The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's since 1988. Since curling became an Olympic sport in 1998, the World Junior Curling Championship of the year preceding the Olympic Games have been held at the site of the curling tournament for the upcoming Games.[1]
| World Junior Curling Championships | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1975 (men) 1988 (women) |
| 2025 host city | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
| 2025 arena | Stadio olimpico del ghiaccio |
| Current champions (2024) | |
| Men |  Norway |
| Women |  Switzerland |
| Current edition | |
The event had its origins with the Ontario Junior Masters Curling Championship, which began in 1968 and, at first, mostly consisted of teams in the Greater Toronto Area.[2] Eventually the event was renamed to the International Junior Masters Bonspiel and began attracting teams from other countries. In 1973, the tournament was sponsored by Uniroyal, and was renamed the Uniroyal International Junior Curling Championship.[3] It became the World Junior Curling Championship in 1974, before being officially sanctioned in 1975. The tournament was held every year at the East York Curling Club before being sanctioned. Uniroyal remained the event's sponsor until 1990.
Qualification
editTeams qualify to participate in the World Junior Curling Championships through final rankings at the previous year's championships or through the World Junior B Curling Championships, which includes any teams that did not already qualify for the championships via the previous year's rankings. The top three teams of this tournament qualify for the main tournament, and the bottom three teams from the main tournament are then demoted to the B tournament. This type of tournament also existed from 2001 to 2004, where two teams were awarded qualification spots through the B tournament instead of three.
Previously, teams that did not qualify through rankings qualified through regional qualifiers. In the Europe Zone, teams participated in the European Junior Curling Challenge, in which the winner advances to the World Championships. In the Pacific Zone, teams participated in the Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships, in which the winner advances to the World Championships.
Summary
editMen's
editSkips listed below nation.
Women's
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All-time Medal Tables
editAs of 2024 Championships
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- Overall
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Canada | 34 | 19 | 17 | 70 |
| 2 |  Scotland | 21 | 10 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 |  Sweden | 9 | 20 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 8 | 12 | 13 | 33 |
| 5 |  United States | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 |  Russia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Norway | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 8 |  Japan | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 |  South Korea | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Denmark | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 11 |  China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Germany | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 |  France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 85 | 85 | 93 | 263 | |
References
edit- ^ "Championships". Archived from the original on 2 March 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- ^ "Timbers shooting for two big wins". Toronto Star. 16 March 1968.
- ^ "Bonspiel is getting new look". Toronto Star. 27 March 1973.
- ^ "Girl curlers try out round-robin format". Toronto Star. 26 March 1968.
- ^ "Leaside Curler Winner". Toronto Star. 24 March 1969.
- ^ "Curling 'giants' get going just as season is closing". Toronto Star. 30 March 1970.
- ^ "Masters Bonspiel won by Gan rink". Kingston Whig Standard. 12 April 1971.
- ^ "Tough competition for curlers". North Bay Nugget. 14 April 1971.
- ^ "none". Ottawa Citizen. 3 April 1972.
- ^ "none". Brandon Sun. 3 April 1972.
- ^ "Swedes unbeatable in junior curling". Vancouver Sun. 23 April 1973.
- ^ "Ontario Rink Shares Lead". Nanaimo Daily News. 21 April 1973.
- ^ "Swiss rule junior curlers". Edmonton Journal. 16 April 1974.
- ^ "King chases crown, also little revenge". Edmonton Journal. 15 April 1974.
- ^ a b "Curling Runs a Swiss Family". Toronto Star. 11 April 1974.
- ^ "1998 World Junior Championships - Men's Final". TSN. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ a b Ingram-Brown, Leslie (20 May 2010). "Perth picked to host the World Junior Curling Championships in March 2011". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ a b "WCF President impressed by Sochi 2014 event progress". World Curling Federation. 18 October 2011.
- ^ a b "2014 World Junior Championships return to Switzerland". World Curling Federation. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ a b "World Curling Federation announce hosts for 2014-15 events". World Curling Federation. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ a b 2016 WJC rule 8
- ^ a b "Scotland awarded four international curling championships". World Curling Federation. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Beijing 2022 test events replaced with adapted sports testing programme". World Curling Federation. November 13, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020.