World Curling Championships
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's and women's versions of junior and senior championships. There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's started in 1979. The mixed doubles championship was started in 2008. Since 2005, the men's and women's championships have been held in different venues, with Canada hosting one of the two championships every year: the men's championship in odd years, and the women's championship in even years. Canada has dominated both the men's and women's championships since their inception, although Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany (West Germany), Scotland, the United States, Norway and China have all won at least one championship.
| Sport | Curling |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1959 (men) 1979 (women) 2002 (mixed wheelchair) 2008 (mixed doubles) 2016 (mixed) 2022 (mixed doubles wheelchair) |
| No. of teams | 13 |
| Most recent champion(s) | Sweden (men) Canada (women) Norway (mixed wheelchair) Sweden (mixed doubles) Sweden (mixed) South Korea (mixed doubles wheelchair) |
| Most titles | Canada (men: 36 titles) Canada (women: 18 titles) |
History edit
The World Curling Championships began in 1959 as the Scotch Cup. The Scotch Cup was created by Toronto public relations executive and former sports journalist Stanley D. Houston on behalf of the Scotch Whisky Association, a client of Houston's agency Public Relations Services Limited, which was looking to generate increased North American exposure for its products.[citation needed] The first three Cups were contested between men's teams from Scotland and Canada. The United States joined the Scotch Cup in 1961, and Sweden also joined the next year. Canada won the first six world titles, of which the legendary rink skipped by Ernie Richardson earned four. The United States was the first country to break Canada's streak, winning their first world title in 1965. By 1967, Norway, Switzerland, France, and Germany were added to the Scotch Cup, and Scotland won their first title, while Canada finished without a medal for the first time. The tournament was renamed the Air Canada Silver Broom the year after that, and Canada strung together five consecutive world titles starting in that year.
In 1973, the competing field was expanded to ten teams, and Italy and Denmark were introduced to the world stage. Sweden, Switzerland, and Norway won their first titles in the following years, and Canada continued to win medals of all colours. In 1979, the first edition of the women's World Curling Championships was held. The championships were held separately from the men's championships for the first ten years. During this time, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany won world titles.
Bronze medals were not awarded until 1985 for the women's tournament and 1986 for the men's tournament. Between 1989 and 1994, the bronze medal was shared by the semifinals losers.
Beginning in 1989, the men's and women's championships were held together. Norway won their first world women's title. In 1995, Ford Canada and the World Curling Federation reached an agreement to make Ford the sponsor of the World Curling Championships. Japan, the first nation from Asia to compete in the worlds, made their debut in 1990 at the women's championship, and later in 2000 at the men's championship. South Korea and China followed suit in the 2000s. Scotland won their first women's title in 2002, and the United States won their first women's title the next year.
In 2005, the men's and women's championships were separated, and an agreement was made between the World Curling Federation and the Canadian Curling Association that Canada would host one of the tournaments annually each year, all of which are title sponsored by Ford of Canada. Canada began a streak of top two finishes in the men's tournament, and China won their first world title in the women's tournament in 2009.
In 2008, a world championship for mixed doubles curling was created. Switzerland won the first world mixed doubles title, and proceeded to win four of the first five titles. Russia and Hungary won their first world curling titles in the mixed doubles championship, and New Zealand, France, Austria, and the Czech Republic won their first world curling medals.
In 2015, a world championship for mixed curling was created, replacing the European Mixed Curling Championship and supplanting the European Mixed and Canadian Mixed curling championships as the highest level of mixed curling in the world.[1]
In 2019, the World Qualification Event was introduced, to qualify the final two teams in the men's and women's championships.[2] A mixed doubles qualification event will also be added in the 2019–20 curling season, qualifying the final four teams of the twenty-team mixed doubles championship.[3]
In 2020, the men's, women's and mixed doubles championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6]
Tournament names edit
The World Curling Championships have been known by a number of different names over the years.
