Winter Olympics 2026 Men's Curling Semi-finals Time: How to watch Bruce Mouat's Team GB play Switzerland for a medal, results, rules
It’s been touch and go at points, but the Scottish curlers have made it to the medal matches.
There was heartbreak at the Winter Olympics last week as Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds failed to win a medal after losing their Bronze Medal Match in the mixed doubles to Italy.
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But there are still two more chances for Scotland’s curlers to appear on the podium, with both the men’s and the women’s competitions now in their latter stages.
Bruce Mouat’s men’s team started their campaign with back-to-back wins against China and Sweden, before coming unstuck with a narrow 7-9 loss to Italy on Friday.
Over the weekend they won two and lost one - against Czechia, Germany and Switzerland respectively.
On Monday they lost a tight game against Norway 6-7, then lost again on Tuesday against Canada leaving them on the brink of exiting the competition.
But yesterday they emphatically beat the United States in their last round robin to give them a chance of advancing - if other results went their way.
And today Switzerland’s win over home team Italy confirmed Team GB’s place in the last four, with the possibility that the women could join then later in the day.
Here’s everything you need to know about the semi-finals.
When do Team GB play their semi-finals of the Men’s Curling?
Bruce Mouat will lead his team out onto the ice at 6.05pm on Thursday, February 19, for the semi-final match against Switzerland, who are currently undefeated.
When is the other semi-final of the Men’s Curling at the Winter Olympics?
The other semi-final, which will see Canada take on Norway, will also be played at 6.05pm on Thursday, February 19.
Who is representing Team GB at the Men’s Curling at the Winter Olympics?
Team GB at the Men’s Curling are as follows:
- Skip: Bruce Mouat
- Third: Grant Hardie
- Second: Bobby Lammie
- Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.
- Alternate: Kyle Waddell
How have Team GB done in the Men’s Curling so far?
Here are Team GB’s results in the round robin, with five wins and four loses enough to see them through:
- Great Britain 9-4 China
- Great Britain 6-3 Sweden
- Great Britain 7-9 Italy
- Great Britain 7-4 Czechia
- Great Britain 9-4 Germany
- Great Britain 5-6 Switzerland
- Great Britain 6-7 Norway
- Great Britain 5-9 Canada
- Great Britain 9-2 United States
So Team GB have not beaten any of the other three semi-finalists in the competition so far.
When are the gold and bronze medal matches in the men’s Olympic curling
Depending on whether Team GB win or lose their semi-final, here’s when they’ll be playing next.
Friday, February 20
6.05pm: Bronze Medal Game
Saturday, February 21
6.05pm: Gold Medal Game
What is the format of the Men’s Curling at the Winter Olympics 2026?
It’s a pretty simple format to find out who will win gold, silver and bronze. All the teams will play each other (so that’s nine matches in total for each team), then the top four teams in the table at the end of the round robin will go through to the semi-finals.
The two winning teams from the semi-finals go on the the gold medal game and the two losers will contest the bronze medal game.
How can I watch the Men’s Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics?
All the action will be available to watch on the BBC - with coverage across BBC One, BBC Two, the iPlayer and the Red Button.
What are the rules of curling?
In each end of curling each team plays a total of eight shots, with each player delivering two stones in succession, starting with the lead and ending with the skip.
At the completion of each end the number of stones closest to the ‘button’ (the bullseye) of the house will score.
The stone closest to the button effectively wins the end, with any further stones closer to the centre than the opposition’s best shot also counting – meaning it is possible, but highly unlikely, to get a maximum of eight shots in a single end (an eight-ender, which is curling’s version of golf’s hole in one).
After ten ends the team with most shots in total wins, while if the game is tied it will go to an 11th sudden death end.
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