2020 World Qualification Event

2020 World Qualification Event
2020 World Qualification Event
Host cityLohja, Finland
ArenaKisakallio Sports Institute
DatesJanuary 13-18
Men's winner China
SkipZou Qiang
ThirdTian Jiafeng
SecondWang Zhiyu
LeadXu Jingtao
AlternateHan Peng
Finalist Russia
Women's winner South Korea
SkipGim Un-chi
ThirdUm Min-ji
SecondKim Su-ji
LeadSeol Ye-eun
AlternateSeol Ye-ji
Finalist Italy
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The 2020 World Qualification Event for the World Curling Championships was held from January 13 to 18 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.[1] The competition consisted of sixteen teams divided evenly into men's and women's divisions. The top two teams in the men's division qualified to compete at the 2020 World Men's Championship and similarly the top two teams in the women's division qualified to compete at the 2020 World Women's Championship. China and Russia qualified in the men's division and South Korea and Italy qualified in the women's division.

Men

Qualification

Eight men's teams will qualify to participate in the 2020 World Qualification Event, through the following methods:[1]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Finland
2019 Americas Challenge 1  Mexico
2019 European Curling Championships 4  Russia
 England
 Czech Republic
 Poland
2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2  Japan
 China
TOTAL 8

Teams

 China  Czech Republic  England  Finland

Skip: Zou Qiang
Third: Tian Jiafeng
Second: Wang Zhiyu
Lead: Xu Jingtao
Alternate: Han Peng

Skip: Lukáš Klíma
Third: Marek Černovský
Second: Jiří Candra
Lead: Samuel Mokriš
Alternate: Radek Boháč

Skip: Andrew Reed
Third: Andrew Woolston
Second: Scott Gibson
Lead: Fraser Clark
Alternate: Thomas Jaeggi

Fourth: Jere Sullanmä
Third: Jason Moore
Second: Iikko Santti
Skip: Jermu Pöllänen
Alternate: Melker Lundberg

 Japan  Mexico  Poland  Russia

Skip: Yuta Matsumura
Third: Tetsuro Shimizu
Second: Yasumasa Tanida
Lead: Shinya Abe
Alternate: Kosuke Aita

Skip: Diego Tompkins
Third: Ramy Cohen Masri
Second: Ismael Abreu
Lead: Mateo Tompkins
Alternate: Ezra Cohen Ezban

Skip: Borys Jasiecki
Third: Konrad Stych
Second: Krzysztof Domin
Lead: Bartosz Łobaza
Alternate: Kasper Knebloch

Skip: Sergey Glukhov
Third: Dmitry Mironov
Second: Evgeny Klimov
Lead: Anton Kalalb
Alternate: Aleksey Tuzov

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L DSC
 China Zou Qiang 6 1 – 49.01
 Russia Sergey Glukhov 5 2 1–0 42.52
 Japan Yuta Matsumura 5 2 0–1 17.36
 Finland Jermu Pöllänen 4 3 – 39.43
 Czech Republic Lukáš Klíma 3 4 1–0 43.32
 Poland Borys Jasiecki 3 4 0–1 39.66
 England Andrew Reed 2 5 – 43.72
 Mexico Diego Tompkins 0 7 – 89.28

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).[2]

Draw 1

Monday, January 13, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X X X 3
 Finland (Pöllänen) (has hammer) 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 X X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Mexico (Tompkins) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
 Poland (Jasiecki) (has hammer) 2 1 0 3 2 0 4 X X X 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
 Russia (Glukhov) 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 England (Reed) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 X 5

Draw 2

Tuesday, January 14, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Klíma) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X X 4
 Russia (Glukhov) 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 3 X X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 England (Reed) 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X X 2
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 2 1 0 3 0 2 X X X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 X X 11
 Mexico (Tompkins) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 X X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Finland (Pöllänen) (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7
 Poland (Jasiecki) 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 8

Draw 3

Wednesday, January 15, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 England (Reed) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 5
 Poland (Jasiecki) 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 China (Zou) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7
 Russia (Glukhov) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Pöllänen) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 X 10
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 X X 9
 Mexico (Tompkins) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2

Draw 4

Wednesday, January 15, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Pöllänen) (has hammer) 3 2 2 1 1 4 X X X X 13
 Mexico (Tompkins) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Glukhov) 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 X 10
 England (Reed) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X X 3
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 2 0 4 X X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Poland (Jasiecki) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 6
 China (Zou) 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 4 X 11

Draw 5

Thursday, January 16, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5
 China (Zou) 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Poland (Jasiecki) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 8
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 England (Reed) (has hammer) 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 X 9
 Finland (Pöllänen) 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Mexico (Tompkins) 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 7
 Russia (Glukhov) (has hammer) 1 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 4 X 15

Draw 6

Friday, January 17, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Mexico (Tompkins) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X X 1
 Czech Republic (Klíma) (has hammer) 2 2 1 0 1 4 X X X X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 4 X 12
 Finland (Pöllänen) 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Glukhov) 0 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 X 11
 Poland (Jasiecki) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 8
 England (Reed) (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 7

Draw 7

Friday, January 17, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Poland (Jasiecki) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3
 Japan (Matsumura) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 7
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Mexico (Tompkins) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
 England (Reed) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Glukhov) (has hammer) 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 7
 Finland (Pöllänen) 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 4 X 12

Playoffs

1 vs. 2Second place gameQualify for World Championship
1 China10 China
2 Russia5 Russia
2 Russia8
3 Japan7

1 vs. 2

Saturday, January 18, 09:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 4 X X 10
 Russia (Glukhov) 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 X X 5

Winner qualifies for 2020 World Men's Curling Championship.

Loser drops to second place game.

