2026 Baden Masters

2026 Baden Masters
Host cityBaden, Switzerland
ArenaCurling Club Baden Regio
DatesAugust 13–16
WinnerSwitzerland Team Schwaller
Curling clubCC Genève, Geneva
SkipYannick Schwaller
FourthBenoît Schwarz-van Berkel
SecondSven Michel
LeadPablo Lachat-Couchepin
CoachHåvard Vad Petersson
FinalistItaly Joël Retornaz
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The 2026 Baden Masters was held from August 13 to 16 at the Curling Club Baden Regio in Baden, Switzerland as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round-robin format with a purse of 25,000 CHF.[1][2] It was the first men's event of the 2026–27 World Curling Tour.[3] The event category for the event was 500.[4]

The Olympic bronze medalists Team Yannick Schwaller continued their momentum from the 2025–26 season, winning the event in an 8–3 decision over Joël Retornaz' new look Italian rink.[5] Both teams finished 4–1 through the round robin, tied atop their pools with Stefano Spiller and Magnus Ramsfjell respectively. Retornaz and Spiller earned byes to the semifinals where Schwaller and Ramsfjell beat Michael Brunner and Marco Hösli in the quarterfinals to advance. World number eight ranked Kyle Waddell finished 1–4 and failed to qualify.

As this was the first event of a new Olympic quadrennial, many new teams made their debut including Magnus Ramsfjell, Kim Schwaller, and the three new Italian lineups of Joël Retornaz, Stefano Spiller and Alberto Zisa.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[6][7]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Michael BrunnerEnrico PfisterRomano Keller-MeierMarcel KäufelerMarc PfisterSwitzerland Bern, Switzerland
Orrin CarsonLogan CarsonArchie HyslopCharlie GibbScotland Dumfries, Scotland
Philipp Hösli (Fourth)Marco Hösli (Skip)Simon GloorJustin HausherrSwitzerland Glarus, Switzerland
Manuel JermannYannick JermannTimon BiehleJan TannerSwitzerland Basel, Switzerland
Jakub JurkovičPatrik KaprálikKarol VidlárSimon LangusSlovakia Bratislava, Slovakia
Magnus RamsfjellSteffen WalstadBendik RamsfjellMathias BrændenNorway Trondheim, Norway
Joël RetornazStefano GilliAndrea GilliAlberto PimpiniItaly Trentino, Italy
Kim SchwallerMax WinzAndreas GerlachJan IseliSwitzerland Oberwallis, Switzerland
Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel (Fourth)Yannick Schwaller (Skip)Sven MichelPablo Lachat-CouchepinSwitzerland Geneva, Switzerland
Stefano SpillerAmos MosanerSebastiano ArmanCesare SpillerItaly Trentino, Italy
Kyle WaddellMark WattAngus BryceBlair HaswellScotland Hamilton, Scotland
Mattia Giovanella (Fourth)Alberto Zisa (Skip)Francesco De ZannaFrancesco ViglianiItaly Trentino, Italy

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[8]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool AWLPFPADSC
Italy Joël Retornaz41282218.68
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell41321734.63
Switzerland Michael Brunner32252721.45
Switzerland Manuel Jermann23223148.30
Switzerland Kim Schwaller14283123.50
Scotland Kyle Waddell14273429.50
Pool BWLPFPADSC
Italy Stefano Spiller41271624.43
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller41322025.13
Switzerland Marco Hösli32302636.95
Scotland Orrin Carson32351770.35
Italy Alberto Zisa14183223.28
Slovakia Jakub Jurkovič051243112.48

Round robin results

All draw times listed in Central European Time.[9][10]

Draw 1

Thursday, August 13, 5:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Kim Schwaller 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 5
Switzerland Michael Brunner 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 X 6
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Joël Retornaz 🔨 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 X 6
Scotland Kyle Waddell 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 0 0 0 1 0 2 X X 3
Switzerland Manuel Jermann 🔨 2 0 3 0 2 0 X X 7

