What Is an 'End' in Curling, and How Many Do Olympic Teams Play?

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What Is an 'End' in Curling, and How Many Do Olympic Teams Play?
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— that's the center of the scoring circle — gets to score. They get additional points for each stone that's closer to the button than their opponents' best throw., the number of ends in Olympic curling varies between events. In the men's and women's tournaments, a game consists of 10 ends, while the mixed-doubles tournament only goes up to eight ends. Once all ends have been completed and scored, the team with the most points wins.

However, not every game will last for the usual number of ends. In many tournaments, teams may choose to concede if they feel that they're too far behind to realistically catch up. This is actually a very common part of the sport and considered good sportsmanship. At the Olympics, men's and women's teams are allowed to concede after just six ends in the"round robin" stage of the tournament.

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