 Niklas Edin (Karlstad, Sweden) wins the Swiss Cup Basel, defeating Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, Norway) 7-5 at the Curling Center Region Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland. Edin with Oskar Eriksson at third, Rasmus Wrana and Christoffer Sundgren on the front end take home the $18,287CDN first place cheque along with 53.834 world ranking points, while Walstad receives $9,143CDN and 39.478 world ranking points for their second place finish. Starting with hammer, Edin scored 1 in the first end to get on the board but Walstad responded in the second end scoring 2. After a blank end, Edin scored 4 in the fourth end to lead to 5-2, then forced Walstad to a single in the fifth end. Edin scored 2 in the sixth end, with Walstad adding 2 of their own in the seventh end after which the Swedes ran Walstad out of stones in the eighth end for the 7-5 win. In the semifinals, Edin defeated Yannick Schwaller (Bern, Switzerland) 6-4 and Walstad defeated Peter De Cruz (Geneve, Switzerland) 5-3. De Cruz won $5,225CDN, while Schwaller won $3,919CDN along 28.711 ranking points for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, Edin defeated Sergio Vez (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain) 1-0, Walstad defeated Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, Russia) 3-1, while Schwaller defeated Bruce Mouat (Stirling, Scotland) 4-2 and De Cruz defeated Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, Netherlands) 7-2. Vez, van Dorp, Timofeev and Mouat earned $2,612CDN along with 21.533 ranking points for their quarterfinal finishes. Edin went 4-0 in the 32 team triple knockout qualifying round. In their opening game, Edin defeated Klaudius Harsch (Fuessen, Germany) 7-5, then won against Lukas Klima (Prague, Czech Republic) 8-3, and Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) 6-5 to advance to the A-Qualifyig game where they defeated Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, Norway) 5-3 to advance to the playoff round. |
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[EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, April 23, 2026] -- THE ACE & Company World Senior Men's & Women's Curling Championships, open to curlers 50 years of age and older, gets underway today in Geneva, Switzerland, with the United States represented by two teams with extensive experience in the event.
