Curling Pilipinas


The Curling Winter Sports Association of the Philippines, Inc., commonly known as Curling Pilipinas, is the national governing body of the sport of curling in the Philippines. It is responsible for promoting and developing the sport throughout the country, managing national curling teams, and representing the Philippines in international curling events.

History

Formation of the first national team

The formation of Curling Winter Sports Association of the Philippines or Curling Pilipinas dates back in 2011, when a group of Filipino curlers based in the United States was formed. In 2018, Switzerland based brother Marc and Enrico Pfister were scouted for a potential Philippine national team.
However it was only in 2019 when eventual inaugural president Benjo Delarmente when momentum for the formal formation of a curling national sports association began to form. Christian Haller two-time world junior curling championship joined the Pfister brothers. Alan Frei, another Swiss-Filipino, a businessman and curling beginner, joins the trio in March 2023 – which meant the formation of a proper four-man curling team.

Formal establishment

Curling Pilipinas was officially established within 2023 with the help of the state-ran Philippine Sports Commission. By June 2023, the organization is already securing membership with the Philippine Olympic Committee.
It was in September 2023, when Curling Pilipinas became a provisional member of World Curling during a congress in Seoul. The management also had to secure a last minute approval from the POC.

World Curling member

Curling Pilipinas has an immediate goal to qualify athletes for the 2026 Winter Olympics. No curler has ever represented the Philippines at the Winter Olympics. They were able to send a men's and women's team at the 2023 edition of the Pan Continental Curling Championships for their first international tournament following Kazakhstan's withdrawal. Philippines finished second behind China in Division B, with the latter earning a promotion.
The Philippines also made their debut at the World Senior Curling Championships in the 2024 edition. The men's team were able to attain a promotion from Division B to A in the 2024 Pan Continental Curling Championships.
The country sent a men's and women's team and a mixed doubles pair for the 2025 Asian Winter Games. The men's team won the Philippines' and Southeast Asia's first ever gold medal in the continental games. The federation has grown to having 100 officials by this time.
The Philippines' campaign to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics formally began in the 2025 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event. They qualified for the 2025 Olympic Qualification Event by finishing as the best team in the qualifier. The team however failed to finish among the top two teams in the OQE ending their Olympic bid.

Grassroots

Since curling is a winter sport and the Philippines is a tropical country, as of February 2025 the country has no proper facilities for curling and its national team players train overseas. The federation is planning to promote floor curling in the Philippines, an iceless variant. It is also coordinating with the Korean Curling Federation to rent ice where aspiring players could curl.

National teams

Most recent rosters

;Teams
GenderSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachEvent
Men'sMarc PfisterChristian HallerEnrico PfisterBrayden CarpenterAlan FreiBernhard Werthemann2025 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event
Women'sKathleen DubbersteinLeilani DubbersteinSheila MarianoAnne Marie BonacheJennifer de la FuenteMiguel GuttierezCurling at the [2025 Asian Winter Games – Women's tournament|2025 Asian Winter Games]
MixedChad AlojipanDonna UmaliAlastair OnglingswanAshley Alojipan2024 World [Mixed Curling Championship]

;Mixed doubles
MaleFemaleCoachEvent
Marc PfisterKathleen DubbersteinJessica PfisterCurling at the 2025 [Asian Winter Games – Mixed doubles|2025 Asian Winter Games]

Past rosters

Teams which had podium finishes
TournamentSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCoachResult
2025 Asian Winter Games Marc PfisterChristian HallerEnrico PfisterAlan FreiBenjo DelarmenteJessica Pfister

Records

Men's

Winter Olympics
World Championships
World Junior Championships
Pan Continental Championships
Asian Winter Games

Women's

Winter Olympics
World Championships
Pan Continental Championships
Asian Winter Games

Mixed

Mixed doubles

World Championships
Asian Winter Games

Presidents

  • Benjo Delarmente