Men's Curling WCF World Championship 2020 (World Qualification Tournament)

PROVISIONAL STANDING AFTER DAY 10   Monday 16.02.2026 Total Medal Events: 74/116   1.  NOR   12 - 7 - 9 2.  ITA      8 - 4 - 11 3.  USA     6 - 8 - 5 4.  NED      6 - 5 - 1 5.  AUT     5 - 7 - 3 6.  SWE     5 - 5 - 1 7.  SUI       5 - 2 - 3 8.  GER     4 - 7 - 6 9.  FRA     4 - 7 - 4 10.  JPN    4 - 5 - 9 11.  AUS     3 - 1 - 1 12.  GBR   3 - 0 - 0 13.  CAN   2 - 4 - 5 14.  CZE   2 - 2 - 0 15.  SLO     2 - 1 - 1 16.  KOR    1 - 2 - 3 17.  BRA    1 - 0 - 0 -.  KAZ      1 - 0 - 0 19.  CHN   0 - 3 - 2 20.  POL    0 - 3 - 1 21.  LAT     0 - 1 - 1 -.  NZL       0 - 1 - 1 23.  GEO    0 - 1 - 0 24.  FIN     0 - 0 - 3 25.  BUL    0 - 0 - 2 26.  BEL     0 - 0 - 1

Round-Robin   Day 5 Results #2   Draw 8 Central European Time (GMT +1)   United States  2 - 7  Italy February 16th 2026, h. 19:05, Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium - Sheet A, Cortina d´Ampezzo   South Korea  10 - 9  China February 16th 2026, h. 19:05, Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium - Sheet B, Cortina d´Ampezzo   Switzerland  10 - 6  Great Britain February 16th 2026, h. 19:05, Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium - Sheet C, Cortina d´Ampezzo   Japan  6 - 9  Canada February 16th 2026, h. 19:05, Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium - Sheet D, Cortina d´Ampezzo   Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 5   Nation P W L Pt. Sweden 6 6 0 6 South Korea 6 4 2 4 Switzerland 6 4 2 4 United States 6 4 2 4 Canada 6 3 2 3  Denmark 6 3 3 3 China 6 2 4 2 Great Britain 6 2 4 2 Italy 6 1 5 1 Japan 6 1 5 1

I just saw it now. It was really great!

I don't think the IOC particularly does love it when one nation dominates events in that way.   But I suspect (with no evidence except my own conspiracy theory ) that they tolerate it a bit more when the nation is not also dominant in a lot of other sports. Germany has been on a downward trend in the Summer Games since unification and that, coupled with their advantages in Winter Sports (both natural and in funding etc) over many other nations, probably means they are allowed a bit of leeway. I suspect the same leeway is given to, say, Norway.    I think if these events were all being dominated by the US and China, they might be quicker to limit it to 2 per nation. 

Knockout Round February 13th - February 19, 2026   Day 3 Results   Semifinals Central European Time (GMT +1)   United States  5 - 0    Sweden Period-by-Period: 1-0, 4-0, 0-0 February 16th 2026, h. 16:40, Milano Santa Giulia Hockey Arena, Milano   Canada  2 - 1    Switzerland Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-0, 0-1 February 16th 2026, h. 21:10, Milano Santa Giulia Ice Hockey Arena, Milano     Nations Qualified for the Gold Medal Match   Canada United States   Nations Qualified for the Bronze Medal Match    Sweden  Switzerland