2020 World Women's Curling Championship


The 2020 World Women's Curling Championship was scheduled to be held from March 14 to 22 at the CN Centre in Prince George, Canada. On March 12, 2020, following the recommendations of Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event was set to be the first event to start gathering points towards the 2022 Winter Olympic Qualification. Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear.

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship:
EventVacanciesQualified
Host nation1
2019 Americas Challenge1
2019 European Curling Championships7





2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships2
2020 World Qualification Event2
TOTAL13

World Ranking

The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.
Member AssociationsRankPoints
181.569
265.907
363.382
459.559
556.520
655.588
750.098
845.441
940.147
1027.059
1119.593
1219.338
1313.284

Teams

The teams were to be:
Gimli CC, Gimli
Skip: Kerri Einarson
Third: Val Sweeting
Second: Shannon Birchard
Lead: Briane Meilleur
Alternate: Jennifer Clark-Rouire		CSO CC, Beijing &
Harbin CC, Harbin
Skip: Han Yu
Third: Zhang Lijun
Second: Jiang Xindi
Lead: Yu Jiaxin
Alternate: Dong Ziqi		CC Sokol Liboc, Prague
Skip: Anna Kubešková
Third: Alžběta Baudyšová
Second: Petra Vinšová
Lead: Ežen Kolčevská
Alternate: Michaela Baudyšová		Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre,
Tårnby CC, Tårnby &
Copenhagen CC, Kastrup
Skip: Mathilde Halse
Third: Jasmin Lander
Second: Karolina Jensen
Lead: Julie Høgh
Alternate: Madeleine Dupont		CC Füssen, Füssen &
1.SCV Geising, Geising
Skip: Daniela Jentsch
Third: Emira Abbes
Second: Klara-Hermine Fomm
Lead: Analena Jentsch
Alternate: Mia Höhne
3S Sys-tek, Pinerolo &
CC Dolomiti, Cortina d'Ampezzo
Skip: Veronica Zappone
Third: Stefania Constantini
Second: Angela Romei
Lead: Giulia Zardini Lacedelli
Alternate: Elena Dami		Tokoro CC, Kitami &
SCAP Karuizawa Arena, Kariuzawa
Skip: Satsuki Fujisawa
Third: Chinami Yoshida
Second: Yumi Suzuki
Lead: Yurika Yoshida
Alternate: Eri Ogihara		Adamant CC, Saint Petersburg
Skip: Alina Kovaleva
Third: Maria Komarova
Second: Galina Arsenkina
Lead: Ekaterina Kuzmina
Alternate: Anastasia Danshina		Dunkeld CC, Pitlochry,
Balfron CC, Balfron,
Carrington CC, Edinburgh &
Leswalt CC, Leswalt
Skip: Eve Muirhead
Third: Lauren Gray
Second: Jennifer Dodds
Lead: Vicky Wright
Alternate: Sophie Sinclair		Gyeonggi-do CC, Uijeongbu
Skip: Gim Un-chi
Third: Um Min-ji
Second: Kim Su-ji
Lead: Seol Ye-eun
Alternate: Seol Ye-ji
Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg
Skip: Anna Hasselborg
Third: Sara McManus
Second: Agnes Knochenhauer
Lead: Sofia Mabergs
Alternate: Johanna Heldin		CC Oberwallis, Brig-Glis
Fourth: Briar Hürlimann
Skip: Elena Stern
Second: Lisa Gisler
Lead: Celine Koller
Alternate: Corrie Hürlimann		St. Paul CC, St. Paul,
Madison CC, Madison &
Duluth CC, Duluth
Skip: Tabitha Peterson
Third: Becca Hamilton
Second: Tara Peterson
Lead: Aileen Geving
Alternate: Allison Pottinger

WCT ranking

Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.
Nation RankPoints
1467.461
2420.070
4342.872
6333.591
9283.984
10245.428
12237.658
17194.967
26149.539
30135.678
7646.404
7945.753
14812.838

National playdowns