2026 world men’s curling championship: Scores, standings, schedule


Team Matt Dunstone will try to win Canada’s first gold medal since 2017 at this year’s world men’s curling championship.

Dunstone’s Manitoba rink won the 2026 Montana’s Brier earlier in March to earn its first worlds berth. The event runs March 26-April 4 in Ogden, Utah.

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

Germany (Marc Muskatewitz)

Japan (Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi)

South Korea (Kim Soo-hyuk)

Switzerland (Marco Hosli)

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

Draw 1: Friday, March 27, 3:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. MT

Scotland vs. Sweden
South Korea vs. Canada
Czechia vs. China
Norway vs. Japan

Draw 2: Friday, March 27, 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

Poland vs. Switzerland
Scotland vs. Japan
Germany vs. U.S.
Italy vs. Canada

Draw 3: Saturday, March 28, 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

U.S. vs. South Korea
Switzerland vs. Norway
Sweden vs. Italy
Japan vs. Czechia

Draw 4: Saturday, March 28, 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT

Norway vs. Czechia
China vs. Sweden
Canada vs. Scotland
South Korea vs. Poland

Draw 5: Saturday, March 28, 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

Italy vs. China
Poland vs. Germany
Japan vs. Switzerland
U.S. vs. Scotland

Draw 6: Sunday, March 29, 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

Sweden vs. Japan
Czechia vs. South Korea
Italy vs. Germany

Draw 7: Sunday, March 29: 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT

Czechia vs. Switzerland
Canada vs. U.S.
Scotland vs. Poland
China vs. Norway

Draw 8: Sunday, March 29: 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

Germany vs. South Korea
Japan vs. China
U.S. vs. Sweden
Switzerland vs. Italy

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

South Korea vs. Sweden
Norway vs. Germany
Poland vs. Canada

Draw 10: Monday, March 30: 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT

Switzerland vs. China
Italy vs. Scotland
Poland vs. Czechia
Japan vs. U.S.

Draw 11: Monday, March 30: 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

Canada vs. Japan
Germany vs. Switzerland
South Korea vs. Italy
Sweden vs. Norway

Draw 12: Tuesday, March 31: 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

U.S. vs. Czechia
Norway vs. Poland
China vs. Canada
Scotland vs. South Korea

Draw 13: Tuesday, March 31: 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT

Italy vs. Poland
U.S. vs. China
Switzerland vs. Sweden
Japan vs. Germany

Draw 14: Tuesday, March 31: 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

South Korea vs. Norway
Sweden vs. Canada
Germany vs. Scotland
Czechia vs. Italy

Draw 15: Wednesday, April 1: 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

China vs. Scotland
Japan vs. Czechia
Poland vs. U.S.
Canada vs. Switzerland

Draw 16: Wednesday, April 1: 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT

Sweden vs. Germany
Switzerland vs. South Korea
Italy vs. Japan
Norway vs. U.S.

Draw 17: Wednesday, April 1: 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

Czechia vs. Canada
Scotland vs. Norway
China vs. South Korea
Poland vs. Sweden

Draw 18: Thursday, April 2: 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

Japan vs. Poland
U.S. vs. Italy
Scotland vs. Switzerland
Germany vs. China

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

Norway vs. Italy
Canada vs. Germany
Sweden vs. Czechia
South Korea vs. Japan

Draw 20: Thursday, April 2: 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT

Switzerland vs. U.S.
Poland vs. China
Canada vs. Norway
Czechia vs. Scotland

Friday, April 3: 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

Qualification games
No. 6 vs. No. 3
No. 5 vs. No. 4

Friday, April 3: 5 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. MT

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

Saturday, April 4: 11 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. MT

Saturday, April 4: 4 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. MT