Competitions and Championships
The WCF currently manages or is involved in 15 events around the world. Following is a list of those events:
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| International Events | |
| World Women's Curling Championship (WWCC) | For twelve women’s teams from the Americas, European and Pacific Zones. |
| World Men's Curling Championship (WMCC) | For twelve men’s teams from the Americas, European and Pacific Zones. |
| World Junior Curling Championships (WJCC) | For ten junior men’s and ten junior women’s teams from the Americas, European and Pacific Zones. |
| World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship (WMDCC) | Open Entry: one team may enter from each Member Association. One male and one female player on each team. |
| World Senior Curling Championships (WSCC) | Open Entry: one team from each gender may enter from each Member Association. The players must not be less than 50 years of age. |
| World Wheelchair Curling Championship (WWhCC) | The world championships for wheelchair curling; for ten mixed gender teams. |
| World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification | Open to mixed gender wheelchair curling teams from associations that have not already qualified for the next WWhCC. |
| Winter Olympic Games | Ten men’s and ten women's teams in format similar to WCC; an IOC event. |
| Winter Paralympic Games | Ten mixed gender wheelchair curling teams in format similar to WWhCC; an IPC event. |
| Continental Cup of Curling | Team North America (United States and Canada) vs. Team World. Twelve teams in total: three men’s and three women’s teams each for both teams. Features team games, mixed doubles games, singles shot-making round, mixed skins and skins games. |
| Regional Events | |
| Pacific Curling Championships (PCC) | For men’s and women’s teams from the Pacific zone; acts as qualification to the World Curling Championships (WCC). |
| Pacific Junior Curling Championships (PJCC) | For junior men’s and women’s teams from the Pacific Zone; acts as qualification to the WJCC. |
| European Curling Championships (ECC) | For men’s and women’s teams from the European Zone; acts as qualification to the WCC. |
| European Junior Curling Challenge (EJCC) | For junior men's and women's teams from the European zone that have not already qualified for WJCC. |
| Americas Challenge | For qualification to the WCC and WJCC, only if the second-ranked member association from the Americas zone is challenged. (ex. 2010 USA-Brazil Challenge) |
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