2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Explained
The 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from April 23 to 30 at the Curling Club Trois-Chêne in the Geneva Sous-Moulin Sports Center in Thônex, a suburb of Geneva, Switzerland.[1] The event was held alongside the 2022 World Senior Curling Championships.[2] Eve Muirhead and Bobby Lammie of Scotland went undefeated the entire event, beating home team Alina Pätz and Sven Michel of Switzerland 9-7 in the final to win the gold medal.[3]
Medallists
Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship:[4]
Russian participation
As part of international sports' reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 28 the World Curling Federation initiated proceedings to remove the Russian Curling Federation from the 2022 Curling Championship, pending until March 3. In its statement the WCF said:[5] On March 4, 2022, the WCF announced the removal of the RCF from the 2022 World Curling Championships.[5] Their vacated spot was offered to Spain, who accepted.[4]
Chinese withdrawal
Due to ongoing travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, China decided to withdraw from the tournament. Their spot was replaced by Denmark.[4]
World ranking
The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.[6]
min-width=265 | Member Associations ! | width=15 | Rank ! | width=15 | Points |
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| 1 | 81.857 |
| 2 | 66.799 |
| 3 | 57.410 |
| 4 | 46.498 |
| 5 | 42.954 |
| 7 | 37.579 |
| 8 | 34.678 |
| 10 | 30.248 |
| 11 | 26.524 |
| 12 | 20.754 |
| 13 | 20.491 |
| 14 | 19.335 |
| 15 | 16.988 |
| 16 | 14.109 |
| 17 | 12.089 |
| 18 | 11.345 |
| 19 | 10.364 |
| 20 | 10.047 |
| 21 | 9.794 |
| 23 | 6.377 | |
Teams
The teams are as follows:[7] [8]
Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings
Key |
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| Teams to Playoffs (Top 3 in each group) |
| Teams to Relegation Playoff (8th and 9th place in each group) |
| Teams relegated to 2023 Qualification Event (10th place in each group) | |
valign=top width=10% | width=150 | Group A ! | width=15 | W ! | width=15 | L ! | width=30 | ! | width=15 | |
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| 7 | 2 | 1–1 | 16.40 | | 7 | 2 | 1–1 | 20.57 | | 7 | 2 | 1–1 | 21.51 | | 6 | 3 | 1–0 | 24.19 | | 6 | 3 | 0–1 | 37.17 | | 4 | 5 | – | 43.68 | | 3 | 6 | 1–0 | 65.02 | | 3 | 6 | 0–1 | 34.23 | | 2 | 7 | – | 25.84 | | 0 | 9 | – | 54.24 | |
| valign=top width=10% | width=150 | Group B ! | width=15 | W ! | width=15 | L ! | width=30 | ! | width=15 | |
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| 9 | 0 | – | 19.31 | | 8 | 1 | – | 22.31 | | 6 | 3 | – | 25.35 | | 5 | 4 | – | 25.94 | | 4 | 5 | 1–0 | 50.52 | | 4 | 5 | 0–1 | 33.31 | | 3 | 6 | 1–0 | 40.14 | | 3 | 6 | 0–1 | 44.31 | | 2 | 7 | – | 66.91 | | 1 | 8 | – | 41.14 | |
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Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central European Summer Time .[27]
Draw 1
Saturday, April 23, 10:00 am
Draw 2
Saturday, April 23, 2:00 pm
Draw 3
Saturday, April 23, 6:00 pm
Draw 4
Sunday, April 24, 10:00 am
Draw 5
Sunday, April 24, 2:00 pm
Draw 6
Sunday, April 24, 6:00 pm
Draw 7
Monday, April 25, 10:00 am
Draw 8
Monday, April 25, 2:00 pm
Draw 9
Monday, April 25, 6:00 pm
Draw 10
Tuesday, April 26, 10:00 am
Draw 11
Tuesday, April 26, 2:00 pm
Draw 12
Tuesday, April 26, 6:00 pm
Draw 13
Wednesday, April 27, 10:00 am
Draw 14
Wednesday, April 27, 2:00 pm
Draw 15
Wednesday, April 27, 6:00 pm
Draw 16
Thursday, April 28, 10:00 am
Draw 17
Thursday, April 28, 2:00 pm
Draw 18
Thursday, April 28, 6:00 pm
Relegation playoff
Friday, April 29, 9:00 am
Player percentages |
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| |
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| 85% | | 68% |
| 82% | | 78% |
Total | 83% | Total | 74% | |
Player percentages |
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| |
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| 73% | | 63% |
| 69% | | 58% |
Total | 71% | Total | 61% | |
Playoffs
Qualification Game 1
Friday, April 29, 9:00 am
Player percentages |
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| |
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| 72% | | 87% |
| 81% | | 87% |
Total | 78% | Total | 87% | |
Qualification Game 2
Friday, April 29, 12:30 pm
Player percentages |
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| |
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| 83% | | 68% |
| 72% | | 79% |
Total | 76% | Total | 75% | |
Semifinal 1
Friday, April 29, 4:00 pm
Player percentages |
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| |
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| 75% | | 55% |
| 83% | | 63% |
Total | 80% | Total | 60% | |
Semifinal 2
Friday, April 29, 7:30 pm
Player percentages |
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| |
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| 76% | | 88% |
