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WCF WORLD & EUROPEAN CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
2014 - 2018
WCF WORLD & EUROPEAN CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPSMEDIA RIGHTS CONTACT:Amikam Kranz, [email protected] Hurst, [email protected]
World Curling Championship:• 9 days each; Women’s event in March and Men’s in April
• World’s top 12 national curling teams qualified from the WCF’s Pacific-Asia, European and America zonal championships
• Round robin format to determine qualification for the finals
• Teams gain qualification points for the Olympic Winter Games in the two championship years running up to the next Games; all teams competing at a World Championship are eligible for the WCF’s Olympic Qualification Event
European Curling Championships:• 1 week in November featuring Men’s and Women’s competitions
• In the A Division, Europe’s top 10 Men’s and Women’s teams compete to qualify for the following World Championships. The two lowest ranked teams face relegation to the B Division.
Broadcast obligations: all games of the teams from the territory participating in the competitions, if produced, final stages and all medal games of each competition.
TV Production
PRODUCTION Selected games produced with 8 cameras in HD 16/9 by the WCF’s in-house team, World Curling TV (WCTV). Live
programming is available at the venue or via satellite with English commentary. Daily News Feeds are available via satellite
and/or FTP within an hour of end of play.
GAMES Up to 3 sessions per day,
with approximately 2/3 games produced.
RIGHTS Full global rights (except for
Canada) until 2018, all media types.
CURRENT OFFERING
COMPETITION FORMATSCHEDULING
CONSIDERATION
• Each day of competition has 3 SESSIONS (morning, afternoon and evening) during the round robin stage
• 6-9 HOURS of live coverage per day depending on the number of games produced
• WCTV will continue LIVE COVERAGE until there are no remaining games in the session
EVENT DATE LOCATION
LE GRUYÈRE AOP EUROPEAN CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017
17 - 25 NOV 2017 St. Gallen, SUI
FORD WORLD WOMEN’S CURLING CHAMPS. 2018
17 - 25 MAR 2018North Bay,
Ontario, CAN
WORLD MEN’S CURLING CHAMPS. 2018
31 MAR - 8 APRIL 2018
Las Vegas, USA