South Korea's national curling representative, Gyeonggi Province, qualified for the Winter Olympics finals at the World Championships at home stadium. The Gyeonggi Provincial Government team, consisting of Kim Eun-ji, Kim Min-ji, Kim so-ji, Xue Ye-eun, and Xue Ye-ji, defeated the United States 8-7 after overtime in a match in the 12th round of the qualifiers for the 7th day of the 2025 LGT World Women's Curling Championship held at the Gyeonggi Uijeong Ice Rink on the 21st local time.

The curling team of the Gyeonggi Provincial Hall is taking a group photo on the media day of the 2025 World Championships. From left, coaches Shin Dong-ho, Kim Eun-ji, Kim Min-ji, Kim so-ji, Xue Yi-ji, and Xue Yi-eun.

In a match in the 11th round of the World Championship qualifiers held earlier, South Korea defeated Italy 6-2. So far, the Gyeonggi Provincial Government team has achieved a record of 10 wins and 2 losses in the qualifiers, and after the Swiss team with 11 wins and 1 loss, they have entered the semifinals with a total of 2nd place.

With the Gyeonggi Provincial Government team finishing at least fourth in the tournament, the Korean women's curling team will be on the stage of the Olympic finals for the fourth time in a row. The women's curling quota places at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be allocated based on the combined results of this year's and last year's World Championships. The Gyeonggi Provincial Office, which won bronze at the World Championships last year, was fourth in the standings before the Games, including the host country, Italy. The Gyeonggi Provincial Government team, which also finished fourth or higher at the tournament, gave the Korean women's curling a ticket to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina d'Ampezzo.

On the 21st, in the match between the Korean team and the Italian team at the 025LGT World Women's Curling Championship, Kim so-ji of the Korean team was pitching.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Government team will not necessarily be able to compete at next year's Winter Olympics, and the team representing South Korea at the Olympic stage will be decided at the 2025 Korea Curling Championships in June this year. If the Gyeonggi Provincial Office team wins the championship against Gangneung City Hall and Chuncheon City Hall and will wear the Tai Chi badge next season, then the Gyeonggi Provincial Office team led by Kim Eun-ji will return to the Winter Olympics stage after 12 years after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

In an interview with the organizing committee, Kim Eun-ji said, "I am more proud and confident that I have won the right to participate in the Olympic Games. In the past two years, we have achieved good results at the World Championships, so we must be selected for the Olympics at the upcoming national representative trials. ”

On the 21st, during the match between the Korean team and the Italian team at the 2025 LGT World Women's Curling Championships, Kim Eun-ji of the Korean team looked at the curling after pitching

According to the rules, after the end of the qualifiers for this World Championships, the top two teams will directly enter the semi-finals, and the third and sixth, fourth and fifth places will compete in the top six POs to compete for the remaining two semi-final spots.

South Korea will face the winner of the round of six play-offs (PO) against Canada (3rd place in the qualifiers) and 6th place Scotland in the semifinals at 4 pm local time on the 22nd.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Agency team has set a goal of winning the gold medal for Korea for the first time in the World Championships. South Korea's all-time best result at the Women's World Curling Championships was the silver medal they won in 2022.