The 2025 World Women's Curling Championship (46th) (branded as the 2025 LGT World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 15 to 23 at the Uijeongbu Indoor Ice Rink in Uijeongbu, South Korea. It was the first international curling event held in Uijeongbu and the second World Women's Championship held in Korea as Gangneung hosted the championship. This event was the last women's event to earn Qualification Points for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

The format for the Championship featured a thirteen team round robin. The top six teams qualified for the playoff round, where the top two teams receive a bye while the remaining four play in the qualification round to qualify for the semifinals.

The final featured a rematch of between Canada's Rachel Homan rink and Switzerland's Team Silvana Tirinzoni, who both faced off against each other in the final, which was won by Homan. In the game, Homan took a commanding 6–3 lead in the eighth end. On her final stone of the end, Homan made a delicate tap to sit two. Swiss fourth-thrower Alina Pätz then overcurled on her attempt to draw to the button, giving up a steal of two. Pätz missed her final shot in the 9th as well, giving up another point, to go down 7–3. At this point, the Swiss team conceded the match to Canada. With the win, Homan and her team became the first Canadian rink to win back to back world championships since Sandra Schmirler in and . It was the third World Championship for Homan and second Emma Miskew, who also won in . It was also the first time a Canadian men's or women's national team had won a gold at a World Championship overseas since Homan's win in 2017.

China won the bronze medal, defeating the host South Koreans 9–4.

Qualification Thirteen curling federations qualified to participate in the 2025 World Women's Curling Championship. Of note, this was the first World Women's Championship appearance for Lithuania, who was represented by skip Virginija Paulauskaitė. China returned for the first time since while Turkey qualified for a fourth straight year since their debut in .

Means of Qualification Vacancies Qualified Host Nation 1 2024 Pan Continental Curling Championships 4 2024 European Curling Championships 8 TOTAL 13

Teams The teams are as follows:

Ottawa CC, Ottawa Skip: Rachel Homan Third: Tracy Fleury Second: Emma Miskew Lead: Sarah Wilkes Alternate: Rachelle BrownCSO Curling Club, Beijing Skip: Wang Rui Third: Han Yu Second: Dong Ziqi Lead: Jiang Jiayi Alternate: Su Tingyu Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Madeleine Dupont Third: Mathilde Halse Second: Jasmin Holtermann Lead: Denise Dupont Alternate: My LarsenCC Dolomiti, Cortina d'Ampezzo Skip: Stefania Constantini Third: Giulia Zardini Lacedelli Second: Elena Mathis Lead: Angela Romei Alternate: Marta Lo DesertoSapporo CC, Sapporo Skip: Sayaka Yoshimura Third: Kaho Onodera Second: Yuna Kotani Lead: Anna Ohmiya Alternate: Mina KobayashiSkipas CC, Vilnius Skip: Virginija Paulauskaitė Third: Olga Dvojeglazova Second: Miglė Kiudytė Lead: Rūta Blažienė Alternate: Justina ZalieckienėLillehammer CC, Lillehammer Fourth: Kristin Skaslien Skip: Marianne Rørvik Second: Mille Haslev Nordbye Lead: Eilin Kjærland Alternate: Ingeborg ForbregdCurl Aberdeen, Aberdeen Fourth: Rebecca Morrison Third: Jennifer Dodds Second: Sophie Sinclair Skip: Sophie Jackson Alternate: Fay HendersonUijeongbu CC, Uijeongbu Skip: Gim Eun-ji Third: Kim Min-ji Second: Kim Su-ji Lead: Seol Ye-eun Alternate: Seol Ye-jiSundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg Skip: Anna Hasselborg Third: Sara McManus Second: Agnes Knochenhauer Lead: Sofia Mabergs Alternate: Johanna HeldinCC Aarau, Aarau Fourth: Alina Pätz Skip: Silvana Tirinzoni Second: Carole Howald Lead: Selina Witschonke Alternate: Stefanie BersetMilli Piyango CA, Erzurum Skip: Dilşat Yıldız Third: Öznur Polat Second: İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu Lead: Berfin Şengül Alternate: İclal KaramanSt. Paul CC, St. Paul Skip: Tabitha Peterson Third: Cory Thiesse Second: Tara Peterson Lead: Taylor Anderson-Heide Alternate: Vicky Persinger

WCF ranking Year to date World Curling Federation order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.

Nation (Skip) Rank Points (Homan) 1 447.5 (Tirinzoni) 2 312.1 (Hasselborg) 3 306.0 (Yoshimura) 8 244.3 (Gim) 10 236.3 (Constantini) 15 180.3 (Wang) 17 154.1 (Morrison) 19 143.6 (Dupont) 30 100.1 (Peterson) 31 98.0 (Rørvik) 32 93.9 (Yıldız) 37 81.8 (Paulauskaitė) 123 11.3

Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings Key Teams to Playoffs

CountrySkip Silvana Tirinzoni 11 1 – 95 65 51 47 11 9 86.7% 20.25 Gim Eun-ji 10 2 1–0 92 65 55 42 18 9 86.5% 23.66 Rachel Homan 10 2 0–1 103 59 57 41 7 15 88.7% 16.40 Anna Hasselborg 9 3 – 82 62 54 41 12 17 87.1% 20.25 Wang Rui 7 5 1–0 81 71 53 42 6 15 86.7% 20.25 Sophie Jackson 7 5 0–1 78 67 49 46 8 10 86.1% 42.44 Madeleine Dupont 5 7 1–0 79 84 44 48 5 10 82.5% 36.93 Marianne Rørvik 5 7 0–1 68 87 45 49 8 5 83.4% 25.00 Sayaka Yoshimura 4 8 1–0 78 79 45 48 6 8 85.0% 21.53 Stefania Constantini 4 8 0–1 71 79 42 52 6 6 82.0% 27.85 Dilşat Yıldız 3 9 1–0 56 80 39 47 8 8 78.5% 38.25 Tabitha Peterson 3 9 0–1 67 79 46 50 5 9 81.0% 31.87 Virginija Paulauskaitė 0 12 – 37 110 28 55 4 3 66.8% 52.60

+ Round Robin Summary Table Pos. Country Record 3 10–2 5 7–5 7 5–7 10 4–8 9 4–8 13 0–12 8 5–7 6 7–5 2 10–2 4 9–3 1 11–1 11 3–9 12 3–9

Round robin results All draw times are listed in Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Draw 1 Saturday, March 15, 2:00 pm

Draw 2 Saturday, March 15, 7:00 pm

Draw 3 Sunday, March 16, 9:00 am

Draw 4 Sunday, March 16, 2:00 pm

Draw 5 Sunday, March 16, 7:00 pm

Draw 6 Monday, March 17, 9:00 am

Draw 7 Monday, March 17, 2:00 pm

Draw 8 Monday, March 17, 7:00 pm

Draw 9 Tuesday, March 18, 9:00 am

Draw 10 Tuesday, March 18, 2:00 pm

Draw 11 Tuesday, March 18, 7:00 pm

Draw 12 Wednesday, March 19, 9:00 am

Draw 13 Wednesday, March 19, 2:00 pm

Draw 14 Wednesday, March 19, 7:00 pm

Draw 15 Thursday, March 20, 9:00 am

Draw 16 Thursday, March 20, 2:00 pm

Draw 17 Thursday, March 20, 7:00 pm

Draw 18 Friday, March 21, 9:00 am

Draw 19 Friday, March 21, 2:00 pm

Draw 20 Friday, March 21, 7:00 pm

Playoffs

Qualification Games Saturday, March 22, 10:00 am

Semifinals Saturday, March 22, 4:00 pm

Bronze medal game Sunday, March 23, 10:00 am

Final Sunday, March 23, 4:00 pm

Statistics

Player percentages Final Round Robin Percentages KeyAll-Star Team Leads % Jiang Jiayi 92.6 Sarah Wilkes 92.4 Anna Ohmiya 91.7 Sofia Mabergs 90.2 Sophie Jackson (Skip) 89.2 Eilin Kjærland 89.1 Seol Ye-eun 87.8 Selina Witschonke 87.5 Denise Dupont 87.4 Taylor Anderson-Heide 86.6 Berfin Şengül 85.2 Angela Romei 84.3 My Larsen 80.7 Rūta Blažienė 72.5 Seconds % Sophie Sinclair 87.7 Kim Su-ji 87.4 Emma Miskew 86.9 Dong Ziqi 86.6 Carole Howald 86.1 Yuna Kotani 85.3 Agnes Knochenhauer 85.2 Mille Haslev Nordbye 85.0 Elena Mathis 84.4 Jasmin Holtermann 81.1 Tara Peterson 78.7 İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu 70.9 Miglė Kiudytė 67.4 Thirds % Tracy Fleury 88.1 Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) 87.1 Sara McManus 86.6 Kim Min-ji 85.6 Marianne Rørvik (Skip) 84.8 Han Yu 84.5 Kaho Onodera 84.2 Jennifer Dodds 84.0 Mathilde Halse 81.4 Cory Thiesse 81.2 Öznur Polat 81.1 Giulia Zardini Lacedelli 80.0 Olga Dvojeglazova 62.0 Skips % Anna Hasselborg 87.7 Rachel Homan 87.5 Gim Eun-ji 86.2 Alina Pätz (Fourth) 85.8 Rebecca Morrison 83.9 Wang Rui 83.6 Madeleine Dupont 80.7 Sayaka Yoshimura 78.3 Stefania Constantini 78.0 Tabitha Peterson 78.0 Kristin Skaslien 75.6 Dilşat Yıldız 75.5 Virginija Paulauskaitė 65.0

Perfect games Minimum 10 shots thrown Player Team Position Shots Opponent Stefania Constantini Skip 12 Anna Ohmiya Lead 12 Sarah Wilkes Lead 20 Jiang Jiayi Lead 16 Jiang Jiayi Lead 14 Marta Lo Deserto Lead 14 Rachel Homan Skip 13 Silvana Tirinzoni Third (Skip) 22 Selina Witschonke Lead 20

Awards The awards and all-star team are as follows:

All-Star Team Fourth: Anna Hasselborg, Sweden Third: Tracy Fleury, Canada Second: Sophie Sinclair, Scotland Lead: Jiang Jiayi, China

Frances Brodie Sportsmanship Award Alina Pätz, Switzerland

Final standings PlaceTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

National playdowns 2025 Japan Curling Championships 2024 Korean Curling Championships 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts 2025 United States Women's Curling Championship

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