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World Curling Championships
SportCurling
Founded1959 (men)
1979 (women)
2002 (mixed wheelchair)
2008 (mixed doubles)
2016 (mixed)
2022 (mixed doubles wheelchair)
No. of teams13
Most recent
champion(s)
 Sweden (men)
 Canada (women)
 Norway (mixed wheelchair)
 Sweden (mixed doubles)
 Sweden (mixed)
 South Korea (mixed doubles wheelchair)
Most titles Canada (men: 36 titles)
 Canada (women: 18 titles)

The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's and women's versions of junior and senior championships. There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's started in 1979. The mixed doubles championship was started in 2008. Since 2005, the men's and women's championships have been held in different venues, with Canada hosting one of the two championships every year: the men's championship in odd years, and the women's championship in even years. Canada has dominated both the men's and women's championships since their inception, although Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany (West Germany), Scotland, the United States, Norway and China have all won at least one championship.

History

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The World Curling Championships began in 1959 as the Scotch Cup. The Scotch Cup was created by Toronto public relations executive and former sports journalist Stanley D. Houston on behalf of the Scotch Whisky Association, a client of Houston's agency Public Relations Services Limited, which was looking to generate increased North American exposure for its products.[citation needed] The first three Cups were contested between men's teams from Scotland and Canada. The United States joined the Scotch Cup in 1961, and Sweden also joined the next year. Canada won the first six world titles, of which the legendary rink skipped by Ernie Richardson earned four. The United States was the first country to break Canada's streak, winning their first world title in 1965. By 1967, Norway, Switzerland, France, and Germany were added to the Scotch Cup, and Scotland won their first title, while Canada finished without a medal for the first time. The tournament was renamed the Air Canada Silver Broom the year after that, and Canada strung together five consecutive world titles starting in that year.

In 1973, the competing field was expanded to ten teams, and Italy and Denmark were introduced to the world stage. Sweden, Switzerland, and Norway won their first titles in the following years, and Canada continued to win medals of all colours. In 1979, the first edition of the women's World Curling Championships was held. The championships were held separately from the men's championships for the first ten years. During this time, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany won world titles.

Bronze medals were not awarded until 1985 for the women's tournament and 1986 for the men's tournament. Between 1989 and 1994, the bronze medal was shared by the semifinals losers.

Beginning in 1989, the men's and women's championships were held together. Norway won their first world women's title. In 1995, Ford Canada and the World Curling Federation reached an agreement to make Ford the sponsor of the World Curling Championships. Japan, the first nation from Asia to compete in the worlds, made their debut in 1990 at the women's championship, and later in 2000 at the men's championship. South Korea and China followed suit in the 2000s. Scotland won their first women's title in 2002, and the United States won their first women's title the next year.

In 2005, the men's and women's championships were separated, and an agreement was made between the World Curling Federation and the Canadian Curling Association that Canada would host one of the tournaments annually each year, all of which are title sponsored by Ford of Canada. Canada began a streak of top two finishes in the men's tournament, and China won their first world title in the women's tournament in 2009.

In 2008, a world championship for mixed doubles curling was created. Switzerland won the first world mixed doubles title, and proceeded to win four of the first five titles. Russia and Hungary won their first world curling titles in the mixed doubles championship, and New Zealand, France, Austria, and the Czech Republic won their first world curling medals.

In 2015, a world championship for mixed curling was created, replacing the European Mixed Curling Championship and supplanting the European Mixed and Canadian Mixed curling championships as the highest level of mixed curling in the world.[1]

In 2019, the World Qualification Event was introduced, to qualify the final two teams in the men's and women's championships.[2] A mixed doubles qualification event will also be added in the 2019–20 curling season, qualifying the final four teams of the twenty-team mixed doubles championship.[3]

In 2020, the men's, women's and mixed doubles championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6]

Tournament names

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The World Curling Championships have been known by a number of different names over the years.

