Ling Zhi Fan Suyuan composed of the Chinese mixed doubles curling team, in the Beijing Winter Olympics showed a very good strength, whether against the strong team or the weak team, both played very well, the current two after 7 rounds of round robin, four games, got two wins and two losses, these two losses although they lost the game, but only a pity defeat, they have the strength in the next game, continue to maintain excellent state, for a semi-final qualification and work hard. Let's take a look at the team's record ranking after seven rounds of the round robin.
Italy, 4 wins, 0 losses
Sweden, 4 wins, 2 losses
England, 3 wins, 1 loss
Canada, 3 wins, 1 loss
Norway, 3 wins, 2 losses
The current top five teams are Italy, Sweden, The United Kingdom, Canada and Norway, Italy can be said to be a dark horse in this tournament, four races, all won, defeated the United States, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Norway, in general, have not yet encountered too strong opponents, but such a record, so that other opponents will also be daunting.
Sweden played 6 games, although the start was unfavorable, but in the next game, they gradually found the state, and won all the way, but when facing the United States, they lost to the opponent and got a record of 4 wins and 2 losses.
Although the British team has a record of 3 wins and 1 loss, but the overall strength is not too strong, in the face of the bottom of the Australian team, it is also a slight advantage of 1 point, and did not meet too strong teams, the ranking may fall later.
Canada defeated Switzerland, Norway and China, the only defeat was to the British team, which was decent in terms of strength, tenacious spirit, and tied for third with the British team.
Norway, after five matches, 3 wins and 2 losses, ranked fifth, performed well, and is also a very tough opponent of the Chinese team in the round robin, and on the evening of February 5, the Chinese team will play against Norway.
United States, 2 wins, 2 losses
China, 2 wins, 2 losses
Czech Republic, 1 win, 3 losses
Switzerland, 1 win, 4 losses
Australia, 0 wins, 6 losses
The United States and China are currently 2 wins and 2 losses, tied for sixth place, on the afternoon of February 5, it will be a direct confrontation between the Chinese team and the United States team, so this game is crucial, after all, after the round robin round robin, only four curling teams can advance to the semifinals, if you want to get points, you must defeat the United States team, in addition to Norway, so the two games on February 5 are very critical.
The Czech Republic and Switzerland rank eighth and ninth, in terms of strength, the two curling teams face tough opponents, can not win, so according to the current ranking, the round robin has been halfway through the schedule, the Czech Republic and Switzerland, have not been able to qualify for the semi-finals in advance, the Australian curling team has been completely out, the current 6 games, Australia has not won a single victory.
summary
After seven rounds of the round robin, the Chinese team still has the opportunity to impact the semi-finals, and in the subsequent matches, the Chinese team will face a combination of Norway, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy and the Czech Republic. In these five games, although the chance of winning all is not large, but in terms of the current state of the Chinese team, there is also great hope, in addition to the Czech team, the other four teams have very strong strength, and ranked high, the Chinese team faces four strong enemies, must go all out. Fight to win all five games.