2026 World Championship Pre-Qualifier

2026 World Championship Pre-Qualifier
2026 World Championship Pre-Qualifier
Host city	Dumfries, Scotland (Pan Continental) ; Ljubljana, Slovenia (Europe)
Dates	April 13–16 (Pan Continental) ; May 5–11 (Europe)
Men's qualifiers	Mexico; India; Slovenia; Latvia
Women's qualifiers	France; Poland
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The 2026 World Championship Pre-Qualifier is a new curling event introduced by World Curling as part of major structural changes implemented for the 2026–2030 Olympic cycle.^[1] The competition is divided into two regions: Pan Continental and Europe.^[2] Each region hosts separate men's and women's events, however due to a lack of entries, there was no Pan Continental women’s event.^[3]

The top two teams from each gender in both regions qualify for the 2026 World Championship Qualifier (Men & Women). This is an open event, available to any nation who hasn't already qualified for the upcoming World Championship or World Championship Qualifier.

Pan Continental

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[4]

Chinese Taipei	India	Jamaica
Skip: Lin Ting-li Third: Lin Chen-han Second: Chang Che-lun Lead: Lin Bo-hao	Skip: P. N. Raju Third: Girithar Anthay Suthakaran Second: Sudheer Reddy Lead: Kishan Vasant	Skip: Ian Robertson Third: Don Johnston Second: Cameron Johnston Lead: Elliott Lai Alternate: Luke Samuels
Kenya	Mexico	Saudi Arabia
Skip: Oilver Echenje Third: Hassnein Ali Shah Second: Rogen Muriithi Lead: Robert Mutai	Skip: Diego Tompkins Third: Ramy Cohen Second: Joaquin Villanueva Figueroa Lead: Mateo Tompkins	Skip: Suleiman Alaqel Third: Hussain Hagawi Second: Mohammad Aldaraan Lead: Munir Albeelbisi Alternate: Abdullah Alzahrani

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings^[5]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
Mexico	Diego Tompkins	5	0	–	64.44
Jamaica	Ian Robertson	3	2	1–1	72.64
India	P. N. Raju	3	2	1–1	74.56
Chinese Taipei	Lin Ting-li	3	2	1–1	79.97
Saudi Arabia	Suleiman Alaqel	1	4	–	129.23
Kenya	Oilver Echenje	0	5	–	DNS

Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.	Country							Record
4	Chinese Taipei	—	6–4	2–6	W–L	4–7	8–6	3–2
3	India	4–6	—	7–3	W–L	4–6	14–4	3–2
2	Jamaica	6–2	3–7	—	W–L	4–6	10–7	3–2
DNS	Kenya	L–W	L–W	L–W	—	L–W	L–W	0–5
1	Mexico	7–4	6–4	6–4	W–L	—	10–1	5–0
5	Saudi Arabia	6–8	4–14	7–10	W–L	1–10	—	1–4

Playoffs


Qualification Game 1			Qualification Game 2			Qualified



1	Mexico	8				Mexico

2	Jamaica	6				India

			2	Jamaica	7

			3	India	9

Qualification Game 1

Thursday, April 16, 9:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Mexico (Tompkins) 🔨	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	8
Jamaica (Robertson)	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	6

Qualification Game 2

Thursday, April 16, 15:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Jamaica (Robertson) 🔨	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	7
India (Raju)	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	1	9

Final standings

Key
	Qualified for 2026 World Championship Qualifier Men

Place	Team
	Mexico
	India
	Jamaica
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Saudi Arabia
DNS	Kenya

Europe

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[6]

Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bulgaria	Croatia	England
Skip: Vedran Dimić Third: Aleksa Mrković Second: Zeljko Rakić Lead: Dejan Ćeremidžić Alternate: Aleksa Cincar	Skip: Reto Seiler Third: Stanimir Petrov Second: Stoil Georgiev Lead: Tihomir Todorov Alternate: Bojidar Momerin	Fourth: Hrvoje Tolić Skip: Ante Baus Second: Miroslav Jurković Lead: Bruno Samardžić Alternate: Vedran Horvat	Skip: Andrew Reed Third: James Whittle Second: Callum Mclain Lead: Colin Mouat Alternate: Benjamin Holcombe
Estonia	Finland	Georgia	Hungary
Skip: Erkki Lill Third: Siim Sein Second: Andres Jakobson Lead: Olari Kalvik Alternate: Jaanus Lindre	Skip: Kalle Kiiskinen Third: Jani Sullanmaa Second: Teemu Salo Lead: Paavo Kuosmanen Alternate: Iiro Sipola	Skip: Irakli Enukidze Third: Irakli Khechuashvili Second: Kakhaber Arabidze Lead: Koka Kalandadze Alternate: Mikheil Bujiashvili	Skip: Gergely Szabó Third: Attila Gubányi Second: Nándor Miklós Lead: Baján Kán Ferenci
Latvia	Liechtenstein	Lithuania	Portugal
Skip: Arnis Veidemanis Third: Roberts Reinis Buncis Second: Aleksandrs Baranovskis Lead: Rihards Jeske Alternate: Janis Klive	Skip: Lukas Matt Third: Christian Sprenger Second: Peter Prasch Lead: Harald Sprenger Alternate: Johannes Zimmermann	Skip: Matas Junevičius Third: Domas Ramazauskas Second: Donatas Kiudys Lead: Rokas Sadauskas	Skip: Eric Fenech Third: Chris Ribau Second: Allan Chaves Lead: William Barbosa Alternate: Benjamin Silva
Romania	Serbia	Slovakia	Slovenia
Skip: Allen Coliban Third: Cristian Mățău Second: Tudor Mihalca Lead: Răzvan Bouleanu	Skip: Đorđe Nešković Third: Filip Stojanović Second: Goran Ungurović Lead: Viktor Savičević	Skip: Jakub Jurkovič Third: Ján Horáček Second: Jakub Červenka Lead: Patrik Kaprálik Alternate: David Mišun	Skip: Štefan Sever Third: Bine Sever Second: Simon Langus Lead: Noel Gregori Alternate: Marko Harb
Ukraine
Skip: Artem Suhak Third: Yaroslav Shchur Second: Artem Hasynets Lead: Illia Khokhlov

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Group A	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
Slovenia	Štefan Sever	8	0	–	43.483
England	Andrew Reed	7	1	–	43.925
Hungary	Gergely Szabó	6	2	–	45.050
Ukraine	Artem Suhak	5	3	–	99.983
Lithuania	Matas Junevičius	4	4	–	54.383
Croatia	Ante Baus	3	5	–	57.217
Serbia	Đorđe Nešković	2	6	–	152.575
Georgia	Irakli Enukidze	1	7	–	153.233
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Vedran Dimić	0	8	–	165.858

Group B	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
Latvia	Arnis Veidemanis	7	0	–	64.367
Finland	Kalle Kiiskinen	6	1	–	40.350
Romania	Allen Coliban	4	3	1–0	72.383
Estonia	Erkki Lill	4	3	0–1	41.617
Slovakia	Jakub Jurkovič	3	4	1–0	51.992
Portugal	Eric Fenech	3	4	0–1	118.175
Liechtenstein	Lukas Matt	1	6	–	78.667
Bulgaria	Reto Seiler	0	7	–	60.933

Group A Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.	Country										Record
9	Bosnia and Herzegovina	—	1–11	1–12	3–8	1–17	1–6	3–8	1–15	1–12	0–8
6	Croatia	11–1	—	4–8	10–4	2–7	4–8	8–4	3–8	3–6	3–5
2	England	12–1	8–4	—	11–1	7–5	8–5	9–1	6–8	9–6	7–1
8	Georgia	8–3	4–10	1–11	—	3–19	1–17	2–9	2–13	1–19	1–7
3	Hungary	17–1	7–2	5–7	19–3	—	6–2	6–1	5–8	6–5	6–2
5	Lithuania	6–1	8–4	5–8	17–1	2–6	—	6–1	2–5	4–7	4–4
7	Serbia	8–3	4–8	1–9	9–2	1–6	1–6	—	1–7	2–12	2–6
1	Slovenia	15–1	8–3	8–6	13–2	8–5	5–2	7–1	—	5–0	8–0
4	Ukraine	12–1	6–3	6–9	19–1	5–6	7–4	12–2	0–5	—	5–3