Men

  • 1959–1967: Scotch Cup
  • 1968–1985: Air Canada Silver Broom
  • 1986–1988: IOC President's Cup (Hexagon)
  • 1989–1990: WCF Championships
  • 1991–1992: Canada Safeway World Curling Championship
  • 1993–1994: WCF Championships
  • 1995–2004: Ford World Curling Championship
  • 2005–2017: Ford World Men's Curling Championship (odd years)
  • 2006–2018: World Men's Curling Championship (even years)
  • 2019: Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship
  • 2020–present: LGT World Men's Curling Championship (even years)
  • 2021–present: BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship (odd years)

Women

  • 1979–1981: Royal Bank of Scotland World Curling Championships
  • 1982: World Curling Championships
  • 1983: Pioneer Life World Curling Championships
  • 1984: World Curling Championships
  • 1985: H&M World Curling Championships
  • 1986–1990: World Curling Championships
  • 1991–1992: Canada Safeway World Curling Championships
  • 1993–1994: World Curling Championships
  • 1995–2004: Ford World Curling Championships
  • 2005–2017: World Women's Curling Championship (odd years)
  • 2006–2018: Ford World Women's Curling Championship (even years)
  • 2019–present: LGT World Women's Curling Championship (odd years)
  • 2022–present: BKT Tires & OK Tire World Women's Curling Championship (even years)

Competition format

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The first two world championships, held as competitions between Scotland and Canada, were held as five-game series between the two nations. Upon the addition of the United States in 1961, the format was changed to a double round robin preliminary round with a three-team knockout round at the conclusion of the round robin. The knockout round was removed for the next two championships. With the addition of more teams, a single round robin preliminary round with a four-team knockout round was implemented in 1971. The championships occurring from 1968 to 1970 included three-team knockout rounds instead of four-team knockout rounds. The knockout round format was adjusted from single-elimination to the Page playoff system in 2005.

In the championships held from 1971 to 1985, third place was awarded to either the team that lost in the semifinal of a three-team knockout round or the higher-seeded team among the losing teams of a four-team knockout round. A bronze medal game was added to the knockout round in 1986, but bronze medal games were not held from 1989 to 1994, during which bronze medals were awarded to the teams that lost in the semifinals.

Until 2017 format of the world championships used a twelve team round-robin preliminary round, after which the top four teams advance to a knockout round held using the Page playoff system.

Starting in 2018 there are 13 teams playing round-robin preliminary round with top six advancing to a single-elimination knockout with top two receiving bye to the semifinals.[7] This includes two teams from the Americas zone, eight from the European zone (via the European Curling Championships) and three from the Asia-Pacific zone (via the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships). For 2019, the number of teams from the Asia-Pacific zone will be reduced by one, and there will also be one less team from the zone of the bottom-placed team at the 2018 championships.[8] The two slots will be allocated to teams from the new World Qualification Event. The qualification event will have eight teams: the host country, one team from the Americas, two from Pacific-Asia, and four from Europe.

