Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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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.

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Summary

Final summary

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 was Australia's debut in curling as a full Olympic event.

Nations Men Women Mixed doubles Athletes
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Check-green.svg2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg12
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg12
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Check-green.svg2
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg10
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg12
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg7
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Check-green.svg5
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg7
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg10
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Check-green.svg5
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg12
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg12
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg12
Total: 14 NOCs101010120

Men

Means of qualificationDatesLocationQuotasQualified
Host nation1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2021 World Men's Curling Championship 2–11 April 2021 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary, Canada 6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Olympic Qualification Event 11–18 December 2021 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Leeuwarden, Netherlands 3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Total10

Women

Means of qualificationDatesLocationQuotasQualified
Host nation1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2021 World Women's Curling Championship 30 April–9 May 2021 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary, Canada 6Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Qualification Event 11–18 December 2021 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Leeuwarden, Netherlands 3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Total10

Mixed doubles

Means of qualificationDatesLocationQuotasQualified
Host nation1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 17–23 May 2021 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aberdeen, United Kingdom 7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Olympic Qualification Event 5–9 December 2021 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Leeuwarden, Netherlands 2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Total10

Qualification System

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]

Qualification Timeline

EventDateHost City
2020 World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [4] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Prince George, Canada
2020 World Men's Curling Championship Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kelowna, Canada
2021 World Men's Curling Championship 2–11 April 2021 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary, Canada [5]
2021 World Women's Curling Championship 30 April–9 May 2021 [6] [7] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary, Canada
2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 17–23 May 2021 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom [8]
2021 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event 5–15 October 2021 Flag of Turkey.svg Erzurum, Turkey
2021 Olympic Qualification Event 5–18 December 2021 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Leeuwarden, Netherlands [9]

Qualification Results

Key
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
Olympic rings without rims.svg Nation Qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics
Nation Qualified Without Participating in the Pre-OQE or OQE
Nation Didn't Qualify for the Event

Men

QCountry [10] 2021 Pre-OQE OQE
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 3
Olympic rings without rims.svg Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 4
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 72
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 81
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 96
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 109
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 113
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 127
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 138
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 14
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 14
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 5
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 5
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 7
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 7
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 7
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 7
Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 7
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 7
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 7
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 7
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 7

Women

QCountry [10] 2021 Pre-OQE OQE
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1
Olympic rings without rims.svg Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 2
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 73
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 81
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 96
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 10
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 112
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 129
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 135
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 148
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands DNA
Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 14
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 27
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 5
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 5
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 5
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5

Mixed doubles

QCountry 2021 Pre-OQE OQE
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 5
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 81
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 107
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 113
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 127
Olympic rings without rims.svg Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 131
Flag of England.svg  England 14
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 155
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 157
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 175
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 173
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 197
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 207
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands DNA
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 17
Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 17
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 17
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 4
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 4
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 4
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 7
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 7
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 10
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 10
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 10
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 10
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 10
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 10
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  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.

National qualifying events

Some countries select their teams through trial qualification tournaments.

References

  1. "World Curling Federation welcomes bigger mixed doubles field for Beijing 2022". World Curling Federation. July 19, 2018.
  2. "Qualification System – Games of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games – Curling" (PDF). World Curling Federation. January 31, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  3. "Olympic Qualification". World Curling Federation. 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  4. "World Curling Championships 2020 not to be rescheduled". April 9, 2020.
  5. "World Men's Curling Championship 2021 to be held in Canadian hub city". December 1, 2020.
  6. "LGT World Women's Curling Championship 2021 cancelled". February 8, 2021.
  7. "LGT World Women's Curling Championship 2021 moved to Calgary bubble". March 5, 2021.
  8. "World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2021 to be held in Aberdeen, Scotland". March 24, 2021.
  9. "Leeuwarden, Netherlands to host Olympic Qualification Event 2021". September 10, 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Five 2020–2021 season world qualification events cancelled". September 1, 2020.