2025 Curling Pre-Olympic Qualification Event
Qualifier for 2026 Winter Olympics
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The Pre-Olympic Qualification Event in curling was held from October 7–11, 2025, in Aberdeen, Scotland. This event served as the last chance for National Olympic Committees to qualify for the Olympic Qualification Event. To be eligible for the Pre-Olympic Qualification Event, a nation must have qualified for either the 2024 or 2025 World Men's or Women's Championships, or have qualified in the A-Division of the 2024 or 2025 European Curling Championship or Pan Continental Curling Championships.[1] Unlike in the previous Olympic cycle in 2021, no Pre-Olympic Qualification Event is being held for Mixed Doubles.
Philippines
Poland
New Zealand
Czech Republic
Germany
Australia| 2025 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event | |
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| Host city | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Dates | October 7–11, 2025 |
| Men's qualifiers | Philippines Poland New Zealand |
| Women's qualifiers | Czech Republic Germany Australia |
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In the men's competition, the three qualifiers were the Philippines, Poland, and New Zealand, while in the women's competition, Czech Republic, Germany, and Australia qualified for the Olympic Qualification Event.[2]
Men
Qualification
| Means of qualification | Vacancies | Qualified[3] |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 or 2025 World Men's Curling Championship | 2 |  Austria New Zealand |
| 2024 or 2025 Pan Continental Curling Championship | 3 | Australia Chinese Taipei Philippines |
| 2024 or 2025 European Curling Championship | 2 |  Denmark Poland |
| TOTAL | 7 |
Teams
The teams are as follows:[3]
| Australia[4] |
Austria[5] |
Chinese Taipei[6] |
Denmark[7] |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fourth: Tanner Davis |
Skip: Mathias Genner |
Skip: Lin Ting-li |
Fourth: Jonathan Vilandt |
| New Zealand[8] |
Philippines[9] |
Poland[10] |
|
|
Skip: Anton Hood |
Skip: Marc Pfister |
Skip: Konrad Stych |
Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Qualified for the OQE via Round Robin | |
| Teams to Playoffs | |
| Country | Skip | W | L | W–L | DSC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | Marc Pfister | 6 | 0 | – | 27.780 |
| New Zealand | Anton Hood | 5 | 1 | – | 23.900 |
| Poland | Konrad Stych | 4 | 2 | – | 82.030 |
| Denmark | Jacob Schmidt | 3 | 3 | – | 44.210 |
| Austria | Mathias Genner | 2 | 4 | – | 38.130 |
| Australia | Hugh Millikin | 1 | 5 | – | 92.550 |
| Chinese Taipei | Lin Ting-li | 0 | 6 | – | 111.970 |
| Pos. | Country |  |
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Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Australia |
— | 7–11 | 6–4 | 5–12 | 1–8 | 2–11 | 3–8 | 1–5 |
| 5 | Austria |
11–7 | — | 10–3 | 5–9 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 2–4 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei |
4–6 | 3–10 | — | 0–10 | 3–10 | 0–10 | 3–12 | 0–6 |
| 4 | Denmark |
12–5 | 9–5 | 10–0 | — | 4–11 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 3–3 |
| 2 | New Zealand |
8–1 | 8–5 | 10–3 | 11–4 | — | 5–6 | 9–8 | 4–1 |
| 1 | Philippines |
11–2 | 9–4 | 10–0 | 7–4 | 6–5 | — | 7–2 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Poland |
8–3 | 5–4 | 12–3 | 6–5 | 8–9 | 2–7 | — | 4–2 |
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in British Summer Time (UTC+01:00).[11]
Draw 1
Tuesday, October 7, 5:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand (Hood) 🔨 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Australia (Millikin) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark (Schmidt) 🔨 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Philippines (Pfister) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei (Lin) 🔨 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Poland (Stych) |
2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | X | X | X | 12 |
Draw 2
Wednesday, October 8, 10:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines (Pfister) 🔨 |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | X | X | X | 10 |
| Chinese Taipei (Lin) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 0 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand (Hood) 🔨 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Poland (Stych) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Draw 3
Wednesday, October 8, 5:30 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria (Genner) 🔨 |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 10 |
| Chinese Taipei (Lin) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines (Pfister) 🔨 |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| New Zealand (Hood) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Draw 4
Thursday, October 9, 10:30 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria (Genner) 🔨 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 4 |
| Philippines (Pfister) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia (Millikin) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Chinese Taipei (Lin) 🔨 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
Draw 5
Thursday, October 9, 5:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei (Lin) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Denmark (Schmidt) 🔨 |
3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines (Pfister) 🔨 |
2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Australia (Millikin) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand (Hood) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Austria (Genner) 🔨 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Draw 6
Friday, October 10, 10:30 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei (Lin) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| New Zealand (Hood) 🔨 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 10 |
Draw 7
Friday, October 10, 5:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark (Schmidt) 🔨 |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 4 |
| New Zealand (Hood) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland (Stych) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Philippines (Pfister) 🔨 |
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 7 |
Playoffs
| Qualification Game 1 | Qualification Game 2 | Qualified | |||||||||||
| 2 | New Zealand | 6 | Poland | ||||||||||
| 3 | Poland | 7 | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| 2 | New Zealand | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Denmark | 1 | |||||||||||
Qualification Game 1
Saturday, October 11, 10:30 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand (Hood) 🔨 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Poland (Stych) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Qualification Game 2
Saturday, October 11, 5:30 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand (Hood) 🔨 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 7 |
| Denmark (Schmidt) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
Final standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Teams Advance to the Olympic Qualification Event | |
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
 | Philippines |
 | Poland |
 | New Zealand |
| 4 | Denmark |
| 5 | Austria |
| 6 | Australia |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei |
Women
Qualification
| Means of qualification | Vacancies | Qualified[12] |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 or 2025 World Women's Curling Championship |  Lithuania New Zealand | |
| 2024 or 2025 Pan Continental Curling Championship | 3 | Australia Chinese Taipei Mexico |
| 2024 or 2025 European Curling Championship | 3 | Czech Republic Germany Hungary |
| TOTAL |
Note: Although the New Zealand women's team qualified for this event through their participation in the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship, they opted not to submit a team.
