Switzerland and Great Britain duke it out for the chance to play Sweden in the men’s curling semifinal. Here’s how you can watch online by live stream.
The Olympic men’s curling tournament is entering playoff mode, starting with a tie-breaker game to determine who will join Sweden (7 wins), Canada (6 wins) and USA (5 wins) in the semifinals. The two countries facing off? Great Britain and Switzerland, both of whom won 5 games. (USA qualified outright on account of beating both Great Britain and Switzerland in round robin play.)
Great Britain is coming off a loss to the United States in session 12, but has the advantage of being the victor of their round-robin match-up with Switzerland in the first session. Unfortunately for the Brits, Great Britain doesn’t have any other high profile wins from the tournament and they were played close by bad teams in the victories they did eek out.
Switzerland, similarly, notched their wins against less-than-competitive teams, but with slightly better point differentials. Notably, Switzerland was responsible for one of Sweden’s two losses — and it was a 10-3 blowout in which Sweden conceded the final three ends.
NBC will air the tie-breaker in real time by live stream at 7 p.m. ET. You can watch online courtesy of the network’s Olympics hub. NBC will broadcast Switzerland vs. Great Britain on NBSCN at 3:30 a.m. ET Thursday.
The men’s semifinals take place at Thursday, Feb. 22 at 6 a.m. ET. (Morning tie-breaker, evening semifinals in Pyeongchang.) Team USA will look to get their second-ever win over Canada in their semifinal match, while Sweden will take on the winner of Switzerland-Great Britain.
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Here’s how you can watch USA vs. Sweden in round 12 of Olympic women’s curling:
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 21
Time: 7:05 p.m ET
Location: Pyeongchang, South Korea
Venue: Gangneung Curling Centre
Live Stream: NBC Olympics, FuboTV
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