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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 2025 International Bernese Ladies Cup was held from January 23 to 26 at Curling Bern in Bern, Switzerland as part of the World Curling Tour. [1] The event was held in a round-robin format with a purse of 20,000 CHF. [2] [3] In an all-Swiss final, Silvana Tirinzoni and her team from Aarau beat Xenia Schwaller's Zurich rink 3–1.
The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from John Kawaja. [1] The World Curling Tour commenced in 1992, with men's events only at first. It replaced the "Canadian Curling Tour" held the previous season.
The 2024 Baden Masters were held from August 15 to 18 at the Curling Club Baden Regio in Baden, Switzerland as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round-robin format with a purse of 35,000 CHF. [1] [2] It was the first men's event of the 2024–25 World Curling Tour. [3] The event category for the event was 500. [4]
The Tour Challenge consists of two tiers of 16 teams. For Tier 1, the top 16 men's and top 16 women's teams from the World Curling Federation's world rankings based on the final standings of the 2023–24 curling season will be invited to participate. In the event that a team declines their invitation, the next-ranked team on the world team ...
Sixteen teams will compete in the Masters. They include the seven top-ranked teams on the World Curling Federation's Order of Merit rankings as of December 10, 2024, the seven top teams on the Year-to-Date rankings as of December 10, the Tier 2 winner of the 2024 Tour Challenge, and a sponsor's exemption.
The 2022 Baden Masters was held from August 19 to 21 at the Curling Club Baden Regio in Baden, Switzerland as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round-robin format with a purse of 35,000 CHF. [1] [2] It is the first men's event of the 2022–23 World Curling Tour. [3] The event category for the event was 500. [4]
The World Curling Championships began in 1959 as the Scotch Cup. The Scotch Cup was created by Toronto public relations executive and former sports journalist Stanley D. Houston on behalf of the Scotch Whisky Association, a client of Houston's agency Public Relations Services Limited, which was looking to generate increased North American exposure for its products.