Sweden Tour Jönköping 2024


Streaming

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All games from sheet 3 and sheet 4 will be streamed, and semifinals, bronze and final.


Rules of competition

The tournament is played according to the World Curling Federation rules with exceptions as described below.


Team line-up

Each on-ice team must have at least three players delivering stones. There is no requirement to have both genders in the lineup.


Pre-competition practice

Friday 09:30-11:00


Pre-game practice, LSD and stone color

Round robin

The first team in the game schedule plays with blue stones and have first practice*. Second team plays with yellow stones and have second practice. The first practice starts 30 min before scheduled starting time.

Pre-game practice and LSD: 9 min practice and then LSD with two different players - one clockwise and one counter-clockwise.

Practice and LSD will be announced.


* Group A: Coin toss to decide first practice in the last round robin game.


Playoff

The highest ranked team has hammer in the first end and choice of stone color.

Pre-game practice: 5 min practice per team. Team with hammer has the first practice and starts 15 minutes before scheduled starting time.

Practice will be announced.


Ends

All games are played over 8 ends with extra end(s) if necessary.


Ranking

Ranking procedure round robin:

  1. Win/loss record
  2. Win/loss record between tied teams if possible
  3. DSC (excluding the least favourable result)


Ranking procedure in the playoff (for hammer and choice of stone color):

  1. Group ranking (regardless of number of games won in the group)
  2. DSC (from the first three games, excluding the least favourable result)


Playoff

Top four from each group go to quarterfinals. 1A-4B, 1B-4A, 2A-3B, 2B-3A.