Curling at the
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; french: Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020; it, Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020; rm, Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), offic ...
took place at the
Palladium de Champéry
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Champéry
Champéry (; frp, Champérié) is a municipality in the district of Monthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
History
Champéry is first mentioned in 1286 as ''Champery''
The Hotel Dent-du-Midi opened in 1857. In 1969, Champéry becam ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
from 10 to 22 January 2020.
The curling competition has been expanded, to allow for a further eight mixed teams to qualify, meaning a total of 96 curlers from 24 nations qualified to compete.
Medal summary
Medal table
Events
2020-01-16 Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed Team – Medal Ceremony (Martin Rulsch) 46.jpg, Mixed Team Medal Ceremony (from left to right): Japan, Norway, Russia
2020-01-22 Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed Doubles – Victory Ceremony (Martin Rulsch) 054.jpg, Mixed Doubles Medal Ceremony (from left to right): Chana Beitone, Nikolai Lysakov (silver); Laura Nagy, Nathan Young (gold); Pei Junhang, Vít Chabičovský (bronze)
Qualification
A total of 24 countries qualified based on their placement points from various events. At the end of the qualification period, the top two North American, top three Asian and top eight European teams qualified, along with the top placed team from the Oceania and South America. Host nation Switzerland was also guaranteed a spot. The remaining eight teams were awarded alternating from the WCF Junior women's and men's rankings. A total of seven nations are scheduled to make their
Winter Youth Olympics debut in the sport: Denmark, France, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia and Spain.
Qualification timeline
Qualification summary
Summary
References
External links
Results Book – Curling
{{2019–20 curling season
Winter Youth Olympics
2020
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2020 Winter Youth Olympics events
Youth Olympics