2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host city	Sursee, Switzerland
Arena	Eishalle Sursee
Dates	February 2–9
Winner	Norway
Skip	Rune Lorentsen
Third	Jostein Stordahl
Second	Geir Arne Skogstad
Lead	Lene Tystad
Alternate	Anne Mette Samdal
Finalist	South Korea (Kim Hak-sung)
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The 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 2 to 9 at the Eishalle Sursee in Sursee, Switzerland.

Qualification

Switzerland (Host country)
Top seven finishers from the 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship (not including host):
- Canada
- Scotland
- Norway
- Japan
- United States
- South Korea
- Russia
Top teams from qualifying event:
- Sweden
- Italy

Qualification event

Two teams outside of the top finishers, Sweden and Italy, qualified from a qualifying event held in November 2007 in Inverness, Scotland.

Teams

Canada	Italy	Japan	Norway	Russia
Fourth: Darryl Neighbour Skip: Gerry Austgarden Second: Ina Forrest Lead: Sonja Gaudet Alternate: Gary Cormack Coach: Joe Rea	Skip: Andrea Tabanelli Third: Egidio Marchese Second: Gabriele Dallapiccola Lead: Lucrezia Celentano Alternate: Danilo Destro Coach: Mauro Maino	Skip: Yoji Nakajima Third: Katsuo Ichikawa Second: Takashi Hidai Lead: Ayako Saitoh Alternate: Mari Yamazaki Coach: Kumiko Ogihara	Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Geir Arne Skogstad Lead: Lene Tystad Alternate: Anne Mette Samdal Coach: Thoralf Hognestad	Skip: Andrey Smirnov Third: Nikolay Melnikov Second: Marat Romanov Lead: Oxana Slesarenko Alternate: Oleg Makarov Coach: Efim Zhidelev
Scotland	South Korea	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Skip: Michael McCreadie Third: Aileen Neilson Second: Tom Killin Lead: James Sellar Alternate: Rosemary Lenton Coach: Tom Pendreigh	Skip: Kim Hak-sung Third: Kim Myung-jin Second: Cho Yang-hyun Lead: Kang Mi-suk Alternate: Ham Dong-hee Coach: Kwon Young-il	Skip: Jalle Jungnell Third: Glenn Ikonen Second: Bernt Sjöberg Lead: Kristina Ulander Alternate: Anna Hammarlind Coach: Olle Brudsten	Skip: Manfred Bolliger Third: Erwin Lauper Second: Cesare Cassani Lead: Madeleine Wildi Alternate: Therese Kämpfer Coach: Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe	Fourth: James Pierce Skip: Augusto Perez Second: James Joseph Lead: Jacqueline Kapinowski Alternate: Bob Prenoveau Coach: Steve Brown

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Country	Skip	W	L
South Korea	Kim Hak-sung	7	2
Canada	Gerry Austgarden	6	3
Norway	Rune Lorentsen	6	3
United States	Augusto Perez	5	4
Italy	Andrea Tabanelli	5	4
Sweden	Jalle Jungnell	4	5
Scotland	Michael McCreadie	3	6
Switzerland	Manfred Bolliger	3	6
Japan	Yoji Nakajima	3	6
Russia	Andrey Smirnov	3	6

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Saturday, February 2, 18:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Switzerland (Bolliger)	0	2	0	4	1	0	7
Scotland (McCreadie)	1	0	2	0	0	1	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	0	3	0	0	1	5
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	1	0	1	1	0	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Italy (Tabanelli)	1	1	2	1	1	1	7
Canada (Austgarden)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	2	0	0	0	1	3
South Korea (Kim)	2	0	2	3	2	0	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
United States (Perez)	2	1	0	3	1	3	10
Japan (Nakajima)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2

Draw 2

Monday, February 3, 10:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
United States (Perez)	0	1	0	0	2	0	3
Norway (Lorentsen)	2	0	2	1	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Canada (Austgarden)	1	4	0	1	2	X	8
Japan (Nakajima)	0	0	1	0	0	X	1

