See main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics. A total of 10 teams in each tournament (5 athletes per team) qualified for a quota of 100 athletes in curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics. A further 8 mixed doubles pairs qualified for a total of 16 athletes. Therefore, a total of 116 athletes qualified in total to compete in the curling competitions.
| Nations | Men | Women | Mixed doubles | Athletes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | X | X | 12 | ||
| X | X | 7 | |||
| X | X | 10 | |||
| X | 2 | ||||
| X | X | 10 | |||
| X | 5 | ||||
| X | X | 10 | |||
| X | X | 7 | |||
| X | X | 7 | |||
| X | X | X | 12 | ||
| X | X | 10 | |||
| X | X | X | 12 | ||
| X | X | X | 12 | ||
| Total: 13 NOCs | 10 | 10 | 8 | 116 |
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | ||
| 7 | |||
| 2 | |||
| Total | 10 |
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | ||
| 7 | |||
| 2 | |||
| Total | 10 |
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | ||
| 7 | |||
| Total | 8 |
| Event | Date | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19–27 March | Swift Current, Canada | ||
| 2–10 April | Basel, Switzerland | ||
| 16–23 April | Karlstad, Sweden | ||
| 18–26 March | Beijing, China | ||
| 1–9 April | Edmonton, Canada | ||
| 22–29 April | Lethbridge, Canada | ||
| 5–10 December | Plzeň, Czech Republic |
Qualification to the curling tournaments at the Winter Olympics was determined through two methods. Nations qualified teams by earning qualification points from performances at the 2016 and 2017 World Curling Championships. Teams also qualified through an Olympic qualification event which was held in December 2017. Seven nations qualified teams via World Championship qualification points, while two nations qualified through the qualification event (nations who competed at the 2014 and/or 2015 Worlds and did not score points were also eligible to compete at this tournament). As host nation, South Korea qualified 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 qualified along with hosts South Korea.[1]
The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at the World Championships. The points are distributed as follows:
| align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Final rank | width=20 | 1 | width=20 | 2 | width=20 | 3 | width=20 | 4 | width=20 | 5 | width=20 | 6 | width=20 | 7 | width=20 | 8 | width=20 | 9 | width=20 | 10 | width=20 | 11 | width=20 | 12 | |
| align=left bgcolor=#efefef | Points | width=20 | 14 | width=20 | 12 | width=20 | 10 | width=20 | 9 | width=20 | 8 | width=20 | 7 | width=20 | 6 | width=20 | 5 | width=20 | 4 | width=20 | 3 | width=20 | 2 | width=20 | 1 |
| Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nations that have qualified for the Olympic Games via points | ||
| Nations that have qualified for the Olympic Games via Olympic qualification event | ||
| Position | Country | 2016 | 2017 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 14 | 28 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | ||
| 3 | 10 | 9 | 19 | ||
| 4 | 9 | 6 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 8 | 5 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 15 | (host) | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Position | Country | 2016 | 2017 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 14 | 23 | |
| 2 | 10 | 12 | 22 | |
| 3 | 14 | 5 | 19 | |
| 4 | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| 7 | (host) | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Position | Country | 2016 | 2017 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 10 | 22 | ||
| 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | ||
| 3 | 14 | 4 | 18 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 14 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 10 | 3 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 9 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | (host) | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
See main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification event.
At the Olympic qualifying event, which was held 5–10 December 2017 in Plzeň, Czech Republic,[3] the top two teams in the event qualified their nations to participate in the Olympics. The qualification event was open to any nations that earned qualification points at the 2016 or 2017 World Curling Championships (as listed above) or participated at the 2014 or 2015 World Curling Championships (the Czech men's team, the Norway and the Latvia women's team).
Some countries select their teams through trial qualification tournaments.
2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials 2018 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials
2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials 2017 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials
2017 Japanese Olympic Curling Trials (women only)