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
Established	2008
2019 host city	Stavanger, Norway
2019 arena	Sørmarka Arena
2019 champion	Sweden
Current edition
2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

History

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

From its creation in 2008 until 2020 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 will be 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 will be held in December 2019 in Howwood, Scotland.[3] This qualification tournament is open to any WCF member not already qualified for the championship.

Results

See also: List of World Mixed Doubles Curling Champions

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	TBD

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Switzerland	7	0	0	7
2	Russia	2	2	0	4
3	Hungary	2	1	0	3
4	Sweden	1	4	1	6
5	Canada	0	2	2	4
6	China	0	1	2	3
7	Finland	0	1	0	1
	New Zealand	0	1	0	1
9	United States	0	0	2	2
10	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		12	12	12	36

References

1. "World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships 2020 cancelled in Kelowna, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 14, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
2. 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.

External links

• WCF Results