Curling Junior World Championship 2018

The Junior Curling World Championships in 2018 (officially: World Junior Curling Championships in 2018 ) took place from 3rd to 10th of March in Aberdeen , Scotland , instead. The venue was Curl Aberdeen , a curling hall in the west of Aberdeen.

Canada (Skip Tyler Tardi ) won the men's world championship , the silver medal went to Scotland (Skip Ross Whyte ) and the bronze medal to Switzerland (Skip Jan Hess ). The German team with Skip Klaudius Harsch finished fifth. Canada (Skip Kaitlyn Jones ) won the women's category , Sweden (Skip Isabella Wranå ) came second and China (Skip Wang Zixin ) came third . The Swiss women with Skip Selina Witschonke came in seventh place. Germany was not qualified for women.

Men

qualification

The six best-placed nations of the Junior World Cup 2017 ( Canada , Norway , Switzerland , Sweden , South Korea and USA ; Scotland was fourth, but had already qualified as host), the three best of the Junior B World Cup 2018 (China, Germany and Russia ) were qualified ) and Scotland as hosts.

Teams

country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
People's Republic of China	Wang Zhiyu	Tian Jiafeng	Wang Xiangkun	Zhang Zezhong	Guan Tianqi
Germany	Sixten Totzek (Fourth)	Klaudius Harsch (Skip)	Joshua Sutor	Jan-Luca Haag	Till Wunderlich
Canada	Tyler Tardi	Sterling Middleton	Jordan Tardi	Zachary Curtis	Jacques Gauthier
Norway	Magnus Ramsfjell	Kristian Foss	Michael Mellemseter	Andreas Haarstad	Jorgen Myran
Russia	Alexander Bystrow	Sergei Morozov	Wadim Schwedow	Konstantin Manasewitsch	Alexei Tusow
Scotland	Ross Whyte	Robin Brydone	Fraser Kingan	Euan Kyle	Duncan McFadzean
Sweden	Daniel Magnusson	Johan Nygren	Anton Regosa	Sebastian Jones	Filip Stener
Switzerland	Jan Hess	Simon Gloor	Simon Höhn	Reto Schönenberger	Philipp Hoesli
South Korea	Hwang Hyeon-jun	Jeong Byeong-jin	Lee Dong-hyeong	Lee Jae-beom	Choi Da-wun
United States	Andrew Stopera	Luc Violette	Ben Richardson	Graem Fenson	Jonathon Harstad

Round robin

Results

date time encounter result 3.3. 14:00  Sweden - People's Republic of China  7 : 3  Germany - South Korea  4: 10  Scotland - Norway  8 : 6  Russia - United States  5: 8  Canada - Switzerland  7 : 3 4.3. 9:00  South Korea - Russia  8: 9  People's Republic of China - United States  1: 7  Canada - Sweden  7 : 3  Switzerland - Norway  8 : 5  Germany - Scotland  2: 7 19:00  Norway - Germany  5: 9  Sweden - Switzerland  9 : 5  People's Republic of China - Russia  7 : 4  Scotland - Canada  6 : 5  South Korea - United States  3: 6 5.3. 14:00  United States - Canada  2: 4  Scotland - Russia  10 : 3  Switzerland - South Korea  8 : 3  Norway - Sweden  11 : 4  People's Republic of China - Germany  7: 8 6.3. 9:00  Scotland - South Korea  7 : 5  Canada - People's Republic of China  5: 7  Sweden - United States  5: 7  Germany - Switzerland  3: 9  Russia - Norway  5: 7

date time encounter result 6.3. 19:00  Canada - Norway  8 : 7  South Korea - Sweden  9 : 7  Russia - Germany  2: 3  United States - Scotland  5: 6  Switzerland - People's Republic of China  7 : 4 7.3. 14:00  Germany - United States  7: 9  Switzerland - Scotland  5: 10  Norway - People's Republic of China  9 : 2  Canada - South Korea  10 : 3  Sweden - Russia  9 : 7 8.3. 9:00  People's Republic of China - Scotland  1: 6  Russia - Canada  5: 7  United States - Switzerland  8 : 3  Sweden - Germany  7: 8  Norway - South Korea  9 : 5 19:00  Russia - Switzerland  5: 7  United States - Norway  8 : 2  Germany - Canada  2: 4  South Korea - People's Republic of China  7: 8  Scotland - Sweden  7 : 3

Final score

key
	Playoff place
	Relegation to group B

country	Skip	Victories	Dutch
Scotland	Ross Whyte	9	0
Canada	Tyler Tardi	7th	2
United States	Andrew Stopera	7th	2
Switzerland	Jan Hess	5	4th
Germany	Klaudius Harsch	4th	5
Norway	Magnus Ramsfjell	4th	5
Sweden	Daniel Magnusson	3	6th
People's Republic of China	Wang Zhiyu	3	6th
South Korea	Hwang Hyeon-jun	2	7th
Russia	Alexander Bystrow	1	8th

Playoffs

	Semifinals					final
	1	Scotland	5
	4th	Switzerland	4th
						1	Scotland	5
						2	Canada	6th
	2	Canada	8th
	3	United States	5
						3rd place match
						4th	Switzerland	7th
						3	United States	4th

Semifinals

Friday, March 9th, 7:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Canada		0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	X	8th
United States		0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	X	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Switzerland		0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	4th
Scotland		0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5

3rd place match

Saturday, March 10, 2:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Switzerland		0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	1	X	7th
United States		0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4th

final

Saturday, March 10, 2:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
Canada		0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	6th
Scotland		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5

Final score

space	country
1	Canada
2	Scotland
3	Switzerland
4th	United States
5	Germany
6th	Norway
7th	Sweden
8th	People's Republic of China
9	South Korea
10	Russia

China, South Korea and Russia were relegated to the B group. The other seven nations qualified for the next Junior World Championship in Liverpool , Nova Scotia, Canada .

