The 2024 World Junior-B Curling Championships were held from December 8 to 19 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.[1][2] The top three men's teams (South Korea, Switzerland, Japan) and top three women's teams (South Korea, Latvia, China) qualified for the 2025 World Junior Curling Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.[2][3]
| 2024 World Junior-B Curling Championships | |
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| Host city | Lohja, Finland |
| Arena | Kisakallio Sports Institute |
| Dates | December 8–19 |
| Men's winner |  South Korea |
| Skip | Kim Dae-hyun |
| Third | Lee Woo-jung |
| Second | Park Seong-min |
| Lead | Kwon Juni |
| Alternate | Shin Eun-jun |
| Coach | Kim Chi-gu |
| Finalist |  Switzerland (Lüthold) |
| Women's winner | South Korea |
| Skip | Kang Bo-bae |
| Third | Kim Ji-soo |
| Second | Shim Yu-jeong |
| Lead | Kim Min-seo |
| Coach | Kwon Young-il |
| Finalist |  Latvia (Barone) |
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Men
editTeams
editThe teams are listed as follows:[4]
Round robin standings
editFinal Round Robin Standings
| Key | |
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| Teams to Playoffs | |
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| Pos. | Country |  |
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| 5 | Austria |
— | W–L | 9–2 | 2–7 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–9 | 1–11 | 4–3 |
| 8 | Bolivia |
L–W | — | 2–18 | 0–25 | L–W | L–W | 1–22 | 1–15 | 0–7 |
| 7 | Brazil |
2–9 | 18–2 | — | 3–10 | 6–7 | 3–10 | 2–14 | 2–10 | 1–6 |
| 4 | Latvia |
7–2 | 25–0 | 10–3 | — | 10–2 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 4–6 | 4–3 |
| 6 | Philippines |
3–4 | W–L | 7–6 | 2–10 | — | 4–5 | 5–6 | 3–15 | 2–5 |
| 3 | Poland |
3–4 | W–L | 10–3 | 6–3 | 5–4 | — | 5–4 | 5–7 | 5–2 |
| 1 | South Korea |
9–2 | 22–1 | 14–2 | 5–2 | 6–5 | 4–5 | — | 7–6 | 6–1 |
| 2 | Sweden |
11–1 | 15–1 | 10–2 | 6–4 | 15–3 | 7–5 | 6–7 | — | 6–1 |
| Pos. | Country |  |
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| 5 |  Australia |
— | 2–9 | 4–8 | 7–1 | 7–6 | 5–9 | 2–10 | 2–4 |
| 2 | China |
9–2 | — | 5–6 | 12–2 | 8–2 | 9–2 | 7–3 | 5–1 |
| 1 | Japan |
8–4 | 6–5 | — | 7–1 | 10–2 | 4–2 | 7–3 | 6–0 |
| 6 | Romania |
1–7 | 2–12 | 1–7 | — | 10–5 | 4–3 | 4–8 | 2–4 |
| 7 | Slovenia |
6–7 | 2–8 | 2–10 | 5–10 | — | 6–8 | 2–9 | 0–6 |
| 4 | Spain |
9–5 | 2–9 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 8–6 | — | 3–6 | 2–4 |
| 3 | Turkey |
10–2 | 3–7 | 3–7 | 8–4 | 9–2 | 6–3 | — | 4–2 |
| Pos. | Country |  |
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| 7 | Chinese Taipei |
— | 1–22 | 1–10 | 3–11 | 4–13 | 6–11 | 4–19 | 0–6 |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
22–1 | — | 3–7 | 6–1 | 11–1 | 2–8 | 4–5 | 3–3 |
| 3 | England |
10–1 | 7–3 | — | 5–4 | 7–2 | 5–7 | 3–5 | 4–2 |
| 5 | New Zealand |
11–3 | 1–6 | 4–5 | — | 9–2 | 2–8 | 3–9 | 2–4 |
| 6 | Slovakia |
13–4 | 1–11 | 2–7 | 2–9 | — | 1–11 | 2–12 | 1–5 |
| 1 | Switzerland |
11–6 | 8–2 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 11–1 | — | 8–3 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Ukraine |
19–4 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 9–3 | 12–2 | 3–8 | — | 5–1 |
Round robin results
editAll draw times are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).[5]
Draw 1
editSunday, December 8, 9:00
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Draw 2
editSunday, December 8, 14:00
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Draw 3
editSunday, December 8, 19:00
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Draw 4
editMonday, December 9, 9:00
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Draw 5
editMonday, December 9, 14:00
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Draw 6
editMonday, December 9, 19:00
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Draw 7
editTuesday, December 10, 9:00
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Draw 8
editTuesday, December 10, 14:00
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Draw 9
editTuesday, December 10, 19:00
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Draw 10
editWednesday, December 11, 9:00
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Draw 11
editWednesday, December 11, 14:00
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Draw 12
editWednesday, December 11, 19:00
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Draw 13
editThursday, December 12, 8:00
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Draw 14
editThursday, December 12, 12:00
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Playoffs
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Switzerland
| 6 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Turkey
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Switzerland
