The World Curling Championships the women's 2,008 (official: Ford World Women's Curling Championship in 2008 ) was the 30th staging of the World Championships in curling of the ladies. The tournament took place from March 22nd to 30th of that year in the Canadian city of Vernon , British Columbia , at the Wesbild Center .
In the final of the World Cup, record world champions Canada and, as the first Asian team, the People's Republic of China faced each other. The hosts won the final 7: 4 after nine ends. In the game for the bronze medal, the Swiss won against Japan with a score of 9: 7.
Was played a round-robin tournament ( round-robin ), which means that everyone competes against everyone. The tournament also served as a qualification for the curling competition of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games .
Participating Nations
Denmark Denmark
Germany Germany
Italy Italy
Japan Japan
Tårnby CC , Tårnby
Skip: Angelina Jensen
Third: Madeleine Dupont
Second: Denise Dupont
Lead: Camilla Jensen
Substitute: Ane Hansen
Trainer: Kjell-Arne Olsson
SC Riessersee , Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Skip: Andrea Schöpp
Third: Monika Wagner
Second: Anna Hartelt
Lead: Marie Rotter
Replacement: Mélanie Robillard
Trainer: Rainer Schöpp
CC Dolomiti , Cortina d'Ampezzo
Skip: Diana Gaspari
Third: Giorgia Appolonio
Second: Elettra De Col
Lead: Violetta Caldart
Substitute: Lucrezia Laurenti
Trainer: Jean Pierre Rütsch
Aomori CC , Aomori
Skip: Moe Meguro
Third: Mari Motohashi
Second: Mayo Yamaura
Lead: Kotomi Ishizaki
Substitute: Anna Ohmiya
Trainer: Shinya Abe
Canada Canada
Russia Russia
Scotland Scotland
Sweden Sweden
St. Vital CC , Winnipeg
Skip: Jennifer Jones
Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham
Second: Jill Officer
Lead: Dawn Askin
Substitute: Jennifer Clarke-Rouire
Trainer: Janet Arnott
Moskvich CC , Moscow
Skip: Ludmila Priwiwkowa
Third: Olga Scharkowa
Second: Nkeiruka Jesech
Lead: Jekaterina Galkina
Substitute: Margarita Fomina
Trainer: Olga Andrianowa
Stranraer Ice Rink , Stranraer
Skip: Gail Munro
Third: Lyndsay Wilson
Second: Karen Addison
Lead: Anne Laird
Substitute: Lynn Cameron
Trainer: Rhona Martin
Skellefteå CK , Skellefteå
Skip: Stina Viktorsson
Third: Maria Prytz
Second: Maria Wennerstrom
Lead: Margaretha Sigfridsson
Substitute: Sabina Kraupp
Trainer: Andreas Prytz
Switzerland Switzerland
Czech Republic Czech Republic
United States United States
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
Davos CC , Davos
Skip: Mirjam Ott
Third: Carmen Schäfer
Second: Valeria Spälty
Lead: Janine Greiner
Substitute: Carmen Küng
Trainer: Marc Brügger
Dion CC , Prague
Skip: Lenka Černovská
Third: Kateřina Urbanová
Second: Jana Šafaříková
Lead: Sára Jahodová
Substitute: Jana Simmerová
Trainer: Vlastimil Vojtus
Madison CC , Madison
Skip: Debbie McCormick
Third: Allison Pottinger
Second: Nicole Joraanstad
Lead: Natalie Nicholson
Substitute: Tracy Sachtjen
Trainer: Wally Henry
Harbin CC , Harbin
Skip: Wang Bingyu
Third: Liu Yin
Second: Yue Qingshuang
Lead: Zhou Yan
Substitute: Liu Jinli
Trainer: Tan Weidong
Table of Round Robin
key
Qualified for the play-offs
Round Robin results
Round 1
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Russia Russia
0
1
0
1
0
4th
0
0
0
1
7th
Scotland Scotland
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
2
0
8th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Denmark Denmark
0
3
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
8th
United States United States
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
7th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Japan Japan
0
0
5
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
9
Italy Italy
1
1
0
0
4th
0
0
1
1
0
8th
round 2
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Italy Italy
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
6th
Denmark Denmark
0
0
3
0
1
0
3
1
0
0
8th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Canada Canada
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
6th
Switzerland Switzerland
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
11
total
Germany Germany
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
5
Czech Republic Czech Republic
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
4th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Japan Japan
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
4th
United States United States
3
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
X
8th
Round 3
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Sweden Sweden
0
1
0
2
0
1
2
0
2
1
9
Scotland Scotland
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
5
Round 4
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
11
total
Switzerland Switzerland
0
3
0
3
0
2
1
0
2
0
1
12
Germany Germany
3
0
1
0
3
0
0
1
0
3
0
11
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
United States United States
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
1
0
6th
Italy Italy
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
5
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Denmark Denmark
0
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
6th
Japan Japan
2
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
8th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Canada Canada
0
3
2
0
6th
0
X
X
X
X
11
Czech Republic Czech Republic
1
0
0
2
0
1
X
X
X
X
4th
Round 5
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Germany Germany
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
X
X
6th
Canada Canada
0
2
0
5
0
1
0
3
X
X
11
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Czech Republic Czech Republic
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
X
5
Switzerland Switzerland
1
0
2
3
1
0
0
2
0
X
9
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Russia Russia
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
2
0
X
6th
Sweden Sweden
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
X
5
Round 6
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Sweden Sweden
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
6th
Japan Japan
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
5
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Russia Russia
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
4th
Italy Italy
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
5
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Scotland Scotland
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
7th
United States United States
0
1
0
0
3
1
0
2
0
2
9
Round 7
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Denmark Denmark
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
7th
Czech Republic Czech Republic
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
6th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Japan Japan
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
6th
Switzerland Switzerland
2
0
0
0
1
0
4th
0
1
1
9
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
United States United States
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
6th
Germany Germany
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Italy Italy
1
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
X
6th
Canada Canada
0
1
1
0
3
0
0
2
2
X
9
Round 8
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Canada Canada
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
3
0
1
9
Russia Russia
1
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
6th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Germany Germany
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
