1988 Women's World Curling Championship

Glasgow

Venue: Glasgow, Scotland

The World Curling Championships the women's 1,988 (official: World Women's Curling Championship in 1988 ) was the 10th staging of the World Championships in curling of the ladies. The tournament was played from April 4th to 10th of that year in Glasgow , the largest Scottish city. The venue was the Summit Center .

After losing two finals, the Federal Republic of Germany was able to turn the tables and defeat last year's winners from Canada in the final 9: 3. In the Scandinavian duel for the bronze medal, the Swedes clearly emerged as winners against Norway (14: 2).

Was played a round-robin tournament ( round-robin ), which means that everyone competes against everyone.

Participating Nations

BR Germany	Denmark	Finland	France	Canada
SC Riessersee , Garmisch-Partenkirchen Skip: Andrea Schöpp Third: Almut Hege-Schöll Second: Monika Wagner Lead: Suzanne Fink	Hvidovre CC , Hvidovre Fourth: Helena Blach Third: Malene Krause Skip: Lone Kristoffersen Lead: Lene x. Nielsen	Hyvinkää CC , Hyvinkää Skip: Anne Eerikäinen Third: Mari Lundén Second: Tytti Haapasaari Lead: Terhi Liukkonen	Megève CC , Megève Fourth: Annick Mercier Skip: Agnes Mercier Second: Andrée Dupont-Roc Lead: Catherine Lefebvre	Thunder Bay CC , Thunder Bay Skip: Heather Houston Third: Lorraine Lang Second: Diane Adams Lead: Tracy Kennedy
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Snarøen CC , Oslo Skip: Anne Jøtun Bakke Third: Hilde Jøtun Second: Ingvill Githmark Lead: Billie Sørum	Lanarkshire Ice Rink , Hamilton Skip: Christine Allison Third: Margaret Scott Second: Kimmie Brown Lead: Sheena Drummie	Härnösands CK , Härnösand Skip: Anette Norberg Third: Anna Rindeskog Second: Sofie Marmont Lead: Louise Marmont	Wetzikon CC , Wetzikon Skip: Erika Müller Third: Brigitte Kienast Second: Susanne Luchsinger Lead: Regula Rüegg	Granite CC , Seattle Skip: Nancy Langley Third: Nancy Pearson Second: Leslie Frog Lead: Mary Hobson

Table of Round Robin

key
	Qualified for the semifinals

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	BR Germany	9	7th	2
2.	Canada	9	6th	3
3.	Sweden	9	6th	3
4th	Norway	9	6th	3
5.	Denmark	9	5	4th
6th	Switzerland	9	5	4th
7th	United States	9	4th	5
8th.	France	9	3	6th
9.	Scotland	9	3	6th
10.	Finland	9	0	9

Round Robin results

Round 1

encounter	result
Denmark - Switzerland	9: 1

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United States - France	7: 3

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Scotland - Canada	6: 5

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Federal Republic of Germany - Finland	9: 7

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Sweden - Norway	6: 4

round 2

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Denmark - Finland	9: 3

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Canada - Switzerland	11: 0

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Norway - United States	9: 5

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Sweden - Scotland	10: 8

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Federal Republic of Germany - France	6: 5

Round 3

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Switzerland - France	12: 7

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Sweden - United States	11: 1

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Federal Republic of Germany - Denmark	7: 5

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Canada - Norway	7: 1

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Scotland - Finland	13: 6

Round 4

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Canada - United States	8: 6

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France - Denmark	6: 5

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Switzerland - Finland	9: 8

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Norway - Scotland	9: 3

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Federal Republic of Germany - Sweden	10: 8

Round 5

encounter	result
Norway - Switzerland	9: 1

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United States - Finland	15: 1

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Sweden - France	7: 5

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Federal Republic of Germany - Canada	8: 4

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Denmark - Scotland	8: 4

Round 6

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Sweden - Denmark	8: 2

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Federal Republic of Germany - Scotland	12: 3

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Canada - Finland	11: 2

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Norway - France	7: 2

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Switzerland - United States	7: 6

Round 7

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France - Scotland	6: 5

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Denmark - Canada	6: 5

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United States - Federal Republic of Germany	7: 4

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Switzerland - Sweden	8: 3

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Norway - Finland	10: 5

Round 8

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Norway - FR Germany	10: 4

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Sweden - Finland	7-0

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Switzerland - Scotland	8: 7

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United States - Denmark	6: 5

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Canada - France	9: 4

Round 9

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Canada - Sweden	10: 2

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Federal Republic of Germany - Switzerland	9: 6

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Denmark - Norway	13: 6

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France - Finland	9: 5

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Scotland - United States	10: 3

Play-off

Tournament tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	BR Germany	9
	4th	Norway	2
						1	BR Germany	9
						2	Canada	3
	2	Canada	10
	3	Sweden	4th
						Game for the bronze medal
						3	Sweden	14th
						4th	Norway	2

Semifinals

encounter	result
Norway - FR Germany	2: 9

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Canada - Sweden	10: 4

Game for the bronze medal

encounter	result
Sweden - Norway	14: 2

final

encounter	result
Federal Republic of Germany - Canada	9: 3

Final score

space	country
1	BR Germany
2	Canada
3	Sweden
4th	Norway
5	Denmark
6th	Switzerland
7th	United States
8th	France
9	Scotland
10	Finland

Web links

• results.worldcurling.org: Results database of the World Curling Federation (English)