# World Junior Curling Championships

The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's since 1988. Since curling became an Olympic sport in 1998, the World Junior Curling Championship of the year preceding the Olympic Games have been held at the site of the curling tournament for the upcoming Games.
The event had its origins with the Ontario Junior Masters Curling Championship, which began in 1968 and, at first, mostly consisted of teams in the Greater Toronto Area. Eventually the event was renamed to the International Junior Masters Bonspiel and began attracting teams from other countries. In 1973, the tournament was sponsored by Uniroyal, and was renamed the Uniroyal International Junior Curling Championship. It became the World Junior Curling Championship in 1974, before being officially sanctioned in 1975. The tournament was held every year at the East York Curling Club before being sanctioned. Uniroyal remained the event's sponsor until 1990.

## Qualification

Teams qualify to participate in the World Junior Curling Championships through final rankings at the previous year's championships or through the World Junior B Curling Championships, which includes any teams that did not already qualify for the championships via the previous year's rankings. The top three teams of this tournament qualify for the main tournament, and the bottom three teams from the main tournament are then demoted to the B tournament. This type of tournament also existed from 2001 to 2004, where two teams were awarded qualification spots through the B tournament instead of three.
Previously, teams that did not qualify through rankings qualified through regional qualifiers. In the Europe Zone, teams participated in the European Junior Curling Challenge, in which the winner advances to the World Championships. In the Pacific Zone, teams participated in the Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships, in which the winner advances to the World Championships.

