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Where to curl

There is no global directory of curling clubs, and anybody who tells you they have one is showing you a list that went stale. What there is, is a governing body per country that keeps its own club list current. Here they all are.

Last updated 2026-08-18

The map#

Every dot is a country with a national curling association. The bigger dots are the nations with a long championship history — which is a much shorter list than the number of countries that play.

A world map showing 78 national curling associations plotted by approximate country centroid. The larger dots are the nations with the longest world championship history.Canada — Curling CanadaUnited States — USA CurlingArgentina — Argentine Curling FederationBolivia — Curling BoliviaBrazil — Brazilian Ice Sports FederationDominican Republic — Dominican Skating & Winter Sports FederationGuyana — Guyana Curling FederationJamaica — Curling JamaicaMexico — Mexican Curling FederationPuerto Rico — Puerto Rican Curling FederationU.S. Virgin Islands — U.S. Virgin Islands Curling AssociationScotland — Scottish CurlingSweden — Swedish Curling AssociationSwitzerland — Swiss Curling AssociationNorway — Norwegian Curling AssociationDenmark — Danish Curling AssociationFinland — Finnish Curling AssociationGermany — German Curling AssociationItaly — Italian Ice Sports FederationEngland — English Curling AssociationWales — Welsh Curling AssociationIreland — Irish Curling AssociationNetherlands — Netherlands Curling AssociationAustria — Austrian Curling AssociationBelgium — Belgian Curling AssociationCzechia — Czech Curling AssociationPoland — Polish Curling Clubs FederationHungary — Hungarian Curling FederationLatvia — Latvian Curling AssociationLithuania — Lithuanian Curling AssociationEstonia — Estonian Curling AssociationSlovakia — Slovak Curling AssociationSlovenia — Slovenian Curling AssociationCroatia — Croatian Curling AssociationSerbia — National Curling Association of SerbiaBosnia and Herzegovina — Bosnia and Herzegovina Curling AssociationKosovo — Kosovo Curling FederationBulgaria — Bulgarian Curling FederationRomania — Romanian Curling FederationGreece — Hellenic Winter Sports FederationSpain — Royal Spanish Ice Sports FederationPortugal — Portuguese Winter Sports FederationFrance — French Ice Sports FederationIceland — Icelandic Sport FederationAndorra — Andorra Curling AssociationLiechtenstein — Liechtenstein Curling AssociationLuxembourg — Luxembourg Curling AssociationMonaco — Monegasque Skating FederationBelarus — Belarusian Curling AssociationUkraine — Ukrainian Curling FederationRussia — Russian Curling FederationGeorgia — Georgian Curling FederationTurkey — Türkiye Curling FederationArmenia — Wheelchair Curling Federation of ArmeniaJapan — Japan Curling AssociationKorea — Korea Curling FederationChina — Chinese Curling AssociationAustralia — Curling AustraliaNew Zealand — New Zealand Curling AssociationChinese Taipei — Chinese Taipei Curling FederationHong Kong, China — Curling Hong Kong ChinaKazakhstan — Kazakhstan Curling, Floor Curling & Petanque FederationKyrgyzstan — Curling Federation of KyrgyzstanTurkmenistan — Curling Federation of TurkmenistanMongolia — Mongolian Curling FederationIndia — Curling Federation of IndiaPakistan — Winter Sports Federation PakistanAfghanistan — Afghanistan Curling FederationThailand — Curling Association of ThailandPhilippines — Curling PilipinasSingapore — Curling Association SingaporeIsrael — Israel Curling AssociationIran — Iran Curling AssociationSaudi Arabia — Saudi Winter Sports FederationQatar — Qatar Curling FederationKuwait — Kuwait Winter Games ClubKenya — Kenya Curling FederationNigeria — Nigeria Curling FederationEach dot is a national association. Larger dots are the long-established curling nations.
78 national associations, plotted by approximate country centroid on an equirectangular projection. There are no coastlines: at this density the associations trace them. Hover or tap a dot for the country.

Two things are worth noticing. The first is how completely northern the sport still is — the concentration across northern Europe and Canada is the whole history of curling in one picture. The second is how much of the rest of the map is occupied anyway: Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Qatar, Singapore, Brazil and the U.S. Virgin Islands all have curling federations, and none of them has a frozen loch.

How to actually find a club#

Curling has no global club directory, and this site is not going to pretend otherwise. Any list of thousands of clubs maintained by somebody with no relationship to them is a list of dead links within two years.

What works, in order:

  1. Your national association. They keep the club list, and they keep it current because their members make them. Find yours in the directory below. Most have a "find a club" page with a map.
  2. Search for "learn to curl" plus your nearest city. Clubs advertise their beginner sessions harder than anything else they do, because those sessions are how they recruit. This is often faster than the association route.
  3. Look for the arena. In places without a dedicated curling facility, curling frequently runs out of an ice hockey rink for a few hours a week. The club may have almost no web presence and a very active local following.
If it is the off-season

Most curling clubs run roughly October to April in the northern hemisphere and are entirely dark the rest of the year. An unanswered email in July is not a dead club. Try again in September, which is when learn-to-curl programmes open and when clubs are desperate to hear from you.

The directory#

Every association with a published name, grouped by region, with its website where World Curling lists one. 78 of the 109 member associations appear here; the remainder are listed by World Curling without contact details.

Americas — 11 associations#

Europe — 43 associations#

Asia-Pacific — 17 associations#

Africa and the Middle East — 7 associations#

What to expect when you get there#

Covered properly on your first time on the ice, but the short version, because it is the thing that stops people going:

If there is no club near you#

This is a real situation for most of the world, and there are three genuine answers.

Start one. Curling clubs are started by ordinary people far more often than most sports' clubs are, because the barrier is ice time rather than facilities — the first season of a new club is usually a few hours a week rented from a hockey rink, with borrowed stones. We have written up why it is worth doing and how to go about it, and this site gives any club a free page, a roster and a set of tools, with no advertising and nothing sold.

Travel for it. A great many curlers drive an hour each way once a week, and consider it entirely reasonable.

Play here in the meantime. This game runs on a physics engine calibrated against published measurements rather than tuned until it felt right, so the weights, the ice speeds and the sweeping are the real ones. It is not a substitute for standing on ice. It is a very good way to arrive at your first session already knowing what a come-around is.

Sources#

Your first time on the ice Start a club instead