Team Mouat react to securing semi-final berth with "important" win against world champions Sweden

Team GB are on fire up in the men's curling competition at Beijing 2022.

Bruce Mouat, Hammy McMillan Jr, Bobby Lammie, and Grant Hardie defeated world champions and the previously unbeaten Sweden 6-5 to record their fifth straight win at these Winter Olympics and, most importantly, secure a spot in the semi-finals to give them a serious shot at a medal - possibly Great Britain's first of these Winter Olympics.

Team Mouat are back in action on Wednesday 16 February at 14:05 local time in a match against ROC, who will be desperate to win as they currently sit in the fourth and final place to qualify for the last four.

Britain will close out the round robin against Canada on Thursday 17 February at 9:05 local time as they look to finish the round robin in the top spot.

"It was a really important win," Mouat said. "We knew that we were close to getting a qualification spot, so we just wanted to come out and secure it before two tough games tomorrow.

"We obviously didn't get the hammer which was a bit of a disappointment but we came out and forced them into some tough shots and got the head start with the 3-0 lead and controlled it from there."

"The goal from the round robin is to get into the semi-final and to have hammer would be the best opportunity for us to win the game.

"I think it increases our win percentage to 30 per cent, so we really want to get the hammer in that semi-final."

Britain have found a fair amount of success against the Swedes in recent years. Making their debut at the European level in 2018 Team Mouat stopped Sweden’s Team Edin from winning their fifth consecutive title. They faced Team Edin again in the 2021 final, triumphing over the Swedes with a 8-5 victory.

"To beat them in the round robin is