Group B Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.	Country									Record
8	Bulgaria	—	2–8	5–6	4–6	5–7	2–9	2–8	3–6	0–7
4	Estonia	8–2	—	4–7	4–8	8–3	7–5	3–8	6–5	4–3
2	Finland	6–5	7–4	—	4–5	6–3	7–4	13–4	7–3	6–1
1	Latvia	6–4	8–4	5–4	—	5–2	14–2	7–4	6–3	7–0
7	Liechtenstein	7–5	3–8	3–6	2–5	—	3–8	2–13	3–10	1–6
6	Portugal	9–2	5–7	4–7	2–14	8–3	—	6–5	3–8	3–4
3	Romania	8–2	8–3	4–13	4–7	13–2	5–6	—	9–5	4–3
5	Slovakia	6–3	5–6	3–7	3–6	10–3	8–3	5–9	—	3–4

Playoffs

Qualification Round 1

Qualification Round 2

Qualified

A1

Slovenia

7

Slovenia

B1

Latvia

3

Latvia

B1

Latvia

8

B2

Finland

7

A2

England

3

B2

Finland

9

Qualification Round 1

Monday, May 11, 9:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovenia (Sever) 🔨	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	X	7
Latvia (Veidemanis)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England (Reed)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	3
Finland (Kiiskinen) 🔨	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	X	9

Qualification Round 2

Monday, May 11, 14:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Veidemanis) 🔨	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	8
Finland (Kiiskinen)	0	1	3	0	0	2	1	0	7

Final standings

Key
	Qualified for 2026 World Championship Qualifier Men

Place	Team
	Slovenia
	Latvia
	Finland
4	England
5	Hungary
6	Romania
7	Estonia
8	Ukraine
9	Slovakia
10	Lithuania
11	Croatia
12	Portugal
13	Liechtenstein
14	Serbia
15	Bulgaria
16	Georgia
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[7]

Austria	Belgium	England	Finland
Skip: Verena Pflügler Third: Hannah Augustin Second: Johanna Höss Lead: Julia Kotek Alternate: Christina Graf-Kramlinger	Skip: Kim Catteceur Third: Mirte Michiels Second: Danielle Berus Lead: Elisabeth Rossie	Skip: Angharad Ward Third: Annabelle Martin Second: Anna Howey Lead: Naomi Robinson	Skip: Jenni Bäckman Third: Elina Virtaala Second: Susanna Säntti Lead: Valentina Lemettinen Alternate: Emilia Nordström
France	Israel	Luxembourg	Monaco
Fourth: Anna Li-Marchetti Skip: Pauline Jeanneret Second: Mathilde Rossi Lead: Delphine Charlet	Skip: Elana Sone Third: Andrea Stark Second: Ada Neznamov Lead: Elena Solodkaya	Skip: Virginie Hansen Third: Shiori Kuboki Second: Betty Spurgeon Lead: Maja Bjerg-Petersen Alternate: Monica Louie	Skip: Magali Forest Third: Nathalie Tibaut Second: Yonah Cohen Lead: Christine Do Couto
Poland	Serbia	Slovakia	Slovenia
Fourth: Marta Pluta Skip: Marta Szeliga-Frynia Second: Julia Jawień Lead: Marietta Dabrowska Alternate: Magdalena Herman	Skip: Dara Gravara-Stojanović Third: Tamara Kurešević Second: Irini Psaraki Lead: Lena Trifunović	Skip: Silvia Sýkorová Third: Daniela Matulová Second: Linda Haferová Lead: Lucia Orokocká	Fourth: Maruša Gorišek Skip: Ajda Zavrtanik Drglin Second: Nina Kremžar Lead: Liza Gregori Alternate: Anja Pečaver
Spain
Skip: Oihane Otaegi Third: Daniela García Second: Leire Otaegi Lead: María Gómez Alternate: Patricia Ruiz

