Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's curling
at the XXV Olympic Winter Games
VenueStadio olimpico del ghiaccio
Dates11–21 February

The men's curling tournament of the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held at the Cortina Olympic Stadium in Cortina D’Ampezzo from 11 to 21 February 2026.[1]

Ten nations will compete in a round robin preliminary round, and the top four nations at the conclusion of the round robin will qualify for the medal round.[2]

Competition schedule

RR Round robin SF Semifinals B 3rd place play-off F Final
Date
Event
Wed 11 Thu 12 Fri 13 Sat 14 Sun 15 Mon 16 Tue 17 Wed 18 Thu 19 Fri 20 Sat 21
Men's Tournament RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR SF B F

Qualification

The top seven nations based on combined rankings at the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship and 2025 World Men's Curling Championship qualified along with hosts Italy. The final two teams qualified through the 2025 Olympic Qualification Event.

Means of qualification Dates Location Quotas Qualified
Host nation N/a 1  Italy
Qualification points at the 2024 & 2025 World Championships 30 March–7 April 2024 Switzerland Schaffhausen, Switzerland 7  Great Britain
 Canada
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Germany
 Norway
 Czech Republic
29 March–6 April 2025 Canada Moose Jaw, Canada
Olympic Qualification Event 6–13 December 2025 Canada Kelowna, Canada 2  United States
 China
Total 10

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

 Canada  China  Czech Republic  Germany  Great Britain
The Glencoe Club, Calgary
CSO Curling Club, Beijing
CC Zbraslav & CC Dion, Prague CC Füssen, Füssen Curl Edinburgh, Edinburgh
 Italy  Norway  Sweden  Switzerland  United States
Trentino Curling Cembra, Cembra Trondheim CK, Trondheim Karlstad CK, Karlstad CC Genève, Geneva Chaska CC, Chaska

Round robin standings

Draw 10 In Progress
Team Skip Pld W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC Qualification
 Switzerland (Q) Yannick Schwaller 7 7 0 56 31 32 24 3 6 89.6% 9.100 Playoffs
 Canada Brad Jacobs 6 5 1 40 29 26 19 7 7 87.8% 19.892
 United States Daniel Casper 7 4 3 1–0 45 48 29 29 4 3 83.1% 17.386
 Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 7 4 3 1–1 48 45 30 29 6 7 82.4% 23.775
 Great Britain Bruce Mouat 7 4 3 0–1 49 37 32 26 2 7 87.4% 14.214
 Italy Joël Retornaz 6 3 3 42 45 24 26 2 6 84.1% 20.475
 Germany Marc Muskatewitz 8 3 5 45 53 31 33 8 6 84.0% 19.186
 China Xu Xiaoming 7 2 5 43 47 28 29 2 5 82.1% 34.017
 Sweden Niklas Edin 8 2 6 40 53 28 34 6 2 82.7% 22.193
 Czech Republic Lukáš Klíma 7 1 6 34 54 24 35 3 1 79.9% 30.300
Source: Official website
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Men's round robin summary table[3]
Pos Team W L SUI CAN USA NOR GBR ITA GER CHN SWE CZE
1  Switzerland 7 0 9–5 8–3 D11 6–5 D12 8–4 9–7 9–4 7–3
2  Canada 5 1 5–9 6–3 D12 D10 D11 7–6 6–3 8–6 8–2
3  United States 4 3 3–8 3–6 10–8 D11 D10 8–6 5–8 8–5 8–7
4  Norway 4 3 D11 D12 8–10 7–6 10–7 4–5 8–6 4–7 7–4
5  Great Britain 4 3 5–6 D10 D11 6–7 7–9 9–4 9–4 6–3 7–4
6  Italy 3 3 D12 D11 D10 7–10 9–7 5–6 4–11 7–6 10–5
7  Germany 3 5 4–8 6–7 6–8 5–4 4–9 6–5 D12 7–3 7–9
8  China 2 5 7–9 3–6 8–5 6–8 4–9 11–4 D12 4–6 D11
9  Sweden 2 6 4–9 6–8 5–8 7–4 3–6 6–7 3–7 6–4 D12
10  Czech Republic 1 6 3–7 2–8 7–8 4–7 4–7 5–10 9–7 D11 D12
Source: [4]

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).[5][6]

Draw 1

Wednesday, 11 February, 19:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 6
 Italy (Retornaz) 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Jacobs) 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 7
 Germany (Muskatewitz) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 7
 United States (Casper) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Xu) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
 Great Britain (Mouat) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 9

Draw 2

Thursday, 12 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
 Germany (Muskatewitz) (has hammer) 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Casper) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 3
 Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Mouat) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 X X 6
 Sweden (Edin) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X X 3

Draw 3

Friday, 13 February, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Jacobs) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 X 6
 United States (Casper) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Mouat) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 7
 Italy (Retornaz) 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 China (Xu) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
 Norway (Ramsfjell) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 X X 7
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X X 3

Draw 4

Friday, 13 February, 19:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Schwaller) 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 9
 China (Xu) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Klíma) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Germany (Muskatewitz) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 6
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Jacobs) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 8
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 6

Draw 5

Saturday, 14 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 4
 Great Britain (Mouat) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
 China (Xu) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 9
 Canada (Jacobs) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Muskatewitz) 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 6
 United States (Casper) (has hammer) 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 8

Draw 6

Sunday, 15 February, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Casper) 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 X 8
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Muskatewitz) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 4
 Great Britain (Mouat) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 10
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 7

Draw 7

Sunday, 15 February, 19:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Xu) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 3
 Canada (Jacobs) (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 8
 United States (Casper) (has hammer) 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 X 10
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Great Britain (Mouat) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
 Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 6

Draw 8

Monday, 16 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Mouat) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 6
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2
 Canada (Jacobs) (has hammer) 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
 Germany (Muskatewitz) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 X X X 4
 China (Xu) 1 2 1 0 4 0 3 X X X 11

Draw 9

Tuesday, 17 February, 9:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 X X X 9
 Sweden (Edin) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 X X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Casper) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5
 China (Xu) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 9
 Germany (Muskatewitz) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7

Draw 10

Tuesday, 17 February, 19:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Muskatewitz) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 X X 4
 Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Casper) (has hammer) 0
 Italy (Retornaz) 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Jacobs) (has hammer) 0
 Great Britain (Mouat) 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 X 7
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 4

Draw 11

Wednesday, 18 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0
 Canada (Jacobs) 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Xu) 0
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 0
 Switzerland (Schwaller) 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Casper) 0
 Great Britain (Mouat) 0

Draw 12

Thursday, 19 February, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 0
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0
 Switzerland (Schwaller) 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Xu) 0
 Germany (Muskatewitz) 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 0
 Canada (Jacobs) 0

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold medal game
      
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4    
     
     
2    
3     Bronze medal game
     
     

Semifinals

Thursday, 19 February, 19:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
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Bronze medal game

Friday, 20 February, 19:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
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Gold medal game

Saturday, 21 February, 19:05

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Final standings

The final standings are:

Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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References

  1. ^ "Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic curling schedules confirmed". WorldCurling. World Curling.
  2. ^ "Olympic Qualifications". WorldCurling. World Curling.
  3. ^ "Competition Summary" (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Competition Matrix" (PDF). Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  5. ^ World Curling Media (22 July 2025). "Playing schedules confirmed for curling at Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  6. ^ World Curling Media (2 February 2026). "Competition Schedule" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2026.