The 2020 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship presented by Nature's Bounty for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be held from March 14 to 22 at the CN Centre in Prince George, Canada.[1][2] On March 12, 2020, following the recommendations of Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]
| 2020 World Women's Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Prince George, Canada |
| Arena | CN Centre |
| Dates | March 14–22 (cancelled) |
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The event was set to be the first event to start gathering points towards the 2022 Winter Olympic Qualification.[5] Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear.
Qualification edit
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship:[6]
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 |  Canada
|
| 2019 Americas Challenge | 1 |  United States
|
| 2019 European Curling Championships | 7[7] |  Sweden  Scotland  Switzerland  Russia  Germany  Czech Republic  Denmark
|
| 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships | 2[8] |  China  Japan
|
| 2020 World Qualification Event | 2 |  South Korea  Italy
|
| TOTAL | 13 |
World Ranking edit
The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.[9]
| Member Associations | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden |
1 | 81.569 |
| South Korea |
2 | 65.907 |
| Canada |
3 | 63.382 |
| Switzerland |
4 | 59.559 |
| Japan |
5 | 56.520 |
| Russia |
6 | 55.588 |
| Scotland |
7 | 50.098 |
| United States |
8 | 45.441 |
| China |
9 | 40.147 |
| Denmark |
10 | 27.059 |
| Czech Republic |
11 | 19.593 |
| Germany |
12 | 19.338 |
| Italy |
13 | 13.284 |
Teams edit
The teams were to be:[10]
WCT ranking edit
Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.[11]
| Nation (Skip) | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden (Hasselborg) |
1 | 467.461 |
| Canada (Einarson) |
2 | 420.070 |
| Japan (Fujisawa) |
4 | 342.872 |
| Switzerland (Stern) |
6 | 333.591 |
| Scotland (Muirhead) |
9 | 283.984 |
| United States (Peterson) |
10 | 245.428 |
| Russia (Kovaleva) |
12 | 237.658 |
| South Korea (Gim) |
17 | 194.967 |
| China (Han) |
26 | 149.539 |
| Germany (Jentsch) |
30 | 135.678 |
| Italy (Zappone) |
76 | 46.404 |
| Czech Republic (Kubešková) |
79 | 45.753 |
| Denmark (Halse) |
148 | 12.838 |
National playdowns edit
References edit
- ^ "Prince George, Canada to host World Women's Curling Championship 2020". World Curling Federation. 5 February 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ "Official Site". Curling Canada. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "Event Info". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ "Qualification Rules (Page 55 & 56)" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- ^ "European Qualifiers". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ "Pacific-Asia Qualifiers". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on October 13, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ "World Rankings - women". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
- ^ "Teams". Curling Canada. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ^ "WCT ranking". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 4, 2020.