Sport in Ottawa national titles again in 2014 and in 2017. Each year, Ottawa hosts one of the largest curling tournaments in the world, the OVCA Ottawa Men's Bonspiel (more commonly known as the "City of Ottawa bonspiel") which has been held since 1956. Ottawa is home to one of the oldest curling clubs in the world, the Ottawa Curling Club which was founded in 1851. Curling in the Ottawa area is overseen by the Ottawa Valley Curling Association. Ottawa has had three International League franchises in its history. The Ottawa Giants (1951), the Ottawa Athletics (1952–1955) and most recently, the Ottawa Lynx
Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament the 2011 IIHF World Ranking will choose which tournament (either boys' or girls') they want to compete in. First priority is given to higher ranked nations. Each country is allowed to enter 17 athletes each. Points to each team are awarded as follows: If two or more teams are tied in points, the following tiebreaker criteria will be used: If a criterion leaves only two teams tied, then those teams will be ranked based on their head-to-head result. Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament The boys' ice hockey tournament at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics