World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2008

Sursee

Venue: Sursee, Switzerland

The 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was the 5th edition of the world championships in wheelchair curling . The tournament took place for the third time from February 2nd to 9th of that year in the Swiss municipality of Sursee , Canton Lucerne . The game was played in the Sursee ice rink . In the final, the Norwegians narrowly defended their title in the extra end with 5: 3 against the team from South Korea. For Norway it was the second world title.

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

qualification

• host
  •  Switzerland
• The top seven of the 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championships (without hosts)
  •  Canada
  •  Scotland
  •  Norway
  •  Japan
  •  United States
  •  South Korea
  •  Russia
• The top two from the 2007 qualifying tournament in Inverness , Scotland .
  •  Sweden
  •  Italy

Attendees

Italy	Japan	Canada	Norway	Russia
Skip: Andrea Tabanelli Third: Egidio Marchese Second: Gabriele Dallapiccola Lead: Lucrezia Celantano Substitute: Danilo Destro Trainer: Mauro Maino	Skip: Yoji Nakajima Third: Katsuo Ichikawa Second: Takashi Hidai Lead: Ayako Saitoh Substitute: Mari Yamazaki Trainer: Kumiko Ogihara	Skip: Darryl Neighbor Third: Gerry Austgarden Second: Ina Forrest Lead: Sonja Gaudet Substitute: Gary Cormack Trainer: Joe Rea	Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Geir Arne Skogstad Lead: Lene Tystad Substitute: Anne Mette Samdal Trainer: Thoralf Hognestad	Skip: Andrei Smirnow Third: Nikolai Melnikow Second: Marat Romanow Lead: Oksana Slessarenko Substitute: Oleg Makarow Trainer: Jefim Jidelew
Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	South Korea	United States
Skip: Michael McCreadie Third: Aileen Neilson Second: Tom Killin Lead: James Sellar Substitute: Rosemary Lenton Trainer: Tom Pendreigh	Skip: Jalle Jungnell Third: Glenn Ikonen Second: Bernt Sjöberg Lead: Kristina Ulander Substitute: Anna Hammarlind Trainer: Olle Brudsten	Skip: Manfred Bolliger Third: Erwin Lauper Second: Cesare Cassani Lead: Madeleine Wildi Substitute: Therese Kämpfer Trainer: Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe	Skip: Kim Hak-sung Third: Kim Myung-jin Second: Cho Yang-hyun Lead: Kang Mi-suk Substitute: Ham Dong-hee Trainer: Kwon Young-il	Skip: James Pierce Third: Augusto Perez Second: James Joseph Lead: Jacqueline Kapinowski Substitute: Bob Prenoveau Trainer: Steve Brown

Table of Round Robin

South Korea, Canada and Norway were able to qualify directly for the play-offs. Because of a tie, the United States and Italy had to play the remaining space for the play-offs.

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

Round Robin results

Round 1

• Saturday, February 2, 2008 6:00 p.m.

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

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Norway		1	0	3	0	0	1	5
Sweden		0	1	0	1	1	0	3

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Italy		1	1	2	1	1	1	7th
Canada		0	0	0	0	0	0	0

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Russia		0	2	0	0	0	1	3
South Korea		2	0	2	3	2	0	9

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
United States		2	1	0	3	1	3	10
Japan		0	0	2	0	0	0	2

round 2

• Sunday, February 3, 2008 10:00 a.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
United States		0	1	0	0	2	0	3
Norway		2	0	2	1	0	1	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Canada		1	4th	0	1	2	X	8th
Japan		0	0	1	0	0	X	1

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Switzerland		0	2	2	2	2	0	8th
Russia		4th	0	0	0	0	3	7th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Italy		0	2	0	0	3	4th	9
Scotland		2	0	2	1	0	0	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Sweden		0	0	0	0	0	X	0
Scotland		1	1	3	2	2	X	9

Round 3

• Sunday, February 3, 2008 3:30 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
South Korea		1	3	0	0	3	0	7th
Japan		0	0	1	2	0	1	4th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Scotland		2	2	1	0	2	1	8th
Russia		0	0	0	1	0	0	1

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Sweden		2	2	0	4th	0	0	8th
United States		0	0	2	0	1	1	4th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Canada		0	1	3	0	1	0	5
Switzerland		1	0	0	0	0	1	2

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Italy		0	2	0	0	1	1	4th
Norway		1	0	3	1	0	0	5

Round 4

• Monday, February 4, 2008 10:00 a.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Scotland		0	0	1	0	0	2	3
Sweden		2	1	0	1	2	0	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Italy		1	0	4th	1	1	0	7th
Switzerland		0	2	0	0	0	2	4th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Norway		2	0	1	2	0	0	5
Japan		0	1	0	0	2	1	4th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
South Korea		1	0	2	0	0	0	3
United States		0	2	0	2	2	1	7th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	total
Russia		0	1	1	0	0	2	0	4th
Canada		1	0	0	1	0	2	4th	8th

Round 5

• Monday, February 4, 2008 3:30 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Italy		2	0	2	2	0	1	7th
United States		0	3	0	0	2	0	5

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

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Scotland		0	1	0	0	2	0	3
South Korea		2	0	1	1	0	1	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Norway		1	0	0	0	2	0	3
Russia		0	2	2	2	0	2	8th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	total
Japan		0	2	0	0	4th	0	1	7th
Switzerland		1	0	2	2	0	1	0	6th

Round 6

• Tuesday, February 5, 2008 10:00 a.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Japan		0	1	2	0	3	0	6th
Russia		2	0	0	2	0	0	4th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Switzerland		0	0	0	0	1	0	1
South Korea		0	2	1	0	0	3	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Canada		1	1	2	1	2	X	7th
Norway		0	0	0	0	0	X	0

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Sweden		0	2	2	0	1	0	5
Italy		1	0	0	1	0	1	3

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Scotland		0	0	0	1	0	0	1
United States		2	2	2	0	1	2	9

Round 7

• Tuesday, February 5, 2008 3:30 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Norway		0	1	3	0	0	0	4th
Switzerland		2	0	0	1	2	2	7th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Japan		2	0	0	0	0	X	2
Scotland		0	2	1	1	5	X	9

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Russia		2	0	3	0	1	X	6th
Sweden		0	1	0	2	0	X	3

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
United States		0	0	0	1	3	0	4th
Canada		2	1	0	0	0	2	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
South Korea		1	2	0	4th	1	0	8th
Italy		0	0	2	0	0	2	4th

Round 8

• Wednesday, February 6, 2008 10:00 a.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	total
Canada		2	0	1	0	2	0	0	5
South Korea		0	1	0	1	0	3	1	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Russia		1	1	0	0	0	0	2
United States		0	0	2	2	1	1	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Japan		1	0	0	2	0	0	3
Italy		0	1	1	0	4th	2	8th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Scotland		2	0	0	0	4th	0	6th
Norway		0	1	4th	3	0	1	9

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Switzerland		0	0	0	1	0	X	1
Sweden		3	1	3	0	1	X	8th

Round 9

• Wednesday, February 6, 2008 3:30 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Russia		2	0	1	1	0	1	5
Italy		0	3	0	0	1	0	4th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	total
South Korea		1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3
Norway		0	1	0	0	1	1	2	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
United States		3	1	3	0	0	2	9
Switzerland		0	0	0	1	1	0	2

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Japan		1	0	5	0	0	2	8th
Sweden		0	2	0	1	3	0	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Canada		0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Scotland		1	0	1	2	1	0	5

Tie breaker

Game for 4th place

• Thursday, February 7, 2008 1:30 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Italy		2	1	0	0	1	0	4th
United States		0	0	1	3	0	2	6th

Play-off

The play-offs were carried out in the page play-off system .

First against second

• Friday, February 8, 2008 10:00 a.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
South Korea		2	0	1	0	4th	X	7th
Canada		0	1	0	1	0	X	2

Third against fourth

• Friday, February 8, 2008 10:00 a.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Norway		0	3	0	1	0	1	5
United States		1	0	1	0	1	0	3

Semifinals

• Friday, February 8, 2008 3:30 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	total
Canada		3	0	1	1	0	0	5
Norway		0	2	0	0	2	2	6th

Bronze medal game

• Saturday, February 9, 2008 10:00 a.m.

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

final

• Saturday, February 9, 2008 11:00 a.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	total
South Korea		0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3
Norway		0	2	0	1	0	0	2	5

Final score

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

Web links

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