Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

See also: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics

The curling competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics will feature a total of 30 teams. There will be 10 teams participating in each of the three disciplines: Men's, Women's, and Mixed Doubles. In the Men's and Women's events, each team will consist of 5 athletes, while the Mixed Doubles teams will have 2 athletes each. This means that a total of 120 athletes will be competing across all disciplines.

Summary

Final summary

As the host country of the 2026 Winter Olympics, Italy will have teams participating in all three disciplines of curling. This marks Italy's second participation in the Women's event, with their previous appearance dating back to the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Nations	Men	Women	Mixed doubles	Athletes
Italy				12
Total: 1 NOCs	1	1	1	12

Men

Means of qualification	Dates	Location	Quotas	Qualified
Host nation	—		1	Italy
Qualification points at the 2024 & 2025 World Championships	30 March–7 April 2024	Schaffhausen, Switzerland	7
	29 March–6 April 2025	Moose Jaw, Canada
Olympic Qualification Event	6–13 December 2025	TBA	2
Total			10

Women

Means of qualification	Dates	Location	Quotas	Qualified
Host nation	—		1	Italy
Qualification points at the 2024 & 2025 World Championships	16–24 March 2024	Sydney, Canada	7
	15–23 March 2025	Uijeongbu, South Korea
Olympic Qualification Event	6–13 December 2025	TBA	2
Total			10

Mixed doubles

Means of qualification	Dates	Location	Quotas	Qualified
Host nation	—		1	Italy
Qualification points at the 2024 & 2025 World Championships	20–27 April 2024	Östersund, Sweden	7
	26 April–3 May 2025	Fredericton, Canada
Olympic Qualification Event	15–20 December 2025	TBA	2
Total			10

Qualification timeline

Source:

Event	Date	Venue
2024 World Women's Curling Championship	16–24 March 2024	Sydney, Canada
2024 World Men's Curling Championship	30 March–7 April 2024	Schaffhausen, Switzerland
2024 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship	20–27 April 2024	Östersund, Sweden
2025 World Women's Curling Championship	15–23 March 2025	Uijeongbu, South Korea
2025 World Men's Curling Championship	29 March–6 April 2025	Moose Jaw, Canada
2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship	26 April–3 May 2025	Fredericton, Canada
2025 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event	17–24 October 2025	TBA
2025 Olympic Qualification Event	6–20 December 2025	TBA

Qualification system

Qualification to the curling tournaments at the Winter Olympics will be determined through two methods. Nations will qualify teams by earning qualification points from performances at the 2024 and 2025 World Curling Championships. Teams will also qualify through an Olympic qualification event which will be held in December 2025. Seven nations will qualify teams via World Championship qualification points, while two nations will qualify through a qualification event to be held in December 2025. As host nation, Italy qualified teams automatically, thus making a total of ten teams per discipline in the curling tournaments.

In case of a tie in qualification points, the following criteria will be employed to resolve such ties: firstly, preference will be given to the nation that most recently appeared at the World Championship; secondly, if necessary, preference will be given to the nation that performed better at the 2025 World Championship, if that is a tie then whichever nation performed better at the 2024 World Championship will win the tie; and finally, if neither of the first two criteria suffice, a playoff will be arranged between the tied teams at a time and venue determined by World Curling.

Qualification points

The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at the Men's and Women's World Championships. The points are distributed as follows:

Final rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Points	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at the Mixed Doubles World Championships. The points are distributed as follows:

Final rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Points	27	23	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Note: Scotland, England and Wales all compete separately in international curling. By an agreement between the curling federations of those three home nations, only Scotland can score Olympic qualification points on behalf of Great Britain.

Qualification events

In order to qualify for the Olympic Qualification Event in the Men's and Women's disciplines, a nation must be ranked between 9th and 13th (or between 8th and 12th if Italy is not ranked in the top 8 teams of the discipline) based on the combined results of the 2024 and 2025 World Curling Championships. Alternatively, they can qualify by finishing in the top 3 at the Pre-Olympic Qualification Event. To be eligible for the Pre-Olympic Qualification Event, a nation must not have already qualified for the Olympics or the Olympic Qualification Event. They must have also qualified for either the 2024 or 2025 World Men's or Women's Championships, or have qualified in the A division of the 2024 or 2025 European Curling Championship or Pan Continental Curling Championships.

