The Olympic Qualification Event is an international curling tournament that was held from December 5–18, 2025 at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. This Olympic Qualification Event will feature three competitions: Women’s, Men’s and Mixed Doubles to determine the final two places for National Olympic Committees (NOCs) in each event at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.
In the Women’s and Men’s competition, the NOCs which ranked 9–13 from the ranking list created from the results at the 2024 and 2025 world championships, along with the top three NOCs from the Pre-Qualification Event will compete. In the Mixed Doubles competition, any NOC mixed doubles team that qualified for the 2024 and 2025 world championship, but did not yet qualify for the Olympic Winter Games, as well as the next highest ranked NOCs from the official Mixed Doubles World Ranking list (as of 1 May 2025) were invited until all 16 places are filled at the OQE.
Men Qualification Means of qualification Vacancies Qualified 2024 & 2025 World Men's Curling Championship 5 2025 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event 3 TOTAL 8
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip: Xu Xiaoming Third: Fei Xueqing Second: Li Zhichao Lead: Xu Jingtao Alternate: Wang ZhenhaoFourth: Riku Yanagisawa Skip: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Takeru Yamamoto Lead: Satoshi Koizumi Alternate: Shingo UsuiSkip: Wouter Gösgens Third: Laurens Hoekman Second: Jaap van Dorp Lead: Tobias van den Hurk Alternate: Alexander MaganSkip: Anton Hood Third: Hunter Walker Second: Ben Smith Lead: Brett Sargon Alternate: Jared PalanuikSkip: Marc Pfister Third: Christian Haller Second: Enrico Pfister Lead: Brayden Carpenter Alternate: Alan FreiSkip: Konrad Stych Third: Krzysztof Domin Second: Marcin Ciemiński Lead: Bartosz Łobaza Alternate: Maksym GrzelkaSkip: Kim Soo-hyuk Third: Kim Chang-min Second: Yoo Min-hyeon Lead: Kim Hak-kyun Alternate: Jeon Jae-ikSkip: Daniel Casper Third: Luc Violette Second: Ben Richardson Lead: Aidan Oldenburg Alternate: Rich Ruohonen
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs
CountrySkip Xu Xiaoming 6 1 1–0 34.608 Daniel Casper 6 1 0–1 21.792 Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 5 2 – 19.742 Kim Soo-hyuk 3 4 2–0 28.825 Wouter Gösgens 3 4 1–1 20.258 Marc Pfister 3 4 0–2 24.017 Anton Hood 2 5 – 50.158 Konrad Stych 0 7 – 38.175
+ Round Robin Summary Table Pos. Country Record 1 6–1 3 5–2 5 3–4 7 2–5 6 3–4 8 0–7 4 3–4 2 6–1
Round robin results All draw times are listed in Pacific Time (UTC−07:00).
Draw 1 Saturday, December 6, 9:00
Draw 2 Saturday, December 6, 19:00
Draw 3 Sunday, December 7, 14:00
Draw 4 Monday, December 8, 9:00
Draw 5 Monday, December 8, 19:00
Draw 6 Tuesday, December 9, 14:00
Draw 7 Wednesday, December 10, 9:00
Playoffs
Qualification Game 1 Wednesday, December 10, 19:00
Qualification Game 2 Thursday, December 11, 15:00
