| Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| Qualification Statistics | |
| Tournament | |
| Men | |
| Women | |
| Mixed doubles | |
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.
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 |  | 2 | ||
 Canada | | | | 12 |
 China | | | | 12 |
 Czech Republic | | 2 | ||
 Denmark | | | 10 | |
 Great Britain | | | | 12 |
 Italy | | | 7 | |
 Japan | | 5 | ||
 Norway | | | 7 | |
 ROC | | | 10 | |
 South Korea | | 5 | ||
 Sweden | | | | 12 |
 Switzerland | | | | 12 |
 United States | | | | 12 |
| Total: 14 NOCs | 10 | 10 | 10 | 120 |
| Means of qualification | Dates | Location | Quotas | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | 1 | China | |
| 2021 World Men's Curling Championship | 2–11 April 2021 |  Calgary, Canada | 6 | Sweden Great Britain Switzerland ROC Canada United States |
| Olympic Qualification Event | 11–18 December 2021 |  Leeuwarden, Netherlands | 3 | Norway Italy Denmark |
| Total | 10 | |||
| Means of qualification | Dates | Location | Quotas | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | 1 | China | |
| 2021 World Women's Curling Championship | 30 April–9 May 2021 | Calgary, Canada | 6 | Switzerland ROC United States Sweden Denmark Canada |
| Olympic Qualification Event | 11–18 December 2021 | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | 3 | Great Britain Japan South Korea |
| Total | 10 | |||
| Means of qualification | Dates | Location | Quotas | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | 1 | China | |
| 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | 17–23 May 2021 |  Aberdeen, United Kingdom | 7 | Great Britain Norway Sweden Canada Italy Switzerland Czech Republic |
| Olympic Qualification Event | 5–9 December 2021 | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | 2 | Australia United States |
| Total | 10 | |||
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 in 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 the 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]
| Event | Date | Host City |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 World Women's Curling Championship | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [4] | Prince George, Canada |
| 2020 World Men's Curling Championship | Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | Kelowna, Canada | |
| 2021 World Men's Curling Championship | 2–11 April 2021 | Calgary, Canada [5] |
| 2021 World Women's Curling Championship | 30 April–9 May 2021 [6] [7] | Calgary, Canada |
| 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | 17–23 May 2021 | Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom [8] |
| 2021 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event | 5–15 October 2021 |  Erzurum, Turkey |
| 2021 Olympic Qualification Event | 5–18 December 2021 | Leeuwarden, Netherlands [9] |
| Key | |
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| 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 |
| 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 | ✖ | |
| 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 | ✖ | |
| 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.
Some countries select their teams through trial qualification tournaments.
2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials 
2021 Japanese Olympic Curling Trials 2021 Japanese mixed doubles curling Olympic trials 
2021 Korean Curling Championships 2021 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 
2021 Russian mixed doubles curling Olympic trials 
2021 Swiss Olympic Curling Trials 
2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials 2021 United States mixed doubles curling Olympic trials 
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