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Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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Men's curling
at the XXV Olympic Winter Games
VenueStadio olimpico del ghiaccio
Dates11–21 February
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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

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RR Round robin SF Semifinals B 3rd place play-off F Final
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Wed 11 Thu 12 Fri 13 Sat 14 Sun 15 Mon 16 Tue 17 Wed 18 Thu 19 Fri 20 Sat 21
Men's Tournament RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR SF B F

Qualification

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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 qualification Dates Location Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1  Italy
Qualification points at the 2024 & 2025 World Championships 30 March–7 April 2024 Switzerland Schaffhausen, Switzerland 7  Great Britain
 Canada
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Germany
 Norway
 Czech Republic
29 March-6 April 2025 Canada Moose Jaw, Canada
Olympic Qualification Event 6–13 December 2025 Canada Kelowna, Canada 2
Total 10

Teams

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The teams are listed as follows:

 Canada  Czech Republic  Germany  Great Britain  Italy
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CC Zbraslav & CC Dion, Prague CC Füssen, Füssen Curl Edinburgh, Edinburgh
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 Norway  Sweden  Switzerland TBD TBD
Trondheim CK, Trondheim Karlstad CK, Karlstad CC Genève, Geneva
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References

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