1998 Women's World Curling Championship

Kamloops

Venue: Kamloops, British Columbia , Canada

The World Curling Championships the women's 1,998 (official: Ford World Women's Curling Championship in 1998 ) was the 20th staging of the World Championships in curling of the ladies. The tournament was held from April 4th to 12th of that year in the Canadian city ​​of Kamloops , British Columbia in the Riverside Coliseum .

Host Canada faced an overwhelming power of the Northern European teams. Sweden, Denmark and Norway gathered in the semi-finals. The Swedes (7: 3) won the title among themselves. Canada saved the bronze medal in the game for 3rd place.

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

Participating Nations

Denmark	Germany	Finland	Japan	Canada
Hvidovre CC , Hvidovre Skip: Helena Blach Lavrsen Third: Margit Pörtner Second: Dorthe Holm Lead: Lisa Richardson Substitute: Trine Qvist	SC Riessersee , Garmisch-Partenkirchen Skip: Andrea Schöpp Third: Natalie Nessler Second: Heike Wieländer Lead: Jane Boake-Cope Substitute: Andrea Stock	Hyvinkää CC , Hyvinkää Skip: Anne Eerikäinen Third: Jaana Jokela Second: Nina Pöllänen Lead: Laura Franssila Substitute: Tiina Kautonen	Obihiro & Tokoro CC , Obihiro Skip: Mayumi Ōkutsu Third: Akiko Katō Second: Yukari Kondō Lead: Yōko Mimura Substitute: Akemi Niwa	Ottewell CC , Edmonton Skip: Cathy Borst Third: Heather Godberson Second: Brenda Bohmer Lead: Kate Horne Substitute: Rona McGregor
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Snarøen CC , Oslo Skip: Dordi Nordby Third: Hanne Woods Second: Marianne Haslum Lead: Kristin Tøsse Løvseth Substitute: Marianne Aspelin	Airleywight Ladies CC , Perth Skip: Kirsty Hay Third: Edith Loudon Second: Jackie Lockhart Lead: Katie Loudon Substitute: Fiona Bayne	Umeå CK , Umeå Skip: Elisabet Gustafson Third: Katarina Nyberg Second: Louise Marmont Lead: Elisabeth Persson Substitute: Margaretha Lindahl	Zug CC , Zug Skip: Cristina Lestander Third: Selina Breuleux Second: Madlaina Breuleux Lead: Annick Lusser Substitute: Sandra Arnold	Bemidji CC , Bemidji Skip: Kari Erickson Third: Lori Kreklau Second: Stacey Liapis Lead: Ann Swisshelm Substitute: Risa O'Connell

Table of Round Robin

key
	Qualified for the semifinals

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

Round Robin results

Round 1

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Sweden - Switzerland	7: 5

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Denmark - Canada	12: 3

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United States - Scotland	5: 9

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Norway - Finland	6: 4

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Germany - Japan	3: 2

round 2

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United States - Canada	3:11

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Finland - Germany	3: 4

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Japan - Denmark	6: 7

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Scotland - Sweden	3: 8

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Switzerland - Norway	11: 5

Round 3

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Germany - Scotland	9: 1

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Norway - Japan	10: 4

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Finland - Canada	5: 6

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Switzerland - Denmark	6: 9

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United States - Sweden	6: 8

Round 4

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Japan - Canada	3: 6

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Sweden - Denmark	3: 7

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Switzerland - Germany	6: 8

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United States - Norway	5: 7

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Finland - Scotland	7: 4

Round 5

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United States - Finland	8: 4

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Canada - Switzerland	8: 5

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Norway - Scotland	4: 9

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Denmark - Germany	8: 2

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Sweden - Japan	7: 5

Round 6

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Denmark - Norway	3: 9

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Sweden - Finland	7: 2

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Japan - Switzerland	3: 5

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Canada - Scotland	8: 2

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Germany - United States	8: 6

Round 7

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Switzerland - Scotland	10: 5

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Germany - Norway	4: 6

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Canada - Sweden	3: 5

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Japan - United States	9: 3

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Finland - Denmark	2:10

Round 8

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Germany - Sweden	6: 7

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Japan - Scotland	6: 8

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United States - Denmark	7: 6

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Finland - Switzerland	5: 4

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Norway - Canada	8: 7

Round 9

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Finland - Japan	6: 7

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Switzerland - United States	6: 5

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Sweden - Norway	5: 4

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Germany - Canada	5: 6

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Scotland - Denmark	8: 3

Play-off

Tournament tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	Sweden	8th
	4th	Canada	7th
						1	Sweden	7th
						3	Denmark	3
	2	Norway	4th
	3	Denmark	6th
						Game for the bronze medal
						2	Denmark	2
						4th	Canada	10

Semifinals

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Sweden - Canada	8: 7

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Norway - Denmark	4: 6

Game for the bronze medal

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Norway - Canada	2:10

final

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

Final score

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

Web links

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