7 June 2024
World Curling begins search for Olympic season event hosts
World Curling is now taking bids for the events in the 2025–2026 season.
The event calendar during an Olympic and Paralympic season is different to a regular season, with two additional events added to the calendar — the Pre-Olympic Qualification Event and the Olympic Qualification Event that will award the final places for the Mixed Doubles, Women’s and Men’s events at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.
With the addition of these two events into the calendar, the World Curling Board have made the decision to not hold the World Mixed Curling Championship in this season. It will return to the event calendar in the 2026–2027 season.
As with previous cycles, during the Paralympic season the wheelchair curling world championships do not occur. They will all return to the event calendar in the 2026–2027 season.
World Curling are looking for bids for the following events:
- Pre-Olympic Qualification Event 2025 (Women and Men) — 17–24 October 2025
- Pan Continental Curling Championships 2025 (A and B-Divisions) — 2–8 November 2025
- Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2025 (A and B-Divisions) — 22–29 November 2025
- World Junior-B Curling Championships 2025 — 8–19 December 2025
- Olympic Qualification Event 2025 (Women and Men) — 6–13 December 2025
- Olympic Qualification Event 2025 (Mixed Doubles) — 15–20 December 2025
- World Junior Curling Championships 2026 — 21-28 February 2026
- World Men’s Curling Championship 2026 — 28 March – 5 April 2026
- World Junior Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2026 — April/May 2026 (dates to be decided)
- World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2026 — 18–25 April 2026
- World Senior Curling Championships 2026 — 18–25 April 2026
- European C-Division Curling Championships 2026 — 25 April – 2 May
The bidding guidelines are available for download here.
For all notes of interest, details of your bid or to request further information, please contact Secretary General Colin Grahamslaw ([email protected]) and Head of Competitions Eeva Roethlisberger ([email protected]) by 30 June 2024.
Bid details must include the name and information of the proposed venue, details of the local organising committee, information regarding hotels expected to be used including distances from the venue, and information about local airports.
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