Italy at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Italy at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Flag of Italy
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it/en
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 6 February 2026 (2026-02-06) – 22 February 2026 (2026-02-22)
Competitors	151 (79 men and 72 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearers	Arianna Fontana & Federico Pellegrino (Milan) Federica Brignone & Amos Mosaner (Cortina d'Ampezzo) [1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026

Italy will host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, from 6 to 22 February 2026.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. This includes quotas from host country allocations. ^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	2	4
Biathlon	5	5	10
Bobsleigh [3]	4	2	6
Cross-country skiing	5	6	11
Curling	6	6	12
Figure skating [4]	5	4	9
Freestyle skiing	3	3	6
Ice hockey	25	23	48
Luge [5]	3	3	6
Nordic combined	1	—N/a	1
Short-track speed skating [6]	5	5	10
Skeleton [7]	1	1	2
Ski jumping	1	1	2
Ski mountaineering	1	2	3
Snowboarding	4	3	7
Speed skating [8]	8	6	14
Total	79	72	151

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Italy has qualified a minimum of two female and two male alpine skiers as host. ^{[9] [10]}

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Italy has qualified five female and five male biathletes through the 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup score. ^[11]

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Italy has qualified six female and five male cross-country skiers. ^[12]

Curling

Main articles: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Joël Retornaz Amos Mosaner Sebastiano Arman Mattia Giovanella	Men's tournament	SWE	GBR	GER	NOR	CZE	USA	CHN	CAN	SUI
Stefania Constantini Elena Mathis Angela Romei Giulia Zardini Lacedelli Marta Lo Deserto	Women's tournament	SUI	KOR	CHN	SWE	DEN	JPN	USA	CAN	GBR
Stefania Constantini Amos Mosaner	Mixed doubles tournament	KOR	CAN	SUI	EST	SWE	NOR	CZE	GBR	USA

Men's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Italy qualified their men's team by their status as host. ^[13] Team Joël Retornaz was selected to represent Italy in the men's event. ^[14]

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Brad Jacobs	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
China	Xu Xiaoming	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Czech Republic	Lukáš Klíma	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Germany	Marc Muskatewitz	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Great Britain	Bruce Mouat	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Italy	Joël Retornaz	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Norway	Magnus Ramsfjell	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Sweden	Niklas Edin	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Yannick Schwaller	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Daniel Casper	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
Italy had a bye in draws 2, 5 and 9. ^[15]

Draw 1
Wednesday, 11 February, 19:05

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

Draw 3
Friday, 13 February, 9:05

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

Draw 4
Friday, 13 February, 19:05

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

Draw 6
Sunday, 15 February, 9:05

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

Draw 7
Sunday, 15 February, 19:05

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

Draw 8
Monday, 16 February, 14:05

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

Draw 10
Tuesday, 17 February, 19:05

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

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

Draw 12
Thursday, 19 February, 9:05

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

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Italy qualified their women's team by their status as host. ^[13] Team Stefania Constantini was selected to represent Italy in the women's event. ^[14]

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Rachel Homan	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
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
Great Britain	Sophie Jackson	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	Sayaka Yoshimura	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	Anna Hasselborg	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Tabitha Peterson	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
Italy had a bye in draws 3, 7 and 10. ^[15]

Draw 1
Thursday, 12 February, 9:05

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

Draw 2
Thursday, 12 February, 19:05

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

Draw 4
Saturday, 14 February, 9:05

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

Draw 5
Saturday, 14 February, 19:05

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

Draw 6
Sunday, 15 February, 14:05

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

Draw 8
Monday, 16 February, 19:05

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

Draw 9
Tuesday, 17 February, 14:05

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

Draw 11
Wednesday, 18 February, 19:05

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

Draw 12
Thursday, 19 February, 14:05

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

Mixed doubles tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament

Italy qualified a mixed doubles team by their status as host. ^[13]

