The qualification event for the curling tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held from December 10 to 15, 2013 at the BLZ Arena in Füssen, Germany. The top two teams from the qualification event qualified their nations to participate in the Olympics. The qualification event was open to any nations that earned qualification points at the 2012 or 2013 World Curling Championships or participated at the 2011 World Curling Championships (the South Korea men's team and the Norway women's team).
Competition format In both the men's and the women's tournaments, the teams played a single round robin, and at its conclusion, the top three teams advanced to the playoffs. In the playoffs, the first and second seeds played a game to determine the first team to advance to the main Olympic tournament. The loser of this game, along with the third seed, played a game to determine the second team to advance to the main Olympic tournament.
Men
Teams Skip: Jiří Snítil Third: Martin Snítil Second: Jindřich Kitzberger Lead: Marek Vydra Alternate: Jakub BarešSkip: Aku Kauste Third: Jani Sullanmaa Second: Pauli Jäämies Lead: Janne Pitko Alternate: Leo MäkeläFourth: Tony Angiboust Skip: Thomas Dufour Second: Wilfrid Coulot Lead: Jérémy Frarier Alternate: Romain BoriniFourth: Felix Schulze Skip: John Jahr Second: Christopher Bartsch Lead: Sven Goldemann Alternate: Peter RickmersSkip: Yusuke Morozumi Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Tetsuro Shimizu Lead: Kosuke Morozumi Alternate: Shinya AbeSkip: Peter de Boer Third: Sean Becker Second: Scott Becker Lead: Kenny Thomson Alternate: Phil DowlingSkip: Kim Soo-hyuk Third: Kim Tae-hwan Second: Park Jong-duk Lead: Nam Yoon-ho Alternate: Lee Ye-junSkip: John Shuster Third: Jeff Isaacson Second: Jared Zezel Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Craig Brown
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker Country Skip W L John Jahr 5 2 Jiří Snítil 5 2 John Shuster 5 2 Kim Soo-hyuk 5 2 Peter de Boer 3 4 Thomas Dufour 2 5 Aku Kauste 2 5 Yusuke Morozumi 1 6
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1).
Draw 1 Tuesday, December 10, 16:00
Draw 2 Wednesday, December 11, 8:00
Draw 3 Wednesday, December 11, 16:00
Draw 4 Thursday, December 12, 9:00
Draw 5 Thursday, December 12, 19:00
Draw 6 Friday, December 13, 12:00
Draw 7 Friday, December 13, 20:00
Tiebreaker Saturday, December 14, 16:00
Playoffs
First qualifier Saturday, December 14, 20:00
Second qualifier Sunday, December 15, 12:30
Women
Teams Skip: Wang Bingyu Third: Liu Yin Second: Yue Qingshuang Lead: Zhou Yan Alternate: Jiang YilunSkip: Anna Kubešková Third: Tereza Plíšková Second: Klára Svatoňová Lead: Veronika Herdová Alternate: Martina StrnadováSkip: Andrea Schöpp Third: Imogen Oona Lehmann Second: Corinna Scholz Lead: Stella Heiß Alternate: Nicole MuskatewitzSkip: Ayumi Ogasawara Third: Yumie Funayama Second: Kaho Onodera Lead: Michiko Tomabechi Alternate: Chinami YoshidaSkip: Veronica Zappone Third: Sara Levetti Second: Elisa Patono Lead: Arianna Losano Alternate: Martina BronsinoSkip: Iveta Staša-Šaršūne Third: Ieva Krusta Second: Zanda Bikše Lead: Dace Munča Alternate: Una ĢērmaneSkip: Marianne Rørvik Third: Anneline Skårsmoen Second: Camilla Holth Lead: Julie Kjær Molnar Alternate: Pia Trulsen
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker Country Skip W L Wang Bingyu 6 0 Ayumi Ogasawara 5 1 Marianne Rørvik 3 3 Andrea Schöpp 3 3 Anna Kubešková 2 4 Iveta Staša-Šaršūne 2 4 Veronica Zappone 0 6
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1).
Draw 1 Tuesday, December 10, 20:00
Draw 2 Wednesday, December 11, 12:00
Draw 3 Wednesday, December 11, 20:00
Draw 4 Thursday, December 12, 14:00
Draw 5 Friday, December 13, 8:00
Draw 6 Friday, December 13, 16:00
Draw 7 Saturday, December 14, 8:00
Tiebreaker Saturday, December 14, 16:00
Playoffs
First qualifier Sunday, December 15, 8:30
Second qualifier Sunday, December 15, 16:30
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