Canada finishes with 7-5 round-robin record, makes playoff cut at women’s worlds

By: The Canadian Press Posted: 7:29 AM CDT Friday, Mar. 24, 2023 Last Modified: 3:55 PM CDT Friday, Mar. 24, 2023

SANDVIKEN, Sweden - Canada's Kerri Einarson closed her round-robin schedule with an 11-5 loss to Denmark's Madeleine Dupont on Friday but still managed to secure a playoff berth at the women's world curling championship.

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SANDVIKEN, Sweden – Canada’s Kerri Einarson closed her round-robin schedule with an 11-5 loss to Denmark’s Madeleine Dupont on Friday but still managed to secure a playoff berth at the women’s world curling championship.

Her Manitoba-based rink of Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Briane Harris, which defeated Turkey’s Dilsat Yildiz 10-4 earlier in the day, finished in third place at 7-5 and will face sixth-place Japan (7-5) on Saturday in a qualification match at the Goransson Arena.

The top six teams advanced to the playoffs, with three-time defending champion Switzerland (12-0) and Norway (8-4) getting byes to the semifinals as the top two teams.

Canada’s Kerri Einarson scored a 10-4 decision over Turkey’s Dilsat Yildiz to move one step closer to the playoff round at the women’s world curling championship on Friday. Einarson in shown in action during the match between USA and Canada during the round robin session 3 of the LGT World Women's Curling Championship at Goransson Arena in Sandviken, Sweden, Sunday, March 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP - Jonas Ekstromer/TT

Canada fell to Japan 6-5 in round-robin play on Thursday.

Sweden (7-5) and Italy (7-5) meet in the other qualification game.

Canada earned the third seed through having the best head-to-head record (2-1) among the 7-5 teams.

After conceding to Denmark after eight ends, Canada locked up a spot in a qualification game a short time later when American Tabitha Peterson dropped a 10-6 decision to South Korea’s Seungyoun Ha.

“We were going to have some anxious moments here waiting, but we knew there were a lot of scenarios here where we still make it through,” Birchard said.

The Americans missed the cut at 6-6.

Canada's Kerri Einarson in action during the round robin session 19 of the LGT World Women's Curling Championship between Denmark and Canada at Goransson Arena in Sandviken, Sweden, Friday, March 24, 2023. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP)

Qualification games and semifinals were scheduled for Saturday and medal games were on tap Sunday.

Einarson won bronze at last year’s world playdowns in Prince George, B.C. Canada hasn’t won gold at this competition since 2018 when Jennifer Jones was victorious in North Bay, Ont.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 24, 2023.