World Qualification Event

{{Infobox curling event|2022|2022

| Name = World Qualification Event

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| Established = 2019

| Abolished = 2022

| Current host city = Lohja, Finland

| Current arena = Kisakallio Sports Institute

| Current men's champion = {{RUS}}

| Current women's champion = {{DEN}}

| Current = 2022 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldcurling.org/aga-2017|title=World Curling Championships to grow after Annual General Assembly|date=September 17, 2017|website=World Qualification Event|access-date=November 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401081324/http://www.worldcurling.org/aga-2017 |archive-date=2018-04-01}} 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:{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcurling.org/rules-and-regulations-downloads|author=World Curling Federation|title=World Curling Federation - Rules and Regulations|website=worldcurling.org|accessdate=November 20, 2018}}

Summary

=Men=

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2" |Year

! colspan="2" |Champion

! colspan="2" |Finalist

! rowspan="2" |Host

width=125px |Country

!Team

! width=125px |Country

!Team

2019{{KOR}}Kim Soo-hyuk, Jeong Byeong-jin, Lee Jeong-jae, Lee Dong-hyeong, Hwang Hyeon-jun{{NED}}Wouter Gösgens (Fourth), Jaap van Dorp (Skip), Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen, Alexander MaganNaseby, New Zealand
2020{{CHN}}Zou Qiang, Tian Jiafeng, Wang Zhiyu, Xu Jingtao, Han Peng{{RUS}}Sergey Glukhov, Dmitry Mironov, Evgeny Klimov, Anton Kalalb, Aleksey TuzovLohja, Finland{{Cite web|url=https://worldcurling.org/events/wqe2020/|title=World Qualification Event 2020|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=October 31, 2019}}
2021colspan="5"| Cancelled{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2020/09/event-cancellations/|title=Five 2020–2021 season world qualification events cancelled|publisher=World Curling Federation|author=Cèline Stucki|date=September 1, 2020|access-date=January 20, 2022}}
2022{{RUS}}Sergey Glukhov, Evgeny Klimov, Dmitry Mironov, Anton Kalalb, Daniil Goriachev{{NED}}Wouter Gösgens, Jaap van Dorp, Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen, Alexander MaganLohja, Finland{{Cite web|url=https://worldcurling.org/events/wqe2022|title=World Qualification Event 2022|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=October 29, 2021}}

=Women=

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2" |Year

! colspan="2" |Champion

! colspan="2" |Finalist

! rowspan="2" |Host

width=125px |Country

!Team

! width=125px |Country

!Team

2019{{CHN}}Wang Rui (Fourth), Mei Jie (Skip), Yao Mingyue, Ma Jingyi, Wang Meini{{FIN}}Oona Kauste, Eszter Juhász, Maija Salmiovirta, Lotta ImmonenNaseby, New Zealand
2020{{KOR}}Gim Un-chi, Um Min-ji, Kim Su-ji, Seol Ye-eun, Seol Ye-ji{{ITA}}Veronica Zappone, Stefania Constantini, Angela Romei, Giulia Zardini Lacedelli, Elena DamiLohja, Finland
2021colspan="5"| Cancelled
2022{{DEN}}Madeleine Dupont, Mathilde Halse, Denise Dupont, My Larsen{{NOR}}Marianne Rørvik, Mille Haslev Nordbye, Eirin Mesloe, Martine RønningLohja, Finland

References