Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification event

Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics Qualification event
Host city	Füssen, Germany
Arena	BLZ Arena
Dates	December 10–15, 2013
Men's winner	Germany
Curling club	CC Hamburg, Hamburg
Skip	John Jahr
Fourth	Felix Schulze
Second	Peter Rickmers
Lead	Sven Goldemann
Finalist	United States (John Shuster)
Women's winner	China
Curling club	Harbin CC, Harbin
Skip	Wang Bingyu
Third	Liu Yin
Second	Yue Qingshuang
Lead	Zhou Yan
Finalist	Japan (Ayumi Ogasawara)

The qualification event for the curling tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held from December 10 to 15, 2013 at the BLZ Arena in Füssen, Germany. The top two teams from the qualification event qualified their nations to participate in the Olympics. The qualification event was open to any nations that earned qualification points at the 2012 or 2013 World Curling Championships or participated at the 2011 World Curling Championships (the South Korea men's team and the Norway women's team).

In both the men's and the women's tournaments, the teams played a single round robin, and at its conclusion, the top three teams advanced to the playoffs. In the playoffs, the first and second seeds played a game to determine the first team to advance to the main Olympic tournament. The loser of this game, along with the third seed, played a game to determine the second team to advance to the main Olympic tournament.

Skip: Jiří Snítil
Third: Martin Snítil
Second: Jindřich Kitzberger
Lead: Marek Vydra
Alternate: Jakub Bareš

Skip: Aku Kauste
Third: Jani Sullanmaa
Second: Pauli Jäämies
Lead: Janne Pitko
Alternate: Leo Mäkelä

Fourth: Tony Angiboust
Skip: Thomas Dufour
Second: Wilfrid Coulot
Lead: Jérémy Frarier
Alternate: Romain Borini

Fourth: Felix Schulze
Skip: John Jahr
Second: Christopher Bartsch
Lead: Sven Goldemann
Alternate: Peter Rickmers

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