Men's Curling WCF World Championship 2021

[Quaker2001 251]

9 minutes ago, NearPup said:

is the first team to qualify for the playoffs and, as such, the Olympics.

4 in the final end against Canada is a good way to do it.  That was some impressive comeback by them to win

[intoronto 5,584]

I think this tournament shows that curling, like all other team sports at the Olympics, deserves 12 teams per event. 

[Quaker2001 251]

24 minutes ago, intoronto said:

I think this tournament shows that curling, like all other team sports at the Olympics, deserves 12 teams per event. 

Wouldn't work if they wanted to keep the full round robin.  Too many matches to squeeze onto the schedule, especially since they added the mixed doubles.  Right now, it's 12 draws each for men and women to get all the matches in.  They'd need 17 draws apiece for 12 teams.  Has to stay at 10

[intoronto 5,584]

2 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said:

Wouldn't work if they wanted to keep the full round robin.  Too many matches to squeeze onto the schedule, especially since they added the mixed doubles.  Right now, it's 12 draws each for men and women to get all the matches in.  They'd need 17 draws apiece for 12 teams.  Has to stay at 10

It could work if they did a day -3 and/or 4 draws in a day

 

[Swewi 377]

5 hours ago, intoronto said:

It could work if they did a day -3 and/or 4 draws in a day

 

They could make it two groups and the same play off system as in the worlds.

[NearPup 3,014]

I can't believe it's not Russia™ is the second team to qualify for the playoffs and the Olympics. They've been having a great week.

[NearPup 3,014]

The - match tonight is extremely important. The loser will drop to a fifth loss. The match is especially pivotal for Canada - if Canada loses the match they no longer control their destiny, as has the head to head tie-break over Canada. The winner of the match is guaranteed to qualify if they win their final match tomorrow.

 

and are still mathematically in the race, if my quick calculation is correct they need to win all their remaining games, Switzerland to lose at least one game and the loser of Norway - Canada to lose their final game. And that just gets them to the mess that is the tie-break.

[mrv86 3,130]

 qualifies 

[NearPup 3,014]

Also, and not Russia advanced to the semi-finals. As @mrv86 mentioned   qualified to the playoffs and the Olympics.

 

Scenarios for qualification:

qualifies with a win over .

qualifies with a win over .

qualifies with a win over   and a win over .

 

 

 

Edited April 9, 2021 by NearPup
The Canada - Germany match does not affect qualification.

[NearPup 3,014]

Turns out  is also qualified due to not being last among any potential head to head scenario among five loss teams.