Youth Olympic Games Qualification

Curling at the Dolomiti Valtellina 2028 Winter Youth Olympic Games will comprise a mixed doubles competition featuring 16 National Olympic Committees.

Italy qualify for the competition automatically as host. If the Host Country declines its Host Country Place, the quota will be reallocated to the next best ranked National Olympic Committee, regardless of the continent, based on the Youth Olympic Games Ranking.

13 mixed double team quotas will be allocated based on the Ranking List, following the distribution of quotas per qualifying zone below:

• Three highest ranked National Olympic Committees from the Americas
• Four highest ranked National Olympic Committees from the combined area of Asia, Oceania and Africa
• Six highest ranked National Olympic Committees from Europe including the Host Country. If the Host Country does not appear within the six highest ranked National Olympic Committeess from Europe, the five highest ranked from Europe will earn a quota and the sixth quota will be allocated to the Host Country, regardless of their rank

The remaining three quota places will be allocated to the highest ranked National Olympic Committees who have not yet qualified on the Ranking List regardless of qualifying zone.

Should there be any remaining quota places available following this allocation of places, World Curling will allocate the remaining places to the next highest ranking National Olympic Committees not yet qualified on the Ranking List regardless of qualifying zone.

National Federation Representing Great Britain: The three National Federations from Great Britain — England, Scotland and Wales — are all eligible to participate in World Curling championships. However, by an agreement between the Curling Federations of Scotland, England and Wales, only Scotland will be allocated qualifying points for Great Britain.

Points Allocation

The Ranking list is made up of points awarded for finishing with a certain ranking at the World Junior Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in 2026 and 2027. Points are awarded for finishing in the rankings of 1–24 and those who finish ranked 25 or lower receive no points.

The ranking points are earned in the following order: 30, 26, 23, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

The full Dolomiti Valtellina 2028 Winter Youth Olympic Games qualification procedure is available here

	Rank	National Olympic Committee	2026	2027	Youth Olympic Games Qualification Points
Q	1	Italy **	13		Qualified as hosts
	2	Japan	30
	3	Canada	26
	4	Great Britain (Scotland)*	23
	5	Denmark	21
	6	Czechia	20
	7	Germany	19
	8	Republic of Korea	18
	9	Norway	17
	10	Sweden	16
	11	Switzerland	15
	12	People’s Republic of China	14
	13	United States of America	12
	14	Spain	11
	15	Australia	9
	16	Finland	8
	17	Austria	7
	18	Romania	6
	19	Kazakhstan	5
	20	Phillipines	4
	21	New Zealand	3
	22	Poland	2
	23	Hungary	1
	24

* Points for Great Britain are gained by Scotland at World Junior Mixed Doubles Curling Championships.
** Italy as the host of the Dolomiti Valtellina 2028 Winter Youth Olympic Games are guaranteed qualification.
Q = Qualified for the Dolomiti Valtellina 2028 Winter Youth Olympic Games