2011 World Senior Curling Championships

2011 World Senior Curling Championships
Host city St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Arena Saint Paul Curling Club
Dates April 15-24, 2011
Men's winner  Canada
Curling club Thistle CC
Edmonton, Alberta
Skip Mark Johnson
Third Marvin Wirth
Second Ken McLean
Lead Millard Evans
Alternate Brad Hannah
Finalist  United States (Geoff Goodland)
Women's winner  Canada
Curling club Juan de Fuca CC
Victoria, British Columbia
Skip Christine Jurgenson
Third Cheryl Noble
Second Pat Sanders
Lead Roselyn Craig
Alternate Lena West
Finalist  Sweden (Ingrid Meldahl)
2011 World Senior
Curling Championships
Tournament
menwomen

The 2011 World Senior Curling Championships were held at the Saint Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA from April 15 to 24, 2011. The event was held in conjunction with the 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.

Canada swept the seniors event, winning both the men's and women's championships. Canada's Mark Johnson defeated the American hosts skipped by Geoff Goodland in an extra end, stealing a point to win 5-4, while Canada's Christine Jurgenson won a six-end game 9-2 over former world senior champion Ingrid Meldahl and her Swedish rink. The Australian rink under Hugh Millikin won their second consecutive bronze medal by defeating Denmark's Bent Kristoffersen with a tally of 8-5, while the Swiss rink under Chantal Forrer took the bronze medal with a 5-4 after a single in the last end to wrap up a tight game against the American hosts under Margie Smith.[1]

Men

The men's tournament consisted of 21 teams playing in three groups of seven, an increase from last year's tournament, which consisted of 12 teams in two groups of six. The groups played a round-robin tournament within their own groups, and the top eight teams advanced to the quarterfinals and played a single-knockout round to determine the winner. The top eight teams included the top two teams from each group and two of the third-ranked teams among the groups.

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Draw Shot Challenge
(team with best moves to playoffs, other two play in qualification game)
Blue Group Skip W L
 United States Geoff Goodland 6 0
 England Michael Sutherland 4 2
 Scotland Ken Horton 4 2
 Hungary András Rókusfalvy 3 3
 Japan Nobuyuki Kato 3 3
 France Christophe Lehuenen 1 5
 Netherlands Wim Neeleman 0 6
Red Group Skip W L
 Canada Mark Johnson 6 0
 Denmark Bent Kristoffersen 5 1
 Germany Klaus Unterstab 4 2
 Sweden Per Carlsén 3 3
 Finland Timo Kauste 2 4
 Czech Republic Petr Slavik 1 5
 Italy Danilo Capriolo 0 6
Green Group Skip W L
  Switzerland Dieter Strub 6 0
 Australia Hugh Millikin 5 1
 New Zealand Peter Becker 4 2
 Ireland Peter Wilson 3 3
 Wales Chris Wells 2 4
 Russia Sergey Melnikov 1 5
 Latvia Pēteris Šveisbergs 0 6

Playoffs

Qualification Game
   
R3  Germany 3
B3  Scotland 6
Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold Medal Match
         
R1  Canada 9
B3  Scotland 3
R1  Canada 11
G2  Australia 1
G2  Australia 5
B2  England 4
R1  Canada 5
B1  United States 4
G1   Switzerland 4
R2  Denmark 5
R2  Denmark 2
B1  United States 11
B1  United States 6
G3  New Zealand 2
Bronze Medal Match
   
G2  Australia 8
R2  Denmark 5

Bronze Medal Game

Saturday, April 23, 14:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Australia (Millikin) 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 8

 Denmark (Kristoffersen) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 5

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, April 23, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Canada (Johnson) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 5

 United States (Goodland) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4

2011 World Senior Men's Curling Championship Winner
Canada
Canada
7th title

Women

The women's tournament consisted of eleven teams playing a round robin tournament. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals and play a single-knockout round to determine the winner.

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams Skip W L
 Canada Christine Jurgenson 10 0
 United States Margie Smith 8 2
  Switzerland Chantal Forrer 7 3
 Sweden Ingrid Meldahl 7 3
 Scotland Linda Young 6 4
 Czech Republic Lenka Safranková 4 6
 Japan Eriko Igarashi 4 6
 Ireland Marie O'Kane 3 7
 England Sandra Moorcroft 2 8
 New Zealand Wendy Becker 2 8
 Russia Liudmila Murova 2 8

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1  Canada 6
4   Switzerland 5
1  Canada 9
3  Sweden 2
2  United States 5
3  Sweden 7
Bronze Medal Match
   
4   Switzerland 5
2  United States 4

Bronze Medal Game

Saturday, April 23, 14:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Forrer) 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 5

 United States (Smith) 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, April 23, 14:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Jurgenson) 3 0 4 0 0 2 X X 9

 Sweden (Meldahl) 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X 2

2011 World Women's Senior Curling Championship Winner
Canada
Canada
7th title

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