Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

A total of 10 teams in each tournament (5 athletes per team) will qualify for a quota of 100 athletes. A further 8 mixed doubles pairs will qualify for a total of 16 athletes. Therefore a total of 116 athletes will qualify in total to compete in the curling competitions.

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship	March 19–27	Swift Current
2016 World Men's Curling Championship	April 2–10	Basel
2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship	April 16–23	Karlstad
2017 World Women's Curling Championship	March 18–26	Beijing
2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship	April 1–9	Edmonton
2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship	April 22–29	Lethbridge
2017 Final qualification event	December 5–10	TBD

Qualification system

Qualification to the curling tournaments at the Winter Olympics will be determined through two methods. Nations can qualify teams by earning qualification points from performances at the 2016 and 2017 World Curling Championships. Teams may also qualify through an Olympic qualification event which is due to be held in the autumn of 2017. Seven nations will qualify teams via World Championship qualification points, while two nations will qualify through the qualification event (nations who competed at the 2014 and/or 2015 Worlds and did not score points are also eligible to compete at this tournament). As host nation, South Korea qualifies teams automatically, thus making a total of ten teams per gender in the curling tournaments. For the mixed doubles competition the top seven ranked teams earning qualification points from performances at the 2016 and 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship will qualify along with hosts South Korea.^[1]

Qualification points

The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at the World Championships. The points are distributed as follows:

Note: Scotland, England and Wales all compete separately in international curling. By an agreement between the curling federations of those three home nations, only Scotland can score Olympic qualification points on behalf of Great Britain.^[1]

Men

Men's standings

Position	Country	2016	2017	Total
1	Canada	14		14
2	Denmark	12	0	12
3	United States	10		10
4	Japan	9		9
5	Norway	8		8
6	Sweden	7		7
7	Great Britain	6		6
8	Finland	5	0	5
9	Switzerland	4		4
10	Russia	3		3
11	South Korea (host)	2	0	2
12	Germany	1		1
13	China	0		0
	Czech Republic	0	0	0
	Italy	0		0
	Netherlands	0		0

• Nations listed with 0 points were competitors at the 2014 or 2015 world championships, and are eligible for the final qualification event.^[2]

Women

Women's standings

Position	Country	2016	2017	Total
1	Switzerland	14		14
2	Japan	12	0	12
3	Russia	10		10
4	Canada	9		9
5	Great Britain	8		8
6	United States	7		7
7	South Korea (host)	6		6
8	Denmark	5		5
9	Sweden	4		4
10	Germany	3		3
11	Finland	2	0	2
12	Italy	1		1
13	China	0		0
	Czech Republic	0		0
	Latvia	0	0	0
	Norway	0	0	0

• Nations listed with 0 points were competitors at the 2014 or 2015 world championships, and are eligible for the final qualification event.^[2]

Mixed doubles

Standings

Position	Country	2016	2017	Total
1	Russia	14		14
2	China	12		12
3	United States	10		10
4	Great Britain	9		9
5	Canada	8		8
6	Estonia	7		7
7	Finland	6		6
8	Norway	4		4
9	Slovakia	3		3
10	Austria	2		2
11	Ireland	1		1
12	South Korea	0		0

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