Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics took place at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland from 10 to 22 January 2020.[1]

Curling
at the III Winter Youth Olympic Games
VenuePalladium de Champéry
Dates10–22 January
Competitors96 from 24 nations
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The curling competition has been expanded, to allow for a further eight mixed teams to qualify, meaning a total of 96 curlers from 24 nations qualified to compete.[2]

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Mixed-NOCs1113
1  Norway1001
2  Japan0101
3  Russia0011
Totals (3 entries)2226

Events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed team
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  Norway
Lukas Høstmælingen
Grunde Buraas
Nora Østgård
Ingeborg Forbregd
  Japan
Takumi Maeda
Momoha Tabata
Asei Nakahara
Mina Kobayashi
  Russia
Valeriia Denisenko
Mikhail Vlasenko
Alina Fakhurtdinova
Nikolai Lysakov
Mixed doubles
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  Mixed-NOCs
  Laura Nagy (HUN)
  Nathan Young (CAN)
  Mixed-NOCs
  Chana Beitone (FRA)
  Nikolai Lysakov (RUS)
  Mixed-NOCs
  Pei Junhang (CHN)
  Vít Chabičovský (CZE)

Qualification

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A total of 24 countries qualified based on their placement points from various events. At the end of the qualification period, the top two North American, top three Asian and top eight European teams qualified, along with the top placed team from the Oceania and South America. Host nation Switzerland was also guaranteed a spot. The remaining eight teams were awarded alternating from the WCF Junior women's and men's rankings.[3] A total of seven nations are scheduled to make their Winter Youth Olympics debut in the sport: Denmark, France, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia and Spain.[4]

Qualification timeline

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Events Date Venue
2018 World Junior B Curling Championships January 3–10   Lohja
2018 World Junior Curling Championships March 3–10   Aberdeen
2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships January 2–10   Lohja
2019 World Junior Curling Championships February 16–23   Liverpool

Qualification summary

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Summary

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Region Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1   Switzerland
Asia 3   China
  South Korea
  Japan
Europe 8   Norway
  Sweden
  Great Britain
  Russia
  Germany
  Italy
  Turkey
  Hungary
North America 2   Canada
  United States
Oceania 1   New Zealand
South America 1   Brazil
Men's junior world ranking 4   Spain
  Latvia
  France
  Slovenia
Women's junior world ranking 4   Czech Republic
  Poland
  Estonia
  Denmark
TOTAL 24

References

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  1. ^ "2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne, Switzerland". Olympic.org - Official website of the Olympic Movement.
  2. ^ Pavitt, Michael (22 May 2019). "World Curling Federation announce 24 nations to compete at Lausanne 2020". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Qualification System – Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games World Curling Federation Curling" (PDF). www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/. World Curling Federation (WCF). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Competing nations confirmed for expanded Youth Olympic Games curling". www.worldcurling.org/. World Curling Federation (WCF). 21 May 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
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