2020 World Qualification Event

The 2020 World Qualification Event for the World Curling Championships was held from January 13 to 18 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.^[1] 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 Russia qualified in the men's division and South Korea and Italy qualified in the women's division.

2020 World Qualification Event
Host city	Lohja, Finland
Arena	Kisakallio Sports Institute
Dates	January 13-18
Men's winner	China
Skip	Zou Qiang
Third	Tian Jiafeng
Second	Wang Zhiyu
Lead	Xu Jingtao
Alternate	Han Peng
Finalist	Russia
Women's winner	South Korea
Skip	Gim Un-chi
Third	Um Min-ji
Second	Kim Su-ji
Lead	Seol Ye-eun
Alternate	Seol Ye-ji
Finalist	Italy
« 2019 2022 »

Men

Qualification

Eight men's teams will qualify to participate in the 2020 World Qualification Event, through the following methods:^[1]

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	1	Finland
2019 Americas Challenge	1	Mexico
2019 European Curling Championships	4	Russia  England  Czech Republic  Poland
2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships	2	Japan  China
TOTAL	8

Teams

China	Czech Republic	England	Finland
Skip: Zou Qiang Third: Tian Jiafeng Second: Wang Zhiyu Lead: Xu Jingtao Alternate: Han Peng	Skip: Lukáš Klíma Third: Marek Černovský Second: Jiří Candra Lead: Samuel Mokriš Alternate: Radek Boháč	Skip: Andrew Reed Third: Andrew Woolston Second: Scott Gibson Lead: Fraser Clark Alternate: Thomas Jaeggi	Fourth: Jere Sullanmä Third: Jason Moore Second: Iikko Santti Skip: Jermu Pöllänen Alternate: Melker Lundberg
Japan	Mexico	Poland	Russia
Skip: Yuta Matsumura Third: Tetsuro Shimizu Second: Yasumasa Tanida Lead: Shinya Abe Alternate: Kosuke Aita	Skip: Diego Tompkins Third: Ramy Cohen Masri Second: Ismael Abreu Lead: Mateo Tompkins Alternate: Ezra Cohen Ezban	Skip: Borys Jasiecki Third: Konrad Stych Second: Krzysztof Domin Lead: Bartosz Łobaza Alternate: Kasper Knebloch	Skip: Sergey Glukhov Third: Dmitry Mironov Second: Evgeny Klimov Lead: Anton Kalalb Alternate: Aleksey Tuzov

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
China	Zou Qiang	6	1	–	49.01
Russia	Sergey Glukhov	5	2	1–0	42.52
Japan	Yuta Matsumura	5	2	0–1	17.36
Finland	Jermu Pöllänen	4	3	–	39.43
Czech Republic	Lukáš Klíma	3	4	1–0	43.32
Poland	Borys Jasiecki	3	4	0–1	39.66
England	Andrew Reed	2	5	–	43.72
Mexico	Diego Tompkins	0	7	–	89.28

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).^[2]

Draw 1

Monday, January 13, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zou)	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	X	X	X	3
Finland (Pöllänen)	3	0	2	1	1	1	0	X	X	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mexico (Tompkins)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Poland (Jasiecki)	2	1	0	3	2	0	4	X	X	X	12

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Matsumura)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
Russia (Glukhov)	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
England (Reed)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3
Czech Republic (Klíma)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	X	5

Draw 2

Tuesday, January 14, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	4
Russia (Glukhov)	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	3	X	X	11

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zou)	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	X	X	11
Mexico (Tompkins)	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Finland (Pöllänen)	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7
Poland (Jasiecki)	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	8

Draw 3

Wednesday, January 15, 09:00

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
China (Zou)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7
Russia (Glukhov)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Pöllänen)	1	0	0	0	3	5	0	1	0	X	10
Czech Republic (Klíma)	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Matsumura)	2	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	X	X	9
Mexico (Tompkins)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Draw 4

Wednesday, January 15, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Pöllänen)	3	2	2	1	1	4	X	X	X	X	13
Mexico (Tompkins)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	0

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	3
Japan (Matsumura)	0	1	0	3	2	0	4	X	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Jasiecki)	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	6
China (Zou)	0	1	0	1	1	4	0	0	4	X	11

Draw 5

Thursday, January 16, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Matsumura)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	5
China (Zou)	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Poland (Jasiecki)	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	8
Czech Republic (Klíma)	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
England (Reed)	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	X	9
Finland (Pöllänen)	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mexico (Tompkins)	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	7
Russia (Glukhov)	1	0	4	0	3	0	3	0	4	X	15

Draw 6

Friday, January 17, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mexico (Tompkins)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
Czech Republic (Klíma)	2	2	1	0	1	4	X	X	X	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Matsumura)	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	1	4	X	12
Finland (Pöllänen)	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Glukhov)	0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	3	X	11
Poland (Jasiecki)	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	X	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zou)	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	8
England (Reed)	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	7

Draw 7

Friday, January 17, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Jasiecki)	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Japan (Matsumura)	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	7
China (Zou)	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mexico (Tompkins)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
England (Reed)	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Glukhov)	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	7
Finland (Pöllänen)	0	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	4	X	12

Playoffs

	1 vs. 2					Second place game					Qualify for World Championship
	1	China	10								China
	2	Russia	5								Russia
						2	Russia	8
						3	Japan	7

1 vs. 2

Saturday, January 18, 09:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zou)	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	4	X	X	10
Russia (Glukhov)	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	X	X	5

Winner qualifies for 2020 World Men's Curling Championship.

