Russia's women were unbeaten at the 2016 World Junior-B Curling Championships ©Facebook/World Junior-B Curling Championships 2016

Russia are celebrating a double success at the 2016 World Junior-B Curling Championships with their men’s and women’s team emerging as the gold medallists at the end of the tournament in Lohja, Finland.

Their women’s team of Evgeniya Demkina, Maria Baksheeva, Ekaterina Kuzmina, Maria Komarova and Uliana Vasileva proved a class above their rivals throughout the competition as they emerged unbeaten after nine matches.

Japan had gone close to defeating them in the group stage of the event but fell to a 5-4 defeat and had a chance of revenge after both teams reached the gold medal match.

Having recorded semi-final victories both teams had assured themselves of places at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships later this year, but Russia finished the tournament in style by overcoming Japan 6-3 to preserve their unbeaten record.

“We’re really happy to win this tournament,” said Kuzmina.

“We were glad when we won the semi-finals because it was the qualification game.

“We were relaxed after winning the semi-finals and we tried some new combinations that we had been working on in training.”

After beating Estonia 9-2 in the bronze medal match, Hungary earned the final spot available at the World Junior Curling Championships, due to be held in Erzurum in Turkey from March 5 to 13.

Russia's men defeated Denmark in the final to claim the gold medal in the World Junior-B Curling Championships ©Facebook
Russia's men defeated Denmark in the final to claim the gold medal in the World Junior-B Curling Championships ©Facebook

The three qualifiers join Canada, South Korea, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States and hosts Turkey, who had their places already confirmed.

Russia’s men, meanwhile, recovered from a 5-4 loss to Denmark in the group phase to advance to the quarter-finals.

There, they overcame the Czech Republic 6-5, before ending Germany’s unbeaten run, winning the semi-final 6-5.

It set up a rematch with Denmark and the Russian team, led by skip Alexander Eremin, gained revenge for their earlier loss, winning 5-2.

Both the finalists booked their places at the World Junior Curling Championships,.

South Korea claimed a 4-2 extra-end victory over Germany in the bronze medal match to earn the final sport on offer.

It sees them join Canada, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States and Turkey at the annual tournament.

Canada will begin the Championships as the defending champions in both the men's and women's events after triumphing at the 2015 edition in Tallinn in Estonia.