2019 World Qualification Event

The 2019 World Qualification Event was held from January 18 to 23 at the Maniototo Curling International rink in Naseby, New Zealand. It was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, with the New Zealand women's team taking one host berth and the Australia men's team the other.^[1]

2019 World Qualification Event
Host city	Naseby, New Zealand
Arena	Maniototo Curling International
Dates	January 18 – 23
Men's winner	South Korea
Skip	Kim Soo-hyuk
Third	Jeong Byeong-jin
Second	Lee Jeong-jae
Lead	Lee Dong-hyeong
Alternate	Hwang Hyeon-jun
Finalist	Netherlands (van Dorp)
Women's winner	China
Skip	Mei Jie
Fourth	Wang Rui
Second	Yao Mingyue
Lead	Ma Jingyi
Alternate	Wang Meini
Finalist	Finland (Kauste)
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South Korea and the Netherlands, the top two finishers in the men's division, qualified for the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship, while China and Finland qualified for the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship as the top two finishers in the women's division.

Men

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2019 World Qualification Event:^[1]

•  Australia (host country)
• One team from the 2018 Americas Challenge
  •  Guyana
  •  Brazil
• Four teams from the 2018 European Curling Championships
  •  Netherlands
  •  Finland
  •  England
  •  Denmark
  •  Poland
• Two teams from the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
  •  South Korea
  •  New Zealand

Notes

Crossed-out teams qualified for this event on merit, but later withdrew and were replaced.

Teams

Australia	Brazil	Denmark	England
Fourth: Dean Hewitt Third: Jay Merchant Second: Tanner Davis Skip: Ian Palangio	Skip: Marcelo Mello Third: Michael Krahenbuhl Second: Scott McMullan Lead: Sergio Mitsuo Vilela Alternate: Ricardo Losso	Skip: Ulrik Damm Third: Kasper Wiksten Second: Daniel Abrahamsen Lead: Kasper Jørgensen Alternate: Daniel Buchholt	Skip: Andrew Reed Third: Michael Opel Second: Jamie Malton Lead: Thomas Jaeggi Alternate: Gary Tapp
South Korea	Netherlands	New Zealand	Poland
Skip: Kim Soo-hyuk Third: Jeong Byeong-jin Second: Lee Jeong-jae Lead: Lee Dong-hyeong Alternate: Hwang Hyeon-jun	Fourth: Wouter Goesgens Skip: Jaap van Dorp Second: Laurens Hoekman Lead: Carlo Glasbergen Alternate: Alexander Magan	Skip: Scott Becker Third: Sean Becker Second: Anton Hood Lead: Warren Dobson Alternate: Simon Neilson	Skip: Borys Jasiecki Third: Konrad Stych Second: Krzysztof Domin Lead: Bartosz Lobaza

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L
South Korea	Kim Soo-hyuk	6	1
England	Andrew Reed	5	2
Netherlands	Jaap van Dorp	5	2
New Zealand	Scott Becker	5	2
Poland	Borys Jasiecki	4	3
Australia	Ian Palangio	1	6
Denmark	Ulrik Damm	1	6
Brazil	Marcelo Mello	1	6

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00).

Draw 2

Friday, January 18, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	4	X	12
Australia (Palangio)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	X	7
Denmark (Damm)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brazil (Mello)	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	3	0	9
Poland (Jasiecki)	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	8
England (Reed)	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	1	9

Draw 4

Saturday, January 19, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)	2	0	3	1	1	2	X	X	X	X	9
Denmark (Damm)	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	X	9
Poland (Jasiecki)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Australia (Palangio)	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	11
England (Reed)	1	0	2	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	1	12

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brazil (Mello)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	4
South Korea (Kim)	3	0	3	0	2	0	1	2	X	X	11

Draw 6

Sunday, January 20, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
England (Reed)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	7
Poland (Jasiecki)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	4	X	X	10
Brazil (Mello)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	5
South Korea (Kim)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Palangio)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	3
Denmark (Damm)	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	X	5

Draw 8

Sunday, January 20, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brazil (Mello)	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	X	X	X	3
New Zealand (Becker)	2	4	1	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Damm)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
England (Reed)	0	2	1	0	2	0	4	X	X	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	X	10
Australia (Palangio)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	X	10
Poland (Jasiecki)	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	5

Draw 10

Monday, January 21, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Palangio)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	0
South Korea (Kim)	2	1	3	2	0	1	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Poland (Jasiecki)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	6
Netherlands (van Dorp)	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
England (Reed)	1	0	1	0	3	0	4	3	X	X	12
Brazil (Mello)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Damm)	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	2
New Zealand (Becker)	3	1	1	1	0	2	X	X	X	X	8

Draw 12

Tuesday, January 22, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Damm)	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	X	5
Brazil (Mello)	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	5	X	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
England (Reed)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5
New Zealand (Becker)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	6
Netherlands (van Dorp)	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Jasiecki)	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	X	10
Australia (Palangio)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	5

Draw 14

Tuesday, January 22, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	1	8
England (Reed)	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brazil (Mello)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	2
Australia (Palangio)	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	5	X	X	12

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Jasiecki)	3	2	0	3	0	1	4	X	X	X	13
Denmark (Damm)	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	X	X	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Netherlands (van Dorp)	2	0	2	2	1	0	2	X	X	X	9

Playoffs

	1 vs. 2					Second place game					Qualify for World Championship
	1	South Korea	7								South Korea
	2	England	3								Netherlands
						2	England	6
						3	Netherlands	8

1 vs. 2

Wednesday, January 23, 09:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	X	X	7
England (Reed)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	3

Winner qualifies for 2019 World Men's Curling Championship.

