World Curling Championships

World Curling Championships

Started Year
: 1959
Game
: Curling
Current Champion
: Men's World Curling champions:Niklas Edin ,Oskar Eriksson ,Kristian Lindström ,Christoffer Sundgren ,Henri Leek Women's World Curling champions:Alina Pätz ,Nadine Lehmann ,Marisa Winkelhausen ,Nicole Schwägli ,Carole Howald
 

History Of World Curling Championships

The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. 


Scotch Cup:

1959-The World Curling Championships began in 1959 as the Scotch Cup. The first three Cups were contested between men's teams from Scotland and Canada. 

1961-The United States joined the Scotch Cup in 1961, and Sweden also joined the next year.Canada won the first six world titles, of which the legendary rink skipped by Ernie Richardson earned four. 

1965-The United States was the first country to break Canada's streak, winning their first world title in 1965. 

1967-By 1967, Norway, Switzerland, France, and Germany were added to the Scotch Cup, and Scotland won their first title, while Canada finished without a medal for the first time. 


Championships:

1973-In 1973, the competing field was expanded to ten teams, and Italy and Denmark were introduced to the world stage. Sweden, Switzerland, and Norway won their first titles in the following years, and Canada continued to win medals of all colours. 

1979-In 1979, the first edition of the women's World Curling Championships was held. The championships were held separately from the men's championships for the first ten years. During this time, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany won world titles.

1989-Beginning in 1989, the men's and women's championships were held together. Norway won their first world women's title.

1995-In 1995, Ford Canada and the World Curling Federation reached an agreement to make Ford the sponsor of the World Curling Championships.

2002-Scotland won their first women's title in 2002, and the United States won their first women's title the next year.

2005-In 2005, the men's and women's championships were separated, and an agreement was made between the World Curling Federation and the Canadian Curling Association that one of the two world championships would be sponsored by Ford Canada and would be held in Canada each year.

2009-Canada began a streak of top two finishes in the men's tournament, and China won their first world title in the women's tournament in 2009.

2008-In 2008, a world championship for mixed doubles curling was created. Switzerland won the first world mixed doubles title, and proceeded to win four of the first five titles. Russia and Hungary won their first world curling titles in the mixed doubles championship, and New Zealand, France, Austria, and the Czech Republic won their first world curling medals.

2015-In 2015, a world championship for mixed curling was created, replacing the European Mixed Curling Championship and supplanting the European Mixed and Canadian Mixed curling championships as the highest level of mixed curling in the world.


Tournament names:

The World Curling Championships have been known by a number of different names over the years.

Men:

  • 1959–1967: Scotch Cup
  • 1968–1985: Air Canada Silver Broom
  • 1986–1988: IOC President's Cup (Hexagon)
  • 1989–1990: WCF Championships
  • 1991–1992: Safeway World Curling Championship
  • 1993–1994: WCF Championships
  • 1995–2004: Ford World Curling Championship
  • 2005–present: Ford World Men's Curling Championship (odd years)
  • 2006–present: World Men's Curling Championship (even years)


Women:

  • 1979–1981: Royal Bank of Scotland World Curling Championships
  • 1982: World Curling Championships
  • 1983: Pioneer Life World Curling Championships
  • 1984: World Curling Championships
  • 1985: H&M World Curling Championships
  • 1986–1990: World Curling Championships
  • 1991–1992: Safeway World Curling Championships
  • 1993–1994: World Curling Championships
  • 1995–2004: Ford World Curling Championships
  • 2005–present: World Women's Curling Championship (odd years)
  • 2006–present: Ford World Women's Curling Championship (even years)

World Curling Championships Archieve

Men's World Curling champions:

2012 World Men's Curling Championship:

Glenn Howard

Wayne Middaugh

Brent Laing

Craig Savill

Scott Howard


2013 World Men's Curling Championship:

Niklas Edin

Sebastian Kraupp

Fredrik Lindberg

Viktor Kjäll

Oskar Eriksson



2014 World Men's Curling Championship:

Thomas Ulsrud

Torger Nergård

Christoffer Svae

Håvard Vad Petersson

Markus Høiberg


2015 World Men's Curling Championship:

Niklas Edin

Oskar Eriksson

Kristian Lindström

Christoffer Sundgren

Henrik Leek


Women's World Curling champions:

2013 World Women's Curling Championship:

Eve Muirhead

Anna Sloan

Vicki Adams

Claire Hamilton

Lauren Gray


2014 World Women's Curling Championship:

Binia Feltscher-Beeli

Irene Schori

Franziska Kaufmann

Christine Urech

Carole Howald


2015 World Women's Curling Championship:

Alina Pätz

Nadine Lehmann

Marisa Winkelhausen

Nicole Schwägli

Carole Howald


World Wheelchair Curling Championship:

2012:

Andrey Smirnov

Marat Romanov

Aleksandr Shevchenko

Svetlana Pakhomova

Oxana Slesarenko


2013:

Jim Armstrong

Dennis Thiessen

Ina Forrest

Sonja Gaudet

Mark Ideson


2015:

Andrey Smirnov

Marat Romanov

Oxana Slesarenko

Alexander Shevchenko

Svetlana Pakhomova



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