Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Qualification to the curling events at the 2014 Winter Olympics was determined through qualification points earned from participation in the world championships and a qualification event.^[1]

Summary

Men

Means of qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	1	Russia
Qualification points via World Championships	7	Canada Sweden Great Britain Norway Denmark China Switzerland
Olympic Qualification Event	2	Germany United States
Total	10

Women

Means of qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	1	Russia
Qualification points via World Championships	7	Sweden Switzerland Great Britain Canada United States Denmark South Korea
Olympic Qualification Event	2	China Japan
Total	10

Athlete count

Nations	Men	Women	Athletes
Canada	X	X	10
China	X	X	10
Denmark	X	X	10
Germany	X		5
Great Britain	X	X	10
Japan		X	5
Norway	X		5
Russia	X	X	10
South Korea		X	5
Sweden	X	X	10
Switzerland	X	X	10
United States	X	X	10
Total: 12 NOCs	50	50	100

Qualification system

Qualification to the curling tournaments at the Winter Olympics was determined through two methods. Nations may qualify teams by earning qualification points from performances at the 2012 and 2013 World Curling Championships. Nations may also qualify teams through an Olympic qualification event to be held in the fall of 2013. Seven nations will qualify teams via World Championship qualification points, while two nations will qualify through the qualification event. As host nation, Russia will qualify teams automatically, thus making a total of ten teams per gender in the curling tournaments.^[2]

Qualification points

The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at the World Championships. The points are distributed as follows:

Note: Scotland, England and Wales all compete separately in international curling. By an agreement between the curling federations of those three home nations, only Scotland can score Olympic qualification points on behalf of Great Britain.^[2]

Final standings

Men's standings[3] Country 2012 2013 Total Canada 14 12 26 Sweden 10 14 24 Great Britain* 12 10 22 Norway 9 8 17 Denmark 6 9 15 China 7 7 14 Switzerland 4 6 10 United States 5 4 9 New Zealand 8 0 8 Czech Republic 1 5 6 Russia (host) 0 3 3 France 3 0 3 Japan 0 2 2 Germany 2 0 2 Finland 0 1 1

Women's standings[4] Country 2012 2013 Total Sweden 12 12 24 Switzerland 14 8 22 Great Britain* 7 14 21 Canada 10 10 20 United States 8 9 17 Russia (host) 4 7 11 Denmark 5 5 10 South Korea 9 0 9 Germany 6 2 8 Japan 0 6 6 China 2 4 6 Italy 3 3 6 Latvia 0 1 1 Czech Republic 1 0 1

Qualification event

At the Olympic qualifying event held December 11 to 15, 2013 in Füssen, Germany,^[5] the top two teams in the event qualified their nations to participate in the Olympics. The qualification event was open to any nations that earned qualification points at the 2012 or 2013 World Curling Championships (as listed above) or participated at the 2011 World Curling Championships (the South Korea men's team and the Norway women's team).^[2]

National qualifying events

Some countries select their teams through trial qualification tournaments.

• 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
• 2013 United States Olympic Curling Trials

References