Player percentages Round robin only Leads % Xu Jingtao 89.5 Satoshi Koizumi 88.6 Brayden Carpenter 87.5 Kim Hak-kyun 87.1 Tobias van den Hurk 86.7 Seconds % Li Zhichao 87.5 Ben Richardson 87.3 Jaap van Dorp 85.5 Enrico Pfister 84.4 Yoo Min-hyeon 83.4 Thirds % Fei Xueqing 89.8 Luc Violette 89.5 Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Skip) 85.7 Laurens Hoekman 81.3 Kim Chang-min 81.1 Skips % Xu Xiaoming 89.8 Daniel Casper 86.9 Kim Soo-hyuk 84.0 Riku Yanagisawa (Fourth) 83.0 Wouter Gösgens 80.7 Marc Pfister 80.7
Women Qualification Means of qualification Vacancies Qualified 2024 & 2025 World Women's Curling Championship 5 2025 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event 3 TOTAL 8
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip: Helen Williams Third: Sara Westman Second: Kristen Tsourlenes Lead: Karen Titheridge Alternate: Michelle Fredericks-ArmstrongSkip: Hana Synáčková Third: Linda Nemčoková Second: Zuzana Pražáková Lead: Karolína Frederiksen Alternate: Lenka VokounováFourth: Liisa Turmann Skip: Kerli Laidsalu Second: Erika Tuvike Lead: Heili Grossmann Alternate: Karoline KaareFourth: Kim Sutor Third: Emira Abbes Second: Zoé Antes Skip: Sara Messenzehl Alternate: Joy SutorSkip: Sayaka Yoshimura Third: Kaho Onodera Second: Yuna Kotani Lead: Anna Ohmiya Alternate: Mina KobayashiFourth: Kristin Skaslien Skip: Marianne Rørvik Second: Mille Haslev Nordbye Lead: Eilin Kjærland Alternate: Ingeborg ForbregdSkip: Dilşat Yıldız Third: Öznur Polat Second: İclal Karaman Lead: Berfin Şengül Alternate: İfayet Şafak ÇalıkuşuSkip: Tabitha Peterson Third: Cory Thiesse Second: Tara Peterson Lead: Taylor Anderson-Heide Alternate: Aileen Geving
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs
CountrySkip Marianne Rørvik 6 1 1–0 31.833 Sayaka Yoshimura 6 1 0–1 17.700 Tabitha Peterson 5 2 – 43.250 Sara Messenzehl 4 3 – 32.125 Dilşat Yıldız 3 4 – 46.308 Kerli Laidsalu 2 5 – 39.175 Helen Williams 1 6 1–0 29.350 Hana Synáčková 1 6 0–1 46.308
+ Round Robin Summary Table Pos. Country Record 7 1–6 8 1–6 6 2–5 4 4–3 2 6–1 1 6–1 5 3–4 3 5–2
Round robin results All draw times are listed in Pacific Time (UTC−08:00).
Draw 1 Friday, December 5, 19:00
Draw 2 Saturday, December 6, 14:00
Draw 3 Sunday, December 7, 9:00
Draw 4 Sunday, December 7, 19:00
Draw 5 Monday, December 8, 14:00
Draw 6 Tuesday, December 9, 9:00
Draw 7 Tuesday, December 9, 19:00
Playoffs
Qualification Game 1 Wednesday, December 10, 14:00
Qualification Game 2 Thursday, December 11, 10:00
Player percentages Round robin only Leads % Anna Ohmiya 89.6 Taylor Anderson-Heide 87.3 Eilin Kjærland 84.8 Berfin Şengül 84.4 Heili Grossmann 84.0 Seconds % Mille Haslev Nordbye 85.1 Yuna Kotani 82.8 Tara Peterson 80.9 Zoé Antes 77.9 Erika Tuvike 76.6 Thirds % Kaho Onodera 86.7 Cory Thiesse 85.5 Emira Abbes 82.6 Öznur Polat 81.4 Marianne Rørvik (Skip) 79.3 Skips % Sayaka Yoshimura 86.5 Kristin Skaslien (Fourth) 80.4 Tabitha Peterson 78.8 Kim Sutor (Fourth) 77.9 Dilşat Yıldız 76.4
Mixed doubles Qualification Means of qualification Vacancies Qualified 2024 and 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 13 World Ranking as of 1 May 2025 3 TOTAL 16
World Ranking
Member Associations Rank Points 9 33.413 10 29.492 11 18.921 12 18.159 13 14.000 14 14.000 15 12.684 16 11.971 17 10.819 18 9.743 19 8.860 20 8.730 21 8.032 22 4.943 24 3.892 31 3.010
