2020 World Men's Curling Championship

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2020 World Men's
Curling Championship
Host cityGlasgow, Scotland
ArenaEmirates Arena, Glasgow
DatesMarch 28 – April 5, 2020 (cancelled)
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The 2020 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2020 LGT World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be held from March 28 to April 5 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.[1][2] On March 14, 2020, the World Curling Federation announced the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]

The event was set to be the first event to start gathering points towards the 2022 Winter Olympic Qualification.[5] Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear. It was later announced that any country who were scheduled to compete in the event and did not qualify through the 2021 World Championships would take part in a final Olympic Qualifying Tournament in December 2021.

Qualification[]

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship:[6]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Scotland
2019 Americas Challenge 2  Canada
 United States
2019 European Curling Championships 7[7]  Sweden
  Switzerland
 Denmark
 Italy
 Norway
 Germany
 Netherlands
2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 1[8]  South Korea
2020 World Qualification Event 2  China
 Russia
TOTAL 13

World Ranking[]

The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.[9]

Member Associations Rank Points
 Sweden 1 89.020
 Canada 2 75.980
 United States 3 71.029
  Switzerland 4 65.196
 Scotland 5 52.059
 Norway 7 40.392
 South Korea 8 35.343
 Italy 9 34.461
 Denmark 10 24.520
 Russia 11 19.412
 Germany 12 18.578
 China 13 18.358
 Netherlands 14 16.951

Teams[]

The teams were to be:[10]

 Canada  China  Denmark  Germany  Italy
St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: Brett Gallant
Lead: Geoff Walker
Alternate:

, Harbin

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

, Gentofte &
, Hvidovre

Skip: Tobias Thune
Third: Kasper Wiksten
Second:
Lead:
Alternate: Kenneth Hertsdahl

, Oberstdorf

Skip: Marc Muskatewitz
Third: Sixten Totzek
Second: Joshua Sutor
Lead: Dominik Greindl
Alternate: Klaudius Harsch

, Pinerolo

Skip: Joël Retornaz
Third Amos Mosaner
Second: Sebastiano Arman
Lead: Simone Gonin
Alternate: Alberto Pimpini

 Netherlands  Norway  Russia  Scotland  South Korea
, Zoetermeer

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

, Oslo

Skip: Thomas Ulsrud
Third: Steffen Walstad
Second: Markus Høiberg
Lead: Magnus Vågberg
Alternate: Torger Nergård

Ice Cube CC, Sochi

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

, Edinburgh

Skip: Bruce Mouat
Third: Grant Hardie
Second: Bobby Lammie
Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.
Alternate: Ross Whyte

, Uiseong

Skip: Kim Chang-min
Third: Lee Ki-jeong
Second: Kim Hak-kyun
Lead: Lee Ki-bok

 Sweden   Switzerland  United States
Karlstads CK, Karlstad

Skip: Niklas Edin
Third: Oskar Eriksson
Second: Rasmus Wranå
Lead: Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate: Daniel Magnusson

, Baden

Skip: Yannick Schwaller
Third: Michael Brunner
Second: Romano Meier
Lead: Marcel Käufeler
Alternate: Lucien Lottenbach

Duluth CC, Duluth

Skip: John Shuster
Third: Chris Plys
Second: Matt Hamilton
Lead: John Landsteiner
Alternate: Colin Hufman

National playdowns[]

References[]

  1. ^ "World Curling Federation Site". World Curling Federation. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "Official Site". 2020 LGT World Men's Curling Championship. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  3. ^ The Canadian Press (March 14, 2020). "Men's curling world championship in Scotland cancelled due to COVID-19". The Star. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "LGT World Men's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Glasgow, Scotland". World Curling Federation. World Curling Federation. March 14, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  5. ^ "Event Info". World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  6. ^ "Qualification Rules (Page 55 & 56)" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  7. ^ "European Qualifiers". World Curling Federation. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  8. ^ "Pacfic-Asia Qualifiers". World Curling Federation. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  9. ^ "World Rankings - men". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  10. ^ "Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
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