2004 World Senior Curling Championships

The 2004 World Senior Curling Championships were held from April 17 to 23 at the Gavlerinken arena in Gävle, Sweden.[1]

2004 World Senior Curling Championships
Host cityGävle, Sweden
ArenaGavlerinken
DatesApril 17–23
Men's winner Canada
SkipBas Buckle
ThirdBob Freeman
SecondGerry Young
LeadHarvey Holloway
Finalist United States (Bill Kind)
Women's winner Canada
SkipAnne Dunn
ThirdLindy Marchuk
SecondGloria Campbell
LeadFran Todd
AlternateCarol Thompson
Finalist Sweden (Ingrid Meldahl)
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The tournament was held in conjunction with the 2004 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2004 World Men's Curling Championship.

Canada nearly boycotted the event, due to a perceived lack of qualifying standards for other countries at the tournament.[2]

Teams

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Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Curling club
  Canada Bas Buckle Bob Freeman Gerry Young Harvey Holloway
  Denmark John Hansen Alex Tordrup Leif Højbjerg Ole Bering
  England D. Michael Sutherland Eric Laidler John MacDougall Ronald Thwaites Alistair Davison
  Finland Lauri Perkiö Mauno Nummila Antti Sundholm Seppo Stark Olli Kallio
  France Alain Contat Jean-Pierre Bibollet Bernard Grandjean Robert Biondina
  Germany Charlie Kapp Karl-Dieter Schäfer Anton Grief Rudi Ibald Klaus Unterstab Beat Grimm
  Japan Akinori Kashiwagi Teruo Moriizumi Kazuyuki Tsuchiya Keiji Zareo Michiaki Saito Akira Tsuchiya
  Netherlands Robert van der Cammen Jaap Veerman Gerrit-Jan Scholten John Paulissen
  New Zealand John Allen Len McSaveney Len Hill Peter Taylor Peter Becker
  Norway Tormod Andreassen Jan Kolstad Sverre Sandbakken Olaf Carlem
  Scotland David Robertson George Manson Jim Stirling Alan Guthrie Hugh Stewart
  Sweden Bertil Larson Björn Anderstam Bertil Löfgren Lennart Ibsonius Clas Jon-And Sundbybergs CK
  Switzerland Mattias Neuenschwander Michael Müller Heinz Kneubühler Fritz Widmer Peter Schneeberger
  United States Bill Kind George Godfrey Walter Erbach Larry Sharp Steve Brown
  Wales Hugh Meikle Chris Wells Peter Williams Ray King Scott Lyon

Round robin

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Group A

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Place Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Wins Losses
1   Canada * 8:4 6:4 7:6 7:3 12:2 12:1 13:2 7 0
2   Norway 4:8 * 6:3 11:0 7:2 8:1 14:2 12:7 6 1
3   Germany 4:6 3:6 * 8:2 8:5 10:6 13:0 14:2 5 2
4   Denmark 6:7 0:11 2:8 * 11:6 6:5 11:3 14:2 4 3
5   England 3:7 2:7 5:8 6:11 * 12:7 6:5 13:2 3 4
6   Japan 2:12 1:8 6:10 5:6 7:12 * 8:3 13:3 2 5
7   France 1:12 2:14 0:13 3:11 5:6 3:8 * 8:3 1 6
8   New Zealand 2:13 7:12 2:14 2:14 2:13 3:13 3:8 * 0 7

Group B

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Place Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wins Losses
1   United States * 5:4 6:4 3:5 8:5 13:0 8:3 5 1
2   Switzerland 4:5 * 5:2 4:3 8:4 5:3 8:3 5 1
3   Sweden 4:6 2:5 * 8:3 8:4 7:3 9:4 4 2
4   Scotland 5:3 3:4 3:8 * 7:6 11:7 8:2 4 2
5   Finland 5:8 4:8 4:8 6:7 * 6:5 2:8 1 5
6   Netherlands 0:13 3:5 3:7 7:11 5:6 * 9:8 1 5
7   Wales 3:8 3:8 4:9 2:8 8:2 8:9 * 1 5
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Classification games for 5–14 places

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April 21, 12:00

For 5th place

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Germany   0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
  Sweden 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 7

For 7th place

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Scotland 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3
  Denmark   0 3 0 2 1 1 1 X 8

For 9th place

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 7
  England   1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 6

For 11th place

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Japan 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 9
  Netherlands   3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6

For 13th place

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Wales 0 2 3 2 2 1 X X 10
  France   3 0 0 0 0 0 X X 3

