Curling will once again be a part of the winter Olympics as twenty teams compete in round robin and tournament action. The field were set through various WCF qualifier tournaments.
On the men's side, two time defending champions Canada hold the lead for most overall wins in the Olympic tournament with two. The Canadian men defeated Finland in the final at Turin 2006, and repeated at Vancouver 2010 with a win in the final over Norway. Over on the women's side, Sweden is going for their third consecutive gold after wins over Switzerland at Turin and Canada at Vancouver in the respective finals. The Swedish has the most overall wins in the women's curling in the winter games with those two aforementioned.
Individually, 20 men have one gold medal each, while four women have two each. As far as who has qualified for the tournaments, here are the twenty teams that will compete in the Sochi tournament:
MEN
Russia (host)
Russia (host)
Canada
China
Denmark
Germany
Great Britain
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
WOMEN
Russia (host)
Canada
China
Denmark
Great Britain
Japan
Republic of Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
The Ice Cube Curling Center (pictured above)--not named after the rapper--is the venue for the curling at Sochi.
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