Fascinated? Confused? You're not alone. Here's how the game works.
down a sheet of ice toward the"house": an area of the ice marked with a circular target. Points are awarded based on how close the stone gets to the center of the house, also known as the"button." There's a catch, however: two teams of four play on the same sheet of ice at the same time, alternating throws. This means that part of curling gameplay is about trying to knock the other team's stones further away or blocking them from having a good shot.
Curling requires a lot of precision and strategy. Teams try to land their own throws as close as possible, but they may also aim to knock their opponents' stones out of the house, which prevents them from being scored. Each member of a team throws twice in an end, including the"skip," or team captain, who determines overall strategy. When they're not throwing, everyone except the skip is tasked with sweeping, which is probably the most iconic image from the sport.
Curling matches typically last for 10 ends, and at the conclusion of the game, the team with the most points wins. Concessions are also a fairly common part of curling, especially later in the game. The final end doesn't have to be completed for victory to be declared, either; if one team has fewer stones left to throw than points it needs to catch up, the game can end then and there.
At the Olympics, each curling tournament begins with round-robin play, where every team plays every other team. The top four teams advance to the semifinals. After those matches, the winning two teams advance to the gold medal game to play for
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