2021 The Challenger (curling)

{{Infobox curling

| Name = 2021 The Challenger

| Logo =

| Size =

| Host city = Basel, Switzerland

| Arena = Curlingzentrum Region Basel

| Dates = September 24–26

| Winner = {{flagicon|SCO}} Team GB Red

| Curling club = National CA, Stirling

| Skip = Eve Muirhead

| Third = Vicky Wright

| Second = Jennifer Dodds

| Lead = Hailey Duff

| Finalist = {{flagicon|SUI}} Irene Schori

}}

The 2021 The Challenger was held from September 24 to 26 at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Basel, Switzerland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=7102&eventtypeid=82&view=Main#1|title=Event Home|website=CurlingZone|access-date=September 24, 2021}} The event was held in a round-robin format with a purse of CHF 4,200.

Team GB Red won the event, topping the previously undefeated Irene Schori 7–5 in the final.{{YouTube|PtJPFI59cHA|Video (full game): 2021 The Challenger - Final - Irene Schori (Switzerland) vs Eve Muirhead (Great Britain)}} GB Red consisted of Eve Muirhead, Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds and Hailey Duff. Team Schori topped the round robin with a 4–0 record, followed by GB Red, Silvana Tirinzoni and Anna Hasselborg all at 3–1. Schori then defeated Hasselborg 6–4 in one semifinal and Muirhead's team beat Tirinzoni 7–5 in the other. Teams Kaldvee, Raphaela Keiser, Nora Wüest and GB Blue (Gina Aitken) all missed the playoffs.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=7102&eventtypeid=82&view=Teams#1|title=Teams|website=CurlingZone|access-date=September 24, 2021}}

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Gina Aitken{{efn\|name="Team GB"\|As part of the nine-player national squad, Eve Muirhead skipped Team GB Red and Gina Aitken skipped Team GB Blue. Hailey Duff and Lauren Gray also switched teams.{{Cite news\|url=https://www.britishcurling.org.uk/news/another-new-challenge-awaits-british-curling-s-women-in-switzerland/\|title=Another New Challenge Awaits British Curling's Women In Switzerland\|publisher=British Curling\|date=September 23, 2021\|access-date=September 24, 2021}}}}	Lauren Gray	Rebecca Morrison	Mili Smith	Sophie Sinclair	{{flagicon\|SCO}} Stirling, Scotland
Anna Hasselborg	Sara McManus	Agnes Knochenhauer	Sofia Mabergs		{{flagicon\|SWE}} Sundbyberg, Sweden
Selina Witschonke (Fourth)	Elena Mathis	Raphaela Keiser (Skip)	Marina Lörtscher		{{flagicon\|SUI}} St. Moritz, Switzerland
Eve Muirhead{{efn\|name="Team GB"}}	Vicky Wright	Jennifer Dodds	Hailey Duff		{{flagicon\|SCO}} Stirling, Scotland
Irene Schori	Carole Howald	Lara Stocker	Stefanie Berset		{{flagicon\|SUI}} Langenthal, Switzerland
Alina Pätz (Fourth)	Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip)	Esther Neuenschwander	Melanie Barbezat		{{flagicon\|SUI}} Aarau, Switzerland
Kerli Laidsalu (Fourth)	Liisa Turmann (Skip)	Heili Grossmann	Erika Tuvike		{{flagicon\|EST}} Tallinn, Estonia
Ladina Müller (Fourth)	Nora Wüest (Skip)	Anna Stern	Karin Winter	Lisa Gugler	{{flagicon\|SUI}} Wetzikon, Switzerland

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=7102&eventtypeid=82&view=Round-Robin#1|title=Standings|website=CurlingZone|access-date=September 24, 2021}}

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colspan=2\|Key
style="background:#ffffcc; width:20px;"\| \|align=left\|Teams to Playoffs

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width=160\| Team	width=15\| W	width=15\| L	width=15\| PF	width=15\| PA
table \|valign=top width=10%\| {\| class=wikitable
bgcolor=#ffffcc \| {{flagicon\|SUI}} Irene Schori	4	0	27	14
bgcolor=#ffffcc \| {{flagicon\|SCO}} GB Red	3	1	26	13
bgcolor=#ffffcc \| {{flagicon\|SUI}} Silvana Tirinzoni	3	1	24	20
bgcolor=#ffffcc \| {{flagicon\|SWE}} Anna Hasselborg	3	1	23	12
{{flagicon\|SUI}} Raphaela Keiser	1	3	15	20
{{flagicon\|EST}} Liisa Turmann	1	3	14	23
{{flagicon\|SUI}} Nora Wüest	1	3	21	25
{{flagicon\|SCO}} GB Blue	0	4	11	34

Round-robin results

All draw times listed in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=7102&eventtypeid=82&view=Scores#1|title=Scores|website=CurlingZone|access-date=September 24, 2021}}

