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The women's curling tournament of the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Beijing National Aquatics Center from 10 to 20 February 2022. [1] Ten nations competed in a round robin preliminary round, and the top four nations at the conclusion of the round robin qualified for the medal round.
Qualification to the Men's and Women's curling tournaments at the Winter Olympics was determined through two methods (in addition to the host nation). Nations qualified teams by placing in the top six at the 2021 World Curling Championships. Teams could also qualify through Olympic qualification events which were held in 2021.
The medalists in the women's tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Left to right: Canada (silver), Sweden (gold) and China (bronze). Curling is a team sport that is contested at the Winter Olympic Games. A men's tournament was held at the 1924 Winter Olympics before the sport was removed from the official programme until the 1998 Games. [1]
Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Games, and then again after a lengthy absence in 1988 and 1992. The sport was finally added to the official program for the 1998 Games in Nagano . Until 2018, only men's and women's events were contested.
The winning Tabitha Peterson rink will represent the United States at the 2025 World Women's Curling Championship at the Uijeongbu Indoor Ice Rink in Uijeongbu, South Korea. [3] The winning team will also earn a berth into the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials. [1]
The WCF World Rankings system is designed to track and list the amount of success achieved by each member association of the World Curling Federation (WCF) in a given curling season. The system, which was implemented in December 2006, is similar to the ranking system used by FIFA .
The 2024 Cortina Curling Cup was held from January 11 to 13 at the Olympic Ice Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy as part of the World Curling Tour. [1] The event was held in a round-robin format with a € 20,000 purse.
Women's world curling champions; Year Gold Silver Bronze Country Team Country Team Country Team 1979 Switzerland: Gaby Casanova Rosie Manger Linda Thommen Betty Bourquin Sweden: Birgitta Törn Katarina Hultling Susanne Gynning-Ödling Gunilla Bergman Canada: Lindsay Sparkes Dawn Knowles Robin Wilson Lorraine Anne Bowles Scotland: Beth Lindsay ...