We’re delighted to welcome 44 teams from 27 associations to Östersund.

Women

Here are the presentations of the womens teams.

Australia

TEAM AUSTRALIA Samantha Jeffs, Tahli Gill, Ivy Militano, Kirby Gill, Jayna Gill.

The girls from land down under are leaving the heat of the beaches to explore Swedens winter wonderland and are excited compete in the World Junior-B curling tournament. Most of all, catching up with old friends and keen to meet many more players.

We’ve packed the vegemite and eucalyptus lollies to share.

See you there!

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Austria

TEAM AUSTRIA Celine Moser, Sara Haidinger, Chiara Puchinger, Verena Pfluegler, Maria Birbamer.

China

TEAM CHINA Liju Zhang, Simiao Jiang, Ruiyi Zhao, Yuxuan Kong, Meini Wang.

Czech Republic

TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC Kristýna Podrábská, Andrea Krupanská, Karolína Spundová, Denisa Póstová, Michaela, Baudysová.

Denmark

TEAM DENMARK Jasmin Lander, Alberte Madsen, Katja Milvang-Jensen, Mie Milvang-Jensen, Caroline Jalo.

England

TEAM ENGLAND Lucy Sparks, Sarah Decoine, Kitty Conlin, Niamh Fenton, Rebecca Watts.

Hi,
We’re Team Sparks, representing England. 
Kitty Conlin- second, Niamh Fenton- lead, Sarah Decoine- third, Lucy Sparks – skip, Becca Watts – Alternate
Take a look at Team Sparks Facebook page

And here is a photo of our team.

Thanks

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Estonia

TEAM ESTONIA Victoria-Laura Lohmus, Triin Madisson, Kristin Laidsalu, Britta Sillaots, Selin Sedletski.

Team EST girls

Names, from left to right.
Kristin Laidsalu, second – Triin Madisson, skip – Britta Sillaots, lead – Victoria-Laura Lõhmus, vice skip – Selin Sedletski, alternate.

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Finland

TEAM FINLAND Noora Suripää, Lotta Immonen, Moa Norell, Iris Koilahti, Mio Lindqvist.

Germany

TEAM GERMANY Maike Beer, Mia Höhne, Laura Mayrhans, Lena Kapp, Fiona Wunderlich.

Italy

TEAM ITALY Angela Romei, Barbara Gentile, Alice Gaudenzi, Anna Maria Maurino, Giulia Mingozzi.

Team Italy Girls

Anna Maria Maurino (alternate), Giulia Mingozzi (lead), Alice Gaudenzi (second), Barbara Gentile (third), Angela Romei (fourth/skip)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stadioolimpico.dipinerolo/

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Japan

TEAM JAPAN Misaki Tanaka, Yui Tanaka, Kaede Kudo, Naoko Kawamura, Sakiko Suzuki.

We are Japan Junior Women’s Team from AOMORI.

We will introduce team member.
Skip – Misaki TANAKA, Vice Skip – Yui-TANAKA, Kaede KUDO, Naoko KAWAMURA, Sakiko SUZUKI,

Grateful for being able to play games with wonderful teams in wonderful environment.
Really looking forward to it !
Thanks!

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Latvia

TEAM LATVIA Madara Bremane, Evelina Barone, Laura Gaidule, Ilze Zane Brakovska, Megija Anna Graumane.

Team message:
It is our pleasure to represent Latvia in WJBCC 2017!
We are looking forward to some great curling, meeting old friends and making new ones!
See you soon.
Maziņās

Team Bremane are Skip- Madara Bremane, Third- Evelīna Barone, Second- Laura Gaidule, Lead- Zane Ilze Brakovska, Alternate- Megija Anna Graumane
Team facebook address: https://www.facebook.com/LATjuniorcurling/

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New Zealand

TEAM NEW ZEALAND Jessica Smith, Holly Thompson, Emma Sutherland, Courtney Smith, Eloise Pointon.

Norway

TEAM NORWAY Maia Ramsfjell, Martine Rønning, Mathilde Hoem, Henriette Halvorsen, Mille Haslev Nordby.

Hi.

We are the Norwegian junior girls team.

The team consists of  Henriette Kviseth Halvorsen, lead – Mille Haslev Nordbye, alternate – Mathilde Haugland Hoem, second – Martine Vollan Rønning, third – Maia Hamre Ramsfjell, skip.

We are very much looking forward to playing in Östersund.

Team page: https://www.facebook.com/stabekkRamsfjell/

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Poland

TEAM POLAND Aneta Lipinska, Marta Pluta, Daria Chmarra, Ewa Nogly.

