Curling is going global for the next nine days.
Sydney, Nova Scotia is the site of the 2024 World Women’s Curling Championship, as 13 of the top rinks from around the world are gathered to compete for the right to be crowned international champions.
Switzerland enters the competition as the reigning world champions after completing a four-peat at the 2023 event. Skip Silvana Tirinzoni has dominated at the international level, and aims to add to her historic resume by eyeing a fifth consecutive world title.
The action begins Saturday, March 16 and wraps up on March 24.
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Here is everything you need to know for the 2024 World Women’s Curling Championship.
2024 World Women’s Curling Championship playoff schedule, results
Qualification Games (Saturday, March 23, 10 a.m. ET)
Italy — 7
Denmark — 4
Sweden — 3
South Korea — 6
Semifinals (Saturday, March 23, 4 p.m. ET)
Canada — 9
Korea — 7
Switzerland — 6
Italy — 3
Bronze-Medal Game (Sunday, March 24, 10 a.m. ET)
Korea — 6
Italy — 3
Gold-Medal Game (Sunday, March 24, 4 p.m. ET)
Canada — 7
Switzerland — 5
2024 World Women’s Curling Championship standings
There are 13 teams that make up the field at the 2024 World Women’s Curling Championship.
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the World Curling Federation removed all Russian Curling federation teams from competing at the World Championships. That ban remains in place in 2024.
Each team plays every one of the other participants, resulting in 12 matches in round-robin play. After the round-robin concludes, the top six teams advance to the playoffs.
The top two seeds receive a bye to the semifinals, with the No. 3-6 teams participating in the qualification games. The winners of those two matches will advance to the semifinals and the winner of the two semifinal matches play in the gold medal game. The losers of the semifinals play for the bronze.
| Team | Games | Wins | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 12 | 11 | 1 | Q |
| Switzerland | 12 | 10 | 2 | Q |
| Italy | 12 | 10 | 2 | Q |
| Korea | 12 | 10 | 2 | Q |
| Sweden | 12 | 7 | 5 | Q |
| Denmark | 12 | 6 | 6 | Q |
| USA | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
| Scotland | 12 | 5 | 7 | |
| Norway | 12 | 4 | 8 | |
| Japan | 12 | 3 | 9 | |
| Turkey | 12 | 3 | 9 | |
| Estonia | 12 | 2 | 10 | |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1 | 11 |
2024 World Women’s Curling Championship schedule, results
Draw 1 (Saturday, March 16, 1 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
USA — 8
Turkey — 4
Sheet B
Sweden — 6
Canada — 7
Sheet C
New Zealand — 6
Japan — 8
Sheet D
Korea — 4
Switzerland — 7
Draw 2 (Saturday, March 16, 6 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Italy — 8
Estonia — 4
Sheet B
USA — 3
Switzerland — 10
Sheet C
Scotland — 6
Norway — 4
Sheet D
Denmark — 4
Canada — 7
Draw 3 (Sunday, March 17, 8 a.m. ET)
Sheet A
Norway — 8
Sweden — 7
Sheet B
Estonia — 6
Korea — 9
Sheet C
Turkey — 4
Denmark — 10
Sheet D
Scotland — 6
New Zealand — 8
Draw 4 (Sunday, March 17, 1 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Korea — 12
New Zealand — 4
Sheet B
Japan — 4
Turkey — 6
Sheet C
Canada — 10
USA — 6
Sheet D
Sweden — 4
Italy — 6
Draw 5 (Sunday, March 17, 6 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Denmark — 6
Japan — 5
Sheet B
Italy — 8
Scotland — 2
Sheet C
Switzerland — 9
Estonia — 3
Sheet D
Norway — 5
USA — 7
Draw 6 (Monday, March 18, 8 a.m. ET)
Sheet A
Turkey — 7
Switzerland — 8
Sheet B
New Zealand — 2
Sweden — 8
Sheet C
Denmark — 9
Scotland — 2
Draw 7 (Monday, March 18, 1 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
New Zealand — 7
Estonia — 10
Sheet B
Canada — 9
Norway — 4
Sheet C
USA — 3
Italy — 10
Sheet D
Japan — 4
Korea — 9
Draw 8 (Monday, March 18, 6 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Scotland — 1
Sweden — 8
Sheet B
Switzerland — 10
Japan — 3
Sheet C
Norway — 11
Turkey — 5
Sheet D
Estonia — 9
Denmark — 10
Draw 9 (Tuesday, March 19, 8 a.m. ET)
Sheet B
Sweden — 9
Turkey — 6
Sheet C
Korea — 9
Scotland — 3
Sheet D
Italy — 7
Canada — 8
Draw 10 (Tuesday, March 19, 1 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Estonia — 4
Japan — 10
Sheet B
Denmark — 7
USA — 4
Sheet C
Italy — 11
New Zealand — 3
Sheet D
Switzerland — 6
Norway — 3
Draw 11 (Tuesday, March 19, 6 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Canada — 8
Switzerland — 5
Sheet B
Scotland — 12
