CWC Jonkoping 2019 Media Guide
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MEDIA GUIDE Curling World Cup Third leg, Jonkoping 2019 Jonkoping Curling Club, Jonkoping, Sweden 30 January – 3 February 2019 www.curlingworldcup.com Contents 1. About the Curling World Cup 2. Links and contacts 3. Officials 4. Accreditation information 5. About the venue 6. Mixed doubles curling 7. Team curling 8. Rules and system of play 9. Qualification process 10. Schedules 11. About the host Member Association Appendix I What is curling? Appendix II What is mixed doubles curling? www.curlingworldcup.com 1. About the Curling World Cup The Curling World Cup is run in partnership between the World Curling Federation and Kingdomway Sports. The Curling World Cup has three legs and a Grand Final. The event dates for 2018-2019 are: • Leg one: Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou, China: 12-16 September • Leg two: Ralston Arena, Omaha, United States: 5-9 December • Leg three: Jonkoping Curling Club, Jonkoping, Sweden: 30 January-3 February • Grand Final: Beijing, China: 8-12 May About the World Curling Federation The World Curling Federation is the international sport federation governing the Olympic winter sport of curling and the Paralympic winter sport of wheelchair curling. The World Curling Federation is one of seven International Federations currently part of the Olympic Winter Games programme. It represents 61 Member Associations and is generally acknowledged to direct one of the fastest-growing international winter sports. About Kingdomway Sports Kingdomway Sports is a subsidiary under Kingdomway Group which was established in November 2016 focusing on the promotion, operation and development of sports and lifestyle industry. Resources under Kingdomway Sports revolve around four major themes – operation rights for long-term sporting events and sport teams; brand sponsorship and sports marketing; media broadcast and distribution rights; and sports training for teenagers. Kingdomway Sports plays an important role in China’s strategy for national sports. Focusing on the 2022 Olympic Winter Games and Chinese Sport Union, they will bring strength, professionalism and resources across all surrounding sectors to promote the development of Chinese sports. Kingdomway Sports is also a leading strategic partner of Chinese sports media such as CCTV sports channels, CCTV event channels, Sina, Tencent and many other major media outlets. www.curlingworldcup.com 2. Links and contacts Event Website: http://curlingworldcup.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/CurlingWorldCup Twitter & Instagram: @curlingworldcup Hashtags: #CurlingWorldCup #curling Photography: http://photos.worldcurling.org Historical results: http://results.worldcurling.org Emergency contact phone number: 112 Venue contact: Mässvägen 8, 554 54 Jönköping, Sweden Media World Curling Federation Media Officer: p: +44 (0)7937 027522 Emily Dwyer e: [email protected] Photographer: Céline Stucki Photographs from the event are available to media rights free at photos.worldcurling.org Wherever pictures are used from this library please credit: © WCF / Céline Stucki www.curlingworldcup.com 3. Competition Officials Officials Chief Umpire Eeva Roethlisberger (SUI) Deputy Chief Umpire Joaquim Reimertz (SWE) Game Umpires Johann Fahlström (SWE) Ki Gennemark (SWE) Ingmar Ericsson (SWE) Simon Olofsson (SWE) Anton Porotikov (RUS) Stehen Lauridsen (DEN) Chief Timer Paul Beebe (USA) Deputy Chief Timer Emma Sjodin (SWE) Chief Ice Technician Leif Ohmann (SWE) Deputy Chief Ice Technician Anders Rodin (SWE) Statisticians Christian Saager (SUI) Nadine Saager (SUI) 4. Accreditation Information Accreditation Location: Mässvägen 8, 554 54 Jönköping, Sweden. The accreditation centre at the venue will be open from 30 January. Opening hours: 09:00 – 14:00. www.curlingworldcup.com 5. About the Jonkoping Curling Club The Jonkoping Curling Club was founded in 1961. After some years of moonshine curling, the first indoor arena with four sheets was completed in 1981, wall to wall with the local ice hockey arena. With the success and expansion of the hockey club (HV71) the curling arena was demolished to give room for two new hockey rinks. Instead a new solitary curling arena was inaugurated in 2012 in a nearby location. The new arena with six sheets is built with modern and sustainable technology, including a carbon dioxide-based cooling system. Moreover, spectator presentations, water, ventilation and control systems are based on an extensive experience from international competitions and ice making. With panoramic windows overlooking Vaettern, Sweden’s second and Europe’s sixth largest lake, players can also enjoy a natural scenery unequalled by few curling arenas. Sport enthusiasts can also enjoy proximity to other sports facilities such as tennis, badminton, squash and bowling. A sports hotel with bars and a restaurant lies nearby with indoor access from the arena. Jonkoping Curling Club has approximately 150 permanent members and is regularly represented in the highest Swedish curling league. Recently the club’s wheelchair players have reached international standard. Every year the club organises tournaments for the curling elite, as well as for club players. In 1985 the European Ladies Championship was held in Jonkoping. The last event organised in the curling arena was the Swedish Championships, from 2-6 January 2019. 