Kitzbühel Curling team ready for historical World Cup comeback in Canada!

Kitzbühel Curling team ready for historical World Cup comeback in Canada!

An exciting chapter for the Austrian curling team opens up: With intensive training in the Kitzbühel sports park, the team under the direction of Skip Mathias Genner is preparing for the upcoming World Championships in Moose Jaw, Canada. This World Cup, which begins at the end of March, is a historical return for the Kitzbühel team, which has been fighting on the international stage for the first time since 2002. For the third time ever, it goes to the place where the first World Cup participation took place in 1983. National player Jonas oven excitedly commented: "We want to play well and show that we belong on the world stage." According to the information from tirol.orf.at , the Kitzbüheler achieved the qualification last November after their success.

challenges at the WM

A total of twelve preliminary round games awaits the team in Canada, and captain Genner admits: "Medal favorites are others. Everything in the top 10 would be a good result for us." The atmosphere is a completely new challenge: "We have never played before such a lot of people. This is really something new for us, but we are really looking forward to it." While the men's team is preparing for the World Cup, the Kitzbühel Curling team also delivered a lot at the European Championship in A-Division. There they held seventh place and qualified for the 2025 World Cup, as curling-austria .

The way to the World Cup is lined with committed preparations, and the team knows that the audience in Moose Jaw burns on curling. After the first game on March 30th against the world champions from 2023 in Scotland, the Kitzbühelers hope for a successful tournament and with optimism look at the opportunity to realize their dream of the first Olympic participation. In the coming weeks, the focus is now on training because the team is preparing for the competition and would like to do their best.