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Italy (Tabanelli)	0	2	0	0	3	4	9
Scotland (McCreadie)	2	0	2	1	0	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	0	0	0	0	X	0
South Korea (Kim)	1	1	3	2	2	X	9

Draw 3

Monday, February 3, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
South Korea (Kim)	1	3	0	0	3	0	7
Japan (Nakajima)	0	0	1	2	0	1	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Scotland (McCreadie)	2	2	1	0	2	1	8
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Canada (Austgarden)	0	1	3	0	1	0	5
Switzerland (Bolliger)	1	0	0	0	0	1	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Italy (Tabanelli)	0	2	0	0	1	1	4
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	0	3	1	0	0	5

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 4, 10:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Scotland (McCreadie)	0	0	1	0	0	2	3
Sweden (Jungnell)	2	1	0	1	2	0	6

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	2	0	1	2	0	0	5
Japan (Nakajima)	0	1	0	0	2	1	4

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	EE	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	4
Canada (Austgarden)	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	8

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 4, 15:30

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Scotland (McCreadie)	0	1	0	0	2	0	3
South Korea (Kim)	2	0	1	1	0	1	5

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	EE	Final
Japan (Nakajima)	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	7
Switzerland (Bolliger)	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	6

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 5, 10:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Japan (Nakajima)	0	1	2	0	3	0	6
Russia (Smirnov)	2	0	0	2	0	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Switzerland (Bolliger)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
South Korea (Kim)	0	2	1	0	0	3	6

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

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

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Scotland (McCreadie)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
United States (Perez)	2	2	2	0	1	2	9

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 5, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	3	0	0	0	4
Switzerland (Bolliger)	2	0	0	1	2	2	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Japan (Nakajima)	2	0	0	0	0	X	2
Scotland (McCreadie)	0	2	1	1	5	X	9

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

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

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

Draw 8

Thursday, February 6, 10:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	EE	Final
Canada (Austgarden)	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	5
South Korea (Kim)	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
United States (Perez)	0	0	2	2	1	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Japan (Nakajima)	1	0	0	2	0	0	3
Italy (Tabanelli)	0	1	1	0	4	2	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Scotland (McCreadie)	2	0	0	0	4	0	6
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	4	3	0	1	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Switzerland (Bolliger)	0	0	0	1	0	X	1
Sweden (Jungnell)	3	1	3	0	1	X	8

Draw 9

Thursday, February 6, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	2	0	1	1	0	1	5
Italy (Tabanelli)	0	3	0	0	1	0	4

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
United States (Perez)	3	1	3	0	0	2	9
Switzerland (Bolliger)	0	0	0	1	1	0	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Japan (Nakajima)	1	0	5	0	0	2	8
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	2	0	1	3	0	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Canada (Austgarden)	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Scotland (McCreadie)	1	0	1	2	1	0	5

Tiebreaker

Thursday, February 7, 13:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Italy (Tabanelli)	2	1	0	0	1	0	4
United States (Perez)	0	0	1	3	0	2	6

Playoffs


Page playoff system			Semifinal			Gold Medal Game



1	South Korea	7				1	South Korea	3

2	Canada	2				3	Norway	5

			2	Canada	5

			3	Norway	6

3	Norway	5

4	United States	3

Bronze Medal Game

2	Canada	1

4	United States	8

1 vs. 2 Game

Friday, February 8, 10:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
South Korea (Kim)	2	0	1	0	4	X	7
Canada (Austgarden)	0	1	0	1	0	X	2

3 vs. 4 Game

Friday, February 8, 10:00

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

Semifinal

Friday, February 8, 15:30

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Canada (Austgarden)	3	0	1	1	0	0	5
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	2	0	0	2	2	6

Bronze medal game

Saturday, February 9, 10:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
Canada (Austgarden)	0	1	0	0	0	X	1
United States (Perez)	0	0	2	2	4	X	8

Gold medal game

Saturday, February 9, 11:00

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

2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Norway 2nd title

External links

Results from the World Curling Federation
Results at Curlit.com

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