The 2026 World Championship Qualifier Men is a new curling event introduced by World Curling as part of major structural changes implemented for the 2026–2030 Olympic cycle. Six teams from this event will qualify for the 2027 World Men's Curling Championship, they will join the twelve teams that already qualified from the 2026 World Men's Curling Championship to create the newly expanded eighteen team field. This event wil be held in Aberdeen, Scotland on November 8 to 13.
The sixteen teams that qualified for this event through their placements at 2026 World Men's Curling Championship, 2025 Pan Continental Curling Championships, 2025 European Curling Championships, World Ranking, or 2026 World Championship Pre-Qualifier. They are competing to be one of six teams to join Sweden, Canada, Scotland, United States, Switzerland, Italy, China, Japan, Germany, South Korea, Czech Republic and Poland at the 2027 World Men's Curling Championship. Four teams will be relegated to the 2027 World Championship Pre-Qualifier.
Qualification Sixteen curling federations qualified to participate in the first ever World Championship Qualifier Men.
Means of Qualification Vacancies Qualified 2026 World Men's Curling Championship 1 2025 Pan Continental Curling Championships 3 2025 European Curling Championships 2 2025 Pan Continental Curling Championships B Division 2 2025 European Curling Championships B Division 2 World Rankings 2 2026 World Championship Pre-Qualifier Pan Continental 2 2026 World Championship Pre-Qualifier Europe 2 TOTAL 16
Teams The teams were as follows:
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Round robin standings
KeyTeams to Playoffs & Qualified for the 2027 World Men's Curling ChampionshipTeams to Qualification PlayoffsTeams Relegated to the 2027 World Championship Pre-Qualifier Group A Skip W L 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 Group B Skip W L 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000
+ Group A Round Robin Summary Table Pos. Country Record 1 D9 D1 D5 D3 D11 D7 D13 0–0 1 D9 D7 D1 D5 D13 D3 D11 0–0 1 D1 D7 D13 D11 D3 D9 D5 0–0 1 D5 D1 D13 D9 D7 D11 D3 0–0 1 D3 D5 D11 D9 D1 D13 D7 0–0 1 D11 D13 D3 D7 D1 D5 D9 0–0 1 D7 D3 D9 D11 D13 D5 D1 0–0 1 D13 D11 D5 D3 D7 D9 D1 0–0
+ Group B Round Robin Summary Table Pos. Country Record 1 D10 D8 D2 D6 D4 D12 D14 0–0 1 D10 D4 D8 D2 D6 D14 D12 0–0 1 D8 D4 D10 D12 D14 D6 D2 0–0 1 D2 D8 D10 D14 D12 D4 D6 0–0 1 D6 D2 D12 D14 D10 D8 D4 0–0 1 D4 D6 D14 D12 D10 D2 D8 0–0 1 D12 D14 D6 D4 D8 D2 D10 0–0 1 D14 D12 D2 D6 D4 D8 D10 0–0
Round robin results All draw times are listed in Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+00:00).
Draw 1 Sunday, November 8, 10:00
Draw 2 Sunday, November 8, 14:30
Draw 3 Sunday, November 8, 19:00
Draw 4 Monday, November 9, 10:00
Draw 5 Monday, November 9, 14:30
Draw 6 Monday, November 9, 19:00
Draw 7 Tuesday, November 10, 10:00
Draw 8 Tuesday, November 10, 14:30
Draw 9 Tuesday, November 10, 19:00
Draw 10 Wednesday, November 11, 10:00
Draw 11 Wednesday, November 11, 14:30
Draw 12 Wednesday, November 11, 19:00
Draw 13 Thursday, November 12, 9:00
Draw 14 Thursday, November 12, 13:00
Playoffs
Playoffs
Semifinals Thursday, November 12, 19:00
Bronze Medal Game Friday, November 13, 9:00
Gold Medal Game Friday, November 13, 15:00
Qualification Playoffs
Qualification Round 1 Friday, November 13, 9:00
Qualification Round 2 Friday, November 13, 15:00
Final standings KeyTeams Qualified for the 2027 World Men's Curling ChampionshipTeams Relegated to the 2027 World Championship Pre-Qualifier
PlaceTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
References