=Draw 1=

Friday, September 24, 1:00 pm

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 2

| team1 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Anna Hasselborg {{X}}

|1|1|2|0|3|0|1|X| |8

| team2 = {{flagicon|EST}} Liisa Turmann

|0|0|0|2|0|2|0|X| |4

}}

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 3

| team1 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Irene Schori {{X}}

|1|2|0|0|1|2|2|X| |8

| team2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Raphaela Keiser

|0|0|2|0|0|0|0|X| |2

}}

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 4

| team1 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Nora Wüest

|0|2|0|1|0|1|0|2| |6

| team2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Silvana Tirinzoni {{X}}

|2|0|2|0|1|0|2|0| |7

}}

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 5

| team1 = {{flagicon|SCO}} GB Red {{X}}

|2|2|0|2|0|4|X|X| |10

| team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} GB Blue

|0|0|1|0|1|0|X|X| |2

}}

=Draw 2=

Friday, September 24, 6:00 pm

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 1

| team1 = {{flagicon|SCO}} GB Red {{X}}

|2|0|1|0|1|0|0|2| |6

| team2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Raphaela Keiser

|0|0|0|2|0|2|1|0| |5

}}

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 2

| team1 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Irene Schori {{X}}

|1|0|1|0|2|2|0|1| |7

| team2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Silvana Tirinzoni

|0|3|0|1|0|0|2|0| |6

}}

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 3

| team1 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Anna Hasselborg {{X}}

|1|1|0|5|X|X|X|X| |7

| team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} GB Blue

|0|0|1|0|X|X|X|X| |1

}}

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 5

| team1 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Nora Wüest

|0|0|2|0|0|0|X|X| |2

| team2 = {{flagicon|EST}} Liisa Turmann {{X}}

|0|1|0|2|4|1|X|X| |8

}}

=Draw 3=

Saturday, September 25, 9:00 am

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 1

| team1 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Nora Wüest {{X}}

|2|0|2|0|1|2|4|X| |11

| team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} GB Blue

|0|1|0|2|0|0|0|X| |3

}}

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 3

| team1 = {{flagicon|SCO}} GB Red

|0|1|0|2|0|0|0|X| |3

| team2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Silvana Tirinzoni {{X}}

|1|0|1|0|0|1|2|X| |5

}}

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 4

| team1 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Anna Hasselborg {{X}}

|2|0|0|0|1|1|0|X| |4

| team2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Raphaela Keiser

|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|X| |1

}}

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 5

| team1 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Irene Schori {{X}}

|1|0|2|0|0|3|X|X| |6

| team2 = {{flagicon|EST}} Liisa Turmann

|0|0|0|1|0|0|X|X| |1

}}

=Draw 4=

Saturday, September 25, 2:00 pm

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 1

| team1 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Anna Hasselborg

|0|1|0|2|0|0|1|X| |4

| team2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Silvana Tirinzoni {{X}}

|1|0|1|0|3|1|0|X| |6

}}

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 2

| team1 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Irene Schori {{X}}

|2|0|0|2|0|0|0|2| |6

| team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} GB Blue

|0|2|0|0|2|1|0|0| |5

}}

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 4

| team1 = {{flagicon|SCO}} GB Red {{X}}

|1|1|1|2|0|2|X|X| |7

| team2 = {{flagicon|EST}} Liisa Turmann

|0|0|0|0|1|0|X|X| |1

}}

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 5

| team1 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Raphaela Keiser {{X}}

|0|2|2|1|0|2|X|X| |7

| team2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Nora Wüest

|1|0|0|0|1|0|X|X| |2

}}

Playoffs

Source:{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=7102&eventtypeid=82&view=Playoffs#1|title=Playoffs|website=CurlingZone|access-date=September 24, 2021}}

{{4TeamBracket

| RD1 = Semifinals

| RD2 = Final

| team-width = 150px

| RD1-seed1 = 1

| RD1-team1 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Irene Schori

| RD1-score1 = 6

| RD1-seed2 = 4

| RD1-team2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Anna Hasselborg

| RD1-score2 = 4

| RD1-seed3 = 2

| RD1-team3 = {{flagicon|SCO}} GB Red

| RD1-score3 = 7

| RD1-seed4 = 3

| RD1-team4 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Silvana Tirinzoni

| RD1-score4 = 5

| RD2-seed1 = 1

| RD2-team1 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Irene Schori

| RD2-score1 = 5

| RD2-seed2 = 2

| RD2-team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} GB Red

| RD2-score2 = 7

}}

=Semifinals=

Saturday, September 25, 7:00 pm

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 2

| team1 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Irene Schori {{X}}

|1|1|0|0|0|2|1|1| |6

| team2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Anna Hasselborg

|0|0|0|4|0|0|0|0| |4

}}

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 4

| team1 = {{flagicon|SCO}} GB Red {{X}}

|2|2|0|1|1|0|0|1| |7

| team2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Silvana Tirinzoni

|0|0|2|0|0|2|1|0| |5

}}

=Final=

Sunday, September 26, 10:00 am

{{Curlingbox8

| sheet = 3

| team1 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Irene Schori

|0|1|0|0|3|0|1|0| |5

| team2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} GB Red {{X}}

|2|0|1|2|0|1|0|1| |7

}}

Notes

References

External links

[https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=7102&eventtypeid=82&view=Main#1 CurlingZone]

Category:2021 in women's curling

Category:Women's curling competitions in Switzerland

Category:Sports competitions in Basel

Category:2021 in Swiss sport

Category:September 2021 sports events in Switzerland

Category:21st century in Basel

Category:2021 in Swiss women's sport