Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's curling
at the XXV Olympic Winter Games
VenueStadio olimpico del ghiaccio
Dates12–22 February

The women's curling tournament of the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held at the Cortina Olympic Stadium in Cortina D’Ampezzo from 12 to 22 February 2026.[1]

Ten nations will competed in a round robin preliminary round, and the top four nations at the conclusion of the round robin will qualify for the medal round.[2]

Competition schedule

RR Round robin SF Semifinals B 3rd place play-off F Final
Date
Event
Thu 12 Fri 13 Sat 14 Sun 15 Mon 16 Tue 17 Wed 18 Thu 19 Fri 20 Sat 21 Sun 22
Women's Tournament RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR SF B F

Qualification

The top seven nations based on combined rankings at the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship and 2025 World Women's Curling Championship qualified along with hosts Italy. The final two teams qualified through the 2025 Olympic Qualification Event.

Means of qualification Dates Location Quotas Qualified
Host nation 1  Italy
Qualification points at the 2024 & 2025 World Championships 16–24 March 2024 Canada Sydney, Canada 7  Canada
 Switzerland
 South Korea
 Sweden
 Denmark
 Great Britain
 China
15-23 March 2025 South Korea Uijeongbu, South Korea
Olympic Qualification Event 6–13 December 2025 Canada Kelowna, Canada 2
Total 10

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

 Canada  China  Denmark  Great Britain  Italy
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CSO Curling Club, Beijing
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Curl Aberdeen, Aberdeen TBD
 South Korea  Sweden  Switzerland TBD TBD
Uijeongbu CC, Uijeongbu
Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg CC Aarau, Aarau
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References

  1. ^ "Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic curling schedules confirmed". WorldCurling. World Curling.
  2. ^ "Olympic Qualifications". WorldCurling. World Curling.