Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification event

Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Qualification event
Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics ; Qualification event
Host city	Füssen, Germany
Arena	BLZ Arena
Dates	December 10–15, 2013
Men's winner	Germany
Curling club	CC Hamburg, Hamburg
Skip	John Jahr
Fourth	Felix Schulze
Second	Peter Rickmers
Lead	Sven Goldemann
Finalist	United States (John Shuster)
Women's winner	China
Curling club	Harbin CC, Harbin
Skip	Wang Bingyu
Third	Liu Yin
Second	Yue Qingshuang
Lead	Zhou Yan
Finalist	Japan (Ayumi Ogasawara)

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.^[1] 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).^[2]

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.^[3]

Men

Teams

Czech Republic	Finland	France	Germany
Skip: Jiří Snítil Third: Martin Snítil Second: Jindřich Kitzberger Lead: Marek Vydra Alternate: Jakub Bareš	Skip: Aku Kauste Third: Jani Sullanmaa Second: Pauli Jäämies Lead: Janne Pitko Alternate: Leo Mäkelä	Fourth: Tony Angiboust Skip: Thomas Dufour Second: Wilfrid Coulot Lead: Jérémy Frarier Alternate: Romain Borini	Fourth: Felix Schulze Skip: John Jahr Second: Christopher Bartsch Lead: Sven Goldemann Alternate: Peter Rickmers
Japan	New Zealand^[4]	South Korea	United States
Skip: Yusuke Morozumi Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Tetsuro Shimizu Lead: Kosuke Morozumi Alternate: Shinya Abe	Skip: Peter de Boer Third: Sean Becker Second: Scott Becker Lead: Kenny Thomson Alternate: Phil Dowling	Skip: Kim Soo-hyuk Third: Kim Tae-hwan Second: Park Jong-duk Lead: Nam Yoon-ho Alternate: Lee Ye-jun	Skip: John Shuster Third: Jeff Isaacson Second: Jared Zezel Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Craig Brown

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Country	Skip	W	L
Germany	John Jahr	5	2
Czech Republic	Jiří Snítil	5	2
United States	John Shuster	5	2
South Korea	Kim Soo-hyuk	5	2
New Zealand	Peter de Boer	3	4
France	Thomas Dufour	2	5
Finland	Aku Kauste	2	5
Japan	Yusuke Morozumi	1	6

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+1).^[3]

Draw 1

Tuesday, December 10, 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	2	X	X	9
Japan (Morozumi)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (de Boer)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	6
Finland (Kauste)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	7
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Jahr)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	3
France (Dufour)	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	X	X	8

Draw 2

Wednesday, December 11, 8:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (de Boer)	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	6
United States (Shuster)	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Jahr)	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	7
South Korea (Kim)	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	4
Japan (Morozumi)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	2	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kauste)	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	6

Draw 3

Wednesday, December 11, 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kauste)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
South Korea (Kim)	2	1	3	0	1	2	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	2	2	X	10
France (Dufour)	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil)	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	6
Germany (Jahr)	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (de Boer)	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	X	X	8
Japan (Morozumi)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3

Draw 4

Thursday, December 12, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
France (Dufour)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kauste)	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	10
Japan (Morozumi)	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (de Boer)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	6
South Korea (Kim)	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	2	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	7
Germany (Jahr)	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	8

Draw 5

Thursday, December 12, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Jahr)	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	6
New Zealand (de Boer)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	4
Czech Republic (Snítil)	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2
United States (Shuster)	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	2	X	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	5
Finland (Kauste)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	6

Draw 6

Friday, December 13, 12:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	5
Czech Republic (Snítil)	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	4
New Zealand (de Boer)	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	3	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Jahr)	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	8
Finland (Kauste)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	6
United States (Shuster)	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	2	X	9

Draw 7

Friday, December 13, 20:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	X	10
Finland (Kauste)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	7
Germany (Jahr)	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	X	X	7
France (Dufour)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	7
New Zealand (de Boer)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	6

Tiebreaker

Saturday, December 14, 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	7
South Korea (Kim)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5

Player percentages
United States		South Korea
John Landsteiner	84%	Nam Yoon-ho	84%
Jared Zezel	82%	Park Jong-duk	81%
Jeff Isaacson	78%	Kim Tae-hwan	74%
John Shuster	76%	Kim Soo-hyuk	81%
Total	80%	Total	80%

Playoffs

Second qualifier			First qualifier

			1	Germany	7
2	Czech Republic	5	2	Czech Republic	4
3	United States	8

First qualifier

Saturday, December 14, 20:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Germany (Jahr)	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	7
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4

Player percentages
Germany		Czech Republic
Sven Goldemann	78%	Marek Vydra	77%
Christopher Bartsch	80%	Jindřich Kitzberger	83%
John Jahr	80%	Martin Snítil	75%
Felix Schulze	83%	Jiří Snítil	81%
Total	80%	Total	79%

Second qualifier

Sunday, December 15, 12:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
United States (Shuster)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	8

Player percentages
Czech Republic		United States
Marek Vydra	77%	John Landsteiner	84%
Jindřich Kitzberger	81%	Jared Zezel	81%
Martin Snítil	74%	Jeff Isaacson	79%
Jiří Snítil	80%	John Shuster	75%
Total	78%	Total	80%