2020 World Men's Curling Championship Explained
The 2020 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2020 LGT World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be held from March 28 to April 5 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.[1] [2] On March 14, 2020, the World Curling Federation announced the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] [4]
The event was set to be the first event to start gathering points towards the 2022 Winter Olympic Qualification.[5] Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear. It was later announced that any country who were scheduled to compete in the event and did not qualify through the 2021 World Championships would take part in a final Olympic Qualifying Tournament in December 2021.
Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship:[6]
World Ranking
The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.[9]
| min-width=265 | Member Associations ! | width=15 | Rank ! | width=15 | Points |
|---|
| 1 | 89.020 |
| 2 | 75.980 |
| 3 | 71.029 |
| 4 | 65.196 |
| 5 | 52.059 |
| 7 | 40.392 |
| 8 | 35.343 |
| 9 | 34.461 |
| 10 | 24.520 |
| 11 | 19.412 |
| 12 | 18.578 |
| 13 | 18.358 |
| 14 | 16.951 | |
Teams
The teams were to be:[10]
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St. John's CC, St. John'sSkip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: Brett Gallant
Lead: Geoff Walker
Alternate: Jeff Thomas | Harbin CC, HarbinSkip: Zou Qiang
Third: Tian Jiafeng
Second: Wang Zhiyu
Lead: Xu Jingtao
Alternate: Han Peng | Gentofte CC, Gentofte &
Hvidovre CC, HvidovreSkip: Tobias Thune
Third: Kasper Wiksten
Second: Daniel Poulsen
Lead: Oliver Rosenkrands Søe
Alternate: Kenneth Hertsdahl | EC Oberstdorf, OberstdorfSkip: Marc Muskatewitz
Third: Sixten Totzek
Second: Joshua Sutor
Lead: Dominik Greindl
Alternate: Klaudius Harsch | SC Pinerolo, PineroloSkip: Joël Retornaz
Third Amos Mosaner
Second: Sebastiano Arman
Lead: Simone Gonin
Alternate: Alberto Pimpini |
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CC PWA Zoetermeer, ZoetermeerFourth: Wouter Gösgens
Skip: Jaap van Dorp
Second: Laurens Hoekman
Lead: Carlo Glasbergen
Alternate: Alexander Magan | Snarøen CC, OsloSkip: Thomas Ulsrud
Third: Steffen Walstad
Second: Markus Høiberg
Lead: Magnus Vågberg
Alternate: Torger Nergård | Ice Cube CC, SochiSkip: Sergey Glukhov
Third: Alexey Tuzov
Second: Evgeny Klimov
Lead: Anton Kalalb
Alternate: Dmitry Mironov | Gogar Park CC, EdinburghSkip: Bruce Mouat
Third: Grant Hardie
Second: Bobby Lammie
Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.
Alternate: Ross Whyte | Uiseong CC, UiseongSkip: Kim Chang-min
Third: Lee Ki-jeong
Second: Kim Hak-kyun
Lead: Lee Ki-bok |
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Karlstads CK, KarlstadSkip: Niklas Edin
Third: Oskar Eriksson
Second: Rasmus Wranå
Lead: Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate: Daniel Magnusson | Baden Regio CC, BadenSkip: Yannick Schwaller
Third: Michael Brunner
Second: Romano Meier
Lead: Marcel Käufeler
Alternate: Lucien Lottenbach | Duluth CC, DuluthSkip: John Shuster
Third: Chris Plys
Second: Matt Hamilton
Lead: John Landsteiner
Alternate: Colin Hufman | | | |
National playdowns
References
- Web site: World Curling Federation Site. World Curling Federation. December 1, 2019.
- Web site: Official Site. 2020 LGT World Men's Curling Championship. December 1, 2019. February 29, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200229124301/https://wmcc2020.com/. dead.
- News: Men's curling world championship in Scotland cancelled due to COVID-19. The Star. The Canadian Press. March 14, 2020. March 14, 2020.
- News: LGT World Men's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Glasgow, Scotland. World Curling Federation. World Curling Federation. March 14, 2020. March 14, 2020.
- Web site: Event Info. World Curling Federation. November 20, 2019.
- Web site: Qualification Rules (Page 55 & 56). World Curling Federation. November 20, 2019.
- Web site: European Qualifiers. World Curling Federation. December 1, 2019. August 5, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200805050733/https://worldcurling.org/events/eccb2019?page=event-info. dead.
- Web site: Pacific-Asia Qualifiers. World Curling Federation. December 1, 2019. October 13, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191013135548/https://worldcurling.org/events/pacc2019/?page=event-info. dead.
- Web site: World Rankings - men. World Curling Federation. March 6, 2020.
- Web site: Teams. World Curling Federation. March 26, 2020.
