World Junior Curling Championships 2020 Preview

Team Scotland’s junior men are in Krasnoyarsk, Russia for the World Junior Curling Championships (WJCC) as they get underway at the Crystal Ice Arena on Saturday 15 February.

James Craik, Mark Watt, Blair Haswell, Niall Ryder and coach, Iain Watt, earned the right to represent Scotland following their success at the Scottish Curling Junior Championships last month in Aberdeen. The team selected Angus Bryce as their alternate for this event.

L-R Niall Ryder, Blair Haswell, Mark Watt, James Craik

15 member associations will be represented as 10 junior men’s and women’s teams take to the ice. The men’s event comprises of Canada, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.

James was part of Ross Whyte’s WJCC bronze medal winning team last year and will be returning with invaluable experience to share with rest of his team.

The round robin begins on Saturday 15 February which will determine the top-four ranking. Semi-finals take place on Friday 21 February, with the medal games concluding the event on Saturday 22 February.

The top six teams and China, as the host for the World Junior Curling Championships 2021, will qualify for next year’s event at the Ice Cube in Beijing as the test event for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

The women’s event comprises of Canada, Denmark, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland. Scots junior women will have an opportunity to return to WJCC in 2021 by qualifying at the World Junior-B Championships next season.

We will feature daily updates of Scotland’s progress with game updates on our social media platforms. Scotland’s schedule is as follows:

Date	UK Time	Game
Sat 15 Feb	2:00am	SCO v ITA
	12:30pm	RUS v SCO (live on World Curling TV)
Sun 16 Feb	7:00am	SCO v SWE
Mon 17 Feb	2:00am	SCO v GER
	12:00 noon	SCO v NZ
Tues 18 Feb	7:00am	NOR v SCO
Wed 19 Feb	2:00am	SUI v SCO
	12:00 noon	USA v SCO
Thurs 20 Feb	7:00am	SCO v CAN
Fri 21 Feb	7:00am	Men’s Semi Finals
	12:00 noon	Women’s Semi Finals
Sat 22 Feb	2:00am	Men’s Final
	7:00am	Women’s Final