At the World Cup in Canada, the main round ends, but the 9: 4 at the end is enough for the first Olympic qualification since 2014.
The German curlers missed the play-offs at the World Cup in Canada, but in the last game the ticket for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. After the 9: 4 victory against the United States, the European Champion Team around Skip Marc Muskatewitz ended the main round with five wins and seven defeats in eighth.
Due to the complicated qualification with a combined classification of the World Cups 2024 and 2025, an official confirmation from the World Curling World Course initially stood out, “but at least we know that we are eighth – and accordingly 100 percent will be part of the winter games,” said national coach Uli Kapp to the SID. The DCV team has been represented again at the Olympics for the first time since Sochi 2014.
The way there was “like a roller coaster ride in Moose Jaw in the Temple Gardens in Moose Jaw,” said Kapp: “The World Cup week was bumpy. But you just have to give the team a loan: they are still young, they have to go through something like that. It was a very tight field, very hard opponent, almost everyone beat everyone.”
After the clear defeat against Scotland (1: 6), at least the end was more than conciliatory on Friday (local time). “We had a very good game against the USA. It was important, with a really good team performance we rocked it down and designed the game dominant,” said Kapp.