Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

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

Curling
at the III Winter Youth Olympic Games
VenuePalladium de Champéry
Dates10–22 January
Competitors96 from 24 nations
Preparation of the ice
Athletes and staff watching the games
Music performance as part of the fringe events

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

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
– Mixed-NOCs1113
1 Norway1001
2 Japan0101
3 Russia0011
Totals (3 nations)2226

Events
Games Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed team
  Norway
Lukas Høstmælingen
Grunde Buraas
Nora Østgård
Ingeborg Forbregd		  Japan
Takumi Maeda
Momoha Tabata
Asei Nakahara
Mina Kobayashi		  Russia
Valeriia Denisenko
Mikhail Vlasenko
Alina Fakhurtdinova
Nikolai Lysakov
Mixed doubles
  Mixed-NOCs
 Laura Nagy (HUN)
 Nathan Young (CAN)		  Mixed-NOCs
 Chana Beitone (FRA)
 Nikolai Lysakov (RUS)		  Mixed-NOCs
 Pei Junhang (CHN)
 Vít Chabičovský (CZE)
  • Mixed Team Medal Ceremony (from left to right): Japan, Norway, Russia

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
EventsDateVenue
2018 World Junior B Curling ChampionshipsJanuary 3–10 Lohja
2018 World Junior Curling ChampionshipsMarch 3–10 Aberdeen
2019 World Junior-B Curling ChampionshipsJanuary 2–10 Lohja
2019 World Junior Curling ChampionshipsFebruary 16–23 Liverpool

Qualification summary

Summary
RegionVacanciesQualified
Host Nation 1  Switzerland
Asia 3  China
 South Korea
 Japan
Europe 8  Norway
 Sweden
 Great Britain
 Russia
 Germany
 Italy
 Turkey
 Hungary
North America 2  Canada
 United States
Oceania 1  New Zealand
South America 1  Brazil
Men's junior world ranking 4  Spain
 Latvia
 France
 Slovenia
Women's junior world ranking 4  Czech Republic
 Poland
 Estonia
 Denmark
TOTAL24

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