Eight pairs kicked off the mixed doubles national championship finals on Friday night. After Sunday’s last matches, the best four from this group of eight will advance to the play-off, in which the representatives of the Czech Republic will be decided at the World Championship in April.

Among the main favorites are defending champions Julie Zelingrová and Vít Chabičovský, who also participated in the last two World Championships, and Julie also competed in the mixed doubles category at the Youth Olympics in South Korea in January. And other irons in the fire are husband and wife Klím and Paul. The Klíms won both qualifying tournaments, and they can also benefit from their experience in the national team in foursome curling – Lukáš is currently the skipper of the men’s national team, and Petra was part of the women’s national team until last year. The Pauls, with their Olympic experience, are returning to the fight for the title of national champions after last year’s parental break.

Other medalists from last year also made it to the final tournament. The silver medal will be defended by Kristýna Farková and David Jakle, and the bronze by Karolína Frederiksen and Tomáš Válek.

Another two junior pairs also have experience in representative events this season. Sofie Krupičková skippered the national junior women’s team at the B World Championship in Finland in December, and her partner Ondřej Blaha gained experience in the mixed doubles category with Julia Zelingrová in Korea at the Youth Olympics. Members of the second pair, Veronika Vašáková and Ondřej Bodlák, both also participated in the Junior World Championships in Lohje, Finland.

The final eight are completed by Klára Cihlářová and Tomáš Mack from Zbraslav.

The schedule of all matches can be found here. You can continuously monitor the results on our website. And if you don’t have time to come to cheer in person in the hall, it is also possible to watch all the matches online on the stream.