World Qualification Event
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The World Qualification Event was an annual curling tournament first held in 2019 by the World Curling Federation. Eight men's and women's teams who had not already qualified for the World Curling Championships competed for the final two spots in the championships. The event was discontinued for the 2022–23 season with the creation of the new Pan Continental Curling Championships.
Qualification
Eight teams competed in the World Qualification Event:
- Hosting member association
- One team from the Americas Challenge
- Four teams from the European Curling Championships
- Two teams from the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
Summary
Men
| Year | Champion | Finalist | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Team | Country | Team | ||
| 2019 | South Korea | Kim Soo-hyuk, Jeong Byeong-jin, Lee Jeong-jae, Lee Dong-hyeong, Hwang Hyeon-jun | Netherlands | Wouter Gösgens (Fourth), Jaap van Dorp (Skip), Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen, Alexander Magan | Naseby, New Zealand |
| 2020 | China | Zou Qiang, Tian Jiafeng, Wang Zhiyu, Xu Jingtao, Han Peng | Russia | Sergey Glukhov, Dmitry Mironov, Evgeny Klimov, Anton Kalalb, Aleksey Tuzov | Lohja, Finland |
| 2021 | Cancelled | ||||
| 2022 | Russia | Sergey Glukhov, Evgeny Klimov, Dmitry Mironov, Anton Kalalb, Daniil Goriachev | Netherlands | Wouter Gösgens, Jaap van Dorp, Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen, Alexander Magan | Lohja, Finland |
Women
| Year | Champion | Finalist | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Team | Country | Team | ||
| 2019 | China | Wang Rui (Fourth), Mei Jie (Skip), Yao Mingyue, Ma Jingyi, Wang Meini | Finland | Oona Kauste, Eszter Juhász, Maija Salmiovirta, Lotta Immonen | Naseby, New Zealand |
| 2020 | South Korea | Gim Un-chi, Um Min-ji, Kim Su-ji, Seol Ye-eun, Seol Ye-ji | Italy | Veronica Zappone, Stefania Constantini, Angela Romei, Giulia Zardini Lacedelli, Elena Dami | Lohja, Finland |
| 2021 | Cancelled | ||||
| 2022 | Denmark | Madeleine Dupont, Mathilde Halse, Denise Dupont, My Larsen | Norway | Marianne Rørvik, Mille Haslev Nordbye, Eirin Mesloe, Martine Rønning | Lohja, Finland |