Qualification event at the Ice Bowl

THE first curling event of 2026 will start on Monday when 33 teams travel to Dumfries for the World Mixed Doubles qualification event. This will be the last chance for teams to qualify for the Ace & Company World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2026, set to take place in Geneva, Switzerland in April. The top four teams in the qualification event will earn their member associations a spot at this event. The teams will be split into five groups in which they will play a round robin from January 5-10. At the end of the round robin, the merged group ranking will be established and the 12 top teams from that ranking will advance to the play-offs. The top four teams get a bye to the second qualification round, while teams ranked 5–12 will play the first qualification round. The winners of these games will advance to the second qualification round while the losers are eliminated. The second qualification round will decide which four teams qualify for the Ace & Company World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2026. Teams: Group A: India, Ireland, Kenya, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Netherlands and Slovakia Group B: Belgium, China, England, Mexico, Pakistan, Poland and Puerto Rico Group C: Austria, Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Hong Kong China, Jamaica, Thailand and Türkiye Group D: Spain, France, Guyana, Nigeria, Philippines and Ukraine Group E: Brazil, Hungary, Latvia, Portugal, Romania and Slovenia.