By Jonathan Brazeau
STATELINE, Nev. — There will be tiebreakers.
Preliminary play wrapped up Friday at the KIOTI GSOC Tahoe, with the playoff picture not quite set yet.
Canada's Team Mike McEwen and Italy's Team Joël Retornaz will battle it out Saturday morning for the final spot in the men's quarterfinals.
The women's side features two tiebreaker games with Canada's Team Kerri Einarson clashing with South Korea's Team Bo-bae Kang and South Korea's Team Eun-ji Gim facing Japan's Team Ikue Kitazawa.
The quarterfinals and semifinals are scheduled for Saturday, with both finals on tap Sunday.
Read on for Friday's results and the playoff matchups.
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MEN'S PLAYOFF BRACKET
• No. 1 Team Bruce Mouat (4-0, 12 points) vs. No. 8 TBD (tiebreaker winner)
• No. 4 Team Yannick Schwaller (3-1, 10 points) vs. No. 5 Team Kyle Waddell (3-1, seven points)
• No. 2 Team Matt Dunstone (4-0, 12 points) vs. No. 7 Team John Epping (2-2, seven points)
• No. 3 Team Brad Jacobs (4-0, 12 points) vs. No. 6 Team Ross Whyte (3-1, seven points)
WOMEN'S PLAYOFF BRACKET
• No. 1 Team Rachel Homan (4-0, 12 points) vs. No. 8 TBD (tiebreaker winner)
• No. 4 Team Anna Hasselborg (2-2, seven points) vs. No. 5 Team Sayaka Yoshimura (2-2, seven points)
• No. 2 Team Silvana Tirinzoni (4-0, 12 points) vs. No. 7 TBD (tiebreaker winner)
• No. 3 Team Xenia Schwaller (3-1, nine points) vs. No. 6 Team Satsuki Fujisawa (2-2, six points)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
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Draw 13
• Hösli 6, Retornaz 4
• Ha 8, Kitazawa 6
• X. Schwaller 9, Morrison 3
• McEwen 11, Edin 5
Draw 14
• Tirinzoni 8, Wang 3
• Lawes 6, Tabata 5
• Jacobs 7, Muskatewitz 6
• Waddell 8, Y. Schwaller 7 (shootout)
Draw 15
• Fujisawa 8, Einarson 7
• Epping 9, Kleiter 5
• Homan 10, Yoshimura 3
• Whyte 9, Xu 5
Draw 16
• Gim 9, Kang 3
• Dunstone 7, McDonald 4
• Wranå 5, Hasselborg 4 (shootout)
• Mouat 8, Allen 2
HOW TO WATCH THE KIOTI GSOC TAHOE
Every game of the 2025-26 Grand Slam of Curling season will be available (for free!) to worldwide audiences via live streaming on Rock Channel.
Fans will also be able to catch up anytime with full on-demand replays in the archived games section.
Canada
Sportsnet remains the home of the Grand Slam of Curling for Canadians, with broadcast coverage of the 2025 KIOTI GSOC Tahoe from Thursday, Nov. 6, to Sunday, Nov. 9.
Canadians can also stream GSOC games via Rock Channel*.
*Canadian fans will not have access to live access on Rock Channel to stream 2025-26 GSOC final matchups and select draws on Thursdays and Fridays. These games will be available live via linear TV on Sportsnet and streaming on Sportsnet+.
Europe
Eurovision will broadcast all games from Friday, Nov. 7 to Sunday, Nov. 9.
More information here on how to watch.
United States
FanDuel Sports Network will have coverage of three draws during the KIOTI GSOC Tahoe event.
• Thursday, Nov. 6: 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT — Team Allen vs. Team McEwen
• Saturday, Nov. 8: 2:30 p.m. ET / 11:30 a.m. PT — Women’s Quarterfinals
• Sunday, Nov. 9: 2:30 p.m. ET / 11:30 a.m. PT — Men’s Final
More here on ways to watch FanDuel Sports Network’s coverage.
ABOUT THE KIOTI GSOC TAHOE
The KIOTI GSOC Tahoe is the third stop of the Grand Slam of Curling season, featuring 16 men’s teams and 16 women’s teams from around the world.
Teams can blank only one end per game. If a team blanks again at any other point in the game, they will lose the hammer.
There are no extra ends. If a game is tied after eight ends, even in the playoffs, a draw-to-the-button shootout will determine the winner.
During the preliminary round, teams receive three points for a regulation win (in eight ends or fewer), two points for a shootout win, and one point for a shootout loss.
