2021 World Men's Curling Championship
The 2021 World Men's Curling Championship is scheduled to be held from April 3 to 11 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Canada.
| 2021 World Men's Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Calgary, Canada |
| Arena | Markin MacPhail Centre |
| Dates | April 3–11, 2021 |
« 2020 (cancelled) 2022 » | |
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic (which resulted in the cancellation of last season's men's and women's World Curling Championships), the event will be held in a centralized "bubble" (similar to that of the NHL as hosted by Edmonton and Toronto) at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, which will also host all major Curling Canada championships leading up to the Worlds (including the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier). All events will be held behind closed doors with no spectators.[1][2]
This will be the first event to start the 2022 Winter Olympic Qualification process. The top 5 placing teams will qualify directly for the 2022 Olympics, if the Chinese team finishes outside the top 6 teams then the direct qualifications will expand to the top 6 teams.[3] All teams that qualified for this event, but do not directly qualify for the Olympics through placement will be guaranteed a spot at the 2022 Olympic Qualification event.
Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship:[4][5]
| Means of qualification | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Americas | 1 |  United States |
| Europe | 8 |  Sweden  Switzerland  Scotland  Denmark  Italy  Norway  Germany  Netherlands |
| Pacific-Asia | 2 |  South Korea  Japan |
| World Rankings | 1 |  Russia |
| 2020 World Qualification Event[5] | 1 |  China |
| TOTAL | 14 |
World Ranking
The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.[6]
| Member Associations | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1 | 89.020 |
| Canada | 2 | 75.980 |
| United States | 3 | 71.029 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 65.196 |
| Scotland | 5 | 52.059 |
| Japan | 6 | 44.118 |
| Norway | 7 | 40.392 |
| South Korea | 8 | 35.343 |
| Italy | 9 | 34.461 |
| Denmark | 10 | 24.520 |
| Russia | 11 | 19.412 |
| Germany | 12 | 18.578 |
| China | 13 | 18.358 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 16.951 |
Teams
The teams are as follows:
| Canada |
China |
Denmark |
Germany |
Italy |
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| Japan |
Netherlands |
Norway |
Russia[7] |
Scotland |
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Adamant CC, Saint Petersburg
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| South Korea[8] |
Sweden |
Switzerland |
United States[9] |
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| Gyeonggi-do CC, Uijeongbu
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Duluth CC, Duluth
Skip: John Shuster |
References
- Jesse Campigotto (December 2, 2020). "What we know and don't know about the curling bubble". CBC Sports. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- "World Men's Curling Championship 2021 to be held in Canadian hub city". World Curling Federation. 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- "World Curling Championships 2020 not to be rescheduled". April 9, 2020.
- "Five 2020–2021 season world qualification events cancelled". September 1, 2020.
- "World Championships expanded to 14 teams for 2020–2021 season". October 6, 2020.
- "World Rankings - men". World Curling Federation. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- "2020 Russian Men's Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
- "2020 Korean National Men's Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- "USA Curling 2020-21 Championships Update". USA Curling. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.