Australia and United States lead Group B

After day four, Australia and United States now take joint lead of Group B, with Italy continuing their winning streak to top the table of Group A. In the World Seniors, Finland’s men’s team are the first to qualify for the play-offs.

Mixed Doubles

Group B

Australia and United States each won both of their games on Tuesday, and they now share the lead — on five wins and one loss — at the top of Group B.

Australia opened the day with a game against Estonia. By the sixth end, Australia led by 5-3 and when Tahli Gill scored two more points with a double take-out, they improved their lead to 7-3, on the way to an eventual 7-4 win.

Later, Australia faced Czechia, who had defeated Türkiye by 8-3 in the morning session. Against Czechia, the score was level at 1-1 when, in the third end Australia’s Tahli Gill played a draw to score two points and give her team a 3-1 lead. The Australians went on to win by 7-2, to put themselves in joint top spot.

Australia’s Tahli Hill © World Curling / Stephen Fisher

Meanwhile United States played Switzerland in their early game. In the sixth end, with the Americans leading by 4-3, Switzerland’s Alina Paetz played a double take-out to score two points and give her team a 5-4 lead. Despite this, United States went on to win by 9-5.

They then faced Norway and in the sixth end, with the United States already ahead by 7-3, American Cory Thiesse played a draw to score two more points and improve her team’s lead to 9-3. Norway then conceded. After this successful day, Korey Dropkin of United States said, “Today was a tough day and we’re really happy to get two wins.”

Korey Dropkin of United States © World Curling / Stephen Fisher

Behind these two leaders, Estonia recovered from their loss to Australia with a 10-8 win over Japan. In this tight game, the score was tied at 7-7 as the teams played the seventh end. With her last stone, Estonia’s Marie Kaldvee played a nose-hit to score three points and take a 10-7 lead. Japan could then only score one point in the eighth end, giving Estonia the 10-8 win.

Afterwards, Estonia’s Harri Lill said, “For us that was extremely important. In this game we showed a couple of ends like we usually play, so we need more of that.”

Marie Kaldvee added, “Making those big shots now gave me a big confidence boost, because I’ll need them later as well.”

Estonia now share third spot with Norway, who beat Spain by 10-2 in their morning game before losing 9-3 to United States.

Ater their win over Spain, Norway’s Kristin Skaslien said, “I felt we were pretty much in control. We’re trying to get the small details in place, and we’ve got a little bit of work to do there. We’ve got some tough teams left to play, so we have to go a little bit better still.”

Team Norway’s Magnus Nedregotten © World Curling / Anastasia Karekla

New Zealand had a successful day, with two wins. In their early game they played Japan and, by the fourth end, they were 0-3 down. However, Jessica Smith’s triple raise take-out scored one point, to reduce Japan’s lead to 3-1. After this, New Zealand recovered from being behind and eventually won the game by 6-3.

After this win, Jessica Smith said, “We needed that,” while her brother Ben said, “The losses we’ve had have been tough — we’ve had some good moments in those games. We’re trying to both play well in the same game, and I think we did that there.”

Later, against Türkiye, the game was tied at 5-5 in the eighth end when Jesssica Smith played a run-back take-out to score three points and win by 8-5.

After their morning 5-9 loss to the United States, Switzerland faced Spain, who were still looking for their first win, in the evening session. By the fourth end, the Swiss had carved out a 2-1 lead. Alina Paetz then played a draw to score three points and improve the Swiss lead to 5-1. Switzerland then went on to win by 10-1.

Team New Zealand’s Ben and Jessica Smith © World Curling / Anastasia Karekla

Group A

Group A had only one game on Tuesday and, with a win over Scotland, Olympic champions Italy recorded their sixth victory so far, to retain their unbeaten record and sit at the top of the Group rankings.

By the seventh end of this game, Italy had built a 5-4 lead. Italy’s Stefania Constantini then played a double take-out, looking for three points, but she could only manage two to bring Italy’s lead to 7-4. However, this proved to be enough as the Scots conceded in the eighth end, and Italy a secured the 7-4 win.

Team Italy’s Stefania Constantini © World Curling / Stephen Fisher

Canada and Sweden now share second spot behind Italy in this group.

In this session, Canada faced Korea. In the seventh end, Canada led by 7-6 when Jocelyn Peterman played a hit to score a further four points and claim an 11-6 lead, at which point Korea conceded.

This was recovery from their previous day’s loss to Italy and Jocelyn Peterman said, “We’re right where we want to be. We never thought with the pool that we’re in that this would be an undefeated week. We know we have a battle every game and we have three more round-robin games to go.”

Team Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman © World Curling / Stephen Fisher

Sweden faced Germany in this session. The Germans took a 1-0 lead in the first end, but, in the second, Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg played a raise to score three points and move the Swedes into the lead by 3-1. The Swedes never looked back after that and went on to win by 8-6.

Afterwards Oskar Eriksson said, “We had a good first half of the game and it felt like we took control from the get-go.” Anna Hasselborg added, “I think we’re playing well. We lost against Canada but I think that was a well-played game too.”

Finland and Scotland now share fourth place. In this session, Finland played China. In a tight game, China led by 7-6 as the teams played the eighth end. Then, Finland’s Lotta Immonen played a hit to score three points and win the game by 9-7, a result that keeps them in the play-offs hunt.

Team Finland’s Markus Sipila © World Curling / Stephen Fisher

The fifth game of the session saw Denmark take on Netherlands, with both teams still looking for their first win.

In the fifth end, with the Danes leading by 3-2, Denmark’s Jasmin Holtermann made a double take-out attempt, trying to score two points. It wasn’t successful and the Danes had to settle for just one point from the end, and a 4-2 lead. Regardless of this, they went on to win by 7-5.

Afterwards, Jasmin said, “That was a much-needed win at this point. After not winning five games, you need that win to make a turn-around. It’s great to have that feeling now.”

Meanwhile her partner Henrik Holtermann said, “We felt that we were close in the earlier games. It’s been annoying not to make the break-through, but there are many good teams here.”

Team Denmark celebrate their first win © World Curling / Anastasia Karekla

Find the mixed doubles standings after day four here.

Find the mixed doubles results and playing schedule here.

Seniors

Finland’s men’s team became the first to qualify for the play-offs at the World Senior Curling Championships 2025, securing their spot with an 8–4 win over Japan in their fourth round-robin game. The victory keeps them undefeated and firmly atop Group B.

After 18 sessions of round-robin play, Canada’s men lead Group A with a perfect 4–0 record following an 11–2 win over Wales. Norway remains unbeaten at the top of Group C, while Germany leads Group D with four wins and no losses. In Group E, Czechia and Switzerland are tied for first place.

Team Korea, who sit second place in Group D © World Curling / Anastasia Karekla

In the women’s Championship, Canada leads Group A with an unbeaten 2-0 record. Finland tops Group B after winning their first three games, while Denmark and Ireland share the lead in Group C, both undefeated after two games.

Find all of the seniors results from day four and the schedule here.

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