Winter Olympics 2022: When are Team GB curling in Beijing? What are medal chances? How can I watch on TV?

It's time for the Winter Olympic Games, which can only mean one thing: get ready to see the return of #lovecurling trending on social media. Once every four years, when the Winters roll around, the British public goes crazy for curling. Ad/> And for good reason — Britain have an impressive Olympic track in the sport.

Remember Rhona Martin’s gold-medal winning ‘stone of destiny’ at Salt Lake City in 2002? Before the double-medal glory of silver and bronze at Sochi 2014? Beijing 2022Team GB target record medal haul at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics13/01/2022 AT 15:44 David Murdoch was a silver medalist in Sochi and he is now head coach of Team GB for Beijing. Curling at the Olympics: What are the rules? How does scoring work? Beijing 2022: Schedule, events, how to watch The Brits are in with a good chance of medalling this year, with the men's team having claimed silver at last year's World Championships and the women's players coming in off the back of a European Championship win with Scotland. You won't want to miss the action as they go for gold in China.

Here's all you need to know, starting with what teams need to do to qualify for medal matches in the curling. WHAT IS THE FORMAT FOR THE CURLING IN BEIJING? There are medals up for grabs in three events: women’s, men’s and mixed doubles. Ten nations compete in each.

The ‘round robin’ stage consists of each team playing every other team once and placing in a table based on matches won. The top four in that table qualify for the semi-finals – the knockout stages. The winners of the semi-finals play for gold and silver medals while the two losers from the last four play for the bronze medal.