United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Explained
United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship |
Established: | 2007 |
Current Host City: | Traverse City, Michigan |
Current Arena: | Traverse City Curling Club |
Current Champion: | Becca Hamilton / Matt Hamilton |
Current: | 2024 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship |
The United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed doubles curling in the United States. The winning team in the tournament represents the United States at that year's World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.[1]
History
The 2021 Championship was originally planned to be held February 28 to March 6, 2021 at Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena in Irvine, California and also be the Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials for the 2022 Winter Olympics.[2] In December, 2020, the USCA announced that all remaining 2020–21 events would be either cancelled or postponed until late spring 2021. This postponement delayed the Mixed Doubles Championship until after the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Championship and so the 2020 champions, Tabitha Peterson and Joe Polo, were selected to represent the United States. This gave the team the opportunity to compete at Worlds which they missed the previous year when the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] On March 29, 2021 it was announced that the 2021 Mixed Doubles Championship will be held in conjunction with the Women's Nationals and Men's Nationals in a bio-secure bubble at Wausau Curling Club in Wausau, Wisconsin in May, 2021.[4] Due to the pandemic, it was decided to separate the 2021 Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials from the National Championship and delay the trials until fall 2021.
Format and qualification
As of 2019, the event consists of twelve teams participating in a two-pool preliminary round-robin, with the top three teams in each pool advancing to the playoffs. Qualification for the event is as follows:
- Previous national mixed doubles champion qualifies,
- Previous Olympic team qualifies,
- Two teams qualify based on being the top American finishers in two designated mixed doubles bonspiels,
- Four teams qualify based on standings in the World Curling Tour order of merit,
- One team may qualify based on the discretion of the USCA Director of Coaching, and
- Three or four teams qualify based on performance in the Mixed Doubles Challenge Round tournament.
Past champions
Year | Winning team | Runner-up team | Host |
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[5] | | | Bemidji, MN |
[6] | | | Two Harbors, MN |
[7] | | | Seattle, WA |
[8] | | | Duluth, MN |
[9] | | | Wayland, MA |
[10] | | | Bismarck, ND |
[11] | | | Medford, WI |
[12] | | | Eau Claire, WI |
[13] | | | Denver, CO |
[14] | | | Blaine, MN |
[15] | | | Eau Claire, WI |
[16] | | | Seattle, WA |
| | | Bemidji, MN |
[17] | | | Wausau, WI |
[18] | | | Middleton, WI |
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| | | Traverse City, MI | |
[19] Notes and References
- Book: United States Curling Association . United States Curling Association . 2018-2019 USCA Rules of Curling and Competition . October 2018 . 31–32 . English .
- Web site: Great Park Ice to Host 2022 Olympic Mixed Doubles Curling Team Trials. 2020-01-21. NHL. en-US. live. 2020-02-04. https://archive.today/20220218172241/https://www.nhl.com/ducks/news/great-park-ice-to-host-2022-us-olympic-mixed-doubles-team-trials-for-curling/c-314196584. 18 February 2022.
- News: Dec 3, 2020. USA Curling postpones national championships until after worlds. NBC Sports. Mar 29, 2021.
- Web site: Mar 29, 2021. 2021 MEN'S, WOMEN'S, AND MIXED DOUBLES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. Mar 29, 2021. USA Curling.
- News: Haskells win U.S. Mixed Doubles . The Bemidji Pioneer . Bemidji, MN . English . 2007-12-11 . 2019-03-05.
- News: Clarks win mixed doubles . Grand Forks Herald . Two Harbors, MN . English . 2008-12-09 . 2019-03-05 .
- News: Seattle's Vukich and Calcagno win 2010 U.S. Mixed Doubles Championship . English . USA Curling . 2009-12-06 . 2019-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043226/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2009/December/06/Seattle-s-Vukich-and-Calcagno-win-2010-U-S-Mixed-Doubles-Championship . 2019-03-06 .
- News: Seattle's Clark rink wins second mixed doubles title . English . USA Curling . 2010-12-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043256/https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-Seattles-Clark-rink-wins-second-mixed-doubles-title . dead . March 6, 2019 . 2019-03-05.
- News: Seattle's Clark rink wins 2012 USA Curling Mixed Doubles title . English . USA Curling . 2011-12-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043222/https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-Seattles-Clark-rink-wins-2012-USA-Curling-Mixed-Doubles-title . dead . March 6, 2019 . 2019-03-05.
- News: Kolesar . Terry L. . Stolts set to represent U.S. at World Mixed Doubles . United States Curling News . 14 . English . USA Curling . Spring 2013 . 2019-03-05.
- News: Kolesar . Terry . Meechai and Gebauer win 2014 mixed doubles national title . English . USA Curling . 2013-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140205030633/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2013/December/10/Meechai-and-Gebauer-win-2014-mixed-doubles-national-title . dead . February 5, 2014 . 2019-03-05.
- News: Paulseth . Andrea . 2014 US Mixed Doubles National Championship . VolumeOne . Eau Claire, WI . English . 2014-12-07 . 2019-03-05.
- News: Davis . Terry L. . Final day of Mixed Doubles Championship underway in Denver . English . USA Curling . 2015-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151210030218/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2015/December/07/Final-day-of-Mixed-Doubles-Championship-underway-in-Denver . dead . December 10, 2015 . 2019-03-05.
- News: Davis . Terry L. . Hamilton siblings capture 2017 Mixed Doubles National Championship title . English . USA Curling . 2017-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180208201124/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2017/March/05/Hamilton-siblings-capture-2017-Mixed-Doubles-National-Championship-title . dead . February 8, 2018 . 2019-03-05.
- News: Davis . Terry L. . Anderson and Dropkin capture 2018 Mixed Doubles title . English . USA Curling . 2018-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043658/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2018/January/21/Anderson-and-Dropkin-capture-2018-MIxed-Doubles-title . dead . March 6, 2019 . 2019-03-05.
- News: Davis . Terry L. . Christensen and Shuster win mixed doubles national title . English . USA Curling . 2019-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190304022124/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2019/March/03/Christensen-and-Shuster-win-mixed-doubles-national-title . dead . March 4, 2019 . 2019-03-05.
- News: PERSINGER/PLYS WIN 2021 U.S. MIXED DOUBLES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. USA Curling. May 23, 2021. May 27, 2021.
- Web site: 2022 Mixed Doubles National Championship: March 8-13, 2022, in Middleton, Wis.. USA Curling. March 11, 2022.
- Web site: Mixed Doubles National Championship: Champions . https://web.archive.org/web/20181202023204/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Events/Championships-microsite/Inside-the-Championships/National-Championship-Events/Mixed-Doubles-Championship/Mixed-Doubles/Champions . dead . December 2, 2018 . 2019 . USA Curling . 2019-03-05.