13 December 2024
Women’s teams set for World Junior-B
The final event of 2024 will commence this Sunday (15 December) in Lohja, Finland where 21 women’s teams will compete in the World Junior-B Curling Championship 2024. This is the last chance for teams to qualify for the World Junior Curling Championships 2025, which will take place Cortina, Italy from 12-21 April 2025.
The event will conclude on Thursday (19 December) where the three medallists will earn their places at the World Junior event next year.
Switzerland, Japan, Norway, Canada, Sweden, Germany and Italy (hosts) have all qualified for the World Junior Curling Championship 2025 as a result of their performance at last year’s iteration.
Playing format
The 21 teams have been split into three groups where they will compete in a round-robin format. The top two from each group, plus the two third overall ranked teams with the better Draw Shot Challenge, will qualify for the quarter-finals. Teams will then be ranked 1-8 to determine the quarter-final matchups.
The group stages will finish on Wednesday (18 December), with quarter-finals commencing later that day at 19:00. The semi-finals will then take place at 10:00 the following day Thursday (19 December), and the medal games in the evening at 16.00.
Groups
Group A: Australia, Brazil, Denmark, England, Finland, Scotland and Türkiye
Group B: China, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and United States
Group C: Austria, Czechia, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand and Poland
Follow the live scores and results here.
Games will be streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/@CurlingFinland
All times are Eastern European Standard Time which is two hours ahead (+2) of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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