2026 Winter Olympics - Day 11 (February 17)

[Josh 13,631]

1 minute ago, NearPup said:

Oh and during all the commotion  Homan beat Sweden. 
 

Are we back status: so back.

Yep, you may want to scroll up a bit  (I don't blame you for not seeing it)

[orangeman 2,858]

Experience Homan curling. 

 

[NearPup 4,154]

1 minute ago, Josh said:

Yep, you may want to scroll up a bit  (I don't blame you for not seeing it)

Lots going on in this thread over the past few minutes xD

[NearPup 4,154]

With how results have shaken out,  is guaranteed a playoff spot in women’s curling if they beat  and  (since now all teams that finish on three losses will be ranked fourth at worse).

Edited February 17 by NearPup

[orangeman 2,858]

12 minutes ago, NearPup said:

With how results have shaken out,  is guaranteed a playoff spot in women’s curling if they beat  and  (since now all teams that finish on three losses will be ranked fourth at worse).

From my quick math, Homan just has to beat Korea.

 

If Canada loses to Italy and Korea beats Sweden:

 

Canada 4-4

Korea 5-3

 

Canada beats Korea, they're both 5-4 with Canada having the tie-breaker since they just beat them. 

Denmark could win their final 2 games and also be 5-4, but Canada also beat them. 

 

Even if Canada beats Italy and Korea loses to Sweden, Canada still needs to beat Korea. Otherwise, they're still both 5-4 with Korea holding the tie-breaker. The only way Canada could still sneak in if they lose to Korea is if Denmark win their last two and also end up 5-4, then all three would have 1-1 records against each other and I'm not sure who holds the next tie-breaker. 

 

So, in sum, win or lose against Italy, if Canada beats Korea they're in. 

 

Edit: I forgot about USA and Switzerland, who could lose their last two games and enter that tie-breaker as well. Canada lost to both of them, so that's probably not good. But I don't really feel like going through all the iterations involving those two teams, too. Keep it simple: Just win against Korea and you're in. 

Edited February 17 by orangeman

[Josh 13,631]

58 minutes ago, Josh said:

Homan hands Sweden their first loss, 8-6 win, and moves to a 4-3 record!

So, this game was quite low stakes. A win here means we can lose to Italy and still qualify for the playoffs, if Great Britain loses a match. A win against Korea and win against Italy/Great Britain loss, and we're in. 

 

If we beat Italy, lose to Korea (and Korea loses to Sweden), head-to-heads and DSC come into play at 5-4, which Canada would be in an okay position having a 1-2 record (it would be preferable if GB lose one, and China loses to Denmark for that) but a good DSC

Edited February 17 by Josh

[Josh 13,631]

Just now, orangeman said:

From my quick math, Homan just has to beat Korea.

 

If Canada loses to Italy and Korea beats Sweden:

 

Canada 4-4

Korea 5-3

 

Canada beats Korea, they're both 5-4 with Canada having the tie-breaker since they just beat them. 

Denmark could win their final 2 games and also be 5-4, but Canada also beat them. 

 

Even if Canada beats Italy and Korea loses to Sweden, Canada still needs to beat Korea. Otherwise, they're still both 5-4 with Korea holding the tie-breaker. The only way Canada could still sneak in if they lose to Korea is if Denmark win their last two and also end up 5-4, then all three would have 1-1 records against each other and I'm not sure who holds the next tie-breaker. 

 

So, in sum, win or lose against Italy, if Canada beats Korea they're in. 

It would come down to DSC, which Canada and Korea are close in and Denmark is nowhere

[Josh 13,631]

[NearPup 4,154]

I don’t care that much right now, but the women’s team pursuit is gonna be in a deep rebuild next season xD

[Josh 13,631]

18 minutes ago, NearPup said:

I don’t care that much right now, but the women’s team pursuit is gonna be in a deep rebuild next season xD

Who would it even be at this stage?