Men
- 1959–1967: Scotch Cup
- 1968–1985: Air Canada Silver Broom
- 1986–1988: IOC President's Cup (Hexagon)
- 1989–1990: WCF Championships
- 1991–1992: Canada Safeway World Curling Championship
- 1993–1994: WCF Championships
- 1995–2004: Ford World Curling Championship
- 2005–2017: Ford World Men's Curling Championship (odd years)
- 2006–2018: World Men's Curling Championship (even years)
- 2019: Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship
- 2020–present: LGT World Men's Curling Championship (even years)
- 2021–present: BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship (odd years)
Women
- 1979–1981: Royal Bank of Scotland World Curling Championships
- 1982: World Curling Championships
- 1983: Pioneer Life World Curling Championships
- 1984: World Curling Championships
- 1985: H&M World Curling Championships
- 1986–1990: World Curling Championships
- 1991–1992: Canada Safeway World Curling Championships
- 1993–1994: World Curling Championships
- 1995–2004: Ford World Curling Championships
- 2005–2017: World Women's Curling Championship (odd years)
- 2006–2018: Ford World Women's Curling Championship (even years)
- 2019–present: LGT World Women's Curling Championship (odd years)
- 2022–present: BKT Tires & OK Tire World Women's Curling Championship (even years)
Competition format edit
The first two world championships, held as competitions between Scotland and Canada, were held as five-game series between the two nations. Upon the addition of the United States in 1961, the format was changed to a double round robin preliminary round with a three-team knockout round at the conclusion of the round robin. The knockout round was removed for the next two championships. With the addition of more teams, a single round robin preliminary round with a four-team knockout round was implemented in 1971. The championships occurring from 1968 to 1970 included three-team knockout rounds instead of four-team knockout rounds. The knockout round format was adjusted from single-elimination to the Page playoff system in 2005.
In the championships held from 1971 to 1985, third place was awarded to either the team that lost in the semifinal of a three-team knockout round or the higher-seeded team among the losing teams of a four-team knockout round. A bronze medal game was added to the knockout round in 1986, but bronze medal games were not held from 1989 to 1994, during which bronze medals were awarded to the teams that lost in the semifinals.
Until 2017 format of the world championships used a twelve team round-robin preliminary round, after which the top four teams advance to a knockout round held using the Page playoff system.
Starting in 2018 there are 13 teams playing round-robin preliminary round with top six advancing to a single-elimination knockout with top two receiving bye to the semifinals.[7] This includes two teams from the Americas zone, eight from the European zone (via the European Curling Championships) and three from the Asia-Pacific zone (via the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships). For 2019, the number of teams from the Asia-Pacific zone will be reduced by one, and there will also be one less team from the zone of the bottom-placed team at the 2018 championships.[8] The two slots will be allocated to teams from the new World Qualification Event. The qualification event will have eight teams: the host country, one team from the Americas, two from Pacific-Asia, and four from Europe.
Championships edit
Men edit
Women edit
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Perth | Switzerland | Sweden | Canada Scotland | |
| 1980 | Perth | Canada | Sweden | Scotland | United States |
| 1981 | Perth | Sweden | Canada | Norway | Switzerland |
| 1982 | Geneva | Denmark | Sweden | Scotland | Norway |
| 1983 | Moose Jaw | Switzerland (2) | Norway | Canada | Sweden |
| 1984 | Perth | Canada (2) | Switzerland | West Germany | Norway |
| 1985 | Jönköping | Canada (3) | Scotland | Switzerland | Sweden |