Second place game

Saturday, January 18, 14:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Glukhov) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 8
 Japan (Matsumura) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 7

Winner qualifies for 2020 World Men's Curling Championship.

Women

Qualification

Eight women's teams will qualify to participate in the 2020 World Qualification Event, through the following methods:[1]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Finland
2019 Americas Challenge 1  Mexico
2019 European Curling Championships 4  Estonia
 Norway
 Italy
 Turkey
2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2[3]  South Korea
 Hong Kong
 Chinese Taipei
 Australia
TOTAL 8
Notes

Crossed-out teams qualified for this event on merit, but later withdrew and were replaced by the next highest ranking team.

Teams

 Australia  Estonia  Finland  Italy

Skip: Lauren Wagner
Third: Jennifer Westhagen
Second: Kristen Tsourlenes
Lead: Carlee Millikin

Skip: Marie Turmann
Third: Liisa Turmann
Second: Heili Grossmann
Lead: Erika Tuvike

Skip: Elina Virtaala
Third: Miia Turto
Second: Janina Lindström
Lead: Tuuli Rissanen
Alternate: Marjo Hippi

Skip: Veronica Zappone
Third: Stefania Constantini
Second: Angela Romei
Lead: Giulia Zardini Lacedelli
Alternate: Elena Dami

 South Korea  Mexico  Norway  Turkey

Skip: Gim Un-chi
Third: Um Min-ji
Second: Kim Su-ji
Lead: Seol Ye-eun
Alternate: Seol Ye-ji

Skip: Adriana Camarena Osorno
Third: Angélica Pérez Anzures
Second: Estefana Quintero Torres
Lead: Monica Tompkins

Skip: Marianne Rørvik
Third: Eli Skaslien
Second: Pia Trulsen
Lead: Jennifer Cunningham

Skip: Dilşat Yıldız
Third: Öznur Polat
Second: Semiha Konuksever
Lead: Mihriban Polat

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L DSC
 South Korea Gim Un-chi 7 0 – 50.14
 Italy Veronica Zappone 6 1 – 76.20
 Turkey Dilşat Yıldız 4 3 1–1 46.91
 Estonia Marie Turmann 4 3 1–1 69.56
 Norway Marianne Rørvik 4 3 1–1 80.21
 Finland Elina Virtaala 2 5 – 93.06
 Australia Lauren Wagner 1 6 – 90.68
 Mexico Adriana Camarena Osorno 0 7 – 104.42

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).[2]

Draw 1

Monday, January 13, 15:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Zappone) 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 X 8
 Estonia (Turmann) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Gim) 1 1 0 2 3 0 2 3 X X 12
 Finland (Virtaala) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Turkey (Yıldız) 0 2 0 1 3 1 3 3 X X 13
 Australia (Wagner) (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Mexico (Camarena Osorno) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3
 Norway (Rørvik) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 5 0 0 X X X 9

Draw 2

Tuesday, January 14, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Mexico (Camarena Osorno) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1
 Finland (Virtaala) (has hammer) 1 3 1 0 2 2 2 X X X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Zappone) (has hammer) 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 X 7
 Australia (Wagner) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Estonia (Turmann) (has hammer) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
 Norway (Rørvik) 1 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Turkey (Yıldız) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
 South Korea (Gim) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7

Draw 3

Tuesday, January 14, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Rørvik) (has hammer) 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 X X 11
 Australia (Wagner) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Mexico (Camarena Osorno) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
 Turkey (Yıldız) (has hammer) 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 X X X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Zappone) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 5
 South Korea (Gim) (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Estonia (Turmann) (has hammer) 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 9
 Finland (Virtaala) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 5

Draw 4

Wednesday, January 15, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Turkey (Yıldız) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X 2
 Italy (Zappone) 0 4 4 1 0 2 X X X X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Virtaala) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 6
 Norway (Rørvik) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Mexico (Camarena Osorno) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1
 Estonia (Turmann) (has hammer) 2 2 0 0 4 1 X X X X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Gim) (has hammer) 4 4 0 1 3 1 X X X X 13
 Australia (Wagner) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1

Draw 5

Thursday, January 16, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Estonia (Turmann) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
 South Korea (Gim) (has hammer) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Wagner) 0 5 1 3 1 0 0 4 X X 14
 Mexico (Camarena Osorno) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Rørvik) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 3
 Turkey (Yıldız) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Virtaala) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6
 Italy (Zappone) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 8

Draw 6

Thursday, January 16, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Finland (Virtaala) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X 4
 Turkey (Yıldız) (has hammer) 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 X X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Rørvik) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
 Italy (Zappone) (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Gim) (has hammer) 4 1 1 5 0 4 X X X X 15
 Mexico (Camarena Osorno) 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Wagner) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 2
 Estonia (Turmann) 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 4 X X 9

Draw 7

Friday, January 17, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Gim) 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 X 8
 Norway (Rørvik) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Turkey (Yıldız) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
 Estonia (Turmann) 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Wagner) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 X 5
 Finland (Virtaala) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 6 X 13
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Zappone) 0 4 1 4 0 1 1 X X X 11
 Mexico (Camarena Osorno) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2

Playoffs

1 vs. 2Second place gameQualify for World Championship
1 South Korea6 South Korea
2 Italy5 Italy
2 Italy8
3 Turkey4

1 vs. 2

Saturday, January 18, 09:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Gim) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6
 Italy (Zappone) 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5

Winner qualifies for 2020 World Women's Curling Championship.

Loser drops to second place game.

Second place game

Saturday, January 18, 14:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Zappone) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 8
 Turkey (Yıldız) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4

Winner qualifies for 2020 World Women's Curling Championship.

References

  1. ^ a b c "World Qualification Event 2020". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  2. ^ a b "Schedule". World Curling Federation. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "World Qualification Event 2020".