2017 Archive
Thursday 28 December 2017
Junior curling teams from across the world will be staking their claim for a place in the World Junior Curling Championships 2018 when the World Junior-B Curling Championships 2018 get underway on Wednesday 3 January, in Lohja, Finland.
Thursday 14 December 2017
Now, only two months until the Olympic Winter Games 2018, we meet another set of teams to compete in Gangneung, in the Republic of Korea, in February. In this next edition of our series, we speak to the athletes from Switzerland.
Tuesday 12 December 2019
The World Women’s Curling Championship 2019 will be held in the Silkeborg Sportscenter, in Silkeborg, Denmark from 16 to 24 March 2019. This news comes just two days after Denmark’s women’s and men’s teams qualified for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games at the Olympic Qualification Event 2017 in Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Sunday 10 December 2017
Denmark’s men grabbed the last available slot in the line-up for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games after a 4-2 win over the Czech hosts in Sunday (10 December) evening’s sudden-death qualification game at curling’s Olympic Qualification Event 2017, in Pilsen, Czech Republic. This game was close all the way, with never more than two points between the teams.
Sunday 10 December 2017
Denmark became the final women’s team to qualify for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games when they beat Italy by 5-4 in the extra end of the last women’s qualification game at the Olympic Qualification Event 2017 taking place in Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Sunday 10 December 2017
Italy became the first men’s team to qualify for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games from the Olympic Qualification Event 2017, being staged in Pilsen, Czech Republic, when they beat Denmark by 6-5 in the first qualification game on Sunday (10 December) morning.
Sunday 10 December 2019
From 16 to 23 February 2019, more than 100 junior curlers from up to 20 countries will be heading to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada to participate in the World Junior Curling Championships 2019, and Fort Point Lighthouse will help guide their arrival.
Wednesday 6 December 2017
The World Curling Federation respects the decision of the International Olympic Committee taken on Tuesday 5 December and will continue to work hard to ensure a successful Olympic Winter Games in February. The World Curling Federation is pleased the International Olympic Committee has found a pathway for clean Russian athletes to participate in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
Saturday 9 December 2017
China’s women became the first team to gain a place at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games from the Olympic Qualification Event 2018, being staged in Pilsen, Czech Republic, when they beat Italy by 11-4 in Saturday (9 December) evening’s first qualification game.
Saturday 9 December 2017
World Curling TV joined Czech Republic's skip, Anna Kubeskova, on a taxi journey around Pilsen during the Olympic Qualification Event 2017, hosted by the Czech Curling Association. From playing snooker to wearing the same socks for 13 curling games in a row, you can find out more about the 28-year-old Czech skip in the latest edition of 'Grab a Cab'.
Saturday 9 December 2017
In Saturday afternoon’s dramatic last session of men’s round-robin play at the Olympic Qualification Event in Pilsen, Czech Republic, Denmark beat Italy by 8-3 to consolidate their position as top Play-off qualifiers.
Saturday 9 December 2017
With a 9-3 win over Finland in Saturday (9 December) morning’s seventh and final session of women’s round-robin play at the Olympic Qualification Event 2017 in Pilsen, Czech Republic, Denmark became the third team to make it to the play-offs. The play-offs will determine the two Member Associations to go forward to next February’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
Friday 8 December 2018
With wins over Denmark and the hosts, Czech Republic in Friday (8 December) afternoon’s second-last session of women’s round-robin play at the Olympic Qualification Event 2017 in Pilsen, China and Italy became the first two teams to qualify for the top three ranking places.
During the Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2017 in St. Gallen, Switzerland, World Curling TV spent a little time getting to know Team Norway.
Saturday 2 December 2017
Lisbon, 2004. Greece win their first European Football Championship against the host nation Portugal, in a story that shocked the sporting world. They had qualified for the finals ahead of European titans Spain, who would join them in the tournament. Qualifying was stage one. The group stages saw them defeat Portugal and draw with Spain, before losing to bottom-of-the-table Russia.