Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Curling
at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games
VenueKristins Hall, Lillehammer
Dates12–21 February 2016
Competitors64 from 16 nations

Curling at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was contested at the Kristins Hall in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February. The mixed team event took place from 12 to 17 February, while the mixed doubles tournament took place from 19 to 21 February.

The Athlete Role Model for the Youth Olympics curling competition was Rasmus Stjerne of Denmark.[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Canada 1 0 0 1
2 United States 0 1 0 1
3 Switzerland 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 1 3

Events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed team
Canada
Mary Fay
Tyler Tardi
Karlee Burgess
Sterling Middleton
United States
Luc Violette
Cora Farrell
Ben Richardson
Cait Flannery
Switzerland
Selina Witschonke
Henwy Lochmann
Laura Engler
Philipp Hösli
Mixed doubles
JPN/SUI
 Mixed-NOCs

 Yako Matsuzawa (JPN)
 Philipp Hösli (SUI)
CHN/GBR
 Mixed-NOCs

 Han Yu (CHN)
 Ross Whyte (GBR)
CHN/NOR
 Mixed-NOCs

 Zhao Ruiyi (CHN)
 Andreas Hårstad (NOR)

Format of play

At the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, there will be two tournaments and two sets of medals awarded for each tournament. There will be a mixed team curling tournament and a mixed doubles curling tournament.

Mixed team curling

The mixed team curling teams will consist of two boys and two girls from the same NOC/country.

The sixteen qualified teams will compete in two divisions of round robin play. The top four teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals, where the teams will play a single knockout tournament to determine the winner.

Mixed NOC doubles curling

The mixed NOC doubles curling teams will consist of one boy and one girl from different NOCs. The mixed doubles competition will take place after the mixed team competition; the same athletes competing in the mixed event will compete in the mixed doubles event. The mixed doubles teams will be selected by the organizing committee based on the final rankings from the mixed team competition. The resulting 32 teams will play a single knockout round to determine the winner.

Qualification

Summary

Region Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1 Norway
North America1 2 Canada
United States
South America1 1 Brazil
Asia2 3 South Korea
China
Japan
Oceania 1 New Zealand
Europe 8 Switzerland
Great Britain
Sweden
Russia
Italy
Czech Republic
Estonia
Turkey
TOTAL 16

Qualification points

The qualification of NOCs to the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was determined using qualification points. The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at international junior curling championships, which include the regional championships (the European Junior Curling Challenge and the Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships) and the World Junior Curling Championships. Nations that qualify from the regional championships to the world championships only receive points from their final ranking at the world championships. The results from the 2013–14 and 2014–15 curling seasons are considered for qualification to the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. The points are distributed as follows:

World Championships
Final rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Points 20 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10
Regional Championships
Final rank 1 2 3 4 5
Points 10 8 6 5 4

The following table shows the qualification points earned by each country in both men's and women's junior championships. The points for each championship are cumulative over the last two years.[2]

Qualified teams in bold

Region Countries Points for qualification
EJCC
Women
EJCC
Men
PJCC
Women
PJCC
Men
WJCC
Women
WJCC
Men
Total
Host Nation Norway Not required
North America1 Canada 40 37 77
United States 29 27 56
South America1 Brazil 0
Asia2 South Korea 8 32 13 53
China 16 8 11 35
Japan 11 11 22
Oceania New Zealand 11 11 22
Australia 8 8 16
Europe Switzerland 32 38 70
Great Britain 30 35 65
Sweden 32 31 63
Russia 30 25 55
Italy 5 11 28 44
Czech Republic 10 23 33
Estonia 3 12 10 25
Turkey 12 9 21
Austria 5 13 18
Germany 9 8 17
Denmark 5 10 15
Hungary 14 14
Netherlands 12 12
Latvia 5 6 11
Spain 2 8 10
Poland 10 10
Finland 1 1
Notes
  1. ^ The North American and South American teams are qualified automatically by virtue of their affiliation with the World Curling Federation, since the number of qualification spots equals the number of nations affiliated with the WCF.
  2. ^ The Asian teams are qualified as no more than three nations affiliated in the region chose to participate.

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