Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification event

The Olympic qualifying event was held from 5-10 December 2017 in Plzeň, Czech Republic. The qualification event was open to any nations that earned qualification points at the 2016 or 2017 World Curling Championships or participated at the 2014 or 2015 World Curling Championships (the Czech men's team, the Norway & the Latvia women's team).[1] The top two teams from the qualification event qualified their nations to participate in the Olympics.

Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification
Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification event
Host cityPlzeň, Czech Republic
ArenaWinter Arena Košutka
DatesDecember 5–10, 2017
Men's winner Italy
SkipJoël Retornaz
FourthAmos Mosaner
SecondSimone Gonin
LeadDaniele Ferrazza
Finalist Denmark (Rasmus Stjerne)
Women's winner China
SkipWang Bingyu
ThirdZhou Yan
SecondLiu Jinli
LeadMa Jingyi
Finalist Denmark (Madeleine Dupont)

Competition format

In both the men's and the women's tournaments, the teams played a single round robin, and at its conclusion, the top three teams advanced to the playoffs. In the playoffs, the first and second seeds played a game to determine the first team to advance to the main Olympic tournament. The loser of this game, along with the third seed, played a game to determine the second team to advance to the main Olympic tournament.[2]

Men

Teams
 China  Czech Republic  Denmark  Finland

Skip: Liu Rui
Third: Xu Xiaoming
Second: Jiang Dongxu
Lead: Zang Jialiang
Alternate: Ma Yanlong

Skip: Jiří Snítil
Third: Lukáš Klíma
Second: Martin Snítil
Lead: Jindřich Kitzberger
Alternate: Samuel Mokriš

Skip: Rasmus Stjerne
Third: Johnny Frederiksen
Second: Mikkel Poulsen
Lead: Oliver Dupont
Alternate: Morten Berg Thomsen

Skip: Aku Kauste
Third: Kasper Hakunti
Second: Pauli Jäämies
Lead: Janne Pitko
Alternate: Kalle Kiiskinen

 Germany  Italy  Netherlands  Olympic Athletes from Russia

Skip: Alexander Baumann
Third: Manuel Walter
Second: Daniel Herberg
Lead: Ryan Sherrard
Alternate: Sebastian Schweizer

Skip: Joël Retornaz
Fourth: Amos Mosaner
Second: Simone Gonin
Lead: Daniele Ferrazza
Alternate: Andrea Pilzer

Skip: Jaap van Dorp
Third: Wouter Gösgens
Second: Laurens Hoekman
Lead: Carlo Glasbergen
Alternate: Alexander Magan

Skip: Alexey Timofeev
Third: Artem Shmakov
Second: Artur Razhabov
Lead: Evgeny Klimov
Alternate: Sergey Glukhov

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
CountrySkipWL
 DenmarkRasmus Stjerne61
 ItalyJoël Retornaz43
 Czech RepublicJiří Snítil43
 Olympic Athletes from RussiaAlexey Timofeev43
 ChinaLiu Rui43
 FinlandAku Kauste34
 GermanyAlexander Baumann25
 NetherlandsJaap van Dorp16

Round Robin Results

All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1).[2]

Draw 1

Tuesday, December 5, 20:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (Timofeev) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 5
 Finland (Kauste) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Baumann) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
 China (Liu) 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 6
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 7

Draw 2

Wednesday, December 6, 12:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 5
 China (Liu) 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 X X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
 Germany (Baumann) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 X X 10
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (Timofeev) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6
 Finland (Kauste) 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 9

Draw 3

Wednesday, December 6, 20:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 X 8
 Finland (Kauste) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 5
 China (Liu) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (Timofeev) 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Baumann) 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 X 8
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 4

Thursday, December 7, 14:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (Timofeev) 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Liu) 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 7
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 6
 Germany (Baumann) 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Kauste) 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 3 0 9
 Denmark (Stjerne) 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 10

Draw 5

Friday, December 8, 9:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Baumann) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 X X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Kauste) 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 X 7
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (Timofeev) 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 X 10
 China (Liu) 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 7

Draw 6

Friday, December 8, 19:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 X 6
 Italy (Retornaz) 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 2 X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Baumann) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 5
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (Timofeev) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Liu) 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 10
 Finland (Kauste) 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 7
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3

Draw 7

Saturday, December 9, 13:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Kauste) 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 X 8
 Germany (Baumann) 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X 3
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 X X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 X 8
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Liu) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (Timofeev) 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 X 8

Playoffs
  Second qualifier     First qualifier
                 
    1  Denmark 5
  1  Denmark 4     2  Italy 6
  3  Czech Republic 2  

First qualifier

Sunday, December 10, 8:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 6
Player percentages
 Denmark  Italy
Oliver Dupont81% Daniele Ferrazza73%
Mikkel Poulsen86% Simone Gonin83%
Johnny Frederiksen84% Joël Retornaz84%
Rasmus Stjerne77% Amos Mosaner72%
Total82% Total78%