Women

qualification

As with the men, next to the host country Scotland, the six best of the 2017 Junior World Cup ( Canada, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, South Korea and USA; Scotland was first, but had already qualified as host) and the three best of the 2018 Junior B World Cup ( China, Norway and Turkey) qualified.

Teams

country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
People's Republic of China	Dong Ziqi (Fourth)	Wang Zixin (Skip)	Wang Meini	Sun Chengyu	Yu Jiaxin
Canada	Kaitlyn Jones	Kristin Clarke	Karlee Burgess	Lindsay Burgess	Lauren Lenentine
Norway	Maia Ramsfjell	Martine Rønning	Mille Nordbye	Victoria Johansen	Eirin Mesloe
Russia	Vlada Rumyantseva	Vera Tiuliakowa	Irina Riazanova	Daria Patrikeeva	Anastassija Danshina
Scotland	Rebecca Morrison	Amy Macdonald	Hailey Duff	Leeanne McKenzie	Sophie Jackson
Sweden	Isabella Wranå	Jennie Wåhlin	Almida De Val	Fanny Sjoeberg	Maria Larsson
Switzerland	Selina Witschonke	Elena Mathis	Melina Bezzola	Anna good	Laura Engler
South Korea	Kim Min-ji	Lee Hye-rin	Yang Taei	Kim Su-jin	Kang Chae-lin
Turkey	Dilşat Yıldız	Mihriban Polat	Berivan Polat	Zeynep Oztemir	Canan Temuren
United States	Madison Bear	Annmarie Dubberstein	Jenna Burchesky	Allison Howell	Leah Yavarow

Round robin

Results

date time encounter result 3.3. 9:00  United States - Switzerland  7 : 6  Scotland - Norway  6: 7  People's Republic of China - Canada  5: 8  South Korea - Sweden  4: 7  Russia - Turkey  9 : 2 19:00  Norway - South Korea  6: 8  Switzerland - Sweden  6: 7  Russia - United States  7 : 6  Turkey - Canada  5: 8  Scotland - People's Republic of China  4 : 3 4.3. 14:00  Canada - Scotland  4: 8  United States - Turkey  6 : 5  Switzerland - South Korea  5: 9  People's Republic of China - Russia  10 : 5  Norway - Sweden  5: 8 5.3. 9:00  Sweden - Russia  8 : 6  People's Republic of China - South Korea  7 : 1  Turkey - Norway  5: 10  Canada - United States  8 : 3  Switzerland - Scotland  9 : 6 19:00  People's Republic of China - Norway  5 : 3  Russia - Switzerland  3: 8  United States - Sweden  3: 9  Scotland - Turkey  7 : 4  South Korea - Canada  4: 7

date time encounter result 6.3. 14:00  Russia - Canada  6: 9  Norway - United States  7 : 3  South Korea - Scotland  8 : 5  Sweden - People's Republic of China  8 : 1  Turkey - Switzerland  4: 6 7.3. 9:00  Scotland - Sweden  4: 10  Turkey - People's Republic of China  6: 8  Canada - Switzerland  10 : 7  Russia - Norway  7: 8  United States - South Korea  8 : 6 19:00  Switzerland - People's Republic of China  8 : 7  South Korea - Russia  7 : 5  Sweden - Turkey  7 : 3  United States - Scotland  11 : 4  Canada - Norway  8 : 6 8.3. 14:00  South Korea - Turkey  3: 5  Sweden - Canada  8 : 6  Scotland - Russia  6: 7  Norway - Switzerland  7 : 6  People's Republic of China - United States  9 : 6

Final score

key
	Playoff place
	Relegation to group B

country	Skip	Victories	Dutch
Sweden	Isabella Wranå	9	0
Canada	Kaitlyn Jones	7th	2
People's Republic of China	Wang Zixin	5	4th
Norway	Maia Ramsfjell	5	4th
United States	Madison Bear	4th	5
South Korea	Kim Min-ji	4th	5
Switzerland	Selina Witschonke	4th	5
Russia	Vlada Rumyantseva	3	6th
Scotland	Rebbeca Morrison	3	6th
Turkey	Dilşat Yıldız	1	8th

Playoffs

	Semifinals					final
	1	Sweden	9
	4th	Norway	3
						1	Sweden	4th
						2	Canada	7th
	2	Canada	9
	3	People's Republic of China	7th
						3rd place match
						3	Norway	5
						4th	People's Republic of China	11

Semifinals

Friday, March 9th, 2pm

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Sweden		0	2	0	3	1	0	2	1	X	X	9
Norway		0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Canada		2	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	9
People's Republic of China		0	1	0	0	4th	0	2	0	0	0	7th

3rd place match

Saturday, March 10th, 9:00 am

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
People's Republic of China		0	2	0	0	4th	0	1	4th	X	X	11
Norway		0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	X	X	5

final

Saturday, March 10th, 9:00 am

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Canada		0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	0	X	7th
Sweden		0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	4th

Final score

space	country
1	Canada
2	Sweden
3	People's Republic of China
4th	Norway
5	United States
6th	South Korea
7th	Switzerland
8th	Russia
9	Scotland
10	Turkey

Russia, Scotland and Turkey relegated to the B group. The other seven nations qualified for the next Junior World Championship in Liverpool , Nova Scotia, Canada .

Web links

• official website
• Results men
• Results women

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Canada's men join women's champions to achieve golden double. In: worldcurling.com. World Curling Federation, March 10, 2018, accessed March 10, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Canada women win gold at World Junior Curling Championships 2018. In: worldcurling.com. World Curling Federation, March 10, 2018, accessed March 10, 2018 .