07-12-2024, 23:42
The final chance to qualify for the World Junior Curling Championship 2025 will begin this week in Lohja, Finland at the men’s World Junior-B Curling Championships 2024. The event will run from Sunday 8 December until Friday 13 December where the three medallists will secure their World Junior spots.
Teams will be placed in three groups where the top two teams in each group, plus the two third overall ranked teams with the better Draw Shot Challenge, qualify for the quarter-finals. Teams will then be ranked 1-8 to determine the quarter-final matchups. Group play will end on Thursday 12 December at 12:00 with the quarter-finals beginning later that day at 19:00. The semi-finals will be played the following day 13 December at 10:00 and the medal games following at 16:00.
Group A: Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Korea, Latvia, Philippines, Poland and Sweden
Group B: Australia, China, Japan, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Türkiye
Group C: Chinese Taipei, Czechia, England, New Zealand, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine
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England are represented by Matthew Waring (Skip), Callum McLain (Third), Benjamin Gillard (Second and Vice-skip), Troy Caunce (Lead) and Benjamin Holcombe (Alternate). Also pictured is coach James Whittle with a grown-up's beard. Callum plays at my local Ice Rink, is determined to sweep as hard as Hammy and Lammie and will be looking to be involved in the later stages of this competition.
They play Slovakia at 12 noon tomorrow with games against Chinese Taipei at 7am on Monday, then Czechia at 5pm on Monday.
Teams will be placed in three groups where the top two teams in each group, plus the two third overall ranked teams with the better Draw Shot Challenge, qualify for the quarter-finals. Teams will then be ranked 1-8 to determine the quarter-final matchups. Group play will end on Thursday 12 December at 12:00 with the quarter-finals beginning later that day at 19:00. The semi-finals will be played the following day 13 December at 10:00 and the medal games following at 16:00.
Group A: Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Korea, Latvia, Philippines, Poland and Sweden
Group B: Australia, China, Japan, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Türkiye
Group C: Chinese Taipei, Czechia, England, New Zealand, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine
England are represented by Matthew Waring (Skip), Callum McLain (Third), Benjamin Gillard (Second and Vice-skip), Troy Caunce (Lead) and Benjamin Holcombe (Alternate). Also pictured is coach James Whittle with a grown-up's beard. Callum plays at my local Ice Rink, is determined to sweep as hard as Hammy and Lammie and will be looking to be involved in the later stages of this competition.
They play Slovakia at 12 noon tomorrow with games against Chinese Taipei at 7am on Monday, then Czechia at 5pm on Monday.
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