The 2022

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(branded as the 2022 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 19 to 27 at the

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in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. Prince George was originally chosen to host the

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, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The format for the Championship returned to a 13 team round robin opposed to the 14 teams qualified for the

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. The top six teams qualified for the playoff round, where the top two teams received a bye while the remaining four played the first round. The no-tick rule was used for the first time at a World Championship tournament. Scotland and Japan were forced to withdraw from the tournament due to COVID-19 issues within their teams. The Russian Curling Federation was disqualified from the tournament as a sanction for the

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; the Czech Republic accepted an invitation to replace them. The championship was won by the Switzerland team skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni.

Qualification

Thirteen curling federations qualified to participate in the 2022 World Women's Curling Championship. This was the first World Women's Championship appearance for Turkey, who was represented by skip

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Russian participation

As part of international sports' reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 28 the World Curling Federation initiated proceedings to remove the Russian Curling Federation from the 2022 Curling Championship, pending until March 3. In its statement the WCF said: On March 4, 2022, the WCF announced the removal of the RCF from the 2022 World Curling Championships. Their vacated spot was offered to the next best-placed teams in the World Qualifying event, first Latvia, then Finland, neither of which were able to compete. It was then offered to the next highest ranked team not already represented; the Czech Republic accepted entry into the tournament.

COVID-19 issues

Scotland

Prior to the event, Scottish skip Rebecca Morrison and alternate

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tested positive for COVID-19, so the team brought new alternate

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, a shepherd from the Kinross area who was in the middle of lambing season, to play lead. However, after additional positive tests by other team members, the Scottish team was forced to withdraw from the remainder of the tournament.

Japan

Two members of the Japanese team (third

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and alternate

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) did not play in their penultimate game against Switzerland due to a COVID-19 outbreak on their team, forcing them to play with three players. Despite the remaining three players on the team testing negative, the team decided to forfeit their final game against South Korea.

Teams

The teams were as follows:

WCF ranking

Year to date World Curling Federation order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.

Rule changes

The main rule change between the 2021 and 2022 WWCC is the introduction of the no-tick rule. This will prohibit ticking a stone off of the centre line until after the fifth stone of the end has been thrown. If a stone is ticked off of the centre line before then, it is restored to its position, similar to if a stone is removed from play from the

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. Due to malfunctioning

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sensors in the rocks, it was decided that beginning with games on March 20, curlers would use the "honour system" to determine whether players were making hogline violations. That is, curlers would be enforcing their opposition's violations.

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Pacific Time ( UTC−07:00).

Draw 1

''Saturday, March 19, 2:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Saturday, March 19, 7:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Sunday, March 20, 9:00 am''

Draw 4

''Sunday, March 20, 2:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Sunday, March 20, 7:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Monday, March 21, 9:00 am''

Draw 7

''Monday, March 21, 2:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Monday, March 21, 7:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, March 22, 9:00 am''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, March 22, 2:00 pm''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, March 22, 7:00 pm''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, March 23, 9:00 am''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, March 23, 2:00 pm''

Draw 14

''Wednesday, March 23, 7:00 pm''

Draw 15

''Thursday, March 24, 9:00 am''

Draw 16

''Thursday, March 24, 2:00 pm''

Draw 17

''Thursday, March 24, 7:00 pm''

Draw 18

''Friday, March 25, 9:00 am''

Draw 19

''Friday, March 25, 2:00 pm''

Draw 20

''Friday, March 25, 7:00 pm''

Playoffs

Qualification games

''Saturday, March 26, 1:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Saturday, March 26, 7:00 pm''

Bronze-medal game

''Sunday, March 27, 11:00 am''

Final

''Sunday, March 27, 4:00 pm''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Final round robin percentages''

Perfect games

''Minimum 10 shots thrown''

Final standings

References

* {{World championships in 2022 World Women's Curling Championship World Women's Championship Curling in British Columbia 2022 in British Columbia Sports competitions in British Columbia Women's curling competitions in Canada 2022 in women's curling Sport in Prince George, British Columbia