2023 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship

2023 World Wheelchair-B
Curling Championship
Host cityLohja, Finland
ArenaKisakallio Sports Institute
DatesNovember 5–10
Winner Slovakia
SkipPeter Zaťko
ThirdRadoslav Ďuriš
SecondDušan Pitoňák
LeadMonika Kunkelová
AlternateAdrian Durcek
Finalist Estonia (Koitmäe)
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The 2023 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship was held from November 5 to 10 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.[1] The top three placing teams qualified for the 2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship in Gangneung, South Korea.[2]

The Japanese team, skipped by Hiroshi Wachi, were forced to forfeit five games as they only had three players fit to play.[3]

Teams

The teams are as follows:[4]

 Brazil  Denmark  England  Estonia

Skip: Jerónimo Gabriel
Third: Gláuber Santos
Second: Yezza Sousa
Lead: Vilma Miranda
Alternate: Cláudio Magalhães
Coach: Tatiani Tamy Garcia

Skip: Kenneth Ørbæk
Third: Helle Schmidt
Second: Niels Nielsen
Lead: Thomas Pedersen

Skip: Stewart Pimblett
Third: Jason Kean
Second: Karen Aspey
Lead: Julian Mattison
Alternate: George Potts

Skip: Andrei Koitmäe
Third: Ain Villau
Second: Mait Mätas
Lead: Katlin Riidebach
Alternate: Signe Falkenberg

 Finland  Italy  Japan  Poland

Skip: Juha Rajala
Third: Harri Tuomaala
Second: Yrjö Jääskeläinen
Lead: Valeriina Silas
Alternate: Tiia Tallgreen

Skip: Egidio Marchese
Third: Fabrizio Bich
Second: Matteo Ronzani
Lead: Orietta Berto
Alternate: Angela Menardi

Skip: Hiroshi Wachi
Third: Shuichi Iljima
Second: Ayako Saito
Lead: Hiroaki Osaki
Alternate: Yoshiko Iwasawa

Skip: Michał Daszkowski
Third: Łukasz Waszek
Second: Mariusz Włodarski
Lead: Joanna Kozakiewicz
Alternate: Monika Bodych

 Slovakia  Spain  Switzerland

Skip: Peter Zaťko
Third: Radoslav Ďuriš
Second: Dušan Pitoňák
Lead: Monika Kunkelová
Alternate: Adrian Durcek

Skip: Anna Rodríguez
Third: Ángel Gómez
Second: Bertrand Tramont
Lead: Nathalie Noireau
Alternate: Miguel García

Skip: Laurent Kneubühl
Third: Marcel Bodenmann
Second: Eric Décorvet
Lead: Beatrix Blauel
Alternate: Stephanie Combremont

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 Estonia Andrei Koitmäe 8 2 2–0 72 52 36 32 1 14 146.67
 Italy Egidio Marchese 8 2 1–1 77 45 36 26 0 14 114.62
 Slovakia Peter Zaťko 8 2 0–2 70 40 40 25 1 22 116.27
 Poland Michał Daszkowski 7 3 – 77 60 42 31 0 20 152.26
 Finland Juha Rajala 6 4 1–0 72 46 42 34 1 21 105.27
 Switzerland Laurent Kneubühl 6 4 0–1 74 55 39 36 2 17 120.80
 England Stewart Pimblett 4 6 1–0 74 59 39 31 0 19 134.12
 Denmark Kenneth Ørbæk 4 6 0–1 62 70 36 34 0 18 133.43
 Brazil Jerónimo Gabriel 2 8 – 31 84 22 41 1 5 152.56
 Spain Anna Rodríguez 1 9 1–0 26 84 19 44 0 4 133.83
 Japan Hiroshi Wachi 1 9 0–1 9 48 8 25 0 2 157.64
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Country Brazil Denmark England Estonia Finland Italy Japan Poland Slovakia Spain Switzerland Record
9  Brazil — 5–9 4–10 5–9 1–9 1–10 W–L 3–9 1–10 7–6 4–12 2–8
8  Denmark 9–5 — 0–12 7–9 8–5 8–10 9–1 5–11 1–8 10–1 5–8 4–6
7  England 10–4 12–0 — 4–7 6–8 8–11 16–0 2–9 4–9 8–3 4–9 4–6
1  Estonia 9–5 9–7 7–4 — 7–6 8–4 W–L 6–8 11–6 9–4 6–8 8–2
5  Finland 9–1 5–8 8–6 6–7 — 6–4 11–0 7–8 5–6 10–3 5–3 6–4
2  Italy 10–1 10–8 11–8 4–8 4–6 — W–L 11–3 5–4 14–1 8–6 8–2
11  Japan L–W 1–9 0–16 L–W 0–11 L–W — 5–4 L–W L–W 3–8 1–9
4  Poland 9–3 11–5 9–2 8–6 8–7 3–11 4–5 — 5–11 9–2 11–8 7–3
3  Slovakia 10–1 8–1 9–4 6–11 6–5 4–5 W–L 11–5 — 10–3 6–5 8–2
10  Spain 6–7 1–10 3–8 4–9 3–10 1–14 W–L 2–9 3–10 — 3–7 1–9
6  Switzerland 12–4 8–5 9–4 8–6 3–5 6–8 8–3 8–11 5–6 7–3 — 6–4

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).[5]

