2025 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event
2025 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event
Dates October 7–11, 2025
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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 . Unlike in the previous Olympic cycle in 2021, no Pre-Olympic Qualification Event is being held for Mixed Doubles.
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.
Men Qualification Means of qualification Vacancies Qualified 2024 or 2025 World Men's Curling Championship2 Austria New Zealand 2024 or 2025 Pan Continental Curling Championship3 Australia Chinese Taipei Philippines 2024 or 2025 European Curling Championship2 Denmark Poland TOTAL 7
Teams The teams are as follows:
Australia Austria Chinese Taipei Denmark 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-lerFourth: Jonathan Vilandt Skip: Jacob Schmidt Second: Alexander Qvist Lead: Kasper Jurlander Bøge Alternate: Mads Nørgaard New Zealand Philippines Poland 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).
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 Women Qualification Means of qualification Vacancies Qualified 2024 or 2025 World Women's Curling Championship2 1 Lithuania New Zealand 2024 or 2025 Pan Continental Curling Championship3 Australia Chinese Taipei Mexico 2024 or 2025 European Curling Championship3 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:
Australia Chinese Taipei Czech Republic Germany 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 Lithuania Mexico 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).
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
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