The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975, the women's since 1988. Since curling became an Olympic sport in 1998, the Men's and Women's World Junior Curling Championship of the year preceding the Olympic Games have been held at the site of the curling tournament for the upcoming Games.[1]
| World Junior Curling Championships | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1975 (men) 1988 (women) 2025 (mixed doubles) |
| Current Host city | Tårnby, Denmark (men's) Tårnby, Denmark (women's) Edmonton, Canada (mixed doubles) |
| Current Arena | Tårnby Curling Club (men's) Tårnby Curling Club (women's) Saville Community Sports Centre (mixed doubles) |
| Current men's winner | |
| Current women's winner | |
| Current mixed doubles winner | |
The event had its origins with the Ontario Junior Masters Curling Championship, which began in 1968 and, at first, mostly consisted of teams in the Greater Toronto Area.[2] Eventually the event was renamed to the International Junior Masters Bonspiel and began attracting teams from other countries. In 1973, the tournament was sponsored by Uniroyal, and was renamed the Uniroyal International Junior Curling Championship.[3] It became the World Junior Curling Championship in 1974, before being officially sanctioned in 1975. The tournament was held every year at the East York Curling Club before being sanctioned. Uniroyal remained the event's sponsor until 1990.
Following the success of mixed doubles at the World Championships, Olympic Winter Games, as well as the Youth Olympic Games, World Curling would announce an expansion of the World Junior Championships in 2025 to include mixed doubles, which would be held later in the year than the men's and women's junior championships.[4]
Qualification/Format
editMen's and Women's
editInitially, teams would qualify through final rankings at the previous year's championships. If teams did not automatically qualify, they would compete through regional qualifiers. In the Europe Zone, teams participated in the European Junior Curling Challenge, in which the winner advances to the World Championships. In the Pacific Zone, teams participated in the Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships, in which the winner advances to the World Championships.
Starting in 2016, teams who did not qualify through final rankings at the previous year's championships would compete at the World Junior-B Curling Championships, which includes any teams that did not already qualify for the championships via the previous year's rankings. The top three teams of this tournament qualify for the main tournament, and the bottom three teams from the main tournament are then demoted to the B tournament. This type of tournament also existed from 2001 to 2004, where two teams were awarded qualification spots through the B tournament instead of three.
From 2027 onward, the World Junior Curling Championships was revamped by World Curling and underwent significant changes. The event expanded to 16 teams per gender, in which two pools of eight teams would compete in a round-robin format, with the top three teams from each pool advancing to the play-offs, while the bottom three teams overall are relegated to the World Junior-B Curling Championships. Additionally, games were shortened from ten ends to eight ends.[5]
Mixed doubles
editThe mixed doubles world junior championship continues to be an open-entry championship, open to any member association.[4]
Summary
editFor men's team and women's team, skip listed below country.
For mixed doubles, name of female curler, then male curler listed below country.