Second qualifier

Sunday, December 10, 16:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Player percentages
 Denmark  Czech Republic
Oliver Dupont79% Jindřich Kitzberger93%
Mikkel Poulsen91% Martin Snítil84%
Johnny Frederiksen85% Lukáš Klíma86%
Rasmus Stjerne88% Jiří Snítil83%
Total86% Total87%

Women

Teams
 China  Czech Republic  Denmark  Finland

Skip: Wang Bingyu
Third: Zhou Yan
Second: Liu Jinli
Lead: Ma Jingyi

Skip: Anna Kubešková
Third: Alžběta Baudyšová
Second: Tereza Plíšková
Lead: Klára Svatoňová
Alternate: Ezhen Kolchevskaia

Skip: Madeleine Dupont
Third: Denise Dupont
Second: Julie Høgh
Lead: Mathilde Halse
Alternate: Lina Knudsen

Skip: Oona Kauste
Third: Eszter Juhasz
Second: Maija Salmiovirta
Lead: Jenni Rasanen
Alternate: Lotta Immonen

 Germany  Italy  Latvia

Skip: Daniela Jentsch
Third: Josephine Obermann
Second: Analena Jentsch
Lead: Pia-Lisa Schöll
Alternate: Emira Abbes

Skip: Diana Gaspari
Third: Veronica Zappone
Second: Stefania Constantini
Lead: Angela Romei
Alternate: Chiara Olivieri

Skip: Iveta Staša-Šaršūne
Third: Ieva Krusta
Second: Santa Blumberga
Lead: Evelina Barone
Alternate: Madara Bremane

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
CountrySkipWL
 ItalyDiana Gaspari51
 ChinaWang Bingyu51
 DenmarkMadeleine Dupont42
 Czech RepublicAnna Kubešková33
 LatviaIveta Staša-Šaršūne24
 GermanyDaniela Jentsch24
 FinlandOona Kauste06

Round Robin Results

All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1).[2]

Draw 1

Tuesday, December 5, 15:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Latvia (Staša-Šaršūne) 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 10
 Germany (Jentsch) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 X 7
 Italy (Gaspari) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Czech Republic (Kubešková) 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
 China (Wang) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 7

Draw 2

Wednesday, December 6, 8:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Kubešková) 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 9
 Latvia (Staša-Šaršūne) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Kauste) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0
 China (Wang) 2 2 1 2 1 1 X X X X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Jentsch) 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 7
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 9

Draw 3

Wednesday, December 6, 16:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Jentsch) 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 10
 Czech Republic (Kubešková) 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Gaspari) 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 X 7
 Finland (Kauste) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) 1 0 3 1 0 3 0 2 1 X 11
 Latvia (Staša-Šaršūne) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 5

Draw 4

Thursday, December 7, 9:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
 Italy (Gaspari) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 5
 Czech Republic (Kubešková) 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Latvia (Staša-Šaršūne) 2 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 X 10
 Finland (Kauste) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 5

Draw 5

Thursday, December 7, 19:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Kubešková) 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 X 11
 Finland (Kauste) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Germany (Jentsch) 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 9
 Italy (Gaspari) 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Latvia (Staša-Šaršūne) 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 9
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 10

Draw 6

Friday, December 8, 14:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X 3
 China (Wang) 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 X X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Gaspari) 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 9
 Czech Republic (Kubešková) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Kauste) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
 Germany (Jentsch) 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6

Draw 7

Saturday, December 9, 9:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Kauste) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X 3
 Denmark (Dupont) 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 X X 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 X X 7
 Germany (Jentsch) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Italy (Gaspari) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 7
 Latvia (Staša-Šaršūne) 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 6

Playoffs
  Second qualifier     First qualifier
                 
    1  Italy 4
  1  Italy 4     2  China 11
  3  Denmark 5  

First qualifier

Saturday, December 9, 19:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Gaspari) 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 4
 China (Wang) 0 1 3 4 0 1 1 1 X X 11
Player percentages
 Italy  China
Angela Romei70% Ma Jingyi89%
Stefania Constantini73% Liu Jinli67%
Veronica Zappone80% Zhou Yan83%
Diana Gaspari61% Wang Bingyu78%
Total71% Total79%

Second qualifier

Sunday, December 10, 12:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Italy (Gaspari) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 5
Player percentages
 Italy  Denmark
Angela Romei73% Mathilde Halse69%
Stefania Constantini84% Julie Høgh60%
Veronica Zappone81% Denise Dupont65%
Diana Gaspari61% Madeleine Dupont75%
Total75% Total67%

References

Specific
  1. "Czech Republic to host Olympic Qualification Event 2017". World Curling Federation. 3 February 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  2. "2018 Olympic Qualification Event – Schedule of play". World Curling Federation. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

General
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