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Thirteen curling federations qualified to participate in the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship. Of note, Germany failed to qualify for the championship for the first time since 2005. Estonia and New Zealand made their second appearances while Turkey qualified for their third straight Worlds. [14]
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 ...
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]
Thirteen curling federations qualified to participate in the 2025 World Women's Curling Championship. Of note, this was the first World Women's Championship appearance for Lithuania, who was represented by skip Virginija Paulauskaitė. [4]
The winning teams will earn the right to represent Japan at the 2025 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2025 World Women's Curling Championship, respectively. Additionally, they will have the opportunity to accumulate points toward qualification for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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.
Thirteen curling federations qualified to participate in the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship. This was the first year to qualify teams using the new 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships, with New Zealand winning entry into the World Women's Championship for the first time, represented by a team skipped by Jessica Smith.
The top 16 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Federation's world team rankings as of October 22, 2024, qualified for the event. The Grand Slam of Curling may fill one spot in each division as a sponsor's exemption.