## Summary
### Men's

Skips listed below nation.
| Year | Host City/Country | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host City/Country | Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 1968 (Unofficial) | East York, Canada | Uxbridge Barry Timbers | – | East York Herb Kuroda Parkway John Chapman | | | |
| 1969 (Unofficial) | East York, Canada | Leaside John Francis | – | Tam Heather Doug Jamieson Weston Dave Robson | | | Uxbridge |
| 1970 (Unofficial) | East York, Canada | St. George's Hugh McCarrel | – | Leaside John Francis | University of Toronto George Carr | | Uxbridge Barry Timbers |
| 1971 (Unofficial) | East York, Canada | Gananonque Mark McDonald | – | Buffalo Randy Cook Toronto Avonlea Steve Thomas | | | East York St. George's |
| 1972 (Unofficial) | East York, Canada | Sweden Fredrik Lundberg | – | Ontario Mark McDonald Manitoba Neil Gallagher | | | |
| 1973 (Unofficial) | East York, Canada | Sweden Goran Roxin | – | Canada Mark McDonald | Manitoba Clayton Rasmussen Switzerland Bernhard Attinger Norway Kristian Sorum | | |
| 1974 (Unofficial) | East York, Canada | Switzerland Bernhard Attinger | 7–6 | Canada Robb King | Sweden Anders Thidholm | - | United States Gary Kleffman |
| 1975 | East York, Canada | Sweden Jan Ullsten | 8–6 | Canada Robb King | Scotland Peter J. D. Wilson | – | Norway Morten Sørum |
| 1976 | Aviemore, Scotland | Canada Paul Gowsell | 4–3 | Sweden Jan Ullsten | Norway Sjur Loen | – | Scotland Robert Kelly |
| 1977 | Sainte-Foy, Canada | Canada Bill Jenkins | 9–5 | Sweden Anders Grahn | United States Donald Barcome Jr. | – | Norway Sjur Loen |
| 1978 | Grindelwald, Switzerland | Canada Paul Gowsell | 4–2 | Sweden Thomas Håkansson | Scotland Colin Hamilton | – | Norway Sjur Loen |
| 1979 | Moose Jaw, Canada | United States Donald Barcome Jr. | 5–4 | Scotland Andrew McQuistin | Canada Darren Fish | 8–4 | Norway Sjur Loen |
| 1980 | Kitchener, Canada | Scotland Andrew McQuistin | 5–3 | Canada Mert Thompsett | Sweden Thomas Norgren | 9–7 | United States Scott Dalziel |
| 1981 | Megève, France | Scotland Peter Wilson | 8–5 | Canada Denis Marchand | United States Ted Purvis | 5–3 | Sweden Thomas Norgren |
| 1982 | Fredericton, Canada | Sweden Sören Grahn | 6–2 | Canada Mert Thompsett | Scotland Robin Gray | – | United States Dale Risling |
| 1983 | Medicine Hat, Canada | Canada John Base | 7–2 | Norway Pål Trulsen | Scotland Mike Hay | 6–4 | United States Al Edwards |
| 1984 | Cornwall, Canada | United States Al Edwards | 7–6 | Switzerland André Flotron | Scotland Mike Hay | – | Canada Jamie Schneider |
| 1985 | Perth, Scotland | Canada Bob Ursel | 6–5 | Switzerland Christian Saager | Scotland Hammy McMillan | 11–2 | Norway Bjørn Ulshagen |
| 1986 | Dartmouth, Canada | Scotland David Aitken | 7–6 | Canada Kevin Martin | Sweden Örjan Erixon | 12–7 | West Germany Dieter Kolb |
| 1987 | Esquimalt, Canada | Scotland Douglas Dryburgh | 3–2 | Canada Hugh McFadyen | Norway Anthon Grimsmo | 7–3 | Switzerland Markus Eggler |
| 1988 | Füssen, West Germany | Canada Jim Sullivan | 4–2 | Sweden Peja Lindholm | Norway Thomas Ulsrud | 5–2 | Switzerland Christof Schwaller |
| 1989 | Markham, Canada | Sweden Peja Lindholm | 7–2 | Canada Mike Wood | Switzerland Markus Eggler | 5–2 | Scotland Allan Manuel |
| 1990 | Portage la Prairie, Canada | Switzerland Stefan Traub | 5–4 | Scotland Graeme Connal | Sweden Peja Lindholm | 11–1 | Canada Dean Joanisse |
| 1991 | Glasgow, Scotland | Scotland Alan MacDougall | 5–4 | Canada Noel Herron | Switzerland Dominic Andres United States Eric Fenson | – | – |
| 1992 | Oberstdorf, Germany | Switzerland Stefan Heilman | 10–8 | France Jan Henri Ducroz | Canada Jason Repay Sweden Joakim Carlsson | – | – |
| 1993 | Grindelwald, Switzerland | Scotland Craig Wilson | 7–3 | Canada Michel Ferland | France Specer Mugnier Germany Markus Herberg | – | – |
| 1994 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Canada Colin Davison | 6–2 | Germany Daniel Herberg | Switzerland Yannick Renggli United States Mike Peplinski | – | – |
| 1995 | Perth, Scotland | Scotland Tom Brewster, Jr. | 6–3 | Germany Daniel Herberg | Canada Christopher Galbraith | 9–2 | Sweden Henrik Edlund |
