Sweden remain undefeated to top LGT World Men’s table on day three

Sweden sit alone at the top of the rankings, undefeated with five wins, after Sunday’s third day of round-robin play at the LGT World Men’s Curling Championship 2026.

In the morning session, the Swedes had a 7–3 win over Japan. The score was tied at 2-2 in the seventh end, when Sweden’s skip Niklas Edin played a nose-hit, to score three points and move on to a 5–2 lead that eventually led to their 7–3 win.

Sweden’s Christoffer Sundgren, Oskar Eriksso © World Curling / Sarah Boeke

After this win, Edin said, “That was a tricky first half. We didn’t come out as strong as we have in the other games. But the important thing was that we turned it around and played a lot stronger in the second half.”

In the evening session, the Swedes faced a United States team that had just beaten Canada by 9–3, in just seven ends, in the afternoon session.

Niklas Edin © World Curling / Stephen Fisher

The Swedish game against the Americans was tight, with the score tied at 3–3 after the first half.

Sweden’s Edin then played a draw inside two American counters, to score one more point and take a 4–3 lead in the sixth.

After this, a single steal in the ninth end when a tap-back by American skip John Shuster was too strong, was enough to give Sweden the 5–3 win that preserves their unbeaten record and keeps them on top of the rankings.

After this game, Edin said, “They are always a tough team to beat. We knew they’d be strong, especially after their win over Canada. We’re where we want to be, playing well, having fun. Things are good right now, but we know how things can turn around, so we’ve got to keep it up.”

Team Italy © World Curling / Sarah Boeke

As the evening session started, Switzerland shared top spot with Sweden, thanks to a 9–7 extra end win over Czechia. However, in that evening session, they lost their first game of the week by 7–1 to Italy, but despite this, still sit in second place on the table.

The Italians held a 3–1 lead in the seventh end against Switzerland, when their skip Stefano Spiller picked out a Swiss stone scoring four points and extending the lead to 7–1. Switzerland then conceded.

That result, and their earlier 7–5 win over Germany puts Italy into joint third place. They share that position with Germany — who defeated Korea by 6–4 in the evening session – helped by a miss on a take-out attempt in the eighth end by Korea skip Kim Changmin, which allowed Germany to score three points and take a 5–2 lead.

Team Scotland © World Curling / Stephen Fisher

Scotland also share third spot, thanks to a 7–2 win over Poland in their only game of the day.

By the fifth end of this game, the Scots had already built a 4–1 lead when their skip Ross Whyte played a double take-out, to score three more points and increase his team’s lead to 7–1. Scotland went on to win by 7–2.

Afterwards, skip Whyte said, “We’re very pleased. We came out playing really well and continued that momentum we had from yesterday, which was great to see. We know every game out here is really tough so to have a performance like that is great. It feels like we’re on the right path and hopefully we can keep continuing that.”

Team China’s Li Zhichao © World Curling / Stephen FIsher

China are the fourth team to share third spot, thanks to a 9–4 win over Norway, then an 8–7 win over Japan.

After the game against Japan, China skip Fei Xueqing said, “We just play our own game, one shot and a time and we concentrate on our own process. When we play, we don’t think about the result, we just try to put our rocks in the right position.”

Korea’s Kim Changmin © World Curling / Stephen Fisher

Czechia suffered two losses on Sunday. Prior to their extra end defeat by Switzerland, Korea had earlier beaten them by 7–6.

Korea were still reduced to just three players because of illness and after this win, skip Kim Changmin explained, “This is our fourth game with three players and every single game we’re trying to learn how to adjust to playing with three. The sweepers are tired, but they’re adjusting and we’re ready to play with three for the rest of the event.”