2022 World Junior-B Curling Championships (January)

2022 World Junior-B Curling Championships
Host cityLohja, Finland
ArenaKisakallio Sports Institute
DatesJanuary 3–14

The 2022 World Junior-B Curling Championships was being held from January 3 to 14 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.[1] The top three men's and women's teams were to qualify for the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships.[2]

On January 4, the Hungarian men's team (Lőrinc Tatár, Ottó Kalocsay, Raul Kárász and Milan Tüske) had to withdraw from the competition due to a positive COVID-19 case within the team.[3] The following day, members of Teams Chinese Taipei, Spain and Slovenia all confirmed positive cases within their teams.[4][5] On January 6, World Curling Federation cancelled the event due to the outbreak of cases.[6]

  1. ^ "World Junior-B Curling Championships 2022". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "Event Info". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "Hungary men forced to withdraw from World Junior-B Curling Championships after positive COVID-19 case". World Curling Federation. January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  4. ^ "STATEMENT: Additional positive COVID-19 result detected at World Junior-B Championships". World Curling Federation. January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "STATEMENT: Two further positive COVID-19 results detected at World Junior-B Championships". World Curling Federation. January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  6. ^ "World Junior-B Curling Championships 2022 cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". World Curling Federation. January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.