28 April 2026
Scotland break Canada’s unbeaten round-robin run on day four
Clear leaders have emerged from each Group after day four, but several teams are still managing to keep their play-off hopes alive at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2026.
Group B
The Group B teams played twice on Tuesday, and two wins each for Germany, Scotland and Switzerland brought them right into qualification contention, now sharing third place behind joint leaders Canada and Italy.
After beating Czechia by 9-2 in their morning game, Scotland faced Group leaders Canada. In the fifth end, the Scots took a 6-3 lead and then in the seventh, Katie McMillan scored two points with a raise take-out for an 8-5 lead. The Scots then ran Canada out of stones in the eighth end, when Angus Bryce produced a triple take-out.
This was Canada’s first loss so far — they had beaten Hungary by 10-7 in their morning game – and afterwards, Scotland’s Bryce said, “We know that when we play our best, we can beat whoever we want. Maybe we didn’t play 100% there, but we made the shots when it mattered.”
Defending champions Italy were in second place when they played a United States team still looking for their first win in their evening game. Earlier, the Italians had beaten Finland by 9-2.
Speaking after her win against Finland, Italy’s Stefania Constantini said, “That was a good game for us, we did a good job. We had the weight today. It’s our style to just think game to game, so we’ll continue to think like this. Also, it’s important to really focus on the little jobs every time.”
By the third end against United States, Italy held a 4-0 lead when Rach Kawleski came up short with a draw attempt, to hand Italy a steal of two more points for a 6-0 lead. Italy went on to win by 10-1 in just six ends and this win, as well as Canada’s loss to Scotland, means that they now share top spot with Canada.
Germany beat United States by 13-2 in their morning game and then came back to face Finland. This game was tied at 4-4 as the teams played the seventh end. Germany’s Kim Sutor then played an open draw to score two points and take a 6-4 lead. Finland then conceded in the eighth end to make the final score 6-4 to Germany, who now go onto joint third place.
Switzerland are the third team tied in third place. They faced Korea in the morning session and, in the sixth end, with Switzerland leading by 9-5, Stefanie Berset played a tap, to give up a single point, which reduced the Swiss lead to 9-6. After this set-back, Switzerland went on to win by 10-6.
This is a first World Mixed Doubles appearance by this Swiss duo and about that, Philipp Hoesli said, “What more can you ask for — a home world championship? It’s physically intense, but it’s fun, too.”
The Swiss came back to face Czechia and, in the fourth end, with Switzerland ahead by 2-1, Czechia’s Petra Klimova attempted a draw to score one point. However, her stone caught a front guard and she gave up a steal of two points to increase the Swiss lead to 4-1. After this, Switzerland went on to win by 7-2.
In the fifth game of the evening session, Korea faced Hungary. By the time this game reached the seventh end, Hungary held a 4-3 lead. But Korea then had a chance to score five with a hit. However, Kim Seon-Yeong’s effort knocked out one of her own stones at the back of the house, and the Koreans had to settle for a score of four from the end, to move into the lead, at 7-4. They went on to win by 7-5.
Group A
Group A had only one game on Tuesday and while a 7-2 victory over France gave Australia their sixth win so far and preserved their unbeaten record, three other teams — Japan, Norway and Sweden — are tied in second place behind them in the race for the three available qualifying slots from this Group.
In the seventh end of their game with France, the Australians led by 4-2 when Tahli Gill played a hit and stay to score three and improve her team’s lead to 7-2. France then conceded.
Sweden played Denmark in this session. In the seventh end, the score was tied at 5-5 when Sweden’s Therese Westman played an open draw into the house to score two points and take a 7-5 lead. When Denmark could only score one point in the eighth end, Sweden secured the 7-6 win.
Afterwards, Westman said, “We feel much better. We’ve had a couple of losses, so we needed that win today, but I think we can play better — we’ll have to play better!”
She added, “I think we’re having fun, we’re communicating well, and we’re making the shots that we need to make.”
Asked about their qualification possibilities, her partner Robin Ahlberg said, “We’re pretty relaxed and kind of in the moment. We’re just trying to focus on our performance (rather than results) to see how far that takes us.”
Japan played Netherlands, and in the fifth end, with Japan already leading by 5-2, their male player Aoki Go played a raise double take-out to score two more points and move onto a 7-2 lead. Japan then went on to win by 9-3 to stay in play-off contention.
Norway started this session in clear second place when they came on to face New Zealand. In a tight game, New Zealand led by 5-4 in the seventh end when Norway’s Eilin Kjaerland attempted a hit, looking for a score of three. But she just nicked a front stone to give up a single-point steal instead, to improve New Zealand’s lead to 6-4. New Zealand then went on to win by 6-5, a second successive victory for them, while this defeat for Norway means that they now have to share second place on the rankings.
Afterwards New Zealand’s Jessica Smith said, “It was good to get that one on the board. We started the week a bit slow and weren’t quite getting over the line. We’ve been piecing it together and to get that one is a real confidence boost.”
Meanwhile her brother Ben added, “We’ve been guilty of throwing the rocks too heavily — just human error,” adding, “we’re having a great time but it’s definitely more fun when you’re winning.”
In the fifth game of this session, China played Estonia. In the eighth end, Estonia led by 5-4, but China’s Yu Sen then played a hit to score the two points needed to give China a 6-5 win.
This result means that both China and Estonia sit on three wins, sharing fifth place, both with work to do if they are to qualify for the weekend play-offs.
Seniors
The men’s qualification games line-up is starting to take shape, with three teams out of eight now qualified. These teams are Group B’s England and United States — both with three wins and no losses — and Group F’s Czechia, who sit on four wins and no losses.
All is still to play for in the women’s competition, but clear leaders are starting to emerge. Canada and Sweden lead Group A (two wins, no losses), Scotland and United States share Group B’s top spot (three wins, no losses), Group C’s leaders Japan and Lithuania have won three, lost none, and Germany sits alone at the top of Group B with a three win, no loss record.
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