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About WFG Continental Cup of Curling
Established in 2001, the WFG Continental Cup is one of the curling community's most exciting tournaments. Modeled after golf's Ryder Cup, the event offers a wide range of competitions taking place over a four-day period each year. Tournaments have featured some of the world's greatest curlers, including Olympians and World Champions.
In the Continental Cup of Curling, it's truly North America vs. everyone else. Team North America comprises two men's and two women's teams chosen by the Canadian Curling Association; the other teams are chosen by the United States Curling Association and the World Curling Federation.
The World Curling Federation presides over the rinks and matches. There are five main categories: mixed doubles, singles, skins, and (newly added for 2019) team scramble and mixed team scramble. Historically, North America has dominated the event, winning eight of the championships and placing in numerous ties. By comparison, Canada (which competed alone in 2015 without the rest of North America) and Europe have each won once, and Team World has won once.
The World Financial Group sponsors the Continental Cup, which in 2019 once again takes place at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it was held in 2014 and 2017. Other host cities have included Calgary; Regina; and London, Ontario.
Team North America's current coach is three-time Brier and two-time World Champion Jeff Stoughton. North America's 2019 captain is Olympic-medal-winning curler Pete Fenson. Fenson won USA Curling Athlete of the Year in 2003, 2005, and 2011. Team World's coach is Fredrik Lindberg, who has represented Sweden at the 2010 and 2014 Olympics and has appeared in three World Curling Championships.
We purchased 2 passes for Saturday and Sunday, but found that was too much curling. We went to the Patch a few times but it was very loud, there were long lines for the refreshments, and it was often difficult to get a table. Opening ceremonies were disappointing, so did not stay for closing ceremonies.
We had the five game weekend package and stayed off site. The venue was probably the nicest one I have been in. You could eat off the floor - extremely well looked after. Lots of friendly staff and volunteers to answer questions and assist. I would recommend staying at the Orleans for any occasion. The curling was top notch and the format provides for lots of friendly banter between competitors. I was extremely impressed at how the US men and women teams have progressed - definitely future contenders on the world stage.
The Langley Events center is awesome and I would watch the Continental Cup again. Lots of variety with the mixed and skins games. Amazing curlers from all over the world, both men and women. The value was great.
We enjoyed the games that we saw. The Skills Competition was great to watch to seem them do different things with the curling rocks. We will be going again. There are things that happen at the game that you do not seen on television. This made it all the better.
Excellent event, excellent venue, excellent curling ...what more can anyone ask for.!!! Enjoyed the daily newspapers, keeps audience informed.
Excellent venue, entertaining curling - particularly the mixed doubles and singles competition, great MC, decent food, fantastic patch and band. Suggestion - the bar should have also served non-alcoholic drinks, so people didn't have to go back upstairs to get a pop, for example. Also, given the autograph session was in the program and promoted, and people lined up for autographs, it would have been appropriate for the Nordberg team to be present, as well as Eve Muirhead - their absence was a disappointment.
Very enjoyable with great curling. It was also great to see excellent curling shots executed by some great curling teams. A shame that the attendance was not better. Glad we had tickets.
We thought the whole weekend was great- watching the curling not only of N. America but of the World's prominent players. The Langley Events Centre was a great facility the whole atmosphere was fantastic. It was a fun time as well especially in the final game-1st end! It was good to see the World curlers in person rather than just on T.V. All in all we really enjoyed our 1st time at the Continental Curling Cup and will probably take it in again!
The event was great. It was very exciting to see curlers from around the world and the skill level displayed. The competition itself has a great format (unlike original curling games) with the skins/points/mix-up of teams competing.
The curling was great, the venue the Langley event centre was great but as a curler even we found the singles really boring there was too much time spent setting up , changing rocks etc. I guess what was televised portion was not as boring. The other bad thing was the long delay between the two games on Sunday it could have been recorded and played later as it is done hundreds of time . There was not a lot of out of town people that stayed around for the last game because they had checked out of hotel etc. and had no place to go to kill time for that length of time.
Loved seeing the world's best curlers up close at the Langley Events Centre. An awesome venue for this type of sports an entertainment event.
It was an absolutely amazing event. way to go Team World!
Not quite the Olympics but really good....the curling was great and the Patch was a lot of fun.
2012 Continental Cup Curling was fantastic. So glad we took the opportunity to watch it when it was in our own "backyard."
We went to three events, the was curling was really fun to watch. There wasn't many people there, which made us wonder how well it was promoted. Plus, being out in Langley would make it very difficult for people to commute there. We drove over the Golden Eagle Bridge which was convenient for us but getting out of the parking lot was a nightmare on Sat night.
not what we expected. May have been better if we knew rules before we started. Never did figure out exactly what was going on. Too expensive to watch 2 curlers throw 5 rocks per end. Odd/ even ends should have been reversed on ice so finish was at end where spectators seated.
Excellent curling, good play and the teams were there for the fun of the game, not only the competitiveness.
We attended the 2011 Continental Cup in St. Albert. Our family had a wonderful time. The curlers were entertaining and overall fun to watch. There was always lots of action and tons of funny moments. Wish it wasn't over.
GREAT GAMES = NEED HAND RAILS TO AID ENTRY TO SEATS. COULD USE MORE ACCESS TO CURLERS OUTSIDE PATCH SO GRAND KIDS CAN MEET THEM
Watching the professionals was a great experience as I have only seen them on TV. Alot of fun.
