Olympic Qualification Event 2025

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Overview

This Olympic Qualification Event will feature three competitions: Women’s, Men’s and Mixed Doubles.

The final two places in each event at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will be decided at the Olympic Qualification Event 2025.

In the Women’s and Men’s competition, the National Olympic Committees which ranked 9–13 from the ranking list created from the results at the 2024 and 2025 world championships, along with the top three National Olympic Committees from the Pre-Qualification Event (which will be held in autumn 2025) will compete.

In the Mixed Doubles competition, any National Olympic Committee’s mixed doubles team that qualified for the 2024 or 2025 world championship, but did not yet qualify for the Olympic Winter Games through points earned at these championships or by hosting the Olympic Winter Games, can compete.

If this results in fewer than 16 teams, then the next highest ranked National Olympic Committee from the official Mixed Doubles World Ranking list (as of 1 May 2025) will be invited until all 16 places are filled at the OQE.

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Team

Name

Helen Williams

Position

Fourth

S

Name

Sara Westman

Position

Third

Name

Kristen Tsourlenes

Position

Second

Name

Karen Titheridge

Position

Lead

Name

Michelle Fredericks Armstrong

Position

Alternate

Name

Dean Hewitt

Position

Male

Name

Tahli Gill

Position

Female

Name

Mathias Genner

Position

Male

Name

Verena Pfluegler

Position

Female

Name

Xu Xiaoming

Position

Fourth

S

Name

Fei Xueqing

Position

Third

Name

Li Zhichao

Position

Second

Name

Xu Jingtao

Position

Lead

Name

Wang Zhenhao

Position

Alternate

Name

Yu Sen

Position

Male

Name

Ye Zixuan

Position

Female

Name

Hana Synackova

Position

Fourth

S

Name

Linda Nemcokova

Position

Third

Name

Zuzana Prazakova

Position

Second

Name

Karolina Frederiksen

Position

Lead

Name

Katerina Lerlova

Position

Alternate

Name

Vit Chabicovsky

Position

Male

Name

Julie Zelingrova

Position

Female

Name

Henrik Holtermann

Position

Male

Name

Jasmin Holtermann

Position

Female

Name

Liisa Turmann

Position

Fourth

Name

Kerli Laidsalu

Position

Third

S

Name

Erika Tuvike

Position

Second

Name

Heili Grossmann

Position

Lead

Name

Karoliine Kaare

Position

Alternate

Name

Markus Sipila

Position

Male

Name

Lotta Immonen

Position

Female

Name

Wilfrid Coulot

Position

Male

Name

Stephanie Barbarin

Position

Female

Name

Kim Sutor

Position

Fourth

Name

Emira Abbes

Position

Third

Name

Zoe Antes

Position

Second

Name

Sara Messenzehl

Position

Lead

S

Name

Joy Sutor

Position

Alternate

Name

Joshua Sutor

Position

Male

Name

Pia-Lisa Schoell

Position

Female

Name

Karasz Raul

Position

Male

Name

Joo Linda

Position

Female

Name

Yoshimura Sayaka

Position

Fourth

S

Name

Onodera Kaho

Position

Third

Name

Kotani Yuna

Position

Second

Name

Ohmiya Anna

Position

Lead

Name

Kobayashi Mina

Position

Alternate

Name

Yanagisawa Riku

Position

Fourth

Name

Yamaguchi Tsuyoshi

Position

Third

S

Name

Yamamoto Takeru

Position

Third

Name

Koizumi Satoshi

Position

Lead

Name

Usui Shingo

Position

Alternate

Name

Aoki Go

Position

Male

Name

Koana Tori

Position

Female

Name

Kim Soo-Hyuk

Position

Fourth

S

Name

Kim Changmin

Position

Third

Name

Yoo Minhyeon

Position

Second

Name

Kim Hak Kyun

Position

Lead

Name

Jeon Jae Ik

Position

