The event will be held at the Baxter Arena and will decide the American teams for the Games in South Korea.

Jacksonville, Ogden, Philadelphia and Provo were also in the running to stage the event, which will take place between November 12 and 19 in 2017.

The trials have not been held in Omaha's state, Nebraska, before.

"We are very excited about the potential for our sport’s growth in Omaha and across the United States as we bring the upcoming US Olympic Team Trials for curling to Nebraska for the first time," said Rick Patzke, USA Curling's chief executive.

"Much like when Omaha was selected to host its first of what has now been three straight Olympic Trials for USA Swimming, I suspect this announcement may cause a little head scratching around the curling community.

"Especially since we had very strong bids from several cities that have done a great job hosting major championship curling events previously.

"Along with our entire selection panel, I was highly impressed by the professionalism of the bid, the facilities to be used, and the partnership between the Omaha Sports Commission, University of Nebraska Omaha’s Baxter Arena, and the Aksarben Curling Club. 

"The additional information gathered in a site visit confirmed that Omaha is serious about making these the best Olympic Trials ever for curling, and we believe that the competing athletes and fans in attendance will ultimately find that to be true."

The US have won one Olympic medal in curling since the sport was introduced in 1998 in Nagano.

That came in 2006 in Turin, when the men's rink won bronze.