Winter Paralympics 2010 / wheelchair curling

At the X Winter Paralympics 2010 , a wheelchair curling competition was held between March 13 and 20, 2010 in Hillcrest Park in Vancouver .

qualification

For the tournament, nine of the ten starting places were awarded on the basis of a point system that took into account the results of the 2007, 2008 and 2009 World Championships. The Canadian curling team was automatically qualified to host.

The point system weights the results of the past three world championships equally. The world champion received 12 points up to the tenth place who got one point.

SPACE	NATION	2007	2008	2009	TOTAL
1	Norway	12	12	4th	28.0
2	Canada (hosts)	7th	7th	12	26th
3	United States	5.5	8th	7th	20.5
4th	South Korea	4th	10	5	19.0
5	Scotland / Great Britain	8th	4th	6th	18th
6th	Sweden	1	5	10	16.0
7th	Switzerland	10	2	1	14th
8th	Germany	0	0	8th	8.0
9	Italy	0	6th	2	8.0
10	Japan	5.5	2	0	7.5

Playing times

All times refer to local time ( UTC −8), the difference to Central European time (UTC + 1) is nine hours.

Attendees

Germany	Italy	Japan	Canada	Norway
Skip: Jens Jäger Third: Marcus Sieger Second: Jens Gäbel Lead: Christiane Steger Substitute: Astrid Hoer	Skip: Andrea Tabanelli Third: Egidio Marchese Second: Gabriele Dallapiccola Lead: Angela Menardi Substitute: Emanuele Spelorzi	Skip: Yoji Nakajima Third: Katsuo Ichikawa Second: Takashi Hidai Lead: Ayako Saitoh Substitute: Aki Ogawa	Skip: Jim Armstrong Third: Darryl Neighbor Second: Ina Forrest Lead: Sonja Gaudet Substitute: Bruno Yizek	Skip: Rune Lorentzen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Geir Arne Skogstad Lead: Anne Mette Samdal Substitute: Lene Tystad
Sweden	Switzerland	South Korea	United States	United Kingdom
Skip: Jalle Jungnell Third: Glenn Ikonen Second: Patrik Burman Lead: Anette Wilhelm Substitute: Patrik Kallin	Skip: Manfred Bolliger Third: Claudia Hüttenmoser Second: Daniel Meyer Lead: Anton Kehrli Substitute: Martin Bieri	Fourth: Kim Hak-sung Third: Kim Myung-jin Second: Cho Yang-hyun Lead: Kang Mi-suk Substitute: Park Gil-woo	Skip: James Joseph Third: Jacqui Kapinowski Second: Patrick McDonald Lead: Augusto Perez Substitute: James Pierce	Skip: Aileen Neilson Third: Michael McCreadie Second: Tom Killin Lead: Angie Malone Substitute: Jim Sellar

Round robin

Wheelchair curling at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

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

Draw 1

Saturday, March 13th, 12:30 pm

team result South Korea (Kim) 6th United States (Perez) 9

team result United Kingdom (Neilson) 2 Canada (Armstrong) 9

team result Sweden (Jungnell) 6th Switzerland (Bolliger) 7th

team result Germany (hunter) 10 Norway (Lorentzen) 6th

Draw 2

Saturday, March 13th, 6:00 pm

team result Italy (Tabanelli) 6th Japan (Nakajima) 9

team result Sweden (Jungnell) 4th South Korea (Kim) 8th

team result Norway (Lorentzen) 7th United Kingdom (Neilson) 5

team result Canada (Armstrong) 10 United States (Perez) 5

Draw 3

Sunday, March 14th, 12:30 pm

team result Norway (Lorentzen) 5 Canada (Armstrong) 6th

team result Italy (Tabanelli) 13 Switzerland (Bolliger) 4th

team result United States (Perez) 6th Germany (hunter) 5

team result Japan (Nakajima) 5 South Korea (Kim) 7th

Draw 4

Sunday, March 14th, 6:00 pm

team result Sweden (Jungnell) 1 Italy (Tabanelli) 9

team result Japan (Nakajima) 4th Germany (hunter) 12

team result Switzerland (Bolliger) 2 United Kingdom (Neilson) 10

Draw 5

Monday, March 15, 12:30 pm

team result United Kingdom (Neilson) 4th South Korea (Kim) 7th

team result Norway (Lorentzen) 4th Sweden (Jungnell) 6th

team result Japan (Nakajima) 2 Canada (Armstrong) 13

team result United States (Perez) 8th Italy (Tabanelli) 2

Draw 6

Monday, March 15, 6:00 p.m.

team result Germany (hunter) 3 Switzerland (Bolliger) 9

team result United Kingdom (Neilson) 7th United States (Perez) 8th

team result South Korea (Kim) 6th Norway (Lorentzen) 9

team result Sweden (Jungnell) 8th Canada (Armstrong) 4th

Draw 7

Tuesday, March 16, 12:30 pm

team result Canada (Armstrong) 15th Switzerland (Bolliger) 1

team result Italy (Tabanelli) 6th Germany (hunter) 7th

team result Norway (Lorentzen) 11 Japan (Nakajima) 3

Draw 8

Tuesday, March 16, 6:00 p.m.

team result United States (Perez) 4th Sweden (Jungnell) 6th

team result South Korea (Kim) 9 Italy (Tabanelli) 3

team result Switzerland (Bolliger) 5 Japan (Nakajima) 6th

team result United Kingdom (Neilson) 9 Germany (hunter) 2

Draw 9

Wednesday, March 17th, 12:30 pm

team result Canada (Armstrong) 8th Germany (hunter) 6th

team result Sweden (Jungnell) 7th United Kingdom (Neilson) 6th

team result Norway (Lorentzen) 8th United States (Perez) 9

team result South Korea (Kim) 9 Switzerland (Bolliger) 3

Draw 10

Wednesday, March 17th, 6pm

team result Italy (Tabanelli) 9 Norway (Lorentzen) 7th

team result United States (Perez) 8th Japan (Nakajima) 3

team result Canada (Armstrong) 6th South Korea (Kim) 4th

Draw 11

Thursday, March 18, 12:30 pm

team result Switzerland (Bolliger) 2 United States (Perez) 8th

team result Germany (hunter) 2 South Korea (Kim) 9

team result United Kingdom (Neilson) 3 Italy (Tabanelli) 6th

team result Japan (Nakajima) 8th Sweden (Jungnell) 7th

Draw 12

Thursday, March 18, 6:00 p.m.

team result Japan (Nakajima) 4th United Kingdom (Neilson) 10

team result Switzerland (Bolliger) 10 Norway (Lorentzen) 4th

team result Germany (hunter) 3 Sweden (Jungnell) 10

team result Italy (Tabanelli) 8th Canada (Armstrong) 7th

Tie break

Friday, March 19, 2:30 p.m.

team	result
Italy (Tabanelli)	5
Sweden (Jungnell)	6th

Semifinals

Saturday, March 20, 10:00

team result United States (Perez) 5 South Korea (Kim) 7th

team result Canada (Armstrong) 10 Sweden (Jungnell) 5

final

Saturday, March 20th, 3:30 p.m.

team	result
Canada (Armstrong)	8th
South Korea (Kim)	7th

Bronze game

Saturday, March 20th, 3:30 p.m.

team	result
Sweden (Jungnell)	7th
United States (Perez)	5

Medal table

Medal table wheelchair curling
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Canada	1	-	-	1
2	South Korea	-	1	-	1
3	Sweden	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Official website of the Paralympics curling competitions