2020 World Qualification Event

2020 World Qualification Event
2020 World Qualification Event
Host city	Lohja, Finland
Arena
Dates	January 13-18
Men's winner	China
Skip	Zou Qiang
Third
Second	Wang Zhiyu
Lead	Xu Jingtao
Alternate	Han Peng
Finalist	Russia
Women's winner	South Korea
Skip	Gim Un-chi
Third	Um Min-ji
Second	Kim Su-ji
Lead	Seol Ye-eun
Alternate	Seol 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 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: 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: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:	Fourth: Third: Second: Skip: Alternate:
Japan	Mexico	Poland	Russia
Skip: Yuta Matsumura Third: Tetsuro Shimizu Second: Yasumasa Tanida Lead: Shinya Abe Alternate: Kosuke Aita	Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:	Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:	Skip: Sergey Glukhov Third: Dmitry Mironov Second: Evgeny Klimov Lead: Anton Kalalb Alternate:

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		4	3	–	39.43
Czech Republic	Lukáš Klíma	3	4	1–0	43.32
Poland		3	4	0–1	39.66
England		2	5	–	43.72
Mexico		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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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. 2			Second place game
						Qualify for World Championship
1	China	10				China
2	Russia	5				Russia

			2	Russia	8
			3	Japan	7

Key:				Winning team advances	Losing team advances

1 vs. 2[]

Saturday, January 18, 09:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zou)	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)	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: Third: Second: Lead:	Skip: Marie Turmann Third: Liisa Turmann Second: Heili Grossmann Lead: Erika Tuvike	Skip: Elina Virtaala Third: Second: Lead: 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: Third: Second: Lead:	Skip: Marianne Rørvik Third: Second: Pia Trulsen Lead:	Skip: Dilşat Yıldız Third: Öznur Polat Second: Lead:

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		1	6	–	90.68
Mexico		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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	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)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2
Estonia (Turmann)	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	4	X	X	9