2019 WCT Arctic Cup

The 2019 WCT Arctic Cup was held May 23 to 26 at the Taimyr Ice Arena in Dudinka, Russia. It was the final event of the 2018–19 curling season. In the final, Scottish Team Muirhead defeated Russian Team Kovaleva 5–4 to claim the title.^[1] Canadian Team Einarson defeated Team Sidorova from Russia to win the 3rd place medal. The total purse for the event was $US 50,000.^[2]

2019 WCT Arctic Cup
Host city	Dudinka, Russia
Arena	Taimyr Ice Arena
Dates	May 23–26
Winner	Team Muirhead
Curling club	Dunkeld CC, Pitlochry, Scotland
Skip	Eve Muirhead
Third	Lauren Gray
Second	Vicky Wright
Lead	Vicki Chalmers
Finalist	Alina Kovaleva
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Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Kerri Einarson	Val Sweeting	Shannon Birchard	Briane Meilleur		Gimli, Manitoba, Canada[4]
Binia Feltscher	Carole Howald	Stefanie Berset	Larissa Hari		Flims, Switzerland[5]
Eszter Juhász	Tiina Suuripää	Noora Suuripää	Marjo Hippi		Hyvinkää, Finland[6]
Kim Kyeong-ae	Kim Seon-yeong	Kim Yeong-mi	Kim Cho-hi		Uiseong, South Korea[7]
Alina Kovaleva	Anastasia Bryzgalova	Galina Arsenkina	Ekaterina Kuzmina	Uliana Vasilyeva	Saint-Petersburg, Russia[8]
Eve Muirhead	Lauren Gray	Vicky Wright	Vicki Chalmers		Stirling, Scotland[9]
Vlada Rumiantseva	Daria Morozova	Irina Riazanova	Vera Tiuliakova	Anastasia Mishchenko	Moscow, Russia
Anna Sidorova	Margarita Fomina	Yulia Portunova	Julia Guzieva	Nkeirouka Ezekh	Moscow, Russia[10]
Anna Venevtseva	Ekaterina Galkina	Christina Dudko	Olga Zharkova		Krasnoyarsk, Russia[11]
Isabella Wranå	Almida de Val	Fanny Sjöberg	Maria Larsson		Stockholm, Sweden[12]

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings^[13]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Pool A W L Kerri Einarson 4 0 Anna Sidorova 2 2 Binia Feltscher 2 2 Vlada Rumiantseva 2 2 Eszter Juhász 0 4

Pool B W L Eve Muirhead 4 0 Alina Kovaleva 3 1 Anna Venevtseva 2 2 Kim Kyeong-ae 1 3 Isabella Wranå 0 4

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Krasnoyarsk Standard Time (UTC+07:00). ^[14][15]

Draw 1

Thursday, May 23, 14:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Vlada Rumiantseva	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	5
Eszter Juhász	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Binia Feltscher	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	6
Anna Sidorova	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	5

Draw 2

Thursday, May 23, 18:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Isabella Wranå	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3
Eve Muirhead	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Venevtseva	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4
Alina Kovaleva	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	8

Draw 3

Friday, May 24, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Binia Feltscher	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	6
Kerri Einarson	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Sidorova	5	1	2	1	2	0	X	X	11
Eszter Juhász	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

Draw 4

Friday, May 24, 12:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Venevtseva	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	6
Kim Kyeong-ae	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Alina Kovaleva	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2
Eve Muirhead	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	3

Draw 5

Friday, May 24, 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kerri Einarson	0	4	2	1	4	0	X	X	11
Anna Sidorova	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Vlada Rumiantseva	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	6
Binia Feltscher	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2

Draw 6

Friday, May 24, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kim Kyeong-ae	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1
Alina Kovaleva	2	0	1	3	0	2	X	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Isabella Wranå	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	3
Anna Venevtseva	1	2	0	3	0	1	1	X	8

Draw 7

Saturday, May 25, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eszter Juhász	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1
Binia Feltscher	4	2	2	1	0	0	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kerri Einarson	3	1	1	1	0	0	X	X	6
Vlada Rumiantseva	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1

Draw 8

Saturday, May 25, 12:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eve Muirhead	4	1	0	5	2	1	X	X	13
Anna Venevtseva	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kim Kyeong-ae	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	6
Isabella Wranå	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3

Draw 9

Saturday, May 25, 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Anna Sidorova	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	8
Vlada Rumiantseva	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eszter Juhász	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Kerri Einarson	0	2	2	1	2	0	3	X	10

Draw 10

Saturday, May 25, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Alina Kovaleva	2	0	2	1	1	X	X	X	6
Isabella Wranå	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eve Muirhead	1	0	2	0	0	4	X	X	7
Kim Kyeong-ae	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Playoffs

Source:^[16]

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Kerri Einarson	4
	B2	Alina Kovaleva	5
						B2	Alina Kovaleva	4
						B1	Eve Muirhead	5
	B1	Eve Muirhead	8
	A2	Anna Sidorova	2

	Third place game
	A1	Kerri Einarson	5
	A2	Anna Sidorova	4

Semifinals

Sunday, May 26, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kerri Einarson	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Alina Kovaleva	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Eve Muirhead	0	1	1	3	0	3	X	X	8
Anna Sidorova	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	2

Third place game

Sunday, May 26, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kerri Einarson	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	5
Anna Sidorova	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4

Final

Sunday, May 26, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Alina Kovaleva	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
Eve Muirhead	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	5