Olympic gold medallist Shuster qualifies for Champions Cup

American John Shuster’s gold-medal victory at the Winter Olympics has earned him a ticket to the Humpty’s Champions Cup.

Shuster stunned Sweden’s Niklas Edin 10-7 in Saturday’s men’s final in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The Humpty’s Champions Cup is the season-ending Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling tournament and runs April 24-29 at Calgary’s WinSport Arena.

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Shuster bounced back from a 2-4 start to win five straight en route to the first-ever gold medal for the U.S. in curling. He is supported by third Tyler George, second Matt Hamilton, lead John Landsteiner and alternate Joe Polo.

Later, Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg downed EunJung Kim of South Korea 8-3 for the women’s Olympic gold and secured her Humpty’s Champions Cup spot.

Teams must win a high-profile tournament in order to receive an invitation to the Humpty’s Champions Cup. Edin (European Championship) and Kim (Pacific-Asia Championship) have already qualified.

HUMPTY’S CHAMPIONS CUP ELIGIBLE EVENTS

Men’s Qualifying Events	Women’s Qualifying Events
2017 Humpty’s Champions Cup Brad Jacobs	2017 Humpty’s Champions Cup Rachel Homan
Tour Challenge (Tier 1) Brad Gushue	Tour Challenge (Tier 1) Val Sweeting
Masters Brad Gushue*	Masters Jennifer Jones
BOOST National Bruce Mouat	BOOST National Jennifer Jones*
Meridian Canadian Open Peter de Cruz	Meridian Canadian Open Chelsea Carey
Princess Auto Elite 10 March 15-18	Players’ Championship April 10-15
Players’ Championship April 10-15	Pacific-Asia Championship EunJung Kim
Pacific-Asia Championship Chang-Min Kim	European Championship Eve Muirhead
European Championship Niklas Edin	Scotties Tournament of Hearts Jennifer Jones*
Winter Olympics John Shuster	Winter Olympics Anna Hasselborg
U.S. National Championship March 3-10	U.S. National Championship March 3-10
World Junior Championship March 3-11	World Junior Championship March 3-11
Tim Hortons Brier March 3-11	World Championship March 17-25
World Championship March 31-April 8	World Curling Tour Spot 1 TBD
World Curling Tour Spot TBD	World Curling Tour Spot 2 TBD

* If a team wins more than one of the events listed (e.g. Team Gushue capturing the Tour Challenge Tier 1 and Masters) the winner of the next-ranked World Curling Tour event based on strength of field will receive an invitation.