2026 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event (January)

2026 World Mixed Doubles
Qualification Event
2026 World Mixed Doubles ; Qualification Event
Host city	Dumfries, Scotland
Arena	Dumfries Ice Bowl
Dates	January 5–10
Qualifiers	TBD; TBD; TBD; TBD
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Last updated December 31, 2025

The 2026 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event will be held from January 5 to 10, 2026 at the Dumfries Ice Bowl in Dumfries, Scotland.^[1] The top four placing teams will qualify for the 2026 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Geneva, Switzerland.^[2] This event was moved from its usual December date, where it had been held since 2019, to January to accommodate the packed schedule of the 2026 Olympic season.^[3] A record 33 teams are expected to participate in the event, surpassing the previous all-time high of 29 teams in 2024. Coinciding with the increase in the number of teams, the playoff field will be expanded from eight to twelve for the first time. This event also marked the debut of Pakistan in a world curling event.^[4]

Teams

The teams are as follows:^[5]

Austria	Belgium	Brazil	China
Female: Hannah Augustin Male: Martin Reichel	Female: Veerle Geerinckx Male: Dirk Heylen	Female: Fabiana Campos Male: Felipe Pires	Female: Ye Zixuan Male: Yu Sen
Chinese Taipei	Croatia	England	France
Female: Amanda Chou Male: Brendon Liu	Female: Morana Cuzela Male: Vedran Horvat	Female: Rachael Hotchkiss Male: Fraser Clark	Female: Stéphanie Barbarin Male: Wilfrid Coulot
Guyana	Hong Kong	Hungary	India
Female: Farzana Hussain Male: Rayad Husain	Female: Ling-Yue Hung Male: Martin Yan	Female: Dorottya Udvardi-Palancsa Male: Lorinc Tatar	Female: Richa Patel Male: P. N. Raju
Ireland	Jamaica	Kenya	Latvia
Female: Ailsa Barron Male: Kyle Paradis	Female: Stephanie Chen Male: Justin Chen	Female: Yvette Winstone Male: Rogen Muriithi	Female: Katrīna Gaidule Male: Roberts Reinis Buncis
Lithuania	Luxembourg	Mexico	Netherlands
Female: Akvile Rykove Male: Konstantin Rykov	Female: Betty Spurgeon Male: Rick Chartrand	Female: Danielle Serra Male: Diego Tompkins	Female: Vanessa Tonoli Male: Laurens Hoekman
Nigeria	Pakistan	Philippines	Poland
Female: Jasmin Hashi Male: Harold Woods III	Female: Sabena Islam Male: Bilal Islam	Female: Katie Dubberstein Male: Pedro Malvar	Female: Adela Walczak Male: Andrzej Augustyniak
Portugal	Puerto Rico	Romania	Slovakia
Female: Antonieta Ethier Male: Vítor Santos	Female: Linda Crank Male: Robert Fisher	Female: Valentina Banghi Male: Allen Coliban	Female: Daniela Matulová Male: Milan Moravcik
Slovenia	Spain	Thailand	Turkey
Female: Ajda Zavrtanik-Drglin Male: Jure Culic	Female: Daniela Revuelto Male: Nicholas Shaw	Female: Phichayathida Jaosap Male: Teekawin Jearateetawit	Female: Berfin Şengül Male: Bilal Ömer Çakır
Ukraine
Female: Diana Moskalenko Male: Artem Suhak

Round robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Group A	W	L	W–L	DSC
India	0	0	–	0.00
Ireland	0	0	–	0.00
Kenya	0	0	–	0.00
Lithuania	0	0	–	0.00
Luxembourg	0	0	–	0.00
Netherlands	0	0	–	0.00
Slovakia	0	0	–	0.00

Group B	W	L	W–L	DSC
Belgium	0	0	–	0.00
China	0	0	–	0.00
England	0	0	–	0.00
Mexico	0	0	–	0.00
Pakistan	0	0	–	0.00
Poland	0	0	–	0.00
Puerto Rico	0	0	–	0.00

Group C	W	L	W–L	DSC
Austria	0	0	–	0.00
Chinese Taipei	0	0	–	0.00
Croatia	0	0	–	0.00
Hong Kong	0	0	–	0.00
Jamaica	0	0	–	0.00
Thailand	0	0	–	0.00
Turkey	0	0	–	0.00

