2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

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2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Host cityVierumäki, Finland
Arena
DatesMarch 8–15
Winner  Switzerland
SecondIrene Schori
LeadToni Müller
Finalist Finland
2009 »

The 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held March 8–15, 2008 in Vierumäki, Finland at the . It was the first mixed doubles world championships organized by the World Curling Federation.

Switzerland scored two perfect ends in Draw 2 against Wales, a rare feat.

Teams[]

Blue group[]

 China  Denmark  Finland

Second: Zhang Xindi
Lead: Li Guangxu

Second: Kirsten Jensen
Lead:

Second: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi
Lead: Anne Malmi

 New Zealand  Poland   Switzerland

Second: Bridget Becker
Lead: Sean Becker

Second:
Lead:

Second: Irene Schori
Lead: Toni Müller

 United States  Wales

Second: Jamie Haskell
Lead:

Second: Lisa Peters
Lead:

Red group[]

 Canada  England  Estonia

Second: Susan O'Connor
Lead: Dean Ross

Second:
Lead:

Second:
Lead:

 Hungary  Italy  Japan

Second: Ildikó Szekeres
Lead: György Nagy

Second:
Lead:

Second: Michiko Taira
Lead: Kenji Tomabechi

 Slovakia  Sweden

Second:
Lead:

Second: Marie Persson
Lead: Göran Carlsson

Green group[]

 Australia  Czech Republic  Spain

Second:
Lead: Gerald Chick

Second:
Lead:

Second: Irantzu Garcia
Lead: Sergio Vez

 France  Latvia  Norway

Second:
Lead: Lionel Roux

Second: Iveta Staša
Lead:

Second: Linn Githmark
Lead: Tormod Andreassen

 Russia  Scotland

Second:
Lead: Dmitry Abanin

Second:
Lead:

Not Competing[]

The following teams were initially listed as participating in this event but on February 24, 2008 updated schedule they are not included.

  •  Netherlands
  •  Ireland
  •  Kazakhstan
  •  Brazil
  •  Germany

Round robin[]

Blue group Red group Green group
Country W L Country W L Country W L
  Switzerland 7 0  Sweden 5 2  Norway 6 1
 Finland 6 1  Canada 5 2  Czech Republic 5 2
 China 4 3  Hungary 5 2  France 4 3
 New Zealand 4 3  Italy 4 3  Latvia 4 3
 United States 3 4  Estonia 3 4  Australia 3 4
 Denmark 2 5  Japan 3 4  Scotland 3 4
 Poland 2 5  Slovakia 2 5  Russia 2 5
 Wales 0 7  England 1 6  Spain 1 6

Results[]

Blue group[]

Draw 1[]

March 8, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China a hammer icon 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 X 7
 Denmark 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland a hammer icon 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 X 6
 New Zealand 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Poland 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
  Switzerland a hammer icon 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States a hammer icon 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 X 6
 Wales 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 2

Draw 2[]

March 8, 2008 19:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland 0 6 2 1 0 6 X X 15
 Wales a hammer icon 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Poland 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
 United States a hammer icon 1 1 1 1 0 3 X X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark a hammer icon 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 7
 New Zealand 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China a hammer icon 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 X 4
 Finland 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 X 8

Draw 3[]

March 9, 2008 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Poland a hammer icon 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 7
 New Zealand 1 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China a hammer icon 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 X 10
 Wales 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
 Finland a hammer icon 1 1 0 2 2 1 X X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
  Switzerland a hammer icon 2 1 3 2 0 2 X X 10

Draw 4[]

March 10, 2008 12:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland a hammer icon 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3
  Switzerland 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
Sheet B Final
 United States L
 Denmark W
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China a hammer icon 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 9
 Poland 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Wales 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 8
 New Zealand a hammer icon 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 1 9

Draw 5[]

March 11, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 United States 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 7
 China a hammer icon 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1
  Switzerland a hammer icon 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 X 6
 Wales a hammer icon 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Poland 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 8
 Denmark a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 6

Draw 6[]

March 11, 2008 19:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 X 5
 Finland a hammer icon 2 1 0 3 2 0 2 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Wales 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 6
 Poland a hammer icon 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 New Zealand 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 7
 China a hammer icon 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland a hammer icon 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 X 8
 United States 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 X 4

Draw 7[]

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 New Zealand a hammer icon 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 5
 United States 0 1 0 4 0 3 1 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland a hammer icon 0 4 0 3 2 1 1 X 11
 China 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Wales 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 6
 Denmark a hammer icon 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland a hammer icon 4 0 2 0 4 0 2 X 12
 Poland 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 5

Red group[]

Draw 1[]

March 8, 2008 12:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada a hammer icon 3 1 0 5 0 2 X X 11
 England 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 7
 Hungary a hammer icon 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
 Japan a hammer icon 1 3 0 3 0 5 2 X 14
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 X 8
 Sweden a hammer icon 5 2 2 0 4 0 1 X 14