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | China
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Ukraine
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | China
| 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Switzerland
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | South Korea
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | South Korea
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Sweden
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| 3 | South Korea
| 9 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 2 | Japan
| 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Japan
| 6 | 5 | China
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| 7 | England
| 3 | 2 | Japan
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Quarterfinals
editThursday, December 12, 19:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sweden (Nygren) 🔨 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Nakahara) 🔨 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| England (Waring) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Lüthold) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Turkey (Bayramoğlu) 🔨 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ukraine (Nikolov) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 1 |
| China (Liu) 🔨 |
3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 10 |
Semifinals
editFriday, December 13, 10:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Lüthold) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| China (Liu) 🔨 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Japan (Nakahara) 🔨 |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Bronze medal game
editGold medal game
editFriday, December 13, 16:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Lüthold) 🔨 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| South Korea (Kim) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Final standings
edit| Key | |
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| Teams Advance to the 2025 World Junior Curling Championships | |
| Place | Team |
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 | South Korea |
 | Switzerland |
 | Japan |
| 4 | China |
| 5 | England |
| Sweden | |
| Turkey | |
| Ukraine | |
| 9 | Poland |
| 10 | Czech Republic |
| 11 | Spain |
| 12 | Latvia |
| 13 | Austria |
| 14 | New Zealand |
| 15 | Australia |
| 16 | Philippines |
| 17 | Slovakia |
| 18 | Romania |
| 19 | Slovenia |
| 20 | Brazil |
| 21 | Chinese Taipei |
| 22 | Bolivia |
Women
editTeams
editThe teams are listed as follows:[6]
Round robin standings
editFinal Round Robin Standings
| Key | |
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| Teams to Playoffs | |
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| Pos. | Country | |
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Record |
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| 7 | Australia |
— | 0–10 | 2–7 | 6–11 | 5–15 | 2–14 | 5–10 | 0–6 |
| 5 | Brazil |
10–0 | — | 3–7 | 5–6 | 7–4 | 3–6 | 2–9 | 2–4 |
| 2 |  Denmark |
7–2 | 7–3 | — | 8–4 | 12–0 | 4–10 | 7–6 | 5–1 |
| 4 | England |
11–6 | 6–5 | 4–8 | — | 7–3 | 5–8 | 2–12 | 3–3 |
| 6 | Finland |
15–5 | 4–7 | 0–12 | 3–7 | — | 4–9 | 5–13 | 1–5 |
| 1 | Scotland |
14–2 | 6–3 | 10–4 | 8–5 | 9–4 | — | 9–2 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Turkey |
10–5 | 9–2 | 6–7 | 12–2 | 13–5 | 2–9 | — | 4–2 |
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Record |
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| 1 | China |
— | 15–1 | 8–0 | 11–2 | 7–2 | 10–3 | 9–3 | 6–0 |
| 7 | Croatia |
1–15 | — | 4–10 | 3–6 | 10–11 | 4–8 | 2–13 | 0–6 |
| 3 | Hungary |
0–8 | 10–4 | — | 3–7 | 8–6 | 7–6 | 3–8 | 3–3 |
| 6 | Romania |
2–11 | 6–3 | 7–3 | — | 1–12 | 2–12 | 1–13 | 2–4 |
| 5 | Slovenia |
2–7 | 11–10 | 6–8 | 12–1 | — | 3–10 | 2–10 | 2–4 |
| 4 | Spain |
3–10 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 12–2 | 10–3 | — | 2–7 | 3–3 |
| 2 |  United States |
3–9 | 13–2 | 8–3 | 13–1 | 10–2 | 7–2 | — | 5–1 |
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| 6 | Austria |
— | 2–10 | 2–8 | 3–8 | 10–6 | 5–6 | 2–10 | 1–5 |
| 3 | Czech Republic |
10–2 | — | 5–9 | 11–2 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 2–7 | 4–2 |
| 1 | Latvia |
8–2 | 9–5 | — | 9–3 | 7–1 | 12–1 | 9–7 | 6–0 |
| 4 | Lithuania |
8–3 | 2–11 | 3–9 | — | 8–5 | 8–7 | 1–10 | 3–3 |
| 7 | New Zealand |
6–10 | 3–4 | 1–7 | 5–8 | — | 10–5 | 1–12 | 1–5 |
| 5 | Poland |
6–5 | 3–6 | 1–12 | 7–8 | 5–10 | — | 2–9 | 1–5 |
| 2 | South Korea |
10–2 | 7–2 | 7–9 | 10–1 | 12–1 | 9–2 | — | 5–1 |
Round robin results
editAll draw times are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00).[7]
Draw 1
editSunday, December 15, 8:00
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Draw 2
