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Simon Fraser Pipe Band Wins 2026 World Championship in Scotland

8/17/2026

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Canada’s Simon Fraser University Pipe Band won the 2026 World Pipe Band Championship in Scotland, the first non-UK victory in 16 years.
Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band from Lisburn, Northern Ireland finished as runner-up.
211 bands from 14 nations entered, including groups from Australia, New Zealand, Oman, France, Malaysia, Sweden, Switzerland and Germany.
Colin Mulhern, chief executive of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, called the competition thrilling and fiercely contested.

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Canada’s Simon Fraser University Pipe Band won the 2026 World Pipe Band Championship in Scotland, the first non-UK victory in 16 years.
Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band from Lisburn, Northern Ireland finished as runner-up.
211 bands from 14 nations entered, including groups from Australia, New Zealand, Oman, France, Malaysia, Sweden, Switzerland and Germany.
Colin Mulhern, chief executive of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, called the competition thrilling and fiercely contested.