| 1986 | Kelowna | Canada (4) | West Germany | Sweden | Scotland |
| 1987 | Chicago | Canada (5) | West Germany | Switzerland | Norway |
| 1988 | Glasgow | West Germany | Canada | Sweden | Norway |
| 1989 | Milwaukee | Canada (6) | Norway | Sweden West Germany | |
| 1990 | Västerås | Norway | Scotland | Canada Denmark | |
| 1991 | Winnipeg | Norway (2) | Canada | Scotland Sweden | |
| 1992 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Sweden (2) | United States | Canada Switzerland | |
| 1993 | Geneva | Canada (7) | Germany | Norway Sweden | |
| 1994 | Oberstdorf | Canada (8) | Scotland | Germany Sweden | |
| 1995 | Brandon | Sweden (3) | Canada | Norway | Germany |
| 1996 | Hamilton | Canada (9) | United States | Norway | Germany |
| 1997 | Bern | Canada (10) | Norway | Denmark | Japan |
| 1998 | Kamloops | Sweden (4) | Denmark | Canada | Norway |
| 1999 | Saint John | Sweden (5) | United States | Denmark | Norway |
| 2000 | Glasgow | Canada (11) | Switzerland | Norway | Scotland |
| 2001 | Lausanne | Canada (12) | Sweden | Denmark | Scotland |
| 2002 | Bismarck | Scotland | Sweden | Norway | Canada |
| 2003 | Winnipeg | United States | Canada | Sweden | Norway |
| 2004 | Gävle | Canada (13) | Norway | Switzerland | United States |
| 2005 | Paisley | Sweden (6) | United States | Norway | Canada |
| 2006 | Grande Prairie | Sweden (7) | United States | Canada | Germany |
| 2007 | Aomori | Canada (14) | Denmark | Scotland | United States |
| 2008 | Vernon | Canada (15) | China | Switzerland | Japan |
| 2009 | Gangneung | China | Sweden | Denmark | Canada |
| 2010 | Swift Current | Germany (2) | Scotland | Canada | Sweden |
| 2011 | Esbjerg | Sweden (8) | Canada | China | Denmark |
| 2012 | Lethbridge[23] | Switzerland (3) | Sweden | Canada | South Korea |
| 2013 | Riga[24] | Scotland (2) | Sweden | Canada | United States |
| 2014 | Saint John | Switzerland (4) | Canada | Russia | South Korea |
| 2015 | Sapporo[25] | Switzerland (5) | Canada | Russia | Scotland |
| 2016 | Swift Current[26] | Switzerland (6) | Japan | Russia | Canada |
| 2017 | Beijing[27] | Canada (16) | Russia | Scotland | Sweden |
| 2018 | North Bay[28] | Canada (17) | Sweden | Russia | United States |
| 2019 | Silkeborg[29] | Switzerland (7) | Sweden | South Korea | Japan |
| 2020 | Prince George[30] | Cancelled[31][32] | |||
| 2021 | Calgary | Switzerland (8) | RCF | United States | Sweden |
| 2022 | Prince George[33] | Switzerland (9) | South Korea | Canada | Sweden |
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The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams There are men s women s and mixed doubles championships as well as men s and women s versions of junior and senior championships There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling The men s championship started in 1959 while the women s started in 1979 The mixed doubles championship was started in 2008 Since 2005 the men s and women s championships have been held in different venues with Canada hosting one of the two championships every year the men s championship in odd years and the women s championship in even years Canada has dominated both the men s and women s championships since their inception although Switzerland Sweden Denmark Germany West Germany Scotland the United States Norway and China have all won at least one championship World Curling ChampionshipsSportCurlingFounded1959 men 1979 women 2002 mixed wheelchair 2008 mixed doubles 2016 mixed 2022 mixed doubles wheelchair No of teams13Most recentchampion s Sweden men Canada women Norway mixed wheelchair Sweden mixed doubles Sweden mixed South Korea mixed doubles wheelchair Most titles Canada men 36 titles Canada women 18 titles Contents 1 History 1 1 Tournament names 2 Competition format 3 Championships 3 1 Men 3 2 Women 3 3 Mixed 3 4 Mixed doubles 3 5 Wheelchair mixed team 3 6 Wheelchair mixed doubles 4 National championships 4 1 Men 4 2 Women 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe World Curling Championships began in 1959 as the Scotch Cup The Scotch Cup was created by Toronto public relations executive and former sports journalist Stanley D Houston on behalf of the Scotch Whisky Association a client of Houston s agency Public Relations Services Limited which was looking to generate increased North American exposure for its products citation needed The first three Cups were contested between men s teams from Scotland and Canada The United States joined the Scotch Cup in 1961 and Sweden also joined the next year Canada won the first six world titles of which the legendary rink skipped by Ernie Richardson earned four The United States was the first country to break Canada s streak winning their first world title in 1965 By 1967 Norway Switzerland France and Germany were added to the Scotch Cup and Scotland won their first title while Canada finished without a medal for the first time The tournament was renamed the Air Canada Silver Broom the year after that and Canada strung together five consecutive world titles starting in that year In 1973 the competing field was expanded to ten teams and Italy and Denmark were introduced to the world stage Sweden Switzerland and Norway won their first titles in the following years and Canada continued to win medals of all colours In 1979 the first edition of the women s World Curling Championships was held The championships were held separately from the men s championships for the first ten years During this time Switzerland Canada Sweden Denmark and Germany won world titles Bronze medals were not awarded until 1985 for the women s tournament and 1986 for the men s tournament Between 1989 and 1994 the bronze medal was shared by the semifinals losers Beginning in 1989 the men s and women s championships were held together Norway won their first world women s title In 1995 Ford Canada and the World Curling Federation reached an agreement to make Ford the sponsor of the World Curling Championships Japan the first nation from Asia to compete in the worlds made their debut in 1990 at the women s championship and later in 2000 at the men s championship South Korea and China followed suit in the 2000s Scotland won their first women s title in 2002 and the United States won their first women s title the next year In 2005 the men s and women s championships were separated and an agreement was made between the World Curling Federation and the Canadian Curling Association that Canada would host one of the tournaments annually each year all of which are title sponsored by Ford of Canada Canada began a streak of top two finishes in the men s tournament and China won their first world title in the women s tournament in 2009 In 2008 a world championship for mixed doubles curling was created Switzerland won the first world mixed doubles title and proceeded to win four of the first five titles Russia and Hungary won their first world curling titles in the mixed doubles championship and New Zealand France Austria and the Czech Republic won their first world curling medals In 2015 a world championship for mixed curling was created replacing the European Mixed Curling Championship and supplanting the European Mixed and Canadian Mixed curling championships as the highest level of mixed curling in the world 1 In 2019 the World Qualification Event was introduced to qualify the final two teams in the men s and women s championships 2 A mixed doubles qualification event will also be added in the 2019 20 curling season qualifying the final four teams of the twenty team mixed doubles championship 3 In 2020 the men s women s and mixed doubles championships were cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic 4 5 6 Tournament names edit The World Curling Championships have been known by a number of different names over the years Men 1959 1967 Scotch Cup 1968 1985 Air Canada Silver Broom 1986 1988 IOC President s Cup Hexagon 1989 1990 WCF Championships 1991 1992 Canada Safeway