- At the Curling World Championships in Sandviken (SWE), Switzerland first wins against Norway and in the evening against Denmark.
- So Skip Silvana Tirizoni’s team still has a clean slate after 10 games.
- The Swiss are firmly in the World Cup semi-finals.
After the Swiss had already secured the semi-final ticket against the Norwegians in the morning, the team with Skip Silvana Tirinzoni, Alina Pätz, Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann and Carole Howald had to secure their 10th win in the 10th game at the Curling World Championships in Sandviken fight hard against the Danish. The CC Aarau team made an unusual number of inaccuracies, which is why Skip Madeleine Dupont’s team always stayed close to the Swiss.
Only in the 5th end were the Swiss women able to pull away thanks to a two-man house. They didn’t give up this lead and won the game 7:3. After the 9th end, the Danes gave up.
Swiss women prevail late against Norway
In the morning session, Switzerland dueled with Norway during 8 ends at eye level. Up to this point, both teams could only have one stone written each. Then came the 9th end, in which the Swiss brought about the decision.
After a missing stone from the Norwegians, Pätz had the chance to write a five-man house. The 33-year-old, who is extremely strong at the World Cup, did not miss this opportunity. Norway didn’t see any chance to catch up from the 1:6 deficit and gave up the game.
Record winning streak extended
The Swiss women continue to write curling history at the World Championships: The success over Denmark was the 31st victory in a row at a World Championship. The Swiss curlers last lost a World Cup game on May 4, 2021 in Calgary against Sweden.
This was followed by 7 wins and the title. In 2022, Switzerland won all 14 games in Prince George (CAN) and also won World Cup gold. The previous record for women was 27 games unbeaten (Canada 2017-2019).
This is how it goes
The Swiss have rank 1 and the direct semi-final qualification after the perfect Thursday is safe. In addition, Tirinzoni and her colleagues secured the not to be underestimated advantage of the last stone for the subsequent knockout games from the semi-finals onwards. The Swiss will not know their opponents in the semi-finals until Saturday afternoon after the quarter-finals. You can follow the last two games in the round robin against Scotland and South Korea on Friday in the SRF live stream.