Group D	W	L	W–L	DSC
France	0	0	–	0.00
Guyana	0	0	–	0.00
Nigeria	0	0	–	0.00
Philippines	0	0	–	0.00
Spain	0	0	–	0.00
Ukraine	0	0	–	0.00

Group E	W	L	W–L	DSC
Brazil	0	0	–	0.00
Hungary	0	0	–	0.00
Latvia	0	0	–	0.00
Portugal	0	0	–	0.00
Romania	0	0	–	0.00
Slovenia	0	0	–	0.00

Ranking of 3rd Place Teams	Group	DSC
	A	0.00
	B	0.00
	C	0.00
	D	0.00
	E	0.00

Group A Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.	Country								Record
1	India	—	D10	D6	D12	D19	D14	D1	0–0
1	Ireland	D10	—	D1	D8	D14	D19	D6	0–0
1	Kenya	D6	D1	—	D10	D8	D12	D19	0–0
1	Lithuania	D12	D8	D10	—	D6	D1	D14	0–0
1	Luxembourg	D19	D14	D8	D6	—	D3	D12	0–0
1	Netherlands	D14	D19	D12	D1	D3	—	D8	0–0
1	Slovakia	D1	D6	D19	D14	D12	D8	—	0–0

Group B Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.	Country								Record
1	Belgium	—	D1	D14	D10	D12	D4	D8	0–0
1	China	D1	—	D4	D12	D14	D19	D10	0–0
1	England	D14	D4	—	D19	D1	D8	D12	0–0
1	Mexico	D10	D12	D19	—	D8	D1	D4	0–0
1	Pakistan	D12	D14	D1	D8	—	D10	D19	0–0
1	Poland	D4	D19	D8	D1	D10	—	D14	0–0
1	Puerto Rico	D8	D10	D12	D4	D19	D14	—	0–0

Group C Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.	Country								Record
1	Austria	—	D2	D18	D9	D13	D4	D7	0–0
1	Chinese Taipei	D2	—	D9	D13	D4	D7	D16	0–0
1	Croatia	D18	D9	—	D4	D7	D16	D13	0–0
1	Hong Kong	D9	D13	D4	—	D16	D18	D2	0–0
1	Jamaica	D13	D4	D7	D16	—	D2	D18	0–0
1	Thailand	D4	D7	D16	D18	D2	—	D9	0–0
1	Turkey	D7	D16	D13	D2	D18	D9	—	0–0

Group D Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.	Country							Record
1	France	—	D5	D3	D11	D17	D15	0–0
1	Guyana	D5	—	D17	D3	D15	D11	0–0
1	Nigeria	D3	D17	—	D15	D11	D5	0–0
1	Philippines	D11	D3	D15	—	D5	D17	0–0
1	Spain	D17	D15	D11	D5	—	D2	0–0
1	Ukraine	D15	D11	D5	D17	D2	—	0–0

Group E Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.	Country							Record
1	Brazil	—	D5	D3	D11	D15	D17	0–0
1	Hungary	D5	—	D15	D17	D11	D3	0–0
1	Latvia	D3	D15	—	D5	D17	D11	0–0
1	Portugal	D11	D17	D5	—	D3	D15	0–0
1	Romania	D15	D11	D17	D3	—	D5	0–0
1	Slovenia	D17	D3	D11	D15	D5	—	0–0

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+00:00).^[6]

Draw 1

Monday, January 5, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mexico									0
Poland									0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England									0
Pakistan									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia									0
India									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Netherlands									0
Lithuania									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China									0
Belgium									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kenya									0
Ireland									0

Draw 2

Monday, January 5, 12:30

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Thailand									0
Jamaica									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Turkey									0
Hong Kong									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Spain									0
Ukraine									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Chinese Taipei									0
Austria									0

Draw 3

Monday, January 5, 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia									0
Brazil									0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Romania									0
Portugal									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
France									0
Nigeria									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Hungary									0
Slovenia									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Luxembourg									0
Netherlands									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Guyana									0
Philippines									0

Draw 4

Monday, January 5, 19:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Croatia									0
Hong Kong									0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Austria									0
Thailand									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Puerto Rico									0
Mexico									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Belgium									0
Poland									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jamaica									0
Chinese Taipei									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England									0
China									0

Draw 5

Tuesday, January 6, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovenia									0
Romania									0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
France									0
Guyana									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Portugal									0
Latvia									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Philippines									0
Spain									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brazil									0
Hungary									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Ukraine									0
Nigeria									0

