Next year's Championships are scheduled to take place from March 5 to 12, hopefully marking a return to major events organised by the World Curling Federation (WCF) after the coronavirus pandemic wrecked the international calendar. 

Sweden previously held the World Junior Curling Championships in 1999, 2008 and 2012 - with all three competitions taking place in Östersund.

Krasnoyarsk in Russia last held the Championships in 2020, where Canada claimed the men's and women's gold medals.

The 2021 edition, which had been due to take place in Beijing in February, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We are delighted to be taking our 2022 World Junior Curling Championships to Jönköping, Sweden next season," said WCF President Kate Caithness.

"After the disappointment of cancelling the 2021 edition of these Championships, it was vitally important for the future of our sport to ensure that our junior curlers had the opportunity to compete for a world title.

"The Swedish Curling Association are important partners, and I am confident that they, along with the local Jönköping organising committee, will hold a first-class event for everyone involved."

The Jönköping Curling Club is situated in southern Sweden near Lake Vättern and is the Swedish National Arena for curling, boasting six sheets of ice.

It is part of a larger complex which includes a hotel, restaurant, gym, bowling alley, tennis and paddle courts.

"Juniors are the future in sport and they have been extremely effected by the pandemic with cancellations of all major events," added Swedish Curling Association President, Michael Marklund.

"With all fingers crossed we are now planning for a World Junior Championship again in Sweden and that feels fantastic.

"Together with Jönköping Curling Club and the city of Jönköping we welcome players, coaches, staff, volunteers and fans to Sweden in early March 2022."

The last WCF event to be held there was the Curling World Cup two years ago.