Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Curling at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Kristins Hall, Lillehammer
Dates	12–21 February 2016
Competitors	64 from 16 nations

Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was contested at the Kristins Hall in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February. The mixed team event took place from 12 to 17 February, while the mixed doubles tournament took place from 19 to 21 February.

The Athlete Role Model for the Youth Olympics curling competition was Rasmus Stjerne of Denmark.

Medal summary

Medal table

1	Canada	1	0	0	1
2	United States	0	1	0	1
3	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Total		1	1	1	3

Events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed team	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	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 will be two tournaments and two sets of medals awarded for each tournament. There will be a mixed team curling tournament and a mixed doubles curling tournament.

Mixed team curling

Main article: Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team

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

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

Mixed NOC doubles curling

Main article: Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles

The mixed NOC doubles curling teams will consist of one boy and one girl from different NOCs. The mixed doubles competition will take place after the mixed team competition; the same athletes competing in the mixed event will compete in the mixed doubles event. The mixed doubles teams will be selected by the organizing committee based on the final rankings from the mixed team competition. The resulting 32 teams will play a single knockout round to determine the winner.

Qualification

Summary

Region	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Norway
North America1	2	Canada  United States
South America1	1	Brazil
Asia2	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.

Qualified teams in bold

Region	Countries	Points for qualification
		EJCC Women	EJCC Men	PJCC Women	PJCC Men	WJCC Women	WJCC Men	Total
Host Nation	Norway	Not required
North America1	Canada					40	37	77
	United States					29	27	56
South America1	Brazil							0
Asia2	South Korea				8	32	13	53
	China			16	8		11	35
	Japan			11	11			22
Oceania	New Zealand			11	11			22
	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

1. ^ 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.
   
2. ^ The Asian teams are qualified as no more than three nations affiliated in the region chose to participate.

External links

• Official website
• World Curling Federation event page