It was formed out of the International Curling Federation (ICF), when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made.
[2] The ICF was initially formed in 1966 as a committee of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club in Perth after the success of the Scotch Cup series of world championships held between Canada and Scotland.
At the outset, it comprised the associations of Scotland, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and the United States.
All positions on the Board of Directors are elected by World Curling member associations.
There are 74 member associations, with the most recent addition being Pakistan, Puerto Rico and the Philippines in 2023, and Monaco in 2024.