Playoffs

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Semi-final Final
      
A-1   Canada 9
B-2   Switzerland 6
  Canada 8
  United States 3
B-1   United States 7
A-2   Norway 3 Bronze medal game
  Switzerland 8
  Norway 4

Semi-finals
April 22, 17:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States   2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 7
  Norway 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
  Canada   3 0 2 0 2 0 2 X 9

Bronze medal game
April 23, 11:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway   1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4
  Switzerland 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 8

Final
April 23, 11:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
  Canada   1 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 8

Final standings

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Place Team Games
played
Wins Losses
    Canada 9 9 0
    United States 8 6 2
    Switzerland 8 6 2
4   Norway 9 6 3
5   Sweden 7 5 2
6   Germany 8 5 3
7   Denmark 8 5 3
8   Scotland 7 4 3
9   Finland 7 2 5
10   England 8 3 5
11   Japan 8 3 5
12   Netherlands 7 1 6
13   Wales 7 2 5
14   France 8 1 7
15   New Zealand 7 0 7

Women

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Teams

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Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Curling club
  Canada Anne Dunn Lindy Marchuk Gloria Campbell Fran Todd Carol Thompson
  England Joan Reed Glynnice Lauder Venetia Scott Moira Davison Glendale CC,
Northumberland
  Finland Helena Timonen Mimmi Koivula Pirjo Hautanen Kirsti Kauste Irma Elfvengren
  Germany Karin Diekmann Carola Murek Brigitte Harmsen Gisela Horn-Moll
  Japan Hatomi Nagaoka Reiko Nihommatsu Noriko Kaneuchi Hiroko Oishi
  New Zealand Liz Matthews Christine Bewick Pauline Farra Cathy Fenton Lois Allan
  Scotland Kirsty Letton Judy MacKenzie Pat Orr Anne MacDougall Anne Airey
  Sweden Ingrid Meldahl Ann-Catrin Kjerr Inger Berg Sylvia Malmberg Birgitta Törn Gunilla Bergman Stocksunds CK,
Stockholm
  Switzerland Renate Nedkoff Lotti Pieper Irene Goridis Brigitta Keller Silvia Niederer
  United States Nancy Dinsdale Anne Wiggins Anne Robertson Jan Stahlheber Rosemary Morgan Darryl Dinsdale

Round robin

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Place Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Wins Losses
1   United States * 8:2 6:7 5:10 7:5 12:5 10:4 7:6 13:0 13:4 7 2
2   Sweden 2:8 * 9:2 8:7 5:7 14:3 5:4 7:5 10:7 13:0 7 2
3   England 7:6 2:9 * 8:5 8:5 3:11 5:6 6:4 10:5 9:2 6 3
4   Canada 10:5 7:8 5:8 * 14:6 5:6 8:5 8:4 11:2 14:4 6 3
5   Switzerland 5:7 7:5 5:8 6:14 * 10:1 10:2 5:11 10:2 15:1 5 4
6   Japan 5:12 3:14 11:3 6:5 1:10 * 10:4 2:8 14:3 11:4 5 4
7   Finland 4:10 4:5 6:5 5:8 2:10 4:10 * 8:2 11:3 9:1 4 5
8   Scotland 6:7 5:7 4:6 4:8 11:5 8:2 2:8 * 12:2 14:6 4 5
9   Germany 0:13 7:10 5:10 2:11 2:10 3:14 3:11 2:12 * 10:3 1 8
10   New Zealand 4:13 0:13 2:9 4:14 1:15 4:11 1:9 6:14 3:10 * 0 9
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Playoffs

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Semi-final Final
      
1   United States 4
4   Canada 11
  Canada 8
  Sweden 5
2   Sweden 10
3   England 4 Bronze medal game
  United States 7
  England 6

Semi-finals
April 22, 17:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  England   1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
  Sweden 0 4 0 1 2 0 3 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
  Canada   1 0 3 0 3 0 4 X 11

Bronze medal game
April 23, 11:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States   0 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 7
  England 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 6

Final
April 23, 11:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada   0 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 8
  Sweden 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5

Final standings

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Place Team Games
played
Wins Losses
    Canada 11 8 3
    Sweden 11 8 3
    United States 11 8 3
4   England 11 6 5
5   Switzerland 9 5 4
6   Japan 9 5 4
7   Finland 9 4 5
8   Scotland 9 4 5
9   Germany 9 1 8
10   New Zealand 9 0 9

References

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  1. ^ Official website of 2004 World Senior Curling Championships (web archive)
  2. ^ "Canada sweeps seniors". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. April 24, 2004. p. 19. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
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