Teams
The teams are as follows:[12]
| Australia[13] |
Chinese Taipei[14] |
Czech Republic[15] |
Germany[16] |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Skip: Helen Williams |
Skip: Lee Ming-cheih |
Skip: Hana Synáčková |
Fourth: Kim Sutor |
| Hungary[17] |
Lithuania[18] |
Mexico[19] |
|
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Fourth: Linda Joó |
Skip: Virginija Paulauskaitė |
Skip: Adriana Camarena |
Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Qualified for the OQE via Round Robin | |
| Teams to Playoffs | |
| Country | Skip | W | L | W–L | DSC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | Hana Synáčková | 6 | 0 | – | 72.200 |
| Germany | Sara Messenzehl | 5 | 1 | – | 69.350 |
| Hungary | Vera Kalocsai-van Dorp | 3 | 3 | 1–0 | 69.080 |
| Australia | Helen Williams | 3 | 3 | 0–1 | 67.650 |
| Mexico | Adriana Camarena | 2 | 4 | 1–0 | 78.430 |
| Lithuania | Virginija Paulauskaitė | 2 | 4 | 0–1 | 43.610 |
| Chinese Taipei | Lee Ming-cheih | 0 | 6 | – | 77.530 |
| Pos. | Country | |
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Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Australia |
— | 12–0 | 5–8 | 6–9 | 7–10 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 3–3 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei |
0–12 | — | 2–11 | 1–12 | 0–11 | 2–10 | 3–14 | 0–6 |
| 1 | Czech Republic |
8–5 | 11–2 | — | 10–5 | 9–8 | 7–4 | 9–5 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Germany |
9–6 | 12–1 | 5–10 | — | 9–5 | 8–6 | 12–3 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Hungary |
10–7 | 11–0 | 8–9 | 5–9 | — | 7–9 | 11–3 | 3–3 |
| 6 | Lithuania |
6–7 | 10–2 | 4–7 | 6–8 | 9–7 | — | 9–12 | 2–4 |
| 5 | Mexico |
5–7 | 14–3 | 5–9 | 3–12 | 3–11 | 12–9 | — | 2–4 |
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in British Summer Time (UTC+01:00).[20]
Draw 1
Tuesday, October 7, 5:30 pm
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei (Lee) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Mexico (Camarena) 🔨 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | X | X | X | 14 |
Draw 2
Wednesday, October 8, 10:30 am
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania (Paulauskaitė) 🔨 |
3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Chinese Taipei (Lee) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic (Synáčková) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Hungary (Kalocsai-van Dorp) 🔨 |
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Draw 3
Wednesday, October 8, 5:30 pm
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic (Synáčková) 🔨 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Chinese Taipei (Lee) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
Draw 4
Thursday, October 9, 10:30 am
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic (Synáčková) 🔨 |
0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
| Lithuania (Paulauskaitė) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia (Williams) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | X | X | X | X | 12 |
| Chinese Taipei (Lee) 🔨 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 0 |
Draw 5
Thursday, October 9, 5:30 pm
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei (Lee) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 0 |
| Hungary (Kalocsai-van Dorp) 🔨 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany (Messenzehl) 🔨 |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Czech Republic (Synáčková) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | X | 10 |
Draw 6
Friday, October 10, 10:30 am
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico (Camarena) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Czech Republic (Synáčková) 🔨 |
1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 9 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Taipei (Lee) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |
| Germany (Messenzehl) 🔨 |
4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 12 |
Draw 7
Friday, October 10, 5:30 pm
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia (Williams) 🔨 |
1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Czech Republic (Synáčková) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | 8 |
Playoffs
| Qualification Game 1 | Qualification Game 2 | Qualified | |||||||||||
| 2 | Germany | 9 | Germany | ||||||||||
| 3 | Hungary | 7 | Australia | ||||||||||
| 3 | Hungary | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Australia | 7 | |||||||||||
Qualification Game 1
Saturday, October 11, 10:30 am
Qualification Game 2
Saturday, October 11, 5:30 pm
Final standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Teams Advance to the Olympic Qualification Event | |
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| Czech Republic |
| Germany |
| Australia |
| 4 | Hungary |
| 5 | Mexico |
| 6 | Lithuania |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei |