2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host city	Lucerne, Switzerland
Arena
Dates	February 21–28
Winner	Russia
Skip	Andrey Smirnov
Third	Konstantin Kurokhtin
Second	Svetlana Pakhomova
Lead	Alexander Shevchenko
Alternate	Marat Romanov
Finalist	Norway (Rune Lorentsen)
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The 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 21 to 28 at the in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[1]

Qualification[]

•   Switzerland (host country)
• Top seven teams from the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:
  •  Russia
  •  China
  •  Finland
  •  Slovakia
  •  United States
  •  Canada
  •  Germany
• Two teams from the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship
  •  Norway
  •  South Korea

Qualification event[]

Norway and South Korea qualified for the World Championship from the qualifying event held in November 2015 in Lohja, Finland.

Teams[]

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach
Canada[3]	Jim Armstrong	Ina Forrest	Dennis Thiessen	Mark Ideson	Sonja Gaudet	Wayne Kiel
China	(fourth)		Chen Jianxin (skip)
Finland	Markku Karjalainen	Sari Karjalainen	Yrjo Jaaskelainen	Tuomo Aarnikka	Riitta Sarosalo
Germany	Jens Jäger	Christiane Putzich	Martin Schlitt	Heike Melchior	Harry Pavel
Norway	Rune Lorentsen	Jostein Stordahl	Ole Fredrik Syversen	Sissel Løchen		Peter Dahlman
Russia	Andrey Smirnov	Konstantin Kurokhtin	Svetlana Pakhomova	Alexander Shevchenko	Marat Romanov	Anton Batugin
Slovakia	Radoslav Ďuriš	Dusan Pitoňák	Peter Zatko	Monika Kunkelová	Imrich Lyócsa	František Pitoňák
South Korea		Jung Seung-won	Seo Soon-seok	Bang Min-ja	Cha Jae-goan	Beak Jong-chul
Switzerland	Felix Wagner		Claudia Hüttenmoser	Beatrix Blaül	Marcel Bodenmann	Stephan Pfister
United States[4]	Patrick McDonald	Steven Emt	Jimmy Joseph	Penny Greely	Justin Marshall	Steve Brown

Round robin standings[]

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker
	Teams Relegated to 2016 B-Championship

Country	Skip	W	L
Norway	Rune Lorentsen	7	2
Russia	Andrey Smirnov	7	2
Switzerland	Felix Wagner	7	2
South Korea		5	4
China	Chen Jianxin	4	5
United States	Patrick McDonald	4	5
Canada	Jim Armstrong	3	6
Germany	Jens Jäger	3	6
Slovakia	Radoslav Ďuriš	3	6
Finland	Markku Karjalainen	2	7

Round robin results[]

All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01).^[5]

Draw 1[]

Sunday, February 21, 16:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	2	0	3	1	0	4	0	X	10
United States (McDonald)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	2
Switzerland (Wagner)	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1
Russia (Smirnov)	1	3	2	2	4	0	X	X	12

Draw 2[]

Monday, February 22, 10:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Chen)	0	2	1	0	0	4	2	X	9
Finland (Karjalainen)	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	2	0	2	3	1	0	8
South Korea (Yang)	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	X	8
Germany (Jäger)	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	1	4	0	0	2	1	3	X	11
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	X	5

Draw 3[]

Monday, February 22, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	1	1	0	2	0	3	1	1	9
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	2	1	0	6	1	0	1	X	11
China (Chen)	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	X	5

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Yang)	3	0	3	1	2	2	X	X	11
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1

Draw 4[]

Tuesday, February 23, 10:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2
South Korea (Yang)	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	5
Germany (Jäger)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	5
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	7
China (Chen)	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	8

Draw 5[]

Tuesday, February 23, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	2	3	1	2	0	0	3	X	11
China (Chen)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	5
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	3
South Korea (Yang)	1	0	2	1	0	1	2	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	X	2
United States (McDonald)	1	3	4	3	0	0	X	X	11

Draw 6[]

Wednesday, February 24, 10:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	X	7
Germany (Jäger)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	7
Finland (Karjalainen)	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Chen)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	X	6
South Korea (Yang)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	2

Draw 7[]

Wednesday, February 24, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Yang)	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	X	7
Germany (Jäger)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Switzerland (Wagner)	1	0	3	1	2	0	1	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	3
Canada (Armstrong)	0	1	2	1	1	0	4	X	9

Draw 8[]

Thursday, February 25, 10:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Yang)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	X	5
Finland (Karjalainen)	1	0	0	0	4	1	2	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Chen)	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	4
Germany (Jäger)	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	X	7

Draw 9[]

Thursday, February 25, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	3	1	2	0	2	0	2	X	10
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	2	0	2	0	1	1	4	X	10
Canada (Armstrong)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Yang)	2	0	3	0	0	3	0	X	8
China (Chen)	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	6
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	9

Draw 10[]

Friday, February 26, 10:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	2
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
United States (McDonald)	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	8
South Korea (Yang)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	6

Draw 11[]

Friday, February 26, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	X	8
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	X	4
China (Chen)	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	2	0	4	0	1	3	10
United States (McDonald)	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	3	0	2	0	0	2	1	X	8
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	X	5

Draw 12[]

Saturday, February 27, 9:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Chen)	2	0	3	0	4	0	4	X	13
United States (McDonald)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3
Canada (Armstrong)	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	6

Tiebreaker[]

Saturday, February 27, 14:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	X	7
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2

 Slovakia is relegated to the 2016 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship

Playoffs[]

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Norway	3
	2	Russia	5								2	Russia	7
						1	Norway	7			1	Norway	4
						4	South Korea	4
	3	Switzerland	4
	4	South Korea	6

	Bronze Medal Game
	3	Switzerland	5
	4	South Korea	6

1 vs. 2[]

Saturday, February 27, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	5

3 vs. 4[]

Saturday, February 27, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4
South Korea (Yang)	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	6

Semifinal[]

Sunday, February 28, 10:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	7
South Korea (Yang)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4

Bronze medal game[]

Sunday, February 28, 15:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	5
South Korea (Yang)	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	6

Gold medal game[]

Sunday, February 28, 15:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	X	7
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	X	4

2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Russia 3rd title

References[]

External links[]

• Official website