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{{short description|Team sport played on ice}} {{about|the sport}} {{Distinguish|hurling}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox sport | name = Curling | image = Brier 045.jpg | imagesize = 300 | caption = Curling games taking place during the [[2005 Tim Hortons Brier]] | union = [[World Curling Federation]] | nickname = Chess On Ice, The Roaring Game | first = In [[Late Middle Ages|late medieval]] [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] | registered = est. 1.5 million<ref>{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ycn-10481401 |title=Curling Makes Gains in U.S. Popularity |date=19 November 2011 |work=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302012222/http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ycn-10481401 |archive-date=2 March 2014}}</ref> | clubs = | contact = [[Contact sport#Non-contact|No]] | team = 4 per team (2 in [[Doubles curling|doubles]]) | mgender = Yes; see [[mixed curling]] | category = Precision and accuracy | equipment = Curling brooms, stones (rocks), curling shoes | venue = Curling sheet | glossary = [[Glossary of curling]] | olympic = {{plainlist| *First event in [[Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] (retroactively made official in 2006) *[[Demonstration sport]] in [[Curling at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]], [[Curling at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] and [[Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] *Officially added in [[Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]]}} | paralympic = [[Wheelchair curling]] officially added in [[Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics|2006]] }} '''Curling''' is a [[sport]] in which players slide [[#Curling stone|stones]] on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four [[concentric]] circles. It is related to [[bowls]], [[boules]], and [[shuffleboard]]. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished [[granite]] stones, also called ''rocks'', across the ice ''curling sheet'' toward the ''house'', a circular target marked on the ice.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wetzel |first=Dan |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/curling/news?slug=dw-curling021810&prov=yhoo&type=lgns |title=Don't take curling for granite |work=Yahoo! Sports |date=19 February 2010 |access-date=4 August 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225064112/http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/curling/news?slug=dw-curling021810&prov=yhoo&type=lgns |archive-date=25 February 2010}}</ref> Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The goal is to accumulate the highest score for a ''game''; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each ''end'', which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones once. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Curling Canada {{!}} The basics of playing the game |url=https://www.curling.ca/about-curling/getting-started-in-curling/the-basics-of-playing-the-game/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> Players induce a curved path, described as ''curl'', by causing the stone to slowly rotate as it slides. The path of the rock may be further influenced by two sweepers with brooms or brushes, who accompany it as it slides down the sheet and sweep the ice in front of the stone. "Sweeping a rock" decreases the friction, which makes the stone travel a straighter path (with less curl) and a longer distance. A great deal of strategy and teamwork go into choosing the ideal path and placement of a stone for each situation, and the skills of the curlers determine the degree to which the stone will achieve the desired result.
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