2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host city	Lohja, Finland
Arena	Kisakallio Sports Institute
Dates	February 6–13
Winner	Russia
Skip	Andrey Smirnov
Third	Marat Romanov
Second	Oxana Slesarenko
Lead	Alexander Shevchenko
Alternate	Svetlana Pakhomova
Finalist	China (Wang Haitao)

The 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 6 to 13 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.^[1]

Qualification

•  Finland (host country)
• Top seven teams from the 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:
  •  Canada
  •  Sweden
  •  China
  •  United States
  •  Russia
  •  Scotland
  •  Slovakia
• Two teams from the 2015 WWhCC Qualification Event
  •  Norway
  •  Germany

Qualification event

Two teams will qualify for the World Championship from the qualifying event held in November 2014 in Lillehammer, Norway.

Teams

Canada[2]	China	Finland	Germany	Norway
Fourth: Ina Forrest Third: Dennis Thiessen Second: Sonja Gaudet Skip: Mark Ideson Alternate: Marie Wright	Skip: Wang Haitao Third: Liu Wei Second: Zhang Qiang Lead: Xu Guangqin Alternate: He Jun	Skip: Markku Karjalainen Third: Sari Karjalainen Second: Mina Mojtahedi Lead: Tuomo Aarnikka Alternate: Vesa Leppanen	Skip: Jens Jäger Third: Christiane Putzich Second: Martin Schlitt Lead: Heika Melchior Alternate: Robert Hering	Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Ole Fredrik Syversen Lead: Sissel Loechen Alternate: Gina Kristin Broendbo
Russia	Scotland	Slovakia	Sweden	United States[3]
Skip: Andrey Smirnov Third: Marat Romanov Second: Oxana Slesarenko Lead: Alexander Shevchenko Alternate: Svetlana Pakhomova	Skip: Aileen Neilson Third: Gregor Ewan Second: Jim Gault Lead: Angie Malone Alternate: Hugh Nibloe	Skip: Radoslav Ďuriš Third: Branislav Jakubec Second: Dusan Pitoňák Lead: Monika Kunkelová Alternate: Imrich Lyócsa	Skip: Jalle Jungnell Third: Patrik Kallin Second: Ronny Persson Lead: Kristina Ulander Alternate: Zandra Reppe	Skip: Patrick McDonald Third: Steven Emt Second: Jimmy Joseph Lead: Penny Greely Alternate: Meghan Lino

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L
Russia	Andrey Smirnov	9	0
China	Wang Haitao	7	2
Finland	Markku Karjalainen	5	4
Slovakia	Radoslav Ďuriš	5	4
United States	Patrick McDonald	4	5
Canada	Mark Ideson	4	5
Germany	Jens Jäger	3	6
Scotland	Aileen Neilson	3	6
Sweden	Jalle Jungnell	3	6
Norway	Rune Lorentsen	2	7

Round Robin Results

All draw times are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+02).^[4]

Draw 1

Saturday, February 7, 17:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	7
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	2	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	3	11
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	2	0	1	2	0	1	2	X	8
Canada (Ideson)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	5
Russia (Smirnov)	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	4	10

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Neilson)	4	3	1	2	2	0	0	X	12
Germany (Jäger)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	2

Draw 2

Sunday, February 8, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	7
United States (McDonald)	0	3	0	3	1	1	0	1	9

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Neilson)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	6
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	6
Canada (Ideson)	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	X	4
China (Wang)	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	X	8

Draw 3

Sunday, February 8, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	2	2	0	1	2	0	1	X	8
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	6
Germany (Jäger)	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1
United States (McDonald)	2	1	1	0	1	2	3	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	6
Scotland (Neilson)	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	X	6
Russia (Smirnov)	3	0	3	0	1	0	4	X	11

Draw 4

Monday, February 9, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	X	6
Scotland (Neilson)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
United States (McDonald)	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	X	3
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	4	0	0	2	2	0	3	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	6
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	5
Finland (Karjalainen)	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	7

Draw 5

Monday, February 9, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	1	2	0	1	0	3	1	X	8
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Neilson)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Russia (Smirnov)	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	X	7
Germany (Jäger)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	1

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	2	9
Canada (Ideson)	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	8

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 10, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Neilson)	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Canada (Ideson)	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	6
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
United States (McDonald)	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	6
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	4
China (Wang)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	X	6

Draw 7

Tuesday, February 10, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	3
Russia (Smirnov)	0	2	1	1	4	0	1	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	3
China (Wang)	0	2	0	4	0	0	2	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	X	9
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Neilson)	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	5
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	7
United States (McDonald)	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6

Draw 8

Wednesday, February 11, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	1
China (Wang)	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Scotland (Neilson)	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	3	2	2	2	1	0	X	X	10
Germany (Jäger)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	8
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	6
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	7

Draw 9

Wednesday, February 11, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	5
Germany (Jäger)	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	6
Canada (Ideson)	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	X	8
Scotland (Neilson)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	X	8
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	6
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	5

Relegation Game

Thursday, February 12, 15:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Neilson)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	X	3
Germany (Jäger)	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	X	6

 Scotland relegated to 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event.

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Russia	1
	2	China	3								2	China	4
						1	Russia	12			1	Russia	7
						4	Slovakia	1
	3	Finland	5
	4	Slovakia	6

	Bronze Medal Game
	4	Slovakia	5
	3	Finland	8

1 vs. 2

Thursday, February 12, 15:30

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	1
China (Wang)	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	3

3 vs. 4

Thursday, February 12, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	6

Semifinal

Friday, February 13, 9:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	3	1	0	3	2	3	X	X	12
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

Bronze Medal Game

Friday, February 13, 14:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	8

Gold Medal Game

Friday, February 13, 14:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	X	4
Russia (Smirnov)	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	X	7

References

1. "Lohja, Finland to host World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2015". World Curling Federation. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
2. "Team Canada named for 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship". TSN Curling. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
3. "Team USA named for World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2015". World Curling Federation. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
4. "2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Schedule". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 14 January 2015.

External links

• Official website