Draw 6

Tuesday, January 6, 12:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Luxembourg									0
Lithuania									0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Ireland									0
Slovakia									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
India									0
Kenya									0

Draw 7

Tuesday, January 6, 16:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Turkey									0
Austria									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Thailand									0
Chinese Taipei									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jamaica									0
Croatia									0

Draw 8

Tuesday, January 6, 19:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia									0
Netherlands									0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kenya									0
Luxembourg									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Poland									0
England									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Pakistan									0
Mexico									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Lithuania									0
Ireland									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Belgium									0
Puerto Rico									0

Draw 9

Wednesday, January 7, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Thailand									0
Turkey									0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Chinese Taipei									0
Croatia									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Hong Kong									0
Austria									0

Draw 10

Wednesday, January 7, 12:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Ireland									0
India									0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mexico									0
Belgium									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kenya									0
Lithuania									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China									0
Puerto Rico									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Poland									0
Pakistan									0

Draw 11

Wednesday, January 7, 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Guyana									0
Ukraine									0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Nigeria									0
Spain									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Romania									0
Hungary									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Portugal									0
Brazil									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
France									0
Philippines									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia									0
Slovenia									0

Draw 12

Wednesday, January 7, 19:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China									0
Mexico									0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Puerto Rico									0
England									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Luxembourg									0
Slovakia									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Lithuania									0
India									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Belgium									0
Pakistan									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Netherlands									0
Kenya									0

Draw 13

Thursday, January 8, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Austria									0
Jamaica									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Chinese Taipei									0
Hong Kong									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Croatia									0
Turkey									0

Draw 14

Thursday, January 8, 12:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England									0
Belgium									0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
India									0
Netherlands									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Pakistan									0
China									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Ireland									0
Luxembourg									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Puerto Rico									0
Poland									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Lithuania									0
Slovakia									0

Draw 15

Thursday, January 8, 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Philippines									0
Nigeria									0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia									0
Hungary									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Spain									0
Guyana									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Ukraine									0
France									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovenia									0
Portugal									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brazil									0
Romania									0

Draw 16

Thursday, January 8, 19:30

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Croatia									0
Thailand									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Hong Kong									0
Jamaica									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Turkey									0
Chinese Taipei									0

Draw 17

Friday, January 9, 10:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Hungary									0
Portugal									0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Philippines									0
Ukraine									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovenia									0
Brazil									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Romania									0
Latvia									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Nigeria									0
Guyana									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Spain									0
France									0

Draw 18

Friday, January 9, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jamaica									0
Turkey									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Austria									0
Croatia									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Hong Kong									0
Thailand									0

Draw 19

Friday, January 9, 18:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Pakistan									0
Puerto Rico									0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Poland									0
China									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Netherlands									0
Ireland									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia									0
Kenya									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mexico									0
England									0

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
India									0
Luxembourg									0

Playoffs

	Qualification Semifinals					Qualification Finals

						1
	8
	9

						2
	7
	10

						3
	6
	11

						4
	5
	12

Qualification Semifinals

Saturday, January 10, 10:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
									0
									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
									0
									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
									0
									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
									0
									0

Qualification Finals

Saturday, January 10, 15:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
									0
									0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
									0
									0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
									0
									0

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
									0
									0

References

↑ "World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event". World Curling. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
↑ "Geneva to host World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships 2026". World Curling. May 22, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
↑ "World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event moves to January 2026". World Curling. June 19, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
↑ @pakistancurling; (December 29, 2025). "The Mixed Doubles Curling Team of Bilal and Sabena Islam, dual Canadian-Pakistani Nationals, are excited to be representing Pakistan in Scotland insha'Allah" – via Instagram.
↑ "Teams". World Curling. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
↑ "Schedule". World Curling. Retrieved October 9, 2025.

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[1] "World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event". World Curling. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

[2] "Geneva to host World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships 2026". World Curling. May 22, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

[3] "World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event moves to January 2026". World Curling. June 19, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

[4] @pakistancurling; (December 29, 2025). "The Mixed Doubles Curling Team of Bilal and Sabena Islam, dual Canadian-Pakistani Nationals, are excited to be representing Pakistan in Scotland insha'Allah" – via Instagram.

[5] "Teams". World Curling. Retrieved October 5, 2025.

[6] "Schedule". World Curling. Retrieved October 9, 2025.

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