Canada falls to Scotland, will play China for bronze at world curling playdowns

MOOSE JAW — Canada will play for bronze at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship. Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based team dropped a 7-4 semifinal decision to Scotland's Bruce Mouat on Saturday at the Temple Gardens Centre. Canada will play China's Xiaoming Xu in the third-place game on Sunday.

Scotland will play Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller for gold. Schwaller defeated China's Xiaoming Xu 7-3 in the other semifinal. Earlier in the day, Mouat eliminated defending champion Niklas Edin of Sweden 8-7 in a qualification game.



Xu qualified with an 8-7 victory win over Norway's Magnus Ramsfjell. Canada hasn't won world men's gold since Brad Gushue was victorious in Edmonton in 2017. This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 5, 2025.

Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press.