World Men’s Curling Championship 2025: Full Schedule, Fixtures, Teams and How to Watch

The World Men’s Curling Championship, which will take place at the Temple Gardens Centre in Moose Jaw, Canada, from March 29 to April 6, will feature 13 of the best curling teams in the world competing for the world title.

The last Olympic Qualification Points are also up for grabs. These points decide who gets to compete in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026*.

Thirteen men’s curling teams will compete for the world title. They also seek the final Olympic Qualification Points before the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. Learn more about the Moose Jaw Canada event.

The final round of Olympic Qualification Points, which will be used to determine quota spots for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, is also at stake, in addition to those honors, which adds even more pressure to the race.

Brad Jacobs of Canada seeks to win the world men’s curling championship at home in Moose Jaw, Sask, from March 29 to April 6, while Sweden’s Niklas Edin hopes to defend his gold medal.

The top six teams advance to the playoffs, as the top two teams receive byes to the semifinals. In the round-robin standings, head-to-head results and draw-to-the-button shootout scores are used to resolve ties.

The championship will begin with a round-robin matchup amongst all teams. The teams who position third and fourth in round-robin play play fifth and sixth in qualification matches, while the teams that place first and second go straight to the semi-finals. The final two semi-finals will be reached by the winners of their matches. The winners of the semi-finals will then go to the final, and the runners-up will compete for the bronze.

Sweden, the reigning Olympic and world champions, qualified for this year’s championship after defeating Canada’s Brad Gushue in last year’s final.

Canada, represented by Sochi 2014 Olympic gold medallist Brad Jacobs, will be among the many opponents Niklas Edin faces as he attempts to win back-to-back and an eighth world title. Bruce Mouat’s Scotland, the United States skipped by Korey Dropkin, and reigning European champions Germany are also in the wings.

How does the Olympic qualification process for Milano Cortina in 2026 work?

The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 will feature three curling competitions: mixed doubles, women’s, and men’s. Each competition will have ten National Olympic Committees.

Italy qualifies for every competition as the host giving National Olympic Committees nine quota spots.

Eight of those NOC quota seats will be determined by Olympic Qualification Points earned at the 2024 and 2024 women’s, men’s, and mixed doubles world championships.

Only the seven top-ranked NOCs will advance via this route if Italy places in the top eight of the corresponding discipline.

The final two quota spots will be secured through the Olympic Qualification Event (OQE), which is slated for December 2025. The women’s tournament will include the top three NOCs from the Pre-Qualification Event (PQE), which will be held in the fall of 2025, as well as the NOCs ranked 9-13 on the ranking list based on the results of the 2024 and 2025 world championships.

Any NOC that qualified for the 2024 or 2025 world championship but did not qualify for the Olympic Winter Games or the OQE as well as any NOC that qualified for the A-Division of the Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2024 or 2025 or the A-Division of the Pan Continental Curling Championships 2024 or 2025 but has not yet qualified for the Olympic Winter Games or the OQE will be eligible for the PQE for the women’s event.

The Olympic Qualification Points ranking for the 2025 World Championships is provided below.

Each women’s and men’s world championship awards points to Member Associations ranked 1–13 in the following order: 15, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

World Men’s Curling Championships 2025: Teams

Austria

Skip: Mathias Genner
Third: Jonas Backofen
Second: Martin Reichel
Lead: Florian Mavec
Alternate: Matthaeus Hofer

Canada

Skip: Brad Jacobs
Third: Marc Kennedy
Second: Brett Gallant
Lead: Ben Hebert
Alternate: Tyler Tardi

Czechia

Skip: Lukas Klima
Third: Marek Cernovsky
Second: Martin Jurik
Lead: Lukas Klipa
Alternate: Radek Bohac

Germany

Skip: Marc Muskatewitz
Third: Benjamin Kapp
Second: Felix Messenz
Lead: Johannes Scheuerl
Alternate: Mario Trevisiol

Italy

Skip: Joel Retornaz
Third: Amos Mosaner
Second: Sebastiano Arman
Lead: Mattia Giovanella
Alternate: Giacomo Colli

Japan

Fourth: Yanagisawa Riku
Skip: Yamaguchi Tsuyoshi
Second: Yamamoto Takeru
Lead: Koizumi Satoshi
Alternate: Usui Shingo

Norway

Skip: Magnus Ramsfjell
Third: Martin Sesaker
Second: Bendik Ramsfjell
Lead: Gaute Nepstad
Alternate: Wilhelm Naess

People’s Republic of China

Skip: Xu Xiaoming
Third: Fei Xueqing
Second: Wang Zhiyu
Lead: Li Zhichao
Alternate: Yang Bohao

Republic of Korea

Skip: Kim Hyojun
Third: Kim Eunbin
Second: Pyo Jeongmin
Lead: Kim Jinhun
Alternate: Kim Changmin