Loser advances to second place game.

Second place game

Wednesday, January 23, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
England (Reed)	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	6
Netherlands (van Dorp)	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	8

Winner qualifies for 2019 World Men's Curling Championship.

Women

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2019 World Qualification Event:^[1]

•  New Zealand (host country)
• One team from the 2018 Americas Challenge
  •  Brazil
• Four teams from the 2018 European Curling Championships
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Finland
  •  Norway
  •  Estonia
  •  Hungary
  •  Poland
• Two teams from the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
  •  China
  •  Hong Kong

Notes

Crossed-out teams qualified for this event on merit, but later withdrew and were replaced.

Teams

Brazil	China	Estonia	Finland
Skip: Anne Shibuya Third: Luciana Barrella Second: Alessandra Barros Lead: Débora Monteiro	Fourth: Wang Rui Skip: Mei Jie Second: Yao Mingyue Lead: Ma Jingyi Alternate: Wang Meini	Skip: Marie Turmann Third: Kerli Laidsalu Second: Triin Madisson Lead: Erika Tuvike	Skip: Oona Kauste Third: Eszter Juhász Second: Maija Salmiovirta Lead: Lotta Immonen
Hong Kong	Hungary	New Zealand	Poland
Skip: Ling-Yue Hung Third: Julie Morrison Second: Ada Shang Lead: Ashura Wong Alternate: Grace Bugg	Skip: Dorottya Palancsa Fourth: Henrietta Miklai Second: Nikolett Sándor Lead: Orsolya Rokusfalvy Alternate: Dorottya Micheller	Skip: Bridget Becker Third: Natalie Thurlow Second: Abby Peddie Lead: Eloise Pointon Alternate: Jessica Smith	Skip: Marta Pluta Third: Ewa Nogły Second: Justyna Wojtas Lead: Marta Święszek

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L
Finland	Oona Kauste	7	0
China	Mei Jie	6	1
Hungary	Dorottya Palancsa	5	2
Brazil	Anne Shibuya	3	4
Estonia	Marie Turmann	3	4
Hong Kong	Ling-Yue Hung	2	5
Poland	Marta Pluta	2	5
New Zealand	Bridget Becker	0	7

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00).

Draw 1

Friday, January 18, 15:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brazil (Shibuya)	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	10
Estonia (Turmann)	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Pluta)	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	5
Hungary (Palancsa)	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	3	X	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Hong Kong (Hung)	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	7
Finland (Kauste)	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Mei)	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	5	X	X	12
New Zealand (Becker)	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	5

Draw 3

Saturday, January 19, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Mei)	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	X	10
Hungary (Palancsa)	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brazil (Shibuya)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	X	2
Finland (Kauste)	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	X	X	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Estonia (Turmann)	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	8
New Zealand (Becker)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hong Kong (Hung)	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	1	9
Poland (Pluta)	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	7

Draw 5

Saturday, January 19, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	X	6
Finland (Kauste)	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	1	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Mei)	2	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	X	X	9
Hong Kong (Hung)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brazil (Shibuya)	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	5
Poland (Pluta)	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Estonia (Turmann)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
Hungary (Palancsa)	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	X	9

Draw 7

Sunday, January 20, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hong Kong (Hung)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5
Brazil (Shibuya)	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hungary (Palancsa)	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	8
New Zealand (Becker)	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Mei)	4	2	0	2	3	1	X	X	X	X	12
Estonia (Turmann)	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Pluta)	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	4
Finland (Kauste)	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	9

Draw 9

Monday, January 21, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Estonia (Turmann)	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	6	X	X	15
Poland (Pluta)	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	X	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kauste)	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	8
China (Mei)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	7
Hong Kong (Hung)	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hungary (Palancsa)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	2	8
Brazil (Shibuya)	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6

Draw 11

Monday, January 21, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hungary (Palancsa)	0	2	3	0	1	2	2	2	X	X	12
Hong Kong (Hung)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6
Brazil (Shibuya)	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Pluta)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	3
China (Mei)	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	4	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kauste)	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	8
Estonia (Turmann)	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5

Draw 13

Tuesday, January 22, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Pluta)	0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	10
New Zealand (Becker)	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hong Kong (Hung)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	4
Estonia (Turmann)	3	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	X	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kauste)	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	X	6
Hungary (Palancsa)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brazil (Shibuya)	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
China (Mei)	1	1	0	2	4	1	X	X	X	X	9

Playoffs

	1 vs. 2					Second place game					Qualify for World Championship
	1	Finland	3								China
	2	China	4								Finland
						1	Finland	8
						3	Hungary	1

1 vs. 2

Wednesday, January 23, 09:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kauste)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3
China (Mei)	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	4

Winner qualifies for 2019 World Women's Curling Championship.

Loser advances to second place game.

Second place game

Wednesday, January 23, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kauste)	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	X	X	8
Hungary (Palancsa)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

Winner qualifies for 2019 World Women's Curling Championship.