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Winter Olympic curling semi-final schedule and results after Team GB qualify

Team GB’s men have scraped into the semi-finals but the women agonisingly missed out at Milano-Cortina 2026

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Great Britain’s men scraped into the curling semi-finals on Thursday to keep their medal hopes alive, but the women fell agonisingly short after the curling round robin stage at the Winter Olympics 2026.

GB’s men slumped to a 9-5 defeat by Canada on Tuesday evening following the controversy that erupted over the weekend with cheating accusations made against the Canadian team, but they hit back in style against the USA on Wednesday afternoon, winning 9-2 after just six ends to remain in the hunt for a medal and play-off spot.

Bruce Mouat’s rink required help from elsewhere to seal a top-four spot, needing either Norway or Italy to lose their final match on Thursday morning. Italy obliged by losing 9-5 to unbeaten Switzerland, while Norway beat already-qualified Canada to seal the final qualifying spot, one place above GB.

Britain’s uphill task continues though as they face top qualifiers Switzerland in the semi-final from 6.35pm GMT on Thursday evening, where a win would guarantee at least silver – which they won in Beijing four years ago.

Team GB’s women however were narrowly edged out of the top four. Having snatched the most remarkable of 8-7 victories against the USA on Wednesday morning before thrashing Japan 9-3 in the evening and beating Italy 7-4 on Thursday, they needed Switzerland to beat the US to guarantee their progression.

But the Americans sealed a remarkable 7-6 victory in an extra end to condemn Britain to a group stage defeat.

Here’s the schedule, results and current standings:

Men’s Winter Olympics curling schedule

Semi-final fixtures

All times GMT

19 February: Switzerland 5-8 Great Britain

19 February: Canada 5-4 Norway

Round robin results

11 February: China 4-9 Great Britain

12 February: Great Britain 6-3 Sweden

13 February: Great Britain 7-9 Italy

14 February: Czech Republic 4-7 Great Britain

15 February: Germany 4-9 Great Britain

15 February: Great Britain 5-6 Switzerland

16 February: Great Britain 6-7 Norway

17 February: Canada 9-5 Great Britain

18 February: USA 2-9 Great Britain

Top 4 advance to play-offs

Team

Pld

W

L

Switzerland (Q)

9

9

0

Canada (Q)

9

7

2

Norway (Q)

9

5

4

Great Britain (Q)

9

5

4

USA

9

4

5

Italy

9

4

5

Germany

9

4

5

Czech Republic

9

3

6

Sweden

9

2

7

China

9

2

7

Play-off round

February 19 - semi-finals

February 20 - bronze medal match

February 21 - gold medal game

Squad in full

Skip: Bruce Mouat

Third: Grant Hardie

Second: Bobby Lammie

Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.

Alternate: Kyle Waddell

Women’s Winter Olympics curling schedule

Round robin results

12 February: China 7-4 Great Britain

13 February: Great Britain 3-9 Republic of Korea

14 February: Great Britain 7-6 Canada

15 February: Great Britain 7-10 Sweden

16 February: Denmark 2-7 Great Britain

16 February: Switzerland 10-6 Great Britain

17 February: Switzerland 10-6 Great Britain

18 February: USA 7-8 Great Britain

18 February: Great Britain 9-3 Japan

19 February: Great Britain 7-4 Italy

Top 4 advance to play-offs

Team

Pld

W

L

Sweden (Q)

9

7

2

USA (Q)

9

6

3

Switzerland (Q)

9

6

3

Canada (Q)

9

6

3

South Korea

9

5

4

Great Britain

9

5

4

Denmark

9

4

5

Japan

9

2

7

Italy

9

2

7

China

9

2

7

Play-off round

February 20 - semi-finals

February 21 - bronze medal match

February 22 - gold medal game

Squad in full

Skip: Sophie Jackson

Third: Jennifer Dodds

Second: Sophie Sinclair

Fourth: Rebecca Morrison

Alternate: Fay Henderson

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