2020 World Women's Curling Championship

The 2020 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship presented by Nature's Bounty for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be held from March 14 to 22 at the CN Centre in Prince George, Canada.^[1][2] On March 12, 2020, following the recommendations of Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3][4]

2020 World Women's Curling Championship
Host city	Prince George, Canada
Arena	CN Centre
Dates	March 14–22 (cancelled)
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The event was set to be the first event to start gathering points towards the 2022 Winter Olympic Qualification.^[5] Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear.

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship:^[6]

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	1	Canada
2019 Americas Challenge	1	United States
2019 European Curling Championships	7^[7]	Sweden   Scotland    Switzerland   Russia   Germany   Czech Republic   Denmark
2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships	2^[8]	China   Japan
2020 World Qualification Event	2	South Korea   Italy
TOTAL	13

World Ranking

The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.^[9]

Member Associations	Rank	Points
Sweden	1	81.569
South Korea	2	65.907
Canada	3	63.382
Switzerland	4	59.559
Japan	5	56.520
Russia	6	55.588
Scotland	7	50.098
United States	8	45.441
China	9	40.147
Denmark	10	27.059
Czech Republic	11	19.593
Germany	12	19.338
Italy	13	13.284

Teams

The teams were to be:^[10]

Canada	China	Czech Republic	Denmark	Germany
Gimli CC, Gimli Skip: Kerri Einarson Third: Val Sweeting Second: Shannon Birchard Lead: Briane Meilleur Alternate: Jennifer Clark-Rouire	CSO CC, Beijing & Harbin CC, Harbin Skip: Han Yu Third: Zhang Lijun Second: Jiang Xindi Lead: Yu Jiaxin Alternate: Dong Ziqi	CC Sokol Liboc, Prague Skip: Anna Kubešková Third: Alžběta Baudyšová Second: Petra Vinšová Lead: Ežen Kolčevská Alternate: Michaela Baudyšová	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre, Tårnby CC, Tårnby & Copenhagen CC, Kastrup Skip: Mathilde Halse Third: Jasmin Lander Second: Karolina Jensen Lead: Julie Høgh Alternate: Madeleine Dupont	CC Füssen, Füssen & 1.SCV Geising, Geising Skip: Daniela Jentsch Third: Emira Abbes Second: Klara-Hermine Fomm Lead: Analena Jentsch Alternate: Mia Höhne
Italy	Japan	Russia	Scotland	South Korea
3S Sys-tek, Pinerolo & CC Dolomiti, Cortina d'Ampezzo Skip: Veronica Zappone Third: Stefania Constantini Second: Angela Romei Lead: Giulia Zardini Lacedelli Alternate: Elena Dami	Tokoro CC, Kitami & SCAP Karuizawa Arena, Kariuzawa Skip: Satsuki Fujisawa Third: Chinami Yoshida Second: Yumi Suzuki Lead: Yurika Yoshida Alternate: Eri Ogihara	Adamant CC, Saint Petersburg Skip: Alina Kovaleva Third: Maria Komarova Second: Galina Arsenkina Lead: Ekaterina Kuzmina Alternate: Anastasia Danshina	Dunkeld CC, Pitlochry, Balfron CC, Balfron, Carrington CC, Edinburgh & Leswalt CC, Leswalt Skip: Eve Muirhead Third: Lauren Gray Second: Jennifer Dodds Lead: Vicky Wright Alternate: Sophie Sinclair	Gyeonggi-do CC, Uijeongbu Skip: Gim Un-chi Third: Um Min-ji Second: Kim Su-ji Lead: Seol Ye-eun Alternate: Seol Ye-ji
Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg Skip: Anna Hasselborg Third: Sara McManus Second: Agnes Knochenhauer Lead: Sofia Mabergs Alternate: Johanna Heldin	CC Oberwallis, Brig-Glis Fourth: Briar Hürlimann Skip: Elena Stern Second: Lisa Gisler Lead: Celine Koller Alternate: Corrie Hürlimann	St. Paul CC, St. Paul, Madison CC, Madison & Duluth CC, Duluth Skip: Tabitha Peterson Third: Becca Hamilton Second: Tara Peterson Lead: Aileen Geving Alternate: Allison Pottinger

WCT ranking

Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.^[11]

Nation (Skip)	Rank	Points
Sweden (Hasselborg)	1	467.461
Canada (Einarson)	2	420.070
Japan (Fujisawa)	4	342.872
Switzerland (Stern)	6	333.591
Scotland (Muirhead)	9	283.984
United States (Peterson)	10	245.428
Russia (Kovaleva)	12	237.658
South Korea (Gim)	17	194.967
China (Han)	26	149.539
Germany (Jentsch)	30	135.678
Italy (Zappone)	76	46.404
Czech Republic (Kubešková)	79	45.753
Denmark (Halse)	148	12.838

National playdowns

•   2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
•   2020 Russian Women's World Qualification Event
•   2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship
•   2020 United States Women's Curling Championship

References

1. "Prince George, Canada to host World Women's Curling Championship 2020". World Curling Federation. 5 February 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
2. "Official Site". Curling Canada. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
3. The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
4. "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
5. . World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
6. "Qualification Rules (Page 55 & 56)" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
7. . World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
8. . World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on October 13, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
9. "World Rankings - women". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
10. "Teams". Curling Canada. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
11. "WCT ranking". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 4, 2020.