The World Curling Championships are the annual russian women’s curling team 2017 championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. The World Curling Championships began in 1959 as the Scotch Cup.

The first three Cups were contested between men’s teams from Scotland and Canada. The United States joined the Scotch Cup in 1961, and Sweden also joined the next year. In 1973, the competing field was expanded to ten teams, and Italy and Denmark were introduced to the world stage. Sweden, Switzerland, and Norway won their first titles in the following years, and Canada continued to win medals of all colours.

In 1979, the first edition of the women’s World Curling Championships was held. The championships were held separately from the men’s championships for the first ten years. Bronze medals were not awarded until 1985 for the women’s tournament and 1986 for the men’s tournament. Between 1989 and 1994, the bronze medal was shared by the semifinals losers.