World Curling Championship 1993 1994 WCF Championships 1995 2004 Ford World Curling Championship 2005 2017 Ford World Men s Curling Championship odd years 2006 2018 World Men s Curling Championship even years 2019 Pioneer Hi Bred World Men s Curling Championship 2020 present LGT World Men s Curling Championship even years 2021 present BKT Tires amp OK Tire World Men s Curling Championship odd years Women 1979 1981 Royal Bank of Scotland World Curling Championships 1982 World Curling Championships 1983 Pioneer Life World Curling Championships 1984 World Curling Championships 1985 H amp M World Curling Championships 1986 1990 World Curling Championships 1991 1992 Canada Safeway World Curling Championships 1993 1994 World Curling Championships 1995 2004 Ford World Curling Championships 2005 2017 World Women s Curling Championship odd years 2006 2018 Ford World Women s Curling Championship even years 2019 present LGT World Women s Curling Championship odd years 2022 present BKT Tires amp OK Tire World Women s Curling Championship even years Competition format editThe first two world championships held as competitions between Scotland and Canada were held as five game series between the two nations Upon the addition of the United States in 1961 the format was changed to a double round robin preliminary round with a three team knockout round at the conclusion of the round robin The knockout round was removed for the next two championships With the addition of more teams a single round robin preliminary round with a four team knockout round was implemented in 1971 The championships occurring from 1968 to 1970 included three team knockout rounds instead of four team knockout rounds The knockout round format was adjusted from single elimination to the Page playoff system in 2005 In the championships held from 1971 to 1985 third place was awarded to either the team that lost in the semifinal of a three team knockout round or the higher seeded team among the losing teams of a four team knockout round A bronze medal game was added to the knockout round in 1986 but bronze medal games were not held from 1989 to 1994 during which bronze medals were awarded to the teams that lost in the semifinals Until 2017 format of the world championships used a twelve team round robin preliminary round after which the top four teams advance to a knockout round held using the Page playoff system Starting in 2018 there are 13 teams playing round robin preliminary round with top six advancing to a single elimination knockout with top two receiving bye to the semifinals 7 This includes two teams from the Americas zone eight from the European zone via the European Curling Championships and three from the Asia Pacific zone via the Pacific Asia Curling Championships For 2019 the number of teams from the Asia Pacific zone will be reduced by one and there will also be one less team from the zone of the bottom placed team at the 2018 championships 8 The two slots will be allocated to teams from the new World Qualification Event The qualification event will have eight teams the host country one team from the Americas two from Pacific Asia and four from Europe Championships editMen edit See also List of World Men s Curling Champions Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 4th place 1959 nbsp Edinburgh Falkirk Perth nbsp Canada nbsp Scotland no other competitors 1960 nbsp Ayr Edinburgh Glasgow nbsp Canada 2 nbsp Scotland no other competitors 1961 nbsp Ayr Edinburgh Kirkcaldy Perth nbsp Canada 3 nbsp Scotland nbsp United States no other competitors 1962 nbsp Edinburgh Falkirk nbsp Canada 4 nbsp United States nbsp Scotland nbsp Sweden 1963 nbsp Perth nbsp Canada 5 nbsp Scotland nbsp United States nbsp Sweden 1964 nbsp Calgary nbsp Canada 6 nbsp Scotland nbsp United States nbsp Sweden 1965 nbsp Perth nbsp United States nbsp Canada nbsp Sweden nbsp Scotland 1966 nbsp Vancouver nbsp Canada 7 nbsp Scotland nbsp United States nbsp Sweden 1967 nbsp Perth nbsp