College / University Curling

International University Sports Federation (FISU)

Year	Men's Gold	Men's Silver	Men's Bronze	Women's Gold	Women's Silver	Women's Bronze
2003 Winter Universiade
2007 Winter Universiade
2009 Winter Universiade	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

2007 Winter Universiade Participating teams Curling at the 2007 Winter Universiade

FISU University Winter Games (Universiade) will be held in 2009 in Harbin, China. (2009 Winter Universiade)

Canada

In Canada, University curling is played in a variety of levels. The CIS is sactioning the 2008 Canadian University Curling Championships. The winners of this event will move on to the 2009 FISU Winter Universiade in Harbin, China. Currently, not every athletic conference offers curling as a varsity sport.

Canadian Interuniversity Sport

2008 CIS Curling Championship

CIS and the CCA combined to host the first national curling championship hosted by U of Waterloo. It was held from March 12 to 16, 2008 at the Guelph Curling Club and Elora Curling Club. http://universitysport.ca/e/championships/curling/2008/index.cfm

In the inaugural event the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks took both the men's and women's titles.

In men's play the top teams after pool play were:

1. Lakehead Thunderwolves
2. Brock Badgers
3. Laurier Golden Hawks
4. Queen's Golden Gaels
5. Calgary Dinos

Men's Pool A	W	L
Laurier	5	1
Guelph	4	2
Calgary	4	2
McGill	3	3
Victoria	1	5
Saint Mary's	0	6

Men's Pool B	W	L
Brock	5	1
Queen's	5	1
Alberta	3	3
Western	3	3
Manitoba	2	4
St Francis Xavier	1	5

Men's Pool C	W	L
Lakehead	6	0
Memorial	4	2
Regina	3	3
Waterloo	2	4
Lethbridge	2	4
Laurentian	2	4
Brandon	2	4

In women's play the top teams after pool play were:

1. Brock Badgers
2. Manitoba Bisons
3. St. Mary's Huskies
4. Laurentian Lady Vees
5. Alberta Pandas

In the end the Golden Hawks swept to victory in both division. Especially impressive were the female Hawks who started out 0-3 and then won 7 in a row to claim victory.

2009 CIS Curling Championships

The 2009 CIS championships will be held from 26 February to 1 March, 2009 at McGill University in Montreal.

Ontario University Athletics

Currently, the only conference with a curling championship is the OUA. Other member schools can apply directly to get to the national tournament. The OUA offers curling championships in Men's and Women's divisions.

2008 Teams:

• Brock
• Laurier
• Queen's
• Toronto
• Trent
• Waterloo
• Western
• Windsor

2009: Laurentian University will be adding a men's and women's teams to the 2009 OUA season.

Canadian Colleges Athletics Association

The CCAA does not have a national championship, however 2 of their member conferences do.

Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference

• Augustana Faculty University of Alberta
• Concordia University College of Alberta
• Grand Prairie Regional College
• Lakeland College
• MacEwan College
• Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)
• Olds College
• Portage College
• Red Deer College

Ontario Colleges Athletic Association

• Algonquin College
• Confederation College
• Mohawk College
• Niagara College
• Seneca College
• Sir Sanford Flemming College
• Sir Sanford Flemming College (Lindsay)
• St. Clair College

United States of America

Curling in the US is governed by College Curling USA.

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