2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host citySursee, Switzerland
ArenaEishalle Sursee
DatesFebruary 2–9
Winner Norway
SkipRune Lorentsen
ThirdJostein Stordahl
SecondGeir Arne Skogstad
LeadLene Tystad
AlternateAnne Mette Samdal
Finalist South Korea (Kim Hak-sung)
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The 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 2 to 9 at the Eishalle Sursee in Sursee, Switzerland.

Qualification

Qualification event

Two teams outside of the top finishers, Sweden and Italy, qualified from a qualifying event held in November 2007 in Inverness, Scotland.

Teams

 Canada  Italy  Japan  Norway  Russia
Fourth: Darryl Neighbour

Skip: Gerry Austgarden
Second: Ina Forrest
Lead: Sonja Gaudet
Alternate: Gary Cormack
Coach: Joe Rea

 Skip: Andrea Tabanelli

Third: Egidio Marchese
Second: Gabriele Dallapiccola
Lead: Lucrezia Celentano
Alternate: Danilo Destro
Coach: Mauro Maino

 Skip: Yoji Nakajima

Third: Katsuo Ichikawa
Second: Takashi Hidai
Lead: Ayako Saitoh
Alternate: Mari Yamazaki
Coach: Kumiko Ogihara

 Skip: Rune Lorentsen

Third: Jostein Stordahl
Second: Geir Arne Skogstad
Lead: Lene Tystad
Alternate: Anne Mette Samdal
Coach: Thoralf Hognestad

 Skip: Andrey Smirnov

Third: Nikolay Melnikov
Second: Marat Romanov
Lead: Oxana Slesarenko
Alternate: Oleg Makarov
Coach: Efim Zhidelev

 Scotland  South Korea  Sweden   Switzerland  United States
Skip: Michael McCreadie

Third: Aileen Neilson
Second: Tom Killin
Lead: James Sellar
Alternate: Rosemary Lenton
Coach: Tom Pendreigh

 Skip: Kim Hak-sung

Third: Kim Myung-jin
Second: Cho Yang-hyun
Lead: Kang Mi-suk
Alternate: Ham Dong-hee
Coach: Kwon Young-il

 Skip: Jalle Jungnell

Third: Glenn Ikonen
Second: Bernt Sjöberg
Lead: Kristina Ulander
Alternate: Anna Hammarlind
Coach: Olle Brudsten

 Skip: Manfred Bolliger

Third: Erwin Lauper
Second: Cesare Cassani
Lead: Madeleine Wildi
Alternate: Therese Kämpfer
Coach: Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe

 Fourth: James Pierce

Skip: Augusto Perez
Second: James Joseph
Lead: Jacqueline Kapinowski Alternate: Bob Prenoveau
Coach: Steve Brown

Round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
CountrySkipWL
 South KoreaKim Hak-sung72
 CanadaGerry Austgarden63
 NorwayRune Lorentsen63
 United StatesAugusto Perez54
 ItalyAndrea Tabanelli54
 SwedenJalle Jungnell45
 ScotlandMichael McCreadie36
  SwitzerlandManfred Bolliger36
 JapanYoji Nakajima36
 RussiaAndrey Smirnov36

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Saturday, February 2, 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
  Switzerland (Bolliger) 0 2 0 4 1 0 7
 Scotland (McCreadie) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 1 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 0 1 5
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) (has hammer) 1 1 2 1 1 1 7
 Canada (Austgarden) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Russia (Smirnov) 0 2 0 0 0 1 3
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 2 0 2 3 2 0 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 United States (Perez) (has hammer) 2 1 0 3 1 3 10
 Japan (Nakajima) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2

Draw 2

Monday, February 3, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 United States (Perez) 0 1 0 0 2 0 3
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Austgarden) (has hammer) 1 4 0 1 2 X 8
 Japan (Nakajima) 0 0 1 0 0 X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
  Switzerland (Bolliger) 0 2 2 2 2 0 8
 Russia (Smirnov) (has hammer) 4 0 0 0 0 3 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) 0 2 0 0 3 4 9
 Scotland (McCreadie) (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 0 0 0 0 X 0
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 1 3 2 2 X 9

