17 April 2023
World Senior Championships to begin in Gangneung, Korea
The World Senior Curling Championships 2023 are set to get underway on Friday 21 April at the Gangneung Hockey Centre, one of the venues from the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
This is open-entry event for men’s and women’s teams. To be eligible to take part in these championships, players must be not less than 50 years of age by 30 June in the year preceding the year of the event.
Altogether, 15 women’s and 24 men’s teams take part in the events, representing 25 national Member Associations.
The women’s teams will play in two round-robin groups:
Group A: Canada, England, Hong Kong, Japan, Lithuania, New Zealand, Sweden and United States
Group B: Australia, Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Scotland and Switzerland.
The men’s teams will play in three round-robin groups:
Group A: Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Japan and Poland
Group B: England, Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, Latvia, New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland
Group C: Australia, Estonia, Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Slovenia, United States and Wales.
For the women, round-robin play starts on Saturday 22 April, and will continue through 25 sessions until Thursday 27 April.
After this, the top three teams from each group will move onto the play-offs. The two group winners are moving straight to the semi-finals. The second and third teams in each group will play cross-over qualification games, with the winners also going onto the semi-finals. Both the qualification games and the semi-finals are to be held on Friday 28 April.
The bronze medal game and the gold medal final will take place on Saturday 29 April.
For the men, round-robin play starts on Friday 21 April. There will also be 25 sessions of round-robin play for the men, concluding on Thursday 27 April.
After the round robin, the group winners, the second-placed teams and the top two of the three third-placed teams will proceed to quarter-finals and then semi-finals on Friday 28 April.
Both the bronze medal game and the gold medal final will take place on Saturday 29 April, at the same time as the women’s medal games.
At the same time as the World Senior Championships, the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2023 is being staged at the nearby Gangneung Curling Centre, featuring 20 teams.
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