Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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The curling competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics will be held at Hillcrest Park in Vancouver. It will be the fifth time that Curling is on the Olympic program, after having been staged in 1924, 1998, 2002 and 2006. The competition will follow the same format that was used during the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, with 10 teams playing a round robin tournament, from which the top four teams will advance to the semi-finals.

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[edit] Qualified Teams

[edit] Men's

[edit] Women's

[edit] Qualification

Performances at the 2007, 2008, and 2009 World Curling Championships will decide which country will be able to send a curling team to the 2010 Olympics. Points are distributed in the following manner, with the top 9 teams (excluding Canada) qualifying for the Olympics.

Position at WC Number of points
1 14
2 12
3 10
4 9
5 8
6 7
7 6
8 5
9 4
10 3
11 2
12 1

In case of a tie during a World Championships, the points are split (for example, if two teams tie for tenth place, they shall receive 2.5 points). Canada, as the host nation, is qualified automatically. Scotland's points will count as Great Britain (Scotland does not compete at the Olympic level separately).

[edit] Men's standing

Country 2007 2008 2009 total
Canada Canada (CAN) 14 14 host 28
Germany Germany (GER) 12 6 - 18
United States United States (USA) 10 6 q 16
Great Britain Great Britain (GBR) 3.5 12 - 15.5
France France (FRA) 6.5 8 - 14.5
Norway Norway (NOR) 3.5 10 - 13.5
Sweden Sweden (SWE) 8 3.5 - 11.5
Switzerland Switzerland (SUI) 9 2 - 11
Australia Australia (AUS) 3.5 6 - 9.5
China China (CHN) - 9 - 9
Denmark Denmark (DEN) 3.5 3.5 - 7
Finland Finland (FIN) 6.5 - - 6.5
Czech Republic Czech Republic (CZE) - 1 - 1
South Korea South Korea (KOR) 1 - - 1

q = qualified

[edit] Women's standing

Country 2007 2008 2009 total
Canada Canada (CAN) 14 14 q 28
Denmark Denmark (DEN) 12 8 - 20
China China (CHN) 6 12 - 18
Switzerland Switzerland (SUI) 7.5 10 - 17.5
United States United States (USA) 9 6.5 q 15.5
Japan Japan (JPN) 4 9 - 13
Great Britain Great Britain (GBR) 10 3 - 13
Sweden Sweden (SWE) 7.5 6.5 - 13
Germany Germany (GER) 4 4.5 - 8.5
Russia Russia (RUS) 4 4.5 - 8.5
Italy Italy (ITA) 1.5 2 - 3.5
Czech Republic Czech Republic (CZE) 1.5 1 - 2.5
South Korea South Korea (KOR) - - host 0

q = qualified

[edit] External links

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