World Curling Federation


The World Curling Federation is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation, when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made. The name was changed in 1990.
The ICF was initially formed in 1966 as a committee of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club in Perth after the success of the Scotch Cup series of world championships held between Canada and Scotland. At the outset, it comprised the associations of Scotland, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and the United States. In the wake of its formation, it sanctioned the World Curling Championships. The WCF currently sanctions fifteen international curling events. The WCF is managed by eight Board Directors, one president, three vice-presidents and six Board Directors. The six Board Directors must all come from different [|member associations]. All positions on the Board of Directors are elected by WCF member associations. The Board of Directors are supported by and a permanent staff of 20 employees.
There are currently 61 member associations, with the federation's first African member association Nigeria being the most recent addition.

Goals

The WCF mission statement reads: "The World Curling Federation represents curling internationally and facilitates the growth of the sport through a network of Member Associations/Federations."
The purpose and aims of the WCF are as follows:
  1. To represent curling internationally and to facilitate growth of the sport throughout the world
  2. To promote co-operation and mutual understanding amongst Member Associations and to unite curlers throughout the world
  3. To Defend and Further the interests of world curling
  4. To conduct world curling competitions
  5. To formulate rules of the sport of curling for world competitions and all other competitions approved by the WCF

    Member associations

Following is a list of member associations of the World Curling Federation:
YearNameCountryWCF zone
2017Afghanistan Curling Federation
1991Andorra Curling AssociationEurope
1986Australian Curling Federation
1982Österreichischer Curling VerbandEurope
1997Belarusian Curling AssociationEurope
2005Belgium Curling AssociationEurope
1998Brazilian Ice Sports FederationAmericas
2013Bulgarian Curling FederationEurope
1966Curling CanadaAmericas
2002Chinese Curling Association
1998Chinese Taipei Curling Federation
2004Croatian Curling AssociationEurope
1990Czech Curling AssociationEurope
1971Danish Curling AssociationEurope
2019Dominican Republic winter sports federationAmericas
1971English Curling AssociationEurope
2003Estonian Curling AssociationEurope
1979Finnish Curling AssociationEurope
1966French Ice Sports FederationEurope
2013Georgian Curling FederationEurope
1967Deutscher Curling-VerbandEurope
2003Hellenic Curling AssociationEurope
2016Guyana Curling FederationAmericas
2014Hong Kong Curling Association
1989Hungarian Curling FederationEurope
1991Icelandic Sport FederationEurope
2019Curling Federation of India
2003Irish Curling AssociationEurope
2013Israel Curling FederationEurope
1972Italian Ice Sports FederationEurope
1985Japan Curling Association
2003Kazakhstan Curling Association
2012Kosovo Curling FederationEurope
2019Kuwait Winter Games Club
2017Curling Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic
2001Latvian Curling AssociationEurope
1991Liechtenstein Curling AssociationEurope
2003Lithuanian Curling AssociationEurope
1976Luxembourg Curling AssociationEurope
2016Federacion Mexicana de CurlingAmericas
2012Mongolian Curling Federation
1975Netherlands Curling AssociationEurope
1991New Zealand Curling Association
2018Nigeria Curling Federation
1966Norwegian Curling AssociationEurope
2017Winter Sports Federation of PortugalEurope
2014Qatar Curling Federation
2010Romanian Curling FederationEurope
1992Russian Curling FederationEurope
2017Kingdom Curling Association
1966Royal Caledonian Curling ClubEurope
2005National Curling Association of SerbiaEurope
2003Slovak Curling AssociationEurope
2010Slovenian Curling AssociationEurope
1994Korean Curling Association
1999Spanish Ice Sports FederationEurope
1966Swedish Curling AssociationEurope
1966Swiss Curling AssociationEurope
2009Turkish Ice Skating FederationEurope
2013Ukrainian Curling FederationEurope
1966United States Curling AssociationAmericas
1991US Virgin Islands Curling AssociationAmericas
1982Welsh Curling AssociationEurope

*The Armenia Curling Federation was suspended for failure to pay subscriptions.
*The Polish Curling Association was suspended for not resolving disputes within Poland's ministry of sport and the Polish Curling Association governance structures.

Executive board

The current executive board as of September 2018 is as follows:

President: Kate Caithness
Vice Presidents:
Board of Directors:
Secretary General: Colin Grahamslaw

Former presidents

Former presidents of the WCF and ICF are listed below:

Competitions and championships

The WCF manages many events around the world.