2009 World Cup of Curling

The 2009 Grey Power World Cup of Curling was held October 21-25 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario.

2009 Grey Power
World Cup of Curling
2009 Grey Power  World Cup of Curling
Host cityMississauga, Ontario
ArenaHershey Centre
DatesOctober 21-25
Attendance41,701
WinnerCanada Team Howard
Curling clubColdwater & District CC,
Coldwater, Ontario
SkipGlenn Howard
ThirdRichard Hart
SecondBrent Laing
LeadCraig Savill
FinalistCanada Team Koe

The 2009 World Cup was the first Grand Slam event of the 2009-10 curling season. It was the first Grand Slam to be held in the Greater Toronto Area.

Previously, this event was known as the Masters of Curling, but in 2009 it was changed to the World Cup of Curling . The 2009 event will have a majority of its teams from outside of Canada. The event will feature one team from every country that will send a team to the men's Olympic event, except Canada, which will have five teams (the four teams that have already qualified for the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials plus defending Olympic champions, team Brad Gushue.

The total purse of the event was $100,000, with the Howard rink winning $24,000 of that.

For the third event in a row, Howard faced off against Koe in the final. Howard defended his previous three titles by winning his fourth straight event, and his eighth Grand Slam title. Koe has yet to win a title, having now lost six Grand Slam finals.

Three Nations Cup

In addition to the World Cup, which is a men's event, a women's "Three Nations Cup" was held. This small event featured teams Shannon Kleibrink and Stefanie Lawton of Canada as well as Wang Bingyu of China and Eve Muirhead of Great Britain. Many of the top women's teams however could not participate, as they were playing in the 2009 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic. The event was a round robin event, which was won by Great Britain's Eve Muirhead.

Team W L PF PA
United Kingdom Muirhead312514
Canada Lawton222323
China Wang222025
Canada Kleibrink132036

World Cup teams

Skip Third Second Lead Home city
Thomas DufourTony AngiboustRichard DucrozJan Henri DucrozFrance Chamonix
Niklas EdinSebastian KrauppFredrik LindbergViktor KjällSweden Karlstad
David Nedohin (fourth)Randy Ferbey (skip)Scott PfeiferMarcel RocqueCanada Edmonton
Brad GushueMark NicholsRyan FryJamie KorabCanada St. John's
Glenn HowardRichard HartBrent LaingCraig SavillCanada Coldwater
Andy KappAndreas LangHolger HöhneAndreas KempfGermany Füssen
Kevin KoeBlake MacDonaldCarter RycroftNolan ThiessenCanada Edmonton
Wang Fengchun (fourth)Liu Rui (skip)Xu XiaomingLi HongchenChina Harbin
Kevin MartinJohn MorrisMarc KennedyBen HebertCanada Edmonton
David MurdochEwan MacDonaldPeter SmithEuan ByersUnited Kingdom Lockerbie
Johnny Frederiksen (fourth)Ulrik Schmidt (skip)Bo JensenLars VilandtDenmark Copenhagen
John ShusterJason SmithJeff IsaacsonJohn BentonUnited States Duluth
Ralph StöckliJan HauserSimon StrübinMarkus EgglerSwitzerland Basel
Thomas UlsrudTorger NergårdChristoffer SvaeHavard Vad PeterssonNorway Oslo

Draw

Pool A

Team W L PF PA
Canada Martin604320
Norway Ulsrud423322
Canada Koe423835
Sweden Edin422933
Canada Ferbey242634
China Wang152432
France Dufour062238

Scores:

  • Martin 9-1 Edin
  • Ferbey 4-2 Wang
  • Koe 7-4 Dufour
  • Martin 6-3 Dufour
  • Ulsrud 8-2 Edin
  • Koe 6-4 Ulsrud
  • Edin 8-3 Ferbey
  • Martin 8-4 Wang
  • Wang 8-5 Dufour
  • Koe 7-6 Ferbey (9)
  • Edin 5-3 Dufour
  • Martin 5-4 Ulsrud (9)
  • Koe 6-4 Wang
  • Ulsrud 7-4 Ferbey
  • Martin 9-5 Koe
  • Ferbey 6-4 Dufour
  • Edin 5-4 Wang (9)
  • Ulsrud 6-3 Dufour
  • Martin 6-3 Ferbey
  • Ulsrud 4-2 Wang
  • Edin 8-6 Koe

Pool B

Team W L PF PA
Canada Howard604422
Denmark Schmidt423434
Germany Kapp333023
Canada Gushue332626
United States Shuster242131
Switzerland Stöckli243132
United Kingdom Murdoch152038

Scores:

  • Howard 9-5 Kapp
  • Shuster 4-3 Gushue
  • Kapp 7-1 Gushue
  • Stöckli 8-4 Murdoch
  • Howard 9-3 Schmidt
  • Kapp 8-0 Shuster
  • Gushue 6-5 Stöckli (9)
  • Schmidt 5-3 Shuster
  • Howard 8-3 Murdoch
  • Howard 4-1 Gushue
  • Stöckli 4-1 Kapp
  • Schmidt 8-3 Murdoch
  • Schmidt 6-5 Kapp (9)
  • Shuster 5-4 Stöckli
  • Gushue 6-2 Murdoch
  • Howard 6-5 Shuster (9)
  • Howard 8-5 Stöckli
  • Kapp 4-3 Murdoch
  • Gushue 9-4 Schmidt
  • Schmidt 8-5 Stöckli
  • Murdoch 5-4 Shuster

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Canada Martin 2
Canada Gushue 8
Canada Gushue 4
Canada Koe 6
Canada Koe 7
Sweden Edin 2
Canada Koe 4
Canada Howard 6
Canada Howard 8
Germany Kapp 5
Canada Howard 5
Norway Ulsrud 4
Norway Ulsrud 8
Denmark Schmidt 2
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