SANDVIKEN, Sweden — Canada suffered an 11-5 loss to Denmark on Friday in its final game of the preliminary round at the World Women’s Curling Championship, which won’t prevent it from advancing to the playoffs.
Skip Kerri Einarson’s side, who beat Turkey 10-4 earlier in the day, completed the preliminary round with a 7-5 record.
Denmark put the game away with a four-point push in the eighth end. Canada conceded the victory following this end.
Despite the loss, the Canadians are guaranteed a place in the playoffs, by virtue of the USA’s 10-6 loss to South Korea.
“We were going to have a few anxious moments waiting, but we knew there were a lot of scenarios that were going to get us through,” said Shannon Birchard, one of Einarson’s team members.
Canada will know its final position in the standings following the final games of the day on Friday.
In their duel once morest Turkey, Canada ended the game in style, making a double takeout that allowed them to score four points in the eighth end. Turkey then decided to concede victory.
Possessing the hammer early in the game, the Canadians wanted to shut out the first inning and keep the hammer in sight for the second end, but one of her rocks landed on the side of the 12-foot circle for the first run of the game. .
However, the Canadians stole three points in the second end when Turkey (5-6) missed a last-rock field goal attempt. They added a point in the fourth end and another in the sixth end.
Switzerland (11-0) and Norway (7-4) are already guaranteed to participate in the elimination round.
The medal games will be played on Sunday.
Ranking :
Rang Crew Matches played Victories Defeats 1 Suisse 11 11 0 2 Norway 11 7 4 2 Sweden 11 7 4 4 Canada 12 7 5 5 Italy 12 7 5 4 Japan 12 7 5 7 UNITED STATES 12 6 6 8 Germany 11 5 6 8 Turkey 11 5 6 8 South Korea 11 5 6 11 Denmark 11 4 7 12 Scotland 11 3 8 13 New Zealand 12 0 12