Draw 3

Monday, February 3, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 3 0 0 3 0 7
 Japan (Nakajima) 0 0 1 2 0 1 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Scotland (McCreadie) 2 2 1 0 2 1 8
 Russia (Smirnov) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Sweden (Jungnell) (has hammer) 2 2 0 4 0 0 8
 United States (Perez) 0 0 2 0 1 1 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Austgarden) (has hammer) 0 1 3 0 1 0 5
  Switzerland (Bolliger) 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) 0 2 0 0 1 1 4
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 1 0 3 1 0 0 5

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 4, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Scotland (McCreadie) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
 Sweden (Jungnell) 2 1 0 1 2 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) 1 0 4 1 1 0 7
  Switzerland (Bolliger) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 2 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 2 0 1 2 0 0 5
 Japan (Nakajima) 0 1 0 0 2 1 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
 United States (Perez) 0 2 0 2 2 1 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 EE Final
 Russia (Smirnov) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4
 Canada (Austgarden) 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 8

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 4, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) (has hammer) 2 0 2 2 0 1 7
 United States (Perez) 0 3 0 0 2 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 1 0 2 1 0 4
 Canada (Austgarden) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 0 2 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Scotland (McCreadie) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 3
 South Korea (Kim) 2 0 1 1 0 1 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 0 3
 Russia (Smirnov) 0 2 2 2 0 2 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 EE Final
 Japan (Nakajima) 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 7
  Switzerland (Bolliger) (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 6

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 5, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Japan (Nakajima) 0 1 2 0 3 0 6
 Russia (Smirnov) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
  Switzerland (Bolliger) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 1 0 0 3 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Austgarden) 1 1 2 1 2 X 7
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 X 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Sweden (Jungnell) (has hammer) 0 2 2 0 1 0 5
 Italy (Tabanelli) 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Scotland (McCreadie) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
 United States (Perez) 2 2 2 0 1 2 9

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 5, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 1 3 0 0 0 4
  Switzerland (Bolliger) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 2 2 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Japan (Nakajima) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 X 2
 Scotland (McCreadie) 0 2 1 1 5 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Russia (Smirnov) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 1 X 6
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 United States (Perez) 0 0 0 1 3 0 4
 Canada (Austgarden) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 0 2 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 2 0 4 1 0 8
 Italy (Tabanelli) 0 0 2 0 0 2 4

Draw 8

Thursday, February 6, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 EE Final
 Canada (Austgarden) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Russia (Smirnov) 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
 United States (Perez) (has hammer) 0 0 2 2 1 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Japan (Nakajima) 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
 Italy (Tabanelli) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 4 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Scotland (McCreadie) 2 0 0 0 4 0 6
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 0 1 4 3 0 1 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
  Switzerland (Bolliger) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 X 1
 Sweden (Jungnell) 3 1 3 0 1 X 8

Draw 9

Thursday, February 6, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Russia (Smirnov) 2 0 1 1 0 1 5
 Italy (Tabanelli) (has hammer) 0 3 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 EE Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 United States (Perez) (has hammer) 3 1 3 0 0 2 9
  Switzerland (Bolliger) 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Japan (Nakajima) (has hammer) 1 0 5 0 0 2 8
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 2 0 1 3 0 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Austgarden) 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
 Scotland (McCreadie) (has hammer) 1 0 1 2 1 0 5

Tiebreaker

Thursday, February 7, 13:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 1 0 4
 United States (Perez) 0 0 1 3 0 2 6

Playoffs

Page playoff systemSemifinalGold Medal Game
1 South Korea71 South Korea3
2 Canada23 Norway5
2 Canada5
3 Norway6
3 Norway5
4 United States3
Bronze Medal Game
   
2  Canada 1
4  United States 8

1 vs. 2 Game

Friday, February 8, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 4 X 7
 Canada (Austgarden) 0 1 0 1 0 X 2

3 vs. 4 Game

Friday, February 8, 10:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 0 3 0 1 0 1 5
 United States (Perez) 1 0 1 0 1 0 3

Semifinal

Friday, February 8, 15:30

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Austgarden) (has hammer) 3 0 1 1 0 0 5
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 2 0 0 2 2 6

Bronze medal game

Saturday, February 9, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Austgarden) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 X 1
 United States (Perez) 0 0 2 2 4 X 8

Gold medal game

Saturday, February 9, 11:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 EE Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 5
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