Loser drops to second place game.

Second place game

Saturday, January 18, 14:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Glukhov)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	8
Japan (Matsumura)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	7

Winner qualifies for 2020 World Men's Curling Championship.

Women

Qualification

Eight women's teams will qualify to participate in the 2020 World Qualification Event, through the following methods:^[1]

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	1	Finland
2019 Americas Challenge	1	Mexico
2019 European Curling Championships	4	Estonia  Norway  Italy  Turkey
2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships	2[3]	South Korea  Hong Kong  Chinese Taipei  Australia
TOTAL	8

Notes

Crossed-out teams qualified for this event on merit, but later withdrew and were replaced by the next highest ranking team.

Teams

Australia	Estonia	Finland	Italy
Skip: Lauren Wagner Third: Jennifer Westhagen Second: Kristen Tsourlenes Lead: Carlee Millikin	Skip: Marie Turmann Third: Liisa Turmann Second: Heili Grossmann Lead: Erika Tuvike	Skip: Elina Virtaala Third: Miia Turto Second: Janina Lindström Lead: Tuuli Rissanen Alternate: Marjo Hippi	Skip: Veronica Zappone Third: Stefania Constantini Second: Angela Romei Lead: Giulia Zardini Lacedelli Alternate: Elena Dami
South Korea	Mexico	Norway	Turkey
Skip: Gim Un-chi Third: Um Min-ji Second: Kim Su-ji Lead: Seol Ye-eun Alternate: Seol Ye-ji	Skip: Adriana Camarena Osorno Third: Angélica Pérez Anzures Second: Estefana Quintero Torres Lead: Monica Tompkins	Skip: Marianne Rørvik Third: Eli Skaslien Second: Pia Trulsen Lead: Jennifer Cunningham	Skip: Dilşat Yıldız Third: Öznur Polat Second: Semiha Konuksever Lead: Mihriban Polat

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
South Korea	Gim Un-chi	7	0	–	50.14
Italy	Veronica Zappone	6	1	–	76.20
Turkey	Dilşat Yıldız	4	3	1–1	46.91
Estonia	Marie Turmann	4	3	1–1	69.56
Norway	Marianne Rørvik	4	3	1–1	80.21
Finland	Elina Virtaala	2	5	–	93.06
Australia	Lauren Wagner	1	6	–	90.68
Mexico	Adriana Camarena Osorno	0	7	–	104.42

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).^[2]

Draw 1

Monday, January 13, 15:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Zappone)	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	X	8
Estonia (Turmann)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)	1	1	0	2	3	0	2	3	X	X	12
Finland (Virtaala)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Turkey (Yıldız)	0	2	0	1	3	1	3	3	X	X	13
Australia (Wagner)	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mexico (Camarena Osorno)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	3
Norway (Rørvik)	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	X	X	X	9

Draw 2

Tuesday, January 14, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mexico (Camarena Osorno)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	1
Finland (Virtaala)	1	3	1	0	2	2	2	X	X	X	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Zappone)	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	X	7
Australia (Wagner)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Estonia (Turmann)	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	6
Norway (Rørvik)	1	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	1	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Turkey (Yıldız)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6
South Korea (Gim)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	7

Draw 3

Tuesday, January 14, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Rørvik)	0	1	3	2	0	1	2	2	X	X	11
Australia (Wagner)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mexico (Camarena Osorno)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Turkey (Yıldız)	2	1	1	0	2	0	4	X	X	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Zappone)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	5
South Korea (Gim)	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	X	9

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

Draw 4

Wednesday, January 15, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Turkey (Yıldız)	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2
Italy (Zappone)	0	4	4	1	0	2	X	X	X	X	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Virtaala)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6
Norway (Rørvik)	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mexico (Camarena Osorno)	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
Estonia (Turmann)	2	2	0	0	4	1	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)	4	4	0	1	3	1	X	X	X	X	13
Australia (Wagner)	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Draw 5

Thursday, January 16, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Estonia (Turmann)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	2
South Korea (Gim)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Wagner)	0	5	1	3	1	0	0	4	X	X	14
Mexico (Camarena Osorno)	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Rørvik)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	3
Turkey (Yıldız)	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Virtaala)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	6
Italy (Zappone)	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	1	8

Draw 6

Thursday, January 16, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Virtaala)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	4
Turkey (Yıldız)	2	0	4	0	1	1	0	3	X	X	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Rørvik)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	5
Italy (Zappone)	0	1	0	3	1	0	4	0	1	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)	4	1	1	5	0	4	X	X	X	X	15
Mexico (Camarena Osorno)	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1

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

Draw 7

Friday, January 17, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	X	8
Norway (Rørvik)	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Turkey (Yıldız)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
Estonia (Turmann)	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Wagner)	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	X	5
Finland (Virtaala)	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	6	X	13

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Zappone)	0	4	1	4	0	1	1	X	X	X	11
Mexico (Camarena Osorno)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2

Playoffs

	1 vs. 2					Second place game					Qualify for World Championship
	1	South Korea	6								South Korea
	2	Italy	5								Italy
						2	Italy	8
						3	Turkey	4

1 vs. 2

Saturday, January 18, 09:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	6
Italy (Zappone)	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5

Winner qualifies for 2020 World Women's Curling Championship.

Loser drops to second place game.

Second place game

Saturday, January 18, 14:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Zappone)	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	8
Turkey (Yıldız)	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	4

Winner qualifies for 2020 World Women's Curling Championship.