Championships

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Men

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 4th place
1959 Scotland Edinburgh, Falkirk, Perth  Canada  Scotland no other competitors
1960 Scotland Ayr, Edinburgh, Glasgow  Canada (2)  Scotland no other competitors
1961 Scotland Ayr, Edinburgh, Kirkcaldy, Perth  Canada (3)  Scotland  United States no other competitors
1962 Scotland Edinburgh, Falkirk  Canada (4)  United States  Scotland  Sweden
1963 Scotland Perth  Canada (5)  Scotland  United States  Sweden
1964 Canada Calgary  Canada (6)  Scotland  United States  Sweden
1965 Scotland Perth  United States  Canada  Sweden  Scotland
1966 Canada Vancouver  Canada (7)  Scotland  United States  Sweden
1967 Scotland Perth  Scotland  Sweden  United States  Canada
1968 Canada Pointe-Claire  Canada (8)  Scotland  United States  Sweden
1969 Scotland Perth  Canada (9)  United States  Scotland  Sweden
1970 United States Utica  Canada (10)  Scotland  Sweden  United States
1971 France Megève  Canada (11)  Scotland  United States   Switzerland
1972 West Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen  Canada (12)  United States  West Germany  Scotland
1973 Canada Regina  Sweden  Canada  France  Scotland
1974 Switzerland Bern  United States (2)  Sweden   Switzerland  Canada
1975 Scotland Perth   Switzerland  United States  Canada  Sweden
1976 United States Duluth  United States (3)  Scotland   Switzerland  Sweden
1977 Sweden Karlstad  Sweden (2)  Canada  Scotland  United States
1978 Canada Winnipeg  United States (4)  Norway  Canada  Sweden
1979 Switzerland Bern  Norway   Switzerland  Canada  West Germany
1980 Canada Moncton  Canada (13)  Norway   Switzerland  Sweden
1981 Canada London   Switzerland (2)  United States  Canada  Norway
1982 West Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen  Canada (14)   Switzerland  West Germany  Sweden
1983 Canada Regina  Canada (15)  West Germany  Norway  Sweden
1984 United States Duluth  Norway (2)   Switzerland  Sweden  Canada
1985 Scotland Glasgow  Canada (16)  Sweden  Denmark  United States
1986 Canada Toronto  Canada (17)  Scotland  United States  Sweden
1987 Canada Vancouver  Canada (18)  West Germany  Norway  Denmark
1988 Switzerland Lausanne  Norway (3)  Canada  Scotland   Switzerland
1989 United States Milwaukee  Canada (19)   Switzerland  Norway
 Sweden
1990 Sweden Västerås  Canada (20)  Scotland  Denmark
 Sweden
1991 Canada Winnipeg  Scotland (2)  Canada  Norway
 United States
1992 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen   Switzerland (3)  Scotland  Canada
 United States
1993 Switzerland Geneva  Canada (21)  Scotland   Switzerland
 United States
1994 Germany Oberstdorf  Canada (22)  Sweden  Germany
  Switzerland
1995 Canada Brandon  Canada (23)  Scotland  Germany  United States
1996 Canada Hamilton  Canada (24)  Scotland   Switzerland  Norway
1997 Switzerland Bern  Sweden (3)  Germany  Scotland  Canada
1998 Canada Kamloops  Canada (25)  Sweden  Finland  Scotland
1999 Canada Saint John  Scotland (3)  Canada   Switzerland  United States
2000 Scotland Glasgow  Canada (26)  Sweden  Finland  United States
2001 Switzerland Lausanne  Sweden (4)   Switzerland  Norway  Canada
2002 United States Bismarck  Canada (27)  Norway  Scotland  United States
2003 Canada Winnipeg  Canada (28)   Switzerland  Norway  Finland
2004 Sweden Gävle  Sweden (5)  Germany  Canada  Norway
2005 Canada Victoria  Canada (29)  Scotland  Germany  Norway
2006 United States Lowell  Scotland (4)  Canada  Norway  United States
2007 Canada Edmonton  Canada (30)  Germany  United States   Switzerland
2008 United States Grand Forks  Canada (31)  Scotland  Norway  China
2009 Canada Moncton  Scotland (5)  Canada  Norway   Switzerland
2010 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo  Canada (32)  Norway  Scotland  United States
2011 Canada Regina  Canada (33)  Scotland  Sweden  Norway
2012 Switzerland Basel  Canada (34)  Scotland  Sweden  Norway
2013 Canada Victoria[9][10]  Sweden (6)  Canada  Scotland  Denmark
2014 China Beijing  Norway (4)  Sweden   Switzerland  Canada
2015 Canada Halifax  Sweden (7)  Norway  Canada  Finland
2016 Switzerland Basel[11]  Canada (35)  Denmark  United States  Japan
2017 Canada Edmonton[12]  Canada (36)  Sweden   Switzerland  United States
2018 United States Paradise[13]  Sweden (8)  Canada  Scotland  South Korea
2019 Canada Lethbridge[14]  Sweden (9)  Canada   Switzerland  Japan
2020 Scotland Glasgow[15] Cancelled[16][17]
2021 Canada Calgary[18]  Sweden (10)  Scotland   Switzerland RCF
2022 United States Paradise[19]  Sweden (11)  Canada  Italy  United States
2023 Canada Ottawa[20]  Scotland (6)  Canada   Switzerland  Italy
2024 Switzerland Schaffhausen[21]  Sweden (12)  Canada  Italy  Scotland
2025 Canada Moose Jaw[22] Future event

