Curling is played to some extent in at least 50 countries; there are currently 50 countries belonging to the World Curling Federation (the international governing body for curling). Besides the U.S. and Canada, most of the WCF member countries are European. A few exceptions are China, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Curling_Federation
Yes, curling IS on ice. That's why it's in the winter Olympics instead of the summer ones.
However, the ice surface is quite different than hockey ice. The biggest difference is the presence of "pebble." Before each game, someone uses what is essentially a backpack water tank with a nozzle that has little holes in it to spray little water droplets all over the ice surface. The droplets freeze to produce small bumps on the ice called pebble. The pebble is essential to successful curling, because it allows the rocks to slide as easily as they do (you'd have to push them much harder on flat hockey ice) and predictably. As a game progresses, the pebble wears down from rocks traveling over it, and from sweeping. This adds another strategic element to the game.
Curling, I think
The brooms are different now.
Curling...Oh, how I hate Curling. :P
Yes. The National Curling Association of Serbia is a member of the World Curling Federation.
Le curling (masculine noun): J'aime le curling (I like curling) Du curling: j'ai fait du curling (I played curling)
Curling is a very popular sport in Canada. It is also played in the across the USA in "Curling CLubs"
yes curling is a candian sport it is played very friquently
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Football Curling
A curling match is played between two teams of four players each.
Ice curling is played on a court that is approximately 45 or 46 metres long. Generally 146' - 150' in length.