2021 WCT Arctic Cup
World Curling Tour event
2021 WCT Arctic Cup
Host cityDudinka, Russia
ArenaTaimyr Ice Arena
DatesMay 27–30
WinnerSwitzerland Hürlimann / Schwaller
FemaleBriar Hürlimann
MaleYannick Schwaller
FinalistRussia Samoylik / Vaskov
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The 2021 WCT Arctic Cup, a mixed doubles curling event on the World Curling Tour, was held May 27 to 30 at the Taimyr Ice Arena in Dudinka, Russia.[1] It was the final event of the 2020–21 curling season. The total purse for the event was € 20,000.[2] The event was originally scheduled for November 4 to 9, 2020, however, it was moved to the end of May due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

In the final, the reigning Swiss mixed doubles champions Briar Hürlimann and Yannick Schwaller secured a 9–2 victory over the Russian team of Anna Samoylik and Mikhail Vaskov.[4] Hürlimann and Schwaller finished 3–1 through the round robin and defeated the Italian duo of Diana Gaspari and Joël Retornaz 6–4 to advance to the championship game.[5] Samoylik and Vaskov also went 3–1 through the group stage and upset the previously undefeated team of Alina Kovaleva and Sergey Glukhov 10–5 to reach the final. In the third place game, Kovaleva and Glukhov defeated Gaspari and Retornaz 10–5.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[2][6]

Female Male Locale
Sofie Bergman Fredrik Nyman Sweden Stocksund & Leksand, Sweden
Nkeirouka Ezekh Alexey Stukalskiy Russia Moscow, Russia[7]
Diana Gaspari Joël Retornaz Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo & Pinerolo, Italy
Briar Hürlimann Yannick Schwaller Switzerland Solothurn, Switzerland
Karoliine Kaare Harri Lill Estonia Tallinn, Estonia
Alina Kovaleva Sergey Glukhov Russia Saint Petersburg, Russia
Daria Morozova Oleg Krasikov Russia Dmitrov & Saint Petersburg, Russia
Anna Samoylik Mikhail Vaskov Russia Krasnoyarsk & Dmitrov, Russia
Anna Sidorova Alexey Timofeev Russia Moscow & Saint Petersburg, Russia
Ildikó Szekeres György Nagy Hungary Budapest, Hungary

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L DSC
Russia Kovaleva / Glukhov 4 0 53.91
Switzerland Hürlimann / Schwaller 3 1 60.73
Russia Ezekh / Stukalskiy 2 2 66.30
Russia Morozova / Krasikov 1 3 52.71
Estonia Kaare / Lill 0 4 38.56
Pool B W L DSC
Italy Gaspari / Retornaz 3 1 68.54
Russia Samoylik / Vaskov 3 1 94.83
Russia Sidorova / Timofeev 2 2 46.81
Sweden Bergman / Nyman 1 3 63.93
Hungary Szekeres / Nagy 1 3 75.18

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Krasnoyarsk Standard Time (UTC+07:00).[8]

Draw 1

Thursday, May 27, 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Kovaleva / Glukhov 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 8
Estonia Kaare / Lill (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Ezekh / Stukalskiy 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 7
Russia Morozova / Krasikov (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5

Draw 2

Thursday, May 27, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hungary Szekeres / Nagy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1
Italy Gaspari / Retornaz (has hammer) 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Sidorova / Timofeev 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 X 8
Sweden Bergman / Nyman (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1

Draw 3

Friday, May 28, 12:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Estonia Kaare / Lill 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 2
Russia Ezekh / Stukalskiy (has hammer) 1 1 0 3 2 1 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Hürlimann / Schwaller 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 6
Russia Kovaleva / Glukhov (has hammer) 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 10

Draw 4

Friday, May 28, 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Gaspari / Retornaz (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 3
Russia Sidorova / Timofeev 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Samoylik / Vaskov 2 0 0 3 0 4 0 X 9
Hungary Szekeres / Nagy (has hammer) 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 X 7

Draw 5

Friday, May 28, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Morozova / Krasikov (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 5
Russia Kovaleva / Glukhov 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Estonia Kaare / Lill (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 7
Switzerland Hürlimann / Schwaller 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 9

Draw 6

Saturday, May 29, 08:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Bergman / Nyman (has hammer) 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 X 9
Hungary Szekeres / Nagy 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Italy Gaspari / Retornaz 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 7
Russia Samoylik / Vaskov (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 6

Draw 7

Saturday, May 29, 11:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Ezekh / Stukalskiy 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
Switzerland Hürlimann / Schwaller (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Morozova / Krasikov 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 X 8
Estonia Kaare / Lill (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3

Draw 8

Saturday, May 29, 14:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Sidorova / Timofeev (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 5
Russia Samoylik / Vaskov 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Bergman / Nyman 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
Italy Gaspari / Retornaz (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 3 11

Draw 9

Saturday, May 29, 17:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Switzerland Hürlimann / Schwaller (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 6
Russia Morozova / Krasikov 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Kovaleva / Glukhov (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 7
Russia Ezekh / Stukalskiy 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 6

Draw 10

Saturday, May 29, 20:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Samoylik / Vaskov 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 X 8
Sweden Bergman / Nyman (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Hungary Szekeres / Nagy 0 2 4 4 0 1 0 X 11
Russia Sidorova / Timofeev (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 3

Playoffs

Source:[8]

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Russia Kovaleva / Glukhov 5
B2 Russia Samoylik / Vaskov 10
B2 Russia Samoylik / Vaskov 2
A2 Switzerland Hürlimann / Schwaller 9
B1 Italy Gaspari / Retornaz 4
A2 Switzerland Hürlimann / Schwaller 6
Third place game
   
A1 Russia Kovaleva / Glukhov 10
B1 Italy Gaspari / Retornaz 5

Semifinals

Sunday, May 30, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Gaspari / Retornaz 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Switzerland Hürlimann / Schwaller (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Kovaleva / Glukhov 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 5
Russia Samoylik / Vaskov (has hammer) 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 X 10

Third place game

Sunday, May 30, 13:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Kovaleva / Glukhov (has hammer) 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 10
Italy Gaspari / Retornaz 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 5

Final

Sunday, May 30, 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia Samoylik / Vaskov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
Switzerland Hürlimann / Schwaller (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 3 2 1 X 9

References

  1. ^ "Команды из 6 стран сыграют в V Кубке Арктики по кёрлингу (Teams from 6 countries will play in the V Arctic Cup in curling)" (in Russian). Arctic Cup. May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Arctic Cup". World Curling Tour. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "WCT Arctic Cup". World Curling Tour. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "Кубок Арктики отправляется в Швейцарию (Arctic Cup goes to Switzerland)" (in Russian). Arctic Cup. May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "Определились финалисты V Кубка Арктики (Finalists v Arctic Cup determined)" (in Russian). Arctic Cup. May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  6. ^ "Лидеры сборной России сыграют на WCT Arctic Cup 2021 в Дудинке (The leaders of the Russian national team will play at the WCT Arctic Cup 2021 in Dudinka)" (in Russian). Arctic Cup. May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "Звёзды Кубка Арктики: Кира Езех (Arctic Cup stars: Kira Ezeh)" (in Russian). Arctic Cup. May 23, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "СОСТАВЫ ГРУПП ARCTIC CURLING CUP 2021" (in Russian). Arctic Cup. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
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