World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

The World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments featuring the world's best teams of mixed doubles curlers.

World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Established2008
2024 host cityÖstersund, Sweden
2024 arenaÖstersund Arena
2024 champion Sweden
Current edition

History

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The tournament began in 2008 with the 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Switzerland's mixed doubles team of Irene Schori and Toni Müller dominated the 2008 and 2009 championships and appeared in the first three worlds. At the 2010 Worlds, Russia won its first ever world curling title by defeating New Zealand, also first-time curling medalists. Russia did not successfully defend its world title, however, as they were defeated in the final of the 2011 Worlds by Switzerland, who won its third championship in four years. Switzerland then defended its title the next year, earning its fourth gold medal with a win over Sweden. In 2013, Hungary won their first world curling title after defeating Sweden in the final.

The 2020 event was cancelled on March 14, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

Qualification

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From its creation in 2008 until 2019 the championship was open entry, meaning any World Curling Federation (WCF) member could send a team. With the popularity of curling, and specifically mixed doubles, growing this policy of open entry led to 48 teams participating in the 2019 championship, the final year of open entry.

Beginning in 2020 the championship was limited to 20 teams, the top sixteen countries from the previous championship and four countries from a newly created qualification event. Called the World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event, the inaugural tournament was held in December 2019 in Howwood, Scotland.[3] This qualification tournament is open to any WCF member not already qualified for the championship.

Results

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Year Host City/Country Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2008 Vierumäki, Finland  
Switzerland
5–4  
Finland
 
Sweden
9–2  
Norway
2009 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy  
Switzerland
7–4  
Hungary
 
Canada
6–5  
China
2010 Chelyabinsk, Russia  
Russia
9–7  
New Zealand
 
China
8–7  
Spain
2011 St. Paul, Minnesota, USA  
Switzerland
11–2  
Russia
 
France
8–6  
Sweden
2012 Erzurum, Turkey[4]  
Switzerland
7–6  
Sweden
 
Austria
12–7  
United States
2013 Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada[5]  
Hungary
8–7  
Sweden
 
Czech Republic
8–1  
Norway
2014 Dumfries, Scotland, UK[6]  
Switzerland
8–6  
Sweden
 
Spain
7–4  
Hungary
2015 Sochi, Russia[7]  
Hungary
6–5  
Sweden
 
Norway
9–4  
Canada
2016 Karlstad, Sweden[8]  
Russia
7–5  
China
 
United States
9–7  
Scotland
2017 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada[9]  
Switzerland
6–5  
Canada
 
China
6–2  
Czech Republic
2018 Östersund, Sweden  
Switzerland
9–6  
Russia
 
Canada
8–3  
South Korea
2019 Stavanger, Norway  
Sweden
6–5  
Canada
 
United States
5–4  
Australia
2020 Kelowna, Canada Cancelled[1][2] Cancelled
2021 Aberdeen, Scotland  
Scotland
9–7  
Norway
 
Sweden
7–4  
Canada
2022 Geneva, Switzerland  
Scotland
9–7  
Switzerland
 
Germany
7–5  
Norway
2023 Gangneung, South Korea  
United States
8–2  
Japan
 
Norway
6–2  
Canada
2024 Östersund, Sweden  
Sweden
8–4  
Estonia
 
Norway
6–5  
Switzerland
2025 Fredericton, New Brunswick

Medal table

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As of 2024 World Championships

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Switzerland7108
2  Sweden2428
3  Russia2204
4  Hungary2103
5  Scotland2002
6  United States1023
7  Canada0224
8  Norway0134
9  China0123
10  Estonia0101
  Finland0101
  Japan0101
  New Zealand0101
14  Austria0011
  Czech Republic0011
  France0011
  Germany0011
  Spain0011
Totals (18 entries)16161648

