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Capital One Grand Slam of Curling Announces Draw Schedule for Grey Power® World Cup of Curling

All five Canadian teams to kick off the action on Wednesday, October 21 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga

 

MISSISSAUGA, ONT., September 29, 2009 – The Capital One Grand Slam of Curling announced today the section groupings and draw schedule for the Grey Power World Cup of Curling as well as the women’s Three Nations Cup.  The first leg of the men’s 2009-10 Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series, the Grey Power World Cup of Curling will take place from October 21-25, 2009 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ont. 

The Grey Power World Cup of Curling is an elite 14-team international tournament featuring the world’s top Olympic qualifiers and hopefuls.  The tournament will be contested just four months prior to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. 

Team Glenn Howard will enter the event as the tournament’s top seed.  The opening draw of the tournament is set for Wednesday, October 21 at 7:50 p.m. ET and will feature all five Canadian teams in action as Howard, Kevin Martin, Randy Ferbey, Brad Gushue and Kevin Koe will each take on an international opponent. 

The Grey Power World Cup of Curling will feature two sections of seven teams.  Teams were systematically allocated into sections based on their standing in the Capital One Order of Merit rankings at the start of the 2009-10 season. (Note: Number in bracket denotes Capital One Order of Merit seeding).

 

Section A      

Section B

(1) Team Glenn Howard (Coldwater, Ont.)   

(2) Team Kevin Martin (Edmonton, Alta.)

(4) Team Brad Gushue (St. John’s, Nfld.)

(3) Team Randy Ferbey (Edmonton, Alta.)

(5) Team David Murdoch (Lockerbie, Scotland)

(6) Team Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, Norway)

(8) Team Andy Kapp (Unterthingau, Germany)

(7) Team Kevin Koe (Edmonton, Alta.)

(9) Team Switzerland – TBD             

(10) Team Rui Liu (Harbin, China)

(12) Team John Shuster (Duluth, Minnesota)

(11) Team Niklas Edin (Sundbyberg, Sweden)

(13) Team Ulrik Schmidt (Copenhagen, Denmark

(14) Team Thomas Dufour (Charmonix, France)

 

Following the conclusion of round robin play, the top eight teams, regardless of their section grouping, qualify for the tournament’s quarterfinals on Saturday, October 24 at 3:00 p.m. ET.  The tournament’s semi-finals are set for later that same evening at 7:00 p.m. ET while the tournament’s final will be contested on Sunday, October 25 at 1:00 p.m. ET. 

The women’s Three Nations Cup will begin on Friday, October 23 at 1:00 p.m. ET and will feature a total of four Olympic qualifiers and hopefuls including reigning Olympic bronze medallist Shannon Kleibrink (Calgary, Alta.), 2009 Roar of the Rings direct qualifier Stefanie Lawton (Saskatoon, Sask.), reigning World Championship gold medallist Bingyu Wang (Harbin, China) and 2010 Olympic Winter Games qualifier Eve Muirhead (Perth, Scotland), representing Great Britain. 

The top two women’s teams following round robin play will advance to the final on Sunday, October 25 at 9:00 a.m. ET. 

Individual tickets and ticket packages for the Grey Power World Cup of Curling are currently on sale to the public.  Tickets can be purchased online through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.ca or by phoning (416) 872-5000. 

The draw for the Grey Power World Cup of Curling and the Three Nations Cup is as follows. **All times local Eastern standard time.  Schedule subject to change.  

Date

Time

Draw

Sheet A

Sheet B

Sheet C

Sheet D

Sheet E

Wednesday,
October 21

7:50PM ET

1

Martin  vs.  Edin

Howard  vs.  Kapp

Gushue  vs.  Shuster

Ferbey  vs.  Liu

Koe  vs.  Dufour

Thursday,
October 22

9:30AM ET

2

Kapp  vs.  Gushue

Murdock  vs.  Switzerland

Schmidt  vs.  Howard

Dufour  vs.  Martin

Edin  vs. Ulsrud

1:00PM ET

3

Ulsrud  vs.  Koe

Ferbey  vs.  Edin

Liu vs.  Martin

Shuster  vs.  Kapp

Switzerland  vs.  Gushue

4:30PM ET

4

Schmidt  vs.  Shuster

Dufour  vs.  Liu

Ferbey  vs.  Koe

Murdoch  vs.  Howard

 

8:00PM ET

5

Dufour  vs.  Edin

Gushue  vs.  Howard

Kapp  vs.  Switzerland

Ulsrud  vs. Martin

Schmidt  vs.  Murdoch

Friday,
October 23

9:30AM ET

6

Schmidt  vs.  Kapp

Switzerland  vs.  Shuster

Murdoch  vs.  Gushue

Liu  vs.  Koe

Ulsrud  vs.  Ferbey

1:00PM ET

7

(W) Wang vs. Lawton

Martin  vs.  Koe

Liu vs.  Edin

Dufour  vs.  Ferbey

Shuster  vs.  Howard

4:30PM ET

8

Howard  vs.  Switzerland

Murdoch  vs.  Kapp

Dufour  vs.  Ulsrud

Gushue vs.  Schmidt

(W) Muirhead vs. Kleibrink

8:00PM ET

9

Ferbey  vs.  Martin

Ulsrud  vs.  Liu

Switzerland  vs.  Schmidt

Shuster  vs.  Murdoch

Edin  vs.  Koe

Saturday,
October 24

8:00AM ET

 

Tie Breaker #2

10:30AM ET

10

 

Tie Breaker #1

(W) Lawton vs. Muirhead

Tie Breaker #1

(W) Kleibrink vs. Wang

3:00PM ET

11

QUARTERFINALS

 

QUARTERFINALS

7:00PM ET

12

 

SEMI-FINALS

(W) Lawton vs. Kleibrink

SEMI-FINALS

(W) Wang vs. Muirhead

Sunday,
October 25

9:00AM ET

 

 

(W) Teams TBD

 

(W) Teams TBD

 

1:00PM ET

13

 

 

FINAL

 

 

 

 

Pool A

 

Pool B

Grey Power World Cup of Curling

 

Playoffs

 

Three Nations Cup (Women)

 

 

As part of its exclusive agreement, CBC will air live playoff coverage of the first three men’s 2009-10 Capital One Grand Slam of Curling events.  CBC will also broadcast the men’s and women’s finals of the 2010 Grey Power Players’ Championship. 

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