6. Mixed doubles curling Instead of playing in teams of four, mixed doubles curling is for teams of two players – one female and one male, and there is no alternate player: • The game is played on the same sheets of ice as traditional curling. • Teams have only six stones each (instead of eight) and one of those stones, from each team, is prepositioned on the centre line – or in a Power Play position – before each end of play starts. • Player one delivers the first and last stones and player two plays the second, third and fourth stones. If they choose to, the two players may swap positions from one end to the next. • Sweeping can be done by both team members. • From ends one to four, teams will have three minutes thinking time and then three minutes and fifteen seconds from ends five to eight. www.curlingworldcup.com • Games are scheduled for eight ends and can be decided in six ends. Tied games are decided by a one stone shoot-out for each team, with the closest team to the button winning the game. • For more information on mixed doubles see Appendix II. 7. Team curling A team is composed of five athletes. The athlete throwing the first two stones is called the lead, the athlete throwing the third and fourth stones is called the second, the athlete throwing the fifth and sixth stones is called the third and the athlete throwing the seventh and eighth stones is called the fourth. The replacement athlete (or substitute) is called the alternate. The skip (team captain) directs play and is supported by a vice-skip (who directs play when the skip is delivering). Traditionally the skip plays fourth position, delivering the last two stones. However, the skip can be found playing in any of the four positions: • Each team has eight stones. Each player delivers two stones, in consecutive order in each end, while alternating with an opponent: o For example, Team A player 1 delivers first stone then Team B play 1 delivers their first stone, then Team A player 1 delivers their second stone followed by Team B player 1 delivering their second stone. This continues throughout the positions in the team. • Games are scheduled for eight ends. For women’s and men’s games, from ends one to four, teams will have four minutes thinking time and four minutes 15 seconds from ends five to eight. • At the completion of an end (when all stones have been played), a team scores one point for each of its stones located in or touching the house that are closer to the tee (centre of the house) than any stone of the opposition. • If neither team can decide which stone is closer to the centre to determine a counting stone then an umpire can determine it using a measure. • For more information on curling see Appendix I. 8. Rules and system of play FOUR COMPETITIONS CWC – Leg 1 In each competition there are three disciplines: CWC – Leg 2 § Men (M) CWC – Leg 3 § Women (W) www.curlingworldcup.com CWC – Leg 4 (=Grand Final) § Mixed Doubles (MD) TWO GROUPS OF FOUR The groups for CWC – Leg 1 are set according to current World Ranking (Group 1: 1-3-6-8; Group 2: 2-4-5-7) The groups for CWC – Leg 2 are set in principle according to the current Curling World Cup ranking. Each of the eight MAs, in the three disciplines, are split into four tiers (two in each tier). Each group then has one team from each tier: Top tier: ranked first and second Each event with two groups of Second tier: ranked third and fourth four teams Third tier: ranked fifth and sixth Fourth tier: ranked seventh and eighth The groups for CWC – Leg 4 (Grand Final) are set according to current CWC Ranking (above). With the following extra specifications: an MA sending more than one team (up to three winning teams), each of these teams are ranked according to their own record; in addition the current World Champions and the ‘special invites’ are not set within the same group DOUBLE ROUND ROBIN Teams will play a double round Teams finishing top of their groups will robin qualify for the final of each event CWC POINTS 10 points Teams winning the event final 5 points Teams losing the event final 3 points Teams winning a round robin-game within eight ends 2 points Teams winning a round robin-game after ‘single-stone shoot- out’ 1 point Teams losing a round-robin