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2024 European Curling Championships: Scotland women into semis

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Scotland’s men and women have both booked their places in the semi-finals of the European Curling Championships.

Rebecca Morrison’s rink squeezed out Norway 5-4 to make it five wins in a row in Finland, finishing the round-robin in third place.

They will meet Sweden in the last four, with Thursday’s match being shown live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app at 17:00 GMT.

With seven wins from eight, Scotland’s men sit top of the group with one match remaining against Sweden.

Having suffered their first loss of the tournament against Italy on Tuesday, Bruce Mouat’s rink bounced back by defeating Germany 12-5 then sweeping aside the Czech Republic 10-2.

Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie and Hammy McMillan head into the play-offs aiming to extend an extraordinary sequence in which they have won the past four European Championships they have played in.

If they finish top of the standings, they would earn last-stone advantage in the play-offs – but face Sweden’s seven-time European, seven-time world and reigning Olympic champions, who need to win to secure their play-off place.

“It will be a tough game against the Swedes and we’ll need to play well to get that top spot and guarantee hammer in the semi-final,” Mouat added.

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