2008 World Senior Curling Championships

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2008 World Senior Curling Championships
Host cityVierumäki, Finland
Arena
DatesMarch 9–15
Men's winner Canada
Curling club, Edmonton[1]
SkipPat Ryan
Third
Second
Lead
Finalist Sweden
Women's winner Canada
Curling clubLethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge[2]
Skip
Third
Second
Lead
Finalist Scotland
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The 2008 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 9 to 15 at the in Vierumäki, Finland. Teams from Alberta, Canada won both the men's and women's events.

Men[]

Round Robin Standings[]

Group A Skip W L
 United States 7 1
 Scotland Graeme Adam 7 1
 Finland Mauno Nummila 7 1
 Ireland 5 3
 England D. Michael Sutherland 4 4
 New Zealand 3 5
 Italy Gino Savoi 2 6
 Iceland Gisli Kristinsson 1 7
 Norway Leif Hald 0 8
Group B Skip W L
 Canada Pat Ryan 8 0
 Sweden Per Lindeman 7 1
 Germany Klaus Unterstab 6 2
  Switzerland Hugo Jäggi 5 3
 Japan Akinori Kashiwagi 4 4
 Wales Hugh Meikle 3 5
 Russia Aleksander Kolesnikov 2 6
 Estonia Leo Jakobson 1 7
 Denmark Johannes Jensen 0 8

Tiebreaker[]

  •  Scotland 6-5  Finland

Playoffs[]

  Semi-final     Final
                 
   United States 5  
   Sweden 6    
       Sweden 0
       Canada 8
   Canada 7    
   Scotland 2   Bronze medal
 
 United States 6
   Scotland 4

Women[]

Round Robin Standings[]

Country Skip W L
 Canada 7 2
 Scotland 6 3
 Finland Helena Timonen 6 3
  Switzerland 6 3
 United States Pam Oleinik 6 3
 Sweden Ingrid Meldahl 5 4
 Ireland Fiona Turnbull 4 5
 Japan Eriko Igarashi 3 6
 England 2 7
 New Zealand Liz Matthews 0 9

Tiebreaker[]

  •   Switzerland 6-5  United States

Playoffs[]

  Semi-final     Final
                 
   Canada 8  
    Switzerland 3    
       Canada 10
       Scotland 2
   Scotland 5    
   Finland 4   Bronze medal
 
  Switzerland 7
   Finland 6

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