Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics

The curling competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics will be held at the Beijing National Aquatics Center which is one of the Olympic Green venues. 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.[1]

Curling
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center, Beijing, China
Dates8–20 February 2022
No. of events3 (1 men, 1 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors120 Quota limit

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the curling competitions:

Medal summary

Medal events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Women
Mixed doubles

Qualification
Main article: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – 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 will qualify teams by earning qualification points from performances at the 2020 and 2021 World Curling Championships. Teams can also qualify through Olympic qualification events which will be held in 2021. Seven nations will qualify teams via World Championship qualification points, while two 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 five nations with the highest qualification points not already qualified to the Olympics, and two qualifiers from the Pre-Olympic Qualification Event (Pre-OQE). The Pre-OQE will be open to all member associations.[2] For the mixed doubles competition in 2022, they are expanding the tournament from eight competitor nations to ten.[1] The top seven ranked teams earning qualification points from performances at the 2020 and 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.[3]

References
  1. "World Curling Federation welcomes bigger mixed doubles field for Beijing 2022". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. Rule changes outlined
  3. http://www.worldcurling.org/beijing-named-host-city-of-olympic-winter-games-2022
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