Men's Curling Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[DunnInLA 0]

2 hours ago, Quaker2001 said:

Believe it or not.. they're not done yet.  If Norway and Italy both lose their next match (and they're playing Canada and Switzerland), then it comes down to draw shot challenge and that might favor the US.

where would one find that statistic... Draw Shot Challenge?

[DunnInLA 0]

Actually I went to wikipedia and it lists the DSC stats as follows.  I don't know if wikipedia is accurate.

 

USA 17.663. (3rd best after SUI and GBR)

ITA: 18.764

NOR: 24.907

GER:  19.186

 

Since this figure is an average across 9 games for USA, and 8 games for the other three, it might be practically impossible for any of the teams other than USA to win the LSC tie-break.  For example,  ITA is at 18.764*8=150.112.    The USA is 17.663*9=158.967.   So ITA must beat USA's 158.967 raw total, which means in ITA's last game the two rocks measurements combined must average 8.854"  or less.   

 

So it seems if ITA and  NOR both lose their 9th game, and neither makes some sort of miraculous DSC result, and even if GER wins its 9th game, USA becomes the 4th semifinalist. 

Edited 2 hours ago by DunnInLA

[Quaker2001 334]

45 minutes ago, DunnInLA said:

where would one find that statistic... Draw Shot Challenge?

https://livescores.worldcurling.org/og/