2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host cityLucerne, Switzerland
ArenaEiszentrum Luzern
DatesFebruary 21–28
Winner Russia
SkipAndrey Smirnov
ThirdKonstantin Kurokhtin
SecondSvetlana Pakhomova
LeadAlexander Shevchenko
AlternateMarat Romanov
Finalist Norway (Rune Lorentsen)
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The 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 21 to 28 at the Eiszentrum Luzern in Lucerne, Switzerland.[1]

Qualification

Qualification event

Norway and South Korea qualified for the World Championship from the qualifying event held in November 2015 in Lohja, Finland.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[2]

Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach
 Canada[3] Jim Armstrong Ina Forrest Dennis Thiessen Mark Ideson Sonja Gaudet Wayne Kiel
 China Sun Yulong (fourth) Yu Xinyue Chen Jianxin (skip) Xu Lichun Chen Tao Ru Xia
 Finland Markku Karjalainen Sari Karjalainen Yrjo Jaaskelainen Tuomo Aarnikka Riitta Sarosalo Lauri Ikävalko
 Germany Jens Jäger Christiane Putzich Martin Schlitt Heike Melchior Harry Pavel Bernd Weisser
 Norway Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Ole Fredrik Syversen Sissel Løchen Jan-Erik Hansen Peter Dahlman
 Russia Andrey Smirnov Konstantin Kurokhtin Svetlana Pakhomova Alexander Shevchenko Marat Romanov Anton Batugin
 Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš Dusan Pitoňák Peter Zaťko Monika Kunkelová Imrich Lyócsa František Pitoňák
 South Korea Yang Hui-tae Jung Seung-won Seo Soon-seok Bang Min-ja Cha Jae-goan Beak Jong-chul
 Switzerland Felix Wagner Eric Decorvet Claudia Hüttenmoser Beatrix Blaül Marcel Bodenmann Stephan Pfister
 United States[4] Patrick McDonald Steven Emt Jimmy Joseph Penny Greely Justin Marshall Steve Brown

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Teams Relegated to 2016 B-Championship
Country Skip W L
 Norway Rune Lorentsen 7 2
 Russia Andrey Smirnov 7 2
 Switzerland Felix Wagner 7 2
 South Korea Yang Hui-tae 5 4
 China Chen Jianxin 4 5
 United States Patrick McDonald 4 5
 Canada Jim Armstrong 3 6
 Germany Jens Jäger 3 6
 Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 3 6
 Finland Markku Karjalainen 2 7

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01).[5]

Draw 1

Sunday, February 21, 16:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) 2 0 3 1 0 4 0 X 10
 United States (McDonald) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Armstrong) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2
 Switzerland (Wagner) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (Jäger) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
 Russia (Smirnov) 1 3 2 2 4 0 X X 12

Draw 2

Monday, February 22, 10:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Chen) 0 2 1 0 0 4 2 X 9
 Finland (Karjalainen) 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia (Smirnov) 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 8
 South Korea (Yang) 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 X 8
 Germany (Jäger) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Wagner) 1 4 0 0 2 1 3 X 11
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 X 5

Draw 3

Monday, February 22, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (McDonald) 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 9
 Canada (Armstrong) 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) 2 1 0 6 1 0 1 X 11
 China (Chen) 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 8
 Russia (Smirnov) 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Yang) 3 0 3 1 2 2 X X 11
 Finland (Karjalainen) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 23, 10:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
 South Korea (Yang) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (McDonald) 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 5
 Germany (Jäger) 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Karjalainen) 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 5
 Switzerland (Wagner) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Canada (Armstrong) 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 7
 China (Chen) 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 8

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 23, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia (Smirnov) 2 3 1 2 0 0 3 X 11
 China (Chen) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 5
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Armstrong) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
 South Korea (Yang) 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Karjalainen) 0 0 0 0 1 1 X X 2
 United States (McDonald) 1 3 4 3 0 0 X X 11

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 24, 10:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Wagner) 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 X 7
 Germany (Jäger) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia (Smirnov) 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 7
 Finland (Karjalainen) 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Chen) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 X 6
 South Korea (Yang) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 24, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Karjalainen) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Yang) 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 X 7
 Germany (Jäger) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (McDonald) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Switzerland (Wagner) 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
 Canada (Armstrong) 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 X 9

Draw 8

Thursday, February 25, 10:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Yang) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Switzerland (Wagner) 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1
 Russia (Smirnov) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 X 5
 Finland (Karjalainen) 1 0 0 0 4 1 2 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Chen) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 4
 Germany (Jäger) 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 X 7

Draw 9

Thursday, February 25, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (McDonald) 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 X 10
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Karjalainen) 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 X 10
 Canada (Armstrong) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Yang) 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 X 8
 China (Chen) 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Russia (Smirnov) 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 6
 Switzerland (Wagner) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 9

Draw 10

Friday, February 26, 10:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Armstrong) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2
 Russia (Smirnov) 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (Jäger) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Wagner) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 2
 Norway (Lorentsen) 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 United States (McDonald) 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 8
 South Korea (Yang) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 6

Draw 11

Friday, February 26, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (Jäger) 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 X 8
 Finland (Karjalainen) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Wagner) 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 X 4
 China (Chen) 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia (Smirnov) 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 3 10
 United States (McDonald) 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Armstrong) 3 0 2 0 0 2 1 X 8
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 X 5

Draw 12

Saturday, February 27, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Chen) 2 0 3 0 4 0 4 X 13
 United States (McDonald) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (Jäger) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
 Canada (Armstrong) 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 6

Tiebreaker

Saturday, February 27, 14:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (Jäger) 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 X 7
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2

 Slovakia is relegated to the 2016 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship

Playoffs

Bronze Medal Game
   
3  Switzerland 5
4  South Korea 6

1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 27, 19:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
 Russia (Smirnov) 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 5

3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 27, 19:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Switzerland (Wagner) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4
 South Korea (Yang) 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 6

Semifinal

Sunday, February 28, 10:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 7
 South Korea (Yang) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4

Bronze medal game

Sunday, February 28, 15:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Wagner) 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 5
 South Korea (Yang) 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 6

Gold medal game

Sunday, February 28, 15:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia (Smirnov) 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 X 7
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 X 4
2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

Russia
3rd title

References

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