Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification event

Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The Olympic qualifying event was held from 5–10 December 2017 in Plzeň, Czech Republic. The qualification event was open to any nations that earned qualification points at the 2016 or 2017 World Curling Championships or participated at the 2014 or 2015 World Curling Championships (the Czech men's team, the Norway & the Latvia women's team).^[1] The top two teams from the qualification event qualified their nations to participate in the Olympics.

Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics Qualification event
Host city	Plzeň, Czech Republic
Arena	Winter Arena Košutka
Dates	December 5–10, 2017
Men's winner	Italy
Curling club	A.S.D. Trentino Curling, Cembra
Skip	Joël Retornaz
Fourth	Amos Mosaner
Second	Simone Gonin
Lead	Daniele Ferrazza
Alternate	Andrea Pilzer
Finalist	Denmark (Rasmus Stjerne)
Women's winner	China
Curling club	Harbin CC, Harbin
Skip	Wang Bingyu
Third	Zhou Yan
Second	Liu Jinli
Lead	Ma Jingyi
Finalist	Denmark (Madeleine Dupont)
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Competition format

In both the men's and the women's tournaments, the teams played a single round robin, and at its conclusion, the top three teams advanced to the playoffs. In the playoffs, the first and second seeds played a game to determine the first team to advance to the main Olympic tournament. The loser of this game, along with the third seed, played a game to determine the second team to advance to the main Olympic tournament.^[2]

Men

Teams

China	Czech Republic	Denmark	Finland
Skip: Liu Rui Third: Xu Xiaoming Second: Jiang Dongxu Lead: Zang Jialiang Alternate: Ma Yanlong	Skip: Jiří Snítil Third: Lukáš Klíma Second: Martin Snítil Lead: Jindřich Kitzberger Alternate: Samuel Mokriš	Skip: Rasmus Stjerne Third: Johnny Frederiksen Second: Mikkel Poulsen Lead: Oliver Dupont Alternate: Morten Berg Thomsen	Skip: Aku Kauste Third: Kasper Hakunti Second: Pauli Jäämies Lead: Janne Pitko Alternate: Kalle Kiiskinen
Germany	Italy	Netherlands	Olympic Athletes from Russia
Skip: Alexander Baumann Third: Manuel Walter Second: Daniel Herberg Lead: Ryan Sherrard Alternate: Sebastian Schweizer	Skip: Joël Retornaz Fourth: Amos Mosaner Second: Simone Gonin Lead: Daniele Ferrazza Alternate: Andrea Pilzer	Skip: Jaap van Dorp Third: Wouter Gösgens Second: Laurens Hoekman Lead: Carlo Glasbergen Alternate: Alexander Magan	Skip: Alexey Timofeev Third: Artem Shmakov Second: Artur Razhabov Lead: Evgeny Klimov Alternate: Sergey Glukhov

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L
Denmark	Rasmus Stjerne	6	1
Italy	Joël Retornaz	4	3
Czech Republic	Jiří Snítil	4	3
Olympic Athletes from Russia	Alexey Timofeev	4	3
China	Liu Rui	4	3
Finland	Aku Kauste	3	4
Germany	Alexander Baumann	2	5
Netherlands	Jaap van Dorp	1	6

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1).^[2]

Draw 1

Tuesday, December 5, 20:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Timofeev)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	5
Finland (Kauste)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Baumann)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	4
China (Liu)	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	6
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	7

Draw 2

Wednesday, December 6, 12:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	5
China (Liu)	0	0	3	3	0	3	0	1	X	X	10

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	2	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	X	X	10
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Timofeev)	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	6
Finland (Kauste)	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	9

Draw 3

Wednesday, December 6, 20:00

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	5
China (Liu)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Timofeev)	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	5
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Baumann)	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	X	8
Czech Republic (Snítil)	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	4

Draw 4

Thursday, December 7, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Timofeev)	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Czech Republic (Snítil)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	7

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	6
Germany (Baumann)	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4

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

Draw 5

Friday, December 8, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Baumann)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1
Denmark (Stjerne)	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	X	X	6

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	6
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Timofeev)	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	X	10
China (Liu)	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	7

Draw 6

Friday, December 8, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	X	6
Italy (Retornaz)	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	2	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Baumann)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	5
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Timofeev)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	X	6

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

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

Draw 7

Saturday, December 9, 13:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kauste)	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	X	8
Germany (Baumann)	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	3
Denmark (Stjerne)	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	X	X	8

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Liu)	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	5
Olympic Athletes from Russia (Timofeev)	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	X	8

Playoffs

	Second qualifier					First qualifier
						1	Denmark	5
	1	Denmark	4			2	Italy	6
	3	Czech Republic	2