Romania

TEAM ROMANIA Iulia Traila, Crina Boboc, Karla Oprea, Octavia Traila.

Hello!
We are Ielele and we will represent Romania for the 4th time to a WCF competition.
Our team consists of Iulia Traila (skip), Crina Boboc (vice skip), Karla Oprea (second) and Octavia Traila (lead).
We are very excited to get to Sweden and we are looking forward to a great championship!
Hai România!
 

You can find us on Facebook Romanian Junior Women’s Curling Team or on Instagram @teamromaniaw 🙂

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Scotland

TEAM SCOTLAND Sophie Jackson, Naomi Brown, Mili Smith, Sophie Sinclair, Laura Barr.

Team Jackson, representing Scotland.
Left to right:
Skip- Sophie Jackson, Third- Naomi Brown, Second- Mili Smith, Lead- Sophie Sinclair, Alternate- Laura Barr and Coach- Cate Brewster.
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Slovakia

TEAM SLOVAKIA Silvia Sykorova, Sona Mayerova, Nina Mayerova, Natalia Orokocka.

Slovenia

TEAM SLOVAKIA Nika Cerne, Patricija Cerne, Ana Smolej, Lea Zemlja, Liza Gregori.

Slovenian Junior women team are called Top 4 (acctually 5 :).
Best experience so far was WJCC in Lohja. According their name, they always want to reach the top.
Top 4 are: alternate Liza Gregori, lead Lea Bertoncelj, second Ana Smolej, third Patricija Černe and skip Nika Černe.
See you in Östersund.

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Spain

TEAM SPAIN Alicia Munté, Lydia Vallés, Aroa Amilibia, Patricia Ruiz, Lara Ruiz.

Hello!!
We are the Spanish girls, we are waiting for the day to compete at the sport we love. We prefer hot days but we will be together suffering the cold in Sweden. We are excited to see old friends and to make new ones.
See you there, good luck and good stones!!!Alicia Munte (Skip) Lydia Valles (Third) Aroa Amilibia (Second and viceskip) Patricia Ruiz (First) Lara ruiz (Alternate)Our facebook page is this one: Spanish Junior Women’s Curling Team
And we also have instagram: @spanishwomencurlingteamspain_girls
Turkey

TEAM TURKEY Dilsat Yildiz, Mihriban Polat, Beyzanur Konuksever, Berivan Polat.

Men

Here are the presentations of the mens teams.

Australia

TEAM AUSTRALIA Mitchell Thomas, Grant Hamsey, Tyler Hogan, Nicholas Hurford, Matthew Millikin.

Austria

TEAM AUSTRIA Martin Seiwald, Florian Mavec, Jonas Backofen, Damir Srebric, Konstantin Kammerhofer.

China

TEAM CHINA Ming Jie Yuan, Zhi Yu Wang, Kuo Cheng, Hong Bo Li, Xin Long Kang.

Czech Republic

TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC Pavel Mares, David Verner, Lukás Klípa, Marton Blahovec, Dominik Svarc.

Denmark

TEAM DENMARK Oliver Kristoffersen, Simon Haubjerg, Mads Nissen-Bækdahl, Henrik Holterman, Kilian Thune.

England

TEAM ENGLAND Jake Barker, Joe Sugden, Ben Holley, Felix Price, Henry Brown.

England junior mens curling team 
Team members are left to right – Jake Barker, Skip, Joe Sugden, Third, Ben Holley, Second, Henry Brown, Alternate, and Felix Price, First.

Take a look at the teams Facebook page

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Finland

TEAM FINLAND Melker Lundberg, Isak Nordlund, Hemming Hanses, Leonard Nordlund, Jonas Fellman.

France

TEAM FRANCE Theo Ducroz, Quentin Morard, Eddy Mercier, Killian Gaudin.

We are happy to present you Team Ducroz, representing France.

From left to right – Killian Gaudin – Eddy Mercier – Quentin Morard (Vice) – Théo Ducroz (Skip)
And coach Thierry Mercier

Take a look at our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TeamDucroz/

See you soon
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Germany

TEAM GERMANY Marc Muskatewitz, Sixten Totzek, Jan-Luca Haag, Marc Weiler, Magnus Sutor.

Hong Kong

TEAM HONG KONG Derek Leung, Cheyk Yin Yew, Ching Nam Cheng, Kei Ching Chan, Chung Hei Jonas Lai.

Hungary

TEAM HUNGARY Daniel Kalocsay, Botond Kovacs, Lorinc Tatar, Emilio Spiller, Viktor Nagy.

