CURLING: Silkeborg, Denmark to host World Women's Curling Championship 2019

For immediate release: Tuesday 12 December 2017

Silkeborg, Denmark – The World Women’s Curling Championship 2019 will be held in the Silkeborg

Sportscenter, in Silkeborg, Denmark from 16 to 24 March 2019 it has been announced on Tuesday

(12 December).

This news comes just two days after Denmark’s women’s and men’s teams qualified for the

PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games at the Olympic Qualification Event 2017 in Pilsen, Czech

Republic.

World Curling Federation President, Kate Caithness, said: "I am happy to announce that our World

Women’s Curling Championship 2019 will be held in Silkeborg, Denmark. I am in no doubt that the

local organising committee together with the Danish Curling Association will host a first-class event."

"This is a new city for a World Curling Federation championship and I very much look forward to

March 2019 for our flagship international women’s curling event and welcoming the curling world to

Denmark once again."

The Mayor of Silkeborg, Steen Vindum, is proud of the announcement. He said: "We are really looking

forward to hosting this big international sport event and I am proud to see Silkeborg host the World

Women’s Curling Championship."

International curling championships have been held regularly in Denmark, in recent years. The World

Junior Curling Championships 2016 were held in Taarnby, Copenhagen; while the Le Gruyère AOP

European Curling Championships 2015 took place in Esbjerg. Esbjerg also played host to the Capital

One World Women’s Curling Championship 2011. With this in mind, the local organising committee

has plenty of experience and is looking forward to another great sport event in Denmark.

Lars Lundov, CEO, Sport Event Denmark said: "We have a tradition for successful championships

staged on Danish soil. Therefore, we look forward to being able to invite the World of Curling to

Denmark when Silkeborg set the stage for the World Women’s Curling Championship in March 2019.

"Previously, we have hosted World Women’s in 2011 and the European Championships for both men

and women 2015 in Esbjerg. We will bring all the good experiences with us and add to these with

Silkeborg and the Danish Curling Federation."

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Notes to Editors​

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About the World Curling Federation www.worldcurling.org​

The World Curling Federation is the international sport federation governing the Olympic

winter sport of curling and the Paralympic winter sport of wheelchair curling. The World

Curling Federation is one of seven International Federations currently part of the Olympic

Winter Games programme. It represents 60 Member Associations and is generally

acknowledged to direct one of the fastest-growing international winter sports.​

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