2025 Olympic Qualification Event – Curling

2025 Olympic Qualification Event
2025 Olympic Qualification Event
Host city	Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Arena	Kelowna Curling Club
Dates	December 5–18
Men's qualifiers	United States; China
Women's qualifiers	Japan; United States
Mixed doubles qualifiers	Czech Republic; South Korea
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The Olympic Qualification Event is an international curling tournament that was held from December 5–18, 2025 at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.^[1] This Olympic Qualification Event will feature three competitions: Women’s, Men’s and Mixed Doubles to determine the final two places for National Olympic Committees (NOCs) in each event at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.^[1]

Host cityKelowna, British Columbia, Canada

ArenaKelowna Curling Club

DatesDecember 5–18

Men's qualifiers

United States

China

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In the Women’s and Men’s competition, the NOCs which ranked 9–13 from the ranking list created from the results at the 2024 and 2025 world championships, along with the top three NOCs from the Pre-Qualification Event will compete.^[1] In the Mixed Doubles competition, any NOC mixed doubles team that qualified for the 2024 and 2025 world championship, but did not yet qualify for the Olympic Winter Games, as well as the next highest ranked NOCs from the official Mixed Doubles World Ranking list (as of 1 May 2025) were invited until all 16 places are filled at the OQE.^[1]

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Means of qualification^[2]	Vacancies	Qualified
2024 & 2025 World Men's Curling Championship	5	United States China Japan Netherlands South Korea
2025 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event	3	Philippines Poland New Zealand
TOTAL	8

China	Japan	Netherlands	New Zealand
Skip: Xu Xiaoming Third: Fei Xueqing Second: Li Zhichao Lead: Xu Jingtao Alternate: Wang Zhenhao	Fourth: Riku Yanagisawa Skip: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Takeru Yamamoto Lead: Satoshi Koizumi Alternate: Shingo Usui	Skip: Wouter Gösgens Third: Laurens Hoekman Second: Jaap van Dorp Lead: Tobias van den Hurk Alternate: Alexander Magan	Skip: Anton Hood Third: Hunter Walker Second: Ben Smith Lead: Brett Sargon Alternate: Jared Palanuik
Philippines	Poland	South Korea	United States
Skip: Marc Pfister Third: Christian Haller Second: Enrico Pfister Lead: Brayden Carpenter Alternate: Alan Frei	Skip: Konrad Stych Third: Krzysztof Domin Second: Marcin Ciemiński Lead: Bartosz Łobaza Alternate: Maksym Grzelka	Skip: Kim Soo-hyuk Third: Kim Chang-min Second: Yoo Min-hyeon Lead: Kim Hak-kyun Alternate: Jeon Jae-ik	Skip: Daniel Casper Third: Luc Violette Second: Ben Richardson Lead: Aidan Oldenburg Alternate: Rich Ruohonen

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
China	Xu Xiaoming	6	1	1–0	34.608
United States	Daniel Casper	6	1	0–1	21.792
Japan	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	5	2	–	19.742
South Korea	Kim Soo-hyuk	3	4	2–0	28.825
Netherlands	Wouter Gösgens	3	4	1–1	20.258
Philippines	Marc Pfister	3	4	0–2	24.017
New Zealand	Anton Hood	2	5	–	50.158
Poland	Konrad Stych	0	7	–	38.175

Pos.	Country									Record
1	China	—	6–9	8–6	7–2	5–2	7–0	9–3	9–8	6–1
3	Japan	9–6	—	7–5	7–3	7–9	10–7	8–5	2–5	5–2
5	Netherlands	6–8	5–7	—	7–4	10–4	9–2	7–9	3–7	3–4
7	New Zealand	2–7	3–7	4–7	—	2–6	10–8	7–6	5–6	2–5
6	Philippines	2–5	9–7	4–10	6–2	—	9–3	5–10	3–9	3–4
8	Poland	0–7	7–10	2–9	8–10	3–9	—	5–7	4–7	0–7
4	South Korea	3–9	5–8	9–7	6–7	10–5	7–5	—	5–7	3–4
2	United States	8–9	5–2	7–3	6–5	9–3	7–4	7–5	—	6–1

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yamaguchi) 🔨	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
United States (Casper)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	8
Netherlands (Gösgens) 🔨	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	7
Poland (Stych) 🔨	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Philippines (Pfister) 🔨	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	X	6
New Zealand (Hood)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Stych) 🔨	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Philippines (Pfister)	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	3	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim) 🔨	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	6
New Zealand (Hood)	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (Gösgens)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	5
Japan (Yamaguchi) 🔨	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	9
United States (Casper) 🔨	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	8

