# Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics

The curling competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Ice Cube Curling Center, nicknamed "the Ice Cube". It is the sixth time that curling was on the Olympic program. In both the men's and women's competitions, ten nations competed. These two events took place from 10 to 21 February 2014.
The Canadian women's team went through the whole competition undefeated, the first time this has happened in an Olympic women's curling competition. Additionally, both the Canadian men's and women's teams won the gold medal, becoming the first country to do so in the history of the event.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Canada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medal events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Canada Brad Jacobs Ryan Fry E. J. Harnden Ryan Harnden Caleb Flaxey | Great Britain David Murdoch Greg Drummond Scott Andrews Michael Goodfellow Tom Brewster | Sweden Niklas Edin Sebastian Kraupp Fredrik Lindberg Viktor Kjäll Oskar Eriksson |
| Women details | Canada Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jill Officer Dawn McEwen Kirsten Wall | Sweden Margaretha Sigfridsson Maria Prytz Christina Bertrup Maria Wennerström Agnes Knochenhauer | Great Britain Eve Muirhead Anna Sloan Vicki Adams Claire Hamilton Lauren Gray |

## Qualification

Qualification to the curling tournaments at the Winter Olympics was determined through two methods. Nations could qualify teams by earning qualification points from performances at the 2012 and 2013 World Curling Championships. Teams could also qualify through an Olympic qualification event which was held in the autumn of 2013. Seven nations qualified teams via World Championship qualification points, while two nations qualified through the qualification event. As host nation, Russia qualified teams automatically, thus making a total of ten teams per gender in the curling tournaments.

## Participating nations

Twelve nations participated, with the number of athletes participating per nation in parentheses. South Korea made its Olympic curling debut.
* Canada (10)
* China (10)
* Denmark (10)
* Germany (5)
* Great Britain (10)
* Japan (5)
* Norway (5)
* Russia (10)
* South Korea (5)
* Sweden (10)
* Switzerland (10)
* United States (10)

## Results summary
### Men
#### Round robin

The men's curling competition began with a round-robin tournament, where every team played every other team. The top four teams from the round robin advanced to the playoffs.

##### Standings

Final round robin standings :
| Teamvte | Skip | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | EW | EL | BE | SE | S% | Qualification |
| Sweden | Niklas Edin | 9 | 8 | 1 | 60 | 44 | 38 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 86% | Playoffs |
| Canada | Brad Jacobs | 9 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 53 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 84% | Playoffs |
| China | Liu Rui | 9 | 7 | 2 | 67 | 50 | 41 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 85% | Playoffs |
| Norway | Thomas Ulsrud | 9 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 53 | 36 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 86% | Tiebreaker |
| Great Britain | David Murdoch | 9 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 49 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 83% | Tiebreaker |
| Denmark | Rasmus Stjerne | 9 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 61 | 32 | 37 | 17 | 4 | 81% | |
| Russia | Andrey Drozdov | 9 | 3 | 6 | 58 | 70 | 36 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 77% | |
| Switzerland | Sven Michel | 9 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 46 | 31 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 83% | |
| United States | John Shuster | 9 | 2 | 7 | 47 | 58 | 30 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 80% | |
| Germany | John Jahr | 9 | 1 | 8 | 53 | 74 | 38 | 39 | 10 | 9 | 76% | |

##### Results

| vte Team | CAN | CHN | DEN | GER | GBR | NOR | RUS | SWE | SUI | USA |
| Canada | — | 9–8 | 7–6 | 11–8 | 7–5 | 10–4 | 7–4 | 6–7 | 4–5 | 8–6 |
| China | 8–9 | — | 7–4 | 11–7 | 6–5 | 7–5 | 9–6 | 5–6 | 5–4 | 9–4 |
| Denmark | 6–7 | 4–7 | — | 6–3 | 6–8 | 5–3 | 11–10 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 5–9 |
| Germany | 8–11 | 7–11 | 3–6 | — | 6–7 | 5–8 | 7–8 | 4–8 | 8–7 | 5–8 |
| Great Britain | 5–7 | 5–6 | 8–6 | 7–6 | — | 6–7 | 7–4 | 4–8 | 4–2 | 5–3 |
| Norway | 4–10 | 5–7 | 3–5 | 8–5 | 7–6 | — | 9–8 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 7–4 |
| Russia | 4–7 | 6–9 | 10–11 | 8–7 | 4–7 | 8–9 | — | 4–8 | 7–6 | 7–6 |
| Sweden | 7–6 | 6–5 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 8–4 | — | 7–5 | 6–4 |
| Switzerland | 5–4 | 4–5 | 9–3 | 8–9 | 2–4 | 3–5 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 6–3 |
| United States | 6–8 | 4–9 | 9–5 | 8–5 | 3–5 | 4–7 | 6–7 | 4–6 | 3–6 | — |

#### Playoffs

The top four teams at the conclusion of the round robin advanced to the playoffs. The fourth seed was determined by a tiebreaker game between Norway and Great Britain, which Great Britain won with a score of 6–5.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| 1 | Sweden | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 6 | 4 | Great Britain | 3 |
| | | | 2 | Canada | 9 |
| 2 | Canada | 10 | 2 | Canada | 9 |
| 3 | China | 6 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | 1 | Sweden | 6 |
| | | | 3 | China | 4 |