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Group A	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
France	Pauline Jeanneret	5	1	1–0	39.778
Poland	Marta Szeliga-Frynia	5	1	0–1	88.344
Spain	Oihane Otaegi	4	2	–	86.433
Finland	Jenni Bäckman	3	3	1–0	71.967
England	Angharad Ward	3	3	0–1	69.167
Monaco	Magali Forest	1	5	–	138.867
Serbia	Dara Gravara-Stojanović	0	6	–	199.600

Group B	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
Slovakia	Silvia Sýkorová	4	1	1–0	54.933
Austria	Verena Pflügler	4	1	0–1	40.289
Slovenia	Ajda Zavrtanik Drglin	3	2	–	97.767
Israel	Elana Sone	2	3	–	80.667
Belgium	Kim Catteceur	1	4	1–0	126.289
Luxembourg	Virginie Hansen	1	4	0–1	84.056

Group A Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.	Country								Record
5	England	—	3–4	9–8	17–2	5–8	18–0	5–8	3–3
4	Finland	4–3	—	5–7	14–2	4–13	13–3	8–10	3–3
1	France	8–9	7–5	—	12–1	6–5	10–1	11–7	5–1
6	Monaco	2–17	2–14	1–12	—	3–16	7–3	2–19	1–5
2	Poland	8–5	13–4	5–6	16–3	—	W–L	9–8	5–1
7	Serbia	0–18	3–13	1–10	3–7	L–W	—	0–16	0–6
3	Spain	8–5	8–2	7–11	19–2	8–9	16–0	—	4–2

Group B Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.	Country							Record
2	Austria	—	9–3	8–5	7–6	4–6	8–4	4–1
5	Belgium	3–9	—	5–9	8–7	3–9	3–7	1–4
4	Israel	5–8	9–5	—	7–8	4–11	9–4	2–3
6	Luxembourg	6–7	7–8	8–7	—	3–12	3–7	1–4
1	Slovakia	6–4	9–3	11–4	12–3	—	3–5	4–1
3	Slovenia	4–8	7–3	4–9	7–3	5–3	—	3–2

Playoffs

Qualification Round 1

Qualification Round 2

Qualified

A1

France

10

France

B1

Slovakia

1

Poland

B1

Slovakia

3

A2

Poland

9

A2

Poland

5

B2

Austria

4

Qualification Round 1

Monday, May 11, 9:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
France (Jeanneret) 🔨	3	2	0	2	2	1	X	X	10
Slovakia (Sýkorová)	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Poland (Szeliga-Frynia) 🔨	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	5
Austria (Pflügler)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4

Qualification Round 2

Monday, May 11, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Sýkorová) 🔨	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	3
Poland (Szeliga-Frynia)	2	0	2	1	0	3	1	X	9

Final standings

Key
	Qualified for 2026 World Championship Qualifier Women

Place	Team
	France
	Poland
	Slovakia
4	Austria
5	Spain
6	Slovenia
7	Finland
8	Israel
9	England
10	Belgium
11	Luxembourg
12	Monaco
13	Serbia

References

↑ "Major changes to World Curling competition structure for 2026–2030 Olympic cycle confirmed". World Curling. October 14, 2025. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
↑ "Championship naming convention update". World Curling. March 24, 2026. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
↑ "WCPQPC Women's Information". World Curling. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
↑ "Teams". World Curling. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
↑ "World Championship Pre-Qualifier (Pan Continental): Standings". WorldCurling. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
↑ "Teams". World Curling. Retrieved April 10, 2026.
↑ "Teams". World Curling. Retrieved April 10, 2026.

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[2] "Championship naming convention update". World Curling. March 24, 2026. Retrieved March 30, 2026.

[3] "WCPQPC Women's Information". World Curling. Retrieved April 5, 2026.

[4] "Teams". World Curling. Retrieved March 30, 2026.

[5] "World Championship Pre-Qualifier (Pan Continental): Standings". WorldCurling. Retrieved April 13, 2026.

[6] "Teams". World Curling. Retrieved April 10, 2026.

[7] "Teams". World Curling. Retrieved April 10, 2026.

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