Italy at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Italy will host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, from 6 to 22 February 2026.

Italy at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Flag of Italy
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it/en
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 6 February 2026 (2026-02-06) – 22 February 2026 (2026-02-22)
Competitors	151 (79 men and 72 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearers	Arianna Fontana & Federico Pellegrino (Milan) Federica Brignone & Amos Mosaner (Cortina d'Ampezzo)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. This includes quotas from host country allocations.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	2	4
Biathlon	5	5	10
Bobsleigh	4	2	6
Cross-country skiing	5	6	11
Curling	6	6	12
Figure skating	5	4	9
Freestyle skiing	3	3	6
Ice hockey	25	23	48
Luge	3	3	6
Nordic combined	1	—N/a	1
Short-track speed skating	5	5	10
Skeleton	1	1	2
Ski jumping	1	1	2
Ski mountaineering	1	2	3
Snowboarding	4	3	7
Speed skating	8	6	14
Total	79	72	151

Alpine skiing

Italy qualified a minimum of two female and two male alpine skiers as host.

Biathlon

Italy qualified five female and five male biathletes through the 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup score.

Cross-country skiing

Italy qualified six female and five male cross-country skiers.

Curling

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Joël Retornaz Amos Mosaner Sebastiano Arman Mattia Giovanella	Men's tournament	SWE	GBR	GER	NOR	CZE	USA	CHN	CAN	SUI
Stefania Constantini Elena Mathis Angela Romei Giulia Zardini Lacedelli Marta Lo Deserto	Women's tournament	SUI	KOR	CHN	SWE	DEN	JPN	USA	CAN	GBR
Stefania Constantini Amos Mosaner	Mixed doubles tournament	KOR	CAN	SUI	EST	SWE	NOR	CZE	GBR	USA

Men's tournament

Italy qualified their men's team by their status as host. Team Joël Retornaz was selected to represent Italy in the men's event.

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Brad Jacobs	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
China	Xu Xiaoming	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Czech Republic	Lukáš Klíma	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Germany	Marc Muskatewitz	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Great Britain	Bruce Mouat	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Italy	Joël Retornaz	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Norway	Magnus Ramsfjell	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Sweden	Niklas Edin	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Yannick Schwaller	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Daniel Casper	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
Italy had a bye in draws 2, 5 and 9.

Draw 1
Wednesday, 11 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Draw 3
Friday, 13 February, 9:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Mouat)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Draw 4
Friday, 13 February, 19:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Draw 6
Sunday, 15 February, 9:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Draw 7
Sunday, 15 February, 19:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Draw 8
Monday, 16 February, 14:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
United States (Casper)											0

Draw 10
Tuesday, 17 February, 19:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Draw 11
Wednesday, 18 February, 14:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
Canada (Jacobs)											0

Draw 12
Thursday, 19 February, 9:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
Switzerland (Schwaller)											0

Women's tournament

Italy qualified their women's team by their status as host. Team Stefania Constantini was selected to represent Italy in the women's event.

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Rachel Homan	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
China	Wang Rui	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Denmark	Madeleine Dupont	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Great Britain	Sophie Jackson	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Italy	Stefania Constantini	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Japan	Sayaka Yoshimura	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
South Korea	Gim Eun-ji	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Tabitha Peterson	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
Italy had a bye in draws 3, 7 and 10.

Draw 1
Thursday, 12 February, 9:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Constantini)											0
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)											0

Draw 2
Thursday, 12 February, 19:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Constantini)											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

Draw 4
Saturday, 14 February, 9:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Constantini)											0
China (Wang)											0

Draw 5
Saturday, 14 February, 19:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Constantini)											0
Sweden (Hasselborg)											0

Draw 6
Sunday, 15 February, 14:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Dupont)											0
Italy (Constantini)											0

Draw 8
Monday, 16 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yoshimura)											0
Italy (Constantini)											0

Draw 9
Tuesday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Constantini)											0
United States (Peterson)											0

Draw 11
Wednesday, 18 February, 19:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Homan)											0
Italy (Constantini)											0

Draw 12
Thursday, 19 February, 14:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Jackson)											0
Italy (Constantini)											0

Mixed doubles tournament

Italy qualified a mixed doubles team by their status as host.

Team v t e	Athletes	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Jocelyn Peterman / Brett Gallant	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
Czech Republic	Julie Zelingrová / Vít Chabičovský	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Estonia	Marie Kaldvee / Harri Lill	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Great Britain	Jennifer Dodds / Bruce Mouat	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Italy	Stefania Constantini / Amos Mosaner	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Norway	Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
South Korea	Kim Seon-yeong / Jeong Yeong-seok	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Sweden	Isabella Wranå / Rasmus Wranå	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann / Yannick Schwaller	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Cory Thiesse / Korey Dropkin	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
Italy had a bye in draws 1, 3, 7, and 10.

