2020 World Men's Curling Championship

2020 World Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Glasgow, Scotland
Arena	Emirates Arena, Glasgow
Dates	March 28 – April 5, 2020 (cancelled)
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The 2020 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2020 LGT World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be held from March 28 to April 5 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.^[1][2] On March 14, 2020, the World Curling Federation announced the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3][4]

The event was set to be the first event to start gathering points towards the 2022 Winter Olympic Qualification.^[5] Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear. It was later announced that any country who were scheduled to compete in the event and did not qualify through the 2021 World Championships would take part in a final Olympic Qualifying Tournament in December 2021.

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship:^[6]

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	1	Scotland
2019 Americas Challenge	2	Canada  United States
2019 European Curling Championships	7[7]	Sweden  Switzerland  Denmark  Italy  Norway  Germany  Netherlands
2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships	1[8]	South Korea
2020 World Qualification Event	2	China  Russia
TOTAL	13

World Ranking

The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.^[9]

Member Associations	Rank	Points
Sweden	1	89.020
Canada	2	75.980
United States	3	71.029
Switzerland	4	65.196
Scotland	5	52.059
Norway	7	40.392
South Korea	8	35.343
Italy	9	34.461
Denmark	10	24.520
Russia	11	19.412
Germany	12	18.578
China	13	18.358
Netherlands	14	16.951

Teams

The teams were to be:^[10]

Canada	China	Denmark	Germany	Italy
St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Brett Gallant Lead: Geoff Walker Alternate: Jeff Thomas	Harbin CC, Harbin Skip: Zou Qiang Third: Tian Jiafeng Second: Wang Zhiyu Lead: Xu Jingtao Alternate: Han Peng	Gentofte CC, Gentofte & Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Tobias Thune Third: Kasper Wiksten Second: Daniel Poulsen Lead: Oliver Rosenkrands Søe Alternate: Kenneth Hertsdahl	EC Oberstdorf, Oberstdorf Skip: Marc Muskatewitz Third: Sixten Totzek Second: Joshua Sutor Lead: Dominik Greindl Alternate: Klaudius Harsch	SC Pinerolo, Pinerolo Skip: Joël Retornaz Third Amos Mosaner Second: Sebastiano Arman Lead: Simone Gonin Alternate: Alberto Pimpini
Netherlands	Norway	Russia	Scotland	South Korea
CC PWA Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer Fourth: Wouter Gösgens Skip: Jaap van Dorp Second: Laurens Hoekman Lead: Carlo Glasbergen Alternate: Alexander Magan	Snarøen CC, Oslo Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Steffen Walstad Second: Markus Høiberg Lead: Magnus Vågberg Alternate: Torger Nergård	Ice Cube CC, Sochi Skip: Sergey Glukhov Third: Alexey Tuzov Second: Evgeny Klimov Lead: Anton Kalalb Alternate: Dmitry Mironov	Gogar Park CC, Edinburgh Skip: Bruce Mouat Third: Grant Hardie Second: Bobby Lammie Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr. Alternate: Ross Whyte	Uiseong CC, Uiseong Skip: Kim Chang-min Third: Lee Ki-jeong Second: Kim Hak-kyun Lead: Lee Ki-bok
Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Daniel Magnusson	Baden Regio CC, Baden Skip: Yannick Schwaller Third: Michael Brunner Second: Romano Meier Lead: Marcel Käufeler Alternate: Lucien Lottenbach	Duluth CC, Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Chris Plys Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Colin Hufman

National playdowns

• 2020 Tim Hortons Brier
• 2020 United States Men's Curling Championship

References

1. "World Curling Federation Site". World Curling Federation. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
2. "Official Site". 2020 LGT World Men's Curling Championship. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
3. The Canadian Press (March 14, 2020). "Men's curling world championship in Scotland cancelled due to COVID-19". The Star. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
4. "LGT World Men's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Glasgow, Scotland". World Curling Federation. World Curling Federation. March 14, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
5. "Event Info". World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
6. "Qualification Rules (Page 55 & 56)" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
7. "European Qualifiers". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
8. "Pacific-Asia Qualifiers". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on October 13, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
9. "World Rankings - men". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
10. "Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 26, 2020.