Wheelchair curling to begin at Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games

After an unforgettable nineteen days of competition during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, the curling spotlight remains on the iconic Cortina Olympic Curling Stadium for wheelchair curling at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, which will take place from 4–14 March.

Wheelchair curling was introduced onto the Paralympic programme at the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games, making this a fifth edition for the mixed team event. However, this will be a debut for the new discipline of mixed doubles.

Teams

Qualification for this event depended on combined performances at the world championships of 2023, 2024, and 2025. Italy qualify automatically as hosts, and the remaining top nine National Paralympic Committees (NPC) from this process will take part in the mixed team event. In the mixed doubles event, the top seven NPCs, plus Italy, will compete.

Find the full Paralympic qualification process here.

USA’s Stephen Emt at the World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Chamionship 2025 © World Curling / Ansis Ventins

The NPCs in the mixed doubles event are (in ranking order): Italy (hosts), Republic of Korea, United States of America, People’s Republic of China, Japan, Latvia, Great Britain (points earned by Scotland) and Estonia.

The NPCs competing in the mixed team event are (in ranking order): Italy (hosts), People’s Republic of China, Canada, Republic of Korea, Norway, Sweden, Great Britain (points earned by Scotland), Slovakia, United States of America and Latvia.

Team China at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2025 © World Curling / Ansis Ventins

Find all participating mixed doubles teams here.

Find all participating mixed teams here.

Playing schedules

The mixed doubles event will begin first, with seven sessions of round-robin play starting on Wednesday 4 March, and will conclude on Monday 9 March. After that, semi-finals will take place on Tuesday 10 March and medal games on Wednesday 11 March.

Italy’s Egidio Marchese at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2025 © World Curling / Ansis Ventins

Find the full mixed doubles schedule here.

The mixed team round robin gets underway on Saturday 7 March, with twelve sessions scheduled to conclude on Thursday 12 March. After this, semi-finals and the bronze medal game will take place on Friday 13 March, with the gold medal final on Saturday 14 March.

Find the full mixed team schedule here.

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