Germany and Scotland men to play for gold

22 November 2024

With places in the gold medal game on the line, the men’s semi-finals saw Germany face Norway and Scotland play Switzerland. 

Germany versus Norway

Germany were leading the game by 2-1 after two ends. In the third, Norway skip Magnus Ramsfjell was attempting to draw for one, but missed and gave up a steal of four to give Germany a 6-1 lead.

Germany were leading by 7-2 at the break. Norway blanked the sixth and seventh end, and were hoping to blank the eighth as well. However, Magnus Ramsfjell’s attempted double take-out didn’t turn out as he planned it, and Norway gave up a steal of one. After this, Norway conceded the game, 8-2, and Germany secured a place in the final.

German skip Marc Muskatewitz said after the game, “Yes, really looking forward [to the final] and tomorrow we go all in on the ice.” 

Scotland versus Switzerland

The other semi-final saw Switzerland take on defending champions Scotland. The Scots started strong and led, 4-2, going into the break. The game continued to be back-and-forth but by the tenth end, the Scots led by 8-5. 

Switzerland’s fourth player Benoit Schwarz-van Berkel then played a hit on a Scottish stone to score three points and tie the game at 8-8, forcing an extra end.

In that extra end, Scotland’s skip Bruce Mouat played a double take-out to score two points and win the game by 10-8. He said after the game, “[the final] should be a really good game, Germany have been playing amazing all season, so let’s go.”

This will be a fifth gold medal final appearance by Scotland’s Mouat and his team, who have won all four previous European titles they have played for. 

The bronze medal game will be played on Friday 22 November at 19:00. The gold medal final will take place on Saturday 23 November at 15:00. Times are EET (Eastern European Time) which is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) +2 hours.

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