John Shuster (Duluth, USA) won
3-1 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Curling World Cup Omaha, held December 5 - 9, 2018 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Shuster finished 5-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster lost
4-3 to
Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN), then responded with a
8-3 win over
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). Shuster won
5-3 against
Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, CAN), then won
6-5 against
Zou and
7-4 against
Mouat. Shuster won
7-3 against
Gunnlaugson in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Curling World Cup Omaha Championship title, Shuster earned
58.946 world rankings points along with the $36,623CDN first prize cheque. For week 17 of the event schedule, Shuster did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Shuster ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
