United States Steel Pan Continental Curling Championships 2025 to begin in Minnesota

World Curling championship action returns to the United States for the first time since 2022 when the United States Steel Pan Continental Curling Championships 2025 gets underway on Sunday 19 October in Minnesota.

The men’s and women’s A-Division teams will play at the Iron Trail Motors Event Center in Virginia from Monday 20 October until Sunday 26 October, while the B-Division competition will be staged at Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, beginning on Sunday 19 October and end on Sunday 26 October. Virgina and Eveleth are adjacent cities located in the Mesabi Iron Range in the northeast of Minnesota.

The Pan Continental Curling Championships A-Division is a qualifier for the World Championships. Among the women’s teams, the top five placed teams from this competition will join hosts Canada in the line-up for the BKT World Women’s Curling Championship in Calgary, Alberta from 14–22 March 2026.

Among the men’s teams, the top four placed teams from this competition will join hosts United States in the line-up for the LGT World Men’s Curling Championship, in Ogden City, Utah, from 27 March – 4 April 2026.

This is the fourth edition of the Pan Continental Curling Championships and the first to be staged outside of Canada. The European nations have their own world qualification event — the Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2025 — which will take place in Lohja, Finland from 22-29 November.

This will be the final Pan Continental Curling Championships following the recent news of the competition format changes from the 2026–2027 season.

Team Canada, Rachel Homan © World Curling / Anil Mungal

A-Division

Teams

The women’s teams are: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand and United States

Among these:

Australia: skipped by Helen Williams, this team won last season’s B-Division event to gain promotion
Canada: skipped by Rachel Homan, this team are current World Champions and won last year’s Pan Continental Curling Championship
China: skipped by Wang Rui, this team took bronze at last season’s Pan Continental Curling Championship and bronze at last season’s World Championship
Japan: skipped by Fujisawa Satsuki, this team are current Olympic silver medallists and won the first Pan Continental Curling Championship in 2022
Korea: skipped by Gim Eunji, this team took silver at last year’s Pan Continental Curling Championship
Mexico: skipped by Adriana Camarena, this team have competed in the last two editions of the competition, finishing in seventh place on both occasions
New Zealand: skipped by Bridget Becker for the first time in this championship, after playing in different line-ups in 2022 and 2023
United States: skipped by Tabitha Peterson, this team, with a slightly revised line-up, secured bronze at the Pan Continental Curling Championship 2023

The men’s teams competing are: Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Philippines and United States.

Among these:

Australia: skipped by Hugh Millikin — who plays lead stones — this team, featuring a slightly revised line-up, finished sixth at least year’s Pan Continental Curling Championship
Canada: skipped by 2014 Olympic Champion Brad Jacobs, are current World Championship bronze medallists
China: skipped by Xu Xiaoming, are defending Pan Continental Champions, with two changes in the line-up this year
Japan: skipped by Yamaguchi Tsuyoshi, who plays third stones, has a slightly different line-up after winning bronze at the Pan Continental Curling Championship 2023
Korea: skipped by Kim Soo-Hyuk, this is the first appearance for this lineup
New Zealand: skipped by Sean Becker, this is also a new lineup at this level. Including women’s skip Bridget, there are four members of the Becker family representing New Zealand
Philippines: skipped by Marc Pfister, this team gained promotion from last year’s B-Division
United States: skipped by 2018 Olympic Champion John Shuster, this team won bronze medals at last year’s Pan Continental Curling Championship

B-Division

Teams

The women’s B-Division will feature seven teams: Brazil, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong China, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Puerto Rico and Thailand.

The men’s B-Division will see eleven teams compete: Brazil, Chinese Taipei, Guyana, Hong Kong China, India, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia and Thailand.

Playing Format

Round-robin action starts for the A-Division on Monday 20 October with the first men’s games at 19:00. This will continue until Saturday 25 October, when the women’s teams will play their final round robin games at 09:00.

The semi-finals will follow this morning session, with the men’s taking place at 14:00 and the women’s at 19:00.

Sunday 26 October will feature the medal games, with both bronze medal games taking place at 08:30, followed by the men’s gold medal game at 12:30 and the women’s at 16:30.

The men’s and women’s B-Division round robin gets underway on Sunday 19 October. B-Division play-offs and medal games will take place on Saturday 25 October and Sunday 26 October respectively.