The 2023 World Girls’s Curling Championship is underway in Sandviken, Sweden.

From 18-26 March, 13 of one of the best girls’s curling groups from across the globe are battling it out for the world crown.

The week-long match begins with a round-robin stage the place all groups will play one another as soon as.

The highest six groups on the finish of the round-robin section will advance to the playoffs. People who end first and second will obtain byes to the semi-finals, whereas the third, fourth, fifth and sixth ranked groups will compete in qualification video games for the semis.

Within the playoff video games, the third-ranked workforce will play the sixth, whereas the fourth and fifth-ranked groups will play each other. The winner of those two video games will advance to the semi-finals.

The winners of the semi-finals will then meet within the closing to contest the world title whereas the opposite two groups will compete in a bronze-medal match.

The 13 groups competing within the match are – Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and United States of America.

Listed here are all of the scores thus far, and the up-to-date standings.

2023 World Girls’s Curling Championships: Outcomes from Day 1

Saturday 18 March

Session 2

• Germany v Scotland
• Italy v Türkiye
• Switzerland v Japan
• Canada v Sweden

Session 1

Sweden received off to a storming begin beating World Championship debutants New Zealand 14-2 in six ends whereas defending champions Switzerland received their title defence off to a profitable begin with a 7-5 over america. 

• Switzerland 7-5 United States of America
• Republic of Korea 6-8 Norway
• Sweden 14-2 New Zealand
• Denmark 7-6 Japan