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Championships[edit]
World Curling Championships
|
Year
|
Host country
|
Host city
|
1959 - Men's
|
Scotland
|
Falkirk and Edinburgh
|
1960 - Men's
|
Scotland
|
Falkirk
|
1961 - Men's
|
Scotland
|
Ayr, Falkirk, Perth & Edinburgh
|
1962 - Men's
|
Scotland
|
Falkirk & Edinburgh
|
1963 - Men's
|
Scotland
|
Perth
|
1964 - Men's
|
|
Calgary
|
1965 - Men's
|
Perth
|
Scotland
|
1966 - Men's
|
Vancouver
|
Canada
|
1967 - Men's
|
Perth
|
Scotland
|
1968 - Men's
|
Pointe-Claire, QC
|
Canada
|
1969 - Men's
|
Perth
|
Scotland
|
1970 - Men's
|
Utica, NY
|
United States
|
1971 - Men's
|
Megève
|
France
|
1972 - Men's
|
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
|
Germany
|
1973 - Men's
|
Regina, SK
|
Canada
|
1974 - Men's
|
Berne
|
Switzerland
|
1975 - Men's
|
Perth
|
Scotland
|
1976 - Men's
|
Duluth, MN
|
United States
|
1977 - Men's
|
Karlstad
|
Sweden
|
1978 - Men's
|
Winnipeg, MB
|
Canada
|
1979 - Men's
|
Berne
|
Switzerland
|
1979 - Women's
|
Perth
|
Scotland
|
1980 - Men's
|
Moncton, NB
|
Canada
|
1980 - Women's
|
Perth
|
Scotland
|
1981 - Men's
|
London, ON
|
Canada
|
1981 - Women's
|
Perth
|
Scotland
|
1982 - Men's
|
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
|
Germany
|
1982 - Women's
|
Geneva
|
Switzerland
|
1983 - Men's
|
Regina, SK
|
Canada
|
1983 - Women's
|
Moose Jaw, SK
|
Canada
|
1984 - Men's
|
Perth
|
Scotland
|
1984 - Women's
|
Duluth, MN
|
United States
|
1985 - Men's
|
Glasgow
|
Scotland
|
1985 - Women's
|
Jönköping
|
Sweden
|
1986 - Men's
|
Toronto
|
Canada
|
1986 - Women's
|
Kelowna, BC
|
Canada
|
1987 - Men's
|
Vancouver
|
Canada
|
1987 - Women's
|
Chicago, IL
|
United States
|
1988 - Men's
|
Lausanne
|
Switzerland
|
1988 - Women's
|
Glasgow
|
Scotland
|
1989
|
Milwaukee, WI
|
United States
|
1990
|
Västerås
|
Sweden
|
1991
|
Winnipeg, MB
|
Canada
|
1992
|
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
|
Germany
|
1993
|
Geneva
|
Switzerland
|
1994
|
Oberstdorf
|
Germany
|
1995
|
Brandon, MB
|
Canada
|
1996
|
Hamilton, ON
|
Canada
|
1997
|
Berne
|
Switzerland
|
1998
|
Kamloops, BC
|
Canada
|
1999
|
Saint John, NB
|
Canada
|
2000
|
Glasgow
|
Scotland
|
2001
|
Lausanne
|
Switzerland
|
2002
|
Bismarck, ND
|
United States
|
2003
|
Winnipeg, MB
|
Canada
|
2004
|
Gävle
|
Sweden
|
2005 - Men
|
Victoria, BC
|
Canada
|
2005 - Women
|
Paisley
|
Scotland
|
2006 - Men
|
Lowell, MA
|
United States
|
2006 - Women
|
Grande Prairie, AB
|
Canada
|
2007 - Men
|
Edmonton, AB
|
Canada
|
2007 - Women
|
Aomori, Aomori
|
Japan
|
2008 - Men
|
Grand Forks, ND
|
United States
|
2008 - Women
|
Vernon, BC
|
Canada
|
2008 - Mixed Doubles
|
Vierumäki
|
Finland
|
2009 - Men
|
Moncton, NB
|
Canada
|
2009 - Women
|
Gangneung
|
South Korea
|
2009 - Mixed Doubles
|
Cortina d'Ampezzo
|
Italy
|
2010 - Men
|
Cortina d'Ampezzo
|
Italy
|
2010 - Women
|
Swift Current, SK
|
Canada
|
Tournament Names[edit]
The World Curling Championships have been known by several different names over the years.
Men
- 1959 - 1967: Scotch Cup
- 1968 - 1985: Air Canada Silver Broom
- 1986 - 1988: IOC President's Cup (Hexagon)
- 1989 - 1990: WCF Championships
- 1991 - 1992: Safeway World Curling Championship
- 1993 - 1994: WCF Championships
- 1995 - 2004: Ford World Curling Championship
- 2005 - present: Ford World Men's Curling Championship (odd years)
- 2006 - present: World Men's Curling Championship (even years)
Women
- 1979 - 1981: Royal Bank of Scotland World Curling Championships
- 1982: World Curling Championships
- 1983: Pioneer Life World Curling Championships
- 1984: World Curling Championships
- 1985: H&M World Curling Championships
- 1986 - 1990: World Curling Championships
- 1991 - 1992: Safeway World Curling Championships
- 1993 - 1994: World Curling Championships
- 1995 - 2004: Ford World Curling Championships
- 2005 - 2007: World Women's Curling Championships (odd years)
- 2006 - present: Ford World Women's Curling Championships (even years)
- 2009 - present: Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship (odd years)