2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

The 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 21 to 28 at the Eiszentrum Luzern in Lucerne, Switzerland.[1]

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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Qualification edit

Qualification event edit

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

Teams edit

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 Zatko 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 edit

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 edit

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

Draw 1 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Page playoff systemSemifinalFinal
1  Norway32  Russia7
2  Russia51  Norway4
1  Norway7
4  South Korea4
3  Switzerland4
4  South Korea6
Bronze Medal Game
   
3   Switzerland 5
4   South Korea 6

1 vs. 2 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

  1. ^ "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2016 to be held in Lucerne, Switzerland". World Curling Federation. 3 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-11. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. ^ "2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Wheelchair Curling National Team set for World Championship". Curling Canada. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Team USA named for 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship". USA Curling. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  5. ^ "2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Schedule". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

External links edit