NCAA & Elite
Men's Gymnastics Schedule: 2026 Cottbus World Cup; Winter Cup, and NCAA Week 7
How to Watch & Follow
February 18, 2026
Thursday, February 19 begins a very busy weekend in men's gymnastics. This weekend:
USA Gymnastics is hosting Winter Cup in Louisville, Kentucky;
The World Gymnastics (formerly FIG) World Cup Series begins in Cottubs Germany;
the Scottish Championships and the Liukin Invitational are taking place;
and Army vs. Navy will have their re-do meet after the first one was cancelled due to a snow storm.
Here's how to watch and follow.
Cottbus World Cup
The 2026 World Cup Series begins Thursday, Feburary 19 in Cottbus, Germany with two days of qualifications and two days of finals. As of now, streaming is only available for the Finals.
Schedule
Date | Local Time (Germay) | Eastern Time | Pacific Time |
Qualifications Day 1 (FX, PH, SR) | 16:35 pm | 10:35 am | 7:35 am |
Qualifications Day 2 (VT, PB, HB) | 16:35 pm | 10:35 am | 7:35 am |
Finals Day 1 (FX, PH, SR) | 14:07 | 8:07 am | 5:07 am |
Finals Day 2 (VT, PB, HB) | 14:10 | 8:10 am | 5:10 am |
Thursday Start List: https://www.turnier-der-meister.de/db.php/anhang/1314/Startlist_Thu1.pdf
Friday Start List: https://www.turnier-der-meister.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Startlist_Fri1.pdf
Live Stream: https://www.worldgymnastics.tv/en
Live Scores: https://sportlicht.com/media/media.php
2025 World Cup Series Winners
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2026 Winter Cup
A new Senior National Team will be selected following the 2026 Winter Cup in Louisville, Kentucky. Brody Malone, Kam Nelson, Patty Hoopes, Brandon Dang, Asher Hong, Donnell Whittenburg, and Taylor Burkhart have already secured their spot on the Senior National Team after being named to the 2026 World Gymnastics Championships Team. None of the aforementioned athletes will be competing in Louisville this weekend.
Dante Reive, Nathan Roman, Danila Leykin have been named to the Senior Development Team with options for Roman and Leykin to qualify to SNT (Reive will not compete).
The winner of the all-around will automatically be named to the SNT with frontrunners including 2020 Olympians Shane Wiskus and Yul Moldauer as well as 2024 Olympic medalist, Fred Richard. Full selection procedures can be found here.
The senior competition will take place at 7pm ET and will be commentated by Paul Juda and Christian Marsh.
Scottish Gymnastics Championships
The Scottish Gymnastics Championships are taking place February 20 - 22 and will serve as a qualifier for the European Championships and Commonwealth Games. Reuben Ward comes in as the reigning champion. No live stream option has been provided to date.
Live Scores can be found here.
ARMY vs. SIMPSON NCAA Meet
The sole competitors in the NCAA this weekend are Army and Simpson. Army has a score advantage, but Simpson just posted their best score of the season with a 298.950. This weekend, Simpson will hope to keep score building and possibly crack 300.
Watch:
Live Scores: https://scores.virti.us/?s=ATjW8OwEpn
Article by Kensley Behel and Matt Woodward
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