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Curling at the III Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Palladium de Champéry
Dates	10–22 January
Competitors	96 from 24 nations
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Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics took place at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland from 10 to 22 January 2020.

The curling competition has been expanded, to allow for a further eight mixed teams to qualify, meaning a total of 96 curlers from 24 nations qualified to compete.

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
–	Mixed-NOCs	1	1	1	3
1	Norway	1	0	0	1
2	Japan	0	1	0	1
3	Russia	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

Events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed team details	Norway Lukas Høstmælingen Grunde Buraas Nora Østgård Ingeborg Forbregd	Japan Takumi Maeda Momoha Tabata Asei Nakahara Mina Kobayashi	Russia Valeriia Denisenko Mikhail Vlasenko Alina Fakhurtdinova Nikolai Lysakov
Mixed doubles details	Mixed-NOCs  Laura Nagy (HUN)  Nathan Young (CAN)	Mixed-NOCs  Chana Beitone (FRA)  Nikolai Lysakov (RUS)	Mixed-NOCs  Pei Junhang (CHN)  Vít Chabičovský (CZE)

• Mixed Team Medal Ceremony (from left to right): Japan, Norway, Russia
• Mixed Doubles Medal Ceremony (from left to right): Chana Beitone, Nikolai Lysakov (silver); Laura Nagy, Nathan Young (gold); Pei Junhang, Vít Chabičovský (bronze)

Qualification

A total of 24 countries qualified based on their placement points from various events. At the end of the qualification period, the top two North American, top three Asian and top eight European teams qualified, along with the top placed team from the Oceania and South America. Host nation Switzerland was also guaranteed a spot. The remaining eight teams were awarded alternating from the WCF Junior women's and men's rankings. A total of seven nations are scheduled to make their Winter Youth Olympics debut in the sport: Denmark, France, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia and Spain.

Qualification timeline

Events	Date	Venue
2018 World Junior B Curling Championships	January 3–10	Lohja
2018 World Junior Curling Championships	March 3–10	Aberdeen
2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships	January 2–10	Lohja
2019 World Junior Curling Championships	February 16–23	Liverpool

Qualification summary

Summary

Region	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Switzerland
Asia	3	China  South Korea  Japan
Europe	8	Norway  Sweden  Great Britain  Russia  Germany  Italy  Turkey  Hungary
North America	2	Canada  United States
Oceania	1	New Zealand
South America	1	Brazil
Men's junior world ranking	4	Spain  Latvia  France  Slovenia
Women's junior world ranking	4	Czech Republic  Poland  Estonia  Denmark
TOTAL	24

References

1. "2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne, Switzerland". Olympic.org - Official website of the Olympic Movement.
2. Pavitt, Michael (22 May 2019). "World Curling Federation announce 24 nations to compete at Lausanne 2020". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
3. "Qualification System – Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games World Curling Federation Curling" (PDF). www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/. World Curling Federation (WCF). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
4. "Competing nations confirmed for expanded Youth Olympic Games curling". www.worldcurling.org/. World Curling Federation (WCF). 21 May 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

External links

• Results Book – Curling

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