How to watch World Junior Curling Championships 2024: Preview, Teams, Schedule
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Mr. Kraken
2/16/20244 min read
The World Junior Curling Championships 2024 commences this weekend, featuring ten junior men's and ten women's teams representing their national Member Associations.
49th edition for men and 36th edition for women, the championships will be held in the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland, from Saturday, 17 February to Saturday, 24 February.
World Junior Curling Championships 2024: Location, Event Dates
Location: Lohja, Finland
Dates: 17 February 2024 - 24 February 2024
How to Watch World Junior Curling Championships 2024:
All games of the World Junior Championships will be available to stream through World Curling TV.
Recast TV:
Recast TV is another platform to watch the World Junior Curling Championships 2024.
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World Junior Curling Championships 2024: Preview
Men's Competition:
China, the reigning champions, has brought a new team to the championship. Germany, skipped by Benjamin Kapp, won silver at the previous two editions of the championships and is looking to go one step higher on the podium this year.
Scotland, another team targeting the podium, took bronze last year and comes to the tournament with one change in their line-up. Two of their team members, Logan Carson and Archie Hyslop, won gold medals in the mixed competition at this year's Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, Korea.
Another Youth Olympic champion in the men's competition is Norway's skip Lukas Hoestmaelingen, who won gold in the mixed team event in Lausanne in 2020.
Denmark's Jacob Schmidt and Nikki Jensen competed at the recently concluded Youth Olympics in Korea as well. Both won silver in the mixed team event, whereas Schmidt added another silver medal to his name in the mixed doubles competition.
Canada, the United States, Denmark, and New Zealand are four teams that secured their places at this world championship by reaching the semi-finals at the World Junior-B Championships in December 2023.
Women’s Competition:
Scotland women's team is the reigning world champion. Four of their current team members were part of last year's line-up as well. Their skip, Robyn Munro, won a World Mixed Championship silver medal in 2022.
2922 World champions Japan took silver last year. Two of their team members, Ueno Yui and Miura Yuina, were part of both former podium-finisher line-ups.
Looking at Norway's women's team, all four members were part of last year's bronze medal-winning squad. Their third player, Nora Oestgaard, and second thrower, Ingeborg Forbregd, are the 2020 Youth Olympic mixed team competition winners.
China, Canada, Germany, and Türkiye women secured their slots at this championship by reaching the semi-finals at the World Junior-B Curling Championships 2023 last December.
World Junior Curling Championships 2024: Teams
Men's (Skip):
Canada (TAO Johnson)
China (TAO Liqiunan)
Denmark (SCHMIDT Jacob)
Germany (KAPP Benjamin)
Italy (GILLI Stefano)
New Zealand (FLANAGAN Sam)
Norway (HOESTMAELINGEN Lukas)
Scotland (CARSON Orrin)
Switzerland (JERMANN Manuel)
United States (WENDLING Wesle)
Women's (Skips)
Canada (PLETT Myla)
China (HAN Zhuo)
Germany (MESSENZEHL Sara)
Japan (NIHIRA Miku)
Korea (PARK Han Byul)
Norway (BJOERNSTAD Torild)
Scotland (MUNRO Robyn)
Sweden (DRYBURGH Moa)
Switzerland (SCHWALLER Xenia)
Türkiye (URUSAN Ilknur)
World Junior Curling Championships 2024: Schedule
The championship will be played in a round-robin format. The play will start on Saturday, 17 February, and continue until Thursday, 22 February.
The top four teams in the round-robin rankings qualify for the semi-finals in both men and women, genders. The semi-finals will take place on Friday, 23 February.
In both genders, one semi-final will be played between the 1st-ranked and the 4th-ranked teams, while the other will feature the 2nd and 3rd-ranked teams.
Semi-final winning teams will fight for the gold medals and the world title, while the losing ones will play for bronze. The medal games of both genders will take place on Saturday, 24 February.
Men's Schedule (Eastern European Time):
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Session 1 (14:00)
Canada vs Scotland
Germany vs Norway
Denmark vs China
USA vs Italy
New Zealand vs Switzerland
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Session 2 (9:00)
Norway vs USA
Scotland vs Italy
New Zealand vs Canada
Switzerland vs China
Germany vs Denmark
Session 3 (19:00)
China vs Germany
Canada vs Switzerland
Scotland vs USA
Denmark vs New Zealand
Norway vs Italy
Monday, February 19, 2024
Session 4 (14:00)
Italy vs New Zealand
Denmark vs USA
Switzerland vs Norway
China vs Canada
Scotland vs Germany
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Session 5 (9:00)
Denmark vs Norway
New Zealand vs Scotland
Canada vs Italy
Germany vs Switzerland
USA vs China
Session 6 (19:00)
New Zealand vs China
Norway vs Canada
USA vs Germany
Italy vs Denmark
Switzerland vs Scotland
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Session 7 (14:00)
Germany vs Italy
Switzerland vs Denmark
China vs Scotland
New Zealand vs Norway
Canada vs USA
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Session 8 (9:00)
Scotland vs Denmark
USA vs New Zealand
Italy vs Switzerland
Canada vs Germany
China vs Norway
Session 9 (19:00)
USA vs Switzerland
Italy vs China
Germany vs New Zealand
Norway vs Scotland
Denmark vs Canada
Friday, February 23, 2024
Semi-finals (19:00)
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Finals (15:00)
Women's Schedule (Eastern European Time):
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Session 1 (9:00)
Japan vs Sweden
Korea vs China
Türkiye vs Switzerland
Norway vs Canada
Scotland vs Germany
Session 2 (19:30)
China vs Germany
Sweden vs Canada
Scotland vs Japan
Germany vs Switzerland
Korea vs Türkiye
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Session 3 (14:00)
Switzerland vs Korea
Japan vs Germany
Sweden vs Norway
Türkiye vs Scotland
China vs Canada
Monday, February 19, 2024
Session 4 (9:00)
Canada vs Scotland
Türkiye vs Norway
Germany vs China
Switzerland vs Japan
Sweden vs Korea
Session 5 (19:00)
Türkiye vs China
Scotland vs Sweden
Japan vs Canada
Korea vs Germany
Norway vs Switzerland
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Session 6 (14:00)
Scotland vs Switzerland
China vs Japan
Norway vs Korea
Canada vs Türkiye
Germany vs. Sweden
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Session 7 (9:00)
Korea vs Canada
Germany vs Türkiye
Switzerland vs Sweden
Scotland vs China
Japan vs Norway
Session 8 (19:00)
Sweden vs Türkiye
Norway vs Scotland
Canada vs Germany
Japan vs Korea
Switzerland vs China
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Session 9 (14:00)
Norway vs Germany
Canada vs Switzerland
Korea vs Scotland
China vs Sweden
Türkiye vs Japan
Friday, February 23, 2024
Semi-finals (14:00)
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Finals (10:00)