This was all for Day two at the Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2022.

Tomorrow we’ll be back with two women’s sessions and one men’s session in the A-Division and plenty of more action in the B-Division.

Extra end coming up in the most dramatic game of the session

After an extra-end victory over Spain this morning, Türkiye defeated Czech Republic by 7-5 tonight.

What a start to their campaign!

Switzerland stole a single in the ninth to lead the game by 7-3 over Norway. At this point, Norway conceded the game.

Swiss fourth player Benoit Schwarz commented on the game, saying: “That was a very important win against Norway, one of the contenders for the medals. It’s important to get those early wins, we can control the week a bit more now.”

On his team’s overall mood, he added, “We’re having fun together. We had a lot of discussions at the start of the season to make sure we’re all on the same line. It’s just a lot of fun to do things with this team on and off the ice.”

Swedish skip Oskar Eriksson made an incredible take-out for three points in the ninth end to tie the game against Italy.

7-7 after nine ends of play, Italy having last stone in the tenth.

“It was nice to play Spain on their first time in the A-Group. All credit to them, they played really well. We just managed to get a four to stretch our lead. We’re really happy with how things are looking for us so far. We’ve got a tough game tomorrow against Sweden, but we’ve been there before, so we’ll see how it goes.”

Norway skip Steffen Walstad came up short with his last draw of the eighth end to give up a steal of two to Switzerland.

The Swiss are now leading by 6-3.

Title-defenders, Scotland, had a dominant performance tonight against newly-promoted Spain and won in eight ends.

Scotland 10-4 Spain

A precise hit-and-stay resulted in two points for Italy and a 6-3 lead over Sweden after six.

NOR 3-1 SUI

TUR 5-1 CZE

SCO 7-2 ESP

GER 6-7 DEN

ITA 4-3 SWE

Scotland’s precise hit-and-stay resulted in a score of four and a 6-2 lead after four ends against Spain.

Germany were leading the game by 4-0 after one end, but Denmark fought back. The Danes scored three in the second and stole four in the third end to lead by 7-4 after three ends.

After a well-played end, Spain stole a single point against Scotland to tie the game at 2-2 after three.

That worked out perfectly for Norway. 🇳🇴 Mathias Braenden lifts the double and rolls to the left behind the corner guard to lie two covered. 🙌

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Germany had a phenomenal start to their game against Denmark, scoring four in the first end.

Match-ups for the session:

Norway v Switzerland

Türkiye v Czech Republic

Scotland v Spain

Germany v Denmark

Italy v Sweden

Daniela Jentsch (GER): “We’re playing very well so far and we’re feeling great. It’s nice to start with two wins, for sure.

“Our team is just curling great, and the team dynamic is amazing. I think we’re having lots of fun out there which helps a lot. It’s all about the spirit that we bring onto the ice, that’s the key to the game for us these days.”

Rebecca Morrison (SCO): “We were in control from the beginning. A steal of two in the second end really set us up for the whole game. From there we just made sure we got the rocks in good spots and made sure we didn’t slack off later in the game.

“We’re really chuffed to get those two wins.”

A steal of three in the third end and a score of four in the eighth were the key to Switzerland’s 10-4 win over Sweden.

Italy scored a big four in the eighth end against Türkiye to lead the game by five points, at 8-3. As Türkiye could’t build up a multiple-score end in the ninth, they conceded defeat making 8-3 the final score.

Germany pulled out a strong performance against Hungary and won by 12-1 in seven ends.

Today’s first round-robin game for the Dutch men marked a 200 game milestone for their skip, Wouter Goesgens.

Read all about this milestone here.

DEN 5-5 NOR

GER 8-0 HUN

TUR 2-2 ITA

SCO 5-2 LAT

SWE 1-4 SUI

Türkiye’s Dilsat Yildiz played a precise take-out to score one and tie the game at 2-2 in the fifth end.

After two blank ends, Switzerland stole three points in the third as Sweden skip Anna Hasselborg came up short with her final draw.

Here are the match-ups for this afternoon:

DEN-NOR

GER-HUN

TUR-ITA

SCO-LAT

SWE-SUI

After the Opening Ceremony, we talked to Jamtland County Governor Marita Ljung about Oestersund and the city’s love for winter sports.

Read our story here.

Türkiye steal a single in the extra end to win: Spain 5-6 Türkiye

Scotland score two in the extra to win the game: Scotland 6-4 Germany

After an eventful tenth end, Germany score a single to bring their game against Scotland into an extra end.

Across the arena, on sheet A, Türkiye also put a single on the board in the tenth to tie the game against Spain.

Spain 4-4 Türkiye

Scotland 3-3 Germany

Switzerland won over Czech Republic by 7-3, while Italy defeated Norway by 8-3.

“It felt good. When your team is playing like this, it’s quite easy, being a skip.”

Sweden won over Denmark by 9-3 in seven ends.

Scotland lead their game against Germany by 3-2 after seven ends

Spain 2-4 Türkiye

Italy 6-2 Norway

Sweden 5-2 Denmark

Switzerland 5-2 Czech Republic

Scotland 2-1 Germany

Sweden score three in the fourth end to take a 5-1 lead over Denmark.

Both Spain and Türkiye have been promoted from last year’s B-Division. They play their first game in the A-Division against each other.

Spain are leading the game by 2-1 after three ends.

After his knee surgery, Niklas Edin is not playing in this year’s Europeans.

However, he is in the arena, doing commentary for WCF TV.

Tune into the Switzerland-Czech Republic game to hear what he and Sander Rolvag have to say about the action on the ice.

Check out our broadcast schedule and remember, you can watch all games on the Curling Channel!

Today we will have three round-robin sessions of play in both divisions.

The men will take to the ice twice, while the women will play one session in both the A- and the B-Division.

Here’s the schedule for the A-Division.

Click here for today’s programme at the B-Division.