Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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A total of 10 teams in each tournament (5 athletes per team) will qualify for a quota of 100 athletes in curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics. A further 10 mixed doubles pairs will qualify for a total of 20 athletes. Therefore, a total of 120 athletes can qualify in total to compete in the curling competitions.

Summary

Final summary

Six nations - Canada, Great Britain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States, along with hosts China - achieved a maximum representation of 12 quota places across all three events, while, in total 14 NOCS are represented in the curling competition in Beijing. Although they competed in the 1992 demonstration event, this will be Australia's debut in curling as a full Olympic event.

Nations Men Women Mixed doubles Athletes
 Australia Yes 2
 Canada Yes Yes Yes 12
 China Yes Yes Yes 12
 Czech Republic Yes 2
 Denmark Yes Yes 10
 Great Britain Yes Yes Yes 12
 Italy Yes Yes 7
 Japan Yes 5
 Norway Yes Yes 7
 ROC Yes Yes 10
 South Korea Yes 5
 Sweden Yes Yes Yes 12
 Switzerland Yes Yes Yes 12
 United States Yes Yes Yes 12
Total: 14 NOCs 10 10 10 120

Men

Means of qualification Dates Location Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1  China
2021 World Men's Curling Championship 2–11 April 2021 Canada Calgary, Canada 6  Sweden
 Great Britain
 Switzerland
 ROC
 Canada
 United States
Olympic Qualification Event 11–18 December 2021 Netherlands Leeuwarden, Netherlands 3  Norway
 Italy
 Denmark
Total 10

Women

Means of qualification Dates Location Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1  China
2021 World Women's Curling Championship 30 April–9 May 2021 Canada Calgary, Canada 6  Switzerland
 ROC
 United States
 Sweden
 Denmark
 Canada
Olympic Qualification Event 11–18 December 2021 Netherlands Leeuwarden, Netherlands 3  Great Britain
 Japan
 South Korea
Total 10

Mixed doubles

Means of qualification Dates Location Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1  China
2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 17–23 May 2021 United Kingdom Aberdeen, United Kingdom 7  Great Britain
 Norway
 Sweden
 Canada
 Italy
 Switzerland
 Czech Republic
Olympic Qualification Event 5–9 December 2021 Netherlands Leeuwarden, Netherlands 2  Australia
 United States
Total 10

Qualification System

The 2022 Winter Olympics is scheduled to feature ten-team fields for each of the three tournaments (men's, women's, and mixed doubles). This will be an increase from the eight-team mixed doubles field in 2018.[1]

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, nations were to earn Olympic Qualification Points based on their performance at the 2020 and 2021 World Curling Championships. China (as the host nation) will receive an automatic berth in each discipline. The top seven other nations in the Olympic Qualification Point list for each discipline were also to receive positions in the Olympics. The remaining two positions in each tournament were to be awarded to the winners of an Olympic Qualification Event in late 2021.[2]

This system was amended after 2020 World Curling Championships were cancelled due to the pandemic. Now only the 2021 world championship results are used for automatic qualification. The top six nations in the 2021 men's and women's world championships qualified for the Olympics, and the top seven nations in the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship also qualified. China qualified for all three Olympic tournaments as the host nation. The remaining positions in the Olympic tournament will be awarded to the top nations in Olympic Qualification Events to be held in late 2021. All nations that qualified for world championships in 2020 or 2021 but have not already qualified for the Olympics will be eligible to compete in the Olympic Qualification Events, in addition to the top two (men's and women's) or three (mixed doubles) qualifiers in a Pre-Qualifier Event that is open to all other nations.[3]

Qualification Timeline

Event Date Host City
2020 World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4] Canada Prince George, Canada
2020 World Men's Curling Championship United Kingdom Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Canada Kelowna, Canada
2021 World Men's Curling Championship 2–11 April 2021 Canada Calgary, Canada[5]
2021 World Women's Curling Championship 30 April–9 May 2021[6][7] Canada Calgary, Canada
2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 17–23 May 2021 United Kingdom Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom[8]
2021 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event 5–15 October 2021 Turkey Erzurum, Turkey
2021 Olympic Qualification Event 5–18 December 2021 Netherlands Leeuwarden, Netherlands[9]