Draw 1

Sunday, November 5, 9:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Poland (Daszkowski) (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 8
 Finland (Rajala) 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Wachi) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
 England (Pimblett) 4 1 3 6 1 1 X X 16
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 3 2 3 0 4 2 X X 14
 Spain (Rodríguez) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 9
 Denmark (Ørbæk) (has hammer) 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 7

Draw 2

Sunday, November 5, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 6
 Switzerland (Kneubühl) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Rajala) (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
 Estonia (Koitmäe) 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Spain (Rodríguez) 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 6
 Brazil (Gabriel) (has hammer) 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 7

Draw 3

Sunday, November 5, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Brazil (Gabriel) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 2 3 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Poland (Daszkowski) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 4 4 X 11
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Wachi) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
 Switzerland (Kneubühl) 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England (Pimblett) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 4
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 0 2 4 0 2 1 0 X 9

Draw 4

Monday, November 6, 9:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England (Pimblett) (has hammer) 1 1 3 4 2 1 X X 12
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 5
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Poland (Daszkowski) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
 Japan (Wachi) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 5

Draw 5

Monday, November 6, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 6
 Poland (Daszkowski) (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Spain (Rodríguez) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
 Finland (Rajala) (has hammer) 0 3 3 0 1 0 3 X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 9
 Brazil (Gabriel) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Kneubühl) 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 6
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 8

Draw 6

Monday, November 6, 18:30

Sheet A Final
 Japan (Wachi) (has hammer) L
 Brazil (Gabriel) W
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Switzerland (Kneubühl) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 8
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England (Pimblett) 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 X 8
 Spain (Rodríguez) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Slovakia (Zaťko) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6
 Finland (Rajala) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5

Draw 7

Tuesday, November 7, 9:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Kneubühl) 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 X 7
 Spain (Rodríguez) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England (Pimblett) (has hammer) 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 X 10
 Brazil (Gabriel) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 X 4
Sheet C Final
 Slovakia (Zaťko) (has hammer) W
 Japan (Wachi) L

Draw 8

Tuesday, November 7, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Finland (Rajala) 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 8
 England (Pimblett) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Zaťko) (has hammer) 2 1 2 1 2 0 X X 8
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 2 2 1 3 0 3 X X 11
 Poland (Daszkowski) 0 0 0 0 3 0 X X 3
Sheet D Final
 Japan (Wachi) L
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) W

Draw 9

Tuesday, November 7, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Poland (Daszkowski) 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 11
 Switzerland (Kneubühl) (has hammer) 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Brazil (Gabriel) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1
 Finland (Rajala) (has hammer) 1 3 1 0 1 1 2 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 X 10
 Spain (Rodríguez) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1

Draw 10

Wednesday, November 8, 9:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Rajala) (has hammer) 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 X 6
 Italy (Marchese) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Spain (Rodríguez) 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 X 4
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Brazil (Gabriel) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 X 4
 Switzerland (Kneubühl) (has hammer) 0 4 4 1 0 0 3 X 12

Draw 11

Wednesday, November 8, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Brazil (Gabriel) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) (has hammer) 2 2 2 2 0 1 X X 9
 Japan (Wachi) 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Kneubühl) 2 1 4 0 0 2 0 X 9
 England (Pimblett) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Spain (Rodríguez) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 2
 Poland (Daszkowski) 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 X 9

Draw 12

Wednesday, November 8, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) (has hammer) 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 8
 Italy (Marchese) 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 4 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 X 7
 England (Pimblett) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Poland (Daszkowski) (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 X 5
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 0 3 0 0 5 1 2 X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Rajala) 1 3 1 1 3 2 X X 11
 Japan (Wachi) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0

Draw 13

Thursday, November 9, 9:30

Sheet A Final
 Spain (Rodríguez) (has hammer) W
 Japan (Wachi) L
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Brazil (Gabriel) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3
 Poland (Daszkowski) 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Rajala) 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 5
 Denmark (Ørbæk) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) 4 2 3 0 0 0 2 X 11
 Slovakia (Zaťko) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 X 6

Draw 14

Thursday, November 9, 14:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Kneubühl) (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
 Finland (Rajala) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 X 9
 Brazil (Gabriel) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 4 11
 England (Pimblett) 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 8

Draw 15

Thursday, November 9, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England (Pimblett) 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X 2
 Poland (Daszkowski) (has hammer) 2 0 1 2 3 1 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Zaťko) (has hammer) 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 X 10
 Spain (Rodríguez) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 3
Sheet C Final
 Japan (Wachi) L
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) W
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 X 5
 Switzerland (Kneubühl) (has hammer) 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 X 8

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1  Estonia 9
4  Poland 2
1  Estonia 4
3  Slovakia 8
2  Italy 2
3  Slovakia 7 Bronze medal game
2  Italy 9
4  Poland 7

Semifinals

Friday, November 10, 9:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) 0 1 4 1 3 0 X X 9
 Poland (Daszkowski) 1 0 0 0 0 1 X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 X 7

Bronze medal game

Friday, November 10, 16:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 9
 Poland (Daszkowski) 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 7

Gold medal game

Friday, November 10, 16:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 4
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 X 8

Final standings

Key
Teams Advance to the 2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Slovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Estonia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
4  Poland
5  Finland
6  Switzerland
Place Team
7  England
8  Denmark
9  Brazil
10  Spain
11  Japan

References

  1. ^ "World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship 2023". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "Lohja, Finland signs multi-year deal for World Junior-B and Wheelchair-B events". World Curling Federation. December 19, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "Round Robin Session 6 Sheet A" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  4. ^ "List of Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "Draw Schedule". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 27, 2023.

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