Match Town Trophy 2024

Match Town Trophy is returning for the 2024 season. Jönköping Curling Club hosted a fantastic event with great ice conditions in 2023 and will provide the same top class ice and service this year. Jönköping is one of the top curling destination in Sweden.


Streaming

Youtube.com/@jonkopingcurlingclub322

All games from sheet 3 and sheet 4 will be streamed, as well as semi-finals, bronze and the final. See link for each game in Games in the menu above.


Ranking after round robin

  1. Bryce SCO 5-0 LSD 15,79
  2. Hårstad NOR 4-1 LSD 31,31
  3. Nyman SWE 4-1 LSD 58,09
  4. Team Høstmælingen NOR 3-2 LSD 24,92
  5. Team Iseli SUI 3-2 LSD 25,28
  6. Team Väderstad SWE 3-2 LSD 37,47
  7. Westerberg SWE 3-2 LSD 39,24
  8. Czechia 2 CZE 3-2 LSD 43,96
  9. Jermann SUI LSD 3-2 50,66
  10. Rosander SWE 3-2 LSD 54,54
  11. Carson SCO 3-2 LSD 75,24
  12. Team Schnider SUI 3-2 LSD 75,33
  13. Mjøen NOR 2-3 LSD 50,18
  14. Team Magnusson 2-3 LSD 65,36
  15. Team HGCC DEN 1-4 LSD 59,33
  16. Burning Goats SWE 0-5 LSD 25,11
  17. Team Gilli ITA 0-5 LSD 27,21
  18. Mattsson SWE 0-5 LSD 68,19


Playoff tree

Play off tree (external link)


Rules of competition

The tournament is played according to the World Curling Federation rules and applying the five-rock rule as well as the no tick rule.


Pre-competition practice

The pre-competition practice is scheduled with five minutes for each team on each sheet. See schedule here:

https://jonkopingcurling.se/files/MatchTownTrophy-2024.pdf


Pre-game practice, LSD and stone color

Round robin *

20 minutes before scheduled starting time there is 5 min practice per team, where the first team on the schedule plays with blue stones and have first practice. Second team plays with yellow stones.

* Coin toss before the last game in the round robin for the first practice


At the end of each team's practice, two different players throw draw shots - one clockwise and one counter-clockwise.

This LSD is to decide hammer and later used if internal results isn’t enough to decide playoff-teams. The worst LSD is later removed from results.

Practice and LSD will be announced.


Playoff

Highest ranked team from the group stage decides hammer or color throughout the playoffs.

12 minutes before scheduled starting time there is 5 min practice per team, where the team with the hammer practice first.

Practice will be announced.


Ends

All games are played over 8 ends with an extra end if necessary. If no points are scored in the extra end the teams will play one draw to the button for the game.

Team with hammer in the extra end will decide which team draws first. Free choice of turn for the first team. The second team plays the opposite turn.


Group Stage

Overall ranked 1-8 go to quarterfinals.

Ranking procedure: 1) Win/loss record, 2) DSC (excluding the least favourable result).