Sweden ensure qualification for European play-offs
BySportsbeat
Published 21/11/2017 at 16:22 GMT
Anna Hasselborg's rink ensured play-off qualification at the European Curling Championships with a dominant defeat of Hungary.
The Swedes ran out 13-1 winners, with their Hungarian opponents forced to wait until the fifth end before getting a point on the board.
Victory sees Team Hasselborg qualify with six wins from six, topping the team standings ahead of Scotland and Switzerland.
Scotland's Team Muirhead continued their winning form with an 8-3 triumph over Turkey.
It took until the third end for either team to break the deadlock, with the Scots going 2-0 up before continuing to dominate, Turkey eventually succumbing to their fourth defeat of their campaign.
It proved a much tighter affair in the fixture between hosts Switzerland and Italy, however, with Silvana Tirinzoni's rink eventually winning 9-6.
Heading into the final end, Switzerland led by just a single point, but were able to add two more to their score to seal the win.
Germany's Team Jentsch controlled proceedings in their match against Denmark, requiring just seven ends to secure a 15-7 victory.
Germany got the ball rolling with three points in the first end, rounding off the win with four in the final.
And in the other match of Session 12 in St Gallen, Russia defeated the Czech Republic 8-2 for only their second win of the Championships.
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