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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 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.
Canada skip Brad Gushue won his 50th career game when Canada defeated New Zealand 7–4 in their game on 2 April. [4]In Draw 15 action in the morning of 4 April, both Canada (8–1 record) and undefeated (9–0) Sweden (skipped by Niklas Edin) were the first teams to clinch berths into the playoffs, following victories over Norway (Magnus Ramsfjell) and the United States (John Shuster ...
Scotland beat Japan 7-2 to secure an eighth-place finish at the Women's Curling Championships before completing their campaign with an 8-2 defeat by unbeaten hosts Canada.
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 2023 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from April 1 to 9 at TD Place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [1] Ottawa was selected as the host site in June 2022.
World Curling, formerly the World Curling Federation (WCF) is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation (ICF), when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made. The name was changed in 1990 to the WCF and then to World Curling in 2024. [2]
The Paul McLean Award is presented by TSN to a person behind the scenes who has made a significant contribution to the sport of curling. Donna Spencer – Journalist for The Canadian Press who has covered curling since 1999 – totaling 16 Scotties, 13 world championships, 9 Briers and 3 Winter Olympics. [50]