2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host city	Sochi, Russia
Arena	Sochi Olympic Curling Centre
Dates	February 16–23
Winner	Canada
Skip	Jim Armstrong
Third	Dennis Thiessen
Second	Ina Forrest
Lead	Sonja Gaudet
Alternate	Mark Ideson
Coach	Joe Rea
Finalist	Sweden (Jalle Jungnell)
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The 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 16 to 23 at the Sochi Olympic Curling Centre in Sochi, Russia.^[1] Canada won their third title after defeating Sweden in the final with a score of 4–3, becoming the first nation to win three world wheelchair curling titles.

Qualification

•  Russia (host country)
• Top seven teams from the 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:
  •  South Korea
  •  China
  •  Slovakia
  •  United States
  •  Canada
  •  Scotland
  •  Sweden
• Two teams from the 2013 WWhCC Qualification Event
  •  Norway
  •  Finland

Qualification event

Norway and Finland qualified from the qualifying event held in November 2012 in Lohja, Finland.^[2]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[3][4]

Canada	China	Finland	Norway	Russia
Skip: Jim Armstrong Third: Dennis Thiessen Second: Ina Forrest Lead: Sonja Gaudet Alternate: Mark Ideson Coach: Joe Rea	Skip: Wang Haitao Third: Liu Wei Second: Xu Guangqin Lead: He Jun Alternate: Zhang Qiang Coach: Li Jianrui	Fourth: Markku Karjalainen Skip: Vesa Hellman Second: Sari Karjalainen Lead: Tuomo Aarnikka Alternate: Mina Mojtahedi Coach: Osku Kuutamo	Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Sissel Løchen Lead: Terje Rafdal Alternate: Ole Fredrik Syversen Coach: Per Andreassen	Skip: Andrey Smirnov Third: Marat Romanov Second: Alexander Shevchenko Lead: Svetlana Pakhomova Alternate: Oxana Slesarenko Coach: Anton Batugin
Scotland	Slovakia	South Korea	Sweden	United States[5]
Skip: Aileen Neilson Third: Gregor Ewan Second: Bob McPherson Lead: Tom Killin Alternate: Angie Malone[6] Coach: Tony Zummack	Skip: Radoslav Ďuriš Third: Branislav Jakubec Second: Dusan Pitoňák Lead: Monika Kunkelová Alternate: Alena Kánová Coach: František Pitoňák	Skip: Kim Hak-sung Third: Jung Seung-won Second: Noh Byeong-il Lead: Kang Mi-suk Alternate: Bang Min-ja Coach: Park Kwon-il	Skip: Jalle Jungnell Third: Glenn Ikonen Second: Patrik Kallin Lead: Kristina Ulander Alternate: Gert Erlandsson Coach: Mats Mabergs	Skip: Patrick McDonald Third: David Palmer Second: James Joseph Lead: Penny Greely Alternate: Meghan Lino Coach: Steve Brown

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Country	Skip	W	L
Sweden	Jalle Jungnell	8	1
Canada	Jim Armstrong	8	1
United States	Patrick McDonald	7	2
China	Wang Haitao	4	5
Russia	Andrey Smirnov	4	5
Scotland	Aileen Neilson	4	5
Finland	Vesa Hellman	3	6
Slovakia	Radoslav Ďuriš	3	6
Norway	Rune Lorentsen	2	7
South Korea	Kim Hak-sung	2	7

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Moscow Time (UTC+4).^[7]

Draw 1

Saturday, February 16, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Hellman)	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	X	4
Scotland (Neilson)	1	2	1	0	3	2	1	X	10

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

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

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

Draw 2

Saturday, February 16, 16:00

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

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

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

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

Draw 3

Sunday, February 17, 9:30

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

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	1	1	0	1	0	5	1	X	9
Finland (Hellman)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	3

Draw 4

Sunday, February 17, 15:30

Draw 4 was postponed due to ice problems.^[8] The scheduled United States – South Korea game was moved to Draw 10, while the scheduled China – Norway and Slovakia – Sweden games were moved to Draw 11.

Draw 5

Monday, February 18, 9:30

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

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	5
Canada (Armstrong)	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	9

Draw 6

Monday, February 18, 15:30

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	X	3
Canada (Armstrong)	3	0	0	2	1	1	0	X	7

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

Draw 7

Tuesday, February 19, 9:30

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	2	1	0	0	3	1	3	X	10
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	2

Draw 8

Tuesday, February 19, 15:30

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

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

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

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

Draw 9

Wednesday, February 20, 9:30

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	1	0	3	3	0	0	2	X	9
South Korea (Kim)	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	X	4

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

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

Draw 10

Wednesday, February 20, 15:30

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	3	2	1	0	1	1	X	8
Finland (Hellman)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	X	7
South Korea (Kim)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	3

Draw 11

Wednesday, February 20, 19:30

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

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

Draw 12

Thursday, February 21, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1
South Korea (Kim)	3	1	0	2	1	2	X	X	9

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

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

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

Draw 13

Thursday, February 21, 14:30

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	10
Finland (Hellman)	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	0	8

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

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

Placement Game

Thursday, February 21, 20:00

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

Tiebreakers

Thursday, February 21, 20:00

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

Friday, February 22, 9:00

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

Playoffs

	Bronze Medal Game
	3	United States	5
	4	China	6

1 vs. 2

Friday, February 22, 14:30

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

3 vs. 4

Friday, February 22, 14:30

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

Semifinal

Friday, February 22, 20:00

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

Bronze medal game

Saturday, February 23, 9:30

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

Gold medal game

Saturday, February 23, 15:30

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

2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Canada 3rd title

References

External links

• Official website