2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host city	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Arena	Vancouver Paralympic Centre
Dates	February 21–28
Winner	Canada
Skip	Jim Armstrong
Third	Darryl Neighbour
Second	Ina Forrest
Lead	Chris Sobkowicz
Alternate	Sonja Gaudet
Coach	Joe Rea
Finalist	Sweden

The 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 21–28 at the Vancouver Paralympic Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In the final

Teams participating in the 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship earned qualification points from this event for the Winter Paralympic Games in Vancouver in 2010.

Qualification

•  Canada (Host country)
• Top seven finishers from the 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship (not including host):
  •  South Korea
  •  Norway
  •  United States
  •  Italy
  •  Sweden
  •  Scotland
  •   Switzerland
• Top teams from qualifying event:
  •  Germany
  •  China

Qualification event

Two teams outside of the top finishers qualified from a qualifying event held in November 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Teams

Canada	China	Germany	Italy	South Korea
Skip: Jim Armstrong Third: Darryl Neighbour Second: Ina Forrest Lead: Crhis Sobkowicz Alternate: Sonja Gaudet Coach: Joe Rea	Skip: Wang Haitao Third: Liu Wei Second: Xu Guangqin Lead: He Jun Alternate: Liu Chunyu Coach: Li Hongchen	Skip: Jens Jäger Third: Marcus Sieger Second: Jens Gäbel Lead: Caren Totzauer Alternate: Astrid Hoer Coach: Helmar Erlewein	Skip: Andrea Tabanelli Third: Egidio Marchese Second: Emanuele Spelorzi Lead: Lucrezia CElanto Alternate: Gabriele Dallapiccola Coach: Mauro Maino	Skip: Kim Hak-sung Third: Park Kil-woo Second: Kim Myung-jin Lead: Cho Yang-hyun Alternate: Kang Mi-suk Coach: Hong Jun-pyo
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Geir Arne Skogstad Second: Jostein Stordahl Lead: Anne Mette Samdal Alternate: Lene Tystad Coach: Thoralf Hognestad	Skip: Michael McCreadle Third: Aileen Neilson Second: Tom Killin Lead: James Sellar Alternate: Rosemary Lenton Coaches: Tom Pendreigh, Sheila Swan	Skip: Jalle Jungnell Third: Glenn Ikonen Second: Patrik Burman Lead: Anette Wilhelm Coaches: Thomas Wilhelm, Patrik Kihlström	Skip: Manfred Bollinger Third: Martin Bieri Second: Daniel Meyer Lead: Anton Kehrli Alternate: Melanie Villars Coaches: Anton Ruesser, Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe	Skip: Augusto Perez Third: James Pierce Second: James Joseph Lead: Jacqueline Kapinowski Alternate: Patrick McDonald Coach: Steve Brown

Round Robin Standings

Country	Skip	W	L
Germany	Jens Jäger	7	2
Sweden	Jalle Jungnell	6	3
Canada	Jim Armstrong	5	4
United States	Augusto Perez	5	4
China	Wang Haitao	4	5
South Korea	Kim Hak-sung	4	5
Norway	Rune Lorentsen	4	5
Scotland	Michael McCreadle	4	5
Italy	Andrea Tabanelli	4	5
Switzerland	Manfred Bollinger	2	7

Results

Draw 1

Saturday, February 21, 12:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Tabanelli)	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	5
Germany (Jäger)	1	1	1	0	1	3	0	2	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Bollinger)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	1	9

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (McCreadle)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	2
Canada (Armstrong)	3	2	0	0	3	1	1	X	10

Draw 2

Saturday, February 21, 12:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	5
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	8
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	X	7
Italy (Tabanelli)	2	0	5	0	0	3	0	X	10

Draw 3

Sunday, February 22, 12:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (McCreadle)	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	X	6
United States (Perez)	1	3	0	2	0	4	0	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Germany (Jäger)	3	0	1	0	2	1	1	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Tabanelli)	1	0	1	3	0	3	1	X	9
Canada (Armstrong)	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Bollinger)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	4
Norway (Lorentsen)	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	8

Draw 4

Sunday, February 22, 18:00

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (McCreadle)	1	0	1	0	3	3	1	0	9
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	8

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Tabanelli)	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	X	7
South Korea (Kim)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1

Draw 5

Monday, February 23, 12:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Bollinger)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	4
Canada (Armstrong)	0	1	0	1	4	0	5	X	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Perez)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	3
South Korea (Kim)	0	2	1	4	0	3	1	X	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	1	0	5	0	3	0	2	X	11
Scotland (McCreadle)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	5

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

Draw 6

Monday, February 23, 18:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	X	7
Sweden (Jungnell)	3	0	4	0	0	5	0	X	12

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Tabanelli)	1	3	0	0	1	0	2	X	7
Switzerland (Bollinger)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5
China (Wang)	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3
United States (Perez)	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	6

Draw 7

Tuesday, February 24, 12:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	6
Scotland (McCreadle)	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	5

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	6
Sweden (Jungnell)	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	2	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
United States (Perez)	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	8
Italy (Tabanelli)	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5

Draw 8

Tuesday, February 24, 18:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Perez)	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	5
Switzerland (Bollinger)	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	0	0	0	4	6	1	X	11
Italy (Tabanelli)	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	2	0	3	2	1	1	0	X	9
South Korea (Kim)	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	1	3	2	0	1	0	2	X	9
Scotland (McCreadle)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2

Draw 9

Wednesday, February 25, 12:30

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (McCreadle)	0	3	0	4	1	1	1	X	10
Italy (Tabanelli)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	2

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

Draw 10

Wednesday, February 25, 18:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Bollinger)	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	X	3
Scotland (McCreadle)	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	X	9

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	X	7
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	0	4	1	3	0	3	X	11

Draw 11

Thursday, February 26, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	8
Italy (Tabanelli)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2

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

Draw 12

Thursday, February 26, 14:30

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
United States (Perez)	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Bollinger)	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	3
South Korea (Kim)	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	X	7

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

Ranking Tiebreakers

Round 1

Thursday, February 26, 20:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (McCreadle)	2	0	0	3	1	0	4	X	10
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	X	3

Round 2

Friday, February 27, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	6
China (Wang)	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	2	9
Italy (Tabanelli)	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4

Round 3

Friday, February 27, 14:30

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

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Gold Medal Game
	1	Germany	6
	2	Sweden	7								2	Sweden	2
						1	Germany	4			4	Canada	9
						4	Canada	10
	3	United States	2
	4	Canada	9

	Bronze Medal Game
	1	Germany	6
	3	United States	4

1 vs. 2

Friday, February 27, 20:00

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

3 vs. 4

Friday, February 27, 20:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Perez)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	2
Canada (Armstrong)	0	1	0	2	1	2	3	X	9

Semifinal

Saturday, February 28, 9:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	3	10
Germany (Jäger)	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	4

Bronze Medal Game

Saturday, February 28, 14:30

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	6
United States (Perez)	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, February 28, 14:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	2	1	0	2	0	2	2	X	9
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2

2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Canada 1st title

External links

• "2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Results". World Curling Federation.