Overview
- Jeong Yeong-seok and Kim Seon-yeong pulled ahead with three in the fifth end and sealed it with a steal of three in the last end.
- South Korea reached the final qualifier after a 7-3 playoff win over China, while Australia fell to the Czech Republic in the other playoff.
- Kim becomes the first South Korean curler to qualify for three consecutive Winter Games.
- Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt, World Championship bronze medalists in 2025 and briefly world No. 1 earlier this year, missed out on the final berth.
- South Korea’s women will be represented by a team skipped by Gim Eun-ji in Italy, and the men’s team did not qualify.