Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Curling
at the Games of the Olympiad
VenueIce Cube Curling Center, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates10–24 February 2018
Competitors116 Quota limit
Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Tournament
men  women
mixed doubles

The curling competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held at the Gangneung Curling Centre.[1] This will be the seventh time that curling is on the Olympic program. In each of the men's and women's competitions, ten nations will compete. For the first time mixed doubles curling will be contested, after being added to the Olympic program in 2015.[2]

Competition schedule

The Gangneung Curling Centre is scheduled to host the 2018 Winter Olympics

The following is the competition schedule for the curling competitions:


Medal summary

Medal events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Women
Mixed doubles

Qualification

Qualification to the curling tournaments at the Winter Olympics will be determined through two methods. Nations can qualify teams by earning qualification points from performances at the 2016 and 2017 World Curling Championships. Teams may also qualify through an Olympic qualification event which is due to be held in the autumn of 2017. Seven nations will qualify teams via World Championship qualification points, while two nations will qualify through the qualification event. As host nation, South Korea qualifis teams automatically, thus making a total of ten teams per gender in the curling tournaments. For the mixed doubles competition the top seven ranked teams earning qualification points from performances at the 2016 and 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship will qualify along with hosts South Korea.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Gangneung Curling Centre". pyeongchang2018. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. ↑ McKay, Duncan (10 April 2016). "New disciplines added to Pyeongchang 2018 but snowboard parallel slalom cut to accommodate them". Insidethegames. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). World Curling Federation. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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