Q and A

Q:  One of the questions I have received is "what's the deal with the draws? Because the US Men lost are they out of the competition?"

A:  A Draw is like a session. For example, right now in Draw 2, a Women's Draw, it is USA vs. Japan, Sweden vs Denmark, Russia vs. Germany, and Canada vs. Switzerland. In other words, there are four different games going on at the same time (on different "Sheets").   There 10 countries in each Competition (Men's and Women's). The initial round of play is a round robin, ie everybody plays everybody else. After the round robin the top 4 teams will advance to a playoff where medals will be determined.  If there are not four clear countries in front after the round robin, there will be a series of tiebreakers played to produce the four teams....in other words, no one is "elimated on the scorecard" as in golf.

So the US men's team has not been eliminated; they are merely 0-1 in the ound robin with 8 games left to play.