Team curling trials and pre-trials set to determine Canada’s Olympic rep for 2026 Milano-Cortina Gameson April 22, 2025 at 3:39 pm

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It’s down to 15 men’s and 15 women’s teams still in the race to represent Canada in four-player curling in 2026, it was confirmed today by Curling Canada. Read More

It’s down to 15 men’s and 15 women’s teams still in the race to represent Canada in four-player curling in 2026, it was confirmed today by Curling Canada. Seven teams in each gender have qualified directly for the 2025 Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials, which take place Nov. 22-30 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax and

Team Canada skip Brad Jacobs calls a throw during practice at the Glencoe Club in Calgary on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Brent Calver/Postmedia Photo by Brent Calver/Postmedia /Brent Calver/Postmedia

032725-Curling_Team_Canada_Jacobs — Team Canada skip Brad Jacobs calls a throw during practice at the Glencoe Club in Calgary on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Brent Calver/Postmedia Photo by Brent Calver/Postmedia /Brent Calver/Postmedia

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It’s down to 15 men’s and 15 women’s teams still in the race to represent Canada in four-player curling in 2026, it was confirmed today by Curling Canada.

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Seven teams in each gender have qualified directly for the 2025 Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials, which take place Nov. 22-30 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax and determine the women’s and men’s teams that will be nominated to the Canadian Olympic Committee to be part of the Canadian team for the 2026 Olympics in Milano-Cortina, Italy next February.

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One more team of each gender will get a trials invite by winning their berth at the 2025 Home Hardware Canadian Curling Pre-Trial, Oct. 20-26, at the Andrew H. McCain Arena in Wolfville, N.S.

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The Home Hardware Pre-Trials and Montana’s Trials will have identical formats — eight-team round robins, with three teams making the playoffs. The first-place team earns a bye to the final, while the second- and third-place teams will meet in the semifinal.

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For the first time in trials and pre-trials history, both events will feature best-of-three finals.

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The qualifying period for both events concluded after the Grand Slam AMJ Players’ Championship earlier this month in Toronto.

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To be eligible for the berths, teams had to meet various qualifying standards, as well as maintaining the standard three-of-four player rule (with potential exceptions in the case of medical exemptions).

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Here are the qualifying teams, and the order and method in which they qualified, for the Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials:

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