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World Curling

International sport governing body for the sport of curling

World Curling
Summary

International sport governing body for the sport of curling

FieldValue
nameWorld Curling
imageWorld Curling 2024.svg
size180px
typeSports federation
formation(as International Curling Federation)
headquartersPerth, Scotland
membership73 member associations
leader_titlePresident
leader_nameBeau Welling
languageEnglish
num_staff20
websiteworldcurling.org

World Curling, formerly the World Curling Federation (WCF) is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation (ICF), when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made. The name was changed in 1990 to the WCF and then to World Curling in 2024.

The ICF was initially formed in 1966 as a committee of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club in Perth after the success of the Scotch Cup series of world championships held between Canada and Scotland. At the outset, it comprised the associations of Scotland, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and the United States. In the wake of its formation, it sanctioned the World Curling Championships. World Curling currently sanctions 15 international curling events (see below). World Curling is managed by eight Board Directors, one president, three vice-presidents (one from each World Curling regional zone - Americas, Europe, Pacific-Asia) and six Board Directors. The six Board Directors must all come from different member associations. All positions on the Board of Directors are elected by World Curling member associations. The Board of Directors are supported by and a permanent staff of 20 employees.

There are 74 member associations, with the most recent addition being Pakistan, Puerto Rico and the Philippines in 2023, and Monaco in 2024.

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, in March 2022 World Curling banned the Russian Curling Federation from competing.

Goals

The World Curling mission statement reads: "To lead the worldwide curling community through the promotion and development of our sport, our culture and our values."

The purpose and aims of World Curling are as follows:

  1. To represent curling internationally and to facilitate growth of the sport throughout the world
  2. To promote co-operation and mutual understanding amongst Member Associations and to unite curlers throughout the world
  3. To Defend and Further the interests of world curling
  4. To conduct world curling competitions
  5. To formulate rules of the sport of curling for world competitions and all other competitions approved by World Curling

Member associations

Members of World Curling and its regional divisions as of August 2024. Green represents the Americas zone, Blue represents the Europe zone, and Purple represents the Pacific-Asia zone.

Following is a list of member associations of World Curling:

YearNameCountryWorld Curling zone
2017Afghanistan Curling FederationAfghanistan
1991Andorra Curling AssociationAndorraEurope
2025Argentinian Curling AssociationArgentinaAmericas
1986Australian Curling FederationAustralia
1982AustriaEurope
1997Belarusian Curling AssociationBelarusEurope
2005BelgiumEurope
2020Bolivian Curling FederationBoliviaAmericas
2022Bosnia and Herzegovina Curling AssociationBosnia and HerzegovinaEurope
1998Brazilian Ice Sports FederationBrazilAmericas
2013Bulgarian Curling FederationBulgariaEurope
1966Curling CanadaCanadaAmericas
2002Chinese Curling AssociationChina
1998Chinese Taipei Curling FederationChinese Taipei
2004Croatian Curling AssociationCroatiaEurope
1990Czech RepublicEurope
1971Danish Curling AssociationDenmarkEurope
2019Dominican Republic winter sports federationDominican RepublicAmericas
1971English Curling AssociationEnglandEurope
2003Estonian Curling AssociationEstoniaEurope
1979FinlandEurope
1966French Ice Sports FederationFranceEurope
2013Georgian Curling FederationGeorgiaEurope
1967Deutscher Curling-VerbandGermanyEurope
2003Hellenic Curling AssociationGreeceEurope
2016Guyana Curling FederationGuyanaAmericas
2014Curling Sports Federation of Hong Kong ChinaHong Kong
1989Hungarian Curling FederationHungaryEurope
1991Icelandic Sport FederationIcelandEurope
2019Curling Federation of IndiaIndia
2003Irish Curling AssociationIrelandEurope
2013Israel Curling FederationIsraelEurope
1972Italian Ice Sports FederationItalyEurope
2022Curling JamaicaJamaicaAmericas
1985Japan
2003Kazakhstan Curling AssociationKazakhstan
2021Kenya Curling FederationKenya
1994South Korea
2012Kosovo Curling FederationKosovoEurope
2019Kuwait Winter Games ClubKuwait
2017Curling Federation of the Kyrgyz RepublicKyrgyzstan
2001Latvian Curling AssociationLatviaEurope
1991Liechtenstein Curling AssociationLiechtensteinEurope
2003Lithuanian Curling AssociationLithuaniaEurope
1976Curling LuxembourgLuxembourgEurope
2024Monegasque Skating FederationMonacoEurope
2016Federacion Mexicana de CurlingMexicoAmericas
2012Mongolian Curling FederationMongolia
1975NetherlandsEurope
1991New Zealand Curling AssociationNew Zealand
2018Nigeria Curling FederationNigeria
1966NorwayEurope
2023Pakistan Curling FederationPakistan
2023Curling PilipinasPhilippines
2022Polish Curling Clubs FederationPolandEurope
2017Winter Sports Federation of PortugalPortugalEurope
2023Puerto Rico Curling AssociationPuerto RicoAmericas
2014Qatar Curling FederationQatar
2010Romanian Curling FederationRomaniaEurope
1992RussiaEurope
2017Kingdom Curling AssociationSaudi Arabia
1966Royal Caledonian Curling ClubScotlandEurope
2005National Curling Association of SerbiaSerbiaEurope
2003SlovakiaEurope
2010Slovenian Curling AssociationSloveniaEurope
1999Spanish Ice Sports FederationSpainEurope
1966SwedenEurope
1966SwitzerlandEurope
2022Thai Curling AssociationThailand
2009Turkish Ice Skating FederationTurkeyEurope
2020Curling Federation of TurkmenistanTurkmenistan
2013Ukrainian Curling FederationUkraineEurope
1966United States Curling AssociationUnited StatesAmericas
1991US Virgin Islands Curling AssociationU.S. Virgin IslandsAmericas
1982WalesEurope