Draw 2
Thursday, 5 February, 10:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)									0
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0

Draw 4
Thursday, 5 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Peterman / Gallant)									0
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0

Draw 5
Friday, 6 February, 10:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0
Switzerland (Schwaller-Hürlimann / Schwaller)									0

Draw 6
Friday, 6 February, 14:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Kaldvee / Lill)									0
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0

Draw 8
Saturday, 7 February, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Wranå / Wranå)									0
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0

Draw 9
Saturday, 7 February, 19:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)									0
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0

Draw 11
Sunday, 8 February, 14:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)									0

Draw 12
Sunday, 8 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)									0

Draw 13
Monday, 9 February, 10:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)									0

Figure skating

In the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, the United States, Italy secured two quota in each of the men's singles, one quota in each of the women's singles, two quota in each of the pair skating, and one quota in each of the ice dance. Furthermore, Italy qualified to the team event.

Athlete	Event	SP/SD		FP/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Men's singles
	Women's singles
	Pairs
	Ice dance

Team event

Athlete	Event	Short program / Rhythm dance						Free skate / Free dance				Total
		Men's	Women's	Pairs	Ice dance	Total		Men's	Women's	Pairs	Ice dance
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
(M)  (W)  / (P)  / (ID)	Team event

Freestyle skiing

Italy can qualify an athlete in each event (five male and five female) through their status as host if they meet eligibility requirements. So far they have athletes for six of ten events (big air and slopestyle are grouped as one for qualifying).

Ice hockey

Italy qualified 25 male and 23 female competitors in hockey, for a total of 48 athletes.

Summary

Key:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage					Qualification playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Italy men's	Men's tournament				—N/a
Italy women's	Women's tournament						—N/a

Men's tournament

Italy men's national ice hockey team qualified a team of 25 players as host.

Roster

The first six players of Italy's roster were announced on 16 June 2025. The host nation will be the only team in the tournament with no current or former National Hockey League (NHL) players on the roster, with goaltender and Anaheim Ducks prospect Damian Clara the only player signed to an NHL team. All players are signed to teams in European pro leagues.

Head coach: Jukka Jalonen

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
9	F	Daniel Mantenuto	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1997-10-18)18 October 1997 (aged 28)	HC Bolzano
20	G	Damian Clara	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	(2005-01-13)13 January 2005 (aged 21)	Brynäs IF
22	F	Diego Kostner	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (180 lb)	(1992-08-05)5 August 1992 (aged 33)	HC Ambrì-Piotta
27	D	Thomas Larkin	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	(1990-12-31)31 December 1990 (aged 35)	Schwenninger Wild Wings
34	F	Tommy Purdeller	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(2004-04-13)13 April 2004 (aged 21)	HC Pustertal Wölfe
45	D	Luca Zanatta	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	(1991-05-15)15 May 1991 (aged 34)	HC Pustertal Wölfe

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible quarterfinals based on ranking
3	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs
4	Italy (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 11 February 2026. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers
(H) Host

11 February 2026 (2026-02-11) 21:10 v

Sweden

v

Italy

PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan

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13 February 2026 (2026-02-13) 12:10 v

Italy

v

Slovakia

Fiera Milano, Milan

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14 February 2026 (2026-02-14) 16:40 v

Finland

v

Italy

PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan

Women's tournament

Italy women's national ice hockey team as host.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Italy (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 5 February 2026. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers
(H) Host

5 February 2026 (2026-02-05) 14:40 v

Italy

v

France

PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan

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7 February 2026 (2026-02-07) 14:40 v

Sweden

v

Italy

PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan

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9 February 2026 (2026-02-09) 12:10 v

Japan

v

Italy

Fiera Milano, Milan

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10 February 2026 (2026-02-10) 16:40 v

Italy

v

Germany

Fiera Milano, Milan

Nordic Combined

Italy qualified a minimum of one competitor as host.

Short-track speed skating

Italy qualified the maximum team size of ten short-track speed skaters (five per gender) after the conclusion of the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour.

Ski Jumping

Italy qualified a minimum of one male and one female athlete as host.

Ski mountaineering

Italy qualified one female and one male ski mountaineer through their status as host. Following the completion of the 2025 ISMF World Championships, Italy qualified further one female ski mountaineer.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's sprint
	Women's sprint
	Mixed relay	—N/a

Snowboarding

Italy can qualify an athlete in each event (four male and four female) through their status as host if they meet eligibility requirements. So far they have they have athletes for seven of eight events (big air and slopestyle are grouped as one for qualifying).

Speed skating

Italy qualified fourteen speed skaters (eight men and six women) through performances at the 2025-26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup.

See also

• Italy at the 2026 Winter Paralympics