22 March 2024
Six teams qualify for World Women’s play-offs
By the end of play on Thursday, all six qualifiers – Canada, Italy, Korea, Switzerland, Sweden, and Denmark – were confirmed for the play-offs, with the remaining round-robin sessions left to determine the final rankings.
Canada had already qualified at the top of the table, but they consolidated their position with wins against Estonia by 9-4 and New Zealand, 9-2, to sit unbeaten on ten wins.
Behind them, Italy are on nine wins and one loss, thanks to victories over Norway, by 10-2, and Türkiye, by 7-6.
After their game against Norway, skip Stefania Constantini said, “it’s great and I think we qualified with a good game, maybe our best performance so far, so I’m really proud.”
Korea and Switzerland currently share third place, on eight wins and two losses. Korea beat Norway by 7-4 before coming back to beat United States by 9-3.
Switzerland were 10-2 winners over New Zealand and then beat Denmark by 9-1. After the game against Denmark, Swiss skip Silvana Tirinzoni spoke about qualifying, saying, “we’ve achieved our first goal – to qualify for the play-offs. Now we have two games to make our second goal, to finish second.”
Sweden also had a two-win day, beating Estonia by 8-5 and then Japan by 5-3. These results mean that Sweden currently sit in fifth place, to complete a turn-around from losing their opening three games earlier.
Despite their 1-9 loss to Switzerland in their only game on Thursday, Denmark, on six wins and four losses, are now secure in the sixth and last qualification place.
Find the scores, results and standings here.
Watch the games on The Curling Channel.
