26-11-2015, 02:34
The women have been far better value than the men this week, so let's start off with their results.
Women's Championships
A Division - Scotland ended their round robin games in style, beating Switzerland 7-5 and Norway 9-4 to finish second on 7 wins behind Russia on 8 wins. Finland and Denmark tied on 6 wins to earn the remaining two places. Tomorrow night's semi-finals are Russia v Denmark and Scotland v Finland and these are being broadcast live on Eurosport1 at 18.30.
B Division - England went on to beat France by 14-3 last night and also won their final game against Poland 9-3 today. They finish with an excellent 6 wins from 9 games to lie 3rd equal with Italy, who have another game to play tomorrow morning, and Turkey, which should mean that they will at least have a tiebreaker against Turkey tomorrow afternoon for a semi-final place. If Italy lose tomorrow, then they might play either Turkey or England in the tiebreaker.
Men's Championships
A Division - Amazingly, Scotland are still hanging in there by winning today's two games. Firstly they beat Italy 6-4 and then Russia by 8-6 to be on 4 wins with one game to go. Unbeaten Norway head the table on 8 wins and Sweden are second on 5 wins. Joining Scotland are 4 other teams - Finland, Germany, Russia and Switzerland.
There are several possible scenarios from tomorrow morning's games, but one thing is certain - Scotland must beat Germany, which would see the Scots move ahead of the Germans. Sweden play Finland, Switzerland play Netherlands and Russia play Norway in matches where certain results might, just might, mean that a team with only 4 wins could qualify through play-offs. These games are also scheduled for Eurosport1 at 08.30.
B Division - This morning England beat Slovakia 8-6 to keep alive their hopes of qualifying. They have 3 wins and are currently in 4th equal place with Slovakia. Not only do they need to win against Croatia tomorrow morning, but they also need Spain to beat Israel in order to play a tiebreaker against the Israelis. Slovakia could complicate matters by beating Austria to join England and Israel on 4 wins.
Unfortunately Wales have fallen by the wayside after losing 2-5 against Lithuania to finish with only 2 wins in 7th place. One of these wins was against Slovenia who are in a tiebreaker tomorrow.
My brain's beginning to hurt now
, so I'm off to bed. And no, I haven't got Eurosport.
Women's Championships
A Division - Scotland ended their round robin games in style, beating Switzerland 7-5 and Norway 9-4 to finish second on 7 wins behind Russia on 8 wins. Finland and Denmark tied on 6 wins to earn the remaining two places. Tomorrow night's semi-finals are Russia v Denmark and Scotland v Finland and these are being broadcast live on Eurosport1 at 18.30.
B Division - England went on to beat France by 14-3 last night and also won their final game against Poland 9-3 today. They finish with an excellent 6 wins from 9 games to lie 3rd equal with Italy, who have another game to play tomorrow morning, and Turkey, which should mean that they will at least have a tiebreaker against Turkey tomorrow afternoon for a semi-final place. If Italy lose tomorrow, then they might play either Turkey or England in the tiebreaker.
Men's Championships
A Division - Amazingly, Scotland are still hanging in there by winning today's two games. Firstly they beat Italy 6-4 and then Russia by 8-6 to be on 4 wins with one game to go. Unbeaten Norway head the table on 8 wins and Sweden are second on 5 wins. Joining Scotland are 4 other teams - Finland, Germany, Russia and Switzerland.
There are several possible scenarios from tomorrow morning's games, but one thing is certain - Scotland must beat Germany, which would see the Scots move ahead of the Germans. Sweden play Finland, Switzerland play Netherlands and Russia play Norway in matches where certain results might, just might, mean that a team with only 4 wins could qualify through play-offs. These games are also scheduled for Eurosport1 at 08.30.
B Division - This morning England beat Slovakia 8-6 to keep alive their hopes of qualifying. They have 3 wins and are currently in 4th equal place with Slovakia. Not only do they need to win against Croatia tomorrow morning, but they also need Spain to beat Israel in order to play a tiebreaker against the Israelis. Slovakia could complicate matters by beating Austria to join England and Israel on 4 wins.
Unfortunately Wales have fallen by the wayside after losing 2-5 against Lithuania to finish with only 2 wins in 7th place. One of these wins was against Slovenia who are in a tiebreaker tomorrow.
My brain's beginning to hurt now
, so I'm off to bed. And no, I haven't got Eurosport.
Cabbage is still good for you