The 2026 World Championship Qualifier Women is a new curling event introduced by World Curling as part of major structural changes implemented for the 2026–2030 Olympic cycle. Six teams from this event will qualify for the 2027 World Women's Curling Championship, they will join the twelve teams that already qualified from the 2026 World Women's Curling Championship to create the newly expanded eighteen team field. This event wil be held in Östersund, Sweden on November 21 to 26.

The sixteen teams that qualified for this event through their placements at 2026 World Women's Curling Championship, 2025 Pan Continental Curling Championships, 2025 European Curling Championships, World Ranking, or 2026 World Championship Pre-Qualifier. They are competing to be one of six teams to join Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, China, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Denmark, and the United States at the 2027 World Women's Curling Championship. Four teams will be relegated to the 2027 World Championship Pre-Qualifier.

Qualification Sixteen curling federations qualified to participate in the first ever World Championship Qualifier Women.

Means of Qualification Vacancies Qualified 2026 World Women's Curling Championship 1 2025 Pan Continental Curling Championships 2 2025 European Curling Championships 3 2025 Pan Continental Curling Championships B Division 2 2025 European Curling Championships B Division 2 3 World Rankings 2 2026 World Championship Pre-Qualifier Pan Continental 2 1 2026 World Championship Pre-Qualifier Europe 2 TOTAL 16 Notes

Teams The teams were as follows:

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Round robin standings

KeyTeams to Playoffs & Qualified for the 2027 World Women's Curling ChampionshipTeams to Qualification PlayoffsTeams Relegated to the 2027 World Championship Pre-Qualifier Group A Skip W L 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 Group B Skip W L 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000 0 0 – 0.000

+ Group A Round Robin Summary Table Pos. Country Record 1 D13 D9 D1 D7 D5 D11 D3 0–0 1 D13 D11 D5 D1 D3 D9 D7 0–0 1 D9 D11 D7 D3 D1 D13 D5 0–0 1 D1 D5 D7 D9 D13 D3 D11 0–0 1 D7 D1 D3 D9 D11 D5 D13 0–0 1 D5 D3 D1 D13 D11 D7 D9 0–0 1 D11 D9 D13 D3 D5 D7 D1 0–0 1 D3 D7 D5 D11 D13 D9 D1 0–0

+ Group B Round Robin Summary Table Pos. Country Record 1 D14 D10 D8 D2 D6 D4 D12 0–0 1 D14 D12 D2 D6 D4 D8 D10 0–0 1 D10 D12 D4 D8 D2 D6 D14 0–0 1 D8 D2 D4 D10 D12 D14 D6 0–0 1 D2 D6 D8 D10 D14 D12 D4 0–0 1 D6 D4 D2 D12 D14 D10 D8 0–0 1 D4 D8 D6 D14 D12 D10 D2 0–0 1 D12 D10 D14 D6 D4 D8 D2 0–0

Round robin results All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Draw 1 Saturday, November 21, 10:00

Draw 2 Saturday, November 21, 14:30

Draw 3 Saturday, November 21, 19:00

Draw 4 Sunday, November 22, 10:00

Draw 5 Sunday, November 22, 14:30

Draw 6 Sunday, November 22, 19:00

Draw 7 Monday, November 23, 10:00

Draw 8 Monday, November 23, 14:30

Draw 9 Monday, November 23, 19:00

Draw 10 Tuesday, November 24, 10:00

Draw 11 Tuesday, November 24, 14:30

Draw 12 Tuesday, November 24, 19:00

Draw 13 Wednesday, November 25, 9:00

Draw 14 Wednesday, November 25, 13:00

Playoffs

Playoffs

Semifinals Wednesday, November 25, 19:00

Bronze Medal Game Thursday, November 26, 9:00

Gold Medal Game Thursday, November 26, 15:00

Qualification Playoffs

Qualification Round 1 Thursday, November 26, 9:00

Qualification Round 2 Thursday, November 26, 15:00

Final standings KeyTeams Qualified for the 2027 World Women's Curling ChampionshipTeams Relegated to the 2027 World Championship Pre-Qualifier

PlaceTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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