Qualification Results

Key
Olympic Host Nation
Qualified for the Olympic Games via placement at the 2021 World Championships
Qualified for the Olympic Games via the Olympic Qualification Event
Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Event
Nation Qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics
Nation Qualified Without Participating in the Pre-OQE or OQE
Nation Didn't Qualify for the Event

Men

Q Country[10] 2021 Pre-OQE
OQE
 Sweden 1
 Great Britain 2
 Switzerland 3
 ROC 4
 Canada 5
 United States 5
 Italy 7 2
 Norway 8 1
 Japan 9 6
 Germany 10 9
 Denmark 11 3
 Netherlands 12 7
 South Korea 13 8
 China 14
 Czech Republic 1 4
 Finland 1 5
 Spain 3
 Turkey 3
 Belgium 5
 Kyrgyzstan 5
 Austria 7
 Brazil 7
 Chinese Taipei 7
 Estonia 7
 Hungary 7
 Kazakhstan 7
 Latvia 7
 Nigeria 7
 Romania 7
 Slovakia 7
 Slovenia 7

Women

Q Country[10] 2021 Pre-OQE
OQE
 Switzerland 1
 ROC 2
 United States 3
 Sweden 4
 Denmark 5
 Canada 5
 South Korea 7 3
 Great Britain 8 1
 Germany 9 6
 China 10
 Japan 11 2
 Czech Republic 12 9
 Italy 13 5
 Estonia 14 8
 Netherlands DNA
 Latvia 1 4
 Turkey 2 7
 Slovakia 3
 Hungary 4
 Austria 5
 Brazil 5
 Kazakhstan 5
 Norway 5
 Slovenia 5
 Spain 5

Mixed doubles

Q Country 2021 Pre-OQE
OQE
 Great Britain 1
 Norway 2
 Sweden 3
 Canada 4
 Italy 5
 Switzerland 5
 Czech Republic 7
 United States 8 1
 China 9
 Germany 10 7
 ROC 11 3
 New Zealand 12 7
 Australia 13 1
 England 14
 Hungary 15 5
 Japan 15 7
 Finland 17 5
 South Korea 17 3
 Estonia 19 7
 Spain 20 7
 Netherlands DNA
 Denmark 1 7
 Latvia 1 7
 Turkey 1 7
 Belarus 4
 Kazakhstan 4
 Portugal 4
 Austria 7
 Brazil 7
 Chinese Taipei 7
 Belgium 10
 Kyrgyzstan 10
 Lithuania 10
 Mexico 10
 Nigeria 10
 Slovakia 10
 Slovenia 10

Note: Scotland, England and Wales all compete separately in international curling. By an agreement between the curling federations of those three home nations, only Scotland can qualify for the Olympics on behalf of Great Britain.

National qualifying events

Some countries select their teams through trial qualification tournaments.

References

  1. ^ "World Curling Federation welcomes bigger mixed doubles field for Beijing 2022". World Curling Federation. July 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games – Curling" (PDF). World Curling Federation. January 31, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  3. World Curling Federation
    . 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  4. ^ "World Curling Championships 2020 not to be rescheduled". April 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "World Men's Curling Championship 2021 to be held in Canadian hub city". December 1, 2020.
  6. ^ "LGT World Women's Curling Championship 2021 cancelled". February 8, 2021.
  7. ^ "LGT World Women's Curling Championship 2021 moved to Calgary bubble". March 5, 2021.
  8. ^ "World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2021 to be held in Aberdeen, Scotland". March 24, 2021.
  9. ^ "Leeuwarden, Netherlands to host Olympic Qualification Event 2021". September 10, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Five 2020–2021 season world qualification events cancelled". September 1, 2020.

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