2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

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2020 World Mixed Doubles
Curling Championship
Host city Kelowna, Canada
Arena Kelowna Curling Club
DatesApril 18–25 (cancelled)
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The 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was scheduled to be held from April 18 to 25 at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, Canada. On March 14, 2020, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] The event was scheduled to be held in conjunction with the 2020 World Senior Curling Championships.

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The event was supposed to score Olympic qualifying points for the participating nations. [3] Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear. It was later announced that any country that was scheduled to compete in the event and did not qualify through the 2021 World Championships will take part in an expanded final Olympic Qualification tournament that will be held in December 2021.

Teams

The teams were to be: [4]

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Female: Tahli Gill
Male: Dean Hewitt

Female:
Male:

Female: Yang Ying
Male: Ling Zhi

Female:
Male:

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Female:
Male:

Female: Marie Turmann
Male: Harri Lill

Female:
Male:

Female:
Male:

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Female: Dorottya Palancsa
Male: Zsolt Kiss

Female:
Male:

Female: Chiaki Matsumura
Male: Yasumasa Tanida

Female:
Male:

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Female:
Male:

Female: Anastasia Moskaleva
Male: Alexander Eremin

Female: Jennifer Dodds
Male: Bruce Mouat

Female: Jang Hye-ji
Male: Seong Yu-jin

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Female:
Male:

Female: Agnes Knochenhauer
Male: Rasmus Wranå

Female: Jenny Perret
Male: Martin Rios

Female: Tabitha Peterson
Male: Joe Polo

References

  1. "World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships 2020 cancelled in Kelowna, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 14, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  2. Potenteau, Doyle (March 14, 2020). "Coronavirus: World mixed doubles, seniors curling championships in Kelowna cancelled". Global News. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  3. "Qualification System – Games of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games – Curling" (PDF). World Curling Federation. January 31, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  4. "Everest World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2020 - World Curling Federation". March 7, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2020.