Women

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 4th place
1979 Scotland Perth   Switzerland  Sweden  Canada
 Scotland
1980 Scotland Perth  Canada  Sweden  Scotland  United States
1981 Scotland Perth  Sweden  Canada  Norway   Switzerland
1982 Switzerland Geneva  Denmark  Sweden  Scotland  Norway
1983 Canada Moose Jaw   Switzerland (2)  Norway  Canada  Sweden
1984 Scotland Perth  Canada (2)   Switzerland  West Germany  Norway
1985 Sweden Jönköping  Canada (3)  Scotland   Switzerland  Sweden
1986 Canada Kelowna  Canada (4)  West Germany  Sweden  Scotland
1987 United States Chicago  Canada (5)  West Germany   Switzerland  Norway
1988 Scotland Glasgow  West Germany  Canada  Sweden  Norway
1989 United States Milwaukee  Canada (6)  Norway  Sweden
 West Germany
1990 Sweden Västerås  Norway  Scotland  Canada
 Denmark
1991 Canada Winnipeg  Norway (2)  Canada  Scotland
 Sweden
1992 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen  Sweden (2)  United States  Canada
  Switzerland
1993 Switzerland Geneva  Canada (7)  Germany  Norway
 Sweden
1994 Germany Oberstdorf  Canada (8)  Scotland  Germany
 Sweden
1995 Canada Brandon  Sweden (3)  Canada  Norway  Germany
1996 Canada Hamilton  Canada (9)  United States  Norway  Germany
1997 Switzerland Bern  Canada (10)  Norway  Denmark  Japan
1998 Canada Kamloops  Sweden (4)  Denmark  Canada  Norway
1999 Canada Saint John  Sweden (5)  United States  Denmark  Norway
2000 Scotland Glasgow  Canada (11)   Switzerland  Norway  Scotland
2001 Switzerland Lausanne  Canada (12)  Sweden  Denmark  Scotland
2002 United States Bismarck  Scotland  Sweden  Norway  Canada
2003 Canada Winnipeg  United States  Canada  Sweden  Norway
2004 Sweden Gävle  Canada (13)  Norway   Switzerland  United States
2005 Scotland Paisley  Sweden (6)  United States  Norway  Canada
2006 Canada Grande Prairie  Sweden (7)  United States  Canada  Germany
2007 Japan Aomori  Canada (14)  Denmark  Scotland  United States
2008 Canada Vernon  Canada (15)  China   Switzerland  Japan
2009 South Korea Gangneung  China  Sweden  Denmark  Canada
2010 Canada Swift Current  Germany (2)  Scotland  Canada  Sweden
2011 Denmark Esbjerg  Sweden (8)  Canada  China  Denmark
2012 Canada Lethbridge[23]   Switzerland (3)  Sweden  Canada  South Korea
2013 Latvia Riga[24]  Scotland (2)  Sweden  Canada  United States
2014 Canada Saint John   Switzerland (4)  Canada  Russia  South Korea
2015 Japan Sapporo[25]   Switzerland (5)  Canada  Russia  Scotland
2016 Canada Swift Current[26]   Switzerland (6)  Japan  Russia  Canada
2017 China Beijing[27]  Canada (16)  Russia  Scotland  Sweden
2018 Canada North Bay[28]  Canada (17)  Sweden  Russia  United States
2019 Denmark Silkeborg[29]   Switzerland (7)  Sweden  South Korea  Japan
2020 Canada Prince George[30] Cancelled[31][32]
2021 Canada Calgary   Switzerland (8) RCF  United States  Sweden
2022 Canada Prince George[33]   Switzerland (9)  South Korea  Canada  Sweden
2023 Sweden Sandviken[34]  Switzerland (10)  Norway  Canada  Sweden
2024 Canada Sydney[35]  Canada (18)  Switzerland  South Korea  Italy
2025 South Korea Uijeongbu[36] Future event

Mixed

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 4th place
2015 Switzerland Bern  Norway  Sweden  China  Russia
2016 Russia Kazan[37]  Russia  Sweden  Scotland  South Korea
2017 Switzerland Champéry[38]  Scotland  Canada  Czech Republic  Norway
2018 Canada Kelowna  Canada  Spain  Russia  Norway
2019 Scotland Aberdeen  Canada (2)  Germany  Norway  South Korea
2020 Scotland Aberdeen Cancelled[39]
2021 Scotland Aberdeen Cancelled[40]
2022 Scotland Aberdeen[41]  Canada (3)  Scotland   Switzerland  Sweden
2023 Scotland Aberdeen[42]  Sweden  Spain  Canada  Norway
2024 Scotland Aberdeen  Sweden (2)  Japan   Switzerland  Spain
2025 Not Held Not Held