Scotland

Skip: Bruce Mouat
Third: Grant Hardie
Second: Bobby Lammie
Lead: Hammy McMillan
Alternate: Kyle Waddell

Sweden – defending champions

Skip: Niklas Edin
Third: Oskar Eriksson
Second: Rasmus Wranaa
Lead: Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate: Simon Olofsson

Switzerland

Fourth: Benoit Schwarz-Van Berkel
Skip: Yannick Schwaller
Second: Sven Michel
Lead: Pablo Lachat-Couchepin
Alternate: Kim Schwaller

United States

Skip: Korey Dropkin
Third: Tom Howell
Second: Andrew Stopera
Lead: Mark Fenner
Alternate: Christopher Plys

World Men’s Curling Championship 2025: Schedule

Draw 1: Saturday, March 29, 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT

• South Korea vs. Czechia
• Canada vs. Japan
• Switzerland vs. Norway
• Italy vs. United States

Draw 2: Saturday, March 29, 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

• Sweden vs. China
• Italy vs. South Korea
• Scotland vs. Austria
• Canada vs. Germany

Draw 3: Sunday, March 30, 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

• Scotland vs. Japan
• United States vs. China
• Germany vs. Czechia
• Switzerland vs. Austria

Draw 4: Sunday, March 30, 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT

• Switzerland vs. United States
• Norway vs. Czechia
• Canada vs. South Korea
• Sweden vs. Japan

Draw 5: Sunday, March 30, 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

• Germany vs. Norway
• Sweden vs. Austria
• Italy vs. China
• Scotland vs. South Korea

Draw 6: Monday, March 31, 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

• Italy vs. Czechia
• Switzerland vs. Japan
• Germany vs. Austria

Draw 7: Monday, March 31, 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT

• Switzerland vs. China
• Canada vs. Scotland
• Sweden vs. South Korea
• Norway vs. United States

Draw 8: Monday, March 31, 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

• Japan vs. Austria
• Italy vs. Norway
• Scotland vs. Czechia
• Germany vs. China

Draw 9: Tuesday, April 1, 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

• Japan vs. Czechia
• United States vs. Austria
• Canada vs. Sweden

Draw 10: Tuesday, April 1, 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT

• Norway vs. China
• Germany vs. South Korea
• Switzerland vs. Sweden
• Scotland vs. Italy

Draw 11: Tuesday, April 1, 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

• Canada vs. Italy
• China vs. Austria
• Germany vs. Japan
• United States vs. Czechia

Draw 12: Wednesday, April 2, 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

• Scotland vs. Switzerland
• Sweden vs. United States
• Canada vs. Norway
• Japan vs. South Korea

Draw 13: Wednesday, April 2, 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT

• Germany vs. Sweden
• Scotland vs. Norway
• China vs. Czechia
• Italy vs. Austria

Draw 14: Wednesday, April 2, 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

• United States vs. Japan
• Canada vs. Czechia
• South Korea vs. Austria
• Switzerland vs. Germany

Draw 15: Thursday, April 3, 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

• Norway vs. South Korea
• Switzerland vs. Italy
• Scotland vs. Sweden
• Canada vs. China

Draw 16: Thursday, April 3, 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT

• Czechia vs. Austria
• Japan vs. China
• Germany vs. Italy
• Scotland vs. United States

Draw 17: Thursday, April 3, 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

• Canada vs. Switzerland
• United States vs. South Korea
• Norway vs. Japan
• Sweden vs. Czechia

Draw 18: Friday, April 4, 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

• Italy vs. Sweden
• Scotland vs. Germany
• China vs. South Korea
• Norway vs. Austria

Draw 19: Friday, April 4, 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT

• Germany vs. United States
• Canada vs. Austria
• Switzerland vs. Czechia
• Italy vs. Japan

Draw 20: Friday, April 4, 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

• Scotland vs. China
• Sweden vs. Norway
• Canada vs. United States
• Switzerland vs. South Korea

Qualification Games: Saturday, April 5, 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

• No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed
• No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed

Semifinals: Saturday, April 5, 5 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. MT

• No. 1 seed vs. No. 4/No. 5 winner
• No. 2 seed vs. No. 3/No. 6 winner

Bronze Medal Game: Sunday, April 6, 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

• Semifinal loser 1 vs. Semifinal loser 2

Gold Medal Game: Sunday, April 6, 5 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. MT

• Semifinal winner 1 vs. Semifinal winner 2

How can I watch live of the 2025 Men’s World Curling Championships?

All of the 2025 World Men’s Curling Championship matches will be streamed live to viewers worldwide on the Curling Channel.

A subscription is required to view and passes can be bought on the Curling Channel website.

The Sports Network (TSN) in Canada broadcasts all of Moose Jaw’s action.