The World Mixed Curling Championship is an open entry event, for the World Curling Federation’s 66 Member Associations. Teams are mixed gender and there are some variations in games compared to ‘traditional’ curling.

The World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship is open to mixed gender teams from World Curling Federation Member Associations that have not already qualified for the next World Wheelchair Curling Championship. The three medal winning teams qualify for the World Wheelchair Curling Championship.

The Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships are for women’s and men’s teams from the World Curling Federation’s European zone. These championships qualify teams for the World Curling Championships.

The Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships are for women’s and men’s teams from the World Curling Federation’s European zone. These championships qualify teams for the World Curling Championships.

Each season, two teams are promoted to the A-Division and two teams are relegated to the C-Division.

The World Junior-B Curling Championships are open to junior teams from all World Curling Federation Member Associations that have not already qualified for the World Junior Curling Championships. The top three women’s and men’s teams will qualify from this event to the World Junior Curling Championships.

The Winter World University Games is the largest multi-sport winter event in the world, after the Winter Olympics. University students between the ages of 17 and 25 are eligible to enter.

The World Junior Curling Championships are for ten junior women’s and ten junior men’s teams from the World Curling Federation’s Americas, European and Pacific-Asia zones.

The World Wheelchair Curling Championship is for 12 mixed gender teams: one from the host Association, eight qualify directly from the previous World Wheelchair Curling Championship and three from the World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship.

The World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship is an open entry event for the Members Associations of the World Curling Federation. Teams must consist of one female and one male wheelchair athlete.

The World Women’s Curling Championship is for 13 women’s teams from the World Curling Federation’s Americas, European and Pacific-Asia zones.

The World Men’s Curling Championship is for 13 men’s teams from the World Curling Federation’s Americas, European and Pacific-Asia zones.

The World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship is for teams, of one female and one male player, from the World Curling Federation’s Americas, European and Pacific-Asia zones.

The World Senior Curling Championships is an open entry event for men and women’s teams. To be eligible to take part in these championships, players “must be not less than 50 years of age by the end of the 30th day of June in the year immediately preceding the year in which the Championship is taking place”.

The European Curling Championships C-Division are for women’s and men’s teams from the World Curling Federation’s European zone. From this event, two women’s and men’s teams are promoted to the B-Division.