2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship: Full schedule, preview, and how to watch live action
20 of the best mixed doubles pairs will compete for the world title at Gangneung Curling Centre from 22-29 April. Discover the schedule in full, teams and how you can watch the action.
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The 2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship will be held in Gangneung, Republic of Korea from 22-29 April.
In total, 20 teams comprised of one female player and one male, will compete for the world title at the Gangneung Curling Centre, home of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic curling events, with Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds attempting to defend Scotland’s title won last year by Eve Muirhead and Bobby Lammie.
Before the competition start, the 20 teams that qualified for the competition have been divided into two round-robin groups.
Group A: Australia, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Scotland
Group B: Austria, England, Germany, Japan, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Türkiye, United States
Every team will play each other once in their round-robin group. The leaders of both groups after the end of the round-robin will qualify directly for the semi-finals, while the second and third teams from Group A will play the third and second teams from Group B in play-offs, with the winners proceeding to the semi-finals.
The two pairs that win their semi-finals will then meet in the final to contest the world title while the other two will play for bronze.
The two teams that finish bottom of Group A and Group B will be automatically relegated to next season's World Mixed Doubles Qualification event.
The teams that finish second-last and third-last in both groups will meet in relegation games where the winners of these games will become the last two of 16 teams to qualify directly for next year's championship. The losers will have to play in the qualification event.
The mixed doubles curling event made its Olympic debut at PyeongChang 2018. Instead of playing in teams of four, mixed doubles involve teams of two players; one male and one female with no alternate allowed.
- The game is played on the same sheets of ice as four-person curling but there are notable differences.
- Teams use six stones each, rather than eight, and one of those stones from each team is positioned before each end starts
- The first player to throw delivers the first and last stone while the second player throws the second, third and fourth stones. Players may choose to swap positions from one end to the next
- Sweeping can be done by both team members
- Games are fixed at eight ends. If the games are tied after eight ends, extra end(s) will be played
2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship: Meet the pairs
Australia
Austria
- Hannah Augustin
- Martin Reichel
Canada
Czechia
- Julie Zelingrova
- Vit Chabicovsky
Denmark
England
- Lina Opel
- Michael Opel
Estonia
- Marie Kaldvee
- Harri Lill
Germany
- Pia-Lisa Schoell
- Klaudius Harsch
Hungary
Italy
Japan
- Matsumura Chiaki
- Tanida Yasumasa
Republic of Korea
- Kim Ji-yoon
- Jeong Byeong-jin
Netherlands
- Vanessa Tonoli
- Wouter Goesgens
Norway
- Martine Roenning
- Mathias Braenden
Scotland
- Jennifer Dodds
- Bruce Mouat
Spain
- Oihane Otaegi
- Mikel Unanue
Sweden
- Therese Westman
- Robin Ahlberg
Switzerland
- Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann
- Yannick Schwaller
Türkiye
- Dilsat Yildiz
- Bilal Omer Cakir
United States
- Cory Thiesse
- Korey Dropkin
2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship: Full schedule
All times are local: KST (UTC +9).
Saturday 22 April
Round Robin Session 1 - 10:00
- Sheet A - Republic of Korea v Hungary
- Sheet B - Netherlands v Australia
- Sheet C - Canada v Scotland
- Sheet D - Italy v Czechia
- Sheet E - Estonia v Denmark
Round Robin Session 2 - 14:00
- Sheet A - Japan v Germany
- Sheet B - Spain v Norway
- Sheet C - Switzerland v England
- Sheet D - Türkiye v Austria
- Sheet E - United States v Sweden
Round Robin Session 3 - 18:00
- Sheet A - Austria v Italy
- Sheet B - Hungary v Czechia
- Sheet C - Estonia v Republic of Korea
- Sheet D - Denmark v Scotland
- Sheet E - Netherlands v Canada
Sunday 23 April
Round Robin Session 4 - 10:00
- Sheet A - Norway v Türkiye
- Sheet B - Germany v Austria
- Sheet C - United States v Japan
- Sheet D - Sweden v England
- Sheet E - Spain v Switzerland
Round Robin Session 5 - 14:00
- Sheet A - Scotland v Netherlands
- Sheet B - Republic of Korea v Denmark
- Sheet C - Hungary v Italy
- Sheet D - Canada v Estonia
- Sheet E - Australia v Czechia
Round Robin Session 6 - 18:00
- Sheet A - England v Spain
- Sheet B - Japan v Sweden
- Sheet C - Germany v Türkiye
- Sheet D - Switzerland v United States
- Sheet E - Norway v Austria
Monday 24 April
Round Robin Session 7 - 10:00
- Sheet A - Czechia v Estonia
- Sheet B - Canada v Italy
- Sheet C - Denmark v Australia
- Sheet D - Scotland v Republic of Korea
- Sheet E - Hungary v Netherlands
Round Robin Session 8 - 14:00
