23-11-2018, 22:53
In the Womens' A Division Semi-finals, Switzerland continued their unbeaten run, beating Germany 6-4, and Sweden beat Russia 7-4 mainly due to scoring 4 shots in the 2nd end. Germany won the Bronze Medal with a 7-4 win over Russia with a composed final 3 ends.
The Mens' Bronze Medal match went right down to the wire with Italy drawing the shot with last stone against Germany 8-6 with the Germans lying 2 shots for the game.
For the B Division teams there are still a lot of places to be decided and these started with the Mens' qualification games, where Denmark beat Estonia 8-7 and Latvia beat Belarus 7-5. Denmark later beat Czech Republic 8-6 after an extra end and England beat Latvia 9-6 with a strong finish. Czech Republic and Latvia will compete for the Bronze Medal tonight and England will play Denmark for the Gold Medal at the same time.
Czech Republic dominated Latvia after scoring 6 shots in the first end and ran out easy winners by 13-6 with 2 ends to play in the Bronze Medal game. Denmark beat England 10-4 for the Gold Medal in a tense game. England's task was made doubly difficult after they lost 4 shots in the 7th end when only 2 shots down, but they are to be congratulated on a successful tournament winning the Silver Medal.
The relegation games produced some amazing scorelines, with Wales winning their play-off game 12-10 against Turkey. Wales were 5-7 down with 3 ends to play, scored 3 shots to take the lead, lost 3 shots and the lead in the 9th end and came straight back with 4 shots in the 10th end to win. In the other game France beat Slovenia to qualify for the last relegation play-off game against Turkey. However Turkey manged to come out on top 7-5 in that game to relegate France to the C Division along with Slovenia.
In the Womens' Semi-finals Norway beat Lithuania 10-8 and Estonia beat Turkey 7-3 to decide the Medal Games line-up. Norway play Estonia for the Gold Medal with Lithuania playing Turkey in the Bronze Medal game in the same session as the Mens' games. In those games Turkey beat Lithuania to win the Bronze Medal, with Norway securing the Gold Medal in a 7-6 win over Estonia, who win the Silver Medal.
The Mens' Bronze Medal match went right down to the wire with Italy drawing the shot with last stone against Germany 8-6 with the Germans lying 2 shots for the game.
For the B Division teams there are still a lot of places to be decided and these started with the Mens' qualification games, where Denmark beat Estonia 8-7 and Latvia beat Belarus 7-5. Denmark later beat Czech Republic 8-6 after an extra end and England beat Latvia 9-6 with a strong finish. Czech Republic and Latvia will compete for the Bronze Medal tonight and England will play Denmark for the Gold Medal at the same time.
Czech Republic dominated Latvia after scoring 6 shots in the first end and ran out easy winners by 13-6 with 2 ends to play in the Bronze Medal game. Denmark beat England 10-4 for the Gold Medal in a tense game. England's task was made doubly difficult after they lost 4 shots in the 7th end when only 2 shots down, but they are to be congratulated on a successful tournament winning the Silver Medal.
The relegation games produced some amazing scorelines, with Wales winning their play-off game 12-10 against Turkey. Wales were 5-7 down with 3 ends to play, scored 3 shots to take the lead, lost 3 shots and the lead in the 9th end and came straight back with 4 shots in the 10th end to win. In the other game France beat Slovenia to qualify for the last relegation play-off game against Turkey. However Turkey manged to come out on top 7-5 in that game to relegate France to the C Division along with Slovenia.
In the Womens' Semi-finals Norway beat Lithuania 10-8 and Estonia beat Turkey 7-3 to decide the Medal Games line-up. Norway play Estonia for the Gold Medal with Lithuania playing Turkey in the Bronze Medal game in the same session as the Mens' games. In those games Turkey beat Lithuania to win the Bronze Medal, with Norway securing the Gold Medal in a 7-6 win over Estonia, who win the Silver Medal.
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