Draw 2[]

March 9, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan a hammer icon 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 6
 Sweden 0 5 0 1 1 0 3 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 9
 Slovakia a hammer icon 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England a hammer icon 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Hungary 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada 0 5 1 1 1 0 2 X 10
 Estonia a hammer icon 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3

Draw 3[]

March 9, 2008 19:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 7
 Hungary a hammer icon 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 3 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 7
 Sweden a hammer icon 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 3
 Estonia a hammer icon 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 X 8
Sheet D Final
 England L
 Japan W

Draw 4[]

March 10, 2008 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 7
 Japan a hammer icon 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia a hammer icon 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 8
 England 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada a hammer icon 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 6
 Italy 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 3 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden a hammer icon 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 X 10
 Hungary 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 X 5

Draw 5[]

March 11, 2008 12:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia 0 2 0 4 0 0 5 0 11
 Canada a hammer icon 3 0 4 0 3 1 0 1 12
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Hungary a hammer icon 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 8
 Japan 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia a hammer icon 0 3 0 1 4 0 2 0 10
 Sweden 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy 0 2 0 5 0 4 X X 11
 England a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3

Draw 6[]

March 12, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 7
 Estonia a hammer icon 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden 0 2 0 5 0 1 5 X 13
 Italy a hammer icon 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Hungary 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 6
 Canada a hammer icon 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Slovakia a hammer icon 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 X 9

Draw 7[]

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Hungary 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 X 8
 Slovakia a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Japan 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
 Canada a hammer icon 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 5 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden a hammer icon 3 1 2 0 4 2 X X 12
 England 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Estonia 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 8
 Italy a hammer icon 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 10

Green group[]

Draw 1[]

March 8, 16:00

Sheet A Final
 Australia 0
 Czech Republic 7
Sheet B Final
 Spain 4
 France 14
Sheet C Final
 Latvia 2
 Norway 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
 Scotland a hammer icon 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 X 6

Draw 2[]

March 9, 12:30

Sheet A Final
 Norway 9
 Scotland a hammer icon 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Latvia a hammer icon 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 X 7
 Russia 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sheet C Final
 Czech Republic a hammer icon 7
 France 8
Sheet D Final
 Australia 8
 Spain a hammer icon 1

Draw 3[]

March 10, 09:00

Sheet A Final
 Latvia 7
 France a hammer icon 3
Sheet B Final
 Australia a hammer icon 6
 Scotland 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia a hammer icon 1 4 2 1 3 0 X X 11
 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 3 X X 3
Sheet D Final
 Czech Republic 7
 Norway a hammer icon 9

Draw 4[]

March 10, 19:30

Sheet A Final
 Spain 7
 Norway a hammer icon 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 7
 Czech Republic a hammer icon 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 8
Sheet C Final
 Australia a hammer icon 5
 Latvia 7
Sheet D Final
 Scotland a hammer icon 4
 France 7

Draw 5[]

March 11, 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia a hammer icon 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 7
 Australia 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 6
Sheet B Final
 France a hammer icon 2
 Norway 8
Sheet C Final
 Spain a hammer icon 5
 Scotland 8
Sheet D Final
 Latvia a hammer icon 5
 Czech Republic 6

Draw 6[]

March 12, 12:30

Sheet A Final
 Czech Republic 9
 Spain a hammer icon 4
Sheet B Final
 Scotland a hammer icon 2
 Latvia 8
Sheet C Final
 France 4
 Australia a hammer icon 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 7
 Russia a hammer icon 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6

Draw 7[]

March 13, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 France a hammer icon 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 X 12
 Russia 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet B Final
 Norway a hammer icon 6
 Australia 7
Sheet C Final
 Scotland 0
 Czech Republic a hammer icon 12
Sheet D Final
 Spain 8
 Latvia 7

Tie break[]

Red group[]

March 13, 12:30

Sheet D Final
 Hungary 4
 Canada 7

Playoffs[]

Semifinal challenge 1[]

March 14, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada a hammer icon 2 0 3 0 4 1 1 X 11
 Czech Republic 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 3

Semifinal challenge 2[]

March 14, 2008 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Canada 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 8
 Finland a hammer icon 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 9

Brackets[]

  Semi-final     Final
                 
    Switzerland 11  
   Norway 2    
        Switzerland 5
       Finland 4
   Sweden 4    
   Finland 6   Bronze medal
 
 Norway 2
   Sweden 9

Semifinal[]

March 14, 2008 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland a hammer icon 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 X 11
 Norway 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland a hammer icon 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
 Sweden 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4

Bronze medal game[]

March 15, 2008 12:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 2
 Sweden a hammer icon 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 X 9

Gold medal game[]

March 15, 2008 12:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland a hammer icon 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
 Finland 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4
2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Winner
Switzerland
Switzerland
1st title

References[]

  • "World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2008". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  • "World Curling Mixed Doubles Championships 2008". CurlingRussia.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2010-03-30.

See also[]

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