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25 September 2026

26 teams to compete for World Mixed Doubles qualification in Colorado, United States

The first event of the 2026–2027 World Curling season will start in October when 26 teams travel to Colorado, United States for the World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event from 2–8 October 2026.

This event will allow teams to qualify for the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2027, which will be held in Lohja, Finland in January.

Teams will compete in three round-robin groups. The top two teams in each group, plus the two third-placed teams with the best teams with the best Draw Shot Challenge (DSC) score, will advance to the quarter-finals and be seeded 1–8.

The quarter-final winners will advance to the semi-finals. The semi-final winners will compete for gold and qualify their Member Associations for the next World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship (WMDCC), while the semi-final losers will meet in the Bronze Medal game. The bronze winner will also qualify for the WMDCC.

Group A

  • Austria – Hannah Augustin and Martin Reichel
  • Hong Kong China – Ling-Yue Hung and Jason Chang
  • India – Richa Patel and Sudheer Reddy
  • Nigeria – Jasmin Hashi and Harold Woods
  • Pakistan – Sabena Islam and Kaamraan Islam
  • Philippines – Kyra Manayan and Alexei Dela Pena
  • Poland – Klaudia Wajda and Konrad Stych
  • Slovakia – Paulina Hajduk and Jan Horacek
  • United States – Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin

Group B

  • Belgium – Annemiek Huiskamp and Pim Van Vlaenderen
  • France – Stephanie Barbarin and Wilfrid Coulot
  • Ireland – Emily Whelan and Kyle Paradis
  • Mexico – Danielle Serra and Diego Tompkins
  • Portugal – Arlete Rodrigues and Benjamin Silva
  • Puerto Rico – Linda Crank and Robert Fisher
  • Chinese Taipei – Amanda Chou and Brendon Liu
  • Türkiye – Melisa Comert and Selahattin Eser

Kazakhstan were late withdrawers from the competition and will not be replaced.

Group C

  • Brazil – Elen Naomi Sumi and Sergio Mitsuo Vilela
  • England – Marianna Ward and Matthew Waring
  • Spain – Paula Olivan Salvador and Mikel Unanue
  • Guyana – Farzana Hussain and Rayad Husain
  • Kenya – Mary Kinyua and Walter Wanjala
  • Latvia – Katrina Gaidule and Roberts Reinis Buncis
  • Romania – Crina Banghi and Allen Coliban
  • Slovenia – Ema Kavcic and Stefan Sever
  • Ukraine – Oleksandra Kononenko and Yaroslav Shchur

Based on their results at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2026, the following Member Associations have already qualified for the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2027: Finland (hosts), Australia, Sweden, Canada, Italy, Japan, Scotland, Estonia, Switzerland, Norway, Korea, Czechia, China, Netherlands, Germany, Hungary and New Zealand.

Round-robin play will begin on Friday 2 October at 09:00 and continue until the morning of Wednesday 7 October. The quarter-finals will be played at 16:00 on Wednesday 7 October.

The semi-finals and the medal games will be played the next day, on Thursday 8 October, at 10:00 and 15:00 respectively.

Find the full schedule and follow live scores here.

All times are Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) which is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) minus six hours.

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