Italy wins World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Fredericton

Italy won the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Fredericton on Saturday, beating Scotland 9-4.

The gold-medal game featured Italy’s reigning Olympic champs Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner, against Scotland’s Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat.

This is Italy’s first medal at the World Mixed Doubles. It comes as the country prepares to host next year’s winter Olympics in Milano Cortina.

Earlier in the day, Australia’s Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt captured bronze over Estonia’s Marie Kaldvee and Harri Lill.

Canada’s mixed doubles team of Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant placed sixth overall, posting two losses on Friday but still securing an Olympic spot at the qualifying event.

“This is the last time for our teams, our countries, to earn points to qualify for the Olympic games next year in Milano Cortina, so we’ve now qualified eight countries,” said Beau Welling , president of World Curling. “We have 10 spots available, so we’ll have a competition in Kelowna (British Columbia) in December to qualify the final two countries.”

Canada, Estonia, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States have qualified for the 2026 Olympics.

Fredericton also played host to the 2025 World Senior Curling Championships, with gold medal games on Saturday. Canada’s men defeated Scotland 10-7 while Scotland’s women bested Canada 10-2.

Nearly 200 local volunteers stepped up to host the one-week event inside Fredericton’s Willie O’Ree Centre.

“Everyone put their heart and their soul into their work,” said Wayne Tallon, chair of the local organising committee. “We put out the call and within a couple weeks we had a full complement of volunteers.”

The City of Fredericton estimates the 2025 event will lead to over $1 million in economic spinoffs.

“The nice thing about Fredericton is that we have a lot of curling fans,” said Tallon. “They’re not necessarily curlers, but they love to come out and watch the game, and they’re very knowledgeable. It makes it very appealing to the players because they know the crowds are knowledgeable and know what they’re doing. They know when to cheer for them and when to not say anything.”

Fredericton last hosted the World Mixed Doubles in 2013, marking its first appearance in Canada since the event began in 2008.

“We’re going to take a year off,” said Tallon when asked about hosting future high-profile curling events. “But we would certainly like to host something in maybe 2027 or 2028.”