2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

The 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship is scheduled to be held from April 24 to May 1.[1]

2021 World Mixed Doubles
Curling Championship
Host cityTBA
ArenaTBA
DatesApril 24 – May 1
« 2020 (cancelled)
2022 »

Because of cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic this will be the first event to start the 2022 Winter Olympic Qualification process. The top 7 placing teams will qualify directly for the 2022 Olympics, if the Chinese team finishes inside the top 7 teams then the direct qualifications will expand to the top 8 teams.[2] All teams that qualified for this event, but don't 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 Mixed Doubles Curling Championship:[3][4]

EventVacanciesQualified
2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 16  Sweden
 Canada
 United States
 Australia
 Czech Republic
 Estonia
 Japan
 Russia
 England
 Spain
 Finland
 Hungary
 Norway
 New Zealand
 Scotland
  Switzerland
2019 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event 4  Germany
 Italy
 South Korea
 China
TOTAL20

World Ranking

The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.[5]

Member AssociationsRankPoints
 Canada184.608
  Switzerland266.569
 United States347.721
 Norway446.814
 China546.152
 Russia639.118
 South Korea739.049
 Sweden834.422
 Finland932.230
 Czech Republic1025.941
 Japan1121.902
 Scotland1221.029
 Australia1319.069
 Estonia1417.740
 Hungary1517.451
 England1711.559
 Italy1811.490
 Spain199.578
 New Zealand217.113
 Germany285.191

Teams

The teams are as follows:

 Australia  Canada  China  Czech Republic

Female:
Male:

Female:
Male:

Female:
Male:

Female:
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 England  Estonia  Finland[6]  Germany

Female:
Male:

Female:
Male:

Female: Oona Kauste
Male: Aku Kauste

Female:
Male:

 Hungary  Italy  Japan  New Zealand[7]

Female:
Male:

Female:
Male:

Female:
Male:

Female: Jessica Smith
Male: Ben Smith

 Norway[8]  Russia[9]  Scotland  South Korea[10]

Female: Maia Ramsfjell
Male: Magnus Ramsfjell

Female: Nkeiruka Ezekh
Male: Oleg Krasikov

Female:
Male:

Female: Jang Hye-ji
Male: Seong Yu-jin

 Spain  Sweden[11]   Switzerland[12]  United States[13]

Female:
Male:

Female: Almida de Val
Male: Oskar Eriksson

Female: Briar Hürlimann
Male: Yannick Schwaller

Female: Tabitha Peterson
Male: Joe Polo

References
  1. "World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2021". worldcurling.org.
  2. "World Curling Championships 2020 not to be rescheduled". April 9, 2020.
  3. "World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event 2020 cancelled". October 9, 2020.
  4. "World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2020".
  5. "World Rankings - mixed doubles". World Curling Federation. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  6. "Finnish Mixed Doubles Championships 2020-2021". Finnish Curling Association. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  7. "Third time lucky for Jess and Ben Smith?". New Zealand Curling. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  8. "2020 Norwegian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  9. "Russian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  10. "2020 Korean National Mixed Doubles Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  11. "SM Curling Mixed Dubbel Live Scores". Svenska Curlingförbundet. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  12. "SM/CS Mixed Doubles Elite". Swiss Curling Association (in French). Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  13. "USA Curling 2020-21 Championships Update". USA Curling. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
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