Ties after eight ends are decided by a shoot-out, with each team throwing a stone and the one closest to the button winning.

[2] Each event has eight teams in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles tournament.

[2] For the first three legs of the Curling World Cup, the eight spots in the tournament are allocated to each of the hosting member associations, the highest ranked member association in each zone (the Americas, European, and Pacific-Asia), and two teams chosen by the World Curling Federation.

[3] The following countries qualified for each discipline:[3] The host (China), the winners of each leg, the current world champions, a team specifically invited, and the two highest remaining member associations on the Curling World Cup ranking list qualified for the Grand Final.

Two separate teams from the same member association may qualify for the Grand Final.