2020 World Women's Curling Championship
| 2020 World Women's Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Prince George, Canada |
| Arena | CN Centre |
| Dates | March 14–22 (cancelled) |
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The 2020
The event was set to be the first event to start gathering points towards the 2022 Winter Olympic Qualification.[5] Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear.
Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship:[6]
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 |  Canada
|
| 2019 Americas Challenge | 1 |  United States
|
| 2019 European Curling Championships | 7[7] |  Sweden  Scotland  Switzerland  Russia  Germany  Czech Republic  Denmark
|
| 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships | 2[8] |  China  Japan
|
| 2020 World Qualification Event | 2 |  South Korea  Italy
|
| TOTAL | 13 |
World Ranking
The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.[9]
| Member Associations | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden |
1 | 81.569 |
| South Korea |
2 | 65.907 |
| Canada |
3 | 63.382 |
| Switzerland |
4 | 59.559 |
| Japan |
5 | 56.520 |
| Russia |
6 | 55.588 |
| Scotland |
7 | 50.098 |
| United States |
8 | 45.441 |
| China |
9 | 40.147 |
| Denmark |
10 | 27.059 |
| Czech Republic |
11 | 19.593 |
| Germany |
12 | 19.338 |
| Italy |
13 | 13.284 |
Teams
The teams were to be:[10]
WCT ranking
Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.[11]
| Nation (Skip) | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden (Hasselborg) |
1 | 467.461 |
| Canada (Einarson) |
2 | 420.070 |
| Japan (Fujisawa) |
4 | 342.872 |
| Switzerland (Stern) |
6 | 333.591 |
| Scotland (Muirhead) |
9 | 283.984 |
| United States (Peterson) |
10 | 245.428 |
| Russia (Kovaleva) |
12 | 237.658 |
| South Korea (Gim) |
17 | 194.967 |
| China (Han) |
26 | 149.539 |
| Germany (Jentsch) |
30 | 135.678 |
| Italy (Zappone) |
76 | 46.404 |
| Czech Republic (Kubešková) |
79 | 45.753 |
| Denmark (Halse) |
148 | 12.838 |
National playdowns
2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
2020 Russian Women's World Qualification Event
2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship
2020 United States Women's Curling Championship
References
- ^ "Prince George, Canada to host World Women's Curling Championship 2020". World Curling Federation. 5 February 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ "Official Site". Curling Canada. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "Event Info". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ "Qualification Rules (Page 55 & 56)" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- ^ "European Qualifiers". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ "Pacific-Asia Qualifiers". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on October 13, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ "World Rankings - women". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
- ^ "Teams". Curling Canada. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ^ "WCT ranking". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 4, 2020.