Sweden to face Canada for LGT World Men’s 2026 title

After two exhilarating semi-finals on Friday afternoon, involving four well-matched teams, Sweden will play Canada for gold medals and the title on Saturday afternoon at the LGT World Men’s Championship.

Scotland will face United States on Saturday morning for bronze.

Sweden’s Niklas Edin © World Curling / Stephen Fisher

To reach the semi-finals, Sweden had topped the round-robin rankings to take the direct route, while their opponents United States had come from behind to beat Switzerland by 9–8 after an extra end in a morning qualification game.

In the third end of this semi-final, Sweden led by 2–0 when American skip John Shuster had a draw for two points to level the game at 2–2.

The game was tied at 3–3 again in the sixth end, when Sweden skip Niklas Edin played a raise, to score two points and retake the lead, at 5–3.

In the tenth end, Sweden had a chance to win, but Edin came up short with his final draw, to give the Americans a single point steal to tie the game again, at 6–6, and force an extra end.

The Swedes controlled the extra end and eventually won by 8–6 without having to play their last stone.

Speaking after the game Sweden’s Edin said, “I feel we had a lot of momentum there and we were a little bit ahead of them for the whole game.” He added, “But it was tight until the end, and their steal in the tenth made us a little bit nervous”.

Edin also said his team were content to go to the extra end, “We knew early on in the tenth that we were in trouble, so we let them have the steal — the smart play was to just to take it in the extra.”

Canada’s Matt Dunstone © World Curling Sarah Boeke

In the other semi-final, Scotland had taken the direct route, by finishing second on the round-robin rankings, while Canada came through a qualifier against Italy.

The qualifier was tied at 6–6 in the ninth end when Italy’s skip Stefano Spiller tried to play a raise take-out, looking for a big score. But he left one Canadian stone in play and had to settle for just one point and a 7–6 lead. Then, in the tenth, Canada’s skip Matt Dunstone brought his final stone in off the wing, to score three points and win by 9–7.

Canada’s Matt Dunstone © World Curling / Stephen Fisher

By the seventh end of their semi-final, the Scots led by 5–3. Canada’s skip Matt Dunstone then had a draw into an open house for three points to take the lead for the first time in the game at 6–5.

In the eighth end, Scotland skip Ross Whyte could only score two points with a gentle tap-back, to retake the lead at 7–6. But, in the ninth, Canada had a draw for two points as the game swung again in their direction, with a lead of 8–6.

There were plenty of stones in play in the tenth end, but Scotland’s Whyte could not find a way into the button and ultimately gave up a steal of one to hand Canada a 9–7 win that puts their team into their first-ever world final, in sharp contrast to the highly experienced Swedes who they will face.

Afterwards, Canada’s Dunstone said, “That was two heavyweights going at it shot for shot by each team, but it feel great to have come through that.”

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