6th
Scotland Scotland
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
4th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Switzerland Switzerland
2
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
7th
Sweden Sweden
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
1
6th
Round 9
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Switzerland Switzerland
3
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
1
0
8th
Scotland Scotland
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
4th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Czech Republic Czech Republic
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
X
X
X
4th
Russia Russia
3
0
3
0
1
0
4th
X
X
X
11
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Germany Germany
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
8th
Sweden Sweden
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
3
Round 10
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Sweden Sweden
0
2
0
2
0
3
0
1
0
X
8th
Italy Italy
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
X
7th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Scotland Scotland
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
6th
Denmark Denmark
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
2
0
1
7th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Russia Russia
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
X
5
Japan Japan
0
0
2
1
0
3
0
2
2
X
10
Round 11
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Italy Italy
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
Germany Germany
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
5
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
United States United States
2
0
1
3
0
1
0
0
2
0
9
Canada Canada
0
1
0
0
3
0
3
1
0
2
10
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
11
total
Japan Japan
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
5
Czech Republic Czech Republic
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
4th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Denmark Denmark
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
1
0
3
9
Switzerland Switzerland
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
7th
Round 12
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
11
total
Japan Japan
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
4th
Canada Canada
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
3
7th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
11
total
Denmark Denmark
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
5
Germany Germany
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
4th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Italy Italy
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
X
2
Switzerland Switzerland
0
1
2
2
2
0
3
X
X
X
10
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
United States United States
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
2
2
0
7th
Czech Republic Czech Republic
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
6th
Round 13
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Czech Republic Czech Republic
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
X
3
Sweden Sweden
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
X
7th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Germany Germany
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
2
0
6th
Russia Russia
0
2
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
7th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Canada Canada
0
0
4th
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
8th
Scotland Scotland
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
6th
Round 14
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Russia Russia
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
4th
Denmark Denmark
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Scotland Scotland
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
X
2
Japan Japan
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
2
X
7th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
11
total
Sweden Sweden
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
1
8th
United States United States
0
2
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
7th
Round 15
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
United States United States
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
4th
Switzerland Switzerland
0
1
0
3
1
0
1
0
1
0
7th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Italy Italy
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
6th
Czech Republic Czech Republic
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Denmark Denmark
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
1
X
6th
Canada Canada
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
X
3
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Japan Japan
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
4th
9
Germany Germany
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
4th
Round 16
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
11
total
Scotland Scotland
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
5
Italy Italy
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
4th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
11
total
Russia Russia
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
6th
United States United States
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
7th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
11
total
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
7th
Japan Japan
0
1
0
1
3
0
2
0
0
0
1
8th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Sweden Sweden
0
3
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
8th
Denmark Denmark
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
6th
Round 17
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Canada Canada
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
3
0
X
7th
Sweden Sweden
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
X
3
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Czech Republic Czech Republic
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
X
4th
Scotland Scotland
0
1
0
0
3
0
3
1
0
X
8th
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Switzerland Switzerland
3
0
1
0
3
1
0
1
X
X
9
Russia Russia
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
X
X
4th
Tie breaker
The tied teams from Japan and Denmark had to compete in the decisive game for the final play-off spot.
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Denmark Denmark
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
X
3
Japan Japan
0
1
1
2
0
0
2
0
1
X
7th
Play-off
The top four of the round robin competed against each other in the page playoff system .
Tournament tree
Third against fourth
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Switzerland Switzerland
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
4th
Japan Japan
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
6th
First against second
Semifinals
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
11
total
Canada Canada
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
2
1
1
9
Japan Japan
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
8th
Game for the bronze medal
team
1
2
3
4th
5
6th
7th
8th
9
10
total
Japan Japan
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
X
7th
Switzerland Switzerland
3
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
X
9
final
Final score
Web links
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