2025 Curling Pre-Olympic Qualification Event

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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.

2025 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event
Host city	Aberdeen, Scotland
Dates	October 7–11, 2025
Men's qualifiers	Philippines  Poland  New Zealand
Women's qualifiers	Czech Republic  Germany  Australia
« 2021 2029 »

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 Third: Steve Johns Second: Matt Panoussi Skip: Hugh Millikin Alternate: Geoff Davis	Skip: Mathias Genner Third: Jonas Backofen Second: Martin Reichel Lead: Florian Mavec Alternate: Florian Kramlinger	Skip: Lin Ting-li Third: Chang Che-lun Second: Lin Chen-han Lead: Hou Yi-ler	Fourth: Jonathan Vilandt Skip: Jacob Schmidt Second: Alexander Qvist Lead: Kasper Jurlander Bøge Alternate: Mads Nørgaard
New Zealand[8]	Philippines[9]	Poland[10]
Skip: Anton Hood Third: Hunter Walker Second: Ben Smith Lead: Brett Sargon Alternate: Jared Palanuik	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

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

Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Country								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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Austria (Genner)	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	5
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	2	1	X	9

Draw 3

Wednesday, October 8, 5:30 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Millikin)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	3
Poland (Stych)	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	X	8

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 B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Poland (Stych)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	6
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5

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 A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Stych)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
Austria (Genner)	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	4	X	X	12
Australia (Millikin)	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	5

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 B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Millikin)	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	7
Austria (Genner)	0	4	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	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	2 1	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	8 7

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 Third: Sara Westman Second: Kristen Tsourlenes Lead: Karen Titheridge Alternate: Michelle Fredericks-Armstrong	Skip: Lee Ming-cheih Third: Chang Chia-chi Second: Ou Jing Lead: Wang Yu-yuen Alternate: Chen Szu-han	Skip: Hana Synáčková Third: Linda Nemčoková Second: Zuzana Pražáková Lead: Karolína Frederiksen Alternate: Lenka Vokounová	Fourth: Kim Sutor Third: Emira Abbes Second: Zoé Antes Skip: Sara Messenzehl Alternate: Joy Sutor
Hungary[17]	Lithuania[18]	Mexico[19]
Fourth: Linda Joó Skip: Vera Kalocsai-van Dorp Second: Orosolya Tóth-Csősz Lead: Hanna Orbán Alternate: Laura Lauchsz	Skip: Virginija Paulauskaitė Third: Olga Dvojeglazova Second: Miglė Kiudytė Lead: Rūta Blažienė	Skip: Adriana Camarena Third: Estefana Quintero Second: Karla Knepper Lead: Veronica Huerta Alternate: Karla Martínez

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

Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Country								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 D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Messenzehl)	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	9
Australia (Williams)	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Hungary (Kalocsai-van Dorp)	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	7
Lithuania (Paulauskaitė)	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	9

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 E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Messenzehl)	3	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	X	12
Mexico (Camarena)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

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 D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Williams)	1	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	X	7
Mexico (Camarena)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	5

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

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Lithuania (Paulauskaitė)	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	6
Germany (Messenzehl)	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	X	8

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 E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mexico (Camarena)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Hungary (Kalocsai-van Dorp)	2	0	3	0	3	1	0	2	X	X	11

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 E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Lithuania (Paulauskaitė)	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	6
Australia (Williams)	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	7

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

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hungary (Kalocsai-van Dorp)	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	10
Australia (Williams)	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	0	7

Draw 7

Friday, October 10, 5:30 pm

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hungary (Kalocsai-van Dorp)	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	5
Germany (Messenzehl)	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	9

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

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mexico (Camarena)	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	2	1	12
Lithuania (Paulauskaitė)	0	3	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	9

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Messenzehl)	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	9
Hungary (Kalocsai-van Dorp)	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	7

Qualification Game 2

Saturday, October 11, 5:30 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hungary (Kalocsai-van Dorp)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	4
Australia (Williams)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	X	7

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