- Sheet A - Austria v United States
- Sheet B - Switzerland v Türkiye
- Sheet C - Sweden v Norway
- Sheet D - England v Japan
- Sheet E - Germany v Spain
Round Robin Session 9 - 18:00
- Sheet A - Canada v Australia
- Sheet B - Estonia v Hungary
- Sheet C - Republic of Korea v Czechia
- Sheet D - Netherlands v Denmark
- Sheet E - Italy v Scotland
Tuesday 25 April
Round Robin Session 10 - 10:00
- Sheet A - Switzerland v Norway
- Sheet B - United States v Germany
- Sheet C - Japan v Austria
- Sheet D - Spain v Sweden
- Sheet E - Türkiye v England
Round Robin Session 11 - 14:00
- Sheet A - Estonia v Scotland
- Sheet B - Australia v Republic of Korea
- Sheet C - Italy v Netherlands
- Sheet D - Czechia v Canada
- Sheet E - Denmark v Hungary
Round Robin Session 12 - 18:00
- Sheet A - United States v England
- Sheet B - Norway v Japan
- Sheet C - Türkiye v Spain
- Sheet D - Austria v Switzerland
- Sheet E - Sweden v Germany
Wednesday 26 April
Round Robin Session 13 - 10:00
- Sheet A - Netherlands v Czechia
- Sheet B - Denmark v Canada
- Sheet C - Scotland v Hungary
- Sheet D - Estonia v Australia
- Sheet E - Republic of Korea v Italy
Round Robin Session 14 - 14:00
- Sheet A - Spain v Austria
- Sheet B - Sweden v Switzerland
- Sheet C - England v Germany
- Sheet D - United States v Norway
- Sheet E - Japan v Türkiye
Round Robin Session 15 - 18:00
- Sheet A - Hungary v Canada
- Sheet B - Italy v Estonia
- Sheet C - Czechia v Denmark
- Sheet D - Republic of Korea v Netherlands
- Sheet E - Scotland v Australia
Thursday 27 April
Round Robin Session 16 - 10:00
- Sheet A - Germany v Switzerland
- Sheet B - Türkiye v United States
- Sheet C - Austria v Sweden
- Sheet D - Japan v Spain
- Sheet E - England v Norway
Round Robin Session 17 - 14:00
- Sheet A - Italy v Denmark
- Sheet B - Czechia v Scotland
- Sheet C - Netherlands v Estonia
- Sheet D - Australia v Hungary
- Sheet E - Canada v Korea
Round Robin Session 18 - 18:00
- Sheet A - Türkiye v Sweden
- Sheet B - Austria v England
- Sheet C - Spain v United States
- Sheet D - Norway v Germany
- Sheet E - Switzerland v Japan
Friday 28 April
Qualification games - 10:00
Semi-finals - 18:00
Saturday 29 April
Bronze medal game - 10:00
Gold medal game - 14:00
2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship: Teams to watch
Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds will be in the hot seat as they bid to make Scotland three-time consecutive world mixed double champions when their campaign gets underway on 22 April, but the duo won't be too phased by the target on their backs.
Not only are the pair previous winners of the world crown from 2021, but individually they come well-seasoned when it comes to curling on the world stage. Dodds is a reigning Olympic women's curling champion thanks to her role in lifting Team Muirhead to victory in Beijing while men's skip Mouat recently added this year's men's world title to the Olympic silver he also claimed in the People's Republic of China.
They will be tough opposition, but there are plenty ready to knock them off their perch.
Leading the contenders is Switzerland who has won the mixed doubles world title seven times since the tournament's inception in 2008 making them the strongest nation historically by some margin.
Representing the curling powerhouse at this year's edition will be husband and wife combination Yannick Schwaller and Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann, who have both also recently tasted success on the world stage.
Schwaller-Huerlimann was part of Team Tirinzoni's four-peat triumph at the Women's World Curling Championships last month while men's skip Schwaller defeated Italy to take bronze in the men's edition. The two will no doubt lean into their special bond when they take to the ice in Korea.
Another husband and wife team with the potential to make it onto the podium are Canadian duo, Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing. The two emerged victorious in Canada's national competition earning their spot for this year's tournament and both come armed with bags of top-level curling experience.
Combined, Jones and Laing have won 12 Canadian curling championships and seven world titles, with Jones also boasting Olympic gold for her women's team triumph at Sochi 2014.
Reigning Olympic mixed doubles champion Stefania Constantini will also be one to watch out for when the competition in Gangneung gets underway. The Italian star, who grabbed headlines after winning Italy's first-ever curling gold in Beijing with Amos Mosaner, will be featuring alongside new partner Sebastiano Arman.
2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship: How to watch live
The 2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship will be available to watch via The Curling Channel on Recast, a subscription-free streaming platform.
CHECK: For viewers in Canada, the 2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship will also be broadcast on TSN including every one of Canada’s round-robin games as well as the playoffs.
Live streams will be available on TSN.ca and in the TSN app.