Olympic Winter Games 2018 / Curling / Qualification

The qualification in curling for the Olympic Winter Games 2018 was based on the following criteria:

• A home team from South Korea is allowed to participate in each tournament .
• Seven teams that have qualified through the qualification points at the world championships are allowed to participate in each tournament .
• Two teams that have qualified through the qualifying tournament in Pilsen 2017 are allowed to participate in the tournaments for women and men .

women and men

For the two tournaments for women and men, seven of the ten starting places were awarded on the basis of a point system that takes into account the results of the World Championships in 2016 and 2017 . Two other participants were identified in the course of a qualifying tournament that took place in Pilsen from December 5 to 10, 2017 . All nations that did not achieve enough qualification points in the 2016 and 2017 World Championships or took part in the 2014 or 2015 World Championships or placed third in the Pacific Asia Championship were eligible to participatein the current Olympic cycle. China and Denmark qualified for women and Denmark and Italy for men. The two South Korean teams will receive the last starting place as hosts. The selections of Scotland participate in the Games as representatives of Great Britain.

The point system weighted the results of the last two world championships equally. The world champion received 14 points each, the losing finalist 12, the third-placed 10, the fourth-placed 9, the fifth-placed 8, up to the twelfth-placed, who got one point.

Qualification table women
space	nation	2016	2017	total
1	Canada	9	14th	23
2	Olympic athletes from Russia	10	12	22nd
3	Switzerland	14th	5	19th
4th	United Kingdom	8th	10	18th
5	United States	7th	8th	15th
6th	Sweden	4th	9	13
7th	South Korea (hosts)	6th	7th	13
8th	Japan	12	-	12
9	Germany	3	4th	7th
10	Czech Republic	-	6th	6th
11	Denmark	5	1	6th
12	Italy	1	3	4th
13	People's Republic of China	-	2	2
14th	Finland	2	-	2
15th	Norway	0	0	0
	Latvia	0	0	0

Qualification table men
space	nation	2016	2017	total
1	Canada	14th	14th	28
2	Sweden	7th	12	19th
3	United States	10	9	19th
4th	Japan	9	6th	15th
5	Switzerland	4th	10	14th
6th	United Kingdom	6th	7th	13
7th	Norway	8th	5	13
8th	Denmark	12	-	12
9	People's Republic of China	-	8th	8th
10	Finland	5	-	5
11	Italy	-	4th	4th
12	Germany	1	3	4th
13	Olympic athletes from Russia	3	1	4th
14th	Netherlands	-	2	2
15th	South Korea (hosts)	2	-	2
16	Czech Republic	0	0	0

Mixed doubles

For the mixed doubles tournament, seven of the eight starting places after the above. Awarded a point system that incorporated the results of the Mixed Doubles World Championships in 2016 and 2017 . The host country South Korea took eighth place on the grid.

space	nation	2016	2017	total
1	People's Republic of China	12	10	22nd
2	Canada	8th	12	20th
3	Olympic athletes from Russia	14th	4th	18th
4th	Switzerland	0	14th	14th
5	United States	10	3	13
6th	Norway	4th	8th	12
7th	Finland	6th	6th	12
8th	United Kingdom	9	2	11
9	Czech Republic	0	9	9
10	South Korea (hosts)	0	7th	7th
11	Estonia	7th	0	7th
12	Latvia	0	5	5
13	England	5	0	5
14th	Slovakia	3	0	3
15th	Austria	2	0	2
16	Italy	0	1	1
17th	Ireland	1	0	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games - Qualification. In: Worldcurling.com. World Curling Federation, accessed December 26, 2017 .