Alternate

Name

Jeong Yeongseok

Position

Male

Name

Kim Seon-Yeong

Position

Female

Name

Roberts Reinis Buncis

Position

Male

Name

Katrina Gaidule

Position

Female

Name

Wouter Goesgens

Position

Fourth

S

Name

Laurens Hoekman

Position

Third

Name

Jaap Van Dorp

Position

Second

Name

Tobias Van Den Hurk

Position

Lead

Name

Alexander Magan

Position

Alternate

Name

Wouter Goesgens

Position

Male

Name

Lisenka Bomas

Position

Female

Name

Anton Hood

Position

Fourth

S

Name

Hunter Walker

Position

Third

Name

Ben Smith

Position

Second

Name

Brett Sargon

Position

Lead

Name

Jared Palanuik

Position

Alternate

Name

Anton Hood

Position

Male

Name

Courtney Smith

Position

Female

Name

Kristin Skaslien

Position

Fourth

Name

Marianne Roervik

Position

Third

S

Name

Mille Haslev Nordbye

Position

Second

Name

Ingeborg Forbregd

Position

Alternate

Name

Marc Pfister

Position

Fourth

S

Name

Christian Haller

Position

Third

Name

Enrico Pfister

Position

Second

Name

Brayden Carpenter

Position

Lead

Name

Alan Frei

Position

Alternate

Name

Konrad Stych

Position

Fourth

S

Name

Krzysztof Domin

Position

Third

Name

Marcin Cieminski

Position

Second

Name

Bartosz Lobaza

Position

Lead

Name

Maksym Grzelka

Position

Alternate

Name

Mikel Unanue

Position

Male

Name

Oihane Otaegi

Position

Female

Name

Dilsat Yildiz

Position

Fourth

S

Name

Oznur Polat

Position

Third

Name

Iclal Karaman

Position

Second

Name

Berfin Sengul

Position

Lead

Name

Ifayet Safak Calikusu

Position

Alternate

Name

Bilal Omer Cakir

Position

Male

Name

Berfin Sengul

Position

Female

Name

Tabitha Peterson

Position

Fourth

S

Name

Cory Thiesse

Position

Third

Name

Tara Peterson

Position

Second

Name

Taylor Anderson-Heide

Position

Lead

Name

Aileen Geving

Position

Alternate

Name

Daniel Casper

Position

Fourth

S

Name

Luc Violette

Position

Third

Name

Ben Richardson

Position

Second

Name

Aidan Oldenburg

Position

Lead

Name

Rich Ruohonen

Position

Alternate

Schedule

19:00 (Women)

NOR
GER
JPN
USA
TUR
EST
AUS
CZE

09:00 (Men)

JPN
USA
CHN
NED
KOR
POL
PHI
NZL

14:00 (Women)

EST
AUS
TUR
CZE
USA
NOR
JPN
GER

19:00 (Men)

POL
PHI
KOR
NZL
NED
JPN
CHN
USA

09:00 (Women)

CZE
USA
AUS
JPN
GER
TUR
NOR
EST

14:00 (Men)

NZL
NED
PHI
CHN
USA
KOR
JPN
POL

19:00 (Women)

TUR
NOR
EST
GER
JPN
CZE
USA
AUS

09:00 (Men)

KOR
JPN
POL
USA
CHN
NZL
NED
PHI

14:00 (Women)

GER
CZE
NOR
AUS
EST
USA
TUR
JPN

19:00 (Men)

USA
NZL
JPN
PHI
POL
NED
KOR
CHN

09:00 (Women)

JPN
EST
USA
TUR
AUS
GER
CZE
NOR

14:00 (Men)

CHN
POL
NED
KOR
PHI
USA
NZL
JPN

19:00 (Women)

AUS
TUR
CZE
EST
NOR
JPN
GER
USA

09:00 (Men)

PHI
KOR
NZL
POL
JPN
CHN
USA
NED

14:00 (Women Qualification)

NOR
JPN

19:00 (Men Qualification)

CHN
USA

10:00 (Women Qualification)

NOR
USA

15:00 (Men Qualification)

CHN
JPN

15:30

GER
LAT
FIN
TUR
JPN
KOR
AUT
CZE

19:30

ESP
NZL
DEN
NED
FRA
AUS
HUN
CHN

10:00

KOR
AUT
JPN
CZE
TUR
GER
FIN
LAT

14:00

AUS
HUN
FRA
CHN
NED
ESP
DEN
NZL

18:00

CZE
TUR
AUT
FIN
LAT
JPN
GER
KOR

10:00

CHN
NED
HUN
DEN
NZL
FRA
ESP
AUS

14:00

JPN
GER
KOR
LAT
FIN
CZE
TUR
AUT

18:00

FRA
ESP
AUS
NZL
DEN
CHN
NED
HUN

10:00

LAT
CZE
GER
AUT
KOR
TUR
JPN
FIN

14:00

NZL
CHN
ESP
HUN
AUS
NED
FRA
DEN

18:00

FIN
KOR
TUR
JPN
AUT
LAT
CZE
GER

10:00

DEN
AUS
NED
FRA
HUN
NZL
CHN
ESP

14:00

AUT
JPN
CZE
KOR
GER
FIN
LAT
TUR

18:00

HUN
FRA
CHN
AUS
ESP
DEN
NZL
NED

10:00 (Qualification)

CZE
AUS
KOR
CHN

17:00 (Qualification)

KOR
AUS

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