Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Curling
at the Games of the Olympiad
VenueGangneung Curling Centre
Dates20 January – 1 February
Competitors112 from 24 nations

Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics is scheduled to take place at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea from 20 January to 1 February 2024.[1][2]

A total of up to 112 athletes (56 per gender) will qualify to compete, with 16 teams (64 athletes total) in the mixed teams competition and 24 in the mixed doubles competition (48 athletes).[3]

Qualification

The World Junior Curling Championships and World Junior B Curling Championships during the 2022–23 curling season was used to determine the teams.[3] On April 12, 2023, the World Curling Federation confirmed the teams qualified for the competitions.[4]

Qualification summary

NOC Mixed Total
Team Doubles Athletes
 AustriaYes2
 BrazilYesYes6
 CanadaYesYes6
 ChinaYesYes6
 Czech RepublicYes2
 DenmarkYesYes6
 GermanyYesYes6
 Great BritainYesYes6
 HungaryYes2
 ItalyYesYes6
 JapanYesYes6
 KazakhstanYes2
 South KoreaYesYes6
 LatviaYes2
 New ZealandYesYes6
 NigeriaYesYes6
 NorwayYesYes6
 QatarYes2
 SloveniaYes2
 South KoreaYesYes6
 SwedenYesYes6
 SwitzerlandYesYes6
 TurkeyYesYes6
 UkraineYes2
 United StatesYesYes6
Total: 24 NOCs1624112

Mixed team

Region Quota(s) Qualified
Host Nation 1  South Korea
Africa 1  Nigeria
Americas 3  United States
 Canada
 Brazil
Asia 2  China
 Japan
Europe 6  Great Britain
 Norway
 Germany
 Switzerland
 Sweden
 Turkey
Oceania 1  New Zealand
Two highest non-qualified 2  Italy
 Denmark
Total16

Mixed doubles

Region Quota(s) Qualified
Host Nation 1  South Korea
Africa 1  Nigeria
Americas 3  United States
 Canada
 Brazil
Asia (excluding West Asia) 2  China
 Japan
Europe 9  Great Britain
 Norway
 Germany
 Switzerland
 Sweden
 Turkey
 Italy
 Denmark
 Latvia
Oceania 1  New Zealand
West Asia 1  Qatar
Six highest non-qualified 6  Austria
 Czech Republic
 Ukraine
 Hungary
 Slovenia
 Kazakhstan
Total24

References

  1. "Dates and venues confirmed for Gangwon Winter YOG 2024". www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  2. "Daily Competition Schedule" (PDF). www.olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  3. "Qualification System – Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 World Curling Federation" (PDF). www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 21 March 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  4. "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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