Men's
editWomen's
editMixed doubles
edit| Year | Host city/Country | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2025 | Edmonton, Canada | Italy Lucrezia Grande Stefano Spiller |
8–2 | Denmark Katrine Schmidt Jacob Schmidt |
South Korea Kang Bo-bae Kim Hak-jun |
6–5 | Sweden Moa Dryburgh Vilmer Nygren | ||
| 2026 | Edmonton, Canada | Japan Yuina Miura Kaito Fujii |
6–5 | Canada Brooklyn Ideson Owen Henry |
Scotland Tia Laurie Ethan Brewster |
10–7 | Denmark Katrine Schmidt Jacob Schmidt | ||
All-time Medal Tables
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Performance timeline
editMen
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| 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | Q | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 41 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | Q | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | Q | 47 | |||||||||||||||
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| 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | Q | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | Q | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | Q | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | Q | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | Q | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | Q | 39 | ||||||||||||
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Mixed doubles
edit| Country | 2020s | Years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 26 | 27 | ||
| 24 | 16 | 2 | ||
| 20 | 18 | 2 | ||
| 27 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 2 | |||
| 11 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 18 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | |||
| 13 | 15 | 2 | ||
| 17 | 1 | |||
| 25 | 1 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 26 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 15 | 24 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 2 | |||
| 10 | 2 | |||
| 20 | 1 | |||
| 29 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 1 | |||
| 21 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 28 | 1 | |||
| 9 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 21 | 1 | |||
| 16 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 25 | 19 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | |||
| 23 | 27 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | |||
| 19 | 14 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 22 | 1 | |||
| 17 | 1 | |||
| 5 | 13 | 2 | ||
Records
edit| Overall medals records across all disciplines (male curler) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achievement | Curler | Country | Record | Years | |
| Men's | Mixed doubles | ||||
| Most titles | Paul Gowsell | 2 | 1976, 1978 | N/a | |
| Kelly Stearne | |||||
| James Dryburgh | 1991, 1996 | ||||
| Ronald Brewster | 1995–1996 | ||||
| David Murdoch | |||||
| John Morris | 1998–1999 | ||||
| Craig Savill | |||||
| Brent Laing | |||||
| Andy Ormsby | |||||
| Brad Gushue | 1998, 2001 | ||||
| Charley Thomas | 2006–2007 | ||||
| Matthew Ng | |||||
| Kyle Reynolds | |||||
| Geoff Walker | |||||
| Tyler Tardi | 2018–2019 | ||||
| Sterling Middleton | |||||
| Jacques Gauthier | 2018, 2020 | ||||
| Stefano Spiller | 2025 | 2025 | |||
| Most finals/medals | Nils Carlsén | 5 | 2002–2006 | N/a | |
| Emanuel Allberg | 2002–2003, 2005–2007 | ||||
| Overall medals records across all disciplines (female curler) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achievement | Curler | Country | Record | Years | |
| Women's | Mixed doubles | ||||
| Most titles | Eve Muirhead | 4 | 2007–2009, 2011 | N/a | |
| Most finals | Eve Muirhead | 2007–2009, 2011 | N/a | ||
| Karlee Burgess | 2016, 2018–2020 | ||||
| Yuina Miura | 2022–2024 | 2026 | |||
| Most medals | Karlee Burgess | 5 | 2016–2020 | N/a | |
References
edit- ↑ "Championships". Archived from the original on 2 March 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- ↑ "Timbers shooting for two big wins". Toronto Star. 16 March 1968.
- ↑ "Bonspiel is getting new look". Toronto Star. 27 March 1973.
- 1 2 "First ever World Junior Mixed Doubles Curling Championship awarded to Edmonton, Canada". World Curling. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ↑ "Major changes to World Curling competition structure for 2026–2030 Olympic cycle confirmed". World Curling. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ↑ "Girl curlers try out round-robin format". Toronto Star. 26 March 1968.
- ↑ "Leaside Curler Winner". Toronto Star. 24 March 1969.
- ↑ "Curling 'giants' get going just as season is closing". Toronto Star. 30 March 1970.
- ↑ "Masters Bonspiel won by Gan rink". Kingston Whig Standard. 12 April 1971.
- ↑ "Tough competition for curlers". North Bay Nugget. 14 April 1971.
- ↑ "none". Ottawa Citizen. 3 April 1972.
- ↑ "none". Brandon Sun. 3 April 1972.
- ↑ "Swedes unbeatable in junior curling". Vancouver Sun. 23 April 1973.
- ↑ "Ontario Rink Shares Lead". Nanaimo Daily News. 21 April 1973.
- ↑ "Swiss rule junior curlers". Edmonton Journal. 16 April 1974.
- ↑ "King chases crown, also little revenge". Edmonton Journal. 15 April 1974.
- 1 2 "Curling Runs a Swiss Family". Toronto Star. 11 April 1974.
- ↑ "1998 World Junior Championships - Men's Final". TSN. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
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