editSunday, December 15, 12:00
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Draw 3
editSunday, December 15, 16:00
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Draw 4
editSunday, December 15, 20:00
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Draw 5
editMonday, December 16, 8:00
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Draw 6
editMonday, December 16, 12:00
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Draw 7
editMonday, December 16, 16:00
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Draw 8
editMonday, December 16, 20:00
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Draw 9
editTuesday, December 17, 8:00
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Draw 10
editTuesday, December 17, 12:00
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Draw 11
editTuesday, December 17, 16:00
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Draw 12
editTuesday, December 17, 20:00
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Draw 13
editWednesday, December 18, 8:00
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Draw 14
editWednesday, December 18, 12:00
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Playoffs
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | ||||||||||||
| 1 | China
| 13 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Turkey
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| 1 | China
| 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | South Korea
| 9 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | South Korea
| 6 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Denmark
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| 4 | South Korea
| 7 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Latvia
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Latvia
| 7 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | United States
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Latvia
| 9 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 2 | Scotland
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Scotland
| 9 | 1 | China
| 8 | |||||||||
| 7 | Hungary
| 2 | 2 | Scotland
| 4 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
editWednesday, December 18, 19:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kang) |
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Denmark (Schmidt) 🔨 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Li) 🔨 |
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | X | 13 |
| Turkey (Yaşarbaş) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Soutar) 🔨 |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | X | X | 9 |
| Hungary (Orbán) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Latvia (Barone) 🔨 |
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 7 |
| United States (Giroux) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
Semifinals
editThursday, December 19, 10:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Latvia (Barone) 🔨 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Scotland (Soutar) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Li) 🔨 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| South Korea (Kang) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Bronze medal game
editGold medal game
editThursday, December 19, 16:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kang) 🔨 |
0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | X | 7 |
| Latvia (Barone) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
Final standings
edit| Key | |
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| Teams Advance to the 2025 World Junior Curling Championships | |
| Place | Team |
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| South Korea |
| Latvia |
| China |
| 4 | Scotland |
| 5 | Denmark |
| Hungary | |
| Turkey | |
| United States | |
| 9 | Czech Republic |
| 10 | Spain |
| 11 | England |
| 12 | Lithuania |
| 13 | Brazil |
| 14 | Slovenia |
| 15 | Poland |
| 16 | Austria |
| 17 | Finland |
| 18 | Romania |
| 19 | New Zealand |
| 20 | Australia |
| 21 | Croatia |
References
edit- ↑ "World Junior-B Curling Championships 2024". World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- 1 2 "Lohja, Finland signs multi-year deal for World Junior-B and Wheelchair-B events". World Curling Federation. 19 December 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ↑ "Cortina's Olympic venue to host World Junior Curling Championships 2025". World Curling Federation. July 4, 2024. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ↑ "Men's Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ↑ "Men's Schedule". World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ↑ "Women's Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ↑ "Women's Schedule". World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 26, 2024.