Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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Men's curling
at the XXV Olympic Winter Games
Curling pictogram.svg
Venue Stadio olimpico del ghiaccio
Dates11–21 February
  2022
2030  

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 competed 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

RRRound robinSFSemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal
Date
Event
Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15Mon 16Tue 17Wed 18Thu 19Fri 20Sat 21
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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 qualificationDatesLocationQuotasQualified
Host nation1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Qualification points at the 2024 & 2025 World Championships30 March–7 April 2024 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Schaffhausen, Switzerland 7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
29 March-6 April 2025 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Moose Jaw, Canada
Olympic Qualification Event 6–13 December 2025 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kelowna, Canada 2
Total10

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
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CC Zbraslav & CC Dion, Prague CC Füssen, Füssen Curl Edinburgh, Edinburgh
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Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland TBDTBD
Trondheim CK, Trondheim Karlstad CK, Karlstad CC Genève, Geneva
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References

  1. "Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic curling schedules confirmed". WorldCurling. World Curling.
  2. "Olympic Qualifications". WorldCurling. World Curling.