2023 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship

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]

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)
« 2022
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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
 EstoniaAndrei Koitmäe822–072523632114146.67
 ItalyEgidio Marchese821–177453626014114.62
 SlovakiaPeter Zaťko820–270404025122116.27
 PolandMichał Daszkowski7377604231020152.26
 FinlandJuha Rajala641–072464234121105.27
 SwitzerlandLaurent Kneubühl640–174553936217120.80
 EnglandStewart Pimblett461–074593931019134.12
 DenmarkKenneth Ørbæk460–162703634018133.43
 BrazilJerónimo Gabriel283184224115152.56
 SpainAnna Rodríguez191–02684194404133.83
 JapanHiroshi Wachi190–194882502157.64
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Country 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Rajala) 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) 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) 2 0 2 1 0 2 3 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Poland (Daszkowski) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 8

Draw 6

Monday, November 6, 18:30

Sheet A Final
 Japan (Wachi) 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) 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) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 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) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England (Pimblett) 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) 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) 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Spain (Rodríguez) 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) 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) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Poland (Daszkowski) 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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0

Draw 13

Thursday, November 9, 9:30

Sheet A Final
 Spain (Rodríguez) W
 Japan (Wachi) L
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Brazil (Gabriel) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 2 0 1 2 3 1 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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
 Slovakia
 Estonia
 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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