2026 World Men's Curling Championship

2026 World Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Ogden, Utah, United States
Arena	Weber County Ice Sheet
Dates	March 27 – April 4
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The 2026 World Men's Curling Championship (67th) (branded as the 2026 LGT World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) will be held from March 27 to April 4 at the Weber County Ice Sheet in Ogden, Utah, United States. ^[1] The venue previously hosted the curling events at the 2002 Winter Olympics. ^[2]

The format for the Championship will feature a thirteen team round robin. The top six teams will qualify for the playoff round, where the top two teams receive a bye while the remaining four play in the qualification round to qualify for the semifinals. ^[3]

Qualification

Thirteen curling federations qualified to participate in the 2026 World Men's Curling Championship. Of note, this was the first World Men's Championship appearance for Poland, who qualified after finishing seventh at the European Championship. ^[4]

Means of Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	United States
2025 Pan Continental Curling Championships	4	Canada   Japan   China   South Korea
2025 European Curling Championships	8	Sweden   Switzerland   Scotland   Italy   Germany   Czech Republic   Poland   Norway
TOTAL	13

Teams

The teams were as follows: ^[5]

Canada	China [6]	Czech Republic [7]	Germany [8]	Italy [9]
Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:	CSO Curling Club, Beijing Skip: Xu Xiaoming Third: Fei Xueqing Second: Li Zhichao Lead: Xu Jingtao Alternate: Wang Zhenhao	CC Zbraslav & CC Dion, Prague Skip: Lukáš Klíma Third: Marek Černovský Second: Martin Jurík Lead: Lukáš Klípa Alternate: Radek Boháč	CC Füssen, Füssen Skip: Marc Muskatewitz Third: Benjamin Kapp Second: Felix Messenzehl Lead: Johannes Scheuerl Alternate: Mario Trevisiol	Trentino CC & Cembra CC, Cembra Skip: Joël Retornaz Third: Amos Mosaner Second: Sebastiano Arman Lead: Mattia Giovanella Alternate: Alberto Pimpini
Japan [10]	Norway [11]	Poland [12]	Scotland	South Korea [13]
SC Karuizawa Club, Karuizawa Fourth: Riku Yanagisawa Skip: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Takeru Yamamoto Lead: Satoshi Koizumi Alternate: Shingo Usui	Trondheim CK, Trondheim Skip: Magnus Ramsfjell Third: Martin Sesaker Second: Bendik Ramsfjell Lead: Gaute Nepstad Alternate: Willhelm Næss	Wałbrzych CC, Wałbrzych Skip: Konrad Stych Third: Krzysztof Domin Second: Marcin Ciemiński Lead: Bartosz Łobaza Alternate: Maksym Grzelka	Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:	Uiseong CC, Uiseong Skip: Kim Soo-hyuk Third: Kim Chang-min Second: Yoo Min-hyeon Lead: Kim Hak-kyun Alternate: Jeon Jae-ik
Sweden [14]	Switzerland [15]	United States [16]
Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Simon Olofsson	CC Glarus, Glarus Fourth: Philipp Hösli Skip: Marco Hösli Second: Simon Gloor Lead: Justin Hausherr Alternate:	Duluth CC, Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Chris Plys Second: Colin Hufman Lead: Matt Hamilton Alternate:

Round robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC
Canada		0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
China	Xu Xiaoming	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Czech Republic	Lukáš Klíma	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Germany	Marc Muskatewitz	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Italy	Joël Retornaz	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Japan	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Norway	Magnus Ramsfjell	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Poland	Konrad Stych	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Scotland		0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
South Korea	Kim Soo-hyuk	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Sweden	Niklas Edin	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Switzerland	Marco Hösli	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
United States	John Shuster	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00

Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Country														Record
1	Canada	—	D12	D17	D19	D2	D11	D20	D9	D4	D1	D14	D15	D7	0–0
1	China	D12	—	D1	D18	D5	D8	D7	D20	D15	D17	D4	D10	D13	0–0
1	Czech Republic	D17	D1	—	D3	D14	D15	D4	D10	D20	D6	D19	D7	D12	0–0
1	Germany	D19	D18	D3	—	D6	D13	D9	D5	D14	D8	D16	D11	D2	0–0
1	Italy	D2	D5	D14	D6	—	D16	D19	D13	D10	D11	D3	D8	D18	0–0
1	Japan	D11	D8	D15	D13	D16	—	D1	D18	D2	D19	D6	D5	D10	0–0
1	Norway	D20	D7	D4	D9	D19	D1	—	D12	D17	D14	D11	D3	D16	0–0
1	Poland	D9	D20	D10	D5	D13	D18	D12	—	D7	D4	D17	D2	D15	0–0
1	Scotland	D4	D15	D20	D14	D10	D2	D17	D7	—	D12	D1	D18	D5	0–0
1	South Korea	D1	D17	D6	D8	D11	D19	D14	D4	D12	—	D9	D16	D3	0–0
1	Sweden	D14	D4	D19	D16	D3	D6	D11	D17	D1	D9	—	D13	D8	0–0
1	Switzerland	D15	D10	D7	D11	D8	D5	D3	D2	D18	D16	D13	—	D20	0–0
1	United States	D7	D13	D12	D2	D18	D10	D16	D15	D5	D3	D8	D20	—	0–0

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC−07:00). ^[3]

Draw 1

Friday, March 27, 1:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland											0
Sweden (Edin)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)											0
Canada											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
China (Xu)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0
Japan (Yamaguchi)											0

Draw 2

Friday, March 27, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Stych)											0
Switzerland (Hösli)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland											0
Japan (Yamaguchi)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0
United States (Shuster)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
Canada											0

Draw 3

Saturday, March 28, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)											0
South Korea (Kim)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Hösli)											0
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Draw 4

Saturday, March 28, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)											0
Sweden (Edin)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada											0
Scotland											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)											0
Poland (Stych)											0

Draw 5

Saturday, March 28, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
China (Xu)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Stych)											0
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yamaguchi)											0
Switzerland (Hösli)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)											0
Scotland											0

Draw 6

Sunday, March 29, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)											0
Japan (Yamaguchi)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
South Korea (Kim)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0

Draw 7

Sunday, March 29, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
Switzerland (Hösli)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada											0
United States (Shuster)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland											0
Poland (Stych)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)											0
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0

Draw 8

Sunday, March 29, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0
South Korea (Kim)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yamaguchi)											0
China (Xu)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)											0
Sweden (Edin)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Hösli)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Draw 9

Monday, March 30, 9:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)											0
Sweden (Edin)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Stych)											0
Canada											0

Draw 10

Monday, March 30, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Hösli)											0
China (Xu)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
Scotland											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Stych)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yamaguchi)											0
United States (Shuster)											0

Draw 11

Monday, March 30, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada											0
Japan (Yamaguchi)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0
Switzerland (Hösli)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)											0
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0

Draw 12

Tuesday, March 31, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0
Poland (Stych)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)											0
Canada											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland											0
South Korea (Kim)											0

Draw 13

Tuesday, March 31, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
Poland (Stych)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)											0
China (Xu)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Hösli)											0
Sweden (Edin)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yamaguchi)											0
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0

Draw 14

Tuesday, March 31, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)											0
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)											0
Canada											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0
Scotland											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Draw 15

Wednesday, April 1, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)											0
Scotland											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yamaguchi)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Stych)											0
United States (Shuster)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada											0
Switzerland (Hösli)											0

Draw 16

Wednesday, April 1, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)											0
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Hösli)											0
South Korea (Kim)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
Japan (Yamaguchi)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0
United States (Shuster)											0

Draw 17

Wednesday, April 1, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
Canada											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland											0
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)											0
South Korea (Kim)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Stych)											0
Sweden (Edin)											0

Draw 18

Thursday, April 2, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yamaguchi)											0
Poland (Stych)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland											0
Switzerland (Hösli)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0
China (Xu)											0

Draw 19

Thursday, April 2, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada											0
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)											0
Japan (Yamaguchi)											0

Draw 20

Thursday, April 2, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Hösli)											0
United States (Shuster)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)											0
Poland (Stych)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada											0
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
Scotland											0

Playoffs

	Qualification games					Semifinals					Final
						1
	4
	5
						2
	3
	6										Bronze medal game

Qualification Games

Friday, April 3, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Player percentages
Total		Total

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Player percentages
Total		Total

Semifinals

Friday, April 3, 3:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Player percentages
Total		Total

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Player percentages
Total		Total

Bronze medal game

Saturday, April 4, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Player percentages
Total		Total

Final

Saturday, April 4, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Player percentages
Total		Total

Final standings

Place	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

National playdowns

• 2026 Montana's Brier
• 2025 Korean Curling Championships

References

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External links

• Results from the World Curling Federation