The 2020

World Qualification Event The World Qualification Event was an annual curling tournament first held in 2019 by the World Curling Federation. Eight men's and women's teams who had not already qualified for the World Curling Championships competed for the final two spots ...

for the World

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Championships was held from January 13 to 18 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland. The competition consisted of sixteen teams divided evenly into men's and women's divisions. The top two teams in the men's division qualified to compete at the 2020 World Men's Championship and similarly the top two teams in the women's division qualified to compete at the 2020 World Women's Championship. China and

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qualified in the men's division and

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and

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qualified in the women's division.

Men

Qualification

Eight men's teams will qualify to participate in the 2020 World Qualification Event, through the following methods:

Teams

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in

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( UTC+02:00).

Draw 1

''Monday, January 13, 19:00''

Draw 2

''Tuesday, January 14, 14:00''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, January 15, 09:00''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, January 15, 19:00''

Draw 5

''Thursday, January 16, 14:00''

Draw 6

''Friday, January 17, 09:00''

Draw 7

''Friday, January 17, 19:00''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Saturday, January 18, 09:00'' Winner qualifies for

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. Loser drops to second place game.

Second place game

''Saturday, January 18, 14:00'' Winner qualifies for

Women

Qualification

Eight women's teams will qualify to participate in the 2020 World Qualification Event, through the following methods: ;Notes Crossed-out teams qualified for this event on merit, but later withdrew and were replaced by the next highest ranking team.

Teams

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in

( UTC+02:00).

Draw 1

''Monday, January 13, 15:00''

Draw 2

''Tuesday, January 14, 09:00''

Draw 3

''Tuesday, January 14, 19:00''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, January 15, 14:00''

Draw 5

''Thursday, January 16, 09:00''

Draw 6

''Thursday, January 16, 19:00''

Draw 7

''Friday, January 17, 14:00''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Saturday, January 18, 09:00'' Winner qualifies for

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. Loser drops to second place game.

Second place game

''Saturday, January 18, 14:00'' Winner qualifies for

References

{{2019–20 curling season

International curling competitions hosted by Finland

Sport in Lohja