Germany and Switzerland will mount their title defences as they join 18 other teams at the 2025 European Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland, from 22-29 November. Watch select action on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com.
Preview, schedule, and how to watch live
The 2025 European Curling Championships are heading to Lohja, Finland, where, from 22-29 November, 10 men’s and 10 women’s curling teams will battle it out for the continental crown.
The event, taking place 75 days before the curling action starts at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, will see the women’s and men’s competitions take place concurrently, promising an action-filled week of curling.
Both contests will adopt the same format, whereby all teams will play each other once in a round-robin before the top four teams are paired up for two semi-final matches.
The winners will advance to the final, while bronze medal matches will take place for the runners-up.
Many of the nations who are set to compete at Milano Cortina will be in action, and in addition to crowning two champions, the European Curling Championship will also qualify European curling teams to the 2026 World Curling Championships.
Find out more about the continental showdown below.
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2025 European Curling Championships: Story lines to follow
As the clock ticks down to Milano Cortina 2026, this year’s European Championships are sure to be a point of intrigue.
In the men’s event, Marc Muskatewitz of Germany will bid to defend his hard-fought team’s title after their stunning upset of Scotland at last year’s edition of the event, but it will not be without its challenges.
The Scots, skipped by Bruce Mouat, have come into this season in stunning form, with Mouat already guiding his rink to two successive Grand Slam of Curling titles to take his career total up to 12. The Olympic silver medallist from Beijing 2022 will be eager to reclaim the European crown after the Germans denied his team the chance to claim a fourth consecutive title in 2024.
Also in the field are Sweden, skipped by seven-time European champion and reigning Olympic champion Niklas Edin; Switzerland, led by Yannick Schwaller and upcoming hosts of the Games, Italy, fronted by Joël Retornaz.
In the women’s competition, Switzerland return as the defending champions, but in a compelling twist, it will not be Silvana Tirinzoni representing the curling powerhouse.
The four-time world champion and the winner from last year finished third at the 2024 Swiss Women’s Curling Championships, meaning she rescinded the right to curl for Switzerland in Lohja. Corrie Hürlimann will instead lead the charge.
Given that Team Tirinzoni are one of the two great forces in world women’s curling right now, their absence opens the door to other hungry teams looking to capitalise. Among those to watch out for will be 2023 winners Denmark, Scotland, skipped by Sophie Jackson, and Sweden, led by the veteran Anna Hasselborg.
As it stands, the European men’s teams that have secured quotas for Milano Cortina 2026 are: Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Czechia, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. The European women’s teams to have achieved the same feat are Denmark, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden, and Switzerland.
2025 European Curling Championships: Men’s teams
Austria
- Skip: Mathias Genner
- Third: Jonas Bcakofen
- Second: Matthaeus Hofer
- Lead: Martin Reichel
- Alternate: Johann Karg
Czechia
- Skip: Lukas Klima
- Third: Marek Cernovsky
- Second: Martin Jurik
- Lead: Lukas Klipa
- Alternate: Radek Bohac
Denmark
- Fourth: Jonathan Vilandt
- Skip: Jacob Schmidt
- Second: Alexander Qvist
- Lead: Kasper Jurlander Boege
