<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The curling competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held between 8 and 25 February 2018 at the Gangneung Curling Centre . This was the seventh time that curling is on the Olympic program . In each of the men's and women's competitions, ten nations competed . As decided in 2015, a third competition, mixed doubles curling, has graduated from a spectator sport to a full medal competition . Teams consisted of one woman and one man . There were eight participating countries in the mixed competition . </P> <P> Qualification to the curling tournaments at the Winter Olympics was determined through two methods . Nations could qualify teams by earning qualification points from performances at the 2016 and 2017 World Curling Championships . Teams could also qualify through an Olympic qualification event which was held in December 2017 . Seven nations qualified teams via World Championship qualification points, while two nations qualified through the qualification event . As host nation, South Korea qualified teams automatically, thus making a total of ten teams per gender in the curling tournaments . For the mixed doubles competition the top seven ranked teams earning qualification points from performances at the 2016 and 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship qualified along with hosts South Korea . </P>

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