World Wheelchair Curling Championship

World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Established	2002
2021 host city	Beijing, China
2021 arena	Beijing National Aquatics Center
2021 champion	China
Current edition
2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

The World Wheelchair Curling Championship is an annual world championship held to determine the world's best team in wheelchair curling. It is held every non-Paralympic year.

Medalists[]

Following is a list of medalists:^[1]

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2002 details	Switzerland (Sursee)	Switzerland Urs Bucher Cesare Cassani Manfred Bolliger Therese Kämpfer Silvia Obrist	Canada Chris Daw Don Bell Jim Primavera Karen Blachford Richard Fraser	Scotland Frank Duffy Alex Harvey Michael McCreadie Elaine Lister James Sellar
2004 details	Switzerland (Sursee)	Scotland Frank Duffy Michael McCreadie Ken Dickson Angie Malone James Sellar	Switzerland Urs Bucher Manfred Bolliger Cesare Cassani Therese Kämpfer Otto Erb	Canada Chris Daw Bruce McAninch Jim Primavera Karen Blachford
2005 details	Scotland (Braehead)	Scotland Frank Duffy Michael McCreadie Tom Killin Angie Malone Ken Dickson	Denmark Kenneth Ørbæk Rosita Jensen Jørn Kristensen Bjarne Jensen Sussie Pedersen	Switzerland Urs Bucher Manfred Bolliger Cesare Cassani Therese Kämpfer Erwin Lauper
2007 details	Sweden (Sollefteå)	Norway Rune Lorentsen Geir Arne Skogstad Jostein Stordahl Lene Tystad Trine Fissum	Switzerland Manfred Bolliger Erwin Lauper Cesare Cassani Madeleine Wildi Claudia Tosse	Scotland Michael McCreadie Aileen Neilson James Sellar Angie Malone James Elliott
2008 details	Switzerland (Sursee)	Norway Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Geir Arne Skogstad Lene Tystad Anne Mette Samdal	South Korea Kim Hak-sung Kim Myung-jin Cho Yang-hyun Kang Mi-suk Ham Dong-hee	United States James Pierce Augusto Perez James Joseph Jacqueline Kapinowski Bob Prenoveau
2009 details	Canada (Vancouver)	Canada Jim Armstrong Darryl Neighbour Ina Forrest Chris Sobkowicz Sonja Gaudet	Sweden Jalle Jungnell Glenn Ikonen Patrik Burman Anette Wilhelm	Germany Jens Jäger Marcus Sieger Jens Gäbel Caren Totzauer Astrid Hoer
2011 details	Czech Republic (Prague)	Canada Jim Armstrong Darryl Neighbour Ina Forrest Sonja Gaudet Bruno Yizek	Scotland Aileen Neilson Tom Killin Gregor Ewan Angie Malone Michael McKenzie	Norway Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Terje Rafdal
2012 details	South Korea (Chuncheon)[2]	Russia Andrey Smirnov Marat Romanov Aleksandr Shevchenko Svetlana Pakhomova Oxana Slesarenko	South Korea Kim Hak-sung Jung Seung-won Kang Mi-suk Bang Min-ja	China Wang Haitao Liu Wei He Jun Xu Guangqin Zhang Qiang
2013 details	Russia (Sochi)[3]	Canada Jim Armstrong Dennis Thiessen Ina Forrest Sonja Gaudet Mark Ideson	Sweden Jalle Jungnell Glenn Ikonen Patrik Kallin Kristina Ulander	China Wang Haitao Liu Wei Xu Guangqin He Jun Zhang Qiang
2015 details	Finland (Lohja)[4]	Russia Andrey Smirnov Marat Romanov Oxana Slesarenko Alexander Shevchenko Svetlana Pakhomova	China Wang Haitao Liu Wei Zhang Qiang Xu Guangqin He Jun	Finland Markku Karjalainen Sari Karjalainen Mina Mojtahedi Tuomo Aarnikka Vesa Leppanen
2016 details	Switzerland (Lucerne)[5]	Russia Andrey Smirnov Konstantin Kurokhtin Svetlana Pakhomova Alexander Shevchenko Marat Romanov	Norway Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Ole Fredrik Syversen Sissel Løchen	South Korea Jung Seung-won Seo Soon-seok Bang Min-ja Cha Jae-goan
2017 details	South Korea (Gangneung)[6]	Norway Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Ole Fredrik Syversen Sissel Løchen Rikke Iversen	Russia Andrey Smirnov Konstantin Kurokhtin Alexander Shevchenko Daria Shchukina Marat Romanov	Scotland Aileen Neilson Gregor Ewan Hugh Nibloe Bob McPherson Angie Malone
2019 details	Scotland (Stirling)[7]	China Wang Haitao Zhang Mingliang Xu Xinchen Yan Zhou Zhang Qiang	Scotland Aileen Neilson Hugh Nibloe Robert McPherson David Melrose Gary Logan	South Korea (Fourth) Seo Soon-seok Cha Jin-ho (Skip)
2020 details	Switzerland (Wetzikon)[8]	Russia Konstantin Kurokhtin Andrei Meshcheriakov Vitaly Danilov Daria Shchukina Anna Karpushina	Canada Jon Thurston (Fourth) Ina Forrest Dennis Thiessen Mark Ideson (Skip) Collinda Joseph	Sweden Viljo Petersson-Dahl Mats-Ola Engborg Ronny Persson Kristina Ulander Zandra Reppe
2021 details	China (Beijing)[9]	China Wang Haitao Chen Jianxin Zhang Mingliang Yan Zhuo	Sweden Viljo Petersson-Dahl Ronny Persson Mats-Ola Engborg Kristina Ulander	RCF Konstantin Kurokhtin Andrei Meshcheriakov Vitaly Danilov Daria Shchukina