Mixed doubles

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 4th place
2008 Finland Vierumäki   Switzerland  Finland  Sweden  Norway
2009 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo   Switzerland (2)  Hungary  Canada  China
2010 Russia Chelyabinsk  Russia  New Zealand  China  Spain
2011 United States Saint Paul   Switzerland (3)  Russia  France  Sweden
2012 Turkey Erzurum[43]   Switzerland (4)  Sweden  Austria  United States
2013 Canada Fredericton[44]  Hungary  Sweden  Czech Republic  Norway
2014 Scotland Dumfries[45]   Switzerland (5)  Sweden  Spain  Hungary
2015 Russia Sochi[46]  Hungary (2)  Sweden  Norway  Canada
2016 Sweden Karlstad[47]  Russia (2)  China  United States  Scotland
2017 Canada Lethbridge[48]   Switzerland (6)  Canada  China  Czech Republic
2018 Sweden Östersund   Switzerland (7)  Russia  Canada  South Korea
2019 Norway Stavanger  Sweden  Canada  United States  Australia
2020 Canada Kelowna Cancelled
2021 Scotland Aberdeen  Scotland  Norway  Sweden  Canada
2022 Switzerland Geneva  Scotland (2)   Switzerland  Germany  Norway
2023 South Korea Gangneung  United States  Japan  Norway  Canada
2024 Sweden Östersund  Sweden (2)  Estonia  Norway   Switzerland
2025 Canada Fredericton

Wheelchair mixed team

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 4th place
2002 Switzerland Sursee   Switzerland  Canada  Scotland  Sweden
2004 Switzerland Sursee  Scotland   Switzerland  Canada  England
2005 Scotland Braehead  Scotland (2)  Denmark   Switzerland  Sweden
2007 Sweden Sollefteå  Norway   Switzerland  Scotland  Canada
2008 Switzerland Sursee  Norway (2)  South Korea  United States  Canada
2009 Canada Vancouver  Canada  Sweden  Germany  United States
2011 Czech Republic Prague  Canada (2)  Scotland  Norway  Russia
2012 South Korea Chuncheon  Russia  South Korea  China  Slovakia
2013 Russia Sochi  Canada (3)  Sweden  China  United States
2015 Finland Lohja[49]  Russia (2)  China  Finland  Slovakia
2016 Switzerland Lucerne[50]  Russia (3)  Norway  South Korea   Switzerland
2017 South Korea Gangneung[51]  Norway (3)  Russia  Scotland  China
2019 Scotland Stirling[52]  China  Scotland  South Korea  Norway
2020 Switzerland Wetzikon[53]  Russia (4)  Canada  Sweden  China
2021 China Beijing[54]  China (2)  Sweden RCF  United States
2023 Canada Richmond[55]  China (3)  Canada  Scotland  Sweden
2024 South Korea Gangneung[56]  Norway (4)  Canada  China  Sweden
2025 Scotland Stevenson[57] Future event

Wheelchair mixed doubles

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 4th place
2022 Finland Lohja[58]  Sweden  Hungary  Norway  Italy
2023 Canada Richmond[55]  Latvia  United States  Canada  China
2024 South Korea Gangneung[56]  South Korea  China  Italy  Japan
2025 Scotland Stevenson[57] Future event

All-time medal table

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As of 2024 World Mixed Championship

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada602923112
2 Sweden25271769
3 Switzerland21122053
4 Scotland13282061
5 Norway11122245
6 Russia75618
7 United States6111734
8 China44715
9 Germany291021
10 Hungary2204
11 Denmark14712
12 South Korea1348
13 Latvia1001
14 Japan0303
15 Spain0213
16 Finland0134
17 Estonia0101
 New Zealand0101
19 Italy0033
20 Czech Republic0022
 France0022
22 Austria0011
Totals (22 entries)154154165473

National championships

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Men

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Women

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See also

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References

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