European Curling Championships 2025 Final: How to watch Scotland's women go for gold - and the Scottish men play for bronze
Can Scotland’s women complete a Lazarus-style comeback to clinch gold?
This week has seen Europe’s finest curlers battle it out for the European Curling Championships and we’ve now reached the medal matches.
First held in 1975, this year has once again sees both the women’s and men’s championships taking place at the same time at the same venue.
Aside for playing for the trophy, the top eight men's and women's teams in the A Division will qualify for the 2026 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2026 World Women's Curling Championship respectively.
Meanwhile, the bottom two teams in the round-robin stage will see themselves drop into the B Division and have to wait at least a year to seek promotion and compete for a place at the world championships again.
Last year saw Scotland’s men pipped by Germany in the final, stopping them from winning the fourth competition in succession, while the women took bronze before Switzerland beat Sweden in the final.
This year Bruce Mouat’s men’s Scotland team won all nine of their round robin matches, placing them top of their table and bagging a semi-final place - only to lose 8-5 to Sweden. They will now play the Italians for the bronze medal.
Meanwhile, Scotland’s women squeezed through to the semi-finals with a last-gasp 5-4 triumph over Germany seeing them win five and lose four in the round robin, then make it to the gold medal match with a 8-5 win over Switzerland.
Here’s everything you need to know about the competition and how to watch Scotland go for glory.
When are the European Curling Championships being played?
The A Division of the European Curling Championships are being played from November 22-29 in , at the Kisakallio Sport Institute in Lohja, Finland. Both Scotland’s men’s and women’s teams are playing in the A Division.
The B Division takes place at the same time and is played at the Pajulahti Sports Centre in Lahti, Finland.
The C Division has already been played earlier this year in the Östersund Curling Club in Östersund, Sweden. Latvia won the men’s competition and Slovakia the women
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Who is playing for Scotland at the European Curling Championships?
The Scottish men’s teams is as follows:
- Skip: Bruce Mouat
- Third: Grant Hardie
- Second: Bobby Lammie
- Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr
- Alternate: Kyle Waddell
The Scottish women’s team is as follows:
- Skip: Sophie Jackson
- Third: Rebecca Morrison
- Second: Jennifer Dodds
- Lead: Sophie Sinclair
- Alternate: Fay Henderson
What is the format of the European Curling Championships?
All teams will play each other once in a round-robin before the top four teams are paired up for two semi-final matches.
The winners will advance to the final while bronze medal matches will take place for the losing semifinalists.
When are Scotland playing in the women’s final of the European Curling Championships?
Scotland will play Sweden in the final of the European Curling Championships on Saturday, November 29, at 8am.
When are Scotland playing in the men’s bronze medal game at the European Curling Championships?
Scotland’s men will take on Italy for the bronze medal at 5pm on Friday, November 28.
What are the full Scottish men’s team results so far?
Here’s are all the men’s round robin matches and the results:
- Saturday, November 22, 2:30 pm: Germany Scotland win 8-7
- Sunday, November 23, 9:00 am: Czech Republic Scotland win 10-5
- Sunday, November 23, 7:00 pm: Austria Scotland win 7-4
- Monday, November 24, 12:00 pm: Denmark Scotland win 9-4
- Monday, November 24, 8:00 pm: Switzerland Scotland win 8-4
- Tuesday, November 25, 2:00 pm: Norway Scotland win 7-4
- Wednesday, November 26, 9:00 am: Poland Scotland win 7-2
- Wednesday, November 26, 7:00 pm: Sweden Scotland win 11-4
- Thursday, November 27, 2:00 pm: Italy Scotland win 8-5
What are the full Scottish women’s teams results so far?
Here’s are all the women’s round robin matches and the results so far:
- Saturday, November 22, 9:00 am: Turkey Scotland lose 9-0
- Saturday, November 22, 7:30 pm: Sweden Scotland lose 7-6
- Sunday, November 23, 2:00 pm: Denmark Scotland win 8-4
- Monday, November 24, 8:00 am: Italy Scotland lose 9-2
- Monday, November 24, 4:00 pm: Lithuania Scotland win 8-4
- Tuesday, November 25, 9:00 am: Switzerland Scotland lose 8-3
- Tuesday, November 25, 7:00 pm: Czech Republic Scotland win 8-3
- Wednesday, November 26, 2:00 pm: Norway Scotland win 8-5
- Thursdsay, November 27, 9:00 am: Germany Scotland win 6-5
The BBC will be broadcasting all the action from both Scotland’s men and womens teams’ final games -streamed on the BBC Sport website and iPlayer semi-finals, as follows:
- Friday, November 28 at 5pm: Scotland v Italy men’s bronze medal game
- Saturday, November 29, at 8am: Scotland v Sweden in the women’s final
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