All-time medal table[]

As of 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	4	1	1	6
2	Canada (CAN)	3	2	1	6
3	Norway (NOR)	3	1	1	5
4	Scotland (SCO)	2	2	3	7
5	China (CHN)	2	1	2	5
6	Switzerland (SUI)	1	2	1	4
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	3	1	4
8	South Korea (KOR)	0	2	2	4
9	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
10	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		15	15	15	45

Performance timeline[]

Nation	2002	2004	2005	2007	2008	2009	2011	2012	2013	2015	2016	2017	2019	2020	2021	Years
Bulgaria	7	10	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Canada			6	4	4			6		6	7	5	10		5	15
China	–	–	–	–	–	5	5				5	4		4		10
Czech Republic	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	2
Denmark	9	8		9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
	6	4	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Estonia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	10	–	2
Finland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7		10	10	–	–	–	4
Germany	–	–	13	–	–		9	–	–	7	8	9	12	–	–	7
Italy	8	6	9	–	5	6	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	7
Japan	–	–	13	5	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Latvia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	7	8	3
Norway	–	12	5			8		9	9	10			4	5	7	14
Poland	–	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Russia	–	9	15	8	10	–	4		5				7			13
					7	9		7	6	8	–			9	6	14
Slovakia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	8	4	9	–	6	8	10	7
South Korea	–	11	7	7		7	6		10	–		6		6	9	13
Sweden	4	7	4	10	6		8	8		9	–	–	–			12
Switzerland					8	10	–	–	–	–	4	8	5	11	12	11
United States	5	5	8	6		4	7	5	4	5	6	7	11	–	4	14
	–	13	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Total teams	9	13	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12

World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship[]

The World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship is a qualifier event for the World Wheelchair Championship. From 2015 to 2018, the top 2 teams qualify for the World Championship. Starting at the 2018 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, the top 3 teams qualify.

Medallists[]

Following is a list of medallists for the World Wheelchair-B Championship:

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2015 details	Finland (Lohja)	Norway Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Ole Fredrik Syversen Sissel Løchen Gina Kristin Brøndbo	South Korea Yang Hui-tae Cha Jae-goan Seo Soon-seok Bang Min-ja Jung Seung-won	Sweden Patrik Kallin Kicki Ulander Ronny Persson Zandra Reppe Gert Erlandsson
2016 details	Finland (Lohja)	Finland Markku Karjalainen Yrjo Jaaskelainen Sari Karjalainen Vesa Leppanen Riitta Särösalo	Scotland Aileen Neilson Gregor Ewan Hugh Nibloe Bob McPherson Angie Malone	Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš Dušan Pitoňák Peter Zaťko Monika Kunkelová Imrich Lyócsa
2018 details	Finland (Lohja)	Estonia Andrei Koitmae Viljar Villiste Ain Villau Signe Falkenberg Mait Matas	Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš Dušan Pitoňák Imrich Lyócsa Monika Kunkelová Peter Zaťko	Latvia Polina Rozkova Sergeys Djacenko Agris Lasmans Ojars Briedis
2019 details	Finland (Lohja)	Canada Jon Thurston Ina Forrest Marie Wright Mark Ideson Dennis Thiessen	Sweden Viljo Petersson-Dahl Mats-Ola Engborg Ronny Persson Kristina Ulander Zandra Reppe	Czech Republic Radek Musílek Dana Selnekovičová Martin Tluk Jana Břinčilová Štěpán Beneš
2020 details	Finland (Lohja)	United States Matt Thums Steve Emt David Samsa Pam Wilson Batoyun Uranchimeg	Switzerland Eric Décorvet Hans Burgener Françoise Jaquerod Laurent Kneubühl Patrick Delacrétaz	Italy Egidio Marchese Orietta Berto Fabrizio Bich Angela Menardi Matteo Ronzani

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