World Junior Curling Championships
The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's since 1988. Since curling became an Olympic sport in 1998, the World Junior Curling Championship of the year preceding the Olympic Games have been held at the site of the curling tournament for the upcoming Games.[1]
| World Junior Curling Championships | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1975 (men) 1988 (women) |
| 2023 host city | Füssen, Germany |
| 2023 arena | National Training Centre for Ice Hockey and Curling |
| Current champions (2023) | |
| Men |  China |
| Women |  Scotland |
| Current edition | |
The event has its origins in the International Junior Masters Bonspiel which began in 1968 and was held annually at the East York Curling Club. By 1973, the tournament began being called the International Junior Curling Championship and the World Junior Curling Championship in 1974, before being officially sanctioned in 1975.
Qualification
Teams qualify to participate in the World Junior Curling Championships through final rankings at the previous year's championships or through the World Junior B Curling Championships, which includes any teams that did not already qualify for the championships via the previous year's rankings. The top three teams of this tournament qualify for the main tournament, and the bottom three teams from the main tournament are then demoted to the B tournament. This type of tournament also existed from 2001 to 2004, where two teams were awarded qualification spots through the B tournament instead of three.
Previously, teams that did not qualify through rankings qualified through regional qualifiers. In the Europe Zone, teams participated in the European Junior Curling Challenge, in which the winner advances to the World Championships. In the Pacific Zone, teams participated in the Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships, in which the winner advances to the World Championships.
Summary
Men's
Skips listed below nation.
Women's
All-time Medal Tables
As of 2023
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- Overall
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 34 | 19 | 17 | 70 |
| 2 | Scotland | 21 | 10 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 |  Sweden | 9 | 20 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland | 7 | 12 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 |  United States | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 |  Russia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 |  Japan | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 |  Norway | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 9 |  South Korea | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Denmark | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Germany | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 |  France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | 83 | 83 | 91 | 257 | |
References
- "Championships". Archived from the original on 2 March 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- "Masters Bonspiel won by Gan rink". Kingston Whig Standard. 12 April 1971.
- "Tough competition for curlers". North Bay Nugget. 14 April 1971.
- "none". Ottawa Citizen. 3 April 1972.
- "none". Brandon Sun. 3 April 1972.
- "Swedes unbeatable in junior curling". Vancouver Sun. 23 April 1973.
- "Ontario Rink Shares Lead". Nanaimo Daily News. 21 April 1973.
- "Swiss rule junior curlers". Edmonton Journal. 16 April 1974.
- "King chases crown, also little revenge". Edmonton Journal. 15 April 1974.
- "1998 World Junior Championships - Men's Final". TSN. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- Ingram-Brown, Leslie (20 May 2010). "Perth picked to host the World Junior Curling Championships in March 2011". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- "WCF President impressed by Sochi 2014 event progress". World Curling Federation. 18 October 2011.
- "2014 World Junior Championships return to Switzerland". World Curling Federation. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- "World Curling Federation announce hosts for 2014-15 events". World Curling Federation. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- 2016 WJC rule 8
- "Scotland awarded four international curling championships". World Curling Federation. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- "Beijing 2022 test events replaced with adapted sports testing programme". World Curling Federation. November 13, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020.