Continental Cup of Curling
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| Established | 2001 |
| 2017 host city | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2017 arena | Orleans Arena |
| 2017 champion | Team North America |
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The Continental Cup of Curling is a curling tournament held annually between teams from North America against teams from the rest of the world. Each side is represented by six teams (three women's teams and three men's teams), and compete using a unique points system. The tournament is modeled after golf's Ryder Cup.
Each side is represented by six teams – for Team North America, four (two of each gender) are determined by the Canadian Curling Association based on recent participation at either the Canada Cup of Curling, the World Curling Championship, or the Olympic Winter Games. The other two North American teams are determined by the United States Curling Association. The World Curling Federation determines the six rinks representing Team World for the event, this was previously Team Europe that was selected.
There are four main competitions for the event, and for either side to claim the Continental Cup, a minimum majority of the points must be attained from these competitions. Prior to 2013, the minimum majority of the points was 201 points, but in the new points system implemented in 2013, the minimum majority of the points is 30½ points.
One of the first events is the mixed doubles event, an eight-end game with two rocks in play at the start of each end (one for each team).
Prior to 2007, each team consisted of two sweepers and two throwers, where one man and one woman was to play each position. By tradition, each men's rink was paired with a women's rink to make two teams for this event, with each mixed team being given as the names of the two throwers. All 24 players on each side were required to play in either a sweeping or throwing role in this format. Starting in 2007, however, sweepers were eliminated to create a true "doubles" game, and any sweeping is to be done by either the thrower or the skip.
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