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The round-robin had every team facing each other. Since there were twelve teams, every team played eleven games. The twelve teams were Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Japan, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, USA. The top team in the round robin was Scotland with an 8-3 record, followed by Sweden, Denmark, and Canada (all 7-4) to round out the top four. At 6-5 were Norway, China, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. The USA had a 5-6 record, Russia and Japan were 3-8, and Finland was last with two wins and nine losses.
The playoffs for the curling championships featured the top four teams in a page playoff system. The page playoff system features the number one team vs. the number two team and the number three team vs. the number four team. The winner of the one vs. two automatically makes the championship game, while the loser goes to a semi final game where they face the winner of the three vs. four game. The winner goes to the finals, while the loser goes to the bronze medal game.
In the first game, the number one seed Scotland went up against the number two Sweden. Scotland scored first with one in the first frame, but Sweden quickly countered with two in the second frame. Through five frames, Sweden had the 3-2 advantage. Heading into the tenth and final frame, the two teams were tied at five. Then, Sweden's skipper Niklas Edin, down to his last stone, placed it perfectly for a point and the win.
The next game between third seeded Denmark and fourth seeded Canada also went down to the final frame. Like the first game, Denmark score one in the first end, followed by two for Canada in the second. After seven ends, the score was tied at 4-4. In the eighth, Canada score two followed by two for Denmark. That made the score 6-6 heading into the tenth. In the tenth, Canada got three stones closest to the middle. Denmark could only knock away one as Canada won 8-6.
The semifinal between Scotland and Canada was the same match-up of the last two gold medal games. The game was low-scoring through five with both teams tied at two. In the sixth end, the game was broken wide open when Canada had three of their stones closest to the button. That got them three points. After that, Canada did not look back as they won the match 6-3 to advance to the gold medal match.
In the bronze medal match, Scotland went up against Denmark. Scotland started off strong with two points in the first end. After three scoreless frames, Denmark score two points in the fifth to make the score 2-2. Scotland got two points in the sixth followed by two for Denmark in the seventh. Then, in the eight end, Scotland got a key three points to take the lead. Denmark would not give up though, getting two points in the ninth end. However, it would prove to not be enough as Scotland gets the bronze medals.
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