2026 World Women's Curling Championship

2026 World Women's Curling Championship
Host city	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Arena	Markin MacPhail Centre
Dates	March 14–22
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The 2026 World Women's Curling Championship (47th) (branded as the 2026 BKT World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) will be held from March 14 to 22 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. ^[1] The venue previously hosted the 2021 World Men's and Women's Championships behind closed doors as well as the 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships. ^[2]

The format for the Championship featured a thirteen team round robin. The top six teams qualified 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 Women's Curling Championship. Of note, this was the first World Women's Championship appearance for Australia, who qualified after finishing sixth at the Pan Continental Championship. ^[4]

Means of Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
2025 Pan Continental Curling Championships	5	China   South Korea   United States   Japan   Australia
2025 European Curling Championships	7	Sweden   Scotland   Switzerland   Norway   Denmark   Turkey   Italy
TOTAL	13

Teams

The teams are as follows: ^[5]

Australia [6]	Canada [7]	China [8]	Denmark [9]	Italy [10]
Victorian CA, Melbourne Skip: Helen Williams Third: Sara Westman Second: Kristen Tsourlenes Lead: Karen Titheridge Alternate: Michelle Fredericks	Gimli CC, Gimli Skip: Kerri Einarson Third: Val Sweeting Second: Shannon Birchard Lead: Karlee Burgess Alternate: Krysten Karwacki	CSO Curling Club, Beijing Skip: Wang Rui Third: Han Yu Second: Dong Ziqi Lead: Jiang Jiayi Alternate: Su Tingyu	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Madeleine Dupont Third: Mathilde Halse Second: Jasmin Holtermann Lead: Denise Dupont Alternate: My Larsen	Curling Cembra, Cembra Skip: Stefania Constantini Third: Elena Mathis Second: Angela Romei Lead: Giulia Zardini Lacedelli Alternate: Marta Lo Deserto
Japan [11]	Norway [12]	Scotland	South Korea [13]	Sweden [14]
Tokoro CC, Kitami Skip: Satsuki Fujisawa Third: Chinami Yoshida Second: Yumi Suzuki Lead: Yurika Yoshida Alternate: Tori Koana	Oppdal CK, Oppdal Skip: Torild Bjørnstad Third: Nora Østgård Second: Ingeborg Forbregd Lead: Eirin Mesloe Alternate:	Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:	Uijeongbu CC, Uijeongbu Skip: Gim Eun-ji Third: Kim Min-ji Second: Kim Su-ji Lead: Seol Ye-eun Alternate: Seol Ye-ji	Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg Skip: Isabella Wranå Third: Almida de Val Second: Maria Larsson Lead: Linda Stenlund Alternate: Moa Dryburgh
Switzerland	Turkey [15]	United States
Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:	Milli Piyango CA, Erzurum Skip: Dilşat Yıldız Third: Öznur Polat Second: İclal Karaman Lead: Berfin Şengül Alternate: İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu	Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:

Round robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC
Australia	Helen Williams	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
Canada	Kerri Einarson	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
China	Wang Rui	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
Denmark	Madeleine Dupont	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
Italy	Stefania Constantini	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
Norway	Torild Bjørnstad	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
Scotland		0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
South Korea	Gim Eun-ji	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
Sweden	Isabella Wranå	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
Switzerland		0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
Turkey	Dilşat Yıldız	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
United States		0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00

Round Robin Summary Table

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

Round robin results

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

Draw 1

Saturday, March 14, 2:00 pm

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Bjørnstad)											0
Turkey (Yıldız)											0

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

Draw 2

Saturday, March 14, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Constantini)											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)											0
Switzerland											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Williams)											0
Denmark (Dupont)											0

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

Draw 3

Sunday, March 15, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Dupont)											0
Sweden (Wranå)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)											0
Japan (Fujisawa)											0

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Williams)											0
Norway (Bjørnstad)											0

Draw 4

Sunday, March 15, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)											0
Norway (Bjørnstad)											0

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Wranå)											0
Italy (Constantini)											0

Draw 5

Sunday, March 15, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States											0
Turkey (Yıldız)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Constantini)											0
Australia (Williams)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Dupont)											0
China (Wang)											0

Draw 6

Monday, March 16, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland											0
Switzerland											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Bjørnstad)											0
Sweden (Wranå)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States											0
Australia (Williams)											0

Draw 7

Monday, March 16, 2:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Einarson)											0
Denmark (Dupont)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)											0
Italy (Constantini)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Turkey (Yıldız)											0
Japan (Fujisawa)											0

Draw 8

Monday, March 16, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Williams)											0
Sweden (Wranå)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland											0
Turkey (Yıldız)											0

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)											0
United States											0

Draw 9

Tuesday, March 17, 9:00 am

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)											0
Australia (Williams)											0

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

Draw 10

Tuesday, March 17, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)											0
Turkey (Yıldız)											0

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Constantini)											0
Norway (Bjørnstad)											0

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

Draw 11

Tuesday, March 17, 7:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Williams)											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

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

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

Draw 12

Wednesday, March 18, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Dupont)											0
Norway (Bjørnstad)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)											0
Italy (Constantini)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Turkey (Yıldız)											0
Canada (Einarson)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)											0
Sweden (Wranå)											0

Draw 13

Wednesday, March 18, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States											0
Italy (Constantini)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Dupont)											0
Turkey (Yıldız)											0

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

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

Draw 14

Wednesday, March 18, 7:00 pm

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Williams)											0
China (Wang)											0

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

Draw 15

Thursday, March 19, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Turkey (Yıldız)											0
China (Wang)											0

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Constantini)											0
Denmark (Dupont)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Einarson)											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

Draw 16

Thursday, March 19, 2:00 pm

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States											0
Switzerland											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)											0
Denmark (Dupont)											0

Draw 17

Thursday, March 19, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Bjørnstad)											0
Canada (Einarson)											0

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Turkey (Yıldız)											0
Sweden (Wranå)											0

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

Draw 18

Friday, March 20, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland											0
Italy (Constantini)											0

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Williams)											0
Turkey (Yıldız)											0

Draw 19

Friday, March 20, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)											0
United States											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Einarson)											0
Australia (Williams)											0

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

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

Draw 20

Friday, March 20, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)											0
Denmark (Dupont)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Turkey (Yıldız)											0
Italy (Constantini)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Einarson)											0
Japan (Fujisawa)											0

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

Playoffs

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

Qualification Games

Saturday, March 21, 10:00 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

Saturday, March 21, 4:00 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

Sunday, March 22, 9:00 am

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

Player percentages
Total		Total

Final

Sunday, March 22, 3:00 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

• 2025 Korean Curling Championships
• 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

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