World Curling, formerly the World Curling Federation (WCF) is the world governing body for

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. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation (ICF), when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made. The name was changed in 1990 to the WCF and then to World Curling in 2024. The ICF was initially formed in 1966 as a committee of the

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in Perth after the success of the Scotch Cup series of world championships held between Canada and Scotland. At the outset, it comprised the associations of Scotland, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and the United States. In the wake of its formation, it sanctioned the

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. World Curling currently sanctions 15 international curling events (see

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). World Curling is managed by eight Board Directors, one president, three vice-presidents (one from each World Curling regional zone - Americas, Europe, Pacific-Asia) and six Board Directors. The six Board Directors must all come from different member associations. All positions on the Board of Directors are elected by World Curling member associations. The Board of Directors are supported by and a permanent staff of 20 employees. There are 74

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, with the most recent addition being Pakistan, Puerto Rico and the Philippines in 2023, and Monaco in 2024. In reaction to the

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, in March 2022 World Curling banned the Russian Curling Federation from competing.

Goals

The World Curling mission statement reads: "To lead the worldwide curling community through the promotion and development of our sport, our culture and our values." The purpose and aims of World Curling are as follows: # To represent curling internationally and to facilitate growth of the sport throughout the world # To promote co-operation and mutual understanding amongst Member Associations and to unite curlers throughout the world # To Defend and Further the interests of world curling # To conduct world curling competitions # To formulate rules of the sport of curling for world competitions and all other competitions approved by World Curling

Member associations

Following is a list of member associations of World Curling:

Former member associations

Executive board

The current executive board as of June 2024 is as follows: President: Beau Welling (United States)
Vice Presidents: : Graham Prouse (Canada) : Hugh Millikin (Australia) Board of Directors: : Kim Forge (Australia) : Helena Lingham (Sweden) : Sergio Mitsuo Vilela (Brazil) : Robin Niven (Scotland) : Toyo Ogawa (Japan) Athlete Commission Chair:

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(Canada)

Former presidents

Former presidents of the WCF and ICF are listed below:

Competitions and championships

World Curling manages many events around the world.

Notes

References

External links

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European Curling Federation
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Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide #Curling stone, stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take t ...

Sports organizations established in 1966