The 2026 Baden Masters was held from August 13 to 16 at the Curling Club Baden Regio in Baden, Switzerland as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round-robin format with a purse of 25,000 CHF. It was the first men's event of the 2026–27 World Curling Tour. The event category for the event was 500.
The Olympic bronze medalists Team Yannick Schwaller continued their momentum from the 2025–26 season, winning the event in an 8–3 decision over Joël Retornaz' new look Italian rink. Both teams finished 4–1 through the round robin, tied atop their pools with Stefano Spiller and Magnus Ramsfjell respectively. Retornaz and Spiller earned byes to the semifinals where Schwaller and Ramsfjell beat Michael Brunner and Marco Hösli in the quarterfinals to advance. World number eight ranked Kyle Waddell finished 1–4 and failed to qualify.
As this was the first event of a new Olympic quadrennial, many new teams made their debut including Magnus Ramsfjell, Kim Schwaller, and the three new Italian lineups of Joël Retornaz, Stefano Spiller and Alberto Zisa.
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Michael Brunner Enrico Pfister Romano Keller-Meier Marcel Käufeler Marc Pfister Bern, Switzerland Orrin Carson Logan Carson Archie Hyslop Charlie Gibb Dumfries, Scotland Philipp Hösli (Fourth) Marco Hösli (Skip) Simon Gloor Justin Hausherr Glarus, Switzerland Manuel Jermann Yannick Jermann Timon Biehle Jan Tanner Basel, Switzerland Jakub Jurkovič Patrik Kaprálik Karol Vidlár Simon Langus Bratislava, Slovakia Magnus Ramsfjell Steffen Walstad Bendik Ramsfjell Mathias Brænden Trondheim, Norway Joël Retornaz Stefano Gilli Andrea Gilli Alberto Pimpini Bruneck, Italy Kim Schwaller Max Winz Andreas Gerlach Jan Iseli Oberwallis, Switzerland Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel (Fourth) Yannick Schwaller (Skip) Sven Michel Pablo Lachat-Couchepin Geneva, Switzerland Stefano Spiller Amos Mosaner Sebastiano Arman Cesare Spiller Trentino, Italy Kyle Waddell Mark Watt Angus Bryce Blair Haswell Hamilton, Scotland Mattia Giovanella (Fourth) Alberto Zisa (Skip) Francesco De Zanna Francesco Vigliani Trentino, Italy
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Pool A W L PF PA Joël Retornaz 4 1 28 22 18.68 Magnus Ramsfjell 4 1 32 17 34.63 Michael Brunner 3 2 25 27 21.45 Manuel Jermann 2 3 22 31 48.30 Kim Schwaller 1 4 28 31 23.50 Kyle Waddell 1 4 27 34 29.50 Pool B W L PF PA Stefano Spiller 4 1 27 16 24.43 Yannick Schwaller 4 1 32 20 25.13 Marco Hösli 3 2 30 26 36.95 Orrin Carson 3 2 35 17 70.35 Alberto Zisa 1 4 18 32 23.28 Jakub Jurkovič 0 5 12 43 112.48
Round robin results All draw times listed in Central European Time.
Draw 1 Thursday, August 13, 5:00 pm
Draw 2 Thursday, August 13, 8:30 pm
Draw 3 Friday, August 14, 8:00 am
Draw 4 Friday, August 14, 11:00 am
Draw 5 Friday, August 14, 2:30 pm
Draw 6 Friday, August 14, 5:30 pm
Draw 7 Friday, August 14, 8:30 pm
Draw 8 Saturday, August 15, 8:00 am
Draw 9 Saturday, August 15, 11:00 am
Draw 10 Saturday, August 15, 3:00 pm
Playoffs
Source:
Quarterfinals Saturday, August 15, 7:30 pm
Semifinals Sunday, August 16, 9:00 am
Final Sunday, August 16, 1:30 pm
References
External links Official Website CurlingZone