Beijing 2022 Men’s curling: Top things to know about Team Sweden at the Winter Olympics

Sweden face Team Canada in the men's curling semifinal on Thursday 17 February (20:05 local time, 13:05 CET, 7:05 Toronto time) as they seek their second medal of Beijing 2022.

Team Sweden claimed bronze in the curling mixed doubles when Oskar Eriksson and Almida de Val enjoyed a 9-3 win over Team Great Britain at the National Aquatics Centre.

Niklas Edin has skipped the side since 2011 - bar the 2014 season - during which they have won bronze at Sochi 2014 and silver four years later at PyeongChang 2018.

Sweden won their opening seven round-robin games - including a 7-4 victory over Canada - before defeats to Great Britain and Denmark.

The winner of Team Sweden v Team Canada will face the winner of the Team USA v Team GB clash.

The two beaten sides will meet in the bronze medal game on Friday 18 February (14:05 local time, 7:05 CET, 22:00 PST on Thursday).

The gold medal game takes place on Saturday 19 February at 14:05.

Edin is competing at his fourth Winter Olympics after making his debut at Vancouver 2010 where Sweden finished one place outside the medals.

The 36-year-old is the only curler to skip his team to five gold medals at the World Championships since it was expanded to six teams in 1964.

Edin was also the first to win three straight world titles in 2018, 2019 and 2021.

Eriksson is also appearing at his fourth Olympic Winter Games having claimed a three-medal haul so far.

With third place already secured at Beijing 2022, the 30-year-old is the first curling athlete to win three Olympic medals – bronze at Sochi 2014 (four-player), silver at PyeongChang 2018 (four-player) and bronze in mixed doubles in China.

He was the first curler to claim gold at three major championships in a single calendar year, winning