Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) won
7-4 over
John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the Final of the WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup, held September 30 - October 3, 2019 in Uiseong, Korea. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won
10-3 over
SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR) in the semifinals
McEwen finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated
Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene , ON) 8-1, then won
6-5 against
Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) and
4-2 against
Shuster. McEwen won
9-3 against
Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup Championship title, McEwen earned
47.897 world rankings points along with the $27,753CDN first prize cheque. McEwen move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 22.154 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with
301.666 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. McEwen ranks 12th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
69.975 points earned so far this season.