First qualifier

Sunday, December 10, 8:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	6

Player percentages
Denmark		Italy
Oliver Dupont	81%	Daniele Ferrazza	73%
Mikkel Poulsen	86%	Simone Gonin	83%
Johnny Frederiksen	84%	Joël Retornaz	84%
Rasmus Stjerne	77%	Amos Mosaner	72%
Total	82%	Total	78%

Second qualifier

Sunday, December 10, 16:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2

Player percentages
Denmark		Czech Republic
Oliver Dupont	79%	Jindřich Kitzberger	93%
Mikkel Poulsen	91%	Martin Snítil	84%
Johnny Frederiksen	85%	Lukáš Klíma	86%
Rasmus Stjerne	88%	Jiří Snítil	83%
Total	86%	Total	87%

Women

Teams

China	Czech Republic	Denmark	Finland
Skip: Wang Bingyu Third: Zhou Yan Second: Liu Jinli Lead: Ma Jingyi	Skip: Anna Kubešková Third: Alžběta Baudyšová Second: Tereza Plíšková Lead: Klára Svatoňová Alternate: Ežen Kolčevská	Skip: Madeleine Dupont Third: Denise Dupont Second: Julie Høgh Lead: Mathilde Halse Alternate: Lina Knudsen	Skip: Oona Kauste Third: Eszter Juhász Second: Maija Salmiovirta Lead: Jenni Räsänen Alternate: Lotta Immonen
Germany	Italy	Latvia
Skip: Daniela Jentsch Third: Josephine Obermann Second: Analena Jentsch Lead: Pia-Lisa Schöll Alternate: Emira Abbes	Skip: Diana Gaspari Third: Veronica Zappone Second: Stefania Constantini Lead: Angela Romei Alternate: Chiara Olivieri	Skip: Iveta Staša-Šaršūne Third: Ieva Krusta Second: Santa Blumberga Lead: Evelīna Barone Alternate: Madara Bremane

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L
Italy	Diana Gaspari	5	1
China	Wang Bingyu	5	1
Denmark	Madeleine Dupont	4	2
Czech Republic	Anna Kubešková	3	3
Latvia	Iveta Staša-Šaršūne	2	4
Germany	Daniela Jentsch	2	4
Finland	Oona Kauste	0	6

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1).^[2]

Draw 1

Tuesday, December 5, 15:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Latvia (Staša-Šaršūne)	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	2	10
Germany (Jentsch)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Dupont)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	X	7
Italy (Gaspari)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Czech Republic (Kubešková)	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
China (Wang)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	7

Draw 2

Wednesday, December 6, 8:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Kubešková)	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	9
Latvia (Staša-Šaršūne)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	5

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Jentsch)	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	7
Denmark (Dupont)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	9

Draw 3

Wednesday, December 6, 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Jentsch)	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	10
Czech Republic (Kubešková)	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	7

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	1	0	3	1	0	3	0	2	1	X	11
Latvia (Staša-Šaršūne)	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	5

Draw 4

Thursday, December 7, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
Italy (Gaspari)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Dupont)	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	5
Czech Republic (Kubešková)	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Latvia (Staša-Šaršūne)	2	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	1	X	10
Finland (Kauste)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	5

Draw 5

Thursday, December 7, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Kubešková)	0	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	3	X	11
Finland (Kauste)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Germany (Jentsch)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	9
Italy (Gaspari)	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Latvia (Staša-Šaršūne)	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	9
Denmark (Dupont)	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	10

Draw 6

Friday, December 8, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Dupont)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	3
China (Wang)	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	X	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	3	9
Czech Republic (Kubešková)	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	7

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

Draw 7

Saturday, December 9, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kauste)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	X	3
Denmark (Dupont)	1	1	1	0	3	0	1	2	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	X	X	7
Germany (Jentsch)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	7
Latvia (Staša-Šaršūne)	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	6

Playoffs

	Second qualifier					First qualifier
						1	Italy	4
	1	Italy	4			2	China	11
	3	Denmark	5

First qualifier

Saturday, December 9, 19:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	4
China (Wang)	0	1	3	4	0	1	1	1	X	X	11

Player percentages
Italy		China
Angela Romei	70%	Ma Jingyi	89%
Stefania Constantini	73%	Liu Jinli	67%
Veronica Zappone	80%	Zhou Yan	83%
Diana Gaspari	61%	Wang Bingyu	78%
Total	71%	Total	79%

Second qualifier

Sunday, December 10, 12:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Denmark (Dupont)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	5

Player percentages
Italy		Denmark
Angela Romei	73%	Mathilde Halse	69%
Stefania Constantini	84%	Julie Høgh	60%
Veronica Zappone	81%	Denise Dupont	65%
Diana Gaspari	61%	Madeleine Dupont	75%
Total	75%	Total	67%