2020 World Qualification Event

The 2020 World Qualification Event for the World Curling Championships was held from January 13 to 18 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.[1] The competition consisted of sixteen teams divided evenly into men's and women's divisions. The top two teams in the men's division qualified to compete at the 2020 World Men's Championship and similarly the top two teams in the women's division qualified to compete at the 2020 World Women's Championship. China and Russia qualified in the men's division and South Korea and Italy qualified in the women's division.

2020 World Qualification Event
2020 World Qualification Event
Host cityLohja, Finland
ArenaKisakallio Sports Institute
DatesJanuary 13-18
Men's winner China
SkipZou Qiang
ThirdTian Jiafeng
SecondWang Zhiyu
LeadXu Jingtao
AlternateHan Peng
Finalist Russia
Women's winner South Korea
SkipGim Un-chi
ThirdUm Min-ji
SecondKim Su-ji
LeadSeol Ye-eun
AlternateSeol Ye-ji
Finalist Italy
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Men edit

Qualification edit

Eight men's teams will qualify to participate in the 2020 World Qualification Event, through the following methods:[1]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Finland
2019 Americas Challenge 1   Mexico
2019 European Curling Championships 4   Russia
  England
  Czech Republic
  Poland
2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2   Japan
  China
TOTAL 8

Teams edit

  China   Czech Republic   England   Finland

Skip: Zou Qiang
Third: Tian Jiafeng
Second: Wang Zhiyu
Lead: Xu Jingtao
Alternate: Han Peng

Skip: Lukáš Klíma
Third: Marek Černovský
Second: Jiří Candra
Lead: Samuel Mokriš
Alternate: Radek Boháč

Skip: Andrew Reed
Third: Andrew Woolston
Second: Scott Gibson
Lead: Fraser Clark
Alternate: Thomas Jaeggi

Fourth: Jere Sullanmä
Third: Jason Moore
Second: Iikko Santti
Skip: Jermu Pöllänen
Alternate: Melker Lundberg

  Japan   Mexico   Poland   Russia

Skip: Yuta Matsumura
Third: Tetsuro Shimizu
Second: Yasumasa Tanida
Lead: Shinya Abe
Alternate: Kosuke Aita

Skip: Diego Tompkins
Third: Ramy Cohen Masri
Second: Ismael Abreu
Lead: Mateo Tompkins
Alternate: Ezra Cohen Ezban

Skip: Borys Jasiecki
Third: Konrad Stych
Second: Krzysztof Domin
Lead: Bartosz Łobaza
Alternate: Kasper Knebloch

Skip: Sergey Glukhov
Third: Dmitry Mironov
Second: Evgeny Klimov
Lead: Anton Kalalb
Alternate: Aleksey Tuzov

Round-robin standings edit

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L DSC
  China Zou Qiang 6 1 49.01
  Russia Sergey Glukhov 5 2 1–0 42.52
  Japan Yuta Matsumura 5 2 0–1 17.36
  Finland Jermu Pöllänen 4 3 39.43
  Czech Republic Lukáš Klíma 3 4 1–0 43.32
  Poland Borys Jasiecki 3 4 0–1 39.66
  England Andrew Reed 2 5 43.72
  Mexico Diego Tompkins 0 7 89.28

Round-robin results edit

All draws are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).[2]

Draw 1 edit

Monday, January 13, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  China (Zou) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X X X 3
  Finland (Pöllänen)   3 0 2 1 1 1 0 X X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mexico (Tompkins) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
  Poland (Jasiecki)   2 1 0 3 2 0 4 X X X 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Matsumura)   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
  Russia (Glukhov) 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  England (Reed)   0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 X 5

Draw 2 edit

Tuesday, January 14, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X X 4
  Russia (Glukhov) 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 3 X X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  England (Reed) 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X X 2
  Japan (Matsumura)   2 1 0 3 0 2 X X X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  China (Zou)   3 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 X X 11
  Mexico (Tompkins) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 X X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Finland (Pöllänen)   1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7
  Poland (Jasiecki) 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 8

