2001 Women's World Curling Championship

Lausanne

Venue: Lausanne, Switzerland

The World Curling Championships the women's 2,001 (official: Ford World Women's Curling Championship in 2001 ) was the 23rd staging of the World Championships in curling of the ladies. The tournament took place from March 31st to April 8th of that year in Lausanne , Switzerland in the Patinoire de Malley .

The Canadians celebrated their title defense against Sweden and thus the twelfth world title. Scotland had to be content with the thankless fourth place in the game for the bronze medal against the Danes. For the first time a Russian team took part in a women's World Cup.

Was played a round-robin ( Round Robin ), which means that each playing against each.

Participating Nations

Denmark	Germany	Japan	Canada	Norway
Hvidovre CC , Hvidovre Skip: Lene Bidstrup Third: Malene Krause Second: Susanne Slotsager Lead: Avijaja Lund Nielsen Replacement: Lisa Richardson	SC Riessersee , Garmisch-Partenkirchen Skip: Andrea Schöpp Third: Natalie Nessler Second: Heike Wieländer Lead: Jane Boake-Cope Substitute: Andrea Stock	Tokoro CC , Tokoro Skip: Akiko Katō Third: Yumie Hayashi Second: Ayumi Onodera Lead: Mika Konaka Substitute: Yukari Okazaki	Mayflower CC , Halifax Skip: Colleen Jones Third: Kim Kelly Second: Mary-Anne Waye Lead: Nancy Delahunt Substitute: Laine Peters	Snarøen CC , Oslo Skip: Dordi Nordby Third: Hanne Woods Second: Marianne Haslum Lead: Kristin Løvseth Substitute: Camilla Holth
Russia	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Moskwitsch CC , Moscow Skip: Olga Scharkowa Third: Nina Golowtschenko Second: Nkeiruka Jesech Lead: Jana Nekrasowa Substitute: Anastassija Skultan	Kirriemuir Ladies CC , Glasgow Skip: Julia Ewart Third: Heather Byers Second: Nancy Murdoch Lead: Lynn Cameron Substitute: Edith Loudon	Härnösands CK , Härnösand Skip: Anette Norberg Third: Cathrine Norberg Second: Eva Lund Lead: Helena Lingham Substitute: Maria Engholm	Solothurn CC , Solothurn Skip: Nadja Heuer Third: Carmen Küng Second: Sybil Bachofen Lead: Vera Heuer Substitute: Yvonne Schlunegger	Bemidji CC , Bemidji Skip: Kari Erickson Third: Debbie McCormick Second: Stacey Liapis Lead: Ann Swisshelm Substitute: Joni Cotten

Table of Round Robin

key
	Qualified for the semifinals

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

Round Robin results

Round 1

encounter	result
United States - Japan	6: 4

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Scotland - Germany	4: 6

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Switzerland - Russia	2: 9

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Canada - Denmark	6: 7

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Norway - Sweden	2: 5

round 2

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Norway - Scotland	6: 4

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Russia - Sweden	5:11

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United States - Canada	6: 5

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Switzerland - Japan	8:10

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Germany - Denmark	9:10

Round 3

encounter	result
Denmark - Sweden	3: 8

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Japan - Canada	8: 9

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Germany - Norway	8: 5

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Russia - United States	4: 7

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Switzerland - Scotland	4: 6

Round 4

encounter	result
Japan - Germany	4: 6

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Switzerland - United States	5: 7

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Scotland - Sweden	4: 3

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Denmark - Norway	6: 5

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Canada - Russia	8: 4

Round 5

encounter	result
Switzerland - Norway	8:10

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Germany - Russia	7: 8

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Japan - Denmark	9: 7

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Scotland - Canada	4: 5

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Sweden - United States	8: 5

Round 6

encounter	result
Sweden - Canada	1: 8

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United States - Denmark	4: 6

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Russia - Scotland	5:12

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Germany - Switzerland	7: 5

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Japan - Norway	7: 5

Round 7

encounter	result
Scotland - United States	8: 2

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Sweden - Japan	8: 4

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Canada - Germany	9: 3

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Norway - Russia	8: 4

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Denmark - Switzerland	9: 3

Round 8

encounter	result
Russia - Denmark	3: 7

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Canada - Norway	8: 1

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Sweden - Switzerland	9: 4

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Japan - Scotland	7:12

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United States - Germany	4: 8

Round 9

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Canada - Switzerland	11: 5

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Denmark - Scotland	4: 6

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Norway - United States	5:10

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Sweden - Germany	6: 5

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Russia - Japan	6: 9

Play-off

Tournament tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	Canada	10
	4th	Denmark	4th
						1	Canada	5
						2	Sweden	2
	2	Sweden	8th
	3	Scotland	5
						Game for the bronze medal
						4th	Scotland	6th
						3	Denmark	7th

Semifinals

encounter	result
Canada - Denmark	10: 4

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Sweden - Scotland	8: 4

Game for the bronze medal

encounter	result
Scotland - Denmark	6: 7

final

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

Final score

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

Web links

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