Former member associations

YearsNameCountryWCF zone
2008–2014Armenia Curling FederationArmeniaEurope
2003–2021Polish Curling AssociationPolandEurope

Executive board

The current executive board as of June 2024 is as follows:

Kate Caithness, former president of the World Curling Federation

President: Beau Welling (United States)

Vice Presidents: :Kim Forge (Australia) :Morten Soegaard (Norway) Board of Directors: :David Sik (Czech Republic) :Helena Lingham (Sweden) :Sergio Mitsuo Vilela (Brazil) :Robin Niven (Scotland) :Jill Officer (Canada) Athlete Commission Chair: Tyler George (Canada)

Former presidents

Former presidents of the WCF and ICF are listed below:

PresidentMember associationYears in officePresidents of the ICFPresidents of the WCF
Major Allan CameronScotland1966–1969
Brigadier Colin A. CampbellCanada1969–1979
Sven A. EklundSweden1979–1982
G. Clifton ThompsonCanada1982–1985
Philip DawsonScotland1985–1988
Dr. Donald F. BarcomeUnited States1988–1990
Günther HummeltAustria1990–2000
Roy SinclairScotland2000–2006
Les HarrisonCanada2006–2010
Kate CaithnessScotland2010–2022

Competitions and championships

World Curling manages many events around the world.

EventDescriptionInternational championshipsQualification eventsRegional championshipsDefunct events
Olympic Winter Games (OWG)For ten men's, women's, and mixed doubles teams.
Paralympic Winter Games (PWG)For ten mixed teams and eight mixed doubles teams.
Youth Olympic Games (YOG)For twenty-four mixed teams and forty-eight mixed doubles teams.
World Men's Curling Championship (WMCC)For thirteen men's teams.
World Women's Curling Championship (WWCC)For thirteen women's teams.
World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship (WMDCC)For twenty mixed doubles teams.
World Wheelchair Curling Championship (WWhCC)For twelve mixed teams.
World Junior Curling Championships (WJCC)For ten junior men's and ten junior women's teams.
World Mixed Curling Championship (WMxCC)Open entry: one team may enter from each Member Association.
World Senior Curling Championships (WSCC)Open entry: one team from each gender may enter from each Member Association. The players must not be less than 50 years of age.
Olympic Qualification Event (OQE)For men's and women's teams from National Olympic Committees previously qualified for World Curling Championships but not already qualified for the Olympic Winter Games.
World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event (WMDQE)For mixed doubles teams from member associations not already qualified for the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.
World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship (WWhBCC)For mixed gender teams from member associations not already qualified for the World Wheelchair Curling Championship.
World Junior-B Curling Championships (WJBCC)For junior men's and junior women's teams from member associations not already qualified for the World Junior Curling Championships.
European Curling Championships (ECC)For men's and women's teams from the European zone.
Curling World CupFor eight men's, women's, and mixed doubles teams, consisting of three legs and a Grand Final.
Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships (PJCC)For junior men's and women's teams from the Pacific Zone; acts as qualification to the WJCC. Replaced by World Junior-B Curling Championships.
European Junior Curling Challenge (EJCC)For junior men's and women's teams from the European zone that have not already qualified for WJCC. Replaced by World Junior-B Curling Championships.
Americas ChallengeFor men's and women's teams from the defunct Americas zone, only if the second-ranked member association from the Americas zone is challenged. Replaced by Pan-Continental Curling Championship.
Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (PACC)For men's and women's teams from the defunct Pacific-Asia zone. Replaced by the Pan-Continental Curling Championship.
World Qualification Event (WQE)For eight men's and women's teams from member associations not already qualified for the World Curling Championships.
Pan Continental Curling Championships (PCCC)For men's and women's teams from the Pan Continental Zone. Replaced by the World Curling Championships B and C Divisions.

Notes

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