Estonia — 8
Sheet C
Sweden — 6
Denmark — 5
Sheet D
Turkey — 3
Korea — 10
Draw 12 (Wednesday, March 20, 8 a.m. ET)
Sheet A
Norway — 11
New Zealand — 4
Sheet B
Korea — 9
Italy — 10
Sheet C
Japan — 2
Canada — 7
Sheet D
USA — 5
Sweden — 10
Draw 13 (Wednesday, March 20, 1 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Denmark — 6
Italy — 8
Sheet B
Norway — 5
Japan — 8
Sheet C
Estonia — 6
Turkey — 8
Sheet D
Switzerland — 5
Scotland — 6
Draw 14 (Wednesday, March 20, 6 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Sweden — 5
Korea — 7
Sheet B
Turkey — 5
Canada — 9
Sheet C
Scotland — 6
USA — 8
Sheet D
New Zealand — 1
Denmark — 7
Draw 15 (Thursday, March 21, 8 a.m. ET)
Sheet A
Japan — 7
USA — 9
Sheet B
Switzerland — 10
New Zealand — 2
Sheet C
Italy — 10
Norway — 2
Sheet D
Canada — 9
Estonia — 4
Draw 16 (Thursday, March 21, 1 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Turkey — 5
Scotland — 6
Sheet B
Estonia — 5
Sweden — 8
Sheet C
Denmark — 1
Switzerland — 9
Sheet D
Korea — 7
Norway — 4
Draw 17 (Thursday, March 21, 6 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
New Zealand — 2
Canada — 9
Sheet B
USA — 3
Korea — 9
Sheet C
Japan — 3
Sweden — 5
Sheet D
Italy — 7
Turkey — 6
Draw 18 (Friday, March 23, 8 a.m. ET)
Sheet A
Switzerland — 6
Italy — 2
Sheet B
Norway — 9
Denmark — 3
Sheet C
USA — 12
Estonia — 4
Sheet D
Scotland — 7
Japan — 2
Draw 19 (Friday, March 22, 1 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Korea — 9
Denmark — 5
Sheet B
Canada — 8
Scotland — 2
Sheet C
Turkey — 9
New Zealand — 6
Sheet D
Sweden — 2
Switzerland — 4
Draw 20 (Friday, March 22, 6 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Estonia — 8
Norway — 6
Sheet B
Japan — 8
Italy — 10
Sheet C
Canada — 5
Korea — 6
Sheet D
New Zealand — 3
USA — 9
When is the 2024 World Women’s Curling Championship?
- Start: Saturday, March 16
- End: Sunday, March 24
The 2024 World Women’s Curling Championship is set to start Saturday, March 16 and run until Sunday, March 24.
The round-robin goes from March 16 to March 22, with the playoffs beginning on March 23.
What channel is the 2024 World Women’s Curling Championship on?
The 2024 World Women’s Curling Championship will be broadcast on TSN. The platform will have every round-robin game involving Canada, in addition to the playoffs.
Live streams will be available on TSN.ca and in the TSN app.
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup | Channel |
| Saturday, March 16 | 1 p.m. | Sweden vs. Canada | TSN1/4 |
| 6 p.m. | Denmark vs. Canada | TSN1 | |
| Sunday, March 17 | 1 p.m. | Canada vs. USA | TSN3/5 |
| Monday, March 18 | 1 p.m. | Canada vs. Norway | TSN1/5 |
| Tuesday, March 19 | 8 a.m. | Italy vs. Canada | TSN1/5 |
| 6 p.m. | Canada vs. Switzerland | TSN1 | |
| Wednesday, March 20 | 8 a.m. | Japan vs. Canada | TSN1/3 |
| 6 p.m. | Turkey vs. Canada | TSN1 | |
| Thursday, March 21 | 8 a.m. | Canada vs. Estonia | TSN1/3 |
| 6 p.m. | New Zealand vs. Canada | TSN2 | |
| Friday, March 22 | 1 p.m. | Canada vs. Scotland | TSN1 |
| 6 p.m. | Canada vs. Korea | TSN1 | |
| Saturday, March 23 | 10 a.m. | Qualification | TSN1 |
| 4 p.m. | Semifinal | TSN3 | |
| Sunday, March 26 | 10 a.m. | Bronze-Medal Match | TSN5 |
| 4 p.m. | Gold-Medal Match | TSN3 |
Who is representing Canada at the 2024 World Women’s Curling Championship?
The winner of this year’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts determined who represents Canada on the world stage. That is Rachel Homan’s team for 2024.
This year marks the fourth appearance at the World Women’s Curling Championship for Homan and her rink crew. Previously, the skip from Ottawa participated at the 2013, 2014 and 2017 world events. Homan and her rink won at the 2017 event, taking down the rink from Russia.
Here is a breakdown of the team:
- Skip: Rachel Homan
- Third: Tracy Fleury
- Second: Emma Miskew
- Lead: Sarah Wilkes
- Alternate: Rachel Brown
Where is the 2024 World Women’s Curling Championship?
- Venue: Centre 200
- Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia
This year’s world championship is being played at Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. It’s the first time ever the worlds are taking place in the city on Cape Breton Island.
The arena is the home of the Cape Breton Eagles, a hockey club that plays in the QMJHL.
Canada has been a frequent host for the women’s worlds, holding the event in the country three out of the last four years.