22 men’s teams to compete in World Junior-B

The final chance to qualify for the World Junior Curling Championship 2025 will begin this week in Lohja, Finland at the men’s World Junior-B Curling Championships 2024.

The event will run from Sunday 8 December until Friday 13 December where the three medallists will secure their World Junior spots.

Norway, Italy (hosts), Denmark, United States, Germany, Scotland and Canada previously secured their spot at the World Juniors 2025 based on their performance at the World Juniors 2024. The World Junior Curling Championships 2025 will be hosted in Cortina, Italy from 12-21 April and act as a test event for the Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games 2026.

Team Ukraine at the World Junior-B Curling Championship 2023 © World Curling / Hellen Koskinen

Playing format

Teams will be placed in three groups where the top two teams in each group, plus the two third overall ranked teams with the better Draw Shot Challenge, qualify for the quarter-finals. Teams will then be ranked 1-8 to determine the quarter-final matchups.

Group play will end on Thursday (12 December) at 12:00 with the quarter-finals beginning later that day at 19:00. The semi-finals will be played the following day (13 December) at 10:00 and the medal games following at 16:00.

Groups

Group A: Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Korea, Latvia, Philippines, Poland and Sweden
Group B: Australia, China, Japan, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Türkiye
Group C: Chinese Taipei, Czechia, England, New Zealand, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine

This will be Bolivia’s first World Curling appearance.

The women’s competition will begin on Sunday (December 15).

Follow the live scores and results here.

Games will be streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/@CurlingFinland

All times are Eastern European Standard Time which is two hours ahead (+2) of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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