World Curling Team Rankings

The World Curling Team Ranking System (WCTRS) is the official ranking process for competitive curling events around the world. The WCTRS points model will determine the points awarded for all events using a combination of size, strength of field and relative importance of large events if necessary.

These rankings include the results from World Championships, National Championships, Grand Slam of Curling events, and all Tour events and other registered International and National competitions.

New for 2026–2027

The World Curling Team Ranking System is expanding with three new competition series rankings for Men’s and Women’s teams from the 2026–2027 season.

Alongside the overall World Team Ranking, teams will now be ranked within each series, giving teams, fans and event organisers deeper insight into the competitive landscape.

For more information on how events are placed into each category, click here.

Approved Changes to the WCTRS for the 2026-2027 season can be found here.

Event Host Information

The World Team Ranking List is managed on behalf of World Curling by CurlingZone. If you want your event to be included on the WCTRS list, please submit details to World Curling or CurlingZone by 15 October in the season in which the event is being played.

For further information and guidelines for hosting a WCTRS points eligible event, click here.

Team Registration

All teams are registered automatically for the World Curling Team Ranking list when they compete in an eligible event. However, to ensure that your correct line-up is registered, please register your team through the centralised system created by CurlingZone.

Team Eligibility – Men’s and Women’s

For a four-player team to count WCTRS points toward their yearly total, they must have at least three of four registered players on the ice at all times during the event.

For a five-player team to count WCTRS points toward their yearly total, they cannot use any other replacement players outside of the five registered team members.

This means during every end of every game
The duty rests on the team to indicate when they are not eligible
Teams found in violation will lose all points for the event in question and be subject to a potential penalty of three times the scaled SFM value (i.e. if the scaled SFM value was 3.0 the penalty would be 9.0 points)

To provide teams wishing to create a five-player team greater flexibility to award end of year points, teams will be allowed to mutually declare their breakdown based on their on-ice realities and team formations. Five-player teams have until 1 April of the current season to declare their end of year point allocation.

Teams may apply for an exemption to these rules for medical or Maternity/Paternity leave exemptions, which should be requested prior to any competition where a change will be needed.

If player(s) are selected to represent their Member Association at a World Curling sanctioned championship, the team will be eligible for special exemption to replace the player(s) without penalty.

To request an exemption, email [email protected]

For more information on Team Eligibility and Point Allocation Options, click here.

Team Eligibility – Mixed doubles

For Mixed Doubles teams to count WCTRS points toward their yearly total, both team members must play in every end of every game at the event to remain eligible. Should a team require an alternate during an event they will have two options:

Option 1: Forfeit the game and remain eligible to collect ranking points
Option 2: Use a replacement player, the team is ineligible to receive points for that event

Tie-Breakers Within the Rankings

Note that there are no ties or effective ties.

If teams are tied at any point in the rankings, ties will be broken as follows:

If one team has a lower number of counting events than the team they are tied with, the team with less events will be ranked higher.
- Example – Team A has 140 points in seven events and Team B has 140 points in eight events; Team A is ranked higher than Team B.
If a tie cannot be determined by point one, each team will remove their lowest counting point total and totals will be recalculated until the tie is broken:
- Example – Team A has 140 points in eight events with their lowest counting event being a “10”. Team B has 140 points in eight events with their lowest counting event being a “5”.
- Team A removes their “10” and now has 130 points in seven events. Team B removes their “5” and now has 135 points in seven events. Team B is now ranked higher than Team A.

Challenges

Challenges for registered teams or point allocations must be made within seven days of the posting of an event result and submitted to the following email address:

Rob Gordon, Athlete Support Officer: [email protected]

World Curling Team Rankings

New for 2026–2027

Event Host Information

Team Registration

Team Eligibility – Men’s and Women’s

Team Eligibility – Mixed doubles

Tie-Breakers Within the Rankings

Challenges

Calculations

Ranking Lists

Event Lists

Starting Points

Event Champions

Official Partners