Thursday, 19 March 2026

2026 World women’s curling championship: Scores, standings and schedule

Team Kerri Einarson gets another chance to represent Canada at the world women’s curling championship, March 14-22 in Calgary.

The Manitoba skip won her fifth Scotties Tournament of Hearts last month in Mississauga, Ont. Einarson’s best finishes at worlds are a pair of bronze medals in 2022 and 2023.

Thirteen teams will play a round-robin this year to determine the six playoff squads. Here are the standings, schedule and results:

STANDINGS

Team

Wins

Losses

Switzerland (Xenia Schwaller)

7

1

Canada (Kerri Einarson)

7

1

Japan (Satsuki Fujisawa)

6

2

South Korea (Gim Eun-ji)

6

2

Sweden (Isabella Wrana)

6

3

Turkey (Dilşat Yıldız)

5

3

China (Wang Rui)

4

4

Italy (Stefania Constantini)

4

5

Denmark (Madeleine Dupont)

3

6

Scotland (Fay Henderson)

3

6

Norway (Torild Bjornstad)

2

6

Australia (Helen Williams)

1

8

U.S. (Delaney Strouse)

1

8

Top two teams get byes to the semifinals. Teams ranked third through sixth play in qualifying games.

ROUND-ROBIN SCHEDULE

Draw 15: Thursday, March 19, 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

Turkey vs. China
Switzerland vs. Norway
Italy 8, Denmark 1
Canada vs. South Korea

Draw 16: Thursday, March 19, 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT

Scotland vs. Australia
South Korea vs. Sweden
U.S. vs. Switzerland
Japan vs. Denmark

Draw 17: Thursday, March 19, 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

Norway vs. Canada
China vs. Japan
Turkey vs. Sweden
Italy vs. Scotland

Draw 18: Friday, March 20, 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

Switzerland vs. Italy
Denmark vs. U.S.
China vs. South Korea
Australia vs. Turkey

Draw 19: Friday, March 20, 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT

Japan vs. U.S.
Canada vs. Australia
Scotland vs. Norway
Sweden vs. Switzerland

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

South Korea vs. Denmark
Turkey vs. Italy
China vs. Japan
Norway vs. China

PLAYOFFS

Saturday, March 21, noon ET / 10 a.m. MT

Qualification games

No. 3 vs. No. 6
No. 4 vs. No. 5

Saturday, March 21, 6 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. MT

Semifinals

No. 1 vs. qualification game winner
No. 2 vs. qualification game winner

Sunday, March 22, 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

Bronze-medal game

Semifinal losers

Sunday, March 22, 5 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. MT

Final

Semifinal winners

PREVIOUS RESULTS

Draw 1: Saturday, March 14

China 7, Scotland 6
Canada 7, Sweden 5
Turkey 8, Norway 7
Japan 6, Switzerland 3

Draw 2: Saturday, March 14

South Korea 14, Italy 5
Switzerland 6, China 5
Denmark 11, Australia 7
Canada 11, U.S. 3

Draw 3: Sunday, March 15

Sweden 9, Denmark 8
Japan 9, South Korea 5
Scotland 8, U.S. 3
Australia 7, Norway 6

Draw 4: Sunday, March 15

Japan 10, Norway 9
Turkey 5, Scotland 3
Canada 9, China 3
Sweden 9, Italy 4

Draw 5: Sunday, March 15

Turkey 9, U.S. 5
Italy 9, Australia 4
Switzerland 7, South Korea 6
Denmark 8, China 7

Draw 6: Monday, March 16

Switzerland 9, Scotland 5
Norway 9, Sweden 7
U.S. 7, Australia 2

Draw 7: Monday, March 16

South Korea 8, Norway 7
Canada 9, Denmark 6
China 10, Italy 3
Turkey 9, Japan 4

Draw 8: Monday, March 16

Sweden 7, Australia 4
Switzerland 8, Turkey 5
Scotland 11, Denmark 7
South Korea 7, U.S. 5

Draw 9: Tuesday, March 17

Sweden 8, Scotland 6
Japan 7, Australia 2
Canada 9, Italy 6

Draw 10: Tuesday, March 17

South Korea 12, Turkey 7
China 6, U.S. 1
Italy 8, Norway 6
Switzerland 11, Denmark 9

Draw 11: Tuesday, March 17

Switzerland 6, Canada 5
South Korea 12, Australia 3
Sweden 7, U.S. 4
Scotland 4, Japan 3

Draw 12: Wednesday, March 18

Denmark 9, Norway 3
Japan 8, Italy 6
Canada 9, Turkey 3
Sweden 9, China 4

Draw 13: Wednesday, March 18

Italy 6, U.S. 3
Turkey 7, Denmark 6
Scotland 8, South Korea 3
Switzerland 10, Australia 1

Draw 14: Wednesday, March 18

Japan 8, Sweden 2
Canada 7, Scotland 5
China 8, Australia 2
Norway 8, U.S. 2



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2026 World women’s curling championship: Scores, standings and schedule

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