##### Bronze medal game

Friday, 21 February, 12:30 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Sweden (Edin) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| China (Liu) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Player percentages :
| Sweden | Sweden | China | China |
| Viktor Kjäll | 94% | Zang Jialiang | 86% |
| Fredrik Lindberg | 88% | Ba Dexin | 91% |
| Sebastian Kraupp | 76% | Xu Xiaoming | 81% |
| Niklas Edin | 94% | Liu Rui | 86% |
| Total | 88% | Total | 86% |

##### Gold medal game

Friday, 21 February, 5:30 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Great Britain (Murdoch) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Canada (Jacobs) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 9 |
Player percentages :
| Great Britain | Great Britain | Canada | Canada |
| Michael Goodfellow | 92% | Ryan Harnden | 94% |
| Scott Andrews | 67% | E. J. Harnden | 92% |
| Greg Drummond | 88% | Ryan Fry | 81% |
| David Murdoch | 69% | Brad Jacobs | 95% |
| Total | 79% | Total | 91% |

### Women
#### Round robin

The women's curling competition began with a round-robin tournament, where every team played every other team. The top four teams from the round robin advanced to the playoffs.

##### Standings

Final round robin standings :
| Teamvte | Skip | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | EW | EL | BE | SE | S% | Qualification |
| Canada | Jennifer Jones | 9 | 9 | 0 | 72 | 40 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 86% | Playoffs |
| Sweden | Margaretha Sigfridsson | 9 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 52 | 37 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 80% | Playoffs |
| Switzerland | Mirjam Ott | 9 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 60 | 37 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 78% | Playoffs |
| Great Britain | Eve Muirhead | 9 | 5 | 4 | 74 | 58 | 39 | 35 | 9 | 11 | 80% | Playoffs |
| Japan | Ayumi Ogasawara | 9 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 67 | 39 | 41 | 4 | 10 | 76% | |
| Denmark | Lene Nielsen | 9 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 56 | 34 | 40 | 12 | 9 | 78% | |
| China | Wang Bingyu | 9 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 62 | 36 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 81% | |
| South Korea | Kim Ji-sun | 9 | 3 | 6 | 60 | 65 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 79% | |
| Russia | Anna Sidorova | 9 | 3 | 6 | 48 | 56 | 33 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 82% | |
| United States | Erika Brown | 9 | 1 | 8 | 42 | 75 | 33 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 76% | |

##### Results

| vte Team | CAN | CHN | DEN | GBR | JPN | RUS | KOR | SWE | SUI | USA |
| Canada | — | 9–2 | 8–5 | 9–6 | 8–6 | 5–3 | 9–4 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 7–6 |
| China | 2–9 | — | 6–9 | 7–8 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 11–3 | 7–6 | 6–10 | 7–4 |
| Denmark | 5–8 | 9–6 | — | 8–7 | 3–8 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 9–2 |
| Great Britain | 6–9 | 8–7 | 7–8 | — | 12–3 | 9–6 | 10–8 | 4–6 | 6–8 | 12–3 |
| Japan | 6–8 | 8–5 | 8–3 | 3–12 | — | 8–4 | 7–12 | 4–8 | 9–7 | 6–8 |
| Russia | 3–5 | 5–7 | 7–4 | 6–9 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 9–6 |
| South Korea | 4–9 | 3–11 | 4–7 | 8–10 | 12–7 | 8–4 | — | 4–7 | 6–8 | 11–2 |
| Sweden | 3–9 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 7–4 | — | 9–8 | 7–6 |
| Switzerland | 5–8 | 10–6 | 7–6 | 8–6 | 7–9 | 3–6 | 8–6 | 8–9 | — | 7–4 |
| United States | 6–7 | 4–7 | 2–9 | 3–12 | 8–6 | 6–9 | 2–11 | 6–7 | 4–7 | — |

#### Playoffs

The top four teams at the conclusion of the round robin advanced to the playoffs.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| 1 | Canada | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 4 | 1 | Canada | 6 |
| | | | 2 | Sweden | 3 |
| 2 | Sweden | 7 | 2 | Sweden | 3 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 5 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | 4 | Great Britain | 6 |
| | | | 3 | Switzerland | 5 |

##### Bronze medal game

Thursday, 20 February, 12:30
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Great Britain (Muirhead) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Switzerland (Ott) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Player percentages :
| Great Britain | Great Britain | Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Claire Hamilton | 91% | Janine Greiner | 78% |
| Vicki Adams | 74% | Carmen Küng | 81% |
| Anna Sloan | 74% | Carmen Schäfer | 73% |
| Eve Muirhead | 89% | Mirjam Ott | 85% |
| Total | 82% | Total | 79% |

##### Gold medal game

Thursday, 20 February, 17:30
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Canada (Jones) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 6 |
| Sweden (Sigfridsson) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
Player percentages :
| Canada | Canada | Sweden | Sweden |
| Dawn McEwen | 99% | Margaretha Sigfridsson | 94% |
| Jill Officer | 76% | Maria Wennerström | 88% |
| Kaitlyn Lawes | 68% | Christina Bertrup | 79% |
| Jennifer Jones | 88% | Maria Prytz | 85% |
| Total | 82% | Total | 86% |