From the back of the pack to right in the mix, Bruce Mouat and his Scottish squad were the biggest movers in the KIOTI Players' Cup points qualification race.

Teams accumulate points based on their results across the Grand Slam of Curling and Satellite events during the fall to qualify for the KIOTI Players' Cup, Dec. 15-20, at Slush Puppie Place in Kingston, Ontario.

A team's best six event results will count, regardless of the combination of Grand Slams and Satellite events (e.g., five Satellite events and one Grand Slam, four Grand Slams and two Satellite events). Only the top 12 teams in both divisions will qualify for entry into the KIOTI Players' Cup.

Mouat was near the bottom of the table after missing the playoffs at the Euro Super Series and Co-op Invitational. Thanks to a runner-up finish at the P&H Masters last weekend in Medicine Hat, Alberta, his team is now firmly in the top 12. Canada's Team Matt Dunstone defeated Mouat 7-6 in the men's final.

GSOC KIOTI Players' Cup qualification standings: Click here to see the full standings and points breakdown.

Switzerland's Team Marco Hösli and Team Alina Pätz continue to lead the divisions.

Japan's Team Ikue Kitazawa and Team Miku Nihira also jumped into the top 12 on the women's side since last month's Co-op Invitational. Kitazawa reached the P&H Masters semifinals, while Nihira was runner-up, falling 11-2 to Sweden's Team Isabella Wranå in the women's final.

Canada's Team Selena Sturmay also leaped into the top 12 with a run to the P&H Masters semifinals.

One Satellite event, this weekend's Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, and two GSOC events, the HearingLife National and GSOC Open, remain before the qualification cutoff date.

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KIOTI Players' Cup standings top 12 (as of Nov. 13)

Men's Division Points Women's Division Points
Hösli 105 Pätz 98
Y. Schwaller 96 X. Schwaller 97
Dunstone 95 Wranå 96
Hardie 73 Gim 81
Epping 70 K. Kim 73
Casper 56 Einarson 61
Bottcher 51 Sturmay 46
Mouat 43 Kitazawa 46
Yamaguchi 42 Nihira 40
Jacobs 41 Zardini Lacedelli 34
Ramsfjell 38 Ueno 34
Shuster 30 Hasselborg 32