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Another Championship being played Gangnam-style in Korea, this time at the Gangneung Curling Centre from Saturday 22 April to Saturday 29 April.

Divided into two round-robin groups, the 20 teams are:
Group A: Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Korea, Netherlands and Scotland.
Group B: Austria, England, Spain, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and United States.

Both group leaders will qualify direct for the semi-finals, while the second and third teams from Group A will play the third and second teams from Group B in qualification games, with the winners also proceeding to the semi-finals. Qualification games, relegation games and semi-finals will take place on Friday 28 April. The bronze medal game and the gold medal final will be staged on Saturday 29 April, at 2am and at 6am, respectively.

Scotland's games this weekend are versus Canada at 2am on Saturday, Denmark at 10am on Saturday and Netherlands at 6am on Sunday.

England start against Switzerland at 6am on Saturday, then Sweden at 2am on Sunday and Spain at 10am on Sunday.

SCOTLAND - Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat

Scotland have won the previous two Championships, in 2021 with Jen and Bruce and in 2022 with Eve Muirhead and Bobby Lammie.

ENGLAND - Lina Opel and Michael Opel

The Opels are father and daughter with 13 year-old Lina needing time off from school to curl for her country. Michael is a 4-time English Champion.