Performance timeline

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Nation 2000s 2010s 2020s Years
08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24
  Australia 17 23 5 16 24 22 12 28 31 18 18 4 13 11 8 15 16
  Austria 21 15 21   8 8 26 11 24 32 23 17 12
  Belarus 31 29 26 22 21 28 6
  Belgium 41 40 2
  Brazil 34 30 29 28 17 26 6
  Bulgaria 26 17 34 3
  Canada 5   12 6 10 10 4 5       4 5 4 5 15
  China 10 4   6 7 13 11 16     13 19 9 12 14
  Chinese Taipei 31 1
  Croatia 37 40 41 3
  Czech Republic 6 6 9 13 16   7 18 21 4 10 5 7 13 15 16 16
  Denmark 21 12 12 5 9 16 27 5 13 30 20 22 12 9 14 15
  England 23 19 13 20 22 25 33 15 8 17 26 9 14 15 20 15
  Estonia 16 14 8 19 8 15 22 5 6 32 13 5 19 14 5   16
  Finland   5 17 9 14 18 14 14 7 7 13 9 17 17 14
  France 12 15   23 20 13 21 27 31 19 35 18 12
  Germany 20 32 34 21 29 20 10   18 11 10
  Greece 39 1
  Guyana 24 37 2
  Hong Kong 27 38 2
  Hungary 9   11 10 13   4   13 13 6 9 15 10 19 15
  Ireland 26 26 12 13 36 34 6
  Israel 33 26 37 3
  Italy 11 16 6 22 12 17 24 9 19 12 12 18 5 7 11 8 16
  Japan 13 17 14 7 15 14 18 10 20 19 5 5 15 9   9 16
  Kazakhstan 28 38 38 23 25 5
  Kosovo 44 1
  Latvia 7 11 16 24 11 23 17 12 32 8 25 27 12
  Lithuania 24 28 32 3
  Luxembourg 30 35 2
  Mexico 46 1
  Netherlands 11 25 37 36 38 43 14 13 8
  New Zealand 8 13   14 10 5 21 20 13 29 39 9 12 20 19 15
  Nigeria 47 1
  Norway 4 22 18 25 4 5   9 5 11 9   4     15
  Poland 18 8 16 24 22 33 34 21 8
  Qatar 42 42 2
  Romania 27 27 23 27 35 35 31 36 8
  Russia 20 10     9 6 5   9   5 11 12
  Saudi Arabia 48 1
  Scotland 14 9 17 5 7 9 19 4 11 9 9     5 6 15
  Serbia 40 39 2
  Slovakia 19 24 18 15 17 19 29 25 10 25 33 29 12
  Slovenia 26 30 23 39 20 30 33 7
  South Korea 20 23 19 24 15 11 13 6 4 24 17 15 16 7 14
  Spain 22 25 4 11 18 21   17 23 13 22 9 20 17 13 20 16
  Sweden   7 4         25 13 7     5 10   15
  Switzerland     7     6   13 28     9 5   7 4 16
  Turkey 21 22 17 27 8 17 19 12 17 9
  Ukraine 45 1
  United States 15 18 10 8 4 12 19 5   10 13   8 8   10 16
  Wales 24 27 20 36 23 30 6
Nation 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 Years
2000s 2010s 2020s

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships 2020 cancelled in Kelowna, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 14, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Potenteau, Doyle (March 14, 2020). "Coronavirus: World mixed doubles, seniors curling championships in Kelowna cancelled". Global News. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Scottish curling club appointed first World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event host". World Curling Federation. 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  4. ^ "Erzurum Turkey to host World Mixed Doubles Championship 2012". Worldcurling.org. 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  5. ^ "Fredericton to Stage 2013 World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships". Canadian Curling Association. 23 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Dumfries, Scotland to stage 2014 World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  7. ^ "WCF Annual General Assembly 2014 - 7 September". World Curling Federation. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Karlstad, Sweden to host World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships 2016". World Curling Federation. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Venue confirmed for World Mixed Doubles and Senior Curling Championships 2017". World Curling Federation. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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