Host city | Penticton, British Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arena | South Okanagan Events Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates | January 10–13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Score Breakdown | |||
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Discipline | NA | World | |
Women's Team Round 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
Mixed Doubles Round 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
Men's Team Round 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Women's Team Round 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | |
Singles | 4 | 2 | |
Men's Team Round 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | |
Mixed Doubles Round 2 | 3 | 0 | |
Women's Team Round 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
Men's Team Round 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Skins Round 1 | 7 | 8 | |
Skins Round 2 | 10.5 | 4.5 | |
Total | 37 | 23 |
The 2013 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held from January 10 to 13 at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia. The Continental Cup, based on the Ryder Cup of golf, pitted teams from North America against teams from the rest of the World. The tournament featured team events, mixed doubles events, singles competitions, and skins competitions, and the brunt of available points was awarded in the skins competitions. TSN broadcast the event, as it had in previous years.
Team North America was represented by Canada Cup champions Jennifer Jones and Kevin Martin, Tournament of Hearts champion Heather Nedohin, Brier champion Glenn Howard, and the United States men's and women's champions Heath McCormick and Allison Pottinger, respectively. Team World was represented by reigning world champion Mirjam Ott, world silver medalist Margaretha Sigfridsson, four-time world junior champion Eve Muirhead, two-time world bronze medalist Niklas Edin, two-time world silver medalist Tom Brewster, and two-time European champion Thomas Ulsrud.