Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics explained

Event:Curling
Games:2020 Winter Youth
Venue:Palladium de Champéry
Dates:10–22 January
Competitors:96
Nations:24
Prev:2016
Next:2024

Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics took place at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland from 10 to 22 January 2020.[1]

The curling competition has been expanded, to allow for a further eight mixed teams to qualify, meaning a total of 96 curlers from 24 nations qualified to compete.[2]

Medal summary

Events

Mixed team

Lukas Høstmælingen
Grunde Buraas
Nora Østgård
Ingeborg Forbregd

Takumi Maeda
Momoha Tabata
Asei Nakahara
Mina Kobayashi

Valeriia Denisenko
Mikhail Vlasenko
Alina Fakhurtdinova
Nikolai Lysakov
Mixed doubles






Qualification

A total of 24 countries qualified based on their placement points from various events. At the end of the qualification period, the top two North American, top three Asian and top eight European teams qualified, along with the top placed team from the Oceania and South America. Host nation Switzerland was also guaranteed a spot. The remaining eight teams were awarded alternating from the WCF Junior women's and men's rankings.[3] A total of seven nations are scheduled to make their Winter Youth Olympics debut in the sport: Denmark, France, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia and Spain.[4]

Qualification timeline

Events Date Venue
January 3–10 Lohja
March 3–10 Aberdeen
January 2–10 Lohja
February 16–23 Liverpool

Summary

Region Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation1
Asia3

Europe8






North America2
Oceania1
South America1
Men's junior world ranking4


Women's junior world ranking4


TOTAL 24

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne, Switzerland . Olympic.org - Official website of the Olympic Movement .
  2. Web site: World Curling Federation announce 24 nations to compete at Lausanne 2020. Pavitt. Michael. 22 May 2019. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 14 October 2019.
  3. Web site: Qualification System – Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games World Curling Federation Curling. 26 June 2019. www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/. World Curling Federation (WCF). 14 October 2019.
  4. Web site: Competing nations confirmed for expanded Youth Olympic Games curling. 21 May 2019. www.worldcurling.org/. World Curling Federation (WCF). 14 October 2019.