- Alternate: Mads Noergaard
Germany
- Skip: Marc Muskatewitz
- Third: Benjamin Kapp
- Second: Felix Messenzehl
- Lead: Johannes Scheuerl
- Alternate: Mario Trevisiol
Italy
- Skip: Joel Retornaz
- Third: Amos Mosaner
- Second: Sebastiano Arman
- Lead: Mattia Giovanella
- Alternate: Alberto Zisa
Norway
- Skip: Magnus Ramsfjell
- Third: Martin Sesaker
- Second: Bendik Ramsfjell
- Lead: Gaute Nepstad
- Alternate: Wilhelm Naess
Poland
- Skip: Konrad Stych
- Third: Krzysztof Domin
- Second: Marcin Cieminski
- Lead: Bartosz Lobaza
- Alternate: Maksym Grzelka
Scotland
- Skip: Bruce Mouat
- Third: Grant Hardie
- Second: Bobby Lammie
- Lead: Hammy McMillan
- Alternate: Kyle Waddell
Sweden
- Skip: Niklas Edin
- Third: Oskar Eriksson
- Second: Rasmus Wranå
- Lead: Christoffer Sundgren
- Alternate: Simon Olofsson
Switzerland
- Fourth: Benoit Schwarz-Van Berkel
- Skip: Yannick Schwaller
- Second: Sven Michel
- Lead: Pablo Lachat-Couchepin
- Alternate: Kim Schwaller
Türkiye
Swedish skip Anna Hasselborg last won a European title in 2019
2025 European Curling Championships: Women’s teams
Czechia
- Skip: Anna Kubeskova
- Third: Michaela Baudysova
- Second: Aneta Muellernova
- Lead: Klara Parizkova
- Alternate: Karolina Spundova
Denmark
- Skip: Madeleine Dupont
- Third: Mathilde Halse
- Second: Jasmin Holtermann
- Lead: Denise Dupont
- Alternate: My Larsen
Germany
- Fourth: Kim Sutor
- Skip: Sara Messenzehl
- Second: Zoe Antes
- Lead: Joy Sutor
- Alternate: Emira Abbes
Italy
- Skip: Stefania Constantini
- Third: Elena Mathis
- Second: Angela Romei
- Lead: Giulia Zardini Lacedelli
- Alternate: Marta Lo Deserto
Lithuania
- Skip: Virginija Paulauskaite
- Third: Olga Dvojeglazova
- Second: Migle Kiudyte
- Lead: Ruta Blaziene
- Alternate: Justina Zalieckiene
Norway
- Skip: Kristin Skaslien
- Third: Marianne Roervik
- Second: Mille Haslev Nordbye
- Lead: Eilin Kjaerland
- Alternate: Ingeborg Forbregd
Scotland
- Fourth: Rebecca Morrison
- Third: Jennifer Dodds
- Second: Sophie Sinclair
- Skip: Sophie Jackson
- Alternate: Fay Henderson
Sweden
- Skip: Anna Hasselborg
- Third: Sara McManus
- Second: Agnes Knochenhauer
- Lead: Sofia Mabergs
- Alternate: Johanna Heldin
Switzerland
- Skip: Corrie Huerlimann
- Third: Marina Loertscher
- Second: Stefanie Berset
- Lead: Celine Schwizgebel
- Alternate: Melina Bezzola
Türkiye
- Skip: Dilsat Yildiz
- Third: Oznur Polat
- Second: Iclal Karaman
- Lead: Berfin Sengul
- Alternate: Ifayet Safak Calikusu
Olympic gold medallist Stefania Constantini will lead Italy’s women at the 2025 European Curling Championships
2025 European Curling Championships: Complete schedule
All times are in local (UTC+2).
Saturday 22 November
Women’s Session 1 – 09:00
Men’s Session 1 – 14:30
Women’s Session 2- 19:30
Sunday 23 November
Men’s Session 2 – 09:00
Women’s Session 3 – 14:00
Men’s Session 3 – 19:00
Monday 24 November
Women’s Session 4 – 08:00
Men’s Session 4 – 12:00
Women’s Session 5 – 16:00
Men’s Session 5 – 20:00
Women’s Session 6 – 09:00
Men’s Session 6 – 14:00
Women’s Session 7 – 19:00
Wednesday 26 November
Men’s Session 7 – 09:00
Women’s Session 8 – 14:00
Men’s Session 8 – 19:00
Thursday 27 November
Women’s Session 9 – 09:00
Men’s Session 9 – 14:00
Women’s Semi-finals – 19:00
- TBC
Friday 28 November
Men’s Semi-finals – 09:00
- TBC
Women’s Bronze Medal Game – 14:00
Men’s Bronze Medal Game – 19:00
Saturday 29 November
Women’s Gold Medal Game – 10:00
Men’s Gold Medal Game – 15:00
03:50
03:00
02:05
How to watch the European Curling Championships 2025 live on the Olympic Channel
Select matches from the European Curling Championships 2025 will be available to stream live on the Olympic Channel via Olympics.com. Restrictions may apply.
More information will be available soon.
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