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The Pan Continental Curling Championships 2025 (PCCC) A-Division is heading to Virginia, Minnesota, where, from 20-26 October, eight men's and eight women's teams will compete for titles and the chance to qualify their country for the 2026 World Men's and Women's Championships.

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The event, which awards five world championship berths to each of the top finishing men's teams and four to the women's, will see both competitions take place concurrently, guaranteeing a jam-packed week of curling action.

Teams will begin by competing in a round-robin format, with the top four finishers being seeded into two semi-final matches.

The winners of those will then progress to the title-decider, while the losers will meet in a game to contest third-place.

As announced by World Curling on 14 October, this year's PCCC will be the last due to a change in competition structure for the 2026-2030 Olympic cycle, beginning with the 2026-27 competition season.

Find out more about the teams, the schedule and how you can watch the action live, below.

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People's Republic of China's Xu Xiaoming and Canada's Homan return as defending champions
Reigning men's champions, the People's Republic of China, will be bidding to go back-to-back for the first time after their historic title win last year in Lacombe, Canada.

Led by skip Xu Xiaoming, the Chinese enjoyed a remarkable run in 2024 after finishing the round-robin in third place. Matched up against the United States' 2018 Olympic champion John Shuster for the semi-finals, Xu and his side prevailed 7-4, before then defeating Japan in the final 6-4.

With this year's season now hitting its stride, Xu and his rink will undoubtedly be searching to back up last year's breakthrough success, particularly as December's Olympic Qualification Event (OQE) - the final qualifying opportunity for Milano Cortina 2026 - looms large on the horizon.

China, Japan, the United States, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand and A-Division debutants the Philippines will all be heading to the OQE in Kelowna, Canada, to try and secure one of the two remaining quota spots available for next year's Games. It makes for an intriguing backdrop to this year's PCCC, with teams looking to get the measure of their future opponents.

On the women's side, Canada's Rachel Homan will be looking to pick up exactly where she left off last season.

The winner of last year's PCCC went on to have one of the best-ever runs in a single curling year, winning a national crown, a third world title and going 75-8 in all games played.

It was an impressive season, but Homan will be aware that all eyes will be on her as she makes her international start.

The Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, set to take place at the end of November, will decide which team has the right to represent Canada in Cortina - and she will be one of the favourites among them to win.

If she can have a strong performance in Virginia, then it will surely improve her preparedness as she heads into the all-important showdown.

And, fortunately for the Canadian skip, the competition looks set to be fierce. Just as with the men's event, Japan and the United States will also be heading to the OQE in December.

*As National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games, athletes' participation at the Milano Cortina Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Milano Cortina 2026.

Pan Continental Curling Championships 2025: Teams
Women
Australia
Canada
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
People's Republic of China
Republic of Korea
United States of America
Men
Australia
Canada
Japan
New Zealand
People's Republic of China
Philippines
Republic of Korea
United States of America

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Pan Continental Curling Championships 2025: Schedule in full
All times are in Central Time (UTC-5).

Monday 20th October
Men - 19:00

Sheet A: Australia v Philippines
Sheet B: Republic of Korea v New Zealand
Sheet C: Canada v PR China
Sheet D: Japan v United States
Tuesday 21st October
Women - 09:00

Sheet A: PR China v Republic of Korea
Sheet B: Mexico v United States
Sheet C: New Zealand v Australia
Sheet D: Canada v Japan
Men - 14:00

Sheet A: New Zealand v PR China
Sheet B: Japan v Australia
Sheet C: United States v Republic of Korea
Sheet D: Philippines v Canada
Women - 19:00

Sheet A: Australia v Japan
Sheet B: New Zealand v Canada
Sheet C: Republic of Korea v United States
Sheet D: PR China v Mexico
Wednesday 22nd October
Men - 09:00

Sheet A: Republic of Korea v Canada
Sheet B: United States v Philippines
Sheet C: PR China v Australia
Sheet D: New Zealand v Japan
Women - 14:00

Sheet A: New Zealand v United States
Sheet B: PR China v Japan
Sheet C: Canada v Mexico
Sheet D: Republic of Korea v Australia
Men - 19:00

Sheet A: United States v Australia
Sheet B: New Zealand v Canada
Sheet C: Philippines v Japan
Sheet D: PR China v Republic of Korea
Thursday 23rd October
Women - 09:00

Sheet A: Mexico v Australia
Sheet B: Canada v Republic of Korea
Sheet C: PR China v New Zealand
Sheet D: Japan v United States
Men - 14:00

Sheet A: Japan v Republic of Korea
Sheet B: Philippines v PR China
Sheet C: New Zealand v United States
Sheet D: Canada v Australia
Women - 19:00

Sheet A: Canada v PR China
Sheet B: United States v Australia
Sheet C: Mexico v Japan
Sheet D: New Zealand v Republic of Korea
Friday 24th October
Men - 09:00

Sheet A: Philippines v New Zealand
Sheet B: Australia v Republic of Korea
Sheet C: Japan v Canada
Sheet D: United States v PR China
Women - 14:00

Sheet A: Republic of Korea v Mexico
Sheet B: Japan v New Zealand
Sheet C: United States v PR China
Sheet D: Australia v Canada
Men - 19:00

Sheet A: PR China v Japan
Sheet B: Canada v United States
Sheet C: Australia v New Zealand
Sheet D: Republic of Korea v Philippines
Saturday 25th October
Women - 09:00

Sheet A: USA v Canada
Sheet B: Australia v PR China
Sheet C: Japan v Republic of Korea
Sheet D: Mexico v New Zealand
Men's semi-finals - 14:00

Women's semi-finals - 19:00

Sunday 26th October
Men's and women's bronze medal games - 08:30

Men's gold medal game - 12:30

Women's gold medal game - 16:30