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Fuessen, Germany to host WCF Olympic Qualification Event

The World Curling Federation (WCF) has announced that Füssen in Germany will host the inaugural WCF Olympic Qualification Event where the final two men’s and women’s team spots for the curling competition at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games will be decided. The event will be staged in the 3500 seat BLZ Arena from 11 to 15 December 2013.

WMCC 2013: Scotland, Sweden, Denmark and Canada into Play-offs

Each of the four games in Thursday evening's last round-robin session at the Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, Canada had a potential effect on the final Page Play-off line-up. With Scotland sitting out, already assured of a place in the Page 1-2 Play-off, Canada faced Sweden.

WWCC 2013: Day 6 Early Round-up

Scotland confirmed their place in the Page 1-2 Play-off game this weekend at the Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, Canada when they beat China by 7-4 in Thursday morning on the final day of round-robin play. After the game against China, Scottish skip David Murdoch said: "That was a solid game, nice and steady.

WMCC 2013: Day 5 Evening Round-up

Scotland faced Sweden in Wednesday evening's round-robin play at the Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, Canada, with both teams sitting near the top of the table, still with strong medal hopes.

WMCC 2013: Day 5 Early Round-up

More curling history was made in Wednesday's play at the Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, Canada when Japan recorded their first-ever victory over Canada, winning by 10-8. They signalled their intentions in the third end when skip Yusuke Morozumi drew for three points to take a 3-2 lead.

Sweden’s top curling star - Anette Norberg - retires

Anette Norberg, 46, has decided to call time on her career as an elite player, so she will be unable to defend her two Olympic gold medals from 2006 and 2010. Her decision has been growing during the course of the season, and was not an easy one to take. “Curling has been my life for so many years so, of course, there’s so much I’ll miss.

WCF and CCA extend partnership on World Curling Championships to 2018

The World Curling Federation (WCF) is pleased to announce the extension of its partnership with the Canadian Curling Association (CCA) which will see Canada host the World Men’s Curling Championship in 2015 and 2017 and the World Women’s Curling Championship in 2016 and 2018.

WMCC 2013: Day 4 Evening Round-up

USA completed their second win of the day when they beat Scotland by 8-6 in Tuesday evening's eleventh session of round-robin play at the Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, Canada. They gave themselves the perfect start when they scored two points in the first end.

WMCC 2013: Day 4 Early Round-up

Tuesday morning's ninth round-robin session of play at the Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, Canada was historic for two reasons: the Czech Republic beat Canada for the first time - by 6-4, while Russia recorded their first-ever victory at men's World Championships level, by 7-6 over Finland.

WMCC 2013: Day 3 Evening Round-up

In Monday evening's eighth session of round-robin play at the Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, Canada, Finland recorded their first win of the week - beating Japan by 6-5, while at the top of the table, Canada kept their unbeaten record with a six-end 7-2 victory over USA. The game between Finland and Japan was tight until, in the sixth end.

WMCC 2013: Day 3 Early Round-up

Canada continued their winning ways in Monday's seventh session of round-robin play at the Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, Canada with an emphatic 7-2 win over Switzerland in just eight ends that kept their unbeaten record going. The Swiss had a chance to score big in the second end of this game, but their skip Sven Michel wrecked on his way into the house.

WMCC 2013: Day 2 Evening Round-up

CURLING: Ford World Men’s Curling Championship 2013 – Day 2 Evening Round-up For immediate release: 31 March 2013 Victoria, BC, Canada – Both Canada and Scotland were undefeated

WMCC 2013: Day 2 Early Round-up

In Sunday afternoon's fourth session of round-robin play at the Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, Canada, Scotland beat Denmark while in the earlier morning session, Canada had beaten Finland to remain the only two teams with unbeaten records, on two wins each.

WMCC 2013: Day 1 Evening Round-up

Scotland got their campaign off to a winning start as they faced up to Japan in Saturday evening's second round-robin session of the Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, Canada. This was the first game for both of these teams and the Scots took the early lead with two single steals and a score of four points in the fourth end.

WMCC 2013: Day 1 Early Round-up

In the opening session of round-robin play in the Ford World Men's Curling Championships in Victoria, Canada, the host nation got off to a winning start against Pacific-Asia Champions China. In the seventh end, Canadian skip Brad Jacobs cleared out a Chinese stone, leaving some of his own in the house to score three points for a 7-2 lead.

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