15 April 2025

Scotland and Italy stay top of the table

In day four of the World Junior Curling Championships 2025, Scotland and Italy’s men’s teams remain top of the standings with Switzerland’s women’s team also winning all four of their games so far.

Men’s competition

In the only men’s evening game to go to an extra end, Scotland were victorious against Denmark, winning 8-7. In the tenth end, Scotland were down two (5-7), but a missed attempt to take out a Scottish stone by Jacob Schmidt meant Scotland could draw to score two and force the extra end. Denmark had the hammer, but when their draw was too heavy, Scotland stole the win.

After the game Scottish skip Orrin Carson said, “We’re pretty relieved to get over the line, we struggled in the second half and the Danish boys played a really strong game. We’re glad to come out on top.”

In their only draw of the day, Italy walked away with another win (10-3) under their belt to continue their winning streak, this time against Japan. They stay up top with Scotland.

After three blank ends, Canada were first to score when they faced Germany in their morning session. Their lead was short lived though, as Germany went on to score their seven points, and finished the game in seven ends (7-1).

Germany went on to face Korea in their evening game. After two blank ends, points started to be added to the board and by the eighth end, Korea were just one point ahead (5-4). However, after scoring another one in the ninth, Korea stole two points in the tenth when Germany’s attempt to take-out was unsuccessful, ending the game 8-4.

Canada took on Norway in the evening session, with Norway claiming a 9-6 win. By the third end, the score was equal (3-3), but Norway proved stronger, claiming six more points to Canada’s three, ending the game 9-6.

In Norway’s morning game, they played Korea and came out on top, securing a comfortable 8-2 victory.

Following their evening win, Norway skip Lukas Hoestmaelingen, “We had a rough game yesterday against Scotland, so it feels good to get two wins today.

“We have some good momentum, so really happy with the performance.”

United States and Switzerland had their only game of the day in the evening draw. It took four blank ends for a point to be put on the board, and this was done by United States. By the tenth end, the score was level 4-4, but Switzerland had hammer, and after United States skip Wesley Wendling’s final stone was over-curled, the teams shook hands, finalising Switzerland’s 5-4 win.

Women’s competition

Tuesday afternoon saw Sweden claim a convincing 12-2 win against Korea. After a blanked first end, Sweden went on to score five in the second, when skip Moa Dryburgh played a hit-and-roll. Sweden went on to score three in the fifth, followed by a steal of four, when the Koreans conceded.

After their win, Sweden’s second player Moa Tjaernlund said, “It felt great to bounce back with a win after losing yesterday’s game. We talked a lot as a team about yesterday’s game to learn from our mistakes, so it was really nice to see that our efforts paid off today.”

Switzerland maintained their unbeaten streak when they played Latvia and claimed a 10-6 win. In the seventh end the score was level, but after an attempt to score by Latvia was spoilt by guards, Switzerland stole five.

Italy were close to securing their first win against China, but when their game went to an extra end, China’s skip Li Ziru played a triple take-out to to score the single winning point, 9-8.

Following their win, China alternate Chen Zaoxue said, “We’re all thrilled about winning this game because it’s our second victory in the tournament. Now, we hope to improve more and more with each game.”

Japan beat Norway 8-6 in their afternoon session. Until the sixth end, Japan were convincing leaders (5-2), until Norway skip played a tap to lay a third stone in the house and level the score. Japan went on to steal in the tenth end to seal the win.

Find the women’s and men’s standings after day four here.

Find the results and playing schedule here.

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