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Hood)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4
Netherlands (Gösgens) 🔨	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Philippines (Pfister)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	2
China (Xu) 🔨	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yamaguchi) 🔨	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	2	10
Poland (Stych)	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim) 🔨	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	5
Japan (Yamaguchi)	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	2	0	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Stych)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4
United States (Casper) 🔨	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Philippines (Pfister) 🔨	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	3
United States (Casper)	1	3	0	3	0	2	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Philippines (Pfister)	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	X	5
South Korea (Kim) 🔨	3	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	X	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Hood) 🔨	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	10
Poland (Stych)	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	8


Qualification Game 1			Qualification Game 2			Qualified



1	China	4				United States

2	United States	9				China

			1	China	9

			3	Japan	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu) 🔨	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
United States (Casper)	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	X	9

Player percentages
China		United States
Xu Jingtao	94%	Aidan Oldenburg	94%
Li Zhichao	85%	Ben Richardson	93%
Fei Xueqing	71%	Luc Violette	81%
Xu Xiaoming	63%	Daniel Casper	83%
Total	78%	Total	88%

Means of qualification^[2]	Vacancies	Qualified
2024 & 2025 World Women's Curling Championship	5	Norway United States Japan Turkey Estonia
2025 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event	3	Czech Republic Germany Australia
TOTAL	8

Australia	Czech Republic	Estonia	Germany
Skip: Helen Williams Third: Sara Westman Second: Kristen Tsourlenes Lead: Karen Titheridge Alternate: Michelle Fredericks-Armstrong	Skip: Hana Synáčková Third: Linda Nemčoková Second: Zuzana Pražáková Lead: Karolína Frederiksen Alternate: Lenka Vokounová	Fourth: Liisa Turmann Skip: Kerli Laidsalu Second: Erika Tuvike Lead: Heili Grossmann Alternate: Karoline Kaare	Fourth: Kim Sutor Third: Emira Abbes Second: Zoé Antes Skip: Sara Messenzehl Alternate: Joy Sutor
Japan	Norway	Turkey	United States
Skip: Sayaka Yoshimura Third: Kaho Onodera Second: Yuna Kotani Lead: Anna Ohmiya Alternate: Mina Kobayashi	Fourth: Kristin Skaslien Skip: Marianne Rørvik Second: Mille Haslev Nordbye Lead: Eilin Kjærland Alternate: Ingeborg Forbregd	Skip: Dilşat Yıldız Third: Öznur Polat Second: İclal Karaman Lead: Berfin Şengül Alternate: İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu	Skip: Tabitha Peterson Third: Cory Thiesse Second: Tara Peterson Lead: Taylor Anderson-Heide Alternate: Aileen Geving

Qualification

Teams

Round robin standings

Round robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Playoffs

Qualification Game 1

Qualification Game 2

Player percentages

Qualification

Teams

Round robin standings

Round robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Playoffs

Qualification Game 1

Qualification Game 2

Player percentages

Qualification

World Ranking

Teams

Round robin standings

Round robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Draw 10

Draw 11

Draw 12

Draw 13

Draw 14

Playoffs

Qualification Round 1

Qualification Round 2

Player percentages

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Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
Norway	Marianne Rørvik	6	1	1–0	31.833
Japan	Sayaka Yoshimura	6	1	0–1	17.700
United States	Tabitha Peterson	5	2	–	43.250
Germany	Sara Messenzehl	4	3	–	32.125
Turkey	Dilşat Yıldız	3	4	–	46.308
Estonia	Kerli Laidsalu	2	5	–	39.175
Australia	Helen Williams	1	6	1–0	29.350
Czech Republic	Hana Synáčková	1	6	0–1	46.308

Pos.	Country									Record
7	Australia	—	8–5	4–12	4–8	5–7	5–12	7–8	4–10	1–6
8	Czech Republic	5–8	—	4–7	4–9	3–10	5–6	5–8	9–7	1–6
6	Estonia	12–4	7–4	—	3–10	2–9	8–9	7–8	6–8	2–5
4	Germany	8–4	9–4	10–3	—	6–8	3–6	8–4	5–9	4–3
2	Japan	7–5	10–3	9–2	8–6	—	9–10	10–5	8–4	6–1
1	Norway	12–5	6–5	9–8	6–3	10–9	—	6–4	7–8	6–1
5	Turkey	8–7	8–5	8–7	4–8	5–10	4–6	—	4–10	3–4
3	United States	10–4	7–9	8–6	9–5	4–8	8–7	10–4	—	5–2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Rørvik)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	6
Germany (Messenzehl) 🔨	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yoshimura) 🔨	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	8
United States (Peterson)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Turkey (Yıldız)	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	8
Estonia (Laidsalu) 🔨	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Williams) 🔨	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	8
Czech Republic (Synáčková)	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Estonia (Laidsalu)	0	0	4	4	0	0	1	3	X	X	12
Australia (Williams) 🔨	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Turkey (Yıldız)	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	8
Czech Republic (Synáčková) 🔨	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Peterson)	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	8
Norway (Rørvik) 🔨	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yoshimura)	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	8
Germany (Messenzehl) 🔨	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	6