Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Curling
at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games
Curling; at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Kristins Hall, Lillehammer
Dates	12–21 February
Competitors	64 from 16 nations
	← 2012 2020 →

Last updated January 22, 2024

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
–	Mixed-NOCs	1	1	1	3
1	Canada	1	0	0	1
2	United States	0	1	0	1
3	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

Events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed team details	Canada Mary Fay Tyler Tardi Karlee Burgess Sterling Middleton	United States Luc Violette Cora Farrell Ben Richardson Cait Flannery	Switzerland Selina Witschonke Henwy Lochmann Laura Engler Philipp Hösli
Mixed doubles details	JPN/SUI Mixed-NOCs Yako Matsuzawa (JPN) Philipp Hösli (SUI)	CHN/GBR Mixed-NOCs Han Yu (CHN) Ross Whyte (GBR)	CHN/NOR Mixed-NOCs Zhao Ruiyi (CHN) Andreas Hårstad (NOR)

Format of play

At the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, there was two tournaments and two sets of medals awarded for each tournament. There was a mixed team curling tournament and a mixed doubles curling tournament.

Mixed team curling

The mixed team curling teams consisted of two boys and two girls from the same NOC/country.

The sixteen qualified teams competed in two divisions of round robin play. The top four teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinals, where the teams played a single knockout tournament to determine the winner.

Mixed NOC doubles curling

The mixed NOC doubles curling teams consisted of one boy and one girl from different NOCs. The mixed doubles competition took place after the mixed team competition; the same athletes competing in the mixed event competed in the mixed doubles event. The mixed doubles teams was selected by the organizing committee based on the final rankings from the mixed team competition. The resulting 32 teams played a single knockout round to determine the winner.

Qualification

Summary

Region	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Norway
North America ¹	2	Canada United States
South America ¹	1	Brazil
Asia ²	3	South Korea China Japan
Oceania	1	New Zealand
Europe	8	Switzerland Great Britain Sweden Russia Italy Czech Republic Estonia Turkey
TOTAL	16

Qualification points

The qualification of NOCs to the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was determined using qualification points. The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at international junior curling championships, which include the regional championships (the European Junior Curling Challenge and the Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships) and the World Junior Curling Championships. Nations that qualify from the regional championships to the world championships only receive points from their final ranking at the world championships. The results from the 2013–14 and 2014–15 curling seasons are considered for qualification to the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. The points are distributed as follows:

World Championships

Final rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10

Regional Championships

Final rank	1	2	3	4	5
Points	10	8	6	5	4

The following table shows the qualification points earned by each country in both men's and women's junior championships. The points for each championship are cumulative over the last two years.^[2]

Qualified teams in bold

Region	Countries	Points for qualification
Region	Countries	EJCC Women	EJCC Men	PJCC Women	PJCC Men	WJCC Women	WJCC Men	Total
Host Nation	Norway	Not required
North America ¹	Canada					40	37	77
North America ¹	United States					29	27	56
South America ¹	Brazil							0
Asia ²	South Korea				8	32	13	53
	China			16	8		11	35
	Japan			11	11			22
Oceania	New Zealand			11	11			22
Oceania	Australia			8	8			16
Europe	Switzerland					32	38	70
	Great Britain					30	35	65
	Sweden					32	31	63
	Russia					30	25	55
	Italy	5				11	28	44
	Czech Republic		10				23	33
	Estonia	3				12	10	25
	Turkey	12	9					21
	Austria		5				13	18
	Germany	9	8					17
	Denmark		5			10		15
	Hungary	14						14
	Netherlands		12					12
	Latvia	5	6					11
	Spain	2	8					10
	Poland	10						10
	Finland		1					1

Notes

^ The North American and South American teams are qualified automatically by virtue of their affiliation with the World Curling Federation, since the number of qualification spots equals the number of nations affiliated with the WCF.
^ The Asian teams are qualified as no more than three nations affiliated in the region chose to participate.

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References

↑ "Stjerne named role model for Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games". World Curling Federation. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
↑ "Youth Olympic Games qualification update". World Curling Federation. 8 March 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

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[1] "Stjerne named role model for Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games". World Curling Federation. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

[2] "Youth Olympic Games qualification update". World Curling Federation. 8 March 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

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