The 2021 WCT Arctic Cup, a mixed doubles curling event on the World Curling Tour, was held May 27 to 30 at the Taimyr Ice Arena in Dudinka, Russia.[1] It was the final event of the 2020–21 curling season. The total purse for the event was 20,000.[2] The event was originally scheduled for November 4 to 9, 2020, however, it was moved to the end of May due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

2021 WCT Arctic Cup
Host cityDudinka, Russia
ArenaTaimyr Ice Arena
DatesMay 27–30
WinnerSwitzerland Hürlimann / Schwaller
FemaleBriar Hürlimann
MaleYannick Schwaller
FinalistRussia Samoylik / Vaskov
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In the final, the reigning Swiss mixed doubles champions Briar Hürlimann and Yannick Schwaller secured a 9–2 victory over the Russian team of Anna Samoylik and Mikhail Vaskov.[4] Hürlimann and Schwaller finished 3–1 through the round robin and defeated the Italian duo of Diana Gaspari and Joël Retornaz 6–4 to advance to the championship game.[5] Samoylik and Vaskov also went 3–1 through the group stage and upset the previously undefeated team of Alina Kovaleva and Sergey Glukhov 10–5 to reach the final. In the third place game, Kovaleva and Glukhov defeated Gaspari and Retornaz 10–5.

Teams

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The teams are listed as follows:[2][6]

Female Male Locale
Sofie Bergman Fredrik Nyman   Stocksund & Leksand, Sweden
Nkeirouka Ezekh Alexey Stukalskiy   Moscow, Russia[7]
Diana Gaspari Joël Retornaz   Cortina d'Ampezzo & Pinerolo, Italy
Briar Hürlimann Yannick Schwaller   Solothurn, Switzerland
Karoliine Kaare Harri Lill   Tallinn, Estonia
Alina Kovaleva Sergey Glukhov   Saint Petersburg, Russia
Daria Morozova Oleg Krasikov   Dmitrov & Saint Petersburg, Russia
Anna Samoylik Mikhail Vaskov   Krasnoyarsk & Dmitrov, Russia
Anna Sidorova Alexey Timofeev   Moscow & Saint Petersburg, Russia
Ildikó Szekeres György Nagy   Budapest, Hungary

Round robin standings

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Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A W L DSC
  Kovaleva / Glukhov 4 0 53.91
  Hürlimann / Schwaller 3 1 60.73
  Ezekh / Stukalskiy 2 2 66.30
  Morozova / Krasikov 1 3 52.71
  Kaare / Lill 0 4 38.56
Pool B W L DSC
  Gaspari / Retornaz 3 1 68.54
  Samoylik / Vaskov 3 1 94.83
  Sidorova / Timofeev 2 2 46.81
  Bergman / Nyman 1 3 63.93
  Szekeres / Nagy 1 3 75.18

Round robin results

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All draw times are listed in Krasnoyarsk Standard Time (UTC+07:00).[8]

Draw 1

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Thursday, May 27, 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Kovaleva / Glukhov 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 8
  Kaare / Lill   2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Ezekh / Stukalskiy 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 7
  Morozova / Krasikov   1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5

Draw 2

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Thursday, May 27, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Szekeres / Nagy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1
  Gaspari / Retornaz   1 1 1 1 0 1 2 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sidorova / Timofeev 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 X 8
  Bergman / Nyman   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1

Draw 3

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Friday, May 28, 12:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Kaare / Lill 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 2
  Ezekh / Stukalskiy   1 1 0 3 2 1 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Hürlimann / Schwaller 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 6
  Kovaleva / Glukhov   2 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 10

Draw 4

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Friday, May 28, 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Gaspari / Retornaz   0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 3
  Sidorova / Timofeev 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Samoylik / Vaskov 2 0 0 3 0 4 0 X 9
  Szekeres / Nagy   0 3 1 0 1 0 2 X 7

Draw 5

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Friday, May 28, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Morozova / Krasikov   0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 5
  Kovaleva / Glukhov 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Kaare / Lill   0 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 7
  Hürlimann / Schwaller 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 9

Draw 6

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Saturday, May 29, 08:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Bergman / Nyman   3 2 2 2 0 0 0 X 9
  Szekeres / Nagy 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Gaspari / Retornaz 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 7
  Samoylik / Vaskov   1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 6

Draw 7

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Saturday, May 29, 11:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Ezekh / Stukalskiy 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
  Hürlimann / Schwaller   2 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Morozova / Krasikov 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 X 8
  Kaare / Lill   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3

Draw 8

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Saturday, May 29, 14:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sidorova / Timofeev   1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 5
  Samoylik / Vaskov 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Bergman / Nyman 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
  Gaspari / Retornaz   1 0 1 0 2 2 2 3 11

Draw 9

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Saturday, May 29, 17:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Hürlimann / Schwaller   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 6
  Morozova / Krasikov 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Kovaleva / Glukhov   1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 7
  Ezekh / Stukalskiy 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 6

Draw 10

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Saturday, May 29, 20:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Samoylik / Vaskov 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 X 8
  Bergman / Nyman   0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Szekeres / Nagy 0 2 4 4 0 1 0 X 11
  Sidorova / Timofeev   1 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 3

Playoffs

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Source:[8]

Semifinals Final
      
A1   Kovaleva / Glukhov 5
B2   Samoylik / Vaskov 10
B2   Samoylik / Vaskov 2
A2   Hürlimann / Schwaller 9
B1   Gaspari / Retornaz 4
A2   Hürlimann / Schwaller 6
Third place game
   
A1   Kovaleva / Glukhov 10
B1   Gaspari / Retornaz 5

Semifinals

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Sunday, May 30, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Gaspari / Retornaz 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
  Hürlimann / Schwaller   1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Kovaleva / Glukhov 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 5
  Samoylik / Vaskov   0 2 0 4 0 4 0 X 10

Third place game

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Sunday, May 30, 13:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Kovaleva / Glukhov   1 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 10
  Gaspari / Retornaz 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 5

Final

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Sunday, May 30, 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Samoylik / Vaskov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
  Hürlimann / Schwaller   0 1 0 2 3 2 1 X 9

References

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  1. ^ "Команды из 6 стран сыграют в V Кубке Арктики по кёрлингу (Teams from 6 countries will play in the V Arctic Cup in curling)" (in Russian). Arctic Cup. May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Arctic Cup". World Curling Tour. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "WCT Arctic Cup". World Curling Tour. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "Кубок Арктики отправляется в Швейцарию (Arctic Cup goes to Switzerland)" (in Russian). Arctic Cup. May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "Определились финалисты V Кубка Арктики (Finalists v Arctic Cup determined)" (in Russian). Arctic Cup. May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  6. ^ "Лидеры сборной России сыграют на WCT Arctic Cup 2021 в Дудинке (The leaders of the Russian national team will play at the WCT Arctic Cup 2021 in Dudinka)" (in Russian). Arctic Cup. May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "Звёзды Кубка Арктики: Кира Езех (Arctic Cup stars: Kira Ezeh)" (in Russian). Arctic Cup. May 23, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "СОСТАВЫ ГРУПП ARCTIC CURLING CUP 2021" (in Russian). Arctic Cup. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
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