Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Curling at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Ice Cube Curling Center, Sochi, Russia |
Dates | 10–21 February 2014 |
Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics | ||
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The curling competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics will be held at the Ice Cube Curling Center, nicknamed "the Ice Cube."[1] It is the sixth time that curling will be on the Olympic program. In both the men's and women's competitions, ten nations will compete.[2]
Medal summary
Medal table
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Medal events
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Qualification
Qualification to the curling tournaments at the Winter Olympics will be determined through two methods. Nations may qualify teams by earning qualification points from performances at the 2012 and 2013 World Curling Championships. Nations may also qualify teams through an Olympic qualification event to be held in the fall of 2013. Seven nations will qualify teams via World Championship qualification points, while two nations will qualify through the qualification event. As host nation, Russia will qualify teams automatically, thus making a total of ten teams per gender in the curling tournaments.[3]
Qualification summary
Men
Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 1 | Russia |
Qualification points via World Championships | 7 | Canada Sweden Great Britain Norway Denmark China Switzerland |
Olympic Qualification Event | 2 | Germany United States |
Total | 10 |
Women
Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 1 | Russia |
Qualification points via World Championships | 7 | Sweden Switzerland Great Britain Canada United States Denmark South Korea |
Olympic Qualification Event | 2 | China Japan |
Total | 10 |
Qualification points
The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at the World Championships. The points are distributed as follows:
Final rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
Points | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Current standings
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Nations that have qualified for the Olympic Games | |
Nations that must qualify through the qualification event |
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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 score Olympic qualification points on behalf of Great Britain.[3]
Qualification event
The Olympic qualifying event is scheduled to be held from December 11 to 15, 2013 in Füssen, Germany.[6] The top two teams from the qualification event will qualify their nations to participate in the Olympics. The qualification event is open to any nations that earned qualification points at the 2012 or 2013 World Curling Championships (as listed above) or participated at the 2011 World Curling Championships (the South Korea men's team and the Norway women's team).[3]
National qualifying events
Some countries select their teams through trial qualification tournaments.
References
- ^ "Venue details at host site". World Curling Federation.
- ^ "Championship Overview". World Curling Federation.
- ^ a b c "Summary of Olympic qualification process". World Curling Federation.
- ^ "Men's Qualification Points from the 2012 & 2013 World Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. 8 April 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ "Women's Qualification Points from the 2012 & 2013 World Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ "Fuessen, Germany to host WCF Olympic Qualification Event". World Curling Federation. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.