Winter Olympics 2026 Men's Curling Final: How to watch Bruce Mouat and Team GB go for gold, results, format, rules
The Scottish curlers are going for gold.
There was heartbreak at the Winter Olympics last week as Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds failed to win a medal after losing their Bronze Medal Match in the mixed doubles to Italy.
There was more disappointment yesterday when the women’s curlers narrowly missed out on a spot in the last four.
But Bruce Mouat’s men’s team came good with a last-gasp semi-final qualification.
They started their campaign with back-to-back wins against China and Sweden, before coming unstuck with a narrow 7-9 loss to Italy on Friday.
Over the weekend they won two and lost one - against Czechia, Germany and Switzerland respectively.
On Monday they lost a tight game against Norway 6-7, then lost again on Tuesday against Canada leaving them on the brink of exiting the competition.
On Tuesday they emphatically beat the United States in their last round robin to give them a chance of advancing - if other results went their way.
And on Wednesday Switzerland’s win over home team Italy confirmed Team GB’s place in the last four.
A clinical semi-final win over Switzerland followed on Thursday, meaning a guaranteed medal - but will it be gold or silver?
Here’s everything you need to know about the final.
When do Team GB play their finals of the Men’s Curling?
Bruce Mouat will lead his team out onto the ice at 6.05pm on Saturday, February 21, for the final match against Canada.
Who is representing Team GB at the Men’s Curling at the Winter Olympics?
Team GB at the Men’s Curling are as follows:
- Skip: Bruce Mouat
- Third: Grant Hardie
- Second: Bobby Lammie
- Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.
- Alternate: Kyle Waddell
How have Team GB done in the Men’s Curling so far?
Here are Team GB’s results in the round robin, with five wins and four loses enough to see them through:
- Great Britain 9-4 China
- Great Britain 6-3 Sweden
- Great Britain 7-9 Italy
- Great Britain 7-4 Czechia
- Great Britain 9-4 Germany
- Great Britain 5-6 Switzerland
- Great Britain 6-7 Norway
- Great Britain 5-9 Canada
- Great Britain 9-2 United States
The in the semi final match:
Great Britain 8-5 Switzerland
What is the format of the Men’s Curling at the Winter Olympics 2026?
It’s a pretty simple format to find out who will win gold, silver and bronze. All the teams will play each other (so that’s nine matches in total for each team), then the top four teams in the table at the end of the round robin will go through to the semi-finals.
The two winning teams from the semi-finals go on the the gold medal game and the two losers will contest the bronze medal game.
How can I watch the Men’s Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics?
All the action will be available to watch on the BBC - with coverage across BBC One, BBC Two, the iPlayer and the Red Button.
What are the rules of curling?
In each end of curling each team plays a total of eight shots, with each player delivering two stones in succession, starting with the lead and ending with the skip.
At the completion of each end the number of stones closest to the ‘button’ (the bullseye) of the house will score.
The stone closest to the button effectively wins the end, with any further stones closer to the centre than the opposition’s best shot also counting – meaning it is possible, but highly unlikely, to get a maximum of eight shots in a single end (an eight-ender, which is curling’s version of golf’s hole in one).
After ten ends the team with most shots in total wins, while if the game is tied it will go to an 11th sudden death end.
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