2020 World Men's Curling Championship

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2020 World Men's
Curling Championship
Host city Glasgow, Scotland
Arena Emirates Arena, Glasgow
DatesMarch 28 – April 5, 2020 (cancelled)
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The 2020 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2020 LGT World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be held from March 28 to April 5 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. [1] [2] On March 14, 2020, the World Curling Federation announced the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [4]

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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. It was later announced that any country who were scheduled to compete in the event and did not qualify through the 2021 World Championships would take part in a final Olympic Qualifying Tournament in December 2021.

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship: [6]

EventVacanciesQualified
Host nation1Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
2019 Americas Challenge 2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2019 European Curling Championships 7 [7] Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 1 [8] Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2020 World Qualification Event 2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
TOTAL13

World Ranking

The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations. [9]

Member AssociationsRankPoints
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 189.020
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 275.980
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 371.029
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 465.196
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 552.059
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 740.392
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 835.343
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 934.461
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1024.520
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1119.412
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1218.578
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1318.358
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1416.951

Teams

The teams were to be: [10]

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: Brett Gallant
Lead: Geoff Walker
Alternate: Jeff Thomas

Harbin CC, Harbin

Skip: Zou Qiang
Third: Tian Jiafeng
Second: Wang Zhiyu
Lead: Xu Jingtao
Alternate: Han Peng

Gentofte CC, Gentofte &
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Skip: Tobias Thune
Third: Kasper Wiksten
Second: Daniel Poulsen
Lead: Oliver Rosenkrands Søe
Alternate: Kenneth Hertsdahl

EC Oberstdorf, Oberstdorf

Skip: Marc Muskatewitz
Third: Sixten Totzek
Second: Joshua Sutor
Lead: Dominik Greindl
Alternate: Klaudius Harsch

SC Pinerolo, Pinerolo

Skip: Joël Retornaz
Third Amos Mosaner
Second: Sebastiano Arman
Lead: Simone Gonin
Alternate: Alberto Pimpini

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
CC PWA Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer

Fourth: Wouter Gösgens
Skip: Jaap van Dorp
Second: Laurens Hoekman
Lead: Carlo Glasbergen
Alternate: Alexander Magan

Snarøen CC, Oslo

Skip: Thomas Ulsrud
Third: Steffen Walstad
Second: Markus Høiberg
Lead: Magnus Vågberg
Alternate: Torger Nergård

Ice Cube CC, Sochi

Skip: Sergey Glukhov
Third: Alexey Tuzov
Second: Evgeny Klimov
Lead: Anton Kalalb
Alternate: Dmitry Mironov

Gogar Park CC, Edinburgh

Skip: Bruce Mouat
Third: Grant Hardie
Second: Bobby Lammie
Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.
Alternate: Ross Whyte

Uiseong CC, Uiseong

Skip: Kim Chang-min
Third: Lee Ki-jeong
Second: Kim Hak-kyun
Lead: Lee Ki-bok

Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Karlstads CK, Karlstad

Skip: Niklas Edin
Third: Oskar Eriksson
Second: Rasmus Wranå
Lead: Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate: Daniel Magnusson

Baden Regio CC, Baden

Skip: Yannick Schwaller
Third: Michael Brunner
Second: Romano Meier
Lead: Marcel Käufeler
Alternate: Lucien Lottenbach

Duluth CC, Duluth

Skip: John Shuster
Third: Chris Plys
Second: Matt Hamilton
Lead: John Landsteiner
Alternate: Colin Hufman

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References

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  2. "Official Site". 2020 LGT World Men's Curling Championship. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  3. The Canadian Press (March 14, 2020). "Men's curling world championship in Scotland cancelled due to COVID-19". The Star. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
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