Team v t e	Athletes	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Jocelyn Peterman / Brett Gallant	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
Czech Republic	Julie Zelingrová / Vít Chabičovský	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Estonia	Marie Kaldvee / Harri Lill	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Great Britain	Jennifer Dodds / Bruce Mouat	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Italy	Stefania Constantini / Amos Mosaner	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Norway	Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
South Korea	Kim Seon-yeong / Jeong Yeong-seok	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Sweden	Isabella Wranå / Rasmus Wranå	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann / Yannick Schwaller	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Cory Thiesse / Korey Dropkin	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
Italy had a bye in draws 1, 3, 7, and 10. ^[15]

Draw 2
Thursday, 5 February, 10:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)									0
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0

Draw 4
Thursday, 5 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Peterman / Gallant)									0
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0

Draw 5
Friday, 6 February, 10:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0
Switzerland (Schwaller-Hürlimann / Schwaller)									0

Draw 6
Friday, 6 February, 14:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Kaldvee / Lill)									0
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0

Draw 8
Saturday, 7 February, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Wranå / Wranå)									0
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0

Draw 9
Saturday, 7 February, 19:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)									0
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0

Draw 11
Sunday, 8 February, 14:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)									0

Draw 12
Sunday, 8 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)									0

Draw 13
Monday, 9 February, 10:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)									0

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

In the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, the United States, Italy secured two quota in each of the men's singles, one quota in each of the women's singles, two quota in each of the pair skating, and one quota in each of the ice dance. ^[16]

Athlete	Event	SP/SD		FP/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Men's singles
	Women's singles
	Pairs
	Ice dance

Freestyle skiing

Main articles: Freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Italy can qualify an athlete in each event (five male and five female) through their status as host if they meet eligibility requirements. ^[17] So far they have athletes for six of ten events (big air and slopestyle are grouped as one for qualifying). ^[18]

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Italy qualified 25 male and 23 female competitors in hockey, for a total of 48 athletes. ^[19]

Summary

Key:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage					Qualification playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy men's	Men's tournament				—N/a
Italy women's	Women's tournament						—N/a

Men's tournament

Main articles: Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament and Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Italy men's national ice hockey team qualified a team of 25 players as host. ^[20]

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible quarterfinals based on ranking
3	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs
4	Italy (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 11 February 2026. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers
(H) Host

11 February 2026 (2026-02-11) 21:10 v

Sweden

v

Italy

PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan

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13 February 2026 (2026-02-13) 12:10 v

Italy

v

Slovakia

Fiera Milano, Milan

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14 February 2026 (2026-02-14) 16:40 v

Finland

v

Italy

PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan

Women's tournament

Main articles: Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament and Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

Italy women's national ice hockey team as host. ^[21]

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Italy (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 5 February 2026. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers
(H) Host

5 February 2026 (2026-02-05) 14:40 v

Italy

v

France

PalaItalia, Milan

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7 February 2026 (2026-02-07) 14:40 v

Sweden

v

Italy

PalaItalia, Milan

---

9 February 2026 (2026-02-09) 12:10 v

Japan

v

Italy

Fiera Milano, Milan

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10 February 2026 (2026-02-10) 16:40 v

Italy

v

Germany

Fiera Milano, Milan

Nordic Combined

Main articles: Nordic combined at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Nordic combined at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Italy has qualified a minimum of one competitor as host. ^[22]

Short-track speed skating

Main articles: Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Italy qualified the maximum team size of ten short-track speed skaters (five per gender) after the conclusion of the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour. ^[23]

Ski Jumping

Main articles: Ski jumping at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Ski jumping at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Italy has qualified a minimum of one male and one female athlete as host. ^[24]

Ski mountaineering

Main articles: Ski mountaineering at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Ski mountaineering at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Italy has qualified one female and one male ski mountaineer through their status as host. ^[25] Following the completion of the 2025 ISMF World Championships, Italy has qualified further one female ski mountaineer. ^{[26] [27]}

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's sprint
	Women's sprint
	Mixed relay	—N/a

Snowboarding

Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Italy can qualify an athlete in each event (four male and four female) through their status as host if they meet eligibility requirements. ^[28] So far they have they have athletes for seven of eight events (big air and slopestyle are grouped as one for qualifying). ^[29]

Speed skating

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Italy qualified fourteen speed skaters (eight men and six women) through performances at the 2025-26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup. ^[30]

See also

• Italy at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

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