| 86% | | 87% |
Total | 82% | Total | 87% | |
Bronze medal match
Saturday, April 30, 10:00 am
Player percentages |
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| |
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| 72% | | 81% |
| 81% | | 89% |
Total | 78% | Total | 86% | |
Final
Saturday, April 30, 2:00 pm
Player percentages |
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| |
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| 70% | | 77% |
| 82% | | 84% |
Total | 78% | Total | 81% | |
Statistics
Player percentages
Final Round Robin Percentages
valign=top | Female | % |
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| 90.4 | | 80.7 | | 79.4 | | 77.9 | | 76.4 | | 75.8 | | 70.7 | | 70.0 | | 69.3 | | 69.0 | | 67.0 | | 66.2 | | 66.0 | | 66.0 | | 65.7 | | 65.0 | | 62.8 | | 59.7 | | 58.3 | | 48.5 | |
| valign=top | Male | % |
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| 85.3 | | 83.0 | | 82.6 | | 82.2 | | 77.1 | | 77.0 | | 77.0 | | 76.7 | | 76.3 | | 74.7 | | 73.2 | | 72.9 | | 70.5 | | 69.9 | | 69.2 | | 68.2 | | 66.0 | | 61.8 | | 59.1 | | 57.8 | |
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Top 5 playoff player percentages
Final playoff percentages
valign=top | Female | % |
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| 83.0 | | 76.0 | | 76.0 | | 74.3 | | 73.0 | |
| valign=top | Male | % |
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| 85.0 | | 84.0 | | 83.5 | | 81.0 | | 79.6 | |
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Final standings
valign=top width=10% | | valign=top width=10% | Place | Team |
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11 | | 12 | | 13 | | 14 | | 15 | | | 17 | | | 19 | | 20 | | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2022. World Curling Federation. April 5, 2022.
- News: World Mixed Doubles and World Seniors to be held in Geneva, Switzerland. World Curling Federation. December 21, 2021. April 5, 2022.
- Web site: World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2022 . 2022-05-01 . World Curling Federation . en-GB.
- News: Replacement teams selected for upcoming world championships. World Curling Federation. March 23, 2022. April 5, 2022.
- News: World Curling Federation adopts emergency regulation for sanctioned competitions. World Curling Federation. February 28, 2022. April 5, 2022.
- Web site: World Rankings - Mixed Doubles. World Curling Federation. April 5, 2022.
- Web site: Teams. World Curling Federation. April 14, 2022.
- Web site: Entry List by Country - As of THU 22 APR 2022 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20220423161903/https://world-curling-federation.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pdf-documents/competition-CUR_2122_WMDCC/2022-04-22-092451461%20Entry%20List%20by%20Country.pdf . 2022-04-23.
- News: 1️⃣ month until World Championships in Switzerland! #letsgo #litespeed #countdownbegins. team_gill_hewitt. Instagram. March 23, 2022. April 6, 2022.
- News: Peterman/Gallant to worlds!. Curling Canada. March 2, 2022. April 5, 2022.
- Web site: Finále MČR mixed doubles 2022. Český Svaz Curlingu. April 5, 2022.
- News: Danmark kommer alligevel til VM Mixed Doubles 2022. Danish. Dansk Curling Forbund. March 25, 2022. April 5, 2022.
- TeamFowlerMD. 1482707275366252550. January 16, 2022. English Mixed Doubles Curling Champions 2022! We won our game against Spain/Brand 9-3. We have earned the right to represent England at the @worldcurling #WMDCC2022 in Geneva. Thanks to @DumfriesCurling, @english_curling & @TheFlowerBowlEC. Bring on Worlds!.
- News: 5th MD title in a row Thank you team for another successful weekend . marieturmann. Instagram. March 21, 2022. April 5, 2022.
- Web site: Paricurlingin SM-kilpailu 2021-2022 - Sarjataulukot. Finnish. Suomen Curlingliitto. April 9, 2022.
- News: DCV Trials OQE MD 2021 Füssen (Oct. 23-25) Team Schöll-Harsch win game 4 and win the 3. th and decisive win in the ′′ Best of 5 ′′ series - Pia-Lisa Schöll & Klaudius Harsch represent Germany at the Olympic Qualification Event Mixed Doubles in Leeuwarden (4-9 Dec). Curling-DCV. Facebook. October 24, 2021. April 5, 2022.
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- Web site: 2022 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. New Zealand Curling. April 5, 2022.
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- Web site: SM/CS Mixed Doubles Elite. Swiss Curling Association. April 5, 2022.
- News: 23-30 Nisan 2022 tarihleri arasında İsviçre'nin Cenevre kentinde düzenlenecek Dünya Karışık Çiftler Curling Şampiyonası için hazırlıklarını Erzurum'da sürdüren Milli Sporcularımız Dilşat Yıldız ve Muhammed Zeki Uçan'a başarılar dileriz.. @gencliksporbak @tmok_olimpiyat @worldcurling #curlingtürkiye #Curling #teamtürkiye. Turkish. turkiyecurlingfederasyonu. Instagram. April 1, 2022. April 6, 2022.
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- Web site: Draw Schedule. World Curling Federation. April 14, 2022.