29-03-2023, 21:51
These Championships will take place at the TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Canada from Saturday 1 to Sunday 9 April. Ottawa was originally scheduled to host the championship in 2021, but due to the pandemic, the event was moved inside the Calgary bubble. Ottawa's famous celebrities include actors Lorne Green and Dan Aykroyd plus singers Paul Anka and Alanis Morrisette.
The competition follows the format used by the Womens' Championship last week. Qualification games will take place on Saturday 8 April at 7pm (UK time) followed by the Semi-finals at 12 midnight. The Bronze medal game and then the Gold medal final will be staged on Sunday 9 April, at 4pm and at 9pm, respectively.
Scotland, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Türkiye, Czech Republic and Germany, in qualification order, secured their World Championship spots with Canada, Korea, United States, Japan and New Zealand qualifying from the Pan Continental Championships. From the plethora of strong teams, I would expect that Canada, Italy, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and United States will be in the top 6 teams to progress to the later stages. A word of warning though, just about every other team has the chance to upset the odds and knock out a more fancied team.
The Scots team are the usual suspects - Bruce Mouat (Skip), Grant Hardie (Vice-Skip), Bobby Lammie (2nd), Hammy McMillan (Lead) and Kyle Waddell (Alternate). They won Silver at these Championships in 2021 and at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The strong favourites must be the Sweden team, skipped by Niklas Edin, who are the current World and Olympic Champions.
The competition follows the format used by the Womens' Championship last week. Qualification games will take place on Saturday 8 April at 7pm (UK time) followed by the Semi-finals at 12 midnight. The Bronze medal game and then the Gold medal final will be staged on Sunday 9 April, at 4pm and at 9pm, respectively.
Scotland, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Türkiye, Czech Republic and Germany, in qualification order, secured their World Championship spots with Canada, Korea, United States, Japan and New Zealand qualifying from the Pan Continental Championships. From the plethora of strong teams, I would expect that Canada, Italy, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and United States will be in the top 6 teams to progress to the later stages. A word of warning though, just about every other team has the chance to upset the odds and knock out a more fancied team.
The Scots team are the usual suspects - Bruce Mouat (Skip), Grant Hardie (Vice-Skip), Bobby Lammie (2nd), Hammy McMillan (Lead) and Kyle Waddell (Alternate). They won Silver at these Championships in 2021 and at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The strong favourites must be the Sweden team, skipped by Niklas Edin, who are the current World and Olympic Champions.
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