The wheelchair curling competition at the 2026 Winter Paralympics will feature a total of 18 teams. There will be 10 teams participating in the mixed team and 8 teams participating in the mixed doubles event. In the mixed team, each team will consist of 5 athletes, while the Mixed Doubles teams will have 2 athletes each. This means that a total of 66 athletes will be competing across all disciplines.
Summary Final summary
As the host country of the 2026 Winter Paralympics, Italy will have teams participating in both disciplines of wheelchair curling.
Nations Mixed team Mixed doubles Athletes 5 7 2 7 7 2 7 5 5 7 5 7 Total: 12 NPCs 10 8 66
Mixed team Means of qualificationDates Location Quotas QualifiedHost nationcolspan=2 1 Qualification points at the 2023, 2024 & 2025 World Championships 4–12 March 2023 Richmond, Canada 9 2–9 March 2024 Gangneung, South Korea1–8 March 2025 Stevenston, Scotland Total 10
Mixed doubles Means of qualificationDates Location Quotas QualifiedHost nationcolspan=2 1 Qualification points at the 2023, 2024 & 2025 World Championships 4–12 March 2023 Richmond, Canada 7 11–16 March 2024 Gangneung, South Korea11–16 March 2025 Stevenston, Scotland Total 8
Qualification timeline Source:
Event Date Venue2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championship & 2023 World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 4–12 March 2023 Richmond, British Columbia, Canada2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship & 2025 World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2–16 March 2023 Gangneung, South Korea2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship & 2025 World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 4–12 March 2023 Stevenston, Scotland
Qualification system Qualification to the wheelchair curling tournaments at the Winter Paralympics will solely be determined by earning qualification points from performances at the 2023, 2024, and 2025 World Wheelchair Curling Championship & World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.
In case of a tie in qualification points, the team which finished with higher at the 2025 World Championships will get preference.
Qualification points
The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at the World Wheelchair & World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Championships. The points are distributed as follows: Final rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Note: Scotland, England and Wales all compete separately in international curling. By an agreement between the curling federations of those three home nations, only Scotland can score Paralympic qualification points on behalf of Great Britain.
Qualification results KeyNation Qualified for the Paralympic Games as hostNation Qualified for the Olympic Games via Qualification Points from the 2023, 2024 & 2025 World ChampionshipsNation Qualified for the 2026 Winter Paralympics
Mixed team
Country202320242025Total Points2026 WPGPlacePointsPlacePointsPlacePoints1143101143821221231034586721227761146727494958263101037619X764915679411213945812113103851031185112X7121X945112XX2X121X1
Mixed doubles
Country202320242025Total Points2026 WPGPlacePointsPlacePointsPlacePoints761144929212589424492121032413049114231147611222851032122094853101967678519310170671712131016011140140588XX766103XX31121601302190112170218012115011601501400X18018001701901900XX2000X2002100150130X0X210X0
Note: Scotland, England and Wales compete separately at international level in curling. By an agreement between the curling federations of those three nations, only Scotland can score Olympic qualification points on behalf of Great Britain.
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