The 2020

World Women's Curling Championship The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...

(branded as the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship presented by Nature's Bounty for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be held from March 14 to 22 at the

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in Prince George,

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. On March 12, 2020, following the recommendations of Provincial Health Officer

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, the event was cancelled due to the

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. The event was set to be the first event to start gathering points towards the 2022 Winter Olympic Qualification. Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear.

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship:

World Ranking

The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.

Teams

The teams were to be:

WCT ranking

Year to date

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order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.

National playdowns

2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 15 to 23 at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The winning team was scheduled to represent Canada at the 2020 World Women's Curli ...

* 2020 Russian Women's World Qualification Event *

2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship The 2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship, Switzerland's national women's curling championship, was held from February 9 to 15 in Thun, Switzerland. The winning Elena Stern team was supposed to represent Switzerland at the 2020 World Women's Cu ...

* 2020 United States Women's Curling Championship

References

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