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By Jonathan Brazeau VICTORIA — Switzerland's Team Yannick Schwaller and Norway's Team Magnus Ramsfjell will face off in the season's first Grand Slam of Curling men's final Sunday at the Co-op Invitational. Schwaller scored two points in the eighth end to edge Canada's Team Brad Jacobs 6-5 in Saturday night's semifinals to secure a spot in the championship game. It's the fourth career Grand Slam final for Schwaller, who is seeking his second title in the series after winning the Canadian Open last season. "Oh, it's fantastic," said Schwaller, whose Geneva club holds the No. 1 spot in the world rankings. "It's what you're playing for: shots at winning Grand Slams. Tomorrow we have one, the first one of this (Olympic) cycle. I hope to grab it right away and get rid of that feeling to win a Slam in the cycle. " Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel makes it count for two and Team Yannick Schwaller return to another GSOC final! 📺: Rock Channel https://t.co/7Jj78aJjIE https://t.co/rh90tHbOjD — Grand Slam of Curling (@grandslamcurl) October 18, 2026 Ramsfjell advanced to his first-ever top-tier Grand Slam final with a 7-4 victory over Switzerland's Team Marco Hösli.

The draw schedule is set for the GSOC Masters, Nov. 3-8, at Co-op Place in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The season's second Grand Slam of Curling event features 16 of the top men's teams and 16 of the top women's teams from around the world. Click here for a breakdown of the field. Full-event, weekend and day passes, plus single draw tickets, are now available. Visit GSOCtickets.com to purchase yours today. GSOC MASTERS DRAW SCHEDULE Time (MT) Draw A B C D Tuesday, Nov. 3 7:30 a.m. 1 Gimvs. Saville U25 qualifier Mouatvs. Koe Nihiravs. Kitazawa Waddellvs. Yamaguchi 11 a.m. 2 Homanvs. Sturmay X. Schwallervs. Gray-Withers Dunstonevs. Saville U25 qualifier Hasselborgvs. Fujisawa 3 p.m. 3 Pätzvs. Reese-Hansen Einarsonvs. Kobayashi Y. Schwallervs. Van Amsterdam Wranåvs. Park 7 p.m. 4 Jacobsvs. Spiller Bottchervs. Epping Caspervs. Hösli Hardievs. McDonald Wednesday, Nov. 4 7:30 a.m. 5 X. Schwallervs. Kobayashi Waddellvs. Saville U25 qualifier Wranåvs. Saville U25 qualifier Kitazawavs. Einarson 11 a.m. 6 Mouatvs. Epping Dunstonevs. Yamaguchi Hardievs. Spiller Gimvs. Sturmay 3 p.m. 7 Hasselborgvs. Park Nihiravs. Reese-Hansen Homanvs. Fujisawa Pätzvs. Gray-Withers 7 p.m. 8 Caspervs.

VICTORIA — Playoffs! It's going down Saturday in the GSOC Co-op Invitational at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Weekend and day passes, plus single draw tickets, are available. Visit GSOCtickets.com for more information. Can't make it to the arena? See below for broadcast details and check our full broadcast schedule so you never miss a moment. Saturday's featured games Canada's Team Kerri Einarson will face Japan's Team Miyu Ueno in the women's quarterfinals (3 p.m. ET / Noon PT). The crew from Gimli, Manitoba, will hold the hammer to start. Einarson finished the preliminary round at 3-1 to take the No. 2 seed, but her lone loss was against Ueno on Wednesday. It's an all-Canadian clash, and a Battle of Alberta no less, between Calgary's Team Brad Jacobs and Edmonton's Team Brendan Bottcher in the men's quarterfinals (7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT). Jacobs was victorious 6-3 when they faced Wednesday in the preliminary round. "They've had a good season," Team Jacobs third Marc Kennedy said after the win. "That's a good team. They're going to be up there with the best of the Canadian teams. ... It was a good test for us. We were excited to come here and play.

By Jonathan Brazeau VICTORIA — It's the final day of the preliminary round in the GSOC Co-op Invitational at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Who will advance to the playoffs? Full-event, weekend and day passes plus single draw tickets are available. Visit GSOCtickets.com for more information. Can't make it to the arena? See below for broadcast details and check our full broadcast schedule so you never miss a moment. Friday's featured games The top two men's teams in the world rankings collide as Switzerland's Team Yannick Schwaller and Scotland's Team Grant Hardie face in Draw 14 (3 p.m. ET / Noon PT). World No. 1 Schwaller (3-0, eight points) will look to remain undefeated, while world No. 2 Hardie (2-1, five points) needs a victory to stay ahead of the logjam at two wins. Schwaller defeated Hardie 8-2 in the Euro Super Series final in August. This is Hardie's first Grand Slam as a skip since his series debut at the 2017 Champions Cup, before joining Bruce Mouat and forming a dynasty back-end pairing. Hardie's first-ever game in that event was an 8-1 loss to Peter de Cruz's team, featuring Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel at fourth stones. "Crazy.