<Tr> <Th> Finalist </Th> <Td> Sweden (Anna Hasselborg) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "2017 2019" </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2018 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 17 - 25 at the North Bay Memorial Gardens in North Bay, Ontario, Canada . The format of the tournament was changed this year, with 13 teams qualifying for the tournament (as opposed to 12 in previous years), and the top 6 teams from round - robin play will qualify for the playoffs (rather than 4). The playoff system were single - knockout, where the top two teams received a bye while the remaining four played the first round . </P> <P> The event was won by Canada's Jennifer Jones rink from Winnipeg, which was her second world championship for the 2014 Olympic gold medalists . </P>

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