Scotland nbsp Sweden nbsp United States nbsp Canada 1968 nbsp Pointe Claire nbsp Canada 8 nbsp Scotland nbsp United States nbsp Sweden 1969 nbsp Perth nbsp Canada 9 nbsp United States nbsp Scotland nbsp Sweden 1970 nbsp Utica nbsp Canada 10 nbsp Scotland nbsp Sweden nbsp United States 1971 nbsp Megeve nbsp Canada 11 nbsp Scotland nbsp United States nbsp Switzerland 1972 nbsp Garmisch Partenkirchen nbsp Canada 12 nbsp United States nbsp West Germany nbsp Scotland 1973 nbsp Regina nbsp Sweden nbsp Canada nbsp France nbsp Scotland 1974 nbsp Bern nbsp United States 2 nbsp Sweden nbsp Switzerland nbsp Canada 1975 nbsp Perth nbsp Switzerland nbsp United States nbsp Canada nbsp Sweden 1976 nbsp Duluth nbsp United States 3 nbsp Scotland nbsp Switzerland nbsp Sweden 1977 nbsp Karlstad nbsp Sweden 2 nbsp Canada nbsp Scotland nbsp United States 1978 nbsp Winnipeg nbsp United States 4 nbsp Norway nbsp Canada nbsp Sweden 1979 nbsp Bern nbsp Norway nbsp Switzerland nbsp Canada nbsp West Germany 1980 nbsp Moncton nbsp Canada 13 nbsp Norway nbsp Switzerland nbsp Sweden 1981 nbsp London nbsp Switzerland 2 nbsp United States nbsp Canada nbsp Norway 1982 nbsp Garmisch Partenkirchen nbsp Canada 14 nbsp Switzerland nbsp West Germany nbsp Sweden 1983 nbsp Regina nbsp Canada 15 nbsp West Germany nbsp Norway nbsp Sweden 1984 nbsp Duluth nbsp Norway 2 nbsp Switzerland nbsp Sweden nbsp Canada 1985 nbsp Glasgow nbsp Canada 16 nbsp Sweden nbsp Denmark nbsp United States 1986 nbsp Toronto nbsp Canada 17 nbsp Scotland nbsp United States nbsp Sweden 1987 nbsp Vancouver nbsp Canada 18 nbsp West Germany nbsp Norway nbsp Denmark 1988 nbsp Lausanne nbsp Norway 3 nbsp Canada nbsp Scotland nbsp Switzerland 1989 nbsp Milwaukee nbsp Canada 19 nbsp Switzerland nbsp Norway nbsp Sweden 1990 nbsp Vasteras nbsp Canada 20 nbsp Scotland nbsp Denmark nbsp Sweden 1991 nbsp Winnipeg nbsp Scotland 2 nbsp Canada nbsp Norway nbsp United States 1992 nbsp Garmisch Partenkirchen nbsp Switzerland 3 nbsp Scotland nbsp Canada nbsp United States 1993 nbsp Geneva nbsp Canada 21 nbsp Scotland nbsp Switzerland nbsp United States 1994 nbsp Oberstdorf nbsp Canada 22 nbsp Sweden nbsp Germany nbsp Switzerland 1995 nbsp Brandon nbsp Canada 23 nbsp Scotland nbsp Germany nbsp United States 1996 nbsp Hamilton nbsp Canada 24 nbsp Scotland nbsp Switzerland nbsp Norway 1997 nbsp Bern nbsp Sweden 3 nbsp Germany nbsp Scotland nbsp Canada 1998 nbsp Kamloops nbsp Canada 25 nbsp Sweden nbsp Finland nbsp Scotland 1999 nbsp Saint John nbsp Scotland 3 nbsp Canada nbsp Switzerland nbsp United States 2000 nbsp Glasgow nbsp Canada 26 nbsp Sweden nbsp Finland nbsp United States 2001 nbsp Lausanne nbsp Sweden 4 nbsp Switzerland nbsp Norway nbsp Canada 2002 nbsp Bismarck nbsp Canada 27 nbsp Norway nbsp Scotland nbsp United States 2003 nbsp Winnipeg nbsp Canada 28 nbsp Switzerland nbsp Norway nbsp Finland 2004 nbsp Gavle nbsp Sweden 5 nbsp Germany nbsp Canada nbsp Norway 2005 nbsp Victoria nbsp Canada 29 nbsp Scotland nbsp Germany nbsp Norway 2006 nbsp Lowell nbsp Scotland 4 nbsp Canada nbsp Norway nbsp United States 2007 nbsp Edmonton nbsp Canada 30 nbsp Germany nbsp United States nbsp Switzerland 2008 nbsp Grand Forks nbsp Canada 31 nbsp Scotland nbsp Norway nbsp China 2009 nbsp Moncton nbsp Scotland 5 nbsp Canada nbsp Norway nbsp Switzerland 2010 nbsp Cortina d Ampezzo nbsp Canada 32 nbsp Norway nbsp Scotland nbsp United States 2011 nbsp Regina nbsp Canada 33 nbsp Scotland nbsp Norway nbsp Sweden 2012 nbsp Basel nbsp Canada 34 nbsp Scotland nbsp Sweden nbsp Norway 2013 nbsp Victoria 9 10 nbsp Sweden 6 nbsp Canada nbsp Scotland nbsp Denmark 2014 nbsp Beijing nbsp Norway 4 nbsp Sweden nbsp Switzerland nbsp Canada 2015 nbsp Halifax nbsp Sweden 7 nbsp Norway nbsp Canada nbsp Finland 2016 nbsp Basel 11 nbsp Canada 35 nbsp Denmark nbsp United States nbsp Japan 2017 nbsp Edmonton 12 nbsp Canada 36 nbsp Sweden nbsp Switzerland nbsp United States 2018 nbsp Paradise 13 nbsp Sweden 8 nbsp Canada nbsp Scotland nbsp South