The 2006 World Women's Curling Championship was held March 18–26 at the Canada Games Arena in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada.
Amber Holland is a Canadian curler from Loreburn, Saskatchewan. Holland skipped Saskatchewan's team to a national women's championship in 2011 by defeating defending champion Jennifer Jones in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and won a silver medal at the 2011 Capital One World Women's Curling Championship. She also won a national championship at the junior level in 1992, and captured a silver medal at the World Junior Curling Championships in 1993 after losing in the final.
Wang Bingyu is a Chinese curler. In 2009, she became the first non Northern American or European skip to win a World Championship.
Yue Qingshuang is a Chinese curler. She currently plays second on the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Bingyu.
The 2010 World Women's Curling Championship was held from March 20 to 28 at the Credit Union iPlex in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The 1995 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada from April 8–16, 1995.
The 1996 World Women's Curling Championship was held at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from March 23–31, 1996.
The 1997 World Men's Curling Championship was held at Allmend Stadium in Bern, Switzerland from April 12–20, 1997.
The 1998 World Women's Curling Championship was held at Riverside Coliseum in Kamloops, British Columbia from April 4–12, 1998.
The 1999 World Women's Curling Championship was held at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick from April 3–11, 1999.
The 2000 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland from April 1–9, 2000.
The 2001 World Women's Curling Championship was held March 31–April 8, 2001 at the Malley Sports Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The 2002 World Women's Curling Championship was held April 6-14, 2002 at the Bismarck Civic Center in Bismarck, North Dakota.
The 2003 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from April 5–13, 2003.
The 2004 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Gavlerinken in Gävle, Sweden from April 17–25, 2004.
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's and women's versions of junior and senior championships. There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's started in 1979. The mixed doubles championship was started in 2008. Since 2005, the men's and women's championships have been held in different venues, with Canada hosting one of the two championships every year: the men's championship in odd years, and the women's championship in even years. Canada has dominated both the men's and women's championships since their inception, although Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Scotland, the United States, Norway and China have all won at least one championship.
The 2012 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Enmax Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta from March 17 to 25. It marked the 12th time that Canada has hosted the World Women's Curling Championship. The 2012 World Women's Championship was one of the curling events that is a qualifier for the curling tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Kari Erickson is an American curler and Olympian.
The 2013 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 30 to April 7, 2013 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. This marked the twenty-first time that Canada hosted the World Men's Championship, the fifth time that the province of British Columbia hosted the World Men's Championship, and the second time that Victoria hosted the World Men's Championship. Victoria previously hosted the championships in 2005. The event was also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at this tournament.
The 2017 World Men's Curling Championship was a curling event that was held from April 1 to 9 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.