Italy

TEAM ITALY Marco Onnis, Fabio Ribotta, Lorenzo Maurino, Marco Vespia, Davide Forchino.

Team Italy Boys

Elidio Gremi (alternate), Marco Vespia (lead), Lorenzo Maurino (second), Fabio Ribotta (third), Marco Onnis (fourth/skip)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stadioolimpico.dipinerolo/

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Japan

TEAM JAPAN Kanya Shimizuno, Ryota Meguro, Sota Hirosawa, Ryota Haeno, Tatsuki Sasaki.

Hello!
We’re going to introduce you to our Japanese Junior men’s team.

Our team is very lively and cheerful. Here are the players of our team.
Kanya Shimizuno-(Skip), Ryota Meguro-(Vice skip), Sota Hirosawa-(Second), Ryota Haeno-(Lead), Tatsuki Sasaki-(Fifth)
In this competition, our team goal is to win and go to World Junior Championships in KOREA!

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Latvia

TEAM LATVIA Janis Bremanis, Andris Bremanis, Anrijs Briezkalns, Kristaps Vilks, Gundars Bremanis.

Hi. We are Latvian junior mens team!

It will be third time when our team will represent Latvia in WCF competition. Cant wait to be on ice in Ostersund 🙂
skip – Jānis Bremanis, lead– Anrijs Mikus Briežkalns, third – Kristaps Vilks, fourth – Andris Bremanis, coach –  Raimonds Vaivods, on hands alternate – Gundars Bremanis).

https://www.facebook.com/Talsu-kērlinga-klubs and www.talsicurling.lv (official Talsi curling club website and Facebook).

See you soon,
Raimonds Vaivods
Latvian junior mens team coach

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Lithuania

TEAM LITHUANIA Povilas Cepulis, Gustas Valdavicius, Matas Cepulis, Gelmis Valdavicius, Augustas Cepla.

Lithuania Junior Mens team

Skip – Povilas Čepulis, 20Y, student, from Kaunas, Lithuania.
Vice skip – Gustas Valdavičius, 18Y, student, from Kaunas, Lithuania.
Second – Matas Čepulis, 18Y, student, from Kaunas, Lithuania.
First – Augustas Čėpla, 20Y, student, from Kaunas, Lithuania.
Alternate – Gelmis Valdavičius, 20Y, student, from Kaunas, Lithuania.
Coach – Paulius Krauza, 39Y, from Kaunas, Lithuania.

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Netherlands

TEAM NETHERLANDS Tobias van den Hurk, Jop Kuijpers, Bart Klomp, Olaf Bolkenbaas, Simon Spits.

We’re Nederlands Junior Curling Team

Tobias van den Hurk (fourth), Jop Kuijpers (third), Bart Klomp (second), Olaf Bolkenbaas (first), Simon Spits (alternate)

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New Zealand

TEAM NEW ZEALAND Matthew Neilson, Simon Neilson, Ben Smith, Hamish Walker, Anton Hood.

Poland

TEAM POLAND Konrad Stych, Radoslaw Pisarek, Krysztof Swiatek, Adam Pauszek, Rafal Krystkiewicz.

Russia

TEAM RUSSIA Alexander Eremin, Alexey Tuzov, Ivan Alexandrov, Aleksandr Bystrov, Nikita Ivanchatenko.

Slovakia

TEAM SLOVAKIA Jakub Cervenka, Jakub Polak, Marek Sykora, jan Horacek, Robert Masaryk.

Slovenia

TEAM SLOVENIA Stefan Sever, Aljaz Stopar, Noel Gregori, Luka Prezelj, Bine Sever.

Slovenian junior men national team are called Mamuti and have competed on several WCF events like WJCC in Lohja, EJCC in Prague and ECC-B in Braehead. They are current Slovenian junior and men national team.
Mamuti are: alternate Bine Sever, lead Luka Prezelj, second Noel Gregori, third Aljaž Stopar and skip Štefan Sever.

Facebook page

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Spain

TEAM SPAIN Gontzal Garcia, Eduardo de Paz, Xavi Campos, Andres Garcia, Alberto Ramiro.

Here is the Spanish boys team:
Gontzal G.Vez skip, Alberto Ramiro alternate, Edu de Paz viceskip, Andrés García lead and Xavi Campos Second.
Good luck and see you soon in Östersund Arena

Best from Spain

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Turkey

TEAM TURKEY Ugurcan Karagöz, Oguzhan Karakurt, Emre Karaman, Muhammed Enes Caglayan.