Draw 3 edit

Wednesday, January 15, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  England (Reed)   1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 5
  Poland (Jasiecki) 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  China (Zou) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7
  Russia (Glukhov)   0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Pöllänen)   1 0 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 X 10
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Matsumura)   2 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 X X 9
  Mexico (Tompkins) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2

Draw 4 edit

Wednesday, January 15, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Pöllänen)   3 2 2 1 1 4 X X X X 13
  Mexico (Tompkins) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Russia (Glukhov) 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 X 10
  England (Reed)   1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X X 3
  Japan (Matsumura)   0 1 0 3 2 0 4 X X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Poland (Jasiecki)   1 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 6
  China (Zou) 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 4 X 11

Draw 5 edit

Thursday, January 16, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Matsumura)   0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5
  China (Zou) 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Poland (Jasiecki)   1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 8
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  England (Reed)   3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 X 9
  Finland (Pöllänen) 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mexico (Tompkins) 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 7
  Russia (Glukhov)   1 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 4 X 15

Draw 6 edit

Friday, January 17, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mexico (Tompkins) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X X 1
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   2 2 1 0 1 4 X X X X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Matsumura)   1 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 4 X 12
  Finland (Pöllänen) 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Russia (Glukhov) 0 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 X 11
  Poland (Jasiecki)   1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  China (Zou) 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 8
  England (Reed)   1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 7

Draw 7 edit

Friday, January 17, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Poland (Jasiecki) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3
  Japan (Matsumura)   1 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7
  China (Zou)   2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mexico (Tompkins) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
  England (Reed)   2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Russia (Glukhov)   4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 7
  Finland (Pöllänen) 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 4 X 12

Playoffs edit

1 vs. 2Second place gameQualify for World Championship
1  China10  China
2  Russia5  Russia
2  Russia8
3  Japan7

1 vs. 2 edit

Saturday, January 18, 09:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  China (Zou)   1 0 2 3 0 0 0 4 X X 10
  Russia (Glukhov) 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 X X 5

Winner qualifies for 2020 World Men's Curling Championship.

Loser drops to second place game.

Second place game edit

Saturday, January 18, 14:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Russia (Glukhov)   0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 8
  Japan (Matsumura) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 7

Winner qualifies for 2020 World Men's Curling Championship.

Women edit

Qualification edit

Eight women's teams will qualify to participate in the 2020 World Qualification Event, through the following methods:[1]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Finland
2019 Americas Challenge 1   Mexico
2019 European Curling Championships 4   Estonia
  Norway
  Italy
  Turkey
2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2[3]   South Korea
  Hong Kong
  Chinese Taipei
  Australia
TOTAL 8
Notes

Crossed-out teams qualified for this event on merit, but later withdrew and were replaced by the next highest ranking team.

Teams edit

  Australia   Estonia   Finland   Italy

Skip: Lauren Wagner
Third: Jennifer Westhagen
Second: Kristen Tsourlenes
Lead: Carlee Millikin

Skip: Marie Turmann
Third: Liisa Turmann
Second: Heili Grossmann
Lead: Erika Tuvike

Skip: Elina Virtaala
Third: Miia Turto
Second: Janina Lindström
Lead: Tuuli Rissanen
Alternate: Marjo Hippi

Skip: Veronica Zappone
Third: Stefania Constantini
Second: Angela Romei
Lead: Giulia Zardini Lacedelli
Alternate: Elena Dami

  South Korea   Mexico   Norway   Turkey

Skip: Gim Un-chi
Third: Um Min-ji
Second: Kim Su-ji
Lead: Seol Ye-eun
Alternate: Seol Ye-ji

Skip: Adriana Camarena Osorno
Third: Angélica Pérez Anzures
Second: Estefana Quintero Torres
Lead: Monica Tompkins

Skip: Marianne Rørvik
Third: Eli Skaslien
Second: Pia Trulsen
Lead: Jennifer Cunningham

Skip: Dilşat Yıldız
Third: Öznur Polat
Second: Semiha Konuksever
Lead: Mihriban Polat

