27 November 2025
Sweden to play Scotland for women’s European title
After two absorbing and competitive semi-finals, Sweden will play Scotland for the women’s gold medals and the European title, while Switzerland will face Norway for bronze.
Women’s Semi-Finals
Switzerland versus Scotland
In Thursday evening’s women’s semi-finals, Switzerland faced Scotland. In the sixth end, the score was tied at 3-3 when Scotland’s fourth player, Rebecca Morrison, played a hit to score two points and give her team a 5-3 lead.
In the next end, Switzerland had a chance to level but their skip Corrie Huerlimann was wide with her draw and instead of scoring one, gave Scotland a steal of two points, moving their lead to 7-3. The Scots stayed in control after this and went on to win by 8-5.
Afterwards, Scottish skip Sophie Jackson said, “We’re delighted to be [in the final]; we didn’t really expect it. We wanted to make the most of this opportunity, which we did.”
Sweden versus Norway
The other semi-final saw round-robin leaders Sweden play Norway and, by the sixth end, the Swedes held a 4-2 lead. Norway’s fourth player, Kristin Skaslien, then played a draw, but could only score one point, to reduce Sweden’s lead to 4-3.
By the ninth end, Norway had moved into a 5-4 lead, thanks to an earlier steal in the eighth end. However, Sweden skip Anna Hasselborg then played a well-judged draw to score three points and retake the lead at 7-5.
After this, Norway conceded in the tenth end, with Sweden winning by 7-6.
After this game, Sweden skip Anna Hasselborg spoke about their third-end three-point score, “The girls were like ‘let’s just go hard here’. We got our three and we put them under a lot of pressure there.”
And looking forward to the final, she said, “The way we’re playing now should be enough. It’s going to be a great game for sure.”
Women’s final round robin session
Before the semi-finals, the women completed their round-robin programme.
In these games, Scotland defeated Germany by 6-5, a result that not only put the Scots into the semi-finals, but also meant Germany placed ninth and have not qualified for next year’s BKT World Women’s Curling Championship.
Türkiye had a 13-2 win over Lithuania, which included a score of five in the sixth end, after which Lithuania conceded. This result means that Türkiye finished sixth to qualify for the worlds, while Lithuania were eighth and failed to make the worlds.
Switzerland beat Norway 6-5, securing both teams’ places in the semi-finals.
Sweden completed their round-robin programme with a 9-4 win over Denmark. Despite this loss for Denmark, they finished fifth overall and have qualified for the world championship.
Czechia faced Italy, and finally recorded a win by beating the Italians by 7-6, thanks to a score of three in the tenth end. Despite this, the Czechs remain at the foot of the table, while Italy finished seventh overall to qualify for the world championship.
Men’s final round robin session
The men’s round-robin also concluded, setting the field before play-offs on Friday morning.
In this last session, Denmark faced Czechia, and this game went to an extra end, with the score tied at 6-6. In that end, Danish skip Jacob Schmidt tapped up his own stone into position to score the one point needed for a 7-6 victory. Denmark finished ninth overall while Czechia, in sixth place on the rankings, qualified for next year’s LGT World Men’s Curling Championship.
Sweden played Austria and by the time the game reached the ninth end, Sweden led by 7-3. Austrian skip Mathias Genner then drew his last stone into position to score two points and reduce the Swedish lead to 7-5. The second point was only confirmed after an umpire’s measure.
Despite this, Sweden went on to win by 7-5, to rank fourth and qualify for a semi-final against table-toppers Scotland. Austria, meanwhile, finished tenth and did not qualify for next year’s world championship.
Germany played Poland and in the tenth end, Germany led by 6-4. When skip Marc Muskatewitz hit out a Poland stone, the Poles could only take one point from the end, meaning that Germany won by 6-5.
This result means that Germany finished fifth on the table, while Poland were seventh, and both have qualified for next year’s world championship.
Scotland, already guaranteed first place, played Italy, who had also already qualified for the semi-finals.
By the tenth end, Scotland led by 6-5. With the last stone, Scotland skip Bruce Mouat hit out two Italian stones and kept his own in play, to score two more points and secure an 8-5 win.
Both these teams return for the semi-finals — Scotland, in first place and undefeated in the round robin, face fourth-placed Sweden, while third-ranked Italy will play second-placed Switzerland.
In the fifth game of the session, Switzerland — who had already qualified for the semi-finals — played Norway. In the eighth end, Norway skip Magnus Ramsfjell then played a hit to score one point and reduce the Swiss lead to 8-4. Norway then conceded and, while Switzerland, second on the rankings, go on to a semi-final against Italy, Norway finished eighth, to take the last available slot in next year’s world championship line-up.
B- Division
In the women’s B- Division, with one round-robin session left to play, both Latvia and Estonia have already qualified for the semi-finals, with five teams — Austria, England, Hungary, Netherlands, and Slovenia — still in contention to join them. These teams are all tied on four wins and four losses.
In the men’s B- Division Group A, Belgium, Spain and Finland will play in the qualification games on Friday 28 November.
In Group B, the three teams to play in the qualification games are also decided. Türkiye are at the top with England following closely behind in second. Ukraine is the third qualifier from this group.
All A- Division games will be broadcast on the Curling Channel, however, there may be restrictions due to broadcast partner agreements.
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