Canada falls to Scotland, will play China for bronze at world curling playdowns | CBC Sports
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.
WATCH | Canada’s Jacobs falls to Scotland’s Mouat, will play for bronze at men’s curling worlds:
Scotland’s Bruce Mouat defeats Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based rink 7-4 in their semifinal match at the world men’s curling championship in Moose Jaw, Sask. Canada will face China for bronze while the Scots take on Switzerland for gold.
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.
