Live Blog: Day four at the WMDCC
Team Netherlands © WCF / Eakin Howard
Good night!
We call it a day in Gangneung, but we’ll be back tomorrow morning at 10 am with Session 13 of round-robin play.
If you missed the live action today, watch the replays of all games of Day 4 on The Curling Channel.
This is how the Standings currently look like
STANDINGS | With two more days of round robin to go! 👊 #WMDCC2023 pic.twitter.com/0JLmiceKpb
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All the evening results
RESULTS | From the last session of the day in Gangneung, Korea! 👀 #WMDCC2023 pic.twitter.com/Mv7LDGFra9
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Japan stay undefeated
A well-played power-play in the eighth end resulted in three points for Japan to win their game against Norway by 10-8.
Japan are now the only undefeated team in this group.
Afterwards, Japan’s Tanida Yasumasa reflected on the game: “We are not very happy. We had lots of mistakes. We were just trying to focus our performance.”
Speaking of stealing in Norway’s power-play end, he added, “That was a very key point for us. We just tried to score.”
“We have three games left and we focus on the next round-robin session and we don’t think about the semi-final yet,” he added.
Post-game reaction from Germany's Klaudius Harsch
“It feels amazing! It’s incredible how much winning can change the mood. The last couple of days have been quite tough, we found every way to lose a game that we could possibly imagine. And now we finally put it together.
We’ve got a chance now again of at least earning our spot at next year’s worlds and try again there hopefully. I’m glad we finally won.
We just made more shots and didn’t hurt ourselves with stupid mistakes, put everything to use that we learned in the first five games. It puts a giant amount of pressure off our backs.”
Switzerland victorious
Switzerland and Austria went into the eighth end with a 7-5 score, Switzerland leading and having last-stone advantage.
Switzerland eventually ran Austria out of stones.
This was the Swiss team’s fourth win at the event, out of six games. Austria dropped four games and picked up two wins so far.
Germany pick up first win
After a big score of three in the sixth, Germany stole two in the seventh to go up, 9-4, against Sweden.
At this point, Sweden conceded the game.
This was Germany’s first win in Gangneung, while Sweden now have a won two, lost four record.
The second winner of the evening: Türkiye
Türkiye were leading their game by 9-4 after six ends against Spain.
The Turkish team scored a single on their power-play in the seventh, to go up, 10-4. At this point, Spain conceded the game.
This was Türkiye’s fourth win out of six games, while Spain’s win-loss record is now 3-3.
An early finish
England scored a single on their power-play in the sixth end and were trailing, 7-1.
United States used their own power-play in the seventh, gave up a steal of one to be up 7-2.
At this point, England conceded the game.
This was United States’ fifth victory out of six games, while England are still looking for their first win.
Two for Spain on power-play
After giving up a steal of three in the fifth end, Spain used their power-play in the sixth. They scored two and narrowed the gap to five points.
Türkiye 9, Spain 4 after six.
All tied on Sheet E
Sweden stole a single in the fifth end when Germany’s Pia-Lisa Schoell decided to throw her last stone away, not risking giving up multiple points to Sweden.
Now the teams are tied at 4-4, playing the sixth.
Half-time scores
United States 7-0 England
Norway 7-4 Japan
Türkiye 6-2 Spain
Austria 2-5 Switzerland
Sweden 3-4 Germany
Four for Türkiye in the fourth
A perfect double take-out by Dilsat Yildiz resulted in four points for Türkiye.
They are leading their game against Spain by 6-2 at the break.
Shot watch
A corner freeze right out of the textbook from Tanida Yasumasa 🇯🇵 who makes the called shot perfectly and locks his stone right onto the top red. 👏
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Austria steal a single
Austria and Switzerland were tied at 1-1 after two ends. In the third, Austria stole a single, when Switzerland’s Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann took out their own shot stone instead of the Austrian one.
Austria are now leading the game by 2-1, playing the fourth.
All square on Sheet C
Türkiye and Spain are tied at 2-2 after three ends of play.
Türkiye won their game earlier today against England by 8-2, while Spain suffered a 11-2 loss against Sweden this morning.
Who’s gonna win this one? We’ll find it out in less than an hour.
Four for Norway
Norway put a big score of four on the board in the second end against Japan, mostly thanks to a perfect draw by Mathias Braenden with his last and a perfect tap-back by Martine Roenning with her last.
Norway are leading the game by 4-1, playing the third.
A familiar face
Park Kil Woo was playing for Korea at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2020.
Now he’s at the Gangneung Curling Centre as a statistician. Great to see him again!
Steal of three for United States
England’s Lina Opel came up short with her last draw in the second end and as a result, United States stole three points.
The Americans are now leading 4-0, playing the third end.
The battle of the undefeated
Norway are playing Japan on Sheet B, and this is a game between two unbeaten teams.
Let’s see who’s gonna stay undefeated after this session. Watch their game here.
Pre-game behind the scenes 👀
We are back shortly with Session 12
We are starting in 20 minutes.
