| 2020 World Junior Curling Championships | |
| Dates: | February 15–22 |
| Arena: | Crystal Ice Arena |
| Host City: | Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
| Website: | https://worldcurling.org/wjcc2020 |
| Men's Winner: | |
| Curling Club: | Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Skip: | Jacques Gauthier |
| Third: | Jordan Peters |
| Second: | Brayden Payette |
| Lead: | Zack Bilawka |
| Alternate: | Thomas Dunlop |
| Coach: | John Lund |
| Finalist: | (Marco Hösli) |
| Women's Winner: | |
| Curling Club2: | Altona Curling Club, Altona, Manitoba |
| Skip2: | Mackenzie Zacharias |
| Third2: | Karlee Burgess |
| Second2: | Emily Zacharias |
| Lead2: | Lauren Lenentine |
| Alternate2: | Rachel Erickson |
| Coach2: | Sheldon Zacharias |
| Finalist2: | (Kim Min-ji) |
| Prev: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The 2020 World Junior Curling Championships was held from February 15 to 22 at the Crystal Ice Arena in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.[1]
Canada proved to be the best in the field in both events as Jacques Gauthier and Mackenzie Zacharias both won their respective events. Switzerland's Marco Hösli and South Korea's Kim Min-ji won the silver medals and Scotland's James Craik and Russia's Vlada Rumiantseva won the bronze medals.
A total of 10 men's teams competed at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships. Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland and the United States have earned their spot by finishing in the top 6 at the previous Championship. Germany, Italy and Sweden have qualified through the World Junior-B Curling Championship held in Lohja, Finland. Russia earns a spot for being the hosts.
The teams are as follows:[2]
| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lund | |||||||
| Wolfgang Burba | |||||||
| Giacomo Colli | Alberto Zisa | Francesco De Zanna | Simone Piffer | Giovanni Gottardi | Diana Gaspari | ||
| Anton Hood (Fourth) | Matthew Neilson (Skip) | Jayden Apuwai-Bishop | Nelson Ede | ||||
| Eirik Øy | Brage Fagervoll | Johan Herfjord | Martin Bruseth | Ingebrigt Bjørnstad | Haavard Mellem | ||
| Andrey Dudov (Fourth) | Artem Karetnikov (Skip) | Mikhail Vlasenko | Nikolai Lysakov | Ivan Kazachkov | Petr Dron, Anna Trukhina | ||
| Iain Watt, Nancy Smith (NC)[3] | |||||||
| Robin Ahlberg | Anton Regosa | Sebastian Jones | Rasmus Israelsson | Sebastian Kraupp, Alison Kreviazuk (NC) | |||
| Yves Stocker (Fourth) | Marco Hösli (Skip) | Rodger Schmidt, Martin Rios (NC) | |||||
| Luc Violette | Ben Richardson | Jon Harstad | Graem Fenson | Kevin Tuma | Tyler George |
Final round-robin standings
| Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| Teams to Playoffs | ||
| Teams to relegated to "B" championships | ||
| Country | Skip | W | L | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2 | 1–0 | 38.68 | |||
| 7 | 2 | 0–1 | 34.23 | |||
| 6 | 3 | – | 46.76 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 1–1 | 45.29 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 1–1 | 51.95 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 1–1 | 63.76 | |||
| 4 | 5 | – | 35.71 | |||
| Matthew Neilson | 3 | 6 | – | 46.41 | ||
| Giacomo Colli | 2 | 7 | – | 83.21 | ||
| Eirik Øy | 1 | 8 | – | 48.32 |
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A total of 10 women's teams competed at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships. The hosts, Russia, were to be joined by the next best six placing nations in 2019: Canada, China, South Korea, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. However, China did not participate and were replaced by a fourth qualifier from the 'B' Championships. Denmark, Japan, Latvia and Hungary qualified through the World Junior-B Curling Championship held in Lohja, Finland.
The teams are as follows:[4]
| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Zacharias | |||||||
| Mikael Qvist | |||||||
| Linda Joo | Dia Regina Dobor | Laura Nagy | Laura Karolina Nagy | Anna Bartalus | Zoltan Jakab, Gyoengy Nagy | ||
| Minori Suzuki (Fourth) | Sae Yamamoto (Skip) | Mitsuki Sato | |||||
| Rezija Ievina | Veronika Apse | Erika Patricija Bitmete | Leticija Ievina | Iveta Staša-Šaršūne, Ieva Krusta | |||
| Elrin Mesloe | Kai Ove Roenning | ||||||
| Andrey Drozdov, Tatiana Lukina | |||||||
| Lee Sung-jun | |||||||
| Emma Moberg | Rebecka Thunmann | Emma Landelius | Mikaela Altebro | Cecilia Fransson | Flemming Patz, Alison Kreviazuk (NC) | ||
| Anna Gut | Sarah Müller | Mirjam Ott, Manuela Netzer (NC) |
Final round-robin standings
| Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| Teams to Playoffs | ||
| Teams to relegated to "B" championships | ||
| Country | Skip | W | L | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 0 | – | 22.48 | |||
| 7 | 2 | – | 52.33 | |||
| 6 | 3 | – | 52.05 | |||
| 5 | 4 | – | 61.36 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 1–1 | 40.06 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 1–1 | 75.52 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 1–1 | 88.21 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1–0 | 55.78 | |||
| Emma Moberg | 3 | 6 | 0–1 | 38.90 | ||
| Linda Joo | 0 | 9 | – | 92.59 |
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