The 2020 Continental Cup will be played Jan. 9-12 at The Sports Centre at Western Fair District. Results of the 2018 Continental Cup of Curling from London, Ontario. “The ability to host the event for a second time is a great honour for our city. All 24 players on each side were required to play in either a sweeping or throwing role in this format. Statistics. At the 2018 European Curling Championships, Team Edin went undefeated in the tournament until the final, where they lost to Scotland's rink skipped by Bruce Mouat. Thanks to Tourism London and to passionate curling fans for ensuring the Continental Cup’s return to the Forest City,” said London Mayor Ed Holder. (Photo, courtesy Tourism London)“We saw a thrilling competition in 2018 in London — not only because of the skill level of the curlers on the ice, but also due to the wonderful enthusiasm of the fans, volunteers and host committee in London,” said Maureen Miller, Chair of Curling Canada’s Board of Governors. All women's games are completed before the men's games, and all shots of one type must be completed before the next shot is done. The tournament winners qualified for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.. The team throwing first in one shot (which will be the same team in all three matches) will throw second in the next shot.
The right to make the first shot in the runthrough alternates between the two teams every year.A list of the championships illustrates the variations in the competition's participants over the last two decades. Three of the shots must be in-turns, while the other three must be out-turns, with the shots set up according to their chosen type of turn.
One captain will choose first for the first women's matchup and the second men's matchup, while the other captain chooses first for the first men's matchup and the second women's matchup. It sits adjacent to three other NHL-size ice surfaces.A variety of ticket offers will go on sale Friday at noon ET, including the aforementioned $249 full-event package that will cover all 11 draws of the 2020 Continental Cup.The 2018 edition of this unique curling competition, which pits Team North America against Team World in a variety of interesting formats, drew near-capacity crowds all weekend in 2018, and came down to the most thrilling finish in the history of the competition, with Team North America’s Brad Gushue barely winning a draw-to-the-button against Team World’s Thomas Ulsrud after the two sides finished four days of intense competition in a 30-30 deadlock.Tickets will go on sale Friday, including a full-event package for $249 — a $30 saving on the 2018 price.Also available on Friday will be:Previously, North America has won the Cup in 2002 in Regina, 2004 and 2007 in Medicine Hat, Alta., 2011 in St. Albert, Alta., 2013 in Penticton, B.C., 2014 in Las Vegas, 2015 in Calgary, back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017 in Las Vegas, and 2018 in London.