In the Mixed Doubles event, a nation can qualify for the Olympic Qualification Event by participating in either the 2024 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship or the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. There will be no Pre-Olympic Qualification Event for this discipline. However, if the Olympic Qualification Event has less than 16 teams participating, the World Curling Federation Mixed Doubles Rankings as of May 1, 2025 will be used to determine the remaining berths until there are at least 16 teams participating in the Olympic Qualification Event.

Qualification results

Key
	Olympic Host Nation
	Nation Qualified for the Olympic Games via Qualification Points from the 2024 & 2025 World Championships
	Nation Qualified for the Olympic Games via the Olympic Qualification Event
	Nation Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Event
	Nation Qualified for the 2026 Winter Olympics

Men

Country	2024		2025		Total Points	Pre-OQE	OQE	2026 OG
	Place	Points	Place	Points
Sweden	1	15	Q		15	→	Q
Canada	2	13	Q		13	→	Q
Italy	3	11	Q		11	→
Great Britain	4	10	Q		10	→	Q
Germany	5	9	Q		9	→	Q
United States	6	8	Q		8	→	Q
Switzerland	7	7	Q		7	→	Q
Netherlands	8	6	X		6	Q
Czech Republic	9	5	Q		5	→	Q
Norway	10	4	Q		4	Q
Japan	11	3	Q		3	Q
South Korea	12	2	Q		2	Q
New Zealand	13	1	X		1	Q
China	X		Q		0	Q
Austria	X		Q		0	Q
Australia	X		X		0	Q
Chinese Taipei	X		X		0	Q
Philippines	X		X		0	Q

Women

Country	2024		2025		Total Points	Pre-OQE	OQE	2026 OG
	Place	Points	Place	Points
Canada	1	15	Q		15	→	Q
Switzerland	2	13	Q		13	→	Q
South Korea	3	11	Q		11	→	Q
Italy	4	10	Q		10	→
Sweden	5	9	Q		9	→	Q
Denmark	6	8	Q		8	→	Q
United States	7	7	Q		7	→	Q
Great Britain	8	6	Q		6	→	Q
Norway	9	5	Q		5	→	Q
Turkey	10	4	Q		4	→	Q
Japan	11	3	Q		3	→	Q
Estonia	12	2	X		2	Q
New Zealand	13	1	X		1	Q
China	X		Q		0	Q
Lithuania	X		Q		0	Q
Australia	X		X		0	Q
Chinese Taipei	X		X		0	Q
Hungary	X		X		0	Q
Mexico	X		X		0	Q

Mixed doubles

Country	2024		2025		Total Points	WR	OQE	2026 OG
	Place	Points	Place	Points
Sweden	1	27	Q		27	→	Q
Estonia	2	23	Q		23	→	Q
Norway	3	20	Q		20	→	Q
Switzerland	4	18	Q		18	→	Q
Canada	5	16	Q		16	→	Q
Great Britain	6	15	Q		15	→	Q
South Korea	7	14	Q		14	→	Q
Italy	8	13	Q		13	→
Japan	9	12	Q		12	→	Q
United States	10	11	Q		11	→	Q
Germany	11	10	Q		10	→	Q
China	12	9	Q		9	→	Q
Netherlands	13	8	Q		8	→	Q
Denmark	14	7	Q		7	→	Q
Australia	15	6	Q		6	→	Q
Czech Republic	16	5	Q		5	→	Q
Turkey	17	4			4	→	Q
France	18	3	X		3	→	Q
New Zealand	19	2			2	→	Q
Spain	20	1			1	→	Q
	X		Q			→	Q
	X						Q
	X						Q
	X						Q

Note: Scotland, England and Wales compete separately at international level in curling. By an agreement between the curling federations of those three nations, only Scotland can score Olympic qualification points on behalf of Great Britain.