Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics
The curling competitions at the 2022 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held at the Beijing National Aquatics Center which is one of the Olympic Green venues. Curling competitions are scheduled to be contested every single day of the games, from February 2nd through the 20th.[1] This will be the eighth time that curling is on the Olympic program.
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| Venue | Beijing National Aquatics Center |
| Dates | 2–20 February 2022 |
| No. of events | 3 (1 men, 1 women, 1 mixed) |
| Competitors | 120 Quota limit |
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| Curling at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Beijing National Aquatics Center |
| Dates | 2–20 February 2022 |
| No. of events | 3 (1 men, 1 women, 1 mixed) |
| Competitors | 120 Quota limit |
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| Qualification | |
| Tournament | |
| Men | |
| Women | |
| Mixed doubles | |
The curling competitions at the 2022 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held at the Beijing National Aquatics Center which is one of the Olympic Green venues. Curling competitions are scheduled to be contested every single day of the games, from February 2nd through the 20th.[1] This will be the eighth time that curling is on the Olympic program.
In each of the men's, women's and mixed doubles competitions, ten nations will compete. The mixed doubles curling competition will be expanded for its second appearance in the Olympics.[2] A total of 120 quota spots (60 per gender) were distributed to the sport of curling, an increase of four from the 2018 Winter Olympics.[3]
Competition schedule
The following is the competition schedule for the curling competitions:
Medal Events
Teams
Mixed Doubles
| Female: Tahli Gill Male: Dean Hewitt |
Female: TBD Male: TBD |
Female: Yang Ying Male: Ling Zhi |
Female: Zuzana Paulová Male: Tomáš Paul |
Female: Jennifer Dodds Male: Bruce Mouat |
| Female: Stefania Constantini Male: Amos Mosaner |
Female: Kristin Skaslien Male: Magnus Nedregotten |
Female: Almida de Val Male: Oskar Eriksson |
Female: Jenny Perret Male: Martin Rios |
Female: Vicky Persinger Male: Chris Plys |
Qualification
Qualification to the Men's and Women's curling tournaments at the Winter Olympics will be determined through two methods (in addition to the host nation). Nations qualified teams by placing in the top six at the 2021 World Curling Championships. Teams can also qualify through Olympic qualification events which will be held in 2021. Six nations will qualify teams via World Championship qualification placement, while three nations will qualify through qualification events. In men's and women's play a host will be selected for the Olympic Qualification Event (OQE). They will be joined by the teams which competed at the 2021 World Championships but did not qualify to the Olympics, and two qualifiers from the Pre-Olympic Qualification Event (Pre-OQE). The Pre-OQE will be open to all member associations.[4] For the mixed doubles competition in 2022, the tournament field will be expanded from eight competitor nations to ten.[2] The top seven ranked teams at the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship will qualify along with two qualifiers from the Olympic Qualification Event (OQE) – Mixed Doubles. This OQE will be open to a nominated host and the fifteen nations with the highest qualification points not already qualified to the Olympics. As the host nation, China qualified teams automatically, thus making a total of ten teams per event in the curling tournaments.[5]
References
- "Beijing 2022 Schedule Curling". BOCOG. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- "World Curling Federation welcomes bigger mixed doubles field for Beijing 2022". World Curling Federation. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- "Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Event programme and athlete quota" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- Rule changes outlined
- "Beijing named host city of Olympic Winter Games 2022". 31 July 2015.