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Female: Tahli Gill Male: Dean HewittFemale: Verena Pflügler Male: Mathias GennerFemale: Ye Zixuan Male: Yu SenFemale: Julie Zelingrová Male: Vít ChabičovskýFemale: Jasmin Holtermann Male: Henrik HoltermannFemale: Lotta Immonen Male: Markus SipiläFemale: Stéphanie Barbarin Male: Wilfrid CoulotFemale: Pia-Lisa Schöll Male: Joshua SutorFemale: Linda Joó Male: Raul KárászFemale: Tori Koana Male: Go AokiFemale: Katrīna Gaidule Male: Roberts Reinis BuncisFemale: Lisenka Bomas Male: Wouter GösgensFemale: Courtney Smith Male: Anton HoodFemale: Kim Seon-yeong Male: Jeong Yeong-seokFemale: Oihane Otaegi Male: Mikel UnanueFemale: Berfin Şengül Male: Bilal Ömer Çakır
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs
Group A Athletes W L Julie Zelingrová / Vít Chabičovský 6 1 1–0 36.375 Kim Seon-yeong / Jeong Yeong-seok 6 1 0–1 33.442 Tori Koana / Go Aoki 5 2 – 14.558 Berfin Şengül / Bilal Ömer Çakır 4 3 – 34.733 Pia-Lisa Schöll / Joshua Sutor 3 4 1–0 44.208 Katrīna Gaidule / Roberts Reinis Buncis 3 4 0–1 35.833 Lotta Immonen / Markus Sipilä 1 6 – 21.050 Verena Pflügler / Mathias Genner 0 7 – 174.750 Group B Athletes W L Tahli Gill / Dean Hewitt 6 1 1–0 13.192 Ye Zixuan / Yu Sen 6 1 0–1 23.625 Lisenka Bomas / Wouter Gösgens 5 2 – 21.325 Jasmin Holtermann / Henrik Holtermann 4 3 – 26.025 Courtney Smith / Anton Hood 3 4 – 49.242 Linda Joó / Raul Kárász 2 5 1–0 31.292 Stéphanie Barbarin / Wilfrid Coulot 2 5 0–1 28.242 Oihane Otaegi / Mikel Unanue 0 7 – 37.950
+ Group A Round Robin Summary Table Pos. Country Record 8 0–7 1 6–1 7 1–6 5 3–4 3 5–2 6 3–4 2 6–1 4 4–3
+ Group B Round Robin Summary Table Pos. Country Record 1 6–1 2 6–1 4 4–3 7 2–5 6 2–5 3 5–2 5 3–4 8 0–7
Round robin results All draw times are listed in Pacific Time (UTC−07:00).
Draw 1 Saturday, December 13, 15:30
Draw 2 Saturday, December 13, 19:30
Draw 3 Sunday, December 14, 10:00
Draw 4 Sunday, December 14, 14:00
Draw 5 Sunday, December 14, 18:00
Draw 6 Monday, December 15, 10:00
Draw 7 Monday, December 15, 14:00
Draw 8 Monday, December 15, 18:00
Draw 9 Tuesday, December 16, 10:00
Draw 10 Tuesday, December 16, 14:00
Draw 11 Tuesday, December 16, 18:00
Draw 12 Wednesday, December 17, 10:00
Draw 13 Wednesday, December 17, 14:00
Draw 14 Wednesday, December 17, 18:00
Playoffs
Qualification Round 1 Thursday, December 18, 10:00
Player percentages Kim Seon-yeong 82% Ye Zixuan 65% Jeong Yeong-seok 82% Yu Sen 72% Total 82% Total 69%
Player percentages Julie Zelingrová 89% Tahli Gill 83% Vít Chabičovský 75% Dean Hewitt 81% Total 81% Total 82%
Qualification Round 2 Thursday, December 18, 17:00
Player percentages Tahli Gill 75% Kim Seon-yeong 77% Dean Hewitt 79% Jeong Yeong-seok 77% Total 78% Total 77%
Player percentages Final Round Robin Percentages Female % Tori Koana 85.2 Katrīna Gaidule 81.6 Tahli Gill 81.2 Jasmin Holtermann 80.3 Julie Zelingrová 76.3 Male % Dean Hewitt 86.6 Henrik Holtermann 84.8 Yu Sen 84.6 Vít Chabičovský 83.5 Wilfrid Coulot 81.6
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