Playing at the Grant Harvey Centre, Sweden's Frederik Hallström and Elisabeth Norredahl started on good form to steal two points in the first end, but Hungary's Zsolt Kiss and Dorottya Palancsa (pictured top) got back into the game in the second end as Norredahl got her angles wrong as she attempted a tap back, allowing the winners to take one point.

Norredahl was struggling with her angles again in the third end as her attempted raise was wide giving Hungary a steal of one point to level the game, however the fourth end saw Sweden making a vital breakthrough as, with her last stone, Norredahl made a double take-out to leave three Swedish counting stones and give them a 5-2 lead.

Hungary hit back immediately in the fifth end as Kiss made a hit and roll for two points before Norredahl replied, making a tap up for two points in the sixth end to retain their three point lead at 7-4.


Kiss was light with a draw in the seventh end which could have given Hungary three points to level the game but they had to settle for two points to make the score 7-6 in Sweden's favour.

In the eighth end, Norredahl could not raise one of her own stones into the counting position which gave Hungary a steal of one point to level the game and force an extra end, during which the victors set up a number of counting stones behind guards which forced Sweden to attempt an in-off to take the one point needed for the win.

This, however, proved a step too far and handed Hungary a steal of one point and ultimately the world title.

"I didn't think we played very well today but we believed we could come back," Kiss said.

"We knew the Swedish team was very hard to play against.

"We knew that we had to fight to the last end."

Palancsa added: "I think that's the biggest result [in Hungary's curling history].

"We are just a small federation with not such a big history.

"We achieved this within 10 years and that's amazing.

"I hope everyone is happy back home."


In the bronze medal game, the Czech Republic's Zuzana Hájková and Tomas Paul trumped Norwegians Magnus Nedregotten and Kristin Skaslien 8-1 to claim their nation's first world mixed doubles medal.

"I think it was our dream, because we've been playing mixed doubles curling for four years," Hájková said.

"We always think about the worlds but now that we're here we've got the medal.

"Now that it's happened, we're amazed."

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