Here are the pairings:
United States v England
Norway v Japan
Türkiye v Spain
Austria v Switzerland
Sweden v Germany
Watch all games live (or later as replays) on The Curling Channel.
Time for some break
After an intense morning session, we will be back with five more thrilling games.
At 2 pm (KST, which is UTC +9 hours), we will have the following match-ups:
Estonia v Scotland
Australia v Korea
Italy v Netherlands
Czech Republic v Canada
Denmark v Hungary
Watch all games live on The Curling Channel.
All the morning results
Results | Session 10 in books here are how the teams finished up 📖#WMDCC2023 #curling pic.twitter.com/yn5WlVSpp7
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Norway victorious
Norway were up by 7-5, going into the eighth end, having last-stone advantage. As Switzerland couldn’t set up a steal, this is the final result.
After the game, Norway’s Martine Roenning talked about their plan going into the eighth end. She said, “It was basically just to eliminate the red stones I think.”
“Giving them the least opportunities possible,” her teammate, Mathias Braenden added.
Talking about the ice conditions, Martine said, “It curled a bit more, but I think we managed it quite well.”
Two points for Switzerland
The Swiss team put two on the board with their power-play in the seventh end. They are now trailing Norway, 5-7, playing the eighth.
Handshakes on three more sheets
A successful power-play end resulted in three points for Japan in the seventh end, and they were leading the game by 9-2. Austria conceded the game at this point.
A similar scenario played out next door, in the Spain v Sweden game. The Swedish put three on the board with their power-play in the seventh and were leading by 11-2. It is the final score of the game.
Türkiye stole the sixth, the seventh and the eighth end against England, and won by 8-2.
After their win, Türkiye’s Bilal Omer Cakir said, “This game was very important and we hope we can continue like this.”
Our first winner of the day: United States
United States showed strong form this morning and won by 7-1 over Germany.
United States are now on four wins and one loss, while Germany are still looking for their first W of the week.
After the game, Korey Dropkin said, “We were trying to get a good feel of the ice, and get our draw weight. It’s kind of the name of the game here.”
Cory Thiesse added, “It was a little bit of an adjustment to the ice this morning, they scratched the rocks last night, so there was a little bit more curl today. The speed wasn’t quite as fast as it was yesterday, so I think just trying to figure out how we can pick up on that a little bit quicker.”
What a power-play end, Norway!
Norway played a textbook power-play end in the sixth to score five against Switzerland.
The Norwegians are now leading the game by 7-3, playing the seventh.
Now it’s time for the Swiss power-play!
Shot watch
‘What a fantastic double!’ 🤩 Mathias Braenden lies four and sets Norway 🇳🇴 on course for a big score in their Power Play end.
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Türkiye steal one in fifth
Türkiye stole a single point in the fifth end against England when Lina Opel’s tap-back wasn’t successful.
Türkiye are now leading by 4-2, playing the sixth.
Shot watch
It’s a single steal for Switzerland 🇨🇭 as Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann gets the angles spot-on and places a red right on the tee protected by a host of stones. 😮
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Half-time scores
Switzerland 2-2 Norway
United States 5-1 Germany
Japan 4-1 Austria
Spain 1-7 Sweden
Türkiye 3-2 England
Watch all games live on The Curling Channel.
Three-way measure!
A three-way measure was needed in the Switzerland v Norway game to decide that the Swiss team scored a single after a highly exciting end!
The teams are tied at 2-2 at the break.
What a sweep by Michael Opel!
England’s Lina Opel had to draw to the one-foot to score a single against Türkiye in the third end.
Her dad, Michael Opel had to sweep it hard, which he managed to do, even though he dropped his glasses along the way!
The effort resulted in a single point to tie the game at 2-2 after three ends.
Japan steal a single
Austria gave up a single steal against Japan in the third end when Hannah Augustin’s take-out attempt didn’t work out the way she planned it.
Japan are now leading the game by 3-1 after three ends.
Sweden's flying start
Sweden scored three points in the first end against Spain, and then stole three more in the second when Oihane Otaegi’s take-out attempt didn’t work out.
Sweden are now leading the game by 6-0, playing the third.
Time travel with Korey Dropkin
United States’ Korey Dropkin is one of the most experienced mixed doubles players currently on the ice.
Not only did he pick up bronze medals in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games’ mixed doubles competition with Russia’s Marina Verenich in 2012, but he already represented United States at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2015 with that-time partner Sarah Anderson.
United States are currently leading their game by 2-0 against Germany, playing the second end.
England start with a steal
England’s father-daughter duo stole a single point in the first end, when Türkiye’s Dilsat Yildiz came up short with her last draw attempt.
Good morning!
Welcome to Day 4 at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2023!
This morning’s Session 10 opens the second half of the round robin in the Gangneung Curling Centre.
We’ll have five exciting match-ups, starting at 10 am (KST, which is UTC +9 hours).
Switzerland v Norway
United States v Germany
Japan v Austria
Spain v Sweden
Türkiye v England
Watch all games live (and later as replays) on The Curling Channel.