Round-robin standings edit

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L DSC
  South Korea Gim Un-chi 7 0 50.14
  Italy Veronica Zappone 6 1 76.20
  Turkey Dilşat Yıldız 4 3 1–1 46.91
  Estonia Marie Turmann 4 3 1–1 69.56
  Norway Marianne Rørvik 4 3 1–1 80.21
  Finland Elina Virtaala 2 5 93.06
  Australia Lauren Wagner 1 6 90.68
  Mexico Adriana Camarena Osorno 0 7 104.42

Round-robin results edit

All draws are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).[2]

Draw 1 edit

Monday, January 13, 15:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Zappone) 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 X 8
  Estonia (Turmann)   0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Gim) 1 1 0 2 3 0 2 3 X X 12
  Finland (Virtaala)   0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Turkey (Yıldız) 0 2 0 1 3 1 3 3 X X 13
  Australia (Wagner)   3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mexico (Camarena Osorno) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3
  Norway (Rørvik)   2 0 2 0 5 0 0 X X X 9

Draw 2 edit

Tuesday, January 14, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mexico (Camarena Osorno) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1
  Finland (Virtaala)   1 3 1 0 2 2 2 X X X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Zappone)   1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 X 7
  Australia (Wagner) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Estonia (Turmann)   0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
  Norway (Rørvik) 1 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Turkey (Yıldız) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
  South Korea (Gim)   0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7

Draw 3 edit

Tuesday, January 14, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Rørvik)   0 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 X X 11
  Australia (Wagner) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mexico (Camarena Osorno) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
  Turkey (Yıldız)   2 1 1 0 2 0 4 X X X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Zappone) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 5
  South Korea (Gim)   2 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Estonia (Turmann)   3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 9
  Finland (Virtaala) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 5

Draw 4 edit

Wednesday, January 15, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Turkey (Yıldız)   1 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X 2
  Italy (Zappone) 0 4 4 1 0 2 X X X X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Virtaala) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 6
  Norway (Rørvik)   0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Mexico (Camarena Osorno) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1
  Estonia (Turmann)   2 2 0 0 4 1 X X X X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Gim)   4 4 0 1 3 1 X X X X 13
  Australia (Wagner) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1

Draw 5 edit

Thursday, January 16, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Estonia (Turmann) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
  South Korea (Gim)   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Australia (Wagner) 0 5 1 3 1 0 0 4 X X 14
  Mexico (Camarena Osorno)   2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Rørvik) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 3
  Turkey (Yıldız)   2 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Virtaala) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6
  Italy (Zappone)   1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 8

Draw 6 edit

Thursday, January 16, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Virtaala) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X 4
  Turkey (Yıldız)   2 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 X X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Rørvik) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
  Italy (Zappone)   0 1 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Gim)   4 1 1 5 0 4 X X X X 15
  Mexico (Camarena Osorno) 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Australia (Wagner)   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 2
  Estonia (Turmann) 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 4 X X 9

Draw 7 edit

Friday, January 17, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Gim) 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 X 8
  Norway (Rørvik)   0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Turkey (Yıldız)   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
  Estonia (Turmann) 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Australia (Wagner) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 X 5
  Finland (Virtaala)   0 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 6 X 13
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Zappone) 0 4 1 4 0 1 1 X X X 11
  Mexico (Camarena Osorno)   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2

Playoffs edit

1 vs. 2Second place gameQualify for World Championship
1  South Korea6  South Korea
2  Italy5  Italy
2  Italy8
3  Turkey4

1 vs. 2 edit

Saturday, January 18, 09:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Gim)   1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6
  Italy (Zappone) 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5

Winner qualifies for 2020 World Women's Curling Championship.

Loser drops to second place game.

Second place game edit

Saturday, January 18, 14:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Zappone)   1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 8
  Turkey (Yıldız) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4

Winner qualifies for 2020 World Women's Curling Championship.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "World Qualification Event 2020". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  2. ^ a b "Schedule". World Curling Federation. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "World Qualification Event 2020".