklas Edin Switzerland Peter de Cruz Alberta Kevin Koe Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone Scotland Ross Paterson Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson Women Top world team ranking women's teams:
Sweden Anna Hasselborg Manitoba Kerri Einarson Manitoba Tracy Fleury Japan Satsuki Fujisawa Manitoba Jennifer Jones Switzerland Elena Stern Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni Ontario Rachel Homan Scotland Eve Muirhead United States Tabitha Peterson South Korea Kim Min-ji Russia Alina Kovaleva Format The 12 qualifying teams were divided into two pools of 6. Each team plays four games against teams in their pool. The top six teams overall make the playoffs.
Men Teams The teams are listed as follows:
Skip Third Second Lead Locale Brendan Bottcher Darren Moulding Brad Thiessen Karrick Martin Alberta Edmonton , Alberta Benoît Schwarz (Fourth)Sven Michel Peter de Cruz (Skip)Valentin Tanner Switzerland Geneva , Switzerland Matt Dunstone Braeden Moskowy Kirk Muyres Dustin Kidby Saskatchewan Wadena , Saskatchewan Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Rasmus Wranå Christoffer Sundgren Sweden Karlstad , Sweden John Epping Colton Lott Mat Camm Brent Laing Ontario Toronto , Ontario Jason Gunnlaugson Adam Casey Matt Wozniak Connor Njegovan Manitoba Morris , Manitoba Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Brett Gallant Geoff Walker Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Jacobs Marc Kennedy E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden Ontario Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario Kevin Koe John Morris B. J. Neufeld Ben Hebert Alberta Calgary , Alberta Reid Carruthers Tyler Tardi Derek Samagalski – Manitoba Winnipeg , Manitoba Bruce Mouat Grant Hardie Bobby Lammie Hammy McMillan Jr. Scotland Edinburgh , Scotland Yannick Schwaller Michael Brunner Romano Meier Marcel Käufeler Switzerland Bern , Switzerland
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings
Key Teams to Playoffs Teams to Tiebreakers
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).
Draw 1 Thursday, April 15, 8:00 am
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Sweden Niklas Edin 1 0 0 0 1 X X X 2 Alberta Kevin Koe 🔨0 5 0 1 0 X X X 6
Draw 2 Thursday, April 15, 12:00 pm
Draw 3 Thursday, April 15, 4:00 pm
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Manitoba Team McEwen 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Ontario Brad Jacobs 🔨1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4
Draw 4 Thursday, April 15, 8:00 pm
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Alberta Brendan Bottcher 🔨2 3 1 0 3 X X X 9 Ontario John Epping 0 0 0 2 0 X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Manitoba Jason Gunnlaugson 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1 Sweden Niklas Edin 🔨3 1 1 1 0 1 X X 7
Draw 5 Friday, April 16, 8:00 am
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Manitoba Team McEwen 🔨1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 Scotland Bruce Mouat 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 7
Draw 6 Friday, April 16, 12:00 pm
Draw 7 Friday, April 16, 4:00 pm
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Alberta Brendan Bottcher 🔨0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2 Alberta Kevin Koe 0 0 3 0 5 X X X 8
Draw 8 Friday, April 16, 8:00 pm
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Ontario John Epping 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 2 Sweden Niklas Edin 🔨2 2 0 0 0 1 1 X 6
Draw 9 Saturday, April 17, 8:00 am
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Saskatchewan Matt Dunstone 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 Ontario Brad Jacobs 🔨2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Draw 10 Saturday, April 17, 12:00 pm
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Ontario John Epping 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 Alberta Kevin Koe 🔨1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 7
Draw 12 Saturday, April 17, 8:00 pm
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Ontario Brad Jacobs 🔨0 2 0 3 0 3 X X 8 Switzerland Peter de Cruz 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2
Tiebreaker Sunday, April 18, 12:00 pm
Playoffs Quarterfinals Sunday, April 18, 4:00 pm
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Alberta Kevin Koe 🔨0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Ontario Brad Jacobs 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Sweden Niklas Edin 🔨2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 Scotland Bruce Mouat 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 6
Semifinals Sunday, April 18, 8:00 pm
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Alberta Brendan Bottcher 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 X 6 Alberta Kevin Koe 🔨0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2
Final Monday, April 19, 12:00 pm
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Scotland Bruce Mouat 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 X 6 Alberta Brendan Bottcher 🔨2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3
Women Teams The teams are listed as follows:
Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Kerri Einarson Val Sweeting Shannon Birchard Briane Meilleur Manitoba Gimli , Manitoba Tracy Fleury Selena Njegovan Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish Manitoba East St. Paul , Manitoba Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Japan Kitami , Japan Anna Hasselborg Sara McManus Agnes Knochenhauer Sofia Mabergs Sweden Sundbyberg , Sweden Rachel Homan Emma Miskew Sarah Wilkes Joanne Courtney Laura Walker Ontario Ottawa , Ontario Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jocelyn Peterman Lisa Weagle Manitoba Winnipeg , Manitoba Kim Min-ji Kim Hye-rin Ha Seung-youn Kim Su-jin Yang Tae-i South Korea Chuncheon , South Korea Alina Kovaleva Yulia Portunova Galina Arsenkina Ekaterina Kuzmina Russia Saint Petersburg , Russia Eve Muirhead Vicky Wright Jennifer Dodds Lauren Gray Scotland Stirling , Scotland Tabitha Peterson Nina Roth Becca Hamilton Tara Peterson Aileen Geving United States Chaska , United States Briar Hürlimann (Fourth)Elena Stern (Skip)Lisa Gisler Céline Koller Switzerland Brig , Switzerland Alina Pätz (Fourth)Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip)Esther Neuenschwander Melanie Barbezat Switzerland Aarau , Switzerland
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings
Key Teams to Playoffs Teams to Tiebreakers
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).
Draw 1 Thursday, April 15, 8:00 am
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Manitoba Kerri Einarson 🔨0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 6 Ontario Rachel Homan 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
Draw 2 Thursday, April 15, 12:00 pm
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Sweden Anna Hasselborg 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 5 Scotland Eve Muirhead 🔨0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Manitoba Tracy Fleury 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 X 5 South Korea Kim Min-ji 🔨0 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 3
Draw 3 Thursday, April 15, 4:00 pm
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 X 5 Russia Alina Kovaleva 🔨3 0 2 1 0 0 3 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Ontario Rachel Homan 🔨1 0 3 0 1 1 1 X 7 Switzerland Elena Stern 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Draw 4 Thursday, April 15, 8:00 pm
Draw 5 Friday, April 16, 8:00 am
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Manitoba Tracy Fleury 🔨2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 Manitoba Jennifer Jones 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Sweden Anna Hasselborg 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 7 South Korea Kim Min-ji 🔨3 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 8
Draw 6 Friday, April 16, 12:00 pm
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Russia Alina Kovaleva 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 7 Ontario Rachel Homan 🔨2 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 8
Draw 8 Friday, April 16, 8:00 pm
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Scotland Eve Muirhead 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 Manitoba Jennifer Jones 🔨1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Sweden Anna Hasselborg 🔨2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7 Manitoba Tracy Fleury 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 10
Draw 9 Saturday, April 17, 8:00 am
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Russia Alina Kovaleva 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 9 Switzerland Elena Stern 🔨0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 7
Draw 10 Saturday, April 17, 12:00 pm
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Scotland Eve Muirhead 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 6 Manitoba Tracy Fleury 🔨2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 7
Draw 11 Saturday, April 17, 4:00 pm
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Manitoba Kerri Einarson 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 5 Russia Alina Kovaleva 🔨0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Manitoba Jennifer Jones 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 7 South Korea Kim Min-ji 🔨2 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 8
Tiebreakers Sunday, April 18, 12:00 pm
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Scotland Eve Muirhead 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 4 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 🔨0 2 1 0 1 0 3 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final South Korea Kim Min-ji 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 Russia Alina Kovaleva 🔨2 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 4
Playoffs Quarterfinals Sunday, April 18, 4:00 pm
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Ontario Rachel Homan 🔨0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
Semifinals Sunday, April 18, 8:00 pm
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Manitoba Kerri Einarson 🔨0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Ontario Rachel Homan 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 5
Final Monday, April 19, 4:00 pm
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