Draw 2

Thursday, August 13, 8:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 🔨 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5
Italy Stefano Spiller 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Alberto Zisa 2 0 1 0 0 X X X 3
Switzerland Marco Hösli 🔨 0 2 0 4 4 X X X 10
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Orrin Carson 1 0 2 0 4 4 X X 11
Slovakia Jakub Jurkovič 🔨 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X 3

Draw 3

Friday, August 14, 8:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Kyle Waddell 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5
Switzerland Manuel Jermann 0 1 0 3 1 0 3 X 8
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Michael Brunner 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 1
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 🔨 2 1 2 0 2 X X X 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Switzerland Kim Schwaller 🔨 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 6
Italy Joël Retornaz 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 7

Draw 4

Friday, August 14, 11:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Slovakia Jakub Jurkovič 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Switzerland Marco Hösli 🔨 3 0 2 0 2 1 X X 8
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 🔨 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
Scotland Orrin Carson 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Stefano Spiller 🔨 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 X 5
Italy Alberto Zisa 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2

Draw 5

Friday, August 14, 2:30 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Kim Schwaller 🔨 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 7
Scotland Kyle Waddell 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Michael Brunner 🔨 0 2 0 1 0 2 5 X 10
Switzerland Manuel Jermann 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Joël Retornaz 🔨 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 0 1 0 3 2 2 X X 8

Draw 6

Friday, August 14, 5:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Orrin Carson 2 0 2 0 5 X X X 9
Italy Alberto Zisa 🔨 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Stefano Spiller 🔨 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2
Switzerland Marco Hösli 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 X 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 🔨 3 0 3 0 1 0 X X 7
Slovakia Jakub Jurkovič 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 3

Draw 7

Friday, August 14, 8:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Kim Schwaller 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 0 X X 3
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 0 1 0 1 1 4 X X 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Joël Retornaz 🔨 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 X 6
Switzerland Manuel Jermann 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Michael Brunner 🔨 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 6
Scotland Kyle Waddell 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 5

Draw 8

Saturday, August 15, 8:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Stefano Spiller 🔨 2 1 3 0 4 X X X 10
Slovakia Jakub Jurkovič 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 1
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 5
Italy Alberto Zisa 🔨 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Orrin Carson 🔨 3 0 1 0 2 0 3 X 9
Switzerland Marco Hösli 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 9

Saturday, August 15, 11:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Michael Brunner 🔨 2 0 0 0 0 0 X X 2
Italy Joël Retornaz 0 2 3 0 1 2 X X 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Kyle Waddell 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 5
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 🔨 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 7
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Kim Schwaller 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 X 7
Switzerland Manuel Jermann 🔨 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3

Draw 10

Saturday, August 15, 3:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Slovakia Jakub Jurkovič 🔨 1 0 0 1 1 0 X X 3
Italy Alberto Zisa 0 2 1 0 0 4 X X 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 0 1 3 0 6 X X X 10
Switzerland Marco Hösli 🔨 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Stefano Spiller 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
Scotland Orrin Carson 🔨 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2

Playoffs

Source:[11]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Italy Joël Retornaz 7
4 Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 5 4 Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 2
5 Switzerland Michael Brunner 4 1 Italy Joël Retornaz 3
3 Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 8
2 Italy Stefano Spiller 6
3 Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 7 3 Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 9
6 Switzerland Marco Hösli 3

Quarterfinals

Saturday, August 15, 7:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 🔨 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 5
Switzerland Michael Brunner 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 🔨 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 X 7
Switzerland Marco Hösli 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3

Semifinals

Sunday, August 16, 9:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Joël Retornaz 🔨 0 0 0 2 0 5 X X 7
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Italy Stefano Spiller 🔨 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 6
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 3 9

Final

Sunday, August 16, 1:30 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Joël Retornaz 🔨 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 X 8

References

  1. ↑ "Baden Masters Official Website". Baden Masters. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Event Home". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  3. ↑ "2026–27 Men's Event Schedule". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  4. ↑ "WCT Baden Masters". World Curling Tour. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Team Schwaller defeats new-look Team Retornaz in Baden Masters final as top-level curling returns". TSN. August 17, 2026. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Teams List". Baden Masters. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Preliminary Round". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Overall Ranking". CC Baden Regio. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
  11. ↑ "Playoffs". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 20, 2026.
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