Korea 2019 nbsp Lethbridge 14 nbsp Sweden 9 nbsp Canada nbsp Switzerland nbsp Japan 2020 nbsp Glasgow 15 Cancelled 16 17 2021 nbsp Calgary 18 nbsp Sweden 10 nbsp Scotland nbsp Switzerland nbsp RCF 2022 nbsp Paradise 19 nbsp Sweden 11 nbsp Canada nbsp Italy nbsp United States 2023 nbsp Ottawa 20 nbsp Scotland 6 nbsp Canada nbsp Switzerland nbsp Italy 2024 nbsp Schaffhausen 21 nbsp Sweden 12 nbsp Canada nbsp Italy nbsp Scotland 2025 nbsp Moose Jaw 22 Future event Women edit See also List of World Women s Curling Champions Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 4th place 1979 nbsp Perth nbsp Switzerland nbsp Sweden nbsp Canada nbsp Scotland 1980 nbsp Perth nbsp Canada nbsp Sweden nbsp Scotland nbsp United States 1981 nbsp Perth nbsp Sweden nbsp Canada nbsp Norway nbsp Switzerland 1982 nbsp Geneva nbsp Denmark nbsp Sweden nbsp Scotland nbsp Norway 1983 nbsp Moose Jaw nbsp Switzerland 2 nbsp Norway nbsp Canada nbsp Sweden 1984 nbsp Perth nbsp Canada 2 nbsp Switzerland nbsp West Germany nbsp Norway 1985 nbsp Jonkoping nbsp Canada 3 nbsp Scotland nbsp Switzerland nbsp Sweden 1986 nbsp Kelowna nbsp Canada 4 nbsp West Germany nbsp Sweden nbsp Scotland 1987 nbsp Chicago nbsp Canada 5 nbsp West Germany nbsp Switzerland nbsp Norway 1988 nbsp Glasgow nbsp West Germany nbsp Canada nbsp Sweden nbsp Norway 1989 nbsp Milwaukee nbsp Canada 6 nbsp Norway nbsp Sweden nbsp West Germany 1990 nbsp Vasteras nbsp Norway nbsp Scotland nbsp Canada nbsp Denmark 1991 nbsp Winnipeg nbsp Norway 2 nbsp Canada nbsp Scotland nbsp Sweden 1992 nbsp Garmisch Partenkirchen nbsp Sweden 2 nbsp United States nbsp Canada nbsp Switzerland 1993 nbsp Geneva nbsp Canada 7 nbsp Germany nbsp Norway nbsp Sweden 1994 nbsp Oberstdorf nbsp Canada 8 nbsp Scotland nbsp Germany nbsp Sweden 1995 nbsp Brandon nbsp Sweden 3 nbsp Canada nbsp Norway nbsp Germany 1996 nbsp Hamilton nbsp Canada 9 nbsp United States nbsp Norway nbsp Germany 1997 nbsp Bern nbsp Canada 10 nbsp Norway nbsp Denmark nbsp Japan 1998 nbsp Kamloops nbsp Sweden 4 nbsp Denmark nbsp Canada nbsp Norway 1999 nbsp Saint John nbsp Sweden 5 nbsp United States nbsp Denmark nbsp Norway 2000 nbsp Glasgow nbsp Canada 11 nbsp Switzerland nbsp Norway nbsp Scotland 2001 nbsp Lausanne nbsp Canada 12 nbsp Sweden nbsp Denmark nbsp Scotland 2002 nbsp Bismarck nbsp Scotland nbsp Sweden nbsp Norway nbsp Canada 2003 nbsp Winnipeg nbsp United States nbsp Canada nbsp Sweden nbsp Norway 2004 nbsp Gavle nbsp Canada 13 nbsp Norway nbsp Switzerland nbsp United States 2005 nbsp Paisley nbsp Sweden 6 nbsp United States nbsp Norway nbsp Canada 2006 nbsp Grande Prairie nbsp Sweden 7 nbsp United States nbsp Canada nbsp Germany 2007 nbsp Aomori nbsp Canada 14 nbsp Denmark nbsp Scotland nbsp United States 2008 nbsp Vernon nbsp Canada 15 nbsp China nbsp Switzerland nbsp Japan 2009 nbsp Gangneung nbsp China nbsp Sweden nbsp Denmark nbsp Canada 2010 nbsp Swift Current nbsp Germany 2 nbsp Scotland nbsp Canada nbsp Sweden 2011 nbsp Esbjerg nbsp Sweden 8 nbsp Canada nbsp China nbsp Denmark 2012 nbsp Lethbridge 23 nbsp Switzerland 3 nbsp Sweden nbsp Canada nbsp South Korea 2013 nbsp Riga 24 nbsp Scotland 2 nbsp Sweden nbsp Canada nbsp United States 2014 nbsp Saint John nbsp Switzerland 4 nbsp Canada nbsp Russia nbsp South Korea 2015 nbsp Sapporo 25 nbsp Switzerland 5 nbsp Canada nbsp Russia nbsp Scotland 2016 nbsp Swift Current 26 nbsp Switzerland 6 nbsp Japan nbsp Russia nbsp Canada 2017 nbsp Beijing 27 nbsp Canada 16 nbsp Russia nbsp Scotland nbsp Sweden 2018 nbsp North Bay 28 nbsp Canada 17 nbsp Sweden nbsp Russia nbsp United States 2019 nbsp Silkeborg 29 nbsp Switzerland 7 nbsp Sweden nbsp South Korea nbsp Japan 2020 nbsp Prince George 30 Cancelled 31 32 2021 nbsp Calgary nbsp Switzerland 8 nbsp RCF nbsp United States nbsp Sweden 2022 nbsp Prince George 33 nbsp Switzerland 9 nbsp South Korea nbsp Canada nbsp Sweden 2023 nbsp Sandviken 34 nbsp Switzerland 10 nbsp Norway nbsp a, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. | |