| 1996 | Red Deer, Canada | Scotland James Dryburgh | 6–4 | Switzerland Ralph Stöckli | Germany Sebastian Stock | 11–3 | Canada Jeff Currie |
| 1997 | Karuizawa, Japan | Switzerland Ralph Stöckli | 5–3 | Finland Perttu Piilo | Canada Ryan Keane | 9–6 | Japan Makoto Tsuruga |
| 1998 | Thunder Bay, Canada | Canada John Morris | 5–3 | Scotland Gary MacKay | Switzerland Ralph Stöckli | 6–4 | Germany Sebastian Stock |
| 1999 | Östersund, Sweden | Canada John Morris | 6–2 | Switzerland Christian Haller | United States Andy Roza | 7–5 | Sweden Patric Håkansson |
| 2000 | Geising, Germany | Canada Brad Kuhn | 8–4 | Switzerland Patrick Vuille | Germany Christian Baumann | 9–3 | Denmark Kasper Wiksten |
| 2001 | Ogden, United States | Canada Brad Gushue | 7–6 | Denmark Casper Bossen | United States Andy Roza | 7–5 | Scotland David Edwards |
| 2002 | Kelowna, Canada | Canada David Hamblin | 3–2 | Sweden Eric Carlsén | Scotland Kenny Edwards | 10–3 | Switzerland Andreas Hingher |
| 2003 | Flims, Switzerland | Canada Steve Laycock | 5–4 | Sweden Eric Carlsén | Switzerland Jan Hauser | 7–4 | Norway Thomas Løvold |
| 2004 | Trois-Rivières, Canada | Sweden Niklas Edin | 5–4 | Switzerland Stefan Rindlisbacher | Scotland Scott Hamilton | 11–5 | South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk |
| 2005 | Pinerolo, Italy | Canada Kyle George | 6–5 | Sweden Nils Carlsén | Scotland Logan Gray | 8–5 | United States Kristopher Perkovich |
| 2006 | Jeonju, South Korea | Canada Charley Thomas | 7–3 | Sweden Nils Carlsén | Scotland Logan Gray | 12–4 | China Wang Binjiang |
| 2007 | Eveleth, United States | Canada Charley Thomas | 8–3 | Sweden Niklas Edin | Switzerland Christian von Gunten | 7–6 | Denmark Rasmus Stjerne |
| 2008 | Östersund, Sweden | United States Chris Plys | 7–5 | Sweden Oskar Eriksson | Canada William Dion | 5–3 | Norway Kristian Rolvsfjord |
| 2009 | Vancouver, Canada | Denmark Rasmus Stjerne | 9–6 | Canada Brett Gallant | United States Chris Plys | 9–4 | Sweden Oskar Eriksson |
| 2010 | Flims, Switzerland | Switzerland Peter de Cruz | 7–6 | Scotland Ally Fraser | Canada Jake Walker | 7–1 | China Ji Yansong |
| 2011 | Perth, Scotland | Sweden Oskar Eriksson | 6–5 | Switzerland Peter de Cruz | Norway Steffen Mellemseter | 10–2 | Canada Braeden Moskowy |
| 2012 | Östersund, Sweden | Canada Brendan Bottcher | 10–4 | Sweden Rasmus Wranå | Scotland Kyle Smith | 7–3 | Norway Markus Høiberg |
| 2013 | Sochi, Russia | Scotland Kyle Smith | 6–2 | Russia Evgeny Arkhipov | Canada Matt Dunstone | 6–4 | Sweden Patric Mabergs |
| 2014 | Flims, Switzerland | Switzerland Yannick Schwaller | 6–5 | Scotland Kyle Smith | Norway Eirik Mjøen | 7–5 | Canada Braden Calvert |
| 2015 | Tallinn, Estonia | Canada Braden Calvert | 6–3 | Switzerland Yannick Schwaller | Scotland Bruce Mouat | 8–3 | Sweden Fredrik Nyman |
| 2016 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Scotland Bruce Mouat | 6–3 | United States Korey Dropkin | Canada Matt Dunstone | 8–4 | Switzerland Yannick Schwaller |
| 2017 | Gangneung, South Korea | South Korea Lee Ki-jeong | 5–4 | United States Andrew Stopera | Norway Magnus Ramsfjell | 10–3 | Scotland Cameron Bryce |
| 2018 | Aberdeen, Scotland | Canada Tyler Tardi | 6–5 | Scotland Ross Whyte | Switzerland Jan Hess | 7–4 | United States Andrew Stopera |
| 2019 | Liverpool, Canada | Canada Tyler Tardi | 9–4 | Switzerland Marco Hösli | Scotland Ross Whyte | 8–5 | Norway Magnus Ramsfjell |
| 2020 | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | Canada Jacques Gauthier | 7–2 | Switzerland Marco Hösli | Scotland James Craik | 6–5 | Germany Sixten Totzek |
| 2021 | Beijing, China | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2022 | Jönköping, Sweden | Scotland James Craik | 7–1 | Germany Benny Kapp | Canada Owen Purcell | 13–4 | Norway Grunde Buraas |
| 2023 | Füssen, Germany | China Fei Xueqing | 8–7 | Germany Benny Kapp | Scotland Orrin Carson | 11–4 | Norway Lukas Høstmælingen |
| 2024 | Lohja, Finland | Norway Lukas Høstmælingen | 7–6 | Italy Stefano Gilli | Denmark Jacob Schmidt | 10–9 | United States Wesley Wendling |
| 2025 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | | | | | | |

### Women's

| Year | Host City/Country | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host City/Country | Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 1988 | Chamonix, France | Canada Julie Sutton | 6–4 | Switzerland Marianne Amstutz | Denmark Lene Bidstrup | 5–2 | Scotland Carolyn Hutchinson |
| 1989 | Markham, Canada | Canada LaDawn Funk | 10–3 | Norway Trine Helgebostad | Scotland Carolyn Hutchinson | 5–4 | Sweden Cathrine Norberg |
| 1990 | Portage la Prairie, Canada | Scotland Kirsty Addison | 5–3 | Sweden Cathrine Norberg | Canada Cathy Overton | 8–1 | Switzerland Helga Oswald |
| 1991 | Glasgow, Scotland | Sweden Eva Eriksson | 5–4 | Switzerland Nicole Strausak | Canada Atina Ford Scotland Gillian Barr | – | – |
| 1992 | Oberstdorf, Germany | Scotland Gillian Barr | 10–2 | United States Erika Brown | Sweden Eva Eriksson Switzerland Helga Oswald | – | – |
| 1993 | Grindelwald, Switzerland | Scotland Kirsty Hay | 9–5 | Canada Amber Holland | Denmark Dorthe Holm United States Erika Brown | – | – |
| 1994 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Canada Kim Gellard | 9–7 | United States Erika Brown | Denmark Angelina Jensen Sweden Margaretha Lindahl | – | – |
| 1995 | Perth, Scotland | Canada Kelly Mackenzie | 6–5 | Sweden Margaretha Lindahl | Switzerland Nadia Heuer | 8–3 | Scotland Julia Ewart |
| 1996 | Red Deer, Canada | Canada Heather Godberson | 7–6 | Scotland Julia Ewart | Sweden Margaretha Lindahl | 11–5 | Switzerland Nadja Heuer |
| 1997 | Karuizawa, Japan | Scotland Julia Ewart | 11–3 | Sweden Margaretha Sigfridsson | Canada Meredith Doyle | 5–2 | United States Risa O'Connell |
| 1998 | Thunder Bay, Canada | Canada Melissa McClure | 11–3 | Japan Akiko Katoh | Sweden Matilda Mattsson | 6–5 | Scotland Julia Ewart |
| 1999 | Östersund, Sweden | Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni | 8–3 | Japan Akiko Katoh | Canada Marie-France Larouche | 10–3 | Sweden Matilda Mattsson |
| 2000 | Geising, Germany | Sweden Matilda Mattsson | 6–5 | Canada Stefanie Miller | United States Laura Delaney | 8–5 | Switzerland Carmen Schäfer |
| 2001 | Ogden, United States | Canada Suzanne Gaudet | 6–4 | Sweden Matilda Mattsson | Switzerland Carmen Schäfer | 5–4 | Japan Moe Meguro |
| 2002 | Kelowna, Canada | United States Cassandra Johnson | 7–6 | Sweden Matilda Mattsson | Canada Suzanne Gaudet | 9–8 | Italy Diana Gaspari |
| 2003 | Flims, Switzerland | Canada Marliese Miller | 5–4 | United States Cassandra Johnson | Italy Diana Gaspari | 7–4 | Sweden Stina Viktorsson |
| 2004 | Trois-Rivières, Canada | Norway Linn Githmark | 9–6 | Canada Jill Mouzar | Sweden Stina Viktorsson | 7–6 | United States Aileen Sormunen |
| 2005 | Pinerolo, Italy | Switzerland Tania Grivel | 10–2 | Sweden Stina Viktorsson | Canada Andrea Kelly | 6–4 | Denmark Madeleine Dupont |
| 2006 | Jeonju, South Korea | Russia Ludmila Privivkova | 5–4 | Canada Mandy Selzer | Denmark Lene Nielsen | 8–4 | Switzerland Michèle Jäggi |
| 2007 | Eveleth, United States | Scotland Sarah Reid | 7–6 | Canada Stacie Devereaux | Denmark Madeleine Dupont | 8–6 | United States Aileen Sormunen |
| 2008 | Östersund, Sweden | Scotland Eve Muirhead | 12–3 | Sweden Cecilia Östlund | Canada Kaitlyn Lawes | 9–8 | Russia Ludmila Privivkova |
| 2009 | Vancouver, Canada | Scotland Eve Muirhead | 8–6 | Canada Kaitlyn Lawes | Switzerland Martina Baumann | 5–4 | Russia Margarita Fomina |
| 2010 | Flims, Switzerland | Sweden Anna Hasselborg | 8–3 | Canada Rachel Homan | United States Alexandra Carlson | 9–7 | Switzerland Manuela Siegrist |
| 2011 | Perth, Scotland | Scotland Eve Muirhead | 10–3 | Canada Trish Paulsen | Russia Anna Sidorova | 9–3 | Sweden Jonna McManus |
| 2012 | Östersund, Sweden | Scotland Hannah Fleming | 6–5 | Czech Republic Zuzana Hájková | Russia Anna Sidorova | 7–4 | Sweden Sara McManus |
| 2013 | Sochi, Russia | Russia Alina Kovaleva | 6–5 | Scotland Hannah Fleming | Japan Sayaka Yoshimura | 8–4 | Czech Republic Zuzana Hájková |
| 2014 | Flims, Switzerland | Canada Kelsey Rocque | 6–4 | South Korea Kim Kyeong-ae | Russia Alina Kovaleva | 11–4 | Sweden Isabella Wranå |
| 2015 | Tallinn, Estonia | Canada Kelsey Rocque | 8–2 | Scotland Gina Aitken | Switzerland Elena Stern | 7–6 | Sweden Isabella Wranå |
| 2016 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Canada Mary Fay | 7–4 | United States Cory Christensen | South Korea Kim Min-ji | 8–4 | Hungary Dorottya Palancsa |
| 2017 | Gangneung, South Korea | Sweden Isabella Wranå | 10–7 | Scotland Sophie Jackson | Canada Kristen Streifel | 6–3 | South Korea Kim Min-ji |
| 2018 | Aberdeen, Scotland | Canada Kaitlyn Jones | 7–4 | Sweden Isabella Wranå | China Wang Zixin | 11–5 | Norway Maia Ramsfjell |
| 2019 | Liverpool, Canada | Russia Vlada Rumiantseva | 8–7 | Canada Selena Sturmay | Switzerland Raphaela Keiser | 6–4 | China Han Yu |
| 2020 | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | Canada Mackenzie Zacharias | 7–5 | South Korea Kim Min-ji | Russia Vlada Rumiantseva | 14–4 | Japan Sae Yamamoto |
| 2021 | Beijing, China | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2022 | Jönköping, Sweden | Japan Sae Yamamoto | 7–4 | Sweden Moa Dryburgh | United States Delaney Strouse | 10–6 | Norway Eirin Mesloe |
| 2023 | Füssen, Germany | Scotland Fay Henderson | 9–7 | Japan Yuina Miura | Norway Torild Bjørnstad | 8–5 | Switzerland Xenia Schwaller |
| 2024 | Lohja, Finland | Switzerland Xenia Schwaller | 10–3 | Japan Miku Nihira | Norway Torild Bjørnstad | 7–5 | Canada Myla Plett |
| 2025 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | | | | | | |

## All-time Medal Tables

As of 2024 Championships
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Canada | 21 | 10 | 9 | 40 |
| 2 | Scotland | 11 | 6 | 15 | 32 |
| 3 | Sweden | 5 | 11 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | 10 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | United States | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | Norway | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Germany | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 49 | 49 | 53 | 151 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Canada | 13 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Scotland | 10 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Sweden | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | United States | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Japan | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Norway | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 36 | 36 | 40 | 112 |

### Overall

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Canada | 34 | 19 | 17 | 70 |
| 2 | Scotland | 21 | 10 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 | Sweden | 9 | 20 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 8 | 12 | 13 | 33 |
| 5 | United States | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Norway | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 8 | Japan | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | South Korea | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 11 | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Germany | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 85 | 85 | 93 | 263 |