International mixed doubles curling event
The World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments featuring the world's best teams of mixed doubles curlers.
The tournament began in 2008 with the 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Switzerland's mixed doubles team of Irene Schori and Toni Müller dominated the 2008 and 2009 championships and appeared in the first three worlds. At the 2010 Worlds, Russia won its first ever world curling title by defeating New Zealand, also first-time curling medalists. Russia did not successfully defend its world title, however, as they were defeated in the final of the 2011 Worlds by Switzerland, who won its third championship in four years. Switzerland then defended its title the next year, earning its fourth gold medal with a win over Sweden. In 2013, Hungary won their first world curling title after defeating Sweden in the final.
The 2020 event was cancelled on March 14, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]
From its creation in 2008 until 2019 the championship was open entry, meaning any World Curling Federation (WCF) member could send a team. With the popularity of curling, and specifically mixed doubles, growing this policy of open entry led to 48 teams participating in the 2019 championship, the final year of open entry.
Beginning in 2020 the championship was limited to 20 teams, the top sixteen countries from the previous championship and four countries from a newly created qualification event. Called the World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event, the inaugural tournament was held in December 2019 in Howwood, Scotland.[3] This qualification tournament is open to any WCF member not already qualified for the championship.
Name of female curler, then male curler listed below country.
| Year
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Host City/Country
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Final
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Third Place Match
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| Champion
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Score
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Second Place
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Third Place
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Score
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Fourth Place
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| 2008
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Vierumäki, Finland
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 Switzerland Irene Schori Toni Müller
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5–4
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 Finland Anne Malmi Jussi Uusipaavalniemi
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 Sweden Marie Persson Göran Carlsson
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9–2
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 Norway Linn Githmark Tormod Andreassen
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| 2009
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Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
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 Switzerland Irene Schori Toni Müller
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7–4
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 Hungary Ildikó Szekeres György Nagy
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 Canada Allison Nimik Sean Grassie
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6–5
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 China Sun Yue Zhang Zhipeng
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| 2010
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Chelyabinsk, Russia
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 Russia Yana Nekrasova Petr Dron
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9–7
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 New Zealand Bridget Becker Sean Becker
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 China Sun Yue Zhang Zhipeng
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8–7
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 Spain Irantzu García Sergio Vez
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| 2011
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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 Switzerland Alina Pätz Sven Michel
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11–2
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 Russia Alina Kovaleva Alexey Tselousov
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 France Pauline Jeanneret Amaury Pernette
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8–6
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 Sweden Sabina Kraupp Anders Kraupp
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| 2012
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Erzurum, Turkey[4]
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 Switzerland Nadine Lehmann Martin Rios
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7–6
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 Sweden Camilla Johansson Per Noréen
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 Austria Claudia Toth Christian Roth
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12–7
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 United States Cristin Clark Brady Clark
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| 2013
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada[5]
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 Hungary Dorottya Palancsa Zsolt Kiss
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8–7
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 Sweden Elisabeth Norredahl Fredrik Hallström
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 Czech Republic Zuzana Hájková Tomáš Paul
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8–1
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 Norway Kristin Skaslien Magnus Nedregotten
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| 2014
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Dumfries, Scotland, UK[6]
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 Switzerland Michelle Gribi Reto Gribi
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8–6
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 Sweden Camilla Johansson Per Noréen
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 Spain Irantzu García Sergio Vez
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7–4
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 Hungary Dorottya Palancsa Zsolt Kiss
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| 2015
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Sochi, Russia[7]
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 Hungary Dorottya Palancsa Zsolt Kiss
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6–5
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 Sweden Camilla Johansson Per Noréen
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 Norway Kristin Skaslien Magnus Nedregotten
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9–4
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 Canada Kalynn Park Charley Thomas
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| 2016
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Karlstad, Sweden[8]
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 Russia Anastasia Bryzgalova Alexander Krushelnitskiy
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7–5
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 China Wang Rui Ba Dexin
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 United States Tabitha Peterson Joe Polo
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9–7
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 Scotland Gina Aitken Bruce Mouat
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| 2017
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Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada[9]
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 Switzerland Jenny Perret Martin Rios
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6–5
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 Canada Joanne Courtney Reid Carruthers
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 China Wang Rui Ba Dexin
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6–2
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 Czech Republic Zuzana Hájková Tomáš Paul
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| 2018
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Östersund, Sweden
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 Switzerland Michèle Jäggi Sven Michel
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9–6
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 Russia Maria Komarova Daniil Goriachev
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 Canada Laura Crocker Kirk Muyres
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8–3
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 South Korea Jang Hye-ji Lee Ki-jeong
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| 2019
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Stavanger, Norway
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 Sweden Anna Hasselborg Oskar Eriksson
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6–5
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 Canada Jocelyn Peterman Brett Gallant
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 United States Cory Christensen John Shuster
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5–4
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 Australia Tahli Gill Dean Hewitt
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| 2020
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Kelowna, Canada
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Cancelled[1][2]
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Cancelled
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| 2021
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Aberdeen, Scotland
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 Scotland Jennifer Dodds Bruce Mouat
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9–7
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 Norway Kristin Skaslien Magnus Nedregotten
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 Sweden Almida de Val Oskar Eriksson
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7–4
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 Canada Kerri Einarson Brad Gushue
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| 2022
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Geneva, Switzerland
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 Scotland Eve Muirhead Bobby Lammie
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9–7
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 Switzerland Alina Pätz Sven Michel
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 Germany Pia-Lisa Schöll Klaudius Harsch
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7–5
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 Norway Maia Ramsfjell Magnus Ramsfjell
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| 2023
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Gangneung, South Korea
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 United States Cory Thiesse Korey Dropkin
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8–2
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 Japan Chiaki Matsumura Yasumasa Tanida
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 Norway Martine Rønning Mathias Brænden
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6–2
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 Canada Jennifer Jones Brent Laing
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| 2024
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Östersund, Sweden
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 Sweden Isabella Wranå Rasmus Wranå
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8–4
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 Estonia Marie Kaldvee Harri Lill
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 Norway Kristin Skaslien Magnus Nedregotten
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6–5
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 Switzerland Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann Yannick Schwaller
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| 2025
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
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 Italy Stefania Constantini Amos Mosaner
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9–4
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 Scotland Jennifer Dodds Bruce Mouat
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 Australia Tahli Gill Dean Hewitt
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9–2
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 Estonia Marie Kaldvee Harri Lill
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| 2026
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Geneva, Switzerland
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As of 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Multiple medallists
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- ^ "Erzurum Turkey to host World Mixed Doubles Championship 2012". Worldcurling.org. 2014-02-13. Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
- ^ "Fredericton to Stage 2013 World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships". Canadian Curling Association. 23 April 2012. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Dumfries, Scotland to stage 2014 World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. 11 April 2013. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ "WCF Annual General Assembly 2014 - 7 September". World Curling Federation. 7 September 2014. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ "Karlstad, Sweden to host World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships 2016". World Curling Federation. 25 April 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Venue confirmed for World